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Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 22 SINCE 1916 Friday, February 23, 2001 Student apologizes for rape accusation

by Olivia Allison apology, and she assured him no

THRESHER KDITORIAI.STAFF rape had occurred. Katie Cox's statement, sent via e- Jones College sophomore Katie mail to all students, apologized for Cox issued a public apology Tues- e-mail she sent Feb. 12 to about day night for writing an e-mail last 100 people, about half of whom are week accusing Sid Richardson Col- Rice students. Her original e-mail lege sophomore Travis Royer of rap- said that a few days after she met ing a female student. Royer, her friends told her he had Sid Master Steve Cox said he raped another student who had not talked to the alleged rape victim reported the incident The e-mails during the course of negotiating the See APOLOGY, Page 7 Faculty to reconsider

JEN FRAZER THRESHER Hanszen College juniors and co-candidates Jamie Lisagor and Gavin Parks, Wiess College SA Senator and sophomore Ricky Kalra and Lovett College junior James Dallai participated in the SA presidential debate Monday night in Kelley language requirement Lounge in the Student Center.

by Mariel Tam he said. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF If the motion to reduce the re- quirement is voted down, Zanimito said, "The general faculty could de- Candidates discuss bridging gaps The faculty is likely to either re- duce or completely abolish a lan- cide that it wants to abolish the pro- guage proficiency requirement, that gram." by Meghan Miller should be forced to come to us in has been in effect for less than a For the faculty to change or abol- THRESHKK STAFF order to get their voices heard," year, for undergraduate students. ish it. votes at two faculty meetings ELECTION INFO Parks said. TheUniversity Standing Commit- would be necessary. Candidates for Student Associa- General Elections begin today Instead of the regular SA meet- tee on Undergraduate Curriculum "1 will recommend to the general tion president spent much of Mon- and will last until Wednesday ing, the two plan to hold issue- and will present a motion to reduce the faculty explicitly in presenting the day night's debate discussing how at 1 p.m. Students can reach discussion-based meetings every requirement at Wednesday's gen- motion that we, as a committee, do to mend rifts — between students the online voting site from the other week, alternating with busi- eral faculty meeting, CUC chairjohn not recommend I the requirement! and the administration, students and SA Web Site, http://sa.rice.edu ness meetings. Standard agenda Zanimito said. standing as it is," Zammito, History marginalized groups, and graduate or on laptops in their college items such as club approvals, con '- students and undergraduates. "What we're hoping is that there Department Chair, said. commons during meals. mittee updates and announcements will be a serious and sensible discus- The curriculum committee is will- The candidates—\x>vett College would be restricted to the business sion of the language requirement ," See REQUIREMENT, Page X junior James Dallal. Wiess College See Candidates' Blurbs, Pages meetings. sophomore Ricky Kalra, and Han- 10-12. "Things that need to be brought szen College juniors Jamie Lisagor up over specific issues can be and Gavin Parks, who are running brought up in this environment," Beer-Bike tractors banned together — answered questions Parks said. "We can break up into from moderators Thresher Editor in we do have people constantly ques- specific ideas, specific groups Chief Rrian Stoler and K'FRU Sta- tioning what the SA and what the where we can develop solutions by Olivia Allison decorative vehicle and a tractor- pulled flatbed trailer carrying bal- tion Manager Johnny So and also administration are doing because for those." 7HRKSHFK I DHORIAI.STAl F loons and 10 students. The change from audience members. only then will they be accountable," Kalra, Wiess SA senator and a Tractors have been added to the from trucks to flatbed trailers and Dallal, who calls himself the Dallal said. "1 got tired of being pri- member of the Martel College list of unacceptable ways to trans- tractors was made because the "people's candidate" because he has marily a critical voice and I want to Founding Committee, agreea that port this year's Reer-Rike balloons. trucks had more potential to injure not been involved in student govern- actually gel out there and implement issues often are not addressed suffi- Ixist semester, Reer-Rike coordi- students. ment but occasionally writes opin- some of my own plans." ciently by the SA. Kalra thinks the nators agreed that large trucks would When Reer-Rike Chair Daniel ion columns for the Thresher, said, Parks and Lisagor focused on president should make the SA more not be allowed in the Reer-Rike pa- Attaway went Saturday to look at the "It's time to step into the ring my- improving communication between approachable for clubs rather than rade, and the coordinators unani- tractors the colleges would use, he self." clubs and the SA, promising to at- approaching the clubs himself. mously approved rules Jan. 21 limit- said he was expecting "glorified John "I think it's important that we do tend organizations' meetings. "They want a forum to be heard ing each college to two vehicles — a See TRACTORS, Page 7 have critical voices on campus, that "We don't think that people Set DEBATE, Page 9

OPINION Page 3 Criticizing athletes' involvement unfair

LIFESTYLES Pages 14-15 Guide to late-night eating

A&E Page 16 Harris shines in Pollock'

SPORTS Page 20 Swimmers head to WAC championships

Quote of the Week

"He said he wasn't a bad guy because he said he didn't want to touch, he just wanted to look." — Sgt. Steve Rciter, on a man who was issued a citation Wednesday for looking up a woman's shorts in Fondren Library. See Brief Page 5.

Weekend Weather

Today •<- ***** Cloudy, 66 72 degrees m ' i Saturday nil Thunderstorms. 50-75 degrees Sunday Mostly sunny, 46-72 degrees BRIAN SfOlER.THRESHER Too close for comfort Scoreboard Baseball A backup crane helps to lower the crane behind the Hanszen College Commons to the ground. The crane, which was being used to work on Rice 5, Central Florida 1 the roof of the new Wiess College Commons, malfunctioned and became unstable at about 9:30 a.m. Feb. 15. Over 100 students from University of Houston 14. Rice 5 Hanszen New Section were forced to leave their rooms until 2 p.m. See Story. Page 8. <

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001

RanonaLe... e>y pavii> omen T the Rice Thresher Racr0Rs Ouesrion Brian Stoler Jos£ Luis Cubria, Michael Nalepa Editor in Chief Mariel Tarn Opinion Editor DeciDeo Managing Editors N TRaiLens A sexual harassment double standard

We are disturbed and confused at the lack of university action against Jones College sophomore Katie Cox. Cox should be at least suspended for sending a mass e-mail that falsely accused a male student of raping another student. Any lesser punishment — or none at all — sends the message that spreading damaging, false rumors by e-mail will be tolerated. It also demonstrates an apparent gender bias in the enforce- ment of the sexual harassment policy, which Cox's e-mail violates. The policy prohibits "unwelcome verbal expressions of a sexual nature, including graphic sexual commentaries about a person's beeR no flaice ffte stoopid, body, dress, appearance or sexual activities." beeR H\a*e d\e powrful nice SooPeRfl\an. Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho said he thinks this incident does not violate the sexual harassment policy. However, we believe that suggesting that a student has raped another student qualifies as "graphic sexual commentaries about LETTERS TO THE EDITOR a person's ... sexual activities." 9 a publication which condemned her the Kinesiology Department was The action Cox took also violates the Code of Student Conduct, 'Thresher should not primarily for inappropriately identi- presented as a department that is which requires students not to take "reckless action from which have printed name fying another student. not very academic. Our own dean of mental or bodily harm could result to any person." humanities, Gale Stokes, said. "It has all kinds of tracks in there but it Let's compare Cox's case to that of the former Sid Richardson To the editor: Jonathan Ichikawa 1 am disappointed in the Will Rice sophomore still has other things ... stuff that's College secretaries. Last October, they made Sid Council meeting Thresher's treatment of one of its not particularly academic. The idea minutes that included a parody of a column by one of the college's front page stories last week. The is to separate these into two sepa- female members. It contained unfunny, untrue and unnecessarily article ("Mass e-mail alleges sexual Stigma plays damaging rate entities so Kinesiology can de- velop as an academic department." sexual comments about two female members of the college. assault," Feb. 16) tells of a female student who wrote an e-mail to her role in AIDS epidemic First of all, the Kinesiology De- Camacho filed a complaint against the secretaries, both of friends warning about a male stu- To the editor: partment is already very solid aca- whom are male, saying that they had violated the sexual harass- dent she suspected of rape. I feel l.asl week, I visited an unforgiv- demically. In fact, there are over 100 ment policy. that the Thresher made two signifi- ing reminder of the AIDS epidemic, majors, and graduates of the De- cant misjudgments in the handling partment have great opportunities The secretaries were suspended, but their sentence was re- the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Twenty of this story. yards away from the quilt, I was after leaving Rice. We have spent duced to probation and community service upon appeal. First, the Thresher editorial staff overwhelmed to find a certain pam- the past three and a half years as Camacho says now that nothing will happen to Katie Cox suggested that if the accusation is phlet on a student-organization spon- kinesiology majorsand Stokes' state- because the male student has not and will not file a complaint false, then the author was probably sored table. The pamphlet rallied, ment makes us feel we haven't st ud- "AIDS is preventable. ... If every- ied a strong academic curriculum. himself. guilty of libel. Libel refers to a false publication about an individual body would live by God's law for We feel we have been challenged by But Sid sophomore Travis Boyer, the falsely accused male which causes significant damage to love, sex, marriage, we would not the Kinesiology curriculum and student, was not the only damaged party. that person. Libel should not be an suffer from AIDS or any of the other more than adequately prepared to Letting this go unpunished sets the precedent that grossly issue in this case, because e-mail is sexually transmitted diseases." I graduate and use our knowledge cannot argue with this, though I can toward a career or higher educa- negligent, damaging statements are tolerated in the Rice commu- not a publication. E-mail is a medium for private say that this and ideas like it per- tion. nity. It means that each of us is more vulnerable to having his or correspondence, and should be pro- petuate a stigma that only furthers In the past, kinesiology majors her reputation attacked, and it means that future offenses like this tected by the same First Amend- the AIDS epidemic. have left Rice to.become physical wjjl be more likely to go unpunished. ment enforcement that protects ca- How would I react if one of mv therapists, athletic trainers, physi- Furthermore, we find it upsetting that Camacho will file a sual speech. The suggestion that an friends had HIV or AIDS? Perhaps I See KINESIOLOGY, Page 4 attempt to litigate against certain would be compassionate. Maybe I'd complaint when female students are mocked in a sexual manner, types of content in private e-mail freak out and then deal with it. I'd but stands idly by when a male student is falsely accused of rape. messages seems better suited to a certainly have some questions to Of the two wrongdoings, Cox's is unquestionably the worse. totalitarian regime than to our ask: What if she hadn't had sex with CONTACTING THE The secretaries' minutes were certainly unacceptable and in poor America, which values individual her last boyfriend? What if he hadn't rights. used that needle? 1 know I wouldn't THRESHER taste, but they were, above all, parody. 1 should make it clear that 1 in no be able to stop these questions from By not punishing Cox, the message our university's judicial way condone the author's produc- coming to my mind — they are the Letters tion of this warning without consid- taint of the AIDS stigma. system is sending us is this: It is worse to make a tasteless joke m Letters to the editor eration for the male student who than to accuse someone of a horrible, violent crime. , HI V infection combined with the should be sent to the Thresher was damaged. 1 find it irresponsible AIDS stigma scream about the moral by mail, fax, e-mail to and reprehensible. But I feel that judgment of the victim as if HIV is [email protected] or be deliv- she had the legal right to do it. preventable and infection is de- ered in person. We prefer that The second problem 1 found with served. If we see HIV/AIDS as a letters be submitted on disk the Thresher's treatment of the issue consequence of certain objection- or by e-mail. letters must be Naming names regarded the lack of respect for the able behaviors, one more person received by 5 p.m. on the privacy of one of the subjects. Al- may not get tested or another may Monday prior to a Friday pub- Very often, for stories in the newspaper, people want to remain though the story tactfully left out not tell their significant other about lication date. anonymous. We take such requests seriously, but we grant them the name of the male student in- his illness. No wonder so many cases volved, it did not extend the same of HIV go unreported each year. If • All letters must be signed infrequently. courtesy to the female author of the we cannot stop the AIDS stigma, and include a phone number. In general, we feel it's important to identify all people involved e-mails in question. how will we ever stop.AIDS itself? Rice student sand alumni must include their college and year. in news stories — this best explains the full truth of the story. Both messages stated clearly that If I give into the AIDS stigma and We will withhold names upon People involved in the news should be identified — they should if they were to be forwarded, they question my friend's behavior, I'd request. should be done so anonymously; be breathing life into the AIDS face public scrutiny. This is the point of news in the first place: for • Letters should be no one was signed "Anonymous," and stigma. Not only would I be weaken- longer than 500 words in the public to be able to understand and evaluate what's going on. the other was signed: "Spread the ing my friendship, but she will also length. The Th resher reserves Knowing the cast of characters is a relevant part of that evaluation. word ifyou like... please DISGUISE have one less person to lean on for the right to edit letters for THE ORIGIN OF THIS MESSAGE support in a troubling time. On the In a few cases, we withhold the names of people involved in the both content and length. FOR MY PERSONAL SAFETY." other hand, if I decide it doesn't news. Although every case is different, we usually withhold (capitalization in original). matter how my friend contracted News Tips someone's name if he has done nothing to bring himself into the Why did the Thresherinclude the HIV, and that she is the same person • Tips for possible news sto- public light, and if identifying him would cause hint harm. author's name when she'd made it she always was, I'm making a safe ries should be phoned in to very clear that she wished to remain place for one more person to rise In the case of last week's story "Mass e-mail alleges sexual the 'Thresher at (713) 348-4801. anonymous? And why did the article above the AIDS epidemic. assault," the male student did nothing to bring himself into the slate that the letters were signed by Subscribing public light. Furthermore, the nature of the e-mail meant that its author? 1 am told that it is the Catherine Adcock • Annual subscriptions are identifying him, if the accusation of rape was untrue, may have Thresher's policy is to grant anonym- Sid sophomore available for $50 domestic and further damaged his reputation unjustly. This could have put us in ity to subjects of their stories when $105 international via first they have done nothing to bring class mail. the position of committing libel against him. themselves into the public light, ff I Dean Stokes' remarks On the other hand, Jones College sophomore Katie Cox caused compose an e-mail message and re- belittle Kinesiology Advertising herself to be thrown into the public light by circulating the e-mail quest that I not be identified as the • We accept both display widely. Because there was no good reason not to include her author, am 1 really willingly step- To the editor: and classified advertisements. ping into the public light? It is ironic name, her name belonged in the paper. This letter is written in response Contact the Thresher {or more that, in this case, the author's iden- to the article entitled ,"Gym uniforms information. tity was published against her will in required" Oan. 26). In this article, OF5C

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THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2001 Guest column Editor in chief No options in SA presidential race The making of the The contest for Student Asso- its highest office. responsibility to the colleges or ciation president this year has three I would love to comment on James where the college presidents were contenders with very different back- Dallal's record on the SA. but he has at ends widi one another, the argu- grounds, numbers and experiences. none. One might argue that a fresh ment for Dallal might hold. But in language requirement Bu t none of the three can- perspective, untainted by light of the senate's successes, there didates should hold the the political experience of is no argument for Dallal's outsider's The language requirement riculum reform proposal was de- office of SA president. serving the SA, would give perspective. is back in the news. feated 106-77 — a margin almost I-ast ye'ir, when three Dallal insight on how to Finally, there is the option of the r After being considered by the as big as the one by which it has rising juniors ran, the ob- make it better. But I feel co-presidency of Hanszen College Committee on Undergraduate previously passed. jection was raised that a that this argument would juniors Gavin Parks and Jamie Curriculum (of which The only thing left student with only two only apply if the SA were Lisagor. Parks and Lisagor, both I was a member for the to vote on was the lan- years experience at the functioning below its po- active in the SA this year and in past three semesters), guage requirement, university lacked the ma- tential. years past, would each individually the requirement is set and those faculty mem- turity, experience and re- The SA Senate has make exceptional candidates for to go before the fac- bers who wanted to sal- SDect to be the ultimate Andrew been stronger and more president. But their strong friend- ultyagain — and it may vage what they could representative of the stu- Ripley effective this year than in ship has somehow convinced them be changed. from the failed curricu- dent body. Wiess College recent memory. The fu- to run together rather than oppose Curriculum often lum reform pushed to junior Lindsay Botsford sion of the college-centric one another. seems set in stone — go ahead with it. has successfully proven herself an SA president we found in Botsford, A certain amount of faith is re- like a mandate from But here's the prob- exception to the rule. the eight college presidents who got quired in any elected official that he God to most students Brian lem: Faculty meetings But that rule does apply to Ricky along with one another and eight or she will be able to do the job he or —so the idea of chang- Stoler start at 4 p.m. By the Kalra, current SA senator for Wiess. hard-working, dedicated senators she was elected to do. The idea of a ing it seems scary. time they got to the lan- Kalra. a sophomore, has served left little argument for those nay- co-presidency extends that faith to But sometimes, the guage requirement, it Wiess and the SA well during his sayers who doubt the SA Senate's unrealistic proportions. curriculum changes due to bi- was getting late, and some mem- term. His efforts include the Eco- potential. What would happen if they were zarre circumstances. Take the bers of the faculty had left the nomics Department review, the to come to some disagreement that way the language requirement meeting. founding of the Digital Under- stressed their friendship? Even the came about. The language requirement grounds and contributions to t he SA best of friends fight from time to Here's some background on was approved on the second read- resolution on KTRU. For a first-year A certain amount of time. How would that affect their how curriculum is made: The ing 87-84 just before 6 p.m. senator, he has shined in his accom- faith is required in any ability to represent the student body? only body that can change the Twelve faculty members who plishments. But this alone does not What would happen if they were general curriculum at Rice is the voted on the general curriculum qualify him for SA president. elected official that he to become romantically involved? faculty. All tenured and tenure- did not vote on the language re- Kalra lacks the conviction, the One cannot rule out the possibility, track professors and part-time quirement. maturity and the charisma to hold or she will be able to and such an occurrence would de- faculty who have worked at Rice And according to many at the the SA's highest office. His accom- tract from their ability to represent for more than two years get to meeting, most of those who plishments have been great and his do the job he or she us. vote. Changes must be proposed walked out of the meeting were contributions many, but I would was elected to do. What would happen if the admin- and voted on at one meeting and professors in science and engi- rat her have seen Kalra run for one of istration were inflexible about the then be voted on again, and pass, neering, the faculty members the SA's other executive offices to idea of co-presidents, and chose one at the next faculty meeting. who, as a group, were most op- gain experience. Next year, Kalra of the two as a "favorite," and the During the 1997-'98 academic posed to the language require- would make a much stronger presi- other felt neglected? year, a committee commissioned ment. dential candidate, but this year, it Were the SA Senate as ineffec- What would happen if an admin- with the task of curriculum re- In other words, the language would be in the SA's best interest to tive as seen in years past, when the istrator spoke to one about an issue form developed a proposal for requirement may not have been let him mature before granting him SA president failed to recognize his See PRESIDENTS, Page 4 new general education require- established had a few faculty ments — what one must do to members not needed to pick their graduate with a degree from Rice kids up from school. Guest column in addition to fulfilling the re- Aside from the professors who quirements of a major. left the meeting early, here's an- Their proposal included the other scary fact: Fewer than half Athletes' involvement should not be criticized often-ridiculed "Ways of Know- of the faculty members eligible ing" distribution system to re- to vote did so on any of the cur- In regards to the state of athlet- Beer-Bike track. On the other hand, athletics departments. Therefore, place our current system of riculum reform. ics at Rice and the relationship be- I do not live the life of a "typical" Rice the vast majority of D-I schools Groups 1, 2 and 3. That new cur- Over 400 faculty members are tween student-athletes and students, student. I work roughly 25 hours a lose money each year and so Rice riculum was intended to include either tenured faculty or have 1 strongly disagree with the state- week in the training room — either is not alone in that respect. a language proficiency require- been lecturers for more than two ments made by Josh in the gym or at the sta- 2. Athletics, like academics, has a ment. years. Only 183. at most, voted Ginsbergin his recent col- dium — and travel on strong history here at Rice and is However, the faculty consid- on any of the curriculum umn ("Athletic apathy has many weekends for foot- getting better every year. Just ered and voted on the language changes. explanation," Feb. 9). I be- ball games or track meets. look at the accomplishments of requirement separately from the This is a bad way of making lieve that many of his alle- Don't get me wrong — 1 our baseball, women's basketball general curriculum proposal. curriculum. It means that faculty gations were inaccurate and track teams in recent years love what 1 do and it was, In September 1998, both the members who can't make it to and the opinions he ex- for a few good examples. and still is, my choice to overall curriculum and the lan- the meeting don't get to vote. pressed were harsh and be a trainer. 3. Hie student-athletes work very guage requirement were ap- It means that ones who have unfair,and I wish toshare But like all of the var- hard to perform well in their proved the first time by size- to leave early don't get to vote. another side of the story. sity athletes here, I do not sports, and their efforts pay off able margins. The curriculum And, it means that the cur- Unlike Ginsberg's ste- Ann have any of those free by improving Rice's reputation passed by 39 votes, and the lan- riculum they pass can't reliably reotypical Rice student, I Blaine hours in my afternoon to and increasing name recognition guage requirement passed by be thought of as the will of the did not come here just for hangout with my friends, on a national level. an uncounted, though clear, entire faculty. the price tag. I am well exercise, take a nap, study 4. Scholarships, guaranteed on- majority. aware of the escalating cost of a or do whatever 1 please. 1 am always campus housing and academic At the next meeting two Brian Stoler (Hanszen '01) is college education, but there were on a time crunch. And it is the same tti toring are not "rewards" for stu- months later, something shock- editor in chief and a graduate many other things that attracted me way, times 10, for student-athletes dent-athletes. ITiey are earned in ing happened: The general cur- student in computer science. (and many other students) to Rice. at Rice. return for their athletic perfor- From a personal standpoint, Rice Imagine having to balance all of See ATHLETES, Page 4 offered a change of pace, warmer the homework, labs, papers and ex- weather than my home state, a small ams you already have — and have to student body and students who were practice every afternoon, go to generally more friendly and "chill" The Rice Thresher, the official student weights and conditioning, travel to newspaper at Rice University since 1916. is than preppy and sin bby. 1 also ad- and from games/meets, warm-up, published each Friday during the school year, mired the mix of Division I athletics compete, cool-down, watch film, go the Rice Thresher except during examination periods and and top-notch academics. to meetings and memorize plays. holidays, by the students of Rice University. And if you get injured, add in extra Editorial and business offices are located time to get treatment, rehab and Hrian Stoler Editor in Chief on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, meet with doctors. Your head would hi0(1 Main St.. MS-524, Houston. TX 77005- The student-athletes at spin too. Trying to fit that into a Jos£ l.uis Cubria, Elizabeth Jardina Ajeet Pai 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- single week and have time to social- Marie! Tain Senior Editor Business Manager 5238. E-mail: 1hresherttrice.edu. Web page: Rice that I know, both ize with your friends and other Managing Editors http://www. ricethresher. org. past and present, are people at your college is tough. Attitudes like Ginsberg's simply Annual subscription- rate: $50 domestic, NEWS BACKPAGE $105 international. Nonsubscription rate: first realistic, down-to- make the disparity between students Olivia Allison, Editor Alex Fay, Editor copy free, second copy $4.11. and student-athletes more difficult Mark Berenson, Assf. Editor Adam Keith, Editor earth, dedicated to overcome. It is no wonder that Rachel Ruslin, /list Editor The Thresher reserves the right to refuse Erin Mann. Page Designer PHOTOGRAPHY any advertising for any reason. Additionally, many student-athletes opt to live with Elizabeth Jardina, Acting Editor the Thresher does not take responsibility for students who are doing their teammates as opposed to some OPINION Katie Streit, Asst. Editor of the less forgiving people from Renata Escovar, Asst. Editor the factual content of any ad. Printing an their best to make Rice Michael Nalepa, Editor I .aura Wiginton, Ass/ Editor advertisement does not constitute an their college. They also need a good endorsement by the Thresher. night's rest in order to practice and SPORTS proud. COPY compete at full speed; sometimes Chris Larson, Editor Leslie liu, Editor Unsigned editorials represent the majority that is impossible to get while living Jason Gershinan, Asst. Editor Mary Messick, Asst. Editor opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All other on campus. Food is the same way. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT pieces represent solely the' opinion of the Robert Reichle. Editor David Chien, Illustrator author. Maybe it is my position as an "ih- College Food Service, although im- Dalton Tomlin, Ass/. Editor l.ynlee Tanner, Ads Manager betweener" that allows me to clearly proving, is still lacking in quality Shannon Scott, Asst. Business Manager The 77; w;/trris a member of the Associated LIFESTYLES lindsay Roeinnik'h, Asst. Business Manager see both sides of the story of athlet- compared to what most of us can Collegiate Press and the Society of ics here at Rice. I work daily with cook at home. Robert Ix-e, Classified Ads Manager Corey E. Devine, Editor Carly Halvorson, Office Manager Professional Journalists. The Thresher is an varsity athletes as a student athletic A few important things to note: Sol Villarreal. Distribution Manager ACP Ail-American newspaper. Vote Stoler- trainer, but my own athleticism 1. Only a small number of 1 )ivision CALENDAR Adam Lazowska, Online Editor Cubria-Tam-Jardina for SA quadra-president. merely involves jogging around the 1 schools in the United States Carly Kocurek, Editor €> COPYRIGHT 2001. Outer Loop and pedaling around the actually make a profit from their is'

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2001

Are they laughing with me or at me? Circumstances of training Buffett focuses on simple things dictate athlete's lifestyles The ability to laugh at oneself from my wonderful girlfriend, I things in life: cheeseburgers and ATHLETES, from Page 3 Committee, the Athletics Depart- is becoming a rare trait. actually got to witness Buffett's re- margaritas, love and friendships, mances for Rice. It is no different ment and the Students for Ath- Usually, when a public figure taliation first-hand instead of read- laughter and sunsets. When you than an academic scholarship letic Spirit and Support club. Do makes a mistake or does some- ing about it at www.cobo. org—the think about it, that's not such a given to students in return for not label the prizes, food and thing unsavory, there . Web site for the Church bad philosophy. their brainpower "services," al- other incentives to draw student 1 are press releases and of Buffett, Orthodox. But it's not always the most though no one ever questions support as "failures"; students are sound bites that apolo- During the concert, practical one, so people go to these. the ones who are full of excuses gize for or excuse the Jimmy pledged to clean 5. Tutors are available for all stu- and apathy about why they can- action. But that's not up his language, and dents at Rice. Student-athletes not attend even one varsity event Jimmy Buffett's style. corrected accidental often make use of the tutoring per week. Those organizations A few weeks ago, cuss words that slipped His concerts are programs because they miss work very hard to change the Buffett was thrown out out of his mouth while class lectures, review sessions status quo and get Rice students of a Miami Heat game he was talking to the au- retreats from a world and exams because they were and faculty excited about athlet- after giving a referee his dience. At intermission, fdled with serious traveling to competitions — not ics here. four-letter-word-filled Michael Jumbotron screeas because they decided to sleep in. The student-athletes at Rice that opinion of calls made Nalepa played the video clip of people and dire 6. In my opinion, the college sys- I know, both past and present, are late in the game. Buffett's ejection. He tem perpetuates the idea of fra- realistic, down-to-earth, dedicated Buffett's word choice opened his second set situations. ternal organizations, not athlet- students who are doing their best to wasn't nearly as eloquent as most by throwing a beach ball with a ics. 'Hie reason why athletes from make Rice proud. They comprise basketball print into the audience. of his songs—with the exception some sports must eat at Sammy's approximately !2 percent of the un- of the "good limes, riches and son 'if there's anyone who can for dinner is because CK shuts dergraduate population, so if you do of a ... " line in "Changes in lati- make a negative incident work in Jimmy Buffett concerts to live it down its service too early for not have any friends or acquaintan- tudes, Changes in Attitudes." his favor, it's Jimmy," my dad said, for a few hours. Parents bring their them to be able to get food. Prac- ces who are student-athletes, look 'The incident," as Buffett re- summing things up after l related children, children bring their par- tices sometimes do not end until up from y&ur book or computer fers to it, made many newspapers the events of the concert to him. ents and others bring their co- 7 p.m. or later. And "Training screen and take notice. and TV shows across the country, And it's definitely true. workers, spouses, friends and ac- Table," as it is called, exists at Life would be great if we all had including the "Today" show. When the Jamaican govern- quaintances. The result is a mix- every D-I university in the U.S.; it unlimited time on our hands, but we Buffettresponded that it must have ment shot at his plane because ture of youngand old faces taking should not be referred to as some don't. However, take some time out been a slow news day. they suspected he was smuggling part in a party that's been going on special perk available only at Rice. of your "busy" schedule to show drugs, Buffett wrote a song about for over 30 years, what Jimmy af- 7. It is difficult to fill the stands at your appreciation for Rice's student- the incident and launched a sum- fectionately calls his "summer athletic events when you have athletes. Go support a Rice athletic mer tour under the title "Jamaica job." one-third of the student popula- event — you'd be surprised how When you think about Mistaka." He has included an ar- And laughing is definitely a big tion of Stanford/Northwestern, much fun they can be. ticle written about one of his traf- part of the parly — laughing at and thus one-third the number of Do not restrict yourself to the it, that's not such a fic violations in his liner notes and others, laughing at yourself and alumni. In addition, over 50 per- confines of your own college, and many of his songs are about his especially laughing at life. In fact, cent of Rice undergrads partici- please break thiscycle of false preju- bad philosophy. past mistakes. laughter may be the most impor- pate in intramural athletics, and dices and attitudes about student- But Buffett is just practicing tant part of a Jimmy Buffett con- students consistently say that athletes. They will always have my what he preaches, encouraging cert, the thing that keeps people they are "too busy" to attend var- utmost respect; I hope you will give And instead of having his law- people to relax and enjoy life a coming back again and again. It's sity athletics events. them yours. They deserve it. yers issue statements in response little bit more. His concerts are certainly the part thai makes it 8. Please acknowledge the tireless to the negative press he was get- retreats from a world filled with easier to face the real world when efforts of the Student Athletics Ann Blaine is a Lovett College senior. ting, Buffett made his run-in with serious people and dire situations. the lights go down and you are the refs a running gag in his Feb. His albums and books are therapy forced to leave the arena. 15 concert at the Compaq Center. for millions, urging them to re- Co-presidency could present Thanks to an extremely member that, in spite of the chaos Michael Nalepa is opinion editor thoughtful Valentine's Day present surrounding them, there are good and a Lovett College senior. variety of future problems PRESIDENTS, from Page 3 The solution would be lo write-in Rice University Undergraduate Students can earn up to 18 course credits. at one point, then another at another Parks or Lisagor, not both, on your point, and the two had not corre- ballot. ' COLUMBIA UNIYEJMn sponded about that issue? As staled, either one of them is The list of possible problems that more than qualified and more than exist for a co-presidency vs. a tradi- capable of being a superb SA presi- tional single presidency stretches dent without the potential difficul- on. And, though Parks and Lisagor ties that arise in a co-presidency. 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by Mark Berenson to keep the agreement confidential. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFf "We've done what was appropri- ate," Stein said. "We looked for a ' Aconfidential resolution between remedy so that this won't happen Economics Assistant Professor again." Kevin Hasker and the Chinese Stu- Wu said he was pleased with the dent Association dragon dancer he result. confronted has been made and "I'm satisfied with it, and consid- deemed "satisfactory" by all parties ering the type of complaint I filed, 1 involved. think the agreement is satisfactory The agreement stales that Hasker to all parties." Wu said. "1 felt that it will continue to teach his Econom- was definitely something that would ics 370 class benefit Dr. Hasker." Dean of Social Sciences Robert Stein said allowing Hasker to con- Stein said the other terms of the tinue teaching the class was in the agreement are confidential. best interest of the students in the Hasker pushed the dancer. class. Lovett College senior Jimmy Wu. Economics Department Chair against a wall Feb; 8 when Wu tried Peter Hartley said the agreement to enter Hasker's Economics 370 does not let Hasker off lightly.

RENATA E5COVAR/THRESHER class in Sewall Hall. Wu was lead- "You can be assured that this is Miles Scotcher, a second-year biochemistry graduate student, was elected by Graduate Student Association depart- ing ihe dragon dance to advertise not just a slap on the wrist," Hartley ment representatives as GSA president, after presenting his platform to the representatives and other graduate the Lu nar New Year celebration the said. "The university has taken rea- students at the GSA elections Wednesday night. next day. sonable steps to correct this prob- Wu met with Stein on Monday lem and ensure that it doesn't hap- and gave him a letter that described pen again." the event. However. Hartley added that the Scotcher elected GSA president "I kept it strictly factual," Wu said. agreement does not guarantee any- "The intent of the letter was to bring thing. tohisattention what had happened." "Probably the only thinj* that address inequities in graduate stu- familiarize himself as much as pos- by Susan Abramski Stein also met with Hasker on would really guarantee this would dent treatment and pay within de- sible with current GSA projects and THRESHERSTAEE Monday. be if Professor Hasker was termi- partments. to maintain the priorities that outgo- Stein said Hasker and Wu agreed nated," Hartley said. The Graduate Student Associa- Casavant also highlighted the ing President File Marie to allow him to work out a solution Stein said Hasker is under con- tion elected its new officers Wednes- need to create a stronger graduate Schollnberger has brought to it. that was acceptable to all, and for the tract through next year, and that his day. student identity on campus. "1 would "1 want to do stuff from a highly case not to go to a formal university duties for next fall will be decided in Miles Scotcher, a second-year really like to define and enfranchise informed standpoint," Scotcher said. hearing. the spring by Hartley. biochemistry graduate student, was us as a group," he said. "1 want to know every argument and Stein said he was unable to com- Hasker had no comment on the elected by the GSA department re|> All three presidential candidates every angle on a subject before 1 ment on the nature of the agreement, agreement, other than saying, "1 resentative's as GSA president. mentioned a need for a better social make decisions." statingtha! all parties involved agreed think it is a great solution." Scotcher, Jesse Ft. Jones Gradu- space for graduate students than Trisha Buchanan, a philosophy ate School of Management student Valhalla in its current condition. graduate student, Iars Ericson, an Aaron Brabson and applied physics applied physics graduate student, graduate student Michael Casavant and Jeremy Blum, a bioengineering NEWS IN BRIEF I were nominated for president dur- graduate student, were the candi- ing the meeting and gave short I know graduates don't dates for internal vice president. In a Students' weekend "He said he wasn't a bad guy speeches presenting their platforms. like to admit it, but this run-off, Buchanan received the ma- because he said he didn't want to Scotcher, an international student jority vote for the office. parking may decrease touch, hejust wanted to look," Reiter from England, said he could relate university is built on Buchanan said her goals for the said. to the one-third of the graduate stu- GSA include improvinggraduate stu- 'Die University StandingCommit- Reiter praised the library em- dent body composed of international undergraduates. I think dent teaching, particularly in the tee on Parking is considering a pro- ployee who called the police and the students. liu inanities. posal to make six to 10 parking patron who noticed the man's be- "I know a lot of undergraduates, to be successful as Jim Yager, a biochemistry and spaces near the Allen Center off lim- havior. and 1 know graduates don't like to cell biology graduate student, was its to students at all times. "We appreciate the community admit it, but this university is built president, you need to unopposed for the office of external Hie portion of the lot is currently support and involvement," he said. on undergraduates," Scotcher said. vice president. Brabson was unop- a faculty/staff lot from 7 a.m. to5p.m. "It makes our job easier." "I think to be successful as presi- know that, and posed as treasurer, and Mikala Beig, on weekdays, but students can park — Elizabeth Jurdina dent, you need to know that, and recognize that, and be a geology and geophysics graduate there at other times. recognize that, and be able to work student, was unopposed as secre- Allen Center employees working Man accused of with it." able to work with it.' tary. on weekends and after hours have had trouble parking because all the Scotcher said that because he — Miles Scotcher The newly elected officers will shoplifting textbooks plays club rugby and helps coach begin their terms March 1. spots were occupied by students' the women's club rugby team, he GSA president-elect The GSA also named David cars. Several employees brought this Police arrested a man Wednes- understands how to integrate gradu- Connolly from history, David Ting to the attention of Associate Vice day afternoon, accusing him of shop- ate students with undergraduates. from chemical engineering, Jeremy President of Finance and Adminis- lifting textbooks at the Campus "1 am in touch with a lot of the GSA members in attendance Blum from bioengineering and tration Neill Binford, who then sug- Store. undergraduates, and I think it does asked the presidential candidates Patrick Lennon from chemical engi- gested thechangeto ihecommittee. Campus Store employees Elida well if you try to integrate the gradu- how much time they had to commit neering as representatives to the last year, in response to a similar Cortez and Evangeline Petrv spot-' ates as well," Scotcher said. "A great to their office and their opinions on University Court. problem, Binford said, four parking ted a man putting textbooks.under joy for me would be to make avail- having a new graduate student mas- Elaine Thompson from history, spots became 24-hour faculty/staff his jacket and called the police at able to graduate students opportuni- ter, comparable to the undergradu- Sally Anne Schmidt from chemical spaces on the north side of the Allen about 2 p.m. ties to play sports here, to join soci- ate college masters. engineering, Ricardo Vargas from Center/Cohen House Lot. Pol ice arrested Ryan Morgan. 24, eties, to join clubs, to get involved The GSA also voiced concern electrical and computer engineer- Faculty and staff pay $220 each of Philadelphia. with people." about the relationship the president ing, and Andrew I x>e were chosen as year for an Allen Center parking Sgt. Steve Reiter said Morgan Brabson said in his speech that should build with the university's Honor Council representatives. slicker. was allegedly putting textbooks un- he would like to see better career administration. Twenty-two department repre- The parking committee dis- der his clothing, going to the men's services available to all graduate stu- All GSA offices require a simple sentatives were in attendance and cussed the possible location of the restroom and dropping them in the dents and advocated stronger spou- majority vote, which Scotcher re- eligible to vote, but all other GSA 24-hour faculty/staff spaces. They trash can, then returning to the store sal support programs and day-care ceived in the first election. members present were invited to could be in the square lot directly and taking more. options for graduate students. Scotcher said that the first thing ask candidates questions and dis- next to Ixwett College or on the loop Reiter said Morgan confessed to Casavant said he would like to he wants to do as president is to cuss their opinions. behind the Cohen House. stealing six books, worth $565. • Binford said the committee will "He admitted he needed money probably vote on the proposal and to get out of town and was told this forward it to the president by the was a quick and easy way to get it." Graduate student fee would increase fund end of the month. Reiter said. — Rachel Shiffrin According to Reiter, Morgan said he had also taken books from book- by Mark Berenson transportation needs. colm Gillis to increase funding for Each undergraduate student pays club sports. stores at other universities. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Woman reports peeper K8 a year to the fund through a blan- Schollnberger said Gillis chal- Reiter said, "When we were tak- Twice as much money may be ket lax. lenged them to find funds from stu- A 34-year-old Houston man was ing him to the station, he said, i can't available for student organizations Any student organization can dents. and he said the university issued acitation Wednesday for look- believe you guys are arresting me. and club sports soon. apply to the Student Activities Fund, would match those funds. Botsford ing up a woman's shorts in Fondren lire other universities just gave me a A graduate student fee and match- and undergraduate organizations and Schollnberger believe thegradu- Library. criminal trespass warning and put ing funds from the university may and club sports regularly have gradu- ale student fee meets Gillis'challenge. The woman was sitting at a desk me on a bus and sent me on my way.'" add $24,000 to the Student Activities ate students as members. Botsford said most of the money in the library when she saw a man. Morgan was charged with theft, Fund. Botsford and Schollnberger de- will probably help teams and organi- who University Police identified as a Class A misdemeanor, because Graduate Student Association cided it was appropriate for each zations with travel expenses. Timmie Polk, leaning under her desk. the books were valued at more than President Kile Marie Schollnberger graduate student to also pay $8 to The current Student Activities "He didn't attempt to hide it," Sgt. $500. He was taken to Harris County said she and Student Association the fund. Fund has $20,000 peryear. Money is Steve Reiter said. "It was flagrant." Jail. President Lindsay Botsford realized Schollnberger said the Offices of distributed by a committee of the SA The woman reported the man to Campus Store Manager Michelle last fall that only undergraduates Student Activities and Student Af- treasurer, a college treasurer and the front desk, and a Fondren em- Jones said shoplifting at the store is contribute to the Student Activities fairs need to approve the new fee. three other undergraduate represen- ployee called the police. aproblem. but arrestsare infrequent. Fund, although both graduate and Director of Student Activities tatives. If graduate students begin to Polk was arrested at 6:30 p.m. The store does not allow custom- undergraduate students can benefit Mona Hicks said she is working to contribute to the fund, the GSA trea- and issued a citation for disorderly ers to enter with backpacks, but it from it. finalize the new fee. surer and three graduate student conduct and a criminal trespass does not use any sort of electronic Clubs and student organizations East fall, Botsford and representatives would be added to warning. Police then escorted him security system. can apply to the fund for projects or Schollnberger asked President Mal- the committee, Botsford said. off campus. — Elizabeth Jardina flgpl . • ' • 'i.f1 ' '• >•• •• '•• . . •J »'"r * »' •^ -

. .. , ; fuSS Clinton concert lacks funding Vf-:; Camacho said a minimum of 3,000 here to speak, they can afford a con- by Matt Cuddihy *I S people would need to attend the con- cert once a year." THRESHER STAFF I cert in order to recoup the full cost, Camacho said, "These students Unless a monetary miracle oc- and even if every Rice student who have carried the idea of a concert curs, George Clinton and the P-Funk voted "yes" on the poll attended the further than any previous student All-Stars won't be grooving at Rice concert, there would still need to be group. ... Nearly every year since any time soon. 2,0CX) non-Rice people in the audience. I've been at Rice, a group of students Vice President for Student Affairs "I don't want to risk losing tens of approach me about the possibility of . Zenaido Camacho recently denied thousands of dollars that will prima- a concert in the spring. university funding for the event, rily benefit people other than Rice "In previous years, it's been an which would have cost $43,000. students," Camacho said. "This is idea that hasn't really moved this Join the Army National Guard and this is Jones College sophomores extremely important, since any far, so I'm hoping that [these] stu- what youll be telling your friends. If you have Gerald Maa and Vasco Bridges led money lost on the event will con- dents, who did a superb job, set the the drive, the Army National Guard needs you. the effort to have Clinton and the P- sume resources that will otherwise foundation for helping me (bring a Serve part-time in the Guard and attend school Funk make an appearance at Rice. be spent by Student Affairs on many concert to campus]Camacho said. full-time while earning educational benefits like Bridges said he and Maa decided other student activities and pro- "We're not promoters, so it's scary the Montgomery GX Bill, tuition assistance, they would like to see a large-scale grams. Since avoiding this loss is for me. But it helps me understand and an extra paycheck. concert here, and after careful de- dependent on the uncertainty of what it takes and it helps us move You can also gain the kind of self-confidence, liberation they decided that George thousands of ticket sales to people forward for the future." leadership skills and experience that will help Clinton would have the necessary outside of Rice, 1 decided not to un- Bridges said he and Maa haven't steer you towards a better tomorrow. "pull" to get people to attend the derwrite the event." completely given up the George Best of all you can serve your country right concert. Bridges and Maa talked Bridges said, "He was going off Clinton fight. in your own hometown. Pick up the keys to with booking agents for Clinton and strict numbers, assuming only "We're still looking for our final your future today. had set the dale of April 6 for the people inside Rice would come. hope of outside funding — it's out of Call: concert. That's not very cool." the university's hands," Bridges said. 1 -BOO-GO-GU ARD -TEXAS The cost of the^concert led Maa Bridges said he and Maa have "Now, it would just be a concert at and Bridges to speak with Cama- looked elsewhere for funding, such as Rice, not at all affiliated with it." cho about obtaining university fund- the President's Programming Fund, ing. Bridges said the concert would but have not come up with any money. have been held in Autry Court, a Monica Garcia, a Sid Richardson venue that could hold enough College freshman, said she didn't ERRATUM people to recoup costs. Maa said participate in the poll, but that she Camacho was unsure that enough wishes George Clinton and the P- Last week's Thresher article people would attend, so Maa and Funk were coming. about bringing George Clinton Bridges conducted an online sur- "1 think the administration is to campus, "Concert hinges on student support," misstated INSTITUTE vey. 903 people voted that they worried about Rice, that outside the possible source of funds OF READING would go to the concert, 127 voted people might come in and mess up DEVELOPMENT "I'll go if my friends go" and 60 the place," she said. for the concert. It said Vice people voted no. Phil Fung, a Sid senior, said he President for Student Affairs Bridges said the poll had some wasn't crushed that the P-Funk aren't Zenaido Camacho was consid Teacher initial technical difficulties, and up coming. ering using private funds from Summer Teaching Positions to a hundred votes could be missing "I voted, 'I'll go if my friends go', investors. In fact, he was con- sidering using university fund- S600 - 700/wk from the tally. Nevertheless, Bridges although it would be nice to see said when he and Maa approached more concerts in the future." ing. Camacho was unavailable Camacho with the survey results, Maa said Rice is not as fun as it for comment in time for last Reading enrichment programs for children of all ages and Camacho still didn't feel there was could be. "Rice is really into the week's issue. The Thresher regrets the error. adults. These classes, offered throughout the Houston area sufficient student interest to war- intellectual thing, and if they can (and in other areas throughout Texas) under the sponsorship of rant funding for the event. afford to bring all those dignitaries public and private universities, develop students' reading comprehension and study skills; more significantly, they emphasize the love of reading and reading for pleasure. SA memo will pledge inclusiveness

Graduate students and graduating seniors from any discipline by Rachel Rustin not be felt by everyone outside," ture, for Ihe SA to take more power who love books and reading are eligible to apply. We are 'I HREMIER EDITORIAL STAFF Home, a Wiess junior, said. away from the local governments." Among those in attendance who Hanszen sophomore Anthony seeking people with warmth, intellectual authority, and a In an effort to make all students supported t he idea, there was disagree- Covington felt such a document is commitment to high personal standards. Previous teaching feel welcome at Rice, four students ment about how to make sure stu- needed on campus. experience (with adults or children) is valuable, though not proposed a resolution at Monday's dents arc aware lhat the SA is a good "1 think a memorandum needs to required. We provide a paid, comprehensive training program Student Association Senate meeting. place to express concerns. Many felt be passed, along with the actions," that the document was a good start, to equip you for reading instruction. Car required. The resolution, proposed by SA Covington said. "I've spoken to sev- Treasurer Ben Home, Wiess Col- but that much more was needed. eral athletes and several people about lege Senator Ricky Kalra, Jones Col- the SA.... They feel like the SA does I-888-964-0093 lege senior Michelle Brand and not serve their needs. To come with www.readingprograms.org chemistry graduate student Raj Wahi 4 a formal statement, and an action (Wiess *01), aims to make it clear There is a certain behind that, would say more •about that the senate is "a forum for stu- what the SA wants to do." dents to voice personal concerns." sentiment that the SA Home agreed. "It 's not all we can "It's about letting Rice students does not reach out to do, but it's something we can do," he know that the SA is a forum where said. "There is a certain sentiment they can come to express complaints the students. I think the that the SA does not reach out to the about i ssues that are beyond t he scope students. I think the SA is more than of the colleges, that maybe affect more SA is more than willing willing to reach out to students. I STUDENT TRAVEL than one college," Brand said. think there's a lack of communica- Brand was also one of die authors to reach out to students. tion somewhere." of last semester's complaint about Home said he fell that many of college cheers. She said she knows I think there's a lack of the negative feelings toward the reso- people disagreed with the way the communication lution were based on the fact that complainants went to the administra- two of the four authors are running tion with their concerns, and she hopes somewhere.' for elected offices. Home is running London $310 this resolution could help prevent simi- for KTRU Station Manger; Kalra. a lar situations from developing. — Ben Home Wiess sophomore, is running for SA Paris $400 "I didn't know that the SA was a Student Association treasurer president. By not presenting the place I could go to to express con- amended resolution until after the Amsterdam $402 cerns and have solutions and action General Elections, Home said he Tokyo $855 taken by the SA," Brand said. feels that skepticism about the mo- While some of the discussion fo- "I'd feel better if it was actually tives of the authors will dissipate. Fores are rountHnp Restrictions may eppty. Tax not tndudod. cused on whether a document setting up some way to deal with After presenting the resolution should be developed at all, most of this, like forming a committee to to the SA, the four original authors the debate was about what form it address these issues." Hanszen Col- asked for volunteers to help them should be in, what it should say and lege President-elect Erik Vanderlip, amend the document. Tbe group what action it should be coupled a junior, said. "Like going out and will meet next week and present an with. speaking with people with different updated version of the memo at the The document was originally pro- opinions, things like that. I think March 12 SA meeting. posed as a resolution, but it will most that would be better for a resolution In addition to forming a commit- likely be presented as a memoran- than just saying. 'We're representa- tee, suggestions for courses of ac- dum at the March 12 SA meeting. tives of the student body.'" tion included asking senators to "A resolution says we don't nec- Lovett College President Phil make announcements at their col- essarily do this already. A memo Alexander expressed concern that leges and sending senate members says that this is already our job, we're this type of document would infringe to other organizations on campus to just notifying you," Sid Richardson on the sovereignty of the colleges. publicize the fact that the SA is com- College President Laura Rees. a se- "I don't want the SA coming down mitted to "creating an environment 2401 Times Blvd. nior, said. and dictating to me the way my col- in which their peers are supported 713.524.9910 Home, who presented the reso- lege is run." Alexander, a senior, said and welcomed." lution to the senate, said many stu- at the meeting. There are modes There are students who feel like STAil; dents are not aware that the SA can and lines within a college to address they are not a part of Rice culture," www.statravel.com help them. "This is known, 1 think, this. I worry about this possibly be- Vanderlip said. "I feel like that's WE'VE BEEN THERE by everyone in the room, but it may ing used as a way to change the struc- wrong." •-v.!« • ' 'r"

THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 I Woman faints during Boyer will not file formal complaint APOLOGY, from Page 1 the interim dean for Student Judicial there's definitely a double-standard. told recipients to "spread the word if Programs. "In the end, one of the saving you like" and was subsequently for- "I'm a nice guy," Boyer said. graces for Patrick and Vinay when 'Vagina Monologues' warded to many other students. "What do I have to gain by hurting this was going on was that it was Katie Cox's e-mail included per- her more? All I wanted was my repu- just in jest, whereas this girl was sonal information about Boyer, who tation back." doing something to change by Jose Luis Cubria the show for nearly 30 minutes, transferred to Rice in January, in- Katie Cox and Boyer both said people's opinions about him. 'Rape' THHESHEH EMTOKIA1. STAFF Barker said it didn't hurt the per- formance. cluding his name, his major and his they will continue to be friends. carries a very negative stigma, and An audience member fainted "It was not a serious emer- residential college, and warned stu- "It's surprising, but both of us are you can't undo something like during Friday's production of The gency, but we didn't want to start dents, "Don't let yourself or your still friends and consider our friend- that," he said. Vagina Monologues in Lyle's in the the show again until she was taken best girl friends be the next victims!" ship important, and that will be main- However, Camacho said this did IjovettCollege basement, suspend- careof," he said. "Amazingly, only Katie Cox wrote a second e-mail tained," Cox said. "We're both sorry not indicate a double standard con- ing the production for half an hour. a handful of people decided to about two hours later, saying she that it happened." cerning students' punishments be- The play ran for only one week- leave. The audience wasted no did not have any proof to support her Cox said she had responses from cause ,no complaint was filed in the end, and the three performances time in getting back into the show." accusation. This e-mail was also for- students ranging from supportive to case of Boyer and Katie Cox. Cama- were overcrowded. About 15 Barker said the play's orga- warded widely. negative e-mails. She said, however, cho also said Cox's e-mail did not people stood to watch each perfor- nizers accepted only 90 reserva- In her apology, Katie Cox apolo- that she had not experienced any violate Rice's sexual harassment mance, whileother audience.mem- tions each night, leaving the re- gized for damaging Boyer's reputa- face-to-face confrontations. policy. bers withoutchairssaton the floor. maining seats open. However, tion by "sending out an e-mail stated "I feel that everyone is understand- "In a case like this, if there's not a A total of about 550 people Barker said no one who showed as fact but based on what 1 now ing that I did this for my friends, and complaint filed, the university does attended the show over the three up on time was turned away. realize was malicious hearsay." L did not intend to hurt anyone by not follow with any act," Camacho nights, with more than 200 at the Lovett College sophomore Vice President forStudent Afliars this," she said. "I don't believe people said. 'T hat's a big difference, those finale Saturday. Elizabeth McDonald, who saw Zenaido Camacho sent the e-mail to think less of me for doing it.... At the two issues of sexual harassment and 1 director Blake Barker, a Lovett the show three times, said she all undergraduate students, adding same lime, they understand that I did whether there was a complaint filed." senior, said that during the play thought the play was performed an introductory paragraph to the not want this to happen." Will Rice College sophomore John Friday, audience members asked better on the more crowded apology that stated that administra- Some students said they thought Navarro said he thought Katie Cox's the crew to turn on the house nights. tors had "concluded that the rumor there was a discrepancy between punishment should have been harsher lights because an audience mem- "1 definitely enjoyed the nights of a sexual assault is, in fact, base- the handling of Katie Cox's accusa- because her allegation was so serious. ber who had been standing had on which the house was packed less." tion and the complaint filed against "I think it's kind of unfair," he passed out and hit her head. much more," McDonald said. Boyer, Katie Cox, Sid Masters former Sid Secretaries Patrick B. said. "By saying that he was a rapist The subject, who is not a Rice "The crew definitely did a better Steve and I^aura Cox and Jones Col- Murphy and Vinay Kini. when he wasn't, she is taking a re- student, was treated on the scene job when they had a big audience lege Masters Maribel and Enrique Camacho filed a sexual harass- ally serious claim and making it less by Wiess College sophomore thatreacted to their performance. Barrera worked together to com- ment complaint against Kini and serious. The next time someone calls Tom Hayes arid Lovett sopho- On Saturday, the house was pose the apology. They agreed the Murphy for material they wrote in someone a rapist, people might say, more Joanne Braun, two emer- packed, and I think that was the apology addressed the concerns of the Oct. 24 Sid College Council min- 'Well, you're just lying like that other gency medical technicians who best show." both Boyer and Katie Cox. utes. The two sophomores were sen- girl.'" were in the audience, Although the crowds ex- "1 think Katie and Travis did the tenced to suspension at the end of Boyer said several students at Braun said Rice Emergency ceeded the room's capacity. Uni- right thing," said Steve Cox, a com- last semester after the materia! was other universities contacted him Medical Services and the Hous- versity Police Chief Bill Taylor putational and applied mathematics found to be in violation of Rice's sexual about the incident, apparently after ton Fire Department were noti- • said there were no reported fire professor, who is not related to Katie harassment policy. Associate Provost the e-mail was forwarded to them, fied of the incident. The subject code violations. Cox. '"ITie resolution of the issue Walter Isle lessened the students' including friends at Georgetown was transported to Hermann Hos- 'Hie show raised more than was the goal, not really to punish punishment on appeal to probation University and Vanderbilt Univer- and community .service Jan. 12. pital for precautionary tests and $1,000 to benefit Maya's Place, someone." sity. No addresses from either school released the same evening. an organization that assists Boyer said Cox's two-sentence Sid senior Marc Zubick said the were included among the list of ini- Although the incident delayed women with terminal diseases. apology was sufficient to compen- administration had a double stan- tial recipients. However, Boyer said sate for her original e-mail. He could dard in dealing with the two cases. he was not overly surprised by how have filed a formal complaint against "The administration steps in far the e-mail was spread. Cox. but said Monday night that he when it is to their advantage,... but "Yeah, 1 was alittle su rprised when did not wish to pursue this course of the word 'rape' is not a word they my friends contacted me," Boyer sau action. A formal complaint would want the outside community to hear "But it's nol abig shock in the scheme Coordinators will have been evaluated by Ron Sass, about Rice," Zubick said. "I think of the whole incident." finalize rules Sunday

TRACTORS, from Page 1 with a pickup truck, although stu- Deere lawnmowers." However, dents would not be allowed in the these smaller tractors were not pow- tnick beds. . erful enough to pull a flatbed at Beer- Sid Beer-Bike coordinator Julie Bike. Attaway, a Sid Richardson Buergler said she thought having a College senior, estimated that each uniform policy would be better than flatbed, when loaded with 20 to 30 allowing each college to determine trash cans of water balloons and 10 its own policy. students, would weigh about four or "I think it will be better if every- five tons. one has the same thing because A tractor powerful enough to pull there will be less confusion," this much weight had rear lires that Buergler, a soph< >more, said. "There were six feet lall, he said. are more ways of getting hurt if ev- IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE "Tractors are very slow-moving eryone has a different way of carry- vehicles, and they don't actually have ing the balloons." to pull that much weight, so the ones Attaway said pulling the flatbed that are made to pull that much with a pickup would be less expen- FREAKY DREAMS weight can pull combines," he said. sive for the colleges than either a "It's a tractor to pull a combine, so tractor or a large truck. Also, stu- that means it's big." dents who own pickup trucks could WERE EVERYTHING Aftaway said he contacted Risk allow their colleges to use it for the Manager Renee Block on Monday to parade. discuss the problem. He said he was "No one owns a cattle car, but lots concerned because the decision not of people own [pickup] trucks, so if someone in the college decides that IS REALLY BIG. to allow trucks was made for stu- dents' safely, and the large wheels of they're going to let their truck be the tractor also seemed dangerous. used to pull the flatbed, all you have "Six-foot wheels are not safer — to do is rent the flatbed," Attaway they are significantly less safe than said. "So it makes it even cheaper." what we had before," Attaway said. Merritt McAlister, who was for- College Beer-Bike coordinators merly Beer-Bike co-chair with will meet Sunday night to discuss a Attaway. said she does not think the new policy for transporting balloons decision not to allow tractors will be during the parade, which will be a serious setback for the colleges. held March 31, the day of Beer-Bike. "As Rice students, we're creative Attaway said the coordinators can and intelligent enough, so we should either choose to adopt a campus- be able to come up with something wide policy or to allow colleges to else," McAlister, a Hanszen College decide their own mode of transpor- junior, said. "It's frustrating for the tation, as long as they stay within coordinators, but I think everything certain guidelines. will work out." If no campus-wide policy is McAlister resigned Wednesday, adopted, each college's Beer-Bike citing academic and personal rea- coordinators would submit their pro- sons. She said the recent problem posal for transportation no later than with the tractors was not a factor in 10 a.m. March 12. The transport of her resignation. Ckipotk balloons may not involve large trac- Lovett College Beer-Bike Coor- tors, large trucks or live non-human dinator Katie Ban said the problem animals. The college with the most was frustrating, but agreed that it creative proposal would receive a would not negatively affect actual $500 prize from the Beer-Bike bud- Beer-Bike events. HONEY. VEBLEM UP THE BURRITO. get. "It's hard to find something safe Attaway said most coordinators to pull all the water balloons," Ban. a KIRBY & NOTTINGHAM seem to support pulling the flatbed sophomore, said. "1 think something will be thought of to deal with this." "* ' ' • ' -'"*' ' •* rJ> - ,/prw • ' f . * '^.'V' ' f ' ' V*'; ' *0^ • ' -* <:, . '' THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 • r -• •' ^VS/V:*< Faculty to re-examine requirement REQUIREMENT, from Page 1 mined by the American Council on Next week, the faculty could vote ing to go with either modifying the Teaching Foreign Languages, which to abolish the requirement. Stokes requirement or abolishing it, he said. certifies the tests that were written said he expects to see "considerable This semester, the committee by Rice. support for doing away with the re- voted 14-1 to send forward a motion "This is not a particularly high quirement," Stokes said. that the faculty re-examine the lan- standard, but it's an important one, I "The foreign language require- * >. guage requirement. think, to give people the basic ability ment is obviously going to be a big "ITie main view of the committee to use the language," Stokes said. demand on students' time," said Phys- is that this is something the general The Language Steering Commit- ics and Astronomy Professor Stanley faculty needs to consider because tee had estimated in September 1998 I)odds, who said he would vote there are significant inconsistencies" that 47 percent of freshmen that year against keeping it if it comes up in the between the requirement that was would have been able to place out of general faculty meeting. The ques- passed and its actual implementa- a requirement with Advanced Place- tion then is: Is that the best use of our tion, Zanimito said. ment credit or by passing a Rice students' time, or should they be tak- These discrepancies have in- exam. ing more courses in history or eco- cluded "a lot of loose ends" that ap- But according to curriculum com- nomics or statist ics or even science? peared when new students arrived mittee figures, only 13 percent of "Beyond that, there are serious ••• mmu sm last fall, interim Dean of Humanities this year's incoming students com- questions in the implementation," • >'' Gale Stokes said. pleted (he requirement with the AP Doddsadded. BRIAN STOLXR/THRESHER Some students raised questions test, while 8 percent averaged inter- At the October faculty meeting, mediate-mid or higher on the test. Dodds presented written comments Workers attach a backup crane (left) to stabilize the crane behind Hanszen about proving competency that had College after a safety mechanism at the base of the crane bent Feb. 15. not been addressed by the require- Five percent of first-year students, about Stokes' clarifications, which ment that was passed by the faculty. passed the' written placement exam Dodds said changed the substance For example, students who had but did not take the oral interview, of the legislation passed by the fac- passed a Rice placement test and an instead choosing to enroll in a 300- ulty. Crane malfunction forces oral proficiency interview in some level or higher course. However, other faculty members languages had not technically filled Fewer students were able to pass are wary about completely striking the requirement because some tests the exams than expected. Stokes the requirement after its first year. : had yet to be certified. said. For instance, of the students "1 wasn t enthusiastic about the Hanszenites to evacuate Stokes issued clarifications in who took the Spanish proficiency language requirement initially," Po- exam in the fall, only 25 percent litical Science Professor John response to the questions in Sep- by Elizabeth Jardina brought in a backup crane to lower passed the written test and 6 percent Ambler, a CUC member, said. tember. IH i!K8H I K I". Dl I'OkiAt STAi K the unstable crane safely. Students "1 think [the problems] arose pri- passed the oral proficiency interview. However, now that it is in effect, were allowed to re-enter t heir rooms marily because the requirement was Another problem is that some stu- "we've already drawn one class of More than 100 students were by 2 p.m., when the crane was low- not very well-written." Stokes said. dents never took a placement exam. freshmen into it" and it shouldn't be evacuated from their rooms Feb. 15 ered to the ground. Also, fewer incoming students "A •significant portion of last year's abolished, he said. Ambler's vote in when a construction crane malfunc- F&H Director Mark Ditman said were able to pass out of the require- incoming class are unidentified," the CUC was the one dissenting vote tioned, causing officials to fear it he couldn't predict how damaging ment than had been projected. Stokes said. "We don't know why against putting forth the motion to might fall on Hanszen College. the crane could have been. Students who make a score of 4 they haven't attempted the language re-examine the requirement. Hie safety mechanism at the base "1 think the probability of the fall- or 5 on an Advanced Placement lan- placement exam, and we don't know Whether or not the requirement of the crane bent at about 9:30 a.m., ing was low, but had it fallen, it would guage exam while in high school what their cuiricular plans are." continues. Stokes said, the attention sending the crane vertical and mak- be an awful lot of weight to come have fulfilled the requirement. The language requirement has to the language program has brought ing thecounterbalances that normally down on any of the roofs here," he Another way to prove compe- been a hotly debated issue among worthwhile improvements. hold the crane upright useless. said. tency in a language is by scoring an the faculty since its*inception. 'Hie If the requirement were abol- For four hours, the 120-foot crane The crane's falling wasn't the only- average of intermediate-mid or language requirement narrowly ished, "it would not change the way was held up only by the wires that danger. "If it did go down, there higher on a proficiency exam. 'ITie passed 87-84 at the iNovember 1998 we teach languages," he said. normally raise and lower it. Hie crane, would be debris that would be fly- written part of the exam tests read- general faculty meeting. At the Sep- "One thing that the language re- part of the construction of new Wiess ing," University Police Chief Hill ing, writing and listening abilities, tember 1998 meeting, on the quirement has done for teaching College just behind the Hanszen com- Taylorsaid. "It wasn't just the [crane] followed by an oral proficiency inter- requirement's first reading, the pro- foreign languages at Rice has been mons, was being used to put roofing itself we had to worry about ." view to test speaking ability. posal passed by an uncounted clear -to stimulate terrific changes in how material on new Wiess Commons. Job Site Supervisor Charlie Intermediate-mid is a level deter- majority. language is taught." The Hanszen kitchen was evacu- Fisher said the incident will not cause ated immediately because it was di- a delay in Wiess' completion, which m rectly in the potential path of the is scheduled for August 2002. crane's fall. The Rice Crisis Manage- Hanszen senior Tina Snyder, who ment Team was alerted to the situa- was awakened by an F&H employee tion, and in consultation with con- and told to leave her room, said incon- struction supervisors, they decided veniences occur frequently because to evacuate Hanszen New Section at of the construction. "It's just one more about 10 a.m. The team is a group of annoying thing the construction site high-level administrators who coor- does to us." Snyder said. dinate efforts to respond to large- Other students responded with scale emergency situations. good humor. After realizing they Food and H <

The following incidents were reported to the University Police for the period Feb. 14-20.

Residential Colleges Jones College Feb. 16 Bicycle stolen.

Academic Buildings Lovett Hall Feb. 17 Intoxicated underage students caught with stolen Facilities and Engineering maintenance cart. Students released to master and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.

Parking Lots Biology/Geology Lot Feb. 14 Student reported damage to his vehicle.

Other Areas Inner Loop Feb. 14 Traffic stop for driving the wrong way on a one way street. Two non Rice subjects detained for public intoxication and released to responsible adult.

Rice University Feb. 14 Student reported that while walking from his apartment to campus on Feb. 13, he was followed by two subjects in a blue Ford Explorer who were harassing and videptaping him.

MOB Field Feb. 17 Student reported her wallet taken while she was watching a game. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 Cooperation between groups discussed STUDENT ASSOCIATION The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed: DEBATE, from Page 1 administration's actions, though. the SA encourage graduate student rather than me to be a liaison," Kalra "We want to hold the adminis- participation in an advisory capac- • The senate approved the Movie Watchers Association Club, which said. tration accountable for their ac- ity. will watch movies and listen to guest speakers. Anyone interested Kalra said he wants to be a "uni- tions," Lisagor said. "If Tuesday "I think that first off, there needs should contact Adrian Guerra-Cardus {[email protected]). versal facilitator" for minority night they are freaking out about to be more interaction between the • The senate approved a university chapter of the National Association groups, to encourage them to bring KTRU and Wednesday they shut GSA and the SA," Lisagor said. She for the Advancement of Colored People. Anyone interested should their concerns to the SA and to help down the station andThursday they also suggested that undergraduates contact Jonathan Chism ([email protected]). students work with the SA Senate. call us in and say, 'We made a big look to graduate students, who were • The senate approved the Caribbean Student Society. The CSS will "I don't mean by minorities blacks mess. Would you clean it up please?' recently undergraduates them- work to increase interaction among Caribbean students and will be or Hispanics. 1 also mean athletes, the first thing that we're going to selves, for advice rather than always a service to incoming Caribbean students. Anyone interested should any other group — Pride as well — say is,' Why didn'tyou come to us in relying on help from the vice presi- contact Tiane Burke ([email protected]). that feel that they haven't had a voice the first place?'" dent for Student Affairs or the Presi- • The ballot forthe General Elections was approved. General Elections in their [college] cabinet," he said. Lisagor also said the SA Senate dent. begin today and run through 1 p.m Wednesday. Students can vote "I think a lot of them came 1 to Martel j must be accountable to the students Schollnberger said she hopes the online using a link from http://www.rice.edu or http://sa.rice.edu or because they wanted minority rep- and that by working to represent the candidates will think about the rela- on laptops in their college commons. resentation, diversity, where (Black opinions of the student body rather tionship between the two associa- • A resolution stating that all students should feel that they can come Student Association] members are than their own opinions, she and tions. to the SA with their problems was proposed by SA Treasurer Ben allowed to speak at their cabinets, Parks would avoid becoming "pup- "Many issues affect all students Home, Wiess College Senator Ricky Raj Singh Kalra, Jones College AD VANCE members are allowed to pets." on our campus," she said. "1 hope senior Michelle Brand and chemistry graduate student Raj Wahi. advertise the Culture Fair." the next SA president will recognize (See Story, Page 6.) Lisagor said discrimination is the strength of joint SA and GSA • Discussion was held on having Graduate Student Association mem- "everyone's problem," and Parks efforts." bers contribute to the Student Activities Fund since they can receive l said he would encourage people to A lot of times we feel Parks and Lisagor emphasized money from the fund. (See Story, Page 5.) bring issues to the senate and to what they think are the strengths of • President Malcolm Gillis is looking into redesigning the Rice Web lead facilitated discussions. They that it's students versus their combined candidacy. They said page. To give input or ask questions, contact SA President Lindsay want to improve relations between they planned to attend all meetings Botsford ([email protected]). colleges during Orientation Week the administration, and and functions together, and Parks m The teaching committee gave its semester report. The committee by providing opportunities for stu- I don t think that's the pointed out that between the two of has been working to give the committee that decides promotions and dents with similar interests to meet them, they have 27 available hours tenures a better indication of how professors perform on teaching one another. right way of looking at per week to meet with students. The evaluations. A long-term goal under discussion is to have evalua- Too much involvement in organi- two often used time left after their tions completed electronically. zations, not the college system, it: answers in the debate to mention • The parking committee reported that the results of the parking study might be to blame for the alleged other ideas. are available at http://www.parking.rice.edu. The committee is — Ricky Kalra discrimination and lack of diversity Lisagor said they want to make looking for feedback on the "short loop" route. The committee also at Rice, Dallal said SA presidential candidate lifetime Physical Activities Program brought up that five to 10 spots in front of Allen Center may turn into "'Hie college system is one of the credits no longer required for gradu- 24-hour reserved Allen Center spots. (See Story, Page 7.) strongest protections we have of di- ation. Students are currently re- • The college presidents will present a document about college cheers versity and weshouldn'tdoanything Dallal said the president could quired to complete two LPAP at the next SA meeting. to weaken it," he said. "1 think it'd be maintain integrity by bein# wary of classes. much better if people identified a favors handed out by administrators. Audience member Caroline The next meeting will be held Monday in Farnsworth Pavilion in the little less strongly with particular "It's quite easy for the SA presi- Glendenning, a Hanszen freshman, Student Center at 10 p.m. organizations.... 1 think there's too dent to become a puppet of the ad- asked if age and experience would much of a tendency right now for ministration," he said. "The easiest be beneficial to Dallal and the Parks Erratum different groups to oppose one an- way is to accept too many favors. A and Lisagor team. 'Hie three juniors other and that's not good." lot of people, when they accept fa- agreed that, while a sophomore In the Feb. 16 article "Honor Council proposes modifications, the Some audience members later vors from the administration, end mitfht have a great deal of experi- percentage of votes required to pass the new Honor Council Constitu- defended strong organizations and up owing the administration. We do ence, he or she would have even tion is incorrect. The constitution must be approved by three-fourths of said they help give students a group know that certain vice presidents for more after another year. Kalra, the the votes cast, and there is not minimum number of votes that mu: t and an identity beyond that of "Rice Student Affairs like to pass out a lot only sophomore candidate, said his be cast to approve the constitution. student." of favors to students." work on various SAcommitteesgave Student interaction with admin- Kalra expressed a desire to im- him a significant amount of experi- The Thresher regrets the error. istrators was also a prominent issue prove the student-administrator re- ence. during the debate. lationship while representing the All candidates said they plan to "A lot of times we feel that it's students. remain active in the student body if students versus the administration, "Realize that [the SA president they lose the election. Kalra said he and I don't think that's the right way is] a bridge to the administration, a would run for Martel SA senator. oflookingat it." Kalra said, referring bridge with the students behind Dallal said he would apply for a to the ongoing controversy over col- them," Kalra said. "We want to rep- position on the University Council, lege cheers. "We students have cer- resent the students rather than rep- which reviews and makes recom- tain goals and traditions we want to resent the administration." mendations to President Gill is about maintain at Rice and they have cer- Graduate Student Association curriculum changes and degree re- tain goals, and if we could meet hall- President Kile Marie Schollnberger quirements and approves the aca- way at times that would help us out asked the candidates how they demic calendar before those issues a lot more. But we shouldn't give up viewed cooperation between the are brought to the faculty for deci- our traditions." GSA and the SA. sion. The candidates agreed that an "We don't share classes with Both Parks and Lisagor said they acceptable compromise was reached them," Kalra said. "We don't share would remain active in the SA-orga- after KTRU was shut down last De- many of the activities. We do share nized Leadership Retreat. Lisagor cember. The shutdown followed the one thing, though, and that's this also said she wanted to create a divi- station management's clash with campus. And with a shared campus, sional adviser for undecided majors. administrators over the number of the issues are the same." R< >ughly 30 students attended t he Cat insurance from GE1CD. sports events To be broadcast. Not Lisagor suggested that the SA debate, which was also broadcast on all candidates agreed with the view the GSA as a resource and that Rice Broadcast Television. Because it's neuet too early to begin making sound financial decisions.

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; jH Voting begins online today at NOON and ends Feb. 28 at 1:00 P.M. jj^^l To vote, go to http://sa.rice.edu/elections or follow the Ricelnfo link. SA PRESIDENT SA EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT James Dallal Uri McMillan "We feel that we have a responsibility to shine a light into t he darkness." — Hi. my name is Uri McMillan and I am a sophomore at Brown running for the Mos Def office of SA External VP. I have been involved with various organizations outside of the SA for the past t wo years-PR!DE president. Rice Leadership Retreat . AI DS Quill I've felt unsatisfied with t he level of campus dialogue this past year. As each new Committee, University Blue Poetry Co-Editor, ad-hoc committee for same-sex issue has arisen — construction, cheers, KTRU, Beer Bike — Rice University has domestic partner benefits, - and in doing so, believe that I can bring an outside settled into two neatly organized camps, fully content to tell and believe the most perspective to the SAthat it needs. Furthermore, i hope thai in obtaining this office, fantastic lies about their opponents. On one side, 1 see content students who think I can use it to further some of my own goals, particularly in fostering a better everything's peachy and want to help the administration accomplish all its goals for environment on (his campus between different cultures, so that both racial and (he coming decades. On the other side. 1 see disaffected students plotting sexual minorities don't feel like they have to move off campus to be who they are. revolution. One idea that is in the works is for a Diversity Retreat next fall and I hope that if 1 win. I can use some of the And neither side is right: W hen the administration opposes the will of students, lies to students, and then resources of the SA to help make this happen and change the perception that the SA doesn't do anything. announces (hat it has "no significant response" when students voice their concern, then a season of So if you want change, please vote for me. resistance is in order. Bu( at the same time, the folks in Ix>vett Hall really do aspire to valuing student concerns highly. Perhaps stepping into student government at this point amounts to rearranging the deck chairs on Uie Titanic. 1. for one, doubt that things have gotten tuite that bad But even if we are on the Titanic, then why SA SECRETARY not rearrange a few deck chairs? The rift between the administration and the students may not fall away so easily, but responsible, unified, and committed student government will certainly help. 1 believe 1 could find enjoyment in helping to bring us closer together. And even—wonder of all wonders—a sense of Caroline Glendenning mission in an age of hobbies. Hey Rice! I'm a freshman from Hanszen and I want to be your new SA Secretary. And how did 1 realize this, you ask? No, it wasn't coercion, and it's not to pad my Ricky Raj Singh Kalra resume either. It's not even an effort to rue my three straight Student Council losses in high school. 1 knew when I came here that 1 wanted to be actively involved in the Friends, J Rice community. After my first semester when I explored all the different options I have had the honor of serving as a Senate member this year, and 1 would like I had, 1 realized that working in SA for the entire University was how 1 wanted to to continue as your President. become involved. I'm hardworking, responsible, and well organized with just the My positions this year: right amount of good humor to last through long meetings and still take good * Martel Founding Committee Member: I served as the Co-Chair of Recruit- minutes. I'm outgoing and easy to talk to and would love to convey your opinions ment. This involved populating Martel and establishing a Martel Community. to the rest of the Executive Council. But most importantly, I will keep the Student Association organized and * SA Senator: 1 had the unique opportunity to co-author the KTRU Resolution. updated so that it can serve your needs better. So vote. And vote for me, and not just because I said so. Do My personal project of the year was working with the Economics Department to it because fin well qualified and excited to work for a Student Association that can better serve you. its bring about changes in its curriculum and student perception. members. (Or cause 1 lost so much in high school, and you pity me. I'll take what I can get.) Changes that I want to instigate: * College Integration: With Martel joining the college system, we need to continue the process that we started this year. The Senate must continue to act as an umbrella for 9 autonomous governments to come together, and to work together. SA TREASURER * Student Influence in Academic Departments: I want to extend my efforts from the Economics Project to encompass other Departments. Students should be able to convey concerns/problems without the fear of repercussions. * Senate as a Forum: Rice is synonymous with Diversity. To ensure that we do not alienate our peers who identify themselves strongly with certain oil-campus groups, such as BSA. PRIDE, and even RPC PRESIDENT ATHLETICS, we need to adopt an Open-Door Policy of the Senate. I want the Senate to be a place, where students can voice concerns and get meaningful responses/actions. Angela Durbin 1 can't give you a vote, but I will give you a voice. 'ITiat is my promise! -Ricky Kalra Jamie Lisagor and UNIVERSITY COUNCIL Gavin Parks (choose 2) We challenge the SA presidential candidates NOT to use the word "Change" in their campaign. It is obvious that "change" is inherent to any good idea. Anyone can Lindsay Botsford talk about the current issues at Rice. We are going to talk about solutions. If elected, we will be the first Co-Presidents of the SA. Individually, we are both qualified to be President. KTRU STATION MANAGER Together, even greater things will become possible. We complement each other's leadership styles. As a team, we will be better able to represent the concerns of the student body to the administration. We will speak as one voice—the student voice. Ben Home EXPERIENCE lainie Lisagor "when I hear music i fear no danger, i am invulnerable, i see no foe. i am related '99-00 SA Secretary to the earliest times and to the !atest."-henry david thoreau '00-01 Rice Leadership Retreat Coordinator I've have been a DJ at KTRU for 3 years, programming a general shift, and recently, the Scordatura show (20th century classical music). Gavin Parks I love many types of music-, classical, hip-hop. punk, folk, blues, rock 'n' roll, '99-00 SA Treasurer Indian... Especially. I love watching live music by local artists (great spots here on campus: Shepherd School and the Undergrounds!) I will work for more live music '00-01 Martel Founding Committee- SA Representative shows sponsored by or promoted by KTRU. I think live shows can be great to expose students to different artists and new types of music. I'd like to encourage my OUR VISION fellow students to challenge each other to seek out art and music that is not immediately accessible. Try • Actively collect opinion from student organizations like BSA, HACER, SAS, CSA, and watching a show at the Mausoleum or at No Tsu Oh, somewhere a bit out of the way. Try listening to KTRU PRIDE as part of our commitment to integrate diverse student interest into the Rice for a chunk of time, and really give the station a chance to appeal to you. Art is everywhere we look. Community "It really makes me feel good when our music causes somebody to wake up and actually question their • Attend college government meet ings to increase the level of communication between assumptions" -Ty Tabor (houston band King's X) the colleges and the SA • Facilitate bi-monthly solution-oriented dialogue on campus concerns in place of standard SA meetings • Get rid of the LPAP requirement • Institute well-trained, accountable student academic advisors who will be resources THRESHER EDITOR IN CHIEF for information about graduation requirements • Create a wider variety of activities during O-Week that allow new students to meet others with similar interests Robert Reichle and • Hold the administration directly accountable for its actions against students Leslie Liu

SA INTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT Oi mates. We're Ix-slie Liu and Robert Reichle. Both of us are Wiess College juniors, and we have almost six years of experience between us in working on the Thresher staff as editorial board Kim Tran members. Now, we want to be your Thresher editors in chief. Leslie spent the 1999-2000 academic year as a news editor and Hope everyone's having a great week! My name is Kim Tran, Sid Rich is currently the copy editor. Robert was copy editor during 1999- sophomore. The Internal VP keeps Rice students in touch with what is happening 2000 and is currently the arts and entertainment editor. With our forces combined, it follows that the on-campus. I will vote for what benefits the Rice community most. The main aspect Thresher will have artful, entertaining and objective news stories with flawless punctuation. that I want to focus on is how to make the shuttle system more efficient. It frustrates I nlike other candidates who can only offer promises, we can offer one more thing-bribes. The Ihresher me sometimes when I'm left standing somewhere for twenty minutes. In addition, is (he only student organization that will pay you to write, edit and photograph for us. (Just think of it as a the Internal VP serves as chair of (hi* Student I ife Committee. College isTl IF. most refund of your blanket-tax money.) fun time in your life, l-et's have some fun (while we study, of course) next year in In addition to a paltry weekly paycheck, we want to give you the best darned student newspaper to ever our "student lives!" In all. I think I )inah did a great job as VP last year. Let's keep come out of the Student Center. Send your suggestions to [email protected] and [email protected], and come on track and vote Kim Tran, Internal VP for SA. work for us! m THE RICE THRESHER ELECTION BLURBS FRIDAY, , FEBRUARf Y 23. 2001 11 CAMPANILE EDITOR Phyllis Huang No doubt about it. We've all volunteered at some point in our lives, and at the heart of volunteering is...well...the heart itself. You've gotta' love what you're doing. We all have that ONE thing we enjoy most, where 24/7 devotion to it is no RSVP CHAIR problem at all. OK, not 24/7...but you'd give up time even on your busiest day to volunteer. THIS is the reason I joined RSVP and became a College Rep. Many people have asked me about RSVP. What is it? How do you become involved? Well, Steven Caufield and RSVP stands for Rice Student Volunteer Program - enough said. Yej>. people volunteer to make Rice and the Houston community a better place: it s an invaluable experience to be able to help out in some way. Yet at the core of this is the Chad Chasteen satisfaction you yourself get from doing SOMETHING to contribute to the world you live in. College reps are an important aspect to RSVP. They are the communicators between the organization and the colleges. HEY! We are Chad and Steven, and we are running for RSVP Visibility is important for people to know what opportunities are available to them. As Internal Vice co-chairs. Chad lives at Jones, Steven al Will Rice, and we are both Chairperson, everything to do with College reps would be my main responsibility. Interviewing people to rising juniors. We've been involved in RSVP as reps and officers represent YOU is my foremost job along with making sure you get the info on volunteer opportunities and since we came to Rice, and we're very excited about the possibility what's new in RSVP. Organizational skills, responsibility. ENTHUSIASM!! - I've got them all. So, vote me, of running RSVP next year. Phyllis Huang, as RSVP Internal Vice Chairperson...I'll be seeing you around! RSVP EXTERNAL VICE-CHAIR RSVP SECRETARY Trevor Crowell Sharel Ongchin

In the busy lives of college students, time is a precious commodity. Commu- My name is Sharel Ongchin. I was born and raised in a small, obscure city i n New- nity service, despite the allure of its many personal and societal benefits, can York. also known as the Big Apple. I enjoy long walks on the beach and eating become too difficult to work into the busy schedules we keep. Fortunately, the cranberry sauce right out of the can. But enough about nie, I would really just like Rice Student Volunteer Program exists to make volunteering as easy as possible to be your RSVP secretary. 1 remember back in the third grade when my class for all the members of the Rice community. As External Vice-Chair of RSVP. I elected me to be class secretary for the day. From then on 1 knew I was on the fast would hope to remove the obstacles that keep people from volunteering, make the track to a life of excit ing adventures in stenography. My anal retentive nature makes process of volunteering smooth and painless, and get as many people as possible , me an excellent secretary with vicious note taking skills. out there bettering the community. But seriously. 1 really do love volunteering and I want to get other people 1 understand that people involve themselves in many activities, and commu- involved, too. I am currently an RSVP college representative for Hanszen and nity service may come higher on the list of priorities for some people than it does for others. Unfortunately, coordinated RSVP's Spring 2001 Outreach Day. 1 have been known to get people up in the morning and get the trouble of planning and preparing to volunteer too often prevents perfectly decent people from giving them excited to wash dogs and strip and wax floors. I will transfer this fanatic devotion to your service as back to their communities. As External Vice-Chair. I intend to facilitate the process of volunteering. This your RSVP secretary. I intend to keep the student body updated in all RSVP activities and relevant means working with committee heads to.streamline the programs we offer, coordinate them with one information to promote community service. another, and make them all more accessible to the Rice population. My experience as project coordinator for the Ben Taub volunteer program and as president of my high school chapter of Habitat for Humanity has taught me that getting people to volunteer is not about persuading or coercing, but about supporting in every way possible those people generous enough to donate their precious time. UNIVERSITY COURT SENIOR REP. Shirin Hakimzadeh (choose 2) Do you want to vote for someone new and out of the ordinary this election? Look no further. Persian princess wanting to serve you and the greater Houston area! Andrew Lin What more do you want? 1 am Hard-working...life in the palace is very demanding. Experienced....held the status of princess (college rep) in other empires and Motivated my father, the Vizier, taught me at a young age that there is no greater feeling than helping out your fellow man. Throughout my rein as princess for the past five years, I've also been involved in service activities. As External Vice-chair, my main goal is to get everyone involved in RS VP and to have fun doing it. Vote for Shirin. and I might even let you ride my magic carpet! Irene Tung UNIVERSITY COURT JUNIOR REP. Hi! My name is Irene Tung and 1 am a sophomore at Jones College. I am running for the position of RSVP External Vice Chairperson because I love being a part of RSVP. (choose 2) This year. I was the secretary of RSVP and 1 attended all the meetings and typed up the minutes. I think 1 handled the responsibilities of the secretary well. I a st year, 1 was one of the freshman representatives for Jones and I enjoyed being Uchenna Agbim a liaison between RSVP and the colleges. I have been very involved in many activities both years. In addition to attending the Outreach Days and the Project Hello 'veryone. I'm Uchenna Agbim, and I am a sophomore at Hanszen College. Pumpkins. I also helped in Toys for Tots, the HOME program, and I helped plan University Court offers a way for students to support and encourage their peer's the Asthma After School Program. As External Vice Chairperson, I would be even more involved in RSVP responsibilities. It is also a means for students instead of the administration to because I would be the one to supervise the committee chairs. provide beneficial, innovative sanctions to improve personal growth. I am familiar 1 think that volunteering is a great way to help or to teach people in the community. Rice has a great with University Court, since I have served on the University Court for the past year giving spirit that is easily evidenced by the number of volunteering opportunities available. I hope to be as the Hanszen college representative. As a member, I am responsible for identify- a greater part of the giving spirit by being the RSVP External Vice Chairperson next year. ing with other students and encouraging sell-governance. If elected, I will continue to uphold these principles. RSVP TREASURER Meghan Smith Hi! I am running for IJ-Court Junior rep. For the past two years I have served on the U Court as the Freshman rep, the Sophomore rep, and as the U-Court Secretary. Ian White I feel that the U Court is a great institution that benefits the Rice community. I Court is all about listening to people's problems and trying to think of constructive Hey, my name is Ian White and I'm running for RSVP treasurer. I'd like to be treasurer for RSVP ways to help. I feel that my past experience and my desire to help and be a part of because 1 think it's a worthwhile organization on campus and I'd like to be involved with it as much as the rice community make me a great candidate for this position. Thanks for vour possible. I feel that capable of doing a good job in this office and will see to it that RSVP's resources aren't vote!!! squandered. Thank you for your time and I would appreciate your vote. RSVP INTERNAL VICE-CHAIR UNIVERSITY COURT SOPH. REP. Renee Edlund (choose 2) Hi! I'm Renee and l'mrunning orlnternal Vice-chairof RSVP. I'd like to tell you two things in this space: first, why I would be a good person for IVC, and second John Hanley why I want this office. I'd be good at this job because I'm passionate about volunteering and I have a lot of experience relevant to the position. In high school Hi (insert name). I'm currently serving as a Freshman representative on U I helped start a youth volunteer group, last semester 1 coordinated Outreach Day, Court. I'm running for sophomore rep because of my interest in maintaining a fair and I've served as an RSVP rep for my college. If I'm elected, my job would be to and thoughtful judicial body here at Rice. coordinate college reps and to make sure Rice students know about the volunteer activities that happen on and off campus and get a chance to participate in them. It's something 1 already try to do in my college, and being IVC would just mean that 1 do it for the whole university. I want this position because one thing that is really important to me is helping others realize that they can have a rewarding experience with service if they find projects that fit their personalities. This can be accomplished by greater accessibility of information and a lot of publicity about volunteer opportunities. I would love the chance to spend next year working to increase those two Julia Pergola things. I hope you'll consider me for this position; I'm very excited about building on what we already have I'm a member of Jones College. I'm really excited about the prospect of being with RSVP and creating an environment at Rice that encourages and celebrates community service! on U Court. I am diligent and am devoted to all the projects I undertake. I think I'll do a good job because I am open-minded. As a result I'll do my best to view Kate Floyd objectively all side's of each case before making any decisions.

Hi! I'm Kate Floyd from Hanszen and I'll make this short and sweet. 1 would love to be the next RSVP Internal Vice Chair. My experiences with RSVP have been some ot my, best at Rice. I'm a college representative, a member of the education committee, volunteer with the wonderful kids at Hollibrook Elemen- tary, coordinated the Spring Outreach Day, and basically. I think RSVP kicks ass. As Internal Vice Chair. I look forward to working with the college representatives to help keep you informed about all the volunteering opportunities around Rice and the community. __.MWfl| *w* — •I THE RICE THRESHER ELECTION BLURBS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23.2001 — SENIOR REP. HONOR COUNCIL SOPH. REP. (choose 3) Jay Bodas Ryan Bergauer Ok. so let's pretend that you're jogging the outer loop when you suddenly fall I think fundamentally people are always trying to live up to some ideal. Perhaps and break your arm. You go to the medical center where the doctor says that it's it was an ideal passed down to you fromyour parents. Or maybe it was a teacher who no big deal and that he ll have you patched up in no time - it's the first time he's ever taught you something important. A life lesson perhaps. set a broken arm, but hey. he's heard about people doing it millions of times. No Honor. 1 once had a history teacher explain the meaning of the word. On the first sweat. day of class, he read its entire, complete definition from an old, worn-out copy of a Yeah, right. pocket dictionary. And then he asked us to never do anything contradictory to what Having served as one of two freshmen representatives to the Honor Council he just said - in his class or out. It's been five years since I've last seen him, but I this year, the most important thing that 1 can bring to the council in the upcoming haven't forgotten what he taught me. Even to this day. many times before making year is my experience. Like the newbie doctor, an Honor Council representative a questionable decision, 1 will still think to myself, "What would Mr. Robert Walker that doesn't know what's going on can make serious mistakes that have far-reaching effects. Don't take any say if he were here to see me?" And I st op dead in my tracks. chances, vote Ryan Bergauer for sophomore class Honor Council rep. In my three years here at Rice, 1 have seen too many good, honorable people find themselves in a good deal of trouble because of a system that can often be unfair. I would like to do my best to change that. Honor. What does this word mean to you? It means a lot to me. Please allow me the chance to serve you on Honor Keith Henneke Council. Ill do my best not to let you down. - Jay Laura Derr Hi! I'm Laura Derr and I've really enjoyed working on the Honor Council these past tliree years. I feel truly fortunate to go to a school that places such high value on academic integrity and that gives students the responsibility to maintain this environment. During my time spent on the Council I've gained a greater apprecia- tion for the ideals the Council upholds and the manner in which those standards are enforced. 1 am impressed by the integrity of Rice students and am dedicated to continually helping support and improve the Honor System. 1 would love to Kathleen M. Milazzo continue to serve you as your senior class representative. I would like to represent the Class of 2004 on the Honor Council next year. I strongly believe in the honor code at Rice and in maintaining the system of trust which it has created between students and faculty. Continuing the tradition of academic integrity in the community here is critical to the future success and HONOR COUNCIL JUNIOR REP. development of each of us and this university. I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as a Freshman Representative thisyear, and would be honored to serve each of you (choose 3) in this position. Thank you. Muneeza Aumir

The Honor System is one of the best things about Rice. It creates an atmosphere of trust and respect and gives us the freedom to fulfill our academic goals with greater comfort and convenience than would otherwise be possible. As a member of the Honor Council this year, I have gained first-hand experience of its inner workings and have worked hard towards upholding the Honor System. I am truly committed to my work in the Council and as a member next year I would continue to put in all the time and effort needed to make a positive contribution. 1 believe that my commitment along with my experience qualifies me for junior representative. Thank you. Candice Hance

I am Candies- Haaxe a sophomore at Baker College. If you elect me as your junior class Honor GooncS representative. I can promise you dedication, enthusi- asm, excellence and experience. I have served on the Honor Council for the last two years. As a freshman, 1 was one of two people in our class to be appointed by the Council as a freshman representative. This year I served as Baker's Honor Council rep. In my time on the Council, I have sat on numerous trials and penalty hearings, been a trial clerk, participated in Honor Council retreats and penalty restructuring meetings and worked during O-week to orient the freshman in all eight colleges to the Honor System. If elected, I will come to the Council next year with as much experience as it is possible to gain in two years at Rice. Although I have a wealth of knowledge gained from my time with the Council. I am certainly not running GENERAL ELECTIONS REFERENDA in order to pad my resume. 1 have developed a deep respect for the Honor System and the student body while at Rice. 1 have enjoyed inv time on the Council and would like to work in the upcoming year to further improve the system. I want to take the concerns and ideas of our class and use them to ensure a fair and responsive system from which we can all benefit. I would like to continue serving you all, but this is only The following referenda will be placed on the made possible with your vote. ballot to be voted on during the General Robert Lee Elections Feb. 23-28.

I'm Robert Lee and I have enjoyed serving as your Honor Council representavite for the past two years. I believe that as a member of the council 1 have encouraged lively discussion, have helped promote justice and fairness, and have served the Do you support the creation of Rice council's organization and tiinliness in my position as a trial clerk. I would therefore appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve you in the upcoming year. Broadcast Television (RBT) as a subsidiary organization through an increase of four (4.00) dollars in the blanket tax? Randy Meissen

1 am sophomore biology major at Lovett and I want the opportunity to serve you as a member of the Honor Council. The honor system is one of the characteristics Do you approve of the following amendments that originally drew me to Rice. 1 am proud to know that the validity of my Rice diploma rests upon a system of peer enforced integrity. (http://sa.rice.edu/amendments/ Juridical roles should not be taken lightly. Decisions can be made that have honorcouncil.htm) to the Honor Council lasting impacts on the lives of students. I do not believe that individuals should be "made examples" through overly harsh punishments, yet violations of the honor constitution? code must be met with proportionate consequences. If 1 am elected, 1 promise to serve with fairness and compassion. Do you approve of the following amendments Aniruddha Patel (http://sa.rice.edu/amendments/sa.htm)to I don't want to waste your lime with any campaign bullsh*t. My name is Aniruddha Patel. I am currently a sophomore at Will Rice majoring in Economics. the Student Association constitution? Please vote for me as your Junior Class Honor Council Rep. The Rice University Intramural sports program is an auxiliary enterprise available to all students. The Intramural Sports GENERAL ELECTIONS 2001 program is proposing a $5.00 student fee Names appear in alphabetical order. They were provided by the Student Association increase from $10.00 to $15.00. The secretary. Blurbs appear without photos for candidates who submitted a blurb but did not have the photo taken. The names of candidates who did not sgbmit blurbs but did have a increase would be added to the current photo taken are accompanied by a photo only. The names of candidates who neither submitted a blurb nor had a photo taken appear alone. Blurbs were edited for formatting operating budget to continue and upgrade purposes only. Except for minor style changes, blurbs appear exactly as submitted. the current level of service. THE RiCE THRESHER LIFESTYLES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,, 2001 13

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House of Pies is the 24-hour armpit diner 1 love to hate. Every time I drag in from a club at 2 a.m. (or later), 1 swear 1 won't end up at House of Pies, but somehow, as the saying goes, all roads lead to Home. And House of Pies, my friend, is the Rome of the 24-hour-dining empire. Around 1:30 a.m. on weekends, the waiting list starts to form at the front Biba's — A Greek village in its own right counter. You'll wait, no doubt. How long you'll wait is entirely dependent on your time of arrival. If you beat the clubgoers, you might get seated in 10 minutes. If you arrive fashionably later, expect to wait 45. Weekdays generate considerably less business at all hours, so time isn't such a concern. Plus, you'll gel discounts if you use your Silver Saver card on a weekday. Asa shrine to the vinyl-, plastic-and Formica-overrun '70s. House of Pies can't be beat. As a diner, you might look elsewhere. I wouldn't buy one of their pies to bring to grandma's house for dinner either. So, what's the draw? People go to House of Pies just because people go to House of Pies (circular logic, 1 know). It's the most egalitarian see-and-be-seen scene that I've ever encountered in my life, yet there's something strangely appealing about yapping to all your closest confidants about who was with who at House of Pies last night. Don't we all love a good scandal? Unfortunately, as many signs remind you, you can't just sit and watch the people here. Peak hours require minimum table balances, and if you aren't eating the manager will politely (or maybe not so politely) eject you from your booth to make room for paying customers. Hey, this is a restaurant, not a discussion group session — eat and leave. Also, take note of minimum credit card charges before you order. If all you big spenders plan on charging less than a S10 meal on plastic, you better dine elsewhere. Since you must eat, I'll provide some general guidelines about the menu. Stick to sandwiches and pie. Somehow, the cottage fries — glorified Burger King hash browns — have obtained legendary status among House of Pies' most inveterate patrons. Much to my chagrin, my first experience with these sadly over- rated potatoes left a bad taste in my mouth — namely, grease. MAI'S RESTAURANT The trench fries are crispy and less greasy. I'd ignore peer pressure and pick them as my side of choice. The grilled cheese sandwich is-flawless, 3403 Milam St. though I'm left asking myself if I'm impressed. How hard is it to make (713) 520-7684 grilled cheese? More adventurous (or drunk) diners may opt for the hot Open until 2:30 a.m on weekdays; ham and cheese or the dripping-with-thousand-island-goodness Reuben, 3:30 a.m. weekends sure to stay with you for longer than you'd like. Houseof Pies'other claim to fame is its knack for making Bayou Goo pie. As the only respectable late-night Vietnamese food joint in town, Mai's draws a strange crowd: fro I I refuse to guess the makeup of this pie. I'll simply say that many of my lots of Rice students, Vietnamese families, high school students out past curfew and quite a few we fellow diners opt for it on a regular basis. I do not. but don't let the fact that doctors and nurses from the Medical Center. They come in droves for good reason. se I'm a pie snob stop you, by all means. Mai's opened its doors in 1975 as Houston's first Vietnamese restaurant. From its humble a s| I suppose I should also mention other pies. I wouldn't say they're good. beginnings, Mai's has grown into a hot-spot for Vietnamese food. I'd pick the fresh strawberry pie. It seems to be the freshest and most edible The service here is like the service at most other late-night dining spots — fast, efficient, but hoi choice. not very chatty. On the bright side, the lack of repartee with your server will leave you ample time ii<| Biggest shocker: Prices obvi- to marvel at the animated paintings on the walls. Thai's right, folks, they really plug in to wall of; Price guide: ously aren't a holdover from House sockets. Don't you just love the cascading waterfall? thtl of Pies'glory days i n the '70s. I )amn Grilled cheese $3.95 'Hit* food is all good. From tofu dishes (probably one of the few late-night spots to cater to inflation! Reuben $5.95 vegetarians) to the most meat-heavy bo luc luc (chunks of seasoned beef with lettuce and tomato), nil Cottage fries $1.85 you can't go wrong h< 're. Most dishes are reasonably priced for the insanely large portions you're arj allotted. One entree can feed you for two meals for under $10. Good deal? 1 think so. I vJ Also worth mentioning is the Vietnamese iced coffee. In its own right, it has generated a group of Mai's coffee junkies. I've been dragged to Mai's I'ol countless times by people who have this "weird craving" 111] by corey e. devine for a cup of Mai's signature joe. Is there need to start a Price guide: ml campus-wide support group? 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Houston's obsession withTex-Mex has found its way into the 24-hour dining scene. 'Hie food pulls us like a weird, greasy beacon to fill our stomachs with mushy rice and retried beans at 2 a.m. Along with Chapultepec, you can find lots of other Tex-Mex to fill your craving for chips and salsa all night long. Most of ling these spots offer very similar food, but quality seems to be the main variable. You should be able to find tacos, enchiladas, queso and burritos at any of these taquerias. Try out these great taco joints: II your might to pull an all-nighter, and your Chacho's Mexican Restaurant Taqueria La Jaliciense is, his situation happens all too often in the world of college 6006 Westheimer Rd. 1308 Montrose Blvd. (713) 975-9699 (713) 524-8676 picf< the same three restaurants every time we try to grab a 21 and up after midnight

that doesn't sleep, but as the nation's fourth-largest city, Taco Cabana Spanish Flower latej-night eateries. Hopefully, this handy guide will help 3905 Kirby Dr. 4701 N. Main St. (713) 528-6933 (713) 869-1706

MAMA'S CAFE 6019 Westheimer Rd. (713) 266-8514 Open until 1 a.m. weekdays; 4a.m. weekends

Mama's serves some pretty unimpressing food. It's all very bland, American, diner-style food, but in the wee hours ofthe morning you may not want anything too piquant. The interior of this diner is country-inspired. There are cutesy signs on Lhe walls and blue picnic-style tablecloths on the tables. Oh wait, they aren't cloths. They're vinyl. A big chalkboard outside on the deck (dare I call it such) displays the day's specials. They're special in that sort of "Saturday Night Live" Church I^ady "Isn't that speeeeeecial?" sort of way. I would steer clear of this board's offerings. Things like King's Ranch Casserole seem homey and good in theory but lose all appealing nostalgia in the execution. The service seems to have just drug in from a night of partying. On one unfortunate occasion, 1 was repeatedly referred to as "dude" — as in "Dude, you finished with that?" and "Dude, need some more to drink?" Needless to say, I Mai's — A staple for any Rice late-night jaunt don't like to be called dude. A quick scan of the menu will reveal basic, country diner-style food. I'd stick to sandwiches and burgers if you're eating here, so proceed with any other dish at your own risk. The hamburger is acceptable. It's nothing to write home about, but I wasn't disappointed. The same waiter who called me dude tried to force me into the "famous" chili burger. My unsuspecting friend foolishly opted for the greasy patty slathered with thick, hearty, just-out-of-lhe-can chili. Boy, was he sorry. I'll let your imagination fill in the rest. House of Pies — Our favorite round-the-clock spot Another friend had the ranch chicken sandwich. I guess it was OK. but it was a dry breast of chicken with ranch poured on top. Oh, and how could I forget the :sr - ' • piece of Kraft Swiss cheese they had laid on top — un melted? Also, the fries were soggy. Now, I agree. I'm a demanding customer, but is it too much to ask for crispy fries? Even McDonald's has this Price guide: down. Go figure. Burger and fries $6.95 My advice: Skip Mama's and find a Ranch chicken sandwich S6.95 real diner. pot r0ast $7.95

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BIBA'S ONE'S A MEAL 607 W Gray St (713) 523-0425

V. Ah, Kiba's, how do I love thee? Let me count the hours — 2 a.m., 3 a.m.. 1 a.m. ' -V- • Yum! In a city so dominated by Mexican after-hours restaurants, it's a delight to see Biba's Greek food flourish like it does. You're not likely to bump into many Rice students here— it seems that most of us either don't know about this midnight jewel or forget that it's relatively close to campus. To me, it makes eating here all the better. You can't miss the place once you turn on West Gray. About a block down you'll spot the rooftop glowing out in green neon just like Dorothy's Emerald City, but color-changing horses don't have anything on Biba's — they have an MO TSU OH immortal staff.. That's right, it seems that the waitstaff here never sleeps. I've been at 3 a.m. 314 Main St. I've been at 2 p.m. Somehow, I'm always served by the same waitress with (713) 222-0443 glasses so big they can be rivaled only by her Texas-sized hair. Now. maybe the Usually closes around 6 a.m. 24-hour shifts this lady is working puts her in a bad mood. The decor scores only about one point higher than the service. The large Frankly, I'm afraid to be here. I'm not sure what Alice in Wonderland nightmare this place is booths for six are covered in one-foot squares ot green tile. But my personal from, but it's definitely one that 1 don't care to visit often. The ambiance (if it qualifies as such ) is. favorite design touch is the lazy susan that adorn each booth to make it easy for well, a bunch of garbage that came out of my grandma's attic. Broken table lamps, velvet-covered you and your companions to share. settees, retro board games and a huge plaster doughnut (in the outside display window) all get As picky as I am about service, the food must be good to keep me happily .i second chance to shine at this downtown coffeeshop/cafe. returning to this haven for all the glory that is late-night Greek. At the same time, You'll find more coffee here than food, but if you're hungry and downtown you can grab a 1 wouldn't expect innovative Greek dishes. In fact, it appears that the owner has homemade sandwich here. When I say homemade, 1 don't mean that it tastes like something your mixed a few styles to create a melange between Italian and Greek foods. mom made. I mean that the guy at the counter goes back into what appears to be the kitchen out You can get a killer cal/.one stuffed with gyro meat as well as several types if your great-aunt's house and digs around in the 50-year-old Maytag refrigerator until he can find of pizza, less popular but every bit as good. 1 usually stick to my old favorite — the jar of mayo to spread on your sandwich. Did he wash his hands? Hell it I know. the gyro platter. You get a Greek salad (well, not a real Greek salad) and a gyro I do, however, know that I'munlikely to order anything from NoTsu Oh that isn't wrapped. Oh. served open-faced with fries. It's enough u> fill you up, and it's only $7. and I'm curious to know what goes on upstairs. Certain patrons (should we call them VIl's?) gel If Greek makes your skin crawl, you can choose some of Biba's American access to this shady room, but when I — like the good Nancy Drew 1 am — tried to investigate, offerings. The Biba's burger is a big, somewhat greasy hamburger smothered i was denied access. It's all a bit too weird to me. in artery-clogging bleu cheese dressing. It might kill you. but what a sweet I laving said all this. I will say that it is and will remain a popular Rice hang-out. The people are death it would be. colorful (and weird), and you're never quite sure what Still not satisfied? Pry the breakfast. The pancakes aren't as light and fluffy might happen while you're here. A friend reports watch- as some, but I've yet to complain. And ing a man stumble in and scream out about the U.S. Price guide: even though 1 hate eggs. 1 found theirs Price guide: bombing Iraq. I guess if you're looking for strange Veggie sandwich $3.50 to be edible. Gyro platter $7.95 entertainment sans food in an off-kilter locale, No fsu Cup-of-joe $1.50 Overall, Biba's offers some of Slouvaki sandwich $6.95 Oh wouldn't be a bail place for you. Houston's best late-night food. Cake of the day $3.00 Calzone $7.95 .

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s/U/7 ) HhCU V. I A.M. THE THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH 'In the Mood for Love' a romantic, intimate tale MARCH 1, 2001. Kevin Cochrane on the rise. THRESHER STAFF Ajournalist,Chow Mo-wan (Tony Moviemaking 101: the timeline Leung Chiu-wai), is looking to rent a for filming a movie. From the length room in an apartment building that I T 0 R S of the shoot alone, you can surmise houses mostly people from the quite a bit regarding both the quality Shanghainese community. of a film and its future chances for Out of sheer coincidence, he picks success. Generally speaking, the moves in the same day that another average motion picture will be woman, Shu Li-zhen (Maggie slapped onto a reel, packaged and Cheung Man-yuk), decides to rent mailed to the various distributors a space from Mrs. Suen (Rebecca somewhere around a year after its Pan) next door. Both are moving in Sunday conception. without help from their loving spouses. Chow's wife, working as a hotel DESIGNOF 'in the receptionist, is in the middle of her OUR TIME shift during the move. Shu's hus- ! mood for love' band, Mr. Chan, works for a Japa- nese company and is out of the coun- f Various works emphasize Opens today. * Rating: **** try on yet another business trip. | the trends of modern design (out of five) Both Chow and Chan find them- selves unaccompanied and secluded f from artists all over the within the confines of their new re- world. A highlight: Rody One of the first things publicized spective dwellings. about In the Mood for Love, the latest r Graumans' "85 Lamps," from Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar- a chandelier made wai, was that the crew first started The meetings entirely of light bulbs. more than two years ago. The film began as an intimate story about two between the two $5, $2.50 students. Closed people. are always Mondays. The Caroline Wiess Butt hen, the humdrum problems Law Building of the Museum of that tend to accompany expensive DISCREET, but motion pictures besieged the pro- Fine Arts, Houston. 1001 duction; filming was forced to halt, gradually — as Bissonnet. For more info, call difficulties with censors emerged, and the Asian economic crisis tends to happen (713) 639-7300. erupted. in movies — thursday Here we are, a full Iwo years later, and In the Mood for Love is people begin to finally on the screen. So what, if JEFF BECK anything, is different about this film? NOTICE. This time, the picture remains true Legendary rock guitarist Jeff to the original vision of Wang Kar- And so they go about their busi- wai. The writer/director's labor of Beck stops by Houston as ness. They never actual ly have a real COURTESY USA FILMS love is still the same stunning and conversation until Mr. Chow finally Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and Shu Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man- | part of his nationwide tour. intimate story that it originally set — and rather astutely — realizes Yuk) get to know each other better in In the Mood for Love. He's promoting his latest out to chronicle. that his wife is having an affair with 'Hie year is 1962 in Hong Kong. Mr. Chan. As can be expected (a la understanding, attempts to find a are always discreet, but gradually — \ album, You Had It Coming. The city is relatively tranquil al- the flaming pile of animal dung that friend in his neighbor, Mrs, Chan. as tends to happen in movies — $36.50, $26.50. 8 p.m. though the population is divided was Random Hearts), the discovery They begin by rehearsing various people begin to notice. Initially, there I seems no possibility that they will . Aerial Theater at Bayou between the indigenous Cantonese shocks them both, destroying the ways to confront their spouses. 'l"hen, Chinese citizens and the immigrants last stable element in their ever- Mr. Chow invites Mrs. Chan to col- have an affair of their own. Never- > Place. 520 Texas Ave. from mainland China. A cautiously changing lives. laborate with him on a martial-arts theless, Mrs. Chan's reserved de- optimistic aura is in the air, as the Mr. Chow, outwardly suffering story for his newspaper. portment begins to charm Mr. Chow, For more info, call l routinely torpid economy is finally and longing for some semblance of The meetings between the two See MOOD. Page l ) (713) 230-1600.

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THE DE LA PENA DIARY Harris earns Best Actor nomination in biopic 'Pollock' The latest documentary Marisa Levy THRESHER STAFF from Rice film professor 1 have never been a fan of the Brian Huuerman focuses tortured artist routine, nor do I en- on a controversial diary joy watching films that glamorize self-destruction. The majority of so- that claims Davy Crockett called biographical films about art- was captured and ists strike me as having about as much depth as a tabloid magazine. executed and did not die That said, Pollock, a film based on defending the Alamo. the life of American artist and phe- $5, $4 students. 7:30 p.m. nomenon Jackson Pollock, is a rev- elation. Rice Media Center. For more info, call (713) 348-4882. 'pollock'

Opens today. Rating: ** + + 1/2 (out of five)

Already nominated for two Acad- emy Awards, the film tracks Pollock's career from theearly HMOs until his death in 1956. 'Iliere is a careful focus on his relationship with his wife, fellow artist Lee Krasner (Marcia (iav Harden). Ed Harris left me awed by both his nuanced per-

formance of Pollock and his superb DfJMMlE. TODD/SONY PlCTUKFS CLASSICS first run in the director's Ed Harris, as Jackson Pollock, focuses his intense artistic gaze in Pollock. chair. As an actor, Harris plores the reality of Pollock the man. tion of that talent. Harden is stellar band. Harden's performance of has never been stron- Harris' claim that he spent 10 years as Pollock's driven and uncompli- Krasner is what Oscar contenders ger and more versatile. of his life devoted to the production cated wife, providing a riveting ac- are made of. Residing somewhere of this film comes through, not only count of the force behind Pollock's Similarly, Harris' Pollock is in between the visual art- in his depiction of Pollock's life and 'ambition. Never falling into shame- the running for Best Actor. Harris istry of Jeffrey Wright's associates but also in his apparent less stoicism, Harden portrays knowingly guides his Pollock past Basquiat and the emo- obsession with the chemistry of Krasner as more than simply the the realm of the campy and the tional intrigue of An- Pollock's success. foundation of Pollock's career. cartoonish, maintaining the artist's thony Hopkins' Picasso, This chemistry is depicted as a Krasner is warm, brazen and deeply passionate yet introverted genius, Harris transcends Pol- combination of the artist's talent and conscious of her life and the envi- virtually unaffected by the world of lock the artist and ex- Krasner's devotion to the recogni- ronment she creates for her hus- See POLLOCK, Page 18 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY23,200 1 17

IIOW \l.\\y I IIM SOCII IIhSARI: lULRh Rice hosts third Asian-American film festival

evils of Miramax Carly Kocurek South Asia. They don't have a /oice topics will include his work in these THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF in a lot of ways, and this documen- fields. Rice will host its third annual tary gives them a voice." 'Hie second special guest for the and Julia Roberts Asian-American film and literature On the literary end, Chiu-Mi Lai, roundtable is New York City resi- festival this weekend. The festival, a lecturer in the Center for the Study dent Greg Fak, an independent film- Every year, well-dressed ac- that should have been released themed "Asian-American Rxper- of languages, organized and will maker originally from Dallas. tors reading from an envelope as a Lifetime movie of the week. ience(s) 'JTirough Film, Music and serve as moderator for the The film festival is also a commu- dash all of my Oscar hopes. One And why Chocolat? Miramax Literature," is free and will include roundtable diaspora discussion. 'ITie nity event, and lai hopes "to bring only has to remember the L.A has proven that no matter how panel and roundtable discussions, talk will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow the two together, the Rice Univer- Confidential/Titanic bad a year it's had, it'll speakers and a party in addition to in the International Conference Fa- sity community and the larger Asian Best Picture travesty still be able to get a film screenings. cility Auditorium in Baker Hall. community." to understand what I nomination for Best Pic- Although various organizations "The Chinese Community Cen- mean. ture. Miramax's public- took part in sponsoring the festival, ter wanted to do something with Last year the Acad- ity department could students organized the three-day To help boost Rice, and so we thought of a project emy seemed to get it probably get an Adam event. Jones College senior Vivek student interest, a ... and we wanted to broaden it out right for once, but this Sandler movie nomi- Mittal served as the principal orga- to Asian-American," Lai said. year the heartbreak nated. While this is nizer. Mittal said that last year he MUSIC VLBEO Tonight's keynote speaker is has already come with sometimes a good thing helped to include more South Asian City Councilman Gordon Quan. the nominations. While (Shakespeare in Love), films and was able to get two Paki- viewing has been "last year. [Quan] also participated this year has been Angelo it means that deserv- stani filmmakers to attend. added to the in the film festival the week after he called the worst year Zanoia ing films wilI be blocked He said the festival is intended to had just been elected, which is a big for movies since 1930, out by sentimental fluff raise awareness of diversity. "1 just festival this year. deal — the first Asian-American at least one master- like Chocolat and The like to bring a sense of more diver- Houston city councilperson," Lai piece has been lost in the awards Cider House Rules. sity to campus and to the commu- said. shuffle. So who got screwed by the nity too," Mittal said. 1-ai has arranged for experts on Tonight, Quan will also sit on a My major gripe is with Best Academy this year? First, no one To help boost student interest, a this subject to take part. "We have panel discussion about home and Actress. I hate foregone conclu- in the amazing cast of Crouching music video viewing has been added Russell l>eong, who is the editor of establishing identity. sions, and Julia Roberts has been Tiger, Hidden Dragon was nomi- to the festival this year. The viewing Amer-Asian, which is based at UC1 A, For more information about the practically anointed as the win- nated. I would love to see Rob- will be at 9 p.m. tomorrow in the the top Asian-American studies cen- festival, including descriptions of the ner. The actual ceremony and erts put on a wire-works harness, Sewall Hall courtyard, followed by a ter," Lai said. events, talks and films, go to the Robert's inevitable teary speech pick up a sword and still give a party from 10 p.m. to 2 ar.m. Leong is also a poet and docu- event's Web site at http:// are mere formalities. The sad great, moving performance like "It will be an interesting jump out mentary filmmaker, and discussion wunv.geocities.com/aafilmfest. thing is that she had only an Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. of the Media Center since the past above-average performance in a Bjork and her labor of love, few years, everything has been in mediocre movie. This should be Dancer in the Dark, were denied the Media Center and around it. We a race between Laura Linney (You everything but a Best Song nod. want to get more students involved," 'Asian-American Experience(s)': Can Count on Me) and Ellen Michael Douglas was overlooked Mittal said. Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream). twice (Wonder Boys and Traffic) Best Supporting Actor is the and Billy Elliot and Almost Fa A schedule of films and talks only category this year that didn't mous were only given a shot at 'I just like to bring The following is a partial schedule of events for the film festival. give me a reason to complain. Best Supporting Actress. a sense of more Unless otherwise noted, all films will be screened in the Rice Media OK, just one: How did Joaquin But that's not what really irks Center. For more information and a more detailed listing of events, Phoenix get a nomination when me. The real tragedy is that You DIVERSITY tO visit http://www.geoclties.com/aafilmfest. he was the worst thing about Can Count on Me, easily the Gladiator? It's good to know that year's best non-foreign film, only campus and to the Tonight either William Dafoe or Benicio received Best Actress and 3:10 p.m. - Panel discussion COMMUNITY too/ 7:10 p.m. - Keynote speech by about marginalized groups and Del Toro will probably win. Screenplay nods. A quiet film about siblings reuniting 20 years Mittal said. Gordon Quan, Houston city coun- Asian-American organizing, fea- after their parents' deaths, You cilman turing Pak. Maheshwari and other This year has Can Count on Me suffered from 7:30 p.m. - Panel discussion community members. underexposure. In choosing the 10 films that will about home and establishing 3:50 p.m. - Introduction by Pak identity with Quan, Rogene 4 p.m. - Perpetual Emotion 101 been called the Ken Lonergan has made a be shown, student organizers Calvert. Chiu-Mi Lai. Greg Pak 5:05 p.m. - Summer in My Veins beautiful gem of a film, small in screened films from the National and Kamal Maheshwari. 9 p.m. - Screening of music WORST year for scale and simple in presentation Asian-American Telecommunica- 7:55 p.m. - Turbans videos in the courtyard of Sewall yet surprisingly deep and genu- tions Web site. "We just looked movies since 8:35 p.m. - First Person Plural Hall inely touching. Mark Ruffalo gave through there, found which films 9:45 p.m. - Introduction of film 10 p.m -2 a.m. - Party in the an amazing performance as the looked interesting and rented those 1930. by Lai Sewall Hall courtyard ne'er-do-well brother and should for the film festival," Mittal said. Best Supporting Actress is a have been nominated for and All films will be shown in the Rice 9:50 p.m. - Citizen Hong Kong Sunday different matter. This year it serves won either Actor or Supporting. Media Center. They cover a variety 7 p.m. - Paper Birds as a consolation prize to films Linney's beautifully under of topics dealing with Asian-Ameri- can culture and issues and are di- Tomorrow 7:18 p.m. - Mixed Feelings that missed out on Best Picture. stated performance as the single vided thematically. For example, 11 a.m. - Discussion on the 7:50 p.m. - Panel discussion on I have a feeling that Kate Hudson mother at a crossroads will sadly Saturday's themes are "Marginalized diaspora in the International Con- student experiences with vari- will win, followingAngelina Jolie's lose to Roberts. You Can Count on Voices" and "Diaspora and Diver- ference Facility Auditorium in ous student leaders victory last year and establishing Me should have been nominated, sity." Baker Hall 8:30 p.m. - Mommy. What's a new tradition of young blondes and in a perfect world I would be 1:20 p.m. - Silence Broken: Wrong? with famous parents winning. agonizing over whether I should "There's one film, called Taxi- Korean Comfort Women 8:47 p.m. - Perpetual Emotion Best Actor will come down to root for it or Crouching Tiger, Hid- Vala/An Autobiography" Mittal said. den Dragon for Best Picture. "It's about New York taxi drivers 2:17 p.m. - Taxi-Vala/An Autobi- 102 Russell Crowe or Tom Hanks. Both ography gave great performances in films who are fresh immigrants from that would have been worth see ing with lesser actors. But Hanks Brockovich is already has too many statues. just a MADE-FOR- Crowe was what made Gladi- ator as good as it was. The film TV movie that crawls when he's offscreen and leadership Rice seethes adrenaline when he's should have on. Crowe's presence in Gladia- been released as tor makes one overlook the ex- Envision cessive gore and bombastic a LIFETIME movie gwiHoe, script. He may not be the best tf&esiiwr • 1 actor this year, but he was easily of the week. Grant Program the MVP. He took a mediocre film and somehow managed to Finally, I must draw attention get it to the playoffs. to Sound Editing, a category with Envision funds student projects that The Best Picture category this only two nominated films, Space year is a mixed blessing. Sure, the Cowboys and U-5 71. This category are creative, show innovation, excellent Crouching Tiger, Hidden is so pathetic that even the G/ad/- involve service, and exhibit Dragon has a decent chance of atorjuggernaut wasn't nominated. leadership. winning, but the Golden Globes So instead of allowing and 12 nominations point to a speeches to go on for over a Both Undergraduate and Gladiator victory. The truth is, Gladi minute, the Academy decides to Graduate students invited to Deadline March 27th ator is good, but not that good. It spend 10 minutes on this useless apply. was fun to watch, but even Crowe s category. It is an important part of power couldn't cover the hollow filmmaking, but this category Proposal requires a narrative, center behind the flowing blood, should be swapped for one that budget, timeline and two letters of the cold computerized Rome and will at least nominate three films, Phoenix's imperial hamming. like Best Animated Short Subject. recommendation. In fact, Gladiator, Erin Until March, I'll be hoping for Brockovich and Chocolat don't a Tiger win, praying for a Linney Individual or group applications deserve nominations. The Steven victory and mumbling about Julia accepted. Soderberg drama that is Traffic Roberts. will be undercut by the Soderberg LEA D E R S II 1 P fluff that is Erin Brockovich. Angelo Zanoia is an arts and en- Brockovich is just a made for TV tertainment staff writer and a Han- www.rice.edu/[email protected] movie with a $20 million star szen College freshman. RICE •tfm

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Dalton Tomlin (Campbell Scott). The movie would THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF be better if this scene were omitted; It's often the case that indepen- it might be easier to believe the deep, dent films are almost all dialogue — meaningful conversations Murphy there's just not a whole lot of money and Paul have later if they weren't for anything else. The trick is to make mired in traditional lower-class ste- that dialogue interesting and believ- reotypes. Paul curses like a sailor— able in its context, and Spring Murphy naturally disapproves. Forward just doesn't get the job done. They talk about Eastern philoso- phy and how it applies to their lives, going so far as to discuss the Dalai 'spring forward' Ixima ("the Pope of Buddhism"). This is just the beginning of the far- Opens today. fetched conversations that encom- Rating: * + pass everything from the mundane (out of five) to the religious. • Another scene has the two going mm The film is no more than a string to the house of the cheerful Georgia of scenes, less complicated than your (Peri Gilpin from "Frasier"), who average play. There's nothing inher- breathes some much-needed energy ently wrong with that, but eventually into the story. Unfortunately, the you realize that once you get into a scene heads into predictability when scene, you're stuck in it for 15 to 20 she and Paul start flirting. minutes whether you like it or not. Even the scene in which Murphy This is the first major feature and Paul share a joint is disappoint- written and directed by Tom Gilroy, ing. They keep talking about the whose experience mostly consists same things they always do, as if the of acting in several indies over the pot isn't affecting them at all. There last few years, so it's no surprise that is a good joke (which would work his actors do their jobs satisfacto- best if the movie were making fun of rily. Unfortunately, the material its own pretentiousness) when VICTOR SIRA/IFC FILMS they're working with is sub-par. Murphy goes on a long philosophi- Ned Beatty (left) plays Murphy, a man struggling with retirement and his future, and Paul (Liev Schreiber) is his young cal rant and at the end. Paul says, In the spring, Murphy (Ned protege in Spring Forward. Beatty) and Paul (Liev Schreiber) "You're stoned." begin working together as park clean- Finally there's a last, touching hype about what a great job Beatty, impressive work, again delivers a expect from a first-time director. up workers in rural New England. scene between the pair—Paul pours a well-known character actor, does solid performance. In fact, he's the While there are a few enjoyable Murphy's been doing it for years; his heart out in a few sentimental in this part. But he mostly plays it one constant force that keeps the and genuine moments in Spring For- Paul is sent to work there after get- words, and the emotionally shy straight and doesn't have as much plot mildly interesting. ward, there aren't enough to keep ting out of prison for armed robbery. Murphy responds, "Fuck you." It's a strength or subtlety as, say, Peter The cinematography is pleasing, the film afloat. And. for the most '{"he first scene sets up a blue nice finale, but it would be better if 1 Fonda in Ulee's Gold. although it's hard not to find beauty part. it's all been done before. Gilroy's collar vs. while collar confrontation had more of an emotional attach- Schreiber, who's probably best in the woods of New England. The instincts are heading in the right as they pick up gardening compost ment to the characters. known for playing Cotton Weary in slightly blurry film stock has a nice, direction, but he needs some guid- from a yuppie named Fredrickson There will undoubtedly be some the Scream series but has done more soft feel to it. Again, it's what you'd ance to get to his destination.

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POLlX)CK, from Page document an actor engrossed in his highly acclaimed and famous ac- character, Harris attempts to explain 1 quaintances who surround him. Pollock's style and technique. Before Night Falls' pretty but vacant Whether he's urinating in Peggy The audience is forced to accept Guggenheim's living room or down- Pollock's motto — "I don't use the Kevin Cochrane during the rainy season and im- accident, because I deny the acci- THRESHER STAFF ages of Arenas' mother serve as Harris left me dent" — and find its extension be- The title of Before Night Falls interludes between such diametri- yond Pollock's art and into his life refers to the plight of exiled Cu- cally opposed scenes. It might AWED by his and legacy. ban poet and novelist Reinaldo look pretty, but it still feels like it If you have an interest in Pollock Arenas (Javier Bardem. nominated was hurriedly slapped together. NUANCED as an artist, this film will satisfy your for the Best Actor Academy Award). Which leads directly to the end- every desire. If you seek films pro- While hiding in the woods to avoid ing ofthe feature. Duringthe Mariel performance of duced out of creative passion, I police persecution. Arenas would boat lifts of 1980, when Cuba cast Pollock. couldn't conceive of a cast and crew- spend his daylight hours writing the "riffraff" from the island. Are- more personally attached to a prose, which the state deemed nas finds sanctuary by fleeing to ing beers with VVillem de Kooning, project. inflammatory and counter to Fidel the relatively serene New York City. Harris shields his character from And if you crave a film where Castro's principles. The final 30 minutes of the picture staged and superficial artistic en- actors are actually forced to utilize is devoted to his stay in America counters thai would detract from talent, empathy and intelligence, and depicts Arenas as a shell of the focus of the film. Pollock will offer you proof that act- his former self. Rather than settle for the stan- ing still has the power to be consid- 'before night Once again, this era should be dard observer position or merely ered a master craft. falls' ENIAC MARTINEZ/FINE LINE FEATURES included when retelling the sto- Javier Bardem stars as an ried life ofthe film's subject. How- oppressed Cuban poet in Before Opens today. ever, Schnabel treats it merely as Rating: * 1/2 (out of five) Night Falls. an afterthought. The pace, the sexual gratification. feel and the manner in which the The film, based on Arenas' And this is garishly shown on ending of the movie is presented memoirs, tells of his time on the the screen. In fact, it's depicted are in stark contrast to Arenas' oppressively communist island of in brash and graphic detail. There life in Cuba. Cuba — smuggling his works out is simulated sex of the most noto A director could contrast the of the country and having them rious variety, hordes of naked men two locales as an effective way to published abroad, living life be- happily romping on the beaches leave a lasting impression with tween the harsh realism of his of Cuba, and close-up shots of the audience. Instead, the ending surroundings and the wondrously Johnny Depp caressing his appar- just comes across as an extended brushed canvas of his mind, and ent Dirk Digglerish amount of excerpt from a completely differ- being branded a homosexual dis- manhood while admiring an im ent film. sident by his own countrymen. mense portrait of Fidel Castro. I once heard a story about Are- In the film's publicity material, These might have been events nas at a Harvard reception. When one passage, standing out from written about in Arena's memoirs a German professor audaciously the rest, rather effectively pegs and deserve to be included in a informed the poet that he believed the theme of the movie: "There's movie about the individual behind Castro had done great things for a touch of gay machismo swag- the elegant prose. However, the Cuba, Arenas lashed back, telling gering through Arenas' prose; ev- filmmakers simply took these hap- the ignorant professor that in Cuba, ery trip to the beach, every bus penings and callously threw them only government officials ate as ride, even a simple request for a onto the screen without finding well as they had that night at the light from a stranger on the street some common guiding premise banquet. Arenas then picked up is an excuse for sex." or establishing a structure to help the professor's plate and shat- Screenwriter/director Julian tie together 47 years of life. tered it against the wall. Schnabel and fellow writers For instance, in one scene, the Before Night Falls was sup- Cunningham O'Keefe and Lazaro celluloid is permeated by the bliss- posed to be an expository film Gomez Carriles decided that ful heedlessness of two young lov about a man who wrote with an sexual identity should be the ba- ers together on the beach. An intense passion. It was supposed sis for a film about such a re instant later. Arenas is arrested to be about a man who lived with splendentfigure. In doing so, they and thrown into a concentration the same passion that he spent created a one-dimensional cari- camp for those Castro believes to his life chronicling. Although beau- cature of Arenas, representinghim be dissidents or morally insolvent. tifully shot, Before Night Falls fails as a man whose every motive is In Before Night Falls, wonder- to clearly depict the vivacious and guided by an underlying need for fully captured footage of nature zealous soul of Reinaldo Arenas. 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by John C. Chao : *v THKKSHKR STAI K WAC SWIMMING AND DIVING The day has finally arrived. CHAMPIONSHIPS All season long, the swim team has looked Site: Palo Alto College Natatorium, San to today, when the Western Athletic Confer- Antonio ence Championships begin in San Antonio, as the goal on which to focus. ITie meet runs Dates: Today through Sunday through Sunday, and these three days are the Look for: Junior Beth Williams should team's chance to propel itself into the national contend for the title in both the 200- and spotlight and attract the attention of poll vot- 400-yard individual medley relays, and ers and prospective recruits. junior Katie Scholl is one of the conference A year ago, the Owls finished third in the leaders in the distance freestyle races. WAC with 582.5 points. Southern Methodist The opposition: Eleventh-ranked Southern JZm&tCa®***;-' University won the championship with 886.5 XKa!as Methodist University is the odds-on KmaB^ points. favorite to defend its conference title and iMMft' In a season in which most of the team's already handily defeated Rice in a dual limes have been ahead of those at this time M meet Jan. 26, 112-83, but Rice has as last year, the meet represents a chance to j gpwpji good a shot as any team at second place. DlOrtrr prove that the Owls have indeed taken a step forward. With an NCAA-minimum 11 swim- mers and no diving team, however, the Owls ing into the meet," Ciffolilli said. "A lot of face an uphill climb. them are unspoken because we know and Eleventh-ranked SMU may be even better depend on each other a lot, so we all basically g*#8ps than it was last year, and the Mustangs hold know what is expected from every swim- the top time in the conference in 11 of 19 mer." swimming events. Second place, however, is Junior Beth Williams probably shoulders not out of reach for the Owls. more expectations than any other Owl. She m "We're shooting for at least third place has the fastest time on the team this season in ^ • | again this year," freshman Toni Ciffolilli said. the 100- and 200-y?rd breaststroke as well as RfiNATA ESCOVAR/THRfSHFR "It's going to be hard with a small group of the 200- and 400-yard individual medley. She Senior Jada Sanders, below, will challenge for the title in the individual medley events at this girls and no diving team, but if anybody is up was the only Owl to win a race at last year's weekend's Western Athletic Conference Championships. for this challenge, it's us. We've done a lot of WAC Championships, where she won the 200 and 1,650-yard freestyles. Sophomore Mandy tals and mental preparation. The stakes are work. It's quality and not quantity that counts. IM. This season, Williams' mark of 4 minutes, Mularz has the second-fastest time in the WAC big and the pressure is high, but the Owls All we can ask ourselves is to win as many 19.16 seconds in the 400 IM is Rice's only in the 50-yard freestyle, and junior Rachel know they need to view this weekend as just events as we can." conference-leading time. Armstrong ranks second in the 200-yard another meet if they hope to deliver their best Training schedules are built around this The Owls go a lot deeper than Williams, freestyle. performance. meet, so the swimmers expect to perform to however, and should contend for titles in sev- In preparation for this meet, the team is not "We just need to stay relaxed," Mularz the best of their abilities. eral events. In the distance events, junior Katie spending as much time in the pool as it usually said. "If we can do that, we should be able to # "I think everybody has expectations go- Scholl ranks second in the WAC in the 500- does, choosing instead to focus on fundamen- swim to the best of our abilities." I Lady Owls seek to get Three more wins for men's tennis • Owls avenge last year's loss with 6-1 upset over No. 51 Arizona

back in the WAC race by Eric Raub Tile 35th-ranked doubles team of Pourchet and sophomore Matthias rilRKSHI'.K STAFF IN FOCUS: Mathaesblankeditsopponents. Ihe by Jason Gershman The men's tennis team couldn't MEN'S TENNIS other Owl doubles teams held their THRESHKR EDITORIAl. STAFF WAC STANDINGS have hoped for anything more. Over Record: 9 0 opponents to two and three games, one-third of the dual match season and Rice again won every singles Wit h two home wins last week- (first record is conference, isover, and the Owlsare undefeated, Last week: The Owls upset No. match in straight sets. end, the women's basketball team second is overall) healthy and ready to take on the 51 University of Arizona 6-1 "[North Carolina Stale| didn't has moved into striking distance tougher teams on their schedule. and shut out the University of really get a good look at anything," of the Western Athletic Confer- TCU 11 -2 19 -6 And they seem to be getting bet- Texas-Pan American and North said freshman Richard Barker, who ence leaders. Hawaii 10 - 3 19 - 5 ter. The 66th-ranked Owls played Carolina State University. defeated the Wolfpack's top player, This weekend, the Lady Owls SMU 9 5 14 - 11 three teams last weekend and had What made the difference: Eric Jackson, in straight sets. "It hope to continue their upward Nevada 7 - 6 14 - 11 only one point scored against them. Sophomore Cody Jackson was a solid performance. T hey're climb in WAC standings when Rice 6 - 6 14 - 10 Friday, Rice proved that the continued to destroy his not a great team but ii was a good they face the University ofTulsa Fresno St. 5 - 8 9- 16 rankings are due for some shaking opposition, winning all three of win." and the University of Texas at SJSU 4 10 12 - 13 up when they took a (j-1 win over his matches in straight sets. The Owls now have a two-week El Paso. Although the Golden UTEP 4 - 10 8 - 17 51st-ranked University of Arizona, Jackson is undefeated since break before they return to action Hurricane and the Miners are Tulsa 3- 9 7 17 a team that downed the Owls last dual match season began and and begin a stretch that will put their currently in the bottom two season. was last week's Western Athletic perfect record to its hardest test. spots in the conference stand- "That was pretty good revenge," Conference Player of the Week. Rice's next three matches are all ings, the Owls will still need to Donald W. Reynolds Center in junior Fabien (liraud said. "We did a against ranked opponents. After the Up next: The Owls are off until earn their victories this week- Tulsa since they will be return- good job of not taking Arizona for Owls face 69th-ranked Virginia T ech Mar. 2-4, when they will send end. ing there in just 11 days for the granted. We came in pretty moti- University Mar. 6,52nd-ranked Uni- doubles teams to the Pacific In their first meetings against WAC tournament. The Owls lost vated. We beat them pretty easily versity of San I )iego Mar. 8 and 26t h- Coast Intercollegiate Doubles both teams earlier this season. 59-58 in their last trip to the since they're supposed to beahigher ranked University of North Carolina tournament in La Jolla, Calif. Rice trailed in thesecond halfbul Reynolds Center in last season's ranked team. It just shows how much Mar. 12, they will head to the Blue- stepped up its defensive intensity WAC opener. potential we have as a team." Grey Championship in Montgom- to pull out 65-54 and 53-47 wins As the regular season heads Junior Alexis Pourchet returned when it's not really that important, ery, Ala., which will feature some of over Tulsa and UTEP, respec- into its final two weekends, the to action from a leg injury and fought nobody wanted to lose. That's an the best teams in the nation. Mar. tively. race for the WAC regular-season his.way back from a first-set loss to important attitude to have." 15-18. Now, the I -ady Owls are on title and seedings for the tourna- grab a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 victory at the No. Admittedly, beating a team like • At the tournament will be 12 the road, where they're just 2-4 in ment are still up in the air. With 5 spot. 1 JT'PA was not the greatest challenge teams currently ranked higher than WAC play. And they may face the Miners' upset of the Horned "Alexis was having full body the ()wls have faced or will face this the Owls, most in the 30s and improved opponents— Wednes- Frogs on Wednesday, TCIJ, cramps and gave an inspiring per- season. After the Owls went up 6-0, above. The Owls will also be able day night, ninth-place UTEP which looked nearly unbeatable formance," assistant coach Shaheen the teams even decided not to play to judge their progress in their stunned conference leader Texas after winning its first 10 WAC l^idhani said. "He was even down a the doubles matches. quest for a Western Athletic Con- Christian University. games, has lost two of its last match point and fought back and Still, coming back out on the court ference title, as top WAC foes No. 'They're both games that three games. saved it." after playing a full match and not 12 Southern Methodist University we're capable of winning" head The 11-2 Horned Frogs hold The Owls easily swept the allowing your opponents to take a and No. 17 Fresno State University coach Cristy McKinney said. "But just a one game lead over the 10- doubles matches against the Wild- match to three sets is something the will attend. anytime you go on the road it's 3 University of Hawaii Rainbow cats. allowing no Arizona doubles Owls can take pride in. Hie ()wls would like nothing bet dangerous. We hope to continue Wahine. Sunday, the Wahine team to win more than four games. Tlie second match against Pan ter than to storm into the Rlue-t >rey what we started here at home. travel to Fort Worth tobattleTCU "We were great in doubles," Am was easy," Ixtdhani said "It was just as they are now — healthy and We want to try to get something in a contest that might determine l^adhani said. "We're picking up the good lo put them away even when undefeated. going and have some success the WAC regular-season cham- doubles, working on that, and we we were tired, though." "If we can go 12-0 to the Blue- here going into the tournament, pion. were reaping the rewards." North Carolina State University Grey tournament, other teams will and now we have a chance to do Southern Methodist Univer- Later that afternoon, the Univer- was another team that beat the ()wls start fearing us," freshman William that." sity is third in the WAC at 9-5 but sity of Texas-Pan American was sent in their last meeting two years ago. Barker said. "At the moment, no- The I.ady Owls are hoping for the Mustangs end their season home scoreless. A lot can happen in two years, how- body fears Rice tennis. II we go to a successful outing tonight at the See BASKETBALL, Page 25 "There was a desire not to lose a ever, and Rice ran away with a 7-0 Alabama undefeated, they'll be single point," I.adhani said. "Even win on Sunday. afraid." ' f.' "

THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 21 Indoor track teams set sights on conference crowns Hie indoor track season is the shortest in collegiate sports athletes will comjjete in 17 events, 15 individual and two costly mistakes like false starts or dropped batons, and a well- ! — Rice's first meet was less than a month ago, and already relays, in an effort to accumulate the most team points. The designed training schedule that has its atfiletes at near-peak the team is in Reno for the Western Athletic Conference team that emerges with the title will have the depth needed to performance just a month after its first meet. Here's how we Championships, which run from today through Sunday. The score in a wide variety of events, the good fortune of avoiding think things are going to unfold.

RfNATA ESCOVAR/IHRESHER ROB GADDI/THRE9HEF-: Junior Liza Ruckman hopes to complete a one-two-three finish in the mile with senior Erin Brand Freshman Adam Davis, left, and sophomore Erik Mazza, right, form the middle half of Rice's and junior Katie Waite at this weekend's Western Athletic Conference Championships. distance medley relay team, which should contend for the Western Athletic Conference title. Balanced women's team ready to defend WAC title Men's team faces imposing hurdle in No. I TCU I^ast yean Rice ran away from the field, I^ast year: Rice finished second, scoring scoring 163 points tu finish well in front of 123 points to fall just short of champion runner-up Southern Methodist University's 98. IN THE TITLE HUNT Texas Christian University's total of 1*31. IN THE TITLE HUNT Best bets: Rice's relays will be tough to Owls currently ranking among the top Best bets: Rice sophomore Ryan Harlan Owls currently ranking among the top beat. Both the 1,600-meter relay and distance three marks posted among Western should be unchallenged in the pentathlon. three marks posted among Western medley relay teams are ranked among the Athletic Conference schools so far this List year, he won the WAC title and his two Athletic Conference schools so far this top 10 nationally and have been the fastest in season: closest competitors were Rice athletes in season: the conference this season. their final year of eligibility. He won the The University of Texas at Kl Paso will score 60-meter hurdles decathlon at the United States Junior Olym- 1. Keitha Moseley 8.65 60-meter hurdles a lot of points in the field events. UTKP athletes pics last summer and appears to tower over 3. Ryan Harlan 8.22 have the conference's top marks in the long 2. Tiane Burke 8.73 this field. 800-meter run 800-meter run jump, high jump and triple jump. TCU sprinters will dominate — Olympi- 2. Adam Davis 1:49.36 Showdown to watch: Hie race filled with 2. Tanya Wright 2:08.70 ans Kim Collins and Lindel Frater head a Mile run 5.000-meter run the most talent is the 800-meter run. Sopho- Horned frog charge that currently ranks two 14:48 69 1. Erin Brand 4:58.72 2. John Jura more Tanya Wright and junior Aimee'Ceteris team members in the top 10 nationally in both 1,600-meter relay 2. Katie Waite 4:59.11 have both provisionally qualified for the NCAA the 60- and the 200-yard dashes. 3. Rice 3:15.95 3. Liza Ruckman 5:00.60 Championships in the event. But two UTEP Showdown to watch: Rice freshman Distance medley relay 3,000-meter run runners have also met the provisional standard, Adam Davis has been incredible all season in 2. Rice 9:44.03 3. Katie Waite 9:55.35 including Svetlana Badrankova, whose time of the 800. He's undefeated in three races, in- High jump 5,000-meter run 2 minutes, 7.93 seconds is best in the WAC. cluding a win over 89 competitors at the Iowa 2. Reed Ballis 7-0 3. Marisa Bono 18:56.72 All four athletes have a lot at slake in the State University Classic. His time of 1 minute, Long jump 1,600-meter relay race.Thirty-seven athletes nationally have met 49.36 seconds in Iowa is sixth-best in the 2. Tommy Oleksy 25-4 1/2 the provisional standard, and only 16 will run 1. Rice 3:37.93 country. in the NCAA Championships, so the outcome Distance medley relay But he's never faced Southern Methodist of the 800 at the WAC meet could play a large 1. Rice 11:31.01 University's Roman Oravec, who finished a couple members of a talented, rapidly role in deciding which athletes make the cut. High jump third at last year's NCAA Championships and improving freshman middle distance con- Outlook: The key for the Owls is depth. 3. Keitha Moseley 5-4 1/4 whose season-best time of 1:49.16 ranks third tingent can post breakthrough perfor- Heading into the season, a major goal for the Long jump nationally. These two should battle to the mances. squad was to score in every event, and the goal 2. Alice Falaiye 20-1/2 wire and will likely be meters ahead of their With a couple of subpar performances appears within reach. If the ()wls dominate the Pole vault nearest competitor. from TCU athletes, or career performances middle distance events as expected, get a strong 3. Ally Daum 11-9 3/4 Outlook: The WAC features some of the from a solid core ofUTFP sprinters that could outing in the 60-meter hurdles from defending Shot put stiffest competition in the nation. TCU is the steal some points from the Horned Frogs, the WAC champion junior Keitha Moseley, get 1. Jessica Sommerfeld 49-4 1/4 top-ranked team in the nation-and will rack up Owls could find themselves in the middle of strong performances from standout field event Pentathlon points in the sprint events, and SM U is ranked the chase for the title. performers junior Jessica Sommerfeld in the 1. Keitha Moseley 3.570 fourth nationally. "TCU will be extremely tough," Rice head shot put and sophomore Alice Falaiye in the But the situation was much the same last coach Ray Davidson said. "The meet's in long jump, and sneak in some points in the Rice's depth should win out. year, and the Owls nearly pulled off a stunner. Reno — if they show up in New York, an- sprints, they should defend their title. "We're right on schedule for conference," To be in a similar position this weekend, other team might have a chance. But any- UTEP is ranked 13th nationally and pre- head coach Victor Lopez said. "It looks like a they'll need strong performances from all thing can happen. I've been in it too long to sents tougher competition than Rice saw from battle between us and UTEP. UTEP's a very their distance runners, including senior John predict what will happen — when the meet's any team at the WAC meet last year. But good team — they have their old people and Jura in the 5,000 and senior Keith Pierce in over, you add up the points. Over the last national rankings are based solely on a pro- they have new people that they brought in the mile. few years we've done a great job of compet- jection of how many points a team will score from Europe. But we're going to go for it and ' Sophomore Tommy ()leksy, second in the ing. at the national meet, so they typically con- fight for every position. The girls know they're long jump and fourth in the high jump at "Last year we had a great meet, but TCU sider only a few athletes from each time. The champions and they're gping to fight to de- last year's WAC meet, will need to come had a great meet too. You just don't know Miners should win several field events, but fend the championship." through with bigefforts, and the Owls hope who's going to fold under the pressure."

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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 Owls suffer two close road losses Rice tries to turn things around this weekend at home against UTEP Wilks said. "It's tough because we by Ryan Keedy felt like in both games we had a THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: chance to win, and we felt that we A few mistakes caused a lot of MEN'S BASKETBALL were a good enough team to beat those teams, but that's how the chips trouble for the men's basketball team Record: 12-12 last week. fell." First, it was a costly turnover with WAC record: 4-8 (8th) The two losses drop the Owls to five seconds left against San Jose Last week: The Owls let two 4-8 in conference play with only State University Feb. 15 that sealed opportunities to grab a four games left before the WAC the Spartans' 57-53 win. conference road win slip tournament in Tulsa. The Owls Then on Saturday, at the Uni- through their fingers in losses need a strong finish in order to versity of Hawaii, junior forward at San Jose State University move up from their current eighth- Erik Cooper, who has emerged as and the University of Hawaii. place position and avoid playing in Rice's consistent second scorer, the opening tournament game be- committed his fourth foul in the What made the difference: tween the eighth and ninth seeds middle of the second half and went Rice couldn't bounce back from — with the reward to the winner to the bench. a dismal 3-of-22 first-half being a matchup against the shooting performance in a 57- By the time he came back to the conference's top team in the 53 loss at San Jose State, and floor, a six-minute Rice scoring quarterfinals. a six-minute scoreless span drought let Hawaii go on a 12-0 run It won't be easy. Last night, the doomed the Owls in Hawaii's and jump out to an eight-point lead. University of Tulsa (17-8,8-4 WAC) 61-53 win. The Warriors held on to win 61-53. came into Autry Court on a three- Perhaps the toughest thing Up next: The Owls will try to game winning streak. about the trip was that the Owls move up from eighth place and Tomorrow, the University of could have won both games, and into a more desirable seeding Texas at El Paso (18-6,7-5) comes to they were against teams the Owls position for the WAC Autry fresh off its best game of the need to beat if tb#y hope to contend tournament when they host the season, an 80-61 drubbing of a Fresno in the middle of the Western Ath- University of Texas at El Paso State University team that defeated letic Conference pack. Hawaii and (18-6, 7-5 WAC) tomorrow night the Miners by over 50 points earlier San Jose State sit in sixth and sev- at 7:35 p.m. in the season. Tulsa and UTEP both enth place, respectively, in the con- posted convincing home wins over ference standings, while the Owls the Owls in early February. are eighth. too much." The Owls will have to find a bet- "We've just got to find a way to The Owls' main nemesis at this ter solution inside than they did in correct some of the mistakes that point is their own lack of a consis- their last meeting against the Min- we're making down the stretch," tent offense. San Jose State has com- ers. UTEP's starting forwards and head coach Willis Wilson said. "I pletely shut down Rice's offense this center combined for 52 points on 19- think the main focus has to be us season. The Owls scored a season- of-31 shooting from the floor in the staying with the things that we do. low 14 first-half points in a loss to Miners' 85-69 win Feb. 1. When we execute our stuff, we're the Spartans Jan. 27. and Feb. 15 "Going into these last couple of pretty good. wasn't much better. The Owls home games, most importantly we "1 think we've gotten into some scored 15 points on 3-of-22 shoot- want to get some wins," Wilks said. areas where we try to get things ing in the first half. "We need to come out and execute back too quickly and make some Against Hawaii, Rice shot just offensively and defensively. 'ITien hasty decisions, and we have to just 31 percent. Even senior guard Mike we'll try to go on the road and steal maintain that focus. What we do is Wilks, who led the team in scoring a couple games and get a little bit of MARK KOCiNA/SPARTAN DAILY good and it works for our person- with 21 points, struggled from the confidence and try to go into the Sophomore center Ferron Morgan goes up for the tipoff Feb. 15 at San nel. During critical stretches, we floor at just 5-of-20. conference tournament and see what Jose State University. Rice's offense spi'

by Ryan Keedy

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Christmas came in February for the men's basketball team. M Sophomore point guard Omar- & Seli Mance returned to the Rice lineup nearly two monthsearlier than originally predicted. ' Mance was not expected to re- ty* cover from stress fractures in both of his feel until after the season ended. The fact that he hopes to be making major contributions any lime soon is close to a miracle. But he's not there yet. Manceonly put in two minutes in a Feb. 15 loss COURTESY SPORTS INFORMATION Omar-Sell Mance against San Jose State U niversity and was able to contribute just eight min- team leaders, our spiritual leaders, utes against Hawaii last Saturday. and to see him return just brings a "Over 25 Beers on TAP" "Those last two games were just smile and brightens everybody's day. to feel them out, so 1 played limited If he can get back into the flow of minutes," Mance said. 'They felt things, his addition can be very help- pretty good. Right now, it's all about ful." me getting back into game shape so ITiree conference games remain I "can be more effective and play for the Owls, followed by the WAC more minutes." tournament in Tulsa Mar. 8-10. How- 250 pints Having lost six of their last seven great of an impact Mance can make games, the Owls need Mance to be remains to be seen. Thursdays $ as effective as possible, especially "We're just going to lake il day by with the Western Athletic Confer- day [with Omar]," head coach Willis ence tournament right around the Wilson said. "I think that's the best all Night! corner. Mance and his coaches approach. He's been cleared to play know, however, that the road to re- limited minutes and still not doing covery will be slow. anything in practice. I think that the 'The plan is to increase minutes point where he's able to do just a as it goes along," Mance said. "I little bit of stuff in practice would Saturdays ^ Pitchers guess it's about getting into playing indicate that he's going to be able to shape, and as long as there's no pain play some consistent, extended min- with the ankles, then I really expect utes in games." 9 PM! the minutes to go up and to be able Rice still isn't at full strength. to contribute a little bit more. As Junior center TJ. McKenzie is still & Sundays *" long as I'm painless, everything out with an ACI.injury. But the Owls should be going uphill." will take what they can get — and Mance brings ball control, defen- they hope the return of their starting sive quickness and an eye for the point guard can fuel a late-season open man back to the court — as winning streak. well as a much-needed mental boost. "There's not many games left," "1 think it's great," senior guard Mance said. "Hopefully I will be ef- Ml 5611 Morningside (next to Gingerman) (713) 521-BEER Mike Wilks said. "Omar's one of our fective like I used to be." I • *1 1 • n 5 , •. . ^ v,rr :

THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001

Owls host series against Hawaii-Hilo to open defense of four straight WAC championships

by Jos£ Luis Cubria : hri:shi:r editorial staik IN FOCUS: BASEBALL Since the first year Rice joined Record: 10-2 the Western Athletic Conference, Last week: Rice went 2-2 last the league has known only one base- week, taking two of three at ball champion. the Coca-Cola Classic over the Don't expect anything different weekend before dropping a in 2001. 14-5 decision against the Top-ranked Rice began defend- University of Houston. ing its four sU-aight WAC champion- What made the difference: The ships this week with a three-game pitching staff continues to set home series against the University the pace for the Owls. Senior of Hawaii at Hilo. Kenny Baugh has been the The Owls and Vulcans played the best of the lot. He scattered series opener yesterday and will face five hits and struck out a career- off again today at 4 p.m. and tomor- high 14 in a complete game row at 2 p.m. victory over 16th-ranked The three games kick off a 36- University of Central Florida game WAC schedule that will see Sunday. each team play two three-game se- ries — one at home and one on the Up next: Rice hosts the road — against each of the other University of Hawaii at Hilo (3- schools in the seven-team league. 11, 2-4 WAC) to open Western Athletic Conference play. BRIAN SIOLER/THRESHER And for the fifth consecutive sea- Senior catcher Phillip Ghutzman, left, and senior right-hander Jon Skaggs execute a run down between third base and son, the Owls are the runaway pick home plate in Rice's 5-2 win over 24th-ranked Wake Forest University Saturday. Skaggs (2-0) picked up the win. to finish on top. They also won the final Southwest "We're confident going into it," Conference championship in 1996. the postseason last year as co-cham- WAC member in baseball, were 17- WAC title last year, so the Owls know senior first baseman Jesse Roman Although Rice is the only WAC pion of the Big West Conference. 34 and 7-23 in WAC play in 20(X). the importance of getting this year's said. "We feel like we're the favorite. school to boast an established na- In other words, four of the seven But they're off to a decent start league schedule off to a go(xl start. We always are. We have a good tional baseball power, the league WAC teams saw postseason play last this year, having taken two of three With senior ail-Americans Jon enough team to do it again." made some noise last season. year. Throw in a Texas Christian games at Nevada before being swept Skaggs and Kenny Baugh starling WAC coaches agreed, giving Rice Rice and San Jose State Univer- University squad off to a solid start by TCU last weekend. two-thirds of each series. Rice feels six of seven first-place votes in the sity shared the WAC title, wilh the and a University of Hawaii team that The Owls know they're favored to good about its chances. preseason coaches poll. The final vote, Owls holding the advantage in head- is always tough to beat on the is- defeat Hawaii-Hilo, bu t they also know "You can't have two outstanding I cast by Rice head coach Wayne Gra- to-head meetings. Both teams quali- lands, and you've got the makings of the Vulcans will present a challenge. pitchers like Skaggs and Baugh and ham, went to Fresno State University, fied for the NCAA Tournament, as a solid baseball conference. "They're obviously going to be not feel comfortable going into con- which was picked to finish second. did third-place finisher Fresno State. "TCU is playing well right now, hungry," junior third baseman ference play," senior catcher Phillip Hawaii-Hilo (3-11, 2-4 WAC) was Rice and Fresno State were both San Jose is playing fine and Fresno Hunter Brown said. "We're picked Ghutzman said. "last yearwegotoff the unanimous pick to finish last in eliminated in regional play, while San is good," Graham said. "Those are to finish at the top of the conference, to a slow start and it continued a little the league. Jose State made a surprising run all three good teams. It'll be tough." so they'll be after our butt. We have bit into conference. But now we feel Rice has won the WAC the last four the way to the College World Series. First and foremost on Rice's mind, a big target on us, so we have to be like every game we're improving. years, but the Owls have won five Additionally, the University of Ne- however, is Hawaii-Hilo. The Vulcans, ready to fight. I know they will be." We're not playing our best baseball, straight conference championships. vada, a first-year WAC member, made in their second year as an associate 11 took a late run for Rice to claim the but we're working hard." Nichols makes pain-free return from off-season shoulder surgery

by Jose Luis Cubria tions — both in the bullpen and against live THRKSHIiR 1.1)1 IOR1AI. SI AH-' batters. And regardless of what role he eventually The University of Houston rocked Rice's assumes, Nichols will be happy to simply con- starting pitcher Wednesday, and the Owls tribute. couldn't be more excited about it. "I just want to be where I can help the team, Fifth-year senior Jeff Nichols, still recover- doing whatever," he said. "If it's starting, if it's ing from major shoulder surgery last May, in relief, whatever it is, as long as it's some pitched for the first time in nearly a year aspect where I'm on the field and not on the Wednesday and picked up the loss in Rice's bench." 14-5 defeat. The rest of Wednesday's game, however, In just 1 1/3 innings, Nichols gave up four was not as promising. 'I"he Cougars (4-7) bat- hits, one walk and five runs. Three of the runs tered Rice's pitching staff for 17hits, including were earned, giving him a 20.25 earned run six that went for extra bases, as the Owls' staff average. FRA jumped by nearly a full run. $ But the right-hander threw 45 pitches with- But despite losing their second game in out any pain, his fastball hovered around 84 less than a week, the Owls realized that UH mph and his curveball had some bite. In the simply played a great game. grand scheme of things, that all means much "You have to take your hat off to them," more than the numbers that showed up in the Roman said. "They got 17 hits off good pitch- box score. ing. They hit the ball hard. It seemed like they "It was fun," Nichols said. "1 was tired of hit everything. Sometimes you just have to sitting over there and watching everybody take one on the chin and come back the next else do it. I'm pleased. I'm not pleased that day." we lost, but 1 felt good and I had no pain. The loss came on the heels of Rice's 2-1 The control was a little off and I left a weekend at the Coca-Cola Classic at Reck- couple pitches up. But overall I was pretty ling Park. The Owls lost their first game of pleased." the season in the tourney opener against Nichols' teammates were just as happy to Purdue University, but then bounced back have him back. to defeat 24th-ranked Wake Forest Univer- "When he was throwing those first curves, sity and lfith-rated University of Central he looked good, and his fastball looked like it Florida. had some pop," senior first baseman Jesse Despite the one weekend loss. Rice re- Roman said. "It's just fun to see that we might mained atop the Collegiate Baseball poll, have this guy back. We're getting excited released Monday, for the second straight about it." week. Nichols, Rice's all-lime leader in career The Owls also stayed at No. 6 in the Base- wins, last pitched in a game oil Feb. 25, 2(X)0. ball America poll but moved up to No. 3 in the That was his seventh and final appearance of Baseball IVW'fc/v/HSPN Coaches poll. the 2000 season. At this point in the season, though, the Despite efforts to return to competition Owls acknowledge that neither the polls nor during what was his senior season, Nichols one loss really amount to a whole lot. ended up sitting out the rest of the year. He "Purdue exploited every weakness we was granted a medical redshirt and a fifth have," senior catcher Phillip Ghutzman said. year of eligibility and then had surgery "It was like they'd been watching us the whole May 3 to repair a frayed tendon in his right time. But it was a wake-up call. shoulder. "We still feel like we deserve to be ranked

ROB GAODI,THRESHER In terms of health, Nichols says he is 100 up there. Even though we told ourselves Fifth-year senior Jeff Nichols delivers a pitch against crosstown rival University of Houston percent. In terms of being the same pitcher we wouldn't let it happen, we got caught up Wednesday. Nichols, making his first appearance in nearly a year following off-season shoulder he was before the injury, he's not so sure. a little bit [in being No. 1). But now I think surgery, picked up the loss in Rice's 14-5 defeat. Nichols gave up four hits and three earned runs Nichols estimates that he is at 80 or 85 per- we couldn't care less about where they put In 11/3 Innings, but said he pitched without feeling any pain. cent. The only thing he needs now is repeti- us." W •..• . ...»••:•/•.• , . ••:•••

m.-W MmSmtr i ; 'ft. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23.2001 Football announces staff changes Wachenheim assumes role of offensive coordinator, Bland to coach QBs

by Jose Luis Cubria Utah State University before com- ing to Rice. THRKSHRR EDITORIAL STAFF In Wachenheim's time at Rice, For the first time since 1998, the he has coached offensive line Rice football team has made changes standouts such as Charles Torello, to its coaching staff. who won all-America honors in 1997, Scott Wachenheim has been pro- and all-conference players in Chris moted to offensive coordinator and Cooley, Jeremy Thigpen, Neal Gray John Bland has joined the staff as and Rod Beavan. quarterbacks coach, head coach Ken Rice had at least one all-confer- Hatfield announced Monday. ence offensive lineman in each of Wachenheim, Rice's offensive Wachenheim's seven years as the line coach for the past seven years, offensive line coach, a responsibility replaces David U'e at the helm of he will retain with his new coordina- the Owls' triple option offense. tor duties. I,ee, who served as Rice's offen- " I am very excited to be named ... sive coordinator and quarterbacks COIJRTCSY SPORTS INFORMATION offensive coordinator." Wachenheim David Lee coach for seven years, has been said. "I appreciate the confidence named quarterbacks coach at the mistake that he is the eighth- coach Hatfield has shown in me. I University of Arkansas. win n ingest active coach in Ainerica." look forward to doing my best to Under Lee, Rice established it- help my players become the best self as one of the premier rushing they can be." offenses in the nation, finishing as Bland also played under 7 look forward to doing high as second in rushing yards per Hatfield, helping Arkansas to a pair my best to help my game. Hatfield said the program of Southwest Conference titles. He won't miss a beat with Wachenheim's was named the permanent captain players become the best promotion. of the Razorbacks' 1988 Cotton "One of the strengths of our Bowl team and played in four bowl they can be.' offense at Rice has been our offen- games. — Scott Wachenheim sive line, and 1 know that Scott will Before coming to Rice, Bland have that same type [of] success was most recently the head coach at Offensive coordinator with his new responsibilities," Southern Arkansas University, a Hatfield said. "He has worked with position he assumed in 2000 after a variety of offensive attacks ... three years as the Mu lenders' offen- The departure ends a 12-year and 1 know he's excited about this sive coordinator. working relationship between I^e new opportunity." Bland's flexbone attack broke six and Hatfield. Before their time at Wachenheim, 38, began his col- Southern Arkansas records and six Rice, (he two worked together al . lege football career as an offensive (iuIf South Conference marks dur- Arkansas from 1984-'88. lineman at the U.S. Air Force Acad- ing a 5-5 campaign last year. Hatfield was the Razorbacks' emy. where Hatfield was head The 34-year-old started his m head coach, while Ijee was quar- coach. coaching career as a student assis- terbacks coach for the first four Wachenheim was a four-year tant under Hatfield in 1989, and he If years and offensive coordinator t he starter from 1980-'83and was named laler worked at Auburn University LINDSAY ROEMMICH/THRESHER fifth. all-Western Athletic Conference and before joining the Southern Arkan- Freshman Scott Philips finished in a tie for second place at 214 to carry Rice "If I was in a battle and there was honorable mention all-America in sas staff. to a third-place team finish at the Udamon Southwest Classic in Victoria. one guy who I had to take with me in 1983. "John's character is tops," the foxhole, it would be Ken He first coached under Hatfield Hatfield said. "And his expertise as a Hatfield," Lee told the Houston at Arkansas in 1989. Healso coached player and coach will enable him to Philips continues trend Chronicle. "It's not been by luck or at Colorado State University and relate to our players well." of strong freshman play

by John C. Chao THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: GOLF The freshmen are on fire. Last week: The Owls finished For the second straight week, third in a 15-team field at the In Rice Village Udamon Southwest Classic in 5814 Kirby Rice's golf team was led by the run- ner-up individual finish of a fresh- Victoria, 15 shots behind man. At the Udamon Southwest champion Baylor University. Better Ingredients. Classic in Victoria Monday and What made the difference: (713) 432-7272 Tuesday, freshman Scott Philips Freshman Scott Philips had the Better Pizza. shot scores of 72,72 and 70 to finish best performance of his career, eight strokes behind the first-place finishing tied for second finisher, Jimmy Walker from Baylor individually with a two-under- Rice University Specials University. par214. Fellow freshman Ryan A week earlier, freshman Ryan Morgan finished in a tie for Morgan finished second at the Rice eighth at 218. 1 large, 1 topping pizza, (2) 20 oz. Cokes $8.49 Intercollegiate and earned Western Athletic Conference Golfer of the Up next: The Owls take a month 1 X-large, 2 topping pizza, 2 Ltr. Coke $11.99 Week honors. off before competing at the El The play of the freshmen, who Diablo Intercollegiate Mar. 17- are roommates, took the team a long 18. way in Victoria. Heading into the Late Night Special - After 9 p.m. final round, the team was in the with the top players. middle of a logjam for the third- "1 had been working on improv- through eighth-place slots. ing my putting for a long time. I felt 1 large, 1 topping pizza, (2) 20 oz. Cokes $7.99 Philips' 70, coupled with I was on the verge of playing well Morgan's71, pushed the Owls to the and at this tournament, the ball Now open late Friday & Saturday night until 1:00 a.m. top of the group to finish in a tie for started going in the hole and it felt third in the 15-team field. really good." "I'm really proud of how Ryan and Philips and Morgan each averaged Scott have played," sophomore Brad- over 75 strokes per round during the Play "Beat the Clock" Every Monday Night ley I ane said. "They've setan example fal 1 season .but Out of six spri ng rou n ds. for us. It's really good for a team to four of Morgan's and three of Philips' have two young guys like that." have been 72 or under. Get one large, one topping pizza, for: This year, the golf team has had "We've had a lot of fun being able three top-five finishes in its last four to play well after sort of struggling," Order Time Price tournaments. I-asl year, the team Philips said. "It's a really big confi- had three top-five finishes the whole dence booster for both of us." 5:00 to 6:00 $5.99 year. The success of this year's fresh- "We're definitely playing better men means that there's a world of this year," Lane said. "We're making opportunity ahead for the Owls. 6:00 to 7:00 $6.99 less mistakes and playing smarter. "We're strong right now." fresh- The two teams we lost to were in the man Winn Smith said. "But we're 7:00 to 8:00 $7.49 top 15, and we beat some teams going to be stronger next year be- ranked ahead of us." cause we're getting some good re- Philips said he and Morgan spur cruiting. Given a couple more years each other on. experience, there's no telling what "I felt I played really consis- we can do." tently this week," Philips said. The team has a month off before "Ryan set; a good pace for us to its next tournament, the El Diablo challenge last week. It made me Intercollegiate in Citrus Springs, Ma. realize that I can go out and play on Mar. 17-18. -V

u . '• ••' ,r • .'"• ••'• ,• v. ' " THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001 Lady Owls believe title up for grabs in balanced WAC

BASKETBALL, From Pagf 20 for the tournament. Wherever they next week with a challenging test at end up seeded, the lady Owls know TCU. 'Hie lady Owls are just a half the road to repeating as WAC cham- game behind the University of Ne- pions will not be easy. They feel vada, which stands at 7-6. that if they can improve their shoot- But if recent events have proven ing and maintain their defensive anything, it's that every team in intensity, returning to the NCAA the conference is vulnerable. Rice Tournament is not out of the ques- beat Hawaii last week, and all three tion. teams below the Lady Owls — "There's no dominant team in Fresno State University (5-8), San the WAC," junior guard laTonya Jose Stale University (4-10) and Sam said. "It seems that TCU's UTEP (4-10) — have scored upset been doing so well, but there's re- wins over one of the conference's ally not a dominant team as far as top three teams. athletes are concerned. We're very For now, the Lady Owls are tak- confident that we're going to go ing it one game at a time and are into the tournament and do some not worried about their seeding damage."

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by Wei-Han Tan water polo rules state t hat each team must have at least two women in the ROB GADDI/THRESHER FORTHE THRESHER Senior point guard Kim Lawson takes a shot in traffic against the University of Hawaii Sunday at Autry Court. The Lady water during play at all limes. Owls claimed a 57-53 win to hand the Rainbow Wahine just its fifth loss of the season. In its last coed event of the year, For the first time, the women's the club water polo team finished water polo team will be competing in fourth out of eight teams in the the Collegiate Water Polo Associa- Ttilane Mardi Gras Invitational. tion as an all-women team thisspring. In pool play Saturday, the Owls "The women will play in an all- 3 Defense carries Rice over Hawaii won two of their three games to Texas division, which makes us very finish second in their group. After competitive for the top spot," Wilson by Jason Gershman but the lady Owls triumphed by an 8-3 loss to Texas A&M Univer- said. "We have yet to beat A&M. but holding the Spartans to 26 percent sity, Rice's defense buckled down we have consistently defeated teams THRESHER EDITORIAL STAKE IN FOCUS: shooting. Rice also outrebounded and helped the Owls capture a 6-2 like [Texas Christian University], The women's basketball team's WOMEN'S BASKETBALL the Spartans 53-44, led by Mcintosh, win over East Carolina University [Stephen F. Austin State University] 57-53 win Sunday over the Univer- Record: 14-10 who came off the bench to grab a and a 6-4 victory over the Georgia arid Baylor [University]." sity of Hawaii accomplished several career-high 16 rebounds. Institute of Technology. They ad- 'ITie women's team is still young WAC record: 6-6 (6th) things. The lady Owls hope the two wins vanced to Sunday's third-place game and inexperienced, but previous re- It brought the lady Owls' West- Last week: The Owls won back- are the beginning of a late-season and fell to Vanderbilt University 9-5. sults indicate that Rice will be a tough ern Athletic Conference record back to-back home games over San run that will parallel last year's magic, Junior Rick lankau and sopho- team to beat — and the Owls should to the .500 mark at 6-6. It marked the Jose State University and the when they won six of their last seven more Mike Bader anchored Rice's only get tougher as they play more first time since Dec. 21 that the team University of Hawaii to move games and advanced to the second defense along with sophomore together. won back-to-back games. And, per- back to .500 in conference play. round of the NCAA tournament. But goalie lauren Wilson. "We had our first all-girls tourna- haps most importantly, it proved to What made the difference: A for that to happen, Wee will need to "Lauren has always been our ment last semester at Texas A&M." the lady Owls that they can beat the tenacious Lady Owl defense continue to avoid the lapses in inten- goalie and has always done a great freshman Jen Lin said. "Our perfor- conference's top teams. Hawaii en- held Hawaii to its lowest scoring sity that have cost it so many games job," freshman Kelly Benedict said. mance in the first game was not so tered Autry Court second in the WAC output of the season, including already this season. "Bu t this weekend was amazing. ITie hot, understandably since it was our at 19-4 overall, 10-2 in conference just 18 points in the second "We're going to have to keep play- guys at the tournament shot harder first time. But each game after that, play. half. Juniorguard LaTonya Sam ing 40 minutes of basketball," Sam and from farther out. A lot of our we had so much improvement. We Consistent defensive intensity stepped up to score 19 points said. "That's usually our slip-up. We success as a team was due to her have so much potential, and the fact was the key to Rice's victory over the on 8 of-12 shooting. usually play 30 to 35 minutes, but great performance." that we practice with guys makes us Rainbow Wahine. The lady Owls we've got to keep playing 40 min- Having Wilson at goalie gave the better prepared both mentally and continued to struggle from the field, Up next: The Lady Owls hit the utes." Owls a big advantage because coed physically." shooting under 40 percent for the road this weekend, playing at the University of Tulsa (7-17, 3- fourth straight game, but they held 9 WAC) tonight and at the Hawaii to its lowest point total all University of Texas at El Paso season. The lady Owls committed a (7-17,3-10) Sunday afternoon. season-low lOturnoversand blocked 11 shots, their most blocks in one game since 1997. scored a career-high 19 points against "Our defense was really our key Hawaii in her diird game as a starter. and maintaining our intensity was Sam's performance comes on the important because offensively we heels of a clutch 13-point showing off just couldn't get on track." head the bench against IJniversity of Texas coach Crisly McKinney said. "We at El Paso earlier this month. missed a lot of shots, but we just "Offensively, we just got every- continued to play good defense, and body shots, and tried to get every- that's really what won the ball game body involved," Sam said. "Even for us. though 1 was hot, 1 still tried to get "(Senior forward) Kenya my teammates the ball. So when [Tuttle] and [junior center] they started trying to keep me from Daneesh [Mcintosh] both played getting the ball, I was able to get my really good defense. I think both of teammates involved." them gave some good help to each Sam is shooting 37 percent from other a couple of times, and that three-point range, second-best on helped us gel some of the blocked the team. The coaches are im- shots." pressed with her progress in her j Sunday's performance was noth- first season playing for the lady ing new for the lady Owls — the Owls. Sam sat out last season per defense has carried the team all sea- NCAA guidelines after transferring son. In their six WAC victories, the from Stephen F. Austin Slate Uni- Lady Owls have averaged just 64 versity. points per game, and they've held "Sam played really well," their opponents to an average of 56 McKinney said. "We were struggling points per game. Excluding the 58- to score against Hawaii, and shegoes 35 loss to Texas Christian Univer- 8-for-12, which is really big. She shot sity. in their five WAC losses, the the ball well for us. She didn't force Owls have averaged 65 points per any shots. She just waited for them game but have given up an average to come to her, and she made some of 81 points per game. big shots for us. She's played well "1 think the big difference-maker the last few games, and the one thing in our win [against Hawaii] was that she's got is some experience, and, we played very good defense," jun- hopefully, she'll continue to do that ior guard laTonya Sam said. "We for us." ELIZABETH IARDINA, THRESHER usually don't come out and play de- ITie lady Owls' successful de- fense for 40 minutes, and that's ex- fensive display began Feb. 16, when Right back at you actly what we did." they captured a 69-56 victory over Sophomore Jeri Gonzales looks to move up to the net Friday against the University of Texas-Pan American. Although defense won the game San Jose State University. Again, Gonzales' 6-0, 6-4 win over UTPA's Alana Breen at the No. 4 spot helped the Owls record their third straight for the lady Owls, the offense made Rice's offense struggled, connect- shutout and move to 6-4 in dual match play. The Owls face Stephen F. Austin State University Wednesday. some contributions as well. Sam ing on just 33 percent from the field, 26 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,2001

Totals; 20-60 25-38 69 MEN S TENNIS ARIZONA 1 RICE • BY THE Rlc« (14-10, 0«) •*v •' / Sam 842 2-3 19, Flofus 2-7 (W) 4, Tultle 615 12 Three-point goals — San Jose Slate 1-13 (Williams Singles 13, Lawsop 1,7 2-2 4, Liggett 24 0-0 5, Rlgg 1-6 5 1-5, Parker 0-2, Smith 0-3, Kellogg 0-2, Jones 0-1); NORTH CAROLINA ST. 0 RICE 7 1. Richard Barker (RU) d. Steve Capriati (UA) 6-4, 6-2 7 8, Beckler 0-i 0-0 0, Maynard 0-1 0-0 0, Brown O Rice: 4-15 (Rigg 0-4, Sam 0-1. Maynard 0-3, Liggett 2. William Barker (RU) d. Tom Lloyd (UA) 6-2, 6-3 feb. 16-21 1(M)0, Mcintosh 2-3 0-2 4 4-7) Singles 3. Matthias Mathaes (RU) d. Whl Kim (UA) 6-3, 6-2 Total* 22-57 9-15 57 4. Jari Niskala (UA) d. Vuk Rajevac (RU) 64. 6-7, 6-4 1. Richard Barker (RU) d. Eric Jackson (NCSU) 6-2.6-2 Rebounds — San Jose Slate: 44 (Smith 9), Rice 53 5. Alexis Pourchet (RU) d. Roeland Brateanu (UA) 3- 2. William Barker (RU) d Matt Lucas (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2 Threepeint goals — Hawaii: 4-11 (Lee 0-2, Roper 1- (Mcintosh 16) 6. 6-4. 7-6 (9-7) 3. Matthias Mathaes (RU) d, Mike Carducci (NCSU) 1. Atuaia 3-4, Puida 0-31 Greeny 1-2); Rice 4-8 (Rigg 6. Cody Jackson (RU) d. Bruno Arapovic (UA) 6-2, 6-2 6 -1, 64 1-3, Lawson 0-1, Sam 2-3, Liggett 1-1) Doubles Assists — San Jose State: 4 (Williams 3), Rice: 16 4. Fabien Giraud (RU) d. Reinaldo Valor (NCSU) 7-5, 7-5 1. Barker/Barker (RU) d. Capriati/Kim (UA) 8-3 (Lawson 9) 5. Alexis Pourchet (RU) d. Bryce McGrory (NCSU) 6-3, Rebounds - - Hawaii: 48 (Puida 12); Rice: 36 (Mcln- 2. 'Mathaes/Pourchet (RU) d. Carl Haginan/Lloyd 6-2 tosh 7) (UA) 8-4 6. Cody Jackson (RU) d. Ryan Boward (NCSU) 6-2, 7-5 3. Rajevac/Fabien Giraud (RU) d. Arnaud Agnlel/ Doubles Assists — Hawaii: 9 (Lee 3); Rice: 16'(Lawson 7) Brateanu (UA) 8 2 GOLF 1. Barker/Barker (RU) d. Jackson/Valor (NCSU) 8-3 2. Mathaes/Pourchet (RU) d. Brad Kllgore/John Davis SAN JOSE STATE 56 RICE 69 (NCSU) 8-0 WOMEN'S TENNIS UDAMON SOUTHWEST CLASSIC 3. VukRajevac/Giraud(RU)d. Lucas/Boward(NCSU) BASEBALL 82 San Jose State 24 32 56 UT-PAN AMERICAN 0 RICE 7 Rice 30 39 69 Team Results (total of 15 teams): HOUSTON 14 RICE 5 1. Baylor 871 UT-PAN AMERICAN 0 RICE 6 Singles San Jose State (12-12, 4-9) 2. Arkansas-Little Rock 873 . Score by Innings R H E Singles 1. Erin Waters (RU) d. Celine Merlini (UTPA) 3-6. 6-4. A'Giza 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 4-17 1-4 10, Smith 2-3 0- 3. Rice 886 Houston (4-7) 325 001 300 — 14 1 7 1 1. Richard Barker (RU) d. Matt Gower (UTPA) 61, 6-1 1-0 (10-3) 1 4, Parker 3-11 6-8 12. Smith 4-14, 9-10 17. Wichita State 886 Rice (10-2) 100 202 000 — 5 6 3 2. William Barker (RU) d Enrique Bastante (UTPA) 6- 2. Judith Hagedom (RU) d. Eve Nickelson (UTPA) 60.60 Te.Taylor 0-0 3-4 3, Ta. Taylor 1-3 3-4 5, Kellogg 0- UH: Keith Whatley. Nathan Mitchell (6). Austin Faught 5. Lamar 887 1,6-0 3. Natalie Briaud (RU) d, Julie Fife (UTPA) 6-0. 6 0 3 12 1. Igoni 0-2 0-0 0. Jones 16 0-1 2 (8). Brain Henderson (9) and Chris Snyder; Rice: Jeff 3. Fabien Giraud (RU) d. Brandon Meiners (UTPA) 6- 4. Jeri Gonzales (RU) d. Alana Breen (UTPA) 6-0, 6-4 Totals: .16 62 23 34 56 Nichols, Philip Tribe (2), Nick Martin (3). Bubba Rice scores: 2, 64 5. Yasmin Fishei (RU) d. Jessica Brown (UTPA) 6-1, 60 Gentry (7), Dustin Wernicke (8) and Matt Cunningham, T2. Scott Philips 214 4. Cody Jackson (RU) d. Juan Saiz Picazo (UTPA) 6-1,63 6. Stephanie Moat (RU) d. Mireya Villarreal (UTPA) 6- Jeff Blackinton. Rice (13-10, 5-6) 5. Rafael Reyes (RU) d. Kareem Abdullah (UTPA) 6-1, 0, 6-1 T8. Ryan Morgan 218 Win— Whatley (1-0); Loss — Nichols (0-1); Save — Sam 1-14 0-0 2, Florus 2-7 1-2 5, Tuttle 3-7 4-7 10. 7 6 (7-2) Doubles None. 2B — UH: Snook(3), Lucas (3), Snyder (5), Lawson 0-3 2-2 2, Liggett 6-11 00 16, Rigg 4-13 9- T41. Bradley Lane 230 6. Ramez Qanier (RU) d. Tom Mangelschots (UTPA) 1. Fisher/Gonzales (RU) d. Merlini/'Nickelson (UTPA) 8-1 Whatley 2 (4): Rice: Porfirio (2): Cunningham (4). HR 13 17, Beckler 1-2 2-2 4, Maynard 0-4 2-2 2. Brown T41. Lee Rowan 230 6 3, &2 2. Karen Chao/Briaud (RU) d. Fife/Brown (UTPA) 8-0 — UH: Snyder (4). 0-1 0-0 0. Mcintosh 3-4 5-10 11. James 0-4 0-0 0, T48. Brandon Jung 231 Doubles 3.Hagedorn/Kylie Wallis (RU) d. Villareal/Erica Bracken 0-0 0-0 0 Not Played Espinosa (UTPA) 8-0 CENTRAL FLORIDA 1 RICE 5 • < • r«• (.«>•» I* »• t«;«•» t* v.* ^ i* •<»)»,»».«'•*'> '•:> •»*( : y$.ii 1 ; v; i.'3t*f»»«;*•'?l»8>&&f •»i*i->-i- • ' ' • • \ \ Score by innings R H E > ' ^ v: iU' it,iifihifrbW;• : UCF: Brad Busbi. Von SterUbach (7), and Jeremy <,> i .<•* *fr,*s * t *' * *'*. Frost; Rice: Kenny Baugh and Philip Ghutzman >>?;?•>;««»if >« '* <> . . Win — Baugh (1-0); Loss — Busbin (2-1); Save — linuhe > > * «> <* 3 r« .» •* *'*'i t ,* J i'i ,« i- None. 2B — UCF: Mi. Fox (4): Rice: Roman (4), Davis (1). • I Analoq I momentum "J; < (1:< •' ' t :>: > f i'i'«•» '> '•>'A* • • -i:- a J js mm WAKE FOREST 2 RICE 3 ,.4,»,i, - »>«•;;• >-<>i(.•'(v.• .• i • • I Jtix Score by Innings R H E Wake Forest (4-1) 010 010 000 — 2 6 0 Rice (9-1) 100 Oil 00X — 3 111 Wake Forest: Kyle Sleeth. Adam Hanson (6), David Bush (8) and Stephen Ghutzman: Rice: Jon Skaggs, TEXAS IKSTStMim \i i. i • \ i i Philip Barzilla (9) and Phillip Ghutzman. TECHNOLOGY Win — Skaggs (2-0); Loss — Sleeth (1-1); Save — Barzilla (1). 2B — Wake Forest: Athas (3); Rice: Fox % ' i 'r * > 3 'i Vi 7 'J ,1 >? 3 (4), Brown 2(8). 3B — Rice: Porfirio (2), Davis (2). 7f A % % % s*' % *4 & %'U $ to takdyou '» ft f? v •'* % '}"i $ ':•> RICE 2 PURDUE 5 1 rf '"?•r: "

Score by innings R H E f u r X. "h e r Rice (8-1) 000 200 000 — 2 6 2 Purdue (1-0) 010 040 00X — 5 5 0 tn you ever «J Rice: Jonathon Gonzalez. Steven Herce (5) and Philip Vg/. Ghutzman; Purdue: Ben Quick and Nick Mclntyre. Win — Quick (1-0); Loss — Gonzalez. (2-1); Save — None. 2B — Rice: Ghutzman (4), Brown 2(4); HR — •;' Rice: Fox (2). to take you to the MEN S BASKETBALL

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Rice (12-12, 4-8) then reconnecfe^ffl Evans 0-1 2-4 2, Tyndell 2 8 0-0 5, Morgan 1-3 00 2, Cooper 5-9 4-6 17, Wilks 5-20 9-10 21. Mance 0-1 0-0 0, Walton 0-0 0-0 0, Kollik 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 2 2 2, Craig 0-1 0-0 0. Robison 0-1 0-0 0. Diene 2 4 00 4

Totals: 15-48 17 22 53 Rs .V Hawaii (12-12 6-7) Savovic 5-12 7-9 18. Martin 3-5 0-0 6. Mclntyre 3-7 y 5-5 12, Puida 1-5 2-2 4, Ostler 6-10 7-14 19, -y Shimonovich 0 2 0 0 0, Burneika 1-4 0 0 2, English i am bigger then any pOSSlbl0 thought 0 1 0-0 0 p/f.. V-"' Totals: 19-46 21 30 61 Three-point goals — Rice: 6-17 (Tyndell 1-3, Cooper but smaller than you thought possible. 3-5. Wilks 2-9); Hawaii: 2-11 (Savovic 1-4, Mclntyre 1-3, Puida 0-2, Burneika 0-1, English 0-1) • •> •/. • Rebounds — Rice: 34 (Evans 8, Wilks 8); Hawaii: 30 fanrtthc fmi to t«ftiom>w (Puida 9)

Assists — Rice: 7 (Evans 2, Cooper 2); Hawaii: 15 (Savovic 4) le job after graduation RICE 53 SAN JOSE STATE 57

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' > ,;l Rice (12-11, 4-7) •,.vf I; Evans 2-4 6 8 10, Tyndell 2 8 2 4 8, Morgan 1-2 2 4 4, Cooper 2 7 4-6 8. Wilks 4 13 10-12 20, Marice 0- 0 0-0 0, Walton 0-3 0 0 0. Kollik 0-1 0-0 0, Smith O 0 0-0 0. Diene 1-2 1-1 3 Totals: 12-40 25-35 53

San Jose State (12-11, 4-8) Powell 7 11, 2 2 16. Williams 5-6 3 3 13, Thurmond 1-2 0 0 2, Garrett 5 10 1-114. Landram 3-11 1-2 7, Sonnenberg 0-4 0-0 0, Granucci 01 0-0 0, Valentine 2-3 0-1 5 Totals: 23-48 7-9 57 hardware

Three-point goals — Rice: 4-15 (Tyndell 2-5, Cooper 0-2. Wilks 2-6. Walton 0-2); San Jose State:4-16 software (Powell0-1, Garrett 3 5, Landram 0 5, SonnenbergO 3, Valentine 1-2 open thinking Rebounds — Rice: 22 (Evans 8); San Jose State: (Powell 14) www.ti.com/dsp Assists — Rice; 7 (Tyndell 4): San Jose State: 11 (Williams 4) I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

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Hawaii 35 18 53 Rice 31 26 57

Hawaii (19-5. 10-3) TEXAS Lee 4 14 34 11, Allen 0-5 1-2 1. Roper 3-7 1-3 7, ( i Gabrielova 18 0-0 7, Atuaia 5-12 0-0 13. Brossman INSTRUMENTS 1-1 2 2 4. Gabriel 0-0 0-0 0, Puida 1-9 6-7 3, Greeny 1 12 0-0 2 Totals: 1&58 13 18 53 •I THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2001

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The BASEBALL team plays the Saturday For more information, check the The first MARTEL PUB University of Hawaii-Hilo in Reckling Park FEB 24 Leadership Rice Web site at http:// NIGHT kicks off tonight in Willy's at 4 p.m. The BASEBALL team takes on www.ruf.rice.edu/~leading/summer.htm. Pub in the Student Center basement. the University of Hawaii-Hilo in Reckling Lights! Camera! Asian-American culture! Park at 2 p.m. No, it's not a tribute to narcissism. The thursday MAR 1 The Asian-American FILM AND Department of Religious Studies sponsors The LITERATURE FESTIVAL MEN'S BASKETBALL the Rockwell Lecture Series, a conference Tonight at 7 p.m. in Autry Court, the opens with a reception at 6:30 p.m. in the team plays the University of Texas-El Paso on "GOD AND BEAUTY" WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Rice Media Center. For a full schedule of BMH8 in Autry Court at 7:35 p.m. starting today and running through team competes against the University of events, which continue through Sunday, go Wednesday. There will be a lecture each Nevada. to http://www.geocities.com/aafilmfest. The Asian-American Film and Literature night at 7:30 p.m. in Humanities Building, Festival leaves the Rice Media Center to Pay tribute to history's grand dames. Room 117. For more information, visit commemorating host a ^ Sewall Courtyard a SYMPOSIUM PARTY http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~reiigion/ WOMEN'S HISTORY C. Vann Woodward's Origins of the New from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., preceded by a people_events/rockwell.htm. MONTH starts today. South, 1877-1913 on the 50th anniversary music video screening at 9 p.m. of its publication opens tonight at 7:30 tuesday p.m. in the International Conference FEB 27 sunday FEB 25 Calendar submit items: Facility in Baker Hall. For more The BASEBALL team plays information, contact History Professor Noted West Coast curator Renny Pritikin Southwest Texas State University at 4 p.m. in Reckling Park. John Boles by e-mail at [email protected]. will give a LECTURE titled "The • by CAMPUS MAIL to Calendar More Theatrical the Better" at 2 p.m. in Editor, Rice Thresher, MS-524. • by FAX t0 Calendar Editor, (713) 348- Watch as characters sing, dance, give Sewall Hall, Room 301. For more info, Wednesday FEB 28 5238. away children and kill one another. contact Karen Rapp at (713) 348-6069. t0 runs • by E-MAIL [email protected]. BLOOD BROTHERS ar ASH WEDNESDAY Calendar submission FORMS e final performances tonight and tomorrow services are today in the Catholic Student monday FEB 26 available at the Student Activities Office or at 8 p.m. in the Sid Richardson College Center Chapel at 1714 Rice Blvd. Mass on the Thresher office door. Commons. Tickets are $4 for students You can learn how to lead, but you have to will be held and ashes distributed at The DEADLINE for all items is 5 p.m. and $6 for others. To make reservations, apply on time. The regular application 12:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, the Monday prior to publication. contact the Catholic Student Center at call (713) 348 PLAY, or send e-mail to DEADLINE for Leadership Rice's Submissions are printed on a space- [email protected]. Summer Mentorship Experience is today, (713) 526-3809. available basis.

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Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. xl789 SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME Friday, February 23, 2001 Ten big cranes, faith in all humankind collapse

by Col. Mustard The repercussions of the disas- IN THE CONSERVATORY ter have been profound. At a Board of Trustees meeting immediately Rice University students were after the disaster, the Martel Col- witness to one of the most astound- lege project was abandoned in its ing disasters of all time Feb. 15. entirety due to the building's de- Ten tower cranes collapsed on struction. Students having trans- themselves during lunch, each one ferred to Martel College are no destroying the building it had been longer enrolled at Rice University. allotted to build, in what officials "Sony," President Malcolm Gil- called "a freak coincidence." lis said. Among the projects destroyed or In addition, plans to move the damaged were the incomplete Religious Studies Department into Martel College, the Humanities the soon-to-be-abandoned Wiess Building, Rice Stadium, Fotidren Li- College were likewise scrapped brary, both of the Jones Graduate when that building was also de- School of Management buildings, stroyed. (I and a row of Port-a-Johns next to the "Thank God," said Gerald Beer-Bike track. McKenny, the chair of the depart- Neither Facilities and Engineer- ment. ing nor Food and Housing represen- When asked for further comment tatives were able to explain the inci- on the crane collapses, Gillis could dent, although F&H did request that hardly contain his glee. students "please stop leaving your "I was running out of room to trays in the hallways." build more stuff. But this is like

Assistant Vice President for Stu- taking my campus etch-a-sketch, WALTER FONDREN/THRESHER dent Affairs John "Hutch" turning it upside down, and shaking A tower crane embedded itself in Fondren Library on Thursday, impaling the Language Resource Center and several Hutchinson blamed the incident on it real hard." Gillis giggled. "I'm floors of stacks. Initial leports indicate that the library's collection of the East Bulgarian Agricultural Review was gravity. going to replace the north colleges destroyed by the crane. "Gravity has been wreaking with a bounce house. You know, havoc on our campus for years," those colored, inflatable things you nearsighted students. Szabo then shed a single tear. dent, many S/Fs were quick to point Hutchinson said. "A sofa thrown jump around in? Tons o' fun." "It really hurt," Lovett College "I've really lost all my faith in out the fact that there weren't even from Sid Rich's balconies would drift Amazingly, no students were sophomore Carl Szabo said. "It was humankind." 10 cranes on the Rice campus. harmlessly into downtown Houston killed by the falling machinery, al- like something flew into my eye out Houstonians in and around the BPE Adam Keith responded, without it. I hate gravity." though the incident did cause large of nowhere. I actually had to imme- campus area have been asked to "Bite me." Hutch then proposed that the amounts of dirt and other small de- diately return to my room, remove donate whatever saline solution they F***ing HUM A Crane, 1999 Physics and Astronomy Department bris to be sent flying through the air, both lenses, and wash them thor- can spare. Homecoming Queen, could not be be dismantled in retribution. irritating the contact lenses of many oughly." When informed about the inci- reached for comment. NEWS IN BRIEF The 'We're new at this, please don't yell at us' classifieds MATH AND VERBAL SAT TUTORS Because we're too lazy to write any more full-length articles: HOUSING needed. 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