» * r »•» the Rice Thresher Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 5 SINCE 1916 Friday, September 1 5, 2000 Six students face marijuana possession accusations by Eiora Danan Matusow determined that he would handle the cases directly also seized. IHklSHI k 1-1)1 loklAI STAI'I instead of referring them to University Court. Officer Pete Martinez, who was at the scene, said all but one Matusow said he expected to have the cases resolved by of the students present had been using marijuana, but not all Six students have been charged with possession of a con- yesterday. the students were in possession of marijuana. trolled substance after Campus Police investigated a strong Because the students are being charged with a Class I "Marijuana was found in commons areas, which could lead marijuana odor coming from the public third-floor balcony of violation of the Code of Student Conduct — manufacture, one to believe that they were all in possession," Martinez said. Baker College early Sunday morning. distribution, sale, offer for sale, possession, or use of con- Two students were transported to the Campus Police sta- The Campus Police referred the students' cases to the trolled substances—the cases could have either been brought tion, while the other six were turned over to Baker Resident student judicial program instead of arresting and charging the before U. Court or undertaken by Matusow. Associate Greg Marshall, Taylor said. students with a criminal offense. Police Chief Bill Taylor said police confiscated a total of 4.3 Taylor said that although some of the officers considered In discussions with interim Baker Master Arthur Few, ounces of marijuana from the subjects. According to the taking legal action against the subjects, the officers believed acting Assistant Dean for Student Judicial Programs Allen incident report, several forms of narcotic paraphernalia were See STUDENTS, Page 11 Dean clarifies glitches in requirement by Elizabeth Jardina and Brian Stoler ning of this year. you took this in good faith, but it THKKSHKK KDITOKIAI. STAI I The Spanish and French tests wasn't ready yet so you have to take new students took this year were it again.' We don't want to say that." New students who placed out of not certified under the standards Technically, when a student had 200-level language classes by pass- established by the American Coun- passed both the Rice placement test ing both a Rice written test and an cil on Teaching Foreign language. and an oral proficiency interview in oral proficiency interview don't have French or Spanish, Rice's most popu- to do anything further to satisfy the lar languages, she had not fulfilled Stokes writes about the language language requirement. the language requirement because requirement. See Letter to the Confusion about the tests re- Editor, Page 2. of the "nationally accredited stan- sulted from a discrepancy between dardized test" clause. "3 the text of the language requirement 'I"he tests for French and Spanish and tests that were actually avail- Students who took the test will were completed in December 1999, asS able. not be penalized because those tests the same time as the tests for Ger- The language requirement says were not ready, interim Dean of man and Chinese. a student "achieve a score of inter- Humanities Gale Stokes said. However, the ACTFL specialists mediate-mid level or higher on a "You don't want to do harm to only approved the tests for German nationally accredited standardized students," he said. '"Hie student is and Chinese. test." Such tests were only available taking these [tests] in good faith... The tests should be certified rela- in German and Chinese at the begin- and you can't say, 'Well, I'm sorry, See STOKES, Page 11 ATM will be added to convenience store by Emily Venson removal of some shelf space. clear preference to warrant such a R)« THKTHRI-SHKK Cash Operations Manager Angel move, and many students cited Thomas said she hopes the store's Pondren's flexible hours as a reason A new cash machine will be in- selection will not be affected by the to keep the ATM there, Beckwith stalled in the convenience store in new machine. "We're going to try to said. the Student Center within three keep everything already in stock," Beckwith then asked Chase to BRIAN STOLER/THRESHER months. The ATM will be the sec- she said. put a new ATM in the Student Cen- ond full-service Chase Manhattan Student Center Director Boyd ter. At first, Chase resisted because Meeting the people Bank machine on campus. Beckwith has been trying to get an of the expense of installation and Board of Trustees Chair Bill Barnett spoke at the Student Association The new machine will be located ATM in the Student Center since he maintenance of a new ATM, retreat Saturday. He explained the role and history of the board and near the convenience store outside began working for Rice in 1998. Ini- Beckwith said. gave students a chance to ask questions. During the weekend-long access door. Its installation will cause tially, he proposed moving the Fon- Beckwith said he convinced the retreat, administrators from Barnett to Assistant Director of Student minor changes in the layout of the dren ATM to the Student Center. bank that the retail activity in the Activities Heather Masden spoke about their areas of expertise. convenience store, including the However, students did not show a See ATM, Page 11 Chef begins Rice experience in Brown College kitchen INSIDE WTTi OPINION Page 3 by Rachel Rustin Jealous of ... HUMA? FOR THK THKKSHKK Page 17 The line stretching out of the building isn't A&E for *NSync tickets or Cynthia Cooper's auto- 'Love and Sex' disappoints graph. LIFESTYLES Page 20 It's for College Food Service food — but Death, taxes and buying a car with a twist. The school year started off with an entirely SPORTS Page 23 new kitchen staff at Brown College, all of Living out our fantasies in LPAP whom have degrees in the culinary arts. TTieir new ideas, such as made-to-order entrees and Weekend Weather a menu slightly different from that of the other Friday: Partly cloudy, 66-88 colleges, have already become popular on Saturday: Mostly sunny 58-82 campus. Sunday: Mostly sunny 64-84 Managing Chef Roger Elkhouri came to Rice after working at the Omni Hotel in Hous- ton. Scoreboard "It was a great opportunity — I wanted to Football make a difference," Elkhouri said. "Every- Rice 7, Michigan 38 thing here is excellent. We've gotten excellent feedback from students, [and | there is excel- Volleyball lent food, and excellent service." Rice 1, Radford 3 Rice 3, Campbell 0 Associate Director for Food Operations Rice 3. North Carolina State 2 Matt Morgan placed an ad in the Houston Rice 3, Florida Atlantic 0 Press seeking someone with a culinary back- ground. "We decided that the person who is going And with a flourish to be in charge of the new [Wiess/Hanszen| kitchen had to be a culinarian," Morgan said. misclass returns "We wanted to go ahead and bring somebody Welcome back to misclass. on board to learn the Rice way." So what if they're not as funny as The new kitchen staff has tried to deter- they used to be? So what if they've lost mine ways to positively affect the students that endearing misogyny? So what if who eat and live at Brown. One such addition they're all from Uwett? has been a table of chips, fruit and sometimes learn to "buy. sell, trade, insult your cookies that is always available. JFNNIFFR IOF/TMRFSMFR friends" all over again. "People are actually coming from other (They're funnier when they're real.) Managing Chef Roger Elkhouri prepares a plate at Brown College, where he began work this year. See CHEF, l'a^e 8 Elkhouri, who has a degree in the culinary arts, will be the chef at the Wiess/Hanszen common See Backpage, Page 28. kitchen servery when it opens in 2002. THE RICKTHRKSHKR OPINION FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 2(X)0 — the Rice Thresher by Davio oHien Brian Stoler Jose Luis Cubria, Michael Nalepa Kdilor in Chief Mariel 'lam Opinion Kdilor Managing Editors Confusing the freshmen As current plans have it, Martel College will hold its first Orien- tation Week in August 2001 and then open its doors to residents in January 2002. It makes sense for the college to want to add freshman members as soon as possible — however, is it worth the probable toll on Martel's first set of new students? Martel Masters Arthur and Joan Few, who have before them the difficult task of populating a college, seem to have the best interests of the infant college at heart. But we worry that the college's first crop of freshmen could feel displaced and disoriented without a building to call their own. According to current plans, Martel's new students will live scattered across campus in the other colleges in the fall and then move in together to the new building for spring 2002. NO suai~t"\tr)au Mtsvacr&i H&ee. We think Martel's first 0-V\£eek should instead be delayed until 2002. A college is much more than a building, and this is exactly why Martel's first members will be transferring to the college starting this fall. But these students understand what they're undertaking to LETTERS TO THE EDITOR help found Martel — in a way, they've sacrificed having a central building for the chance to start shaping a new college identity.