Rice Student Margaret Fossi Slain Near Off-Campus Home
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j.. .£z. TV Mitchell nixes KAOS game after campus officials change rules by Alison Bober participants. the call with weapons drawn, appropriately so, and saw the Baker freshman Mark Mitchell, the organizer of the KA OS, "Killing As an Organized Sport", is modelled on shadow of a man with a weapon in hand. While it was KAOS recreational game on campus, has decided to cancel the games Killer and Assassin which, according to Mitchell, acuaily a group of Rice alumni and two students playing the game after stringent modifications to the rules were were "successfully played at such colleges as Swarthmore, ^ Assassin, only the required by the administration. Mitchell hopes to refund the University of Michigan, and the University of Indiana." restraint of the officers about 40 cents of each dollar originally paid by the game's As originally developed, the game involves a game master kept anything from assigning a "target" to be "killed" by using a dart gun happening. An officer equipped with suction-tipped darts or by direct contact. If the has just a few seconds "kill" is successful, the "assassin" goes after the victim's own to make a decision, and "target" and the game eventually leaves only one "survivor", it is difficult to tell a toy who receives a prize. Mitchell planned to computerize the from a real weapon at a entire process of "kill" credits and "target" assignments. distance. Therefore 1 Mitchell posted advertisements last semester which was very disturbed attracted 199 people to the game that was to begin this when 1 heard about this semester. Before involving himself, Mitchell checked forany game 1 asked Mark to rules governing the game but found none, although the game seriously consider had been played within a college previously. Noted Mitchell, whether his game was I "I had no problems until 1 had already collected $143 and worth the risk of injurs spent much of it on advertising and the bails." to a student or an Assistant Campus Police Chief Mary Voswinkel Wh.eh gun « "'M. Gladu officer wh(> hesitat,.d explained that she recommended the rules of the game be thinking that it might be a student," stated Voswinkel. modified "fast spring we received a report from someone Mitchell agreed that, "only a cool-headed, quick-thinking not a student in Sewali Hall at about 1 I p.m. that there was campus policeman saved an irresponsible students Mark Mitchell doring with his 200 balls -M. Gladu a man with a gun in the building f hree officers responded to \ee Death, page 5 *k INSIDE: • Chocolate Bayou shines both Might and Day, p. 7. • Owls gear up for tourney after zr loss to TSU, p. 11. • See graduate student's housing proposal, p. 4. HRESHEFriday, JanuarRy 22, 198 2 Volume 69, number 18 Rice student Margaret Fossi Lovett tabs Klineberg by Joan Hope far greater potential than it ever slain near off-campus home Dr. Stephen Klineberg. meets. We are delighted to have Professor of Sociology, has been asked and are pleased to bv David Potash Police homicide detective Wayne accepted Lovett College's accept The murder of 25-vear-old Kersten reported the cause of invitation to be interim master for Lovett junior Bob Ordemann, Hanszen College member death to be a blunt trauma to the the 1982-83 vear Klineberg was member of the Master's Selection I Margaret Everson Fossi Sunday throat Fossi's wedding ring, a approved by the student body Committee, expressed enthusiasm i shocked the Rice campus. necklace, and a pair of shoes were Wednesday night at the Lovett about Klineberg "He'sa great guv. j Houston police found the body of missing from her car. council meeting but still must be Other names came up in our the fifth-year architecture student approved by the Master's diasussions but everything a\>ways Monday in the trunk of her car, Fossi's parentsand her husband, Committee and by President only 500 feet from her home in Larry Fossi (Will Rice ^O), flew to Hackerman before his position Westbury. Police have found no Houston Sunday. Mr. Fossi, who becomes official. motives or suspects in the case. is now a Yale law student, gave The Klincbcrgs served as Lovett permission to open the car's trunk. Fossi's brother Wayne Gregory interim masters once before in Police ignored earlier family pleas and his wife Cathy reported Fossi 1975-76. Klineberg stated, "It to open the trunk immediately, missing Sunday morning. Fossi worked out beautifully. We had a because they were unsure of the spent Saturday evening at Gilley's great time and always thought Margaret Everson Fossi actual ownership of the carand did with classmates and two about the possibility of doing it on Capri 500 feet from their house not want to jeopardize the validity professors. She returned to a full-time basis but were never Sunday morning. The car had two of possible evidence. Anderson Hall later that night and willing to make the time flat tires on one side. Ms. Fossi graduated from Rice left Rice between 2 and 3 a.m. An commitment." unidentified witness reported Police confiscated the vehicle in 1980 A packed memorial Klineberg's wife Margaret is an seeing her car leave. The Gregorys, and opened the trunk Monday service was held for her Tuesday in attorney. The Klinebergs have two with whom Fossi lived, noticed her afternoon, finding Fossi's body. the Rice Chapel. children, Geoffrey and Kathy. Geoffrey is a freshman at Stephen Klineberg — M Gladu Princeton and Kathy. who will be a came Hack to him. He really loves Rules for Beer-bike judging clarified freshman next year, is applying to this place and it seems silly to get Haverford. by Jonathan Berk scoreboard on top of the tower. lessee of the Astrodome, has anyone else." Rice Beer-bike chairmen Brinkley The announcers will provide tentatively agreed to lease a About his new term he Lovett president Russ Coleman Sprunt and Mohit Nanda instantaneous information on grandstand seating almost 2000 said,"We're hoping that, having also extended warm greetings to announced major changes in the penalty point totals. Because all people for about $ 1000. The RPC one year, a novel year for us and Klineberg "We are very pleased to operation of the competition bikers will be required to wear feels that this may cost too much. the college, we'll be able to try offer Dr. Klineberg the interim Wednesday in a meeting with the some new things ." mastership. I think he's great. He's colleges' beer-bike captains. Klineberg is excited ' about very sociable It will be a great According to Sprunt, the changes Lovett College and considers the year." planned will make the race "bigger search for six new«masters as a Klineberg received an and better in every way." challenge that can be used undergraduate degree at The beer-bike chairmen positively. He said, "It is a Haverford and a Ph D in social suggested several requirements for challenging time period, a time for psychology from Harvard. He judges in response to problems the whole university to reaffirm the taught at Princeton for six years experienced in recent races. In college system. 1 think the system is before coming to Rice in 1972. He a vital ingredient to the quality of previous races judges arrived on has been a Lovett associate for undergraduate education. It has eight years. 4the day of the race with no idea of the difference between an illegal chug and a legal chug. The lack of clearly defined rules complicated matters. Pub lowers beer prices, This year all judges must attend at least one beer team practice. Ten days before the race the beer-bike plans to purchase stereo chairmen will appoint an expert, probably a student, to coach the Willy'? Pub will decrease the Pub manager Jimmy Girardeau judges on the nature of a legal Controversy marred last year's Beer-bike races. -M. Gladu cost of tap beer due to increased commented on the price chug. Exactly who and what an profits. Pitchers will cost 30 cents cha ,ges,"When we raised the expert is has yet to be decided: numbers indicating the order in RPC President Sherry Spears, less, and mugs will be 5 cents prices before, it was because we which they ride, spectators will however, offered to try to provide cheaper. At the same time, the were running a deficit Now that The pit will be reserved for only determine mofe easily who is part of the money. price for soft drinks will increase we are running a surplus, I feel it is those people taking part in the leading. The race will be publicized on an 10 cents. Under the new price only fair to pass it on to the actual race. The chairmen plan to Grandstand seating is being unprecendented scale. The RPC schedule. Michelob will cost S3.40 students. We're going to spend build a tower in the center of the considered to accomodate the would like to see the race presented a pitcher. Old Milwaukee, $2.40 some money on a new stereo track to help announcers keep specatators who in the past stood to a wider audience than just the and all other beers S3.15. The system and upholstery. Hopefully track of the penalties. The in the center of the track. The Rice community. Houston radio average cost for a mug will drop to the new prices will encourage chairmen will also erect a Houston Sports Association, see Beer-bikr.