&Jr.: jtmk the Rice Thresher Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 27 SINCE 1916 Friday, April 19, 2002 Students express concerns about parking proposal Binford discusses parking Students protest at Willy's proposal at SA meeting r - Statue this afternoon i t| by Meredith Jenkins Slilif M by Meredith Jenkins THRESHERSTAFF THRESHER STAFF

Approximately 65 students attended a A student gathering at Willy's Statue has Student Association sponsored forum to dis- been planned for 4 p.m. this afternoon in re- cuss the proposed parking plan Monday sponse to the proposed parking plan. night in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Student Wiess College senior Michael Leggett, Center. one of the organizers, said the gathering is Assistant Vice President for Finance and intended to collect student opinion and to Administration Neill Binford and Administra- present a draft of proposed changes to the tive Systems Manager Eugen Radulescu pre- parking plan, which was submitted to the sented information about the plan and an- University Standing Committee on Parking swered student questions. yesterday. The new parking plan includes fee hikes After the meeting today, a final proposal for faculty and staff, new fees for students and will be prepared, incorporating suggestions visitors, and a proposal to gate most parking received at the meeting. lots on campus. Leggett said that in spite of past conflicts Binford said the Parking Committee rec- between students and the administration, he ommended these changes in response to the hopes the two groups can work together on problems of visitor confusion, parking costs resolving the issue. and projections of continuing growth. AUDREY COX/THRESHER STAFF "Very often, especially in the recent past Binford said one of the reasons for the Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration Neill Binford addresses students at the with things like KTRU and the serveries... the change is that the current location of visitor Student Association sponsored parking forum on Monday in Farnsworth Pavilion. Transportation students have kind of started to view the ad- See FORUM, Page 10 Manager Eugen Radulescu also spoke. Sec PROTEST. Page 10 Grant proposed for road extension

by Maeve Quigley new Wiess College and currently Soccer Stadium, causing additional THRESHER STAFF endsat the Wiess/Hanszen Servery. flooding in the basements of Baker Operations Manager for Facili- Hall and Wiess House, Tomlinson .Alumni Drive may be extended ties and Engineering Doug said. next summer to prevent on-campus Tomlinson said the project is a re- The flood also caused ground in- flooding. In order to extend the road, sponse to last summer's Tropical stability that led Risk Management four tennis courts next to Wiess Storm Allison, which caused nearly to deem six of the 12 tennis courts College would be destroyed and the $5 million worth of damage on cam- next to Wiess unfit for use. remaining eight courts would be pus. Because the road extension is renovated. "This project is related specifi- mainly a flood-control project. Rice Alumni Drive currently runs from cally to the flooding from Allison, filed in November for a grant from Entrance 13 past the Student Center although that intersection floods the Federal Emergency Manage- and Baker Hall before dead-ending even with a heavy storm," Tomlinson ment Agency. If the grant is ap- at the Inner Loop near Wiess Col- said. proved, Rice will pay only 25 percent lege. The road, which is tentatively Flooding on Alumni Drive pre- of the projected $868,000 construc- scheduled to be extended 100 yards vented water from draining into tion costs, a figure that includes the in July 2003, would connect with a ponds located behind the intramu- cost of the tennis court renovations. road that runs from Entrance 4 past ral fields and next to the Track/ See RO.AD. Page 5 Colleges consider summer storage

vmm-Mi flood, a pipe break, or something by Rebecca Tuuri The recomendations come in re- sponse to last summer's flood dam- could be damaged or missing." FOR THE THRESHER age at Brown, Jones and Martel Col- On-campus students must sign a Housing and Dining has identi- leges and numerous thefts from on- housing agreement form at the be- fied three off-campus alternatives to campus storage areas in past years. ginning of each academic year ac- college storage spaces, H&I) Direc- The university will not subsidize knowledging the university is not tor Mark Ditman told college presi- off-campus storage because it is not liable for any damages incurred to dents Tuesday. Ditman recom- legally responsible for storing stu- property during storage. mended the presidents consider dents' property over the summer, In recent years, many students GRANT BEITON/THRESHER Bullseye Storage on SW Freeway, Ditman said. have stored valuables in the base- and Storage USA and Self-Storage "Each college has storage in its ment, despite warnings that they A real Silver Glove on Main Street when deciding how basements," Ditman said. "The prob- are not climate-controlled or se- Sophomore right fielder Austin Davis hauls in a fly ball against UH to deal with summer storage for their lem is that Rice does not guarantee cure, Ditman said. Last summer, during Tuesday's 7-5 Rice win at Reckling Park. See Story, Page 17. college members. that they are safe. There could be a See STORAGE. Page 7 Student insurance rates may rise INSIDE Welcome Class of2006 OPINION Page 3 Rice's Ivy League imitation by Mark Berenson prescription drug benefits. Prospective students invaded campus Block said Rice looked at four different THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF yesterday for Owl Weekend, a time for A&E Page 13 service providers to attempt to keep costs as those admitted recently to Rice to see the Rice Dance Theater soars The rising cost of health insurance could low as possible, but decided to keep the same beautiful spring weather we have here... increase the price of the Student Accident and provider, Beech Street, Inc. or not. Sickness Insurance Plan for the 2002-'03 aca- "We are negotiating with the agent and SPORTS Page 16 The Thresher looks forward to seeing Women's tennis ends 5-year-skid vs. UH demic year, Risk Manager Renee Block said. insurance company to try and minimize the you all again in August — especially if Block said next year's plan could also include cost to each program," Block said. you want to work for us. Weekend Weather higher deductibles. For the 2001-'02 academic year, which ends Friday The Student Health Insurance Committee, Aug. 15, insurance for a student was $986 Partly sunny, 67-84 degrees which is comprised of administrators and stu- under Plan A and $845 under Plan B. 21 hours not a good idea? Saturday dents, met Tuesday to discuss possible University costs for medical insurance for Students who preregistered for the Partly cloudy, 68-85 degrees changes to the plan. Block said that by next faculty and staff will increase 20 to 40 percent Fall 2002 semester may now add and Sunday week, she hopes to have a better idea of what for the 2002-'03 year. However, faculty in- drop classes online at http:// Hot and humid, 69-88 degrees changes will be made. creases will be less as the university will in- sisweb. rice, edu. Students may drop classes Scoreboard "Medical costs have skyrocketed, and we crease the percentage of the total insurance through the second week of the fall are trying to get a plan that is affordable and cost that it covers. semester. Baseball Houston 5, Rice 7 yet offers basic care," Block said. "Health care prices are accelerating," Presi- If you are an Owl, don't panic; you Block said the fundamental nature of the dent Malcolm Gillis said regarding the faculty Rice 13, Nevada 7 didn't miss preregistration. You'll have Rice 12, Nevada 3 increases. "At Rice the proposed increases for two plans will stay the same. Plan A the more plenty of time in August to pick your Rice 9, Nevada 4 costly plan, will continue to have a higher [the faculty insurance programs) are espe- classes. medical limit, lower deductibles and more cially staggering." THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2002 RanonaLe... e>y PSVIP cHien the Rice Thresher

I Courting costs l$h< The destruction of tennis courts due to Tropical Storm Allison has left many avid tennis players without a place to play for almost a year. While we are very pleased at the recent

announcement to replace the current, unusable courts with : new lighted ones, we are disappointed that this change will not happen for another year (See Story, Page 1). The communication between administration officials and students during the decision process makes this a model more administrators would be wise to consider. We are very thank- ful for the efforts to gather student input regarding the options for tennis court replacement and that the courts will be re- GATE placed at all. However, the difficulties placed on intramural tennis teams, varsity tennis teams, and the everyday tennis player by the rip van wiriKLe wo*e up froci\ a Five-yeaR suM&eR ano relative lack of courts should be remedied sooner than the plan DiscoveReo TnaT his caR Has been TicxeTet>, &ooTet>, &aTet>... currently entails. It has almost been a year since Allison hit — ano TnaT Rice Hao TaKen his first &ORn as paRKina- coLLaTeRau waiting another year will not do anyone any good. While it is understandable that the university would want to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency LETTERS TO THE EDITOR money, concerns for the university community should have been put into play early in the match. We feel Rice should Failure to consider posed parking changes would not pate, he or she merely has to inform consider every option available to make playing tennis include gates around the north and the waiting supervisor of this deci- easier for students during the next year — even if it means visitor parking 'selfish' south college lots. This is only going sion. To call something hazing im- paying for it. to encourage visitors to park in stu- plies a degree of involuntary compli- All told, we are very excited to play tennis late into the night To the editor: dent parking and not pay the fee, ance— as a voluntary activity, fresh- Meredith Jenkins' article, "Park- causing worse parking problems man waiting at Wiess obviously on the new courts. They are a welcome addition, particularly ing proposal includes gated lots," in than we have right now. avoids this characterization. because they were conceived with student input in mind. the April 5 issue of the Thresher If the parking system is operat- Second, I have never heard an focused entirely on students' anger ing at a deficit, exploiting the visi- upperclassman at Wiess make a se- about the fee they will have to pay. tors to this university is not the solu- rious unreasonable demand to a Are Rice students really that short- tion. freshman waiter. In fact, the condi- Storing safely sighted and selfish? tions for family style at Wiess have Two quotes mentioned visitors, Tim Oberg substantially improved in the last Last summer was not a good season for basement storage one by a visitor who claimed he Sid junior fewyearsso, Chaz, be grateful Wiess in the colleges. would park in nearby neighborhoods has actually become a more friendly (the neighborhoods won't let him) The basements of Brown and Jones Colleges were flooded Urban planning paves place for you and your fellow fresh- and another from Baker College men. in Tropical Storm Allison and the Wiess College basement was sophomore Joy Green: "The poten- way for better living Family style at Wiess greatly con- burglarized. After a summer destructive to student belong- tial revenue that could be generated tributes to Wiess' sense of commu- ings, students and administrative leaders decided to investi- from visitor parking fees was one To the editor: nity and solidarity, and to compare it gate changing summer storage. reason the new plan was proposed." Owen Courreges' critique of to hazing severely devalues the real The idea to change was appealing, especially since it had the Visitors are just revenue? Surely smart growth identifies some prob- problems other schools have with the average student can recognize lems that it might entail, but it is dangerous initiation rituals. Instead chance to open new opportunities for students: cheaper off- what resources they are, and the mainly a collection of prejudices and of embracing the tradition and hav- campus storage, more convenient off-campus storage, and importance of remaining active in misconceptions ("Making a home ing a positive attitude about its mer- possibly even help moving out in May. As it turns out, though, the community. One goal from the out of Houston's urban sprawl," April its, Barsamian chooses to hide be- our hopes for a cost-effective solution to the on-cainpus base- strategic planning page included in 12). Smart growth may not be easy hind self-serving, false accusations ment problem has yet to pop up. the parking study is 'To increase or perfect, but the alternative that that distort the reality of freshman visitors to public programs, like the Courreges' advocates is wholly stu- waiting at Wiess. Housing and Dining has recommended three nearby stor- Baker Institute." The Rice Univer- pid and irresponsible. age establishments to students who are looking for a place to sity Mission Statement says part of The "American Dream" he Megan Kemp store their electronics, books and old sofas over the summer our mission is "to serve the continu- shamelessly glorifies — indolent Wiess senior break (See Story, Page 1). ing educational needs of the larger rich white Americans traveling from 1999-2000 Freshman waiting community." huge suburban homes to offices to coordinator Understandably, the university can't do too much to help How does that fit with charging strip malls in wasteful, polluting students looking for storage. Each fall, on-campus students $1 per hour to park? It seems like it sports utility vehicles, while minori- sign an agreement acknowledging that the university does not will be hard for a legitimate Rice ties are confined to inner-city tene- have insurance for our belongings—and we should not expect visitor to find a parking space when ments — is a vulgar reality which we the university to be held liable for all of our stuff. visitors to the Medical Center dis- should not embrace. CONTACTING THE cover how cheap our parking is. It's I also find it unbelievable that Nevertheless, we were hoping for a little more. Of the three $3 per hour there. Courreges disparages smartly-devel- THRESHER establishments H&D has recommended, none is offering a Rice visitors are here as associ- oped Portland, Oregon, voted Best particularly large discount or other perks. If the university ates, younger students who may one Big City of 2000 by Money magazine. wants to encourage students to stop storing their valuable day come to Rice, Houston Indepen- And I don't understand why he ide- Letters possessions in unsafe, insecure basements, they should put dent School District teachers supple- alizes the sprawling, dysfunctional m Letters to the editor more emphasis on negotiation with companies interested in menting their educations, visitors Houston metroplex, in which it is should be sent to the Thresher to cultural events and performances nearly impossible to walk anywhere by e-mail to [email protected] recruiting Rice business. by I^ice students, and resources to and air pollution levels are so high or be delivered in person. Let- us as connections to the world. Let's that officials say exercising is often ters must be received by not chase them away. more detrimental to health than in- 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to activity. a Friday publication date. Abandoning apathy Renee Edlund The only way I can account for • All letters to the editor Will Rice sophomore Courreges' bizarre article is as an must be signed and include a Once again, Rice students have found an issue they care inflammatory challenge meant to phone number. Rice students about and are acting to change. Parking proposal tells ignite a passion for smart growth. and alumni must include their Monday's Student Association meeting featured Associ- college and year. James Douglass ate Vice President for Finance and Administration Neill visitors to 'go away' • Letters should be no Brown senior longer than 250 words in Binford and Administrative Services Manager Eugen To the editor: length. The Thresher reserves Radulesca, as well as an impressive collection of upset Rice The proposed changes to park- Portrayal of Wiess' the right to edit letters for students ready to voice their opinion and to demand answers ing on campus are a terrible idea. both content and length. to their questions (See Story, Page 1). Not because of the fee students or family style inaccurate faculty will have to pay, but because News Tips Even more impressively, students have not yet given up on of the fee that visitors will have to To the editor: • Tips for possible news sto- the fight to have a voice in parking changes — those already pay. Rice isn't as well known as some To compare Wiess College's' fam- ries should be phoned in to proposed as well as any future plans. While students' opportu- other schools, so we need to reach ily-style waiting to the kind of vio- the Thresherai (713) 348-4801. nity to affect the current plan may have passed, the chance to out to the community both to find lent, unacceptable behavior that nor- Subscribing influence future policies remains and that is what students are donors and prospective students. mally belongs in the hazing category Putting gates around the park- is a gross misrepresentation of the • Annual subscriptions are rightly fighting for now. ing lot is a blunt way of saying to the reality that Wiess freshman Chaz available for $50 domestic and We hope students go to today's protest with the same vigor community "go away" and alienat- Barsamian pretends to understand $105 international via first and urge to find answers as they brought to the SA meeting. ing this university. Sporting events in his April 12 letter ("Family-style class mail. Only when we continually protest the decisions with which we will cause a huge traffic snarl. Free dining is 'torturous' hazing"). He Advertising disagree will we have the strength and the numbers to demand events like concerts at the Shep- not only exaggerates the supposed herd School of Music will no longer "conditions" under which waiters • We accept both display the university's attention. be free, and attendance will drop are held but also presents several and classified advertisements. considerably. Visitors will have to blatant untruths. Please contact the Thresher have a credit card to leave, which First, freshman waiting at Wiess ads manager for more infor- Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher' could also cause problems. is a voluntary service. If an incom- mation. editorial staff. As I understand them, the pro- ing freshman wishes not to partici- V> *l •> fc N % v V

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2002 Guest column Guest column Rice loses excellence with Ivy League imitation "We admit students of Harvard administration cared about the un- myself Rice was different. But he Love on the rocks: America's caliber..." "Well, at Princeton they dergraduate experience, listened was right. The turning point was ..." "Brown charges its undergrads intently and acted conscientiously. seeing my college's spirit broken for..." As a freshman I stepped into the when we realized that after all our relationship with the world Fouryears ago I looked politically-active climate so-called negotiations with the ad- It may surprise many Americans stead, let's give these people the at Brown University and I of Wiess College in 1998. ministration over the new Wiess to learn this, but we're not well money and help them put it to decided to go to Rice Uni- Over the next two years building (then known as South Col- liked. It's not just the French, ei- good use without imposing colo- versity instead. Not be- we continued to battle for lege) the administration got exactly ther; all over the world, anti-Ameri- nialism all over again cause I didn't get in to the Night of Decadence what it wanted. The administration can party lines are Another reason Brown — I didn't even ap- and the new Wiess build- had always intended to grant us the growing in popularity. people hate us is obvi- ply. I didn't want to go ing. There was a cry of concessions for which we fought This is self-evident in ous; We're pretty there. So why is my uni- outrage among the col- and thought we had won. They used the terrorist attacks of damned arrogant. We versity, the one I chose lege leaders. We didn't these planned concessions to divert Sept. 11. think we know best, because it wasn't an Ivy get all that we wanted as student attention away from other Instead of merely that we are the best, league, trying to be one? Megan explicit decorations came issues on which they refused to con- categorizing the perpe- and that everybody I knew Rice was better Smith down from NOD and the cede. They were playing negotiat- trators as "evil," like should be like us, es- than Brown, not because new Wiess building went ing games; we were just being hon- some cheesy comic pecially in our foreign U.S. News and World Re- up, but we were vocal be- est. In the end, we were betrayed. book villains, perhaps policy. What most port told me so, but because Rice cause we believed that our voices Something changed. We stopped we should evaluate why Jared people don't realize is didn't want to be Brown. I took a were heard. yelling so loud. We stopped believ- they hate America. Af- Hubbard that by the time we student tour of Rice just to humor Around that time I had dinner ing the administration. We stopped ter all, Teddy Roosevelt tried "democracy" for my parents, but Rice had already with my dad and ranted about the living here and started just attend- advised that America the first time, we'd had become far and away my first choice. oppressive administration with a ing the university. should "Speak softly and carry a almost 600 years of a popular rep- I had seen Duke University, Brown, naive belief that good would prevail. In 1998, Rice highlighted the dif- big stick." Let's remember his resentation tradition, stemming Wellesley College, Vasser College He told me about his fraternity days ferences between itself and the Ivy adage, and while the big stick back to the Magna Carta, and we and the University of Virginia, and at Southwestern University and how Leagues. Today it highlights the comes in handy, we can't just beat had a very egalitarian society. none of them had made a lasting they battled the administration to similarities. We were a great univer- everybody over the head with it. When we say democracy is so impression. maintain a kitchen at their fraternity sity when we loved who we were and The first problem between the great, we don't realize how lucky But Rice was different. Rice had a house despite the cafeteria's no-com- didn't have an inferiority complex. rest of the world and America may we are that it actually worked sense of community between the petition contract. The university I graduate in less than a month. just be jealousy. Although it may here. undergraduates and the administra- came and dismantled their kitchen. Years from now when I look back sound like a Sally Struthers com- It was the entire collection of tion. The powers that be were proud I asked him what sort of stunts they will I remember my disillusionment mercial, about half the world lives traditions and culture that let de- that their students were unique, cre- pulled to get back at the university, bitterly? Will time heal all wounds in on less than two dollars a day. mocracy take root. Then we look ative and could turn around a giant like in the movie Animal House. my lovers' spat with Rice? I don't That's less than the cost of your towards other nations and say, bronze statue overnight. At other "Nothing," he said. "In the end know. Will I give my money to make Big Mac at Mickey D's, and that is "You should be democratic too." schools there was a huge distance the administration has all t he power. Rice more like Brown? I don't think their entire budget for food, hous- We only have to look at Russia in between the two groups with the The only difference is whether they ing, clothing, health care, educa- the last 10 years to realize how administration doing what they fool the students into thinking they tion and anything else they need. much democracy and capitalism pleased and the undergraduatesjust have a say." Megan Smith is a Wiess College When the starving masses look in a culture that's not ready for it attending the university. At Rice the I didn't want to believe him. I told senior. over and see us chomping down fails automatically. Heck, even on our Big Mac's, they don't take the French couldn't get it right too kindly to us. the first few times, and the Brit- Support the dominant paradigm Besides which, we really don't ish still have a Queen. If any- help them out at all. In America, thing, democracy teaches us that we pay our farmers to not grow the people know what's best, so crops. How about paying them to perhaps we should allow the Saying au revior to anti-semitism in France grow crops to feed the billion or people of other nations to decide so people who go hungry every what to do for themselves. It's far Fresh off the presses from the status, an unmistakable insult. with a renewed voice. night? Oh, and as for foreign aid, better than propping up corrupt French Tourist Office: "Welcome to Moreover, at a dinner party last But this doesn't bother Chirac. it's less than 1 percent of our na- pro-Western dictators in the face France, where anti-Semitism flows December French Ambassador to The Arab News reports that the tional budget. We're paying more of overwhelming popular support like wine and burning synagogues Britain Daniel Bernard referred to French president recently "sum- to the 3,000 families that lost loved for change, as in Vietnam. Let's illuminate the night sky. Israel as "that shitty little moned Israeli Ambassador Eli ones on Sept. 11 as we are to the let people be self-deterministic Where the city of lights country." When asked to Barnavi to the Elysee Palace, in an entire 27 million people in Afghani- and do what they want to do, and becomes a city of license, apologize, a spokesman effort — says a presidential adviser stan whose government we just maybe they won't look at us like where the Kristallnacht for the ambassador glibly — to persuade him to better control destroyed! we're the British and it's 1776. life really heats up." remarked that "[h]e the activities on French soil of pro- When we used the Marshall Let's just let people be people, This bit of black hu- doesn't feel there is any Israeli activists." Paradoxically, in Plan after World War II to help and keep their own culture and mor might not appear es- need for him to do so." the midst of a slew of anti-Semitic devastated countries (including own ways, especially since our pecially attractive embla- British Labor Members of attacks, Chirac's only concern is with our wartime enemies) develop, we highest cultural achievement is a zoned on a French travel Parliament commented restraining Jews. created allies who were faithful couple of Golden Arche s and some brochure, although it that the words sounded France boasts the third largest through the Cold War. If we're so reprocessed beef products. If we wouldn't be entirely inac- "eerily familiar from the Jewish population in the world, yet Owen rich and powerful, and we always help people to develop, without curate in light of recent French." the current regime appears intent Courreges know what's right, then we should requiring they subject themselves events. As a consequence Yet even more damn- on forcing them to live in an unend- put our money where our mouth to nouveau Western imperialism, of the current conflict in ing is the fact that the ing apprehension. Instead of blam- is. I'm not talking about the Inter- then perhaps we will live in a far the Middle East, France has been French government has a legacy of ing a fanatical minority, France must national Monetary Fund, either. better world. We may just live in a converted into to a breeding ground condemning any internal elements look towards what messages it sends The IMF puts in strings like "if world where America and the rest for sectarian violence. who dare to speak out against Pales- and what tragedies its abhorrence you take this money, you must of the world can kiss, make up. !n previous weeks, a synagogue tinian terrorism. In February of2000, for Israel have engendered. It's allow Western companies to ex- and even like each other. in Strasbourg has been set ablaze by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin de- downright Gaullinglo think that they ploit your people and pillage your vandals, damaging its front, while clared at a press conference that would do otherwise. natural resources.'' And we think Jared Hubbard is a Jones College terrorists intentionally rammed cars France "condemns Hizbullah attacks the world will love us for it. In- senior. into one another in Lyon. Less fortu- and any terrorist attacks, notably Owen Courreges is a Will Rice Col- nate was Marseille's Or Aviv temple, against soldiers or the civilian popu- lege junior. which now lays decimated after an lation." evening arson attack. It burned to President Jacques Chirac quickly the ground; a charred hulk sits announced that Jospin would be rep- where a place of worship once stood. rimanded for his comments. The The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is In Toulouse, the picturesque French media marched lockstep, as published each Friday during the school year, town from which my ancestors origi- Le Monde, France's principal news- except during examination periods and nated, gunmen opened fire on a ko- paper, devoted three pages to de- holidays, by the students of Rice University. sher butcher shop. Meanwhile, in nouncing Jospin. Liberation ran an the small Rhone village of editorial criticizing him for causing Editorial and business offices are located Rachel Rustin on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, Villeurbanne, a Jewish couple was "huge damage" to France's "inter- Editor in Chief national credibility." 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, TX 77005- assaulted. The woman, who was 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- pregnant at the time, was hospital- The French government's inabil- 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: ized for injuries sustained. The as- ity to mete out criticism against at- NEWS LIFESTYLES h ttp://w ww.ricethresher.org. sailants were clearly indiscriminate tacks upon Jewish civilians in Israel Liora Danan, Senior Editor Corey E. Devine, Editor in their choice of targets. draws close parallel to their compla- Mark Berenson, Editor Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic, This is not meant to indicate that cency with violence against Jews in Lindsey Gilbert, /Is?/. Editor CALENDAR $105 international. Nonsubscription rate: first Ashley Friggel. Editor copy free, second copy $5. the French are collectively bigots their own borders. If they don't mind OPINION par excellence, merely that their atti- when Jewish civilians are murdered Catherine Adcock, Editor COPY The Thresher reserves the right to refuse tudes toward Israel and their recent in Israel, it stands to reason that liana Feld, Editor any advertising for any reason. Additionally, Grace Hu, Editor military incursions have fomented little concern will be given to similar SPORTS the Thresher does not take responsibility for Jonathan Yardley, Editor activities at home. The French the factual content of any ad. Printing an an anti-Semitic odium still extant in Jason Gershman, Asxf. Editor Skye Schell, Online Editor European culture. The European government's continual endorse- Dylan Hedrick. Asst. Editor David C h iffi , Illustrator advertisement does not constitute an media treats Israel with either sus- ment of the Palestinian Authority, endorsement by the Thresher. picion or outright disgust, as French combined with its relentless criti- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS cism of Israel, has provided domes- Natasha Alvandi. Editor Polly D'Avignon, Business Manager I Insigned editorials represent the nia jt rity politicians do little to stem the tide. Carly Kocurek, Editor Lindsay Roenimich. Payroll Manager opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All other To the contrary, they are the tide. tic terrorists with all the justification I indsay Sutton, Distribution Manager opinion pieces represent solely the opinion of French Foreign Minister Hubert they require. BACKPAGE Parul Patel, Subscriptions Manager the author. Vedrine commented on Israel's Recently, President Chirac held Hen Home, Acting Editor Margaret Xu, Office Manager The Thresheris a member of the Associated "policy of pure repression" earlier that he does not "believe that the ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY Collegiate Press and the Society of this year, marking a continuation of French people are becoming anti- Katie Streit. Editor Robert Lee, Ads Manager Professional Journalists. Mark! 1 have to go Kijana Knight, .4ssf. Editor Ethan Varela. Asst. Ads Manager his seemingly continuous condem- Semitic." This is probably true. A pec! nation of the besieged state. Earlier, sizable segment of the French popu- Sushi Suzuki., Asst. Editor Gretchen Raff, Classified Ads Manager French officials had spearheaded an lation had already indulged in a la- © COPYRIGHT 2002. attempt within the European Union tent anti-Semitism, and recent events to terminate Israel's favored trade have simply endowed that bigotry • , >, t i- | , ,•->/> «'•>• * 'j« *. ,«*» f t < <' A •* '• "y> ^ r f-,>**< ,>»•• ,- - / •.' ' v *-» *

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WN Brown College added a new mem- " " * ber to its ranks Friday, naming As- sistant Director of Admissions I .aura Villafranca (Sid '95) as Resident As- sociate. Villafranca will replace current RAs Jen and Mike Wilson, who an- nounced their resignation in Octo- ber after four years at Brown. Brown President Stan Chan, a ... : - ^ co-chair of the RA Search Commit- tee, said Villafranca was chosen from a strong pool of applicants. "It was a tough decision between 1 iSSsk* . the last few candidates because they were all exceptional," Chan said. "But we're very happy with MARK BERENSON/THRESHER Assistant Director of Admission our choice." Laura Villafranca. Hr' 'n The committee considered nine candidates before narrowing its search in early February, Chan said. wasn't even dating anyone [at Of the three finalists, the committee Brown] or anything, it's just that I decided Villafranca stood out as the had so much fun there." best match for Brown. As a recruiter, Villafranca spends "She's really enthusiastic," Chan, the fall visiting high schools around a junior, said. "Her knowledge of the country. Although she is some- undergraduate life is very strong times on the road for several days at Si! .;|P? a time, she said her two jobs should KATIE STREIT/THRESHER because she went to Rice." A Sid Richardson alumna, not conflict. Adding insult to injury Villafranca graduated from Rice in "I always thought the RA posi- 1995 with a degree in sociology. Af- tion would be a great extension of A car illegally parked in the Lovett College Lot was vandalized Saturday night, while Sid Richardson College ter obtaining a masters in education what I do," she said. "Now not only Tower Party was taking place. The front window was shattered and both side mirrors were damaged, but RUPD from the University of Texas at Aus- do I get to recruit prospective stu- ticketed the vehicle. tin, she returned to Rice in June dents, I also get to live with current 2000 as Assistant Director of Admis- students." sions and Coordinator of Hispanic Villafranca said she learned of Recruitment. Brown's decision Friday when Jen Villafranca has also helped run Wilson, also an admissions officer, Grant would cover tennis court renovations the Student Admissions Council, conspired with a group of Brown which among other admission re- students to welcome in Wilson's suc- ROAD, from Page 1 college sports representatives and Women's varsity tennis player lated activities plans Owl Weekend cessor. A swarm of Brown students Tomlinson said he expects to hear intramural sports staff April 3. Mindy Ko said the team practices and gives campus tours. descended on her office with bal- from FEMA about the grant some- Asked to choose between eight lit one to two times per week at the Despite her Sid roots, Villafranca loons, flowers and a cake. time this summer. courts and 12 unlit courts, students intramural courts, alternating with said she has a long-standing affinity "I was really shocked," she said. To ensure that the road does not opted for the lighting. the men's varsity tennis team. She for Brown. "I am very, very happy to be the new become a north-south throughway "I don't think the loss of a couple said she thinks the change can only "Brown was my college-away- RA... The more I think about it, the from the Texas Medical Center to of tennis courts is going to be that improve the current status of the from-college because I advised there more I just think it's going to be a the Southampton neighborhood just big of a problem," Student Associa- courts. my senior year," Villafranca said. "I great time." north of campus, hydraulic iron posts tion Sports Committee Chair Julia "Some people may be concerned will block most traffic from using Pergola said. "Half the tennis courts about them taking away four of the the road extension. there don't work anyway. They had courts, but as of now, six of those STUDENT ASSOCIATION "It's not going to be a major to do something." courts don't have nets," Ko, a throughway from Main Street to Rice Electrical and computer engi- Hanszen College sophomore, said. The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed: campus," Tomlinson said. neering graduate student Clayton "To me it's a win-win situation." • Those interested in proctoring self-scheduled exams should contact At the Student Association Park- Scott said he has found the number Pergola agreed. their college's SA Senator. ing forum on Monday, Associate Vice of tennis courts to be a problem, as "Considering the fact that the ten- • The senate approved the Women's Computer Science Club. Anyone President for Finance and Adminis- varsity teams often use the courts in nis courts right there are sinking, I interested in discussing issues relating to women in computer tration Neill Binford said the road the afternoons. think it's better that they build new science should contact Sid Richardson College sophomore Merziyah would be available for students to "I scheduled an intramural game tennis courts rather than leave it the Poonawala at [email protected]. use after midnight — when all en- once on the courts by Autry and the way it is," Pergola, a Martel College m Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration Neill Binford trances except Entrance 8 are gated women's tennis team was practic- junior, said. and Transportation Manager Eugen Radulescu, both members of the — so students would have easier ing," Scott said. "The other two Eleven other flood damage pre- University Standing Committee on Parking, held a forum to discuss access to parking lots for the south courts were being used too. You go vention projects are currently un- changes in on-campus parking for next year. At the forum, students colleges. there expecting to play tennis and derway around campus, including raised concerns about the implications of fees and gates on the there are no courts to play on. raising air grates to water-safe levels In addition, Binford said the bar- character of the campus and how visitors would be impacted (See "I hoped they would build more and waterproofing the doors and riers would be spaced so that golf Story, Page 1). carts and bikes would be able to use tennis courts before they destroy basements of several buildings that more," Scott said. "It's already been sustained damage during Allison, the road, and that the barriers would The next meeting will be held Monday in Farnsworth Pavilion in the be taken down for some deliveries a year almost since the flood. My such as those in the Allen Center. Student Center at 10 p.m. during the day. question is why aren't they [fixing] Baker Hall, Herzstein Hall and The proposal to replace exist- them now?" Anderson Laboratory. ing tennis courts with eight reno- vated courts, complete with out- door lighting and sturdier support beams, was presented by Assis- tant Dean of Student and Recre- ation Centers Boyd Beckwith in a Abortion is a meeting with college presidents, personal decision best left in the hands of 1424 Westheimer • 713-528-2788 a woman and God. ,IH'v" JIL- /*1,-iii-'On.lr. 35

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POLICE BLOTTER

The following items were reported to the University Police for the period April 9-16.

Residential Colleges Martel College April 11 Will Rice College students reportedly damaged the elevator door.

Martel College April 12 Two students dropped a bench from the third-floor balcony.

Martel College April 13 Master reported college furniture had been broken.

Parking Lots North Lot April 10 Front license plate stolen from a vehicle.

Lovett College Lot April 11 Vehicle parked in lot was vandalized. Windshield and side mirrors were broken.

Other Areas New Wiess College April 11 Possible break-in reported from construction trailer.

Papa Johns April 14 Theft of service. A pizza was delivered to Autry Court to a male who gave the name Joe and paid for the pizza with a bad credit card.

New Wiess College April 15 Computer and fax machine stolen - X STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER from construction trailer.

In the thrill of the night... Entrance No. 3 April 16 Officers respond to a report of Will Rice College sophomore Ebonee Butler, right, and other ensemble dancers join Brown College sophomore suspicious subjects. One subject TJ McPhail, left, as he portrays Michael Jackson during the Black Student Association's Soul Night Friday in was issued a criminal trespass the Grand Hall. The event included a wide range of performances, including poetry-readings and a fashion show. warning, and the other subject was arrested for outstanding warrants with the Deer Park Police Department.

Track/Soccer Stadium April 16 Subject was detained for trying to open doors. Subject was intoxicated and released to a responsible person.

In the article "Room draw results vary across colleges" in the April 12 issue, Will Rice College sophomore Anjali Gopalan's year was misidentified and name was misspelled.

In the article "Students push for ethnic studies major" in the April 12 issue, Will Rice College senior Stephen Chao's college was misidentified and he was misquoted. Chao said "I'm the son of my mother and father, who were immigrants, much like many of you."

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by John Koch "As far as determining what to plan Daniel McMasters said. Targeted ai T1IRESHKK STAFK for next year, the free- response sec- both users and non-users, questions prevent damage, theft tion of the survey can help the most in will concern the convenience of the Students will be swamped with guiding services in line with what stu- Rec Center as well as what students STORAGE, from Page 1 college. surveys this spring as Housing and dents are looking for," said Ditman. want added to the center. both the Brown trunk room and Former Wiess President Amy Dining, the Health Education Office Ditman said the Web-based for- basement under the commons Schindler said she thinks base- and the Recreation Center all gather mat, in use since 1999, is less expen- were flooded. The basement un- ment storage use has changed undergraduate opinion. sive than the previous pen-and-pa- l der Jones South was completely over the years. Students were sent an e-mail last per method and generates more stu- We hope to get a flooded, and all property had to "Primarily people placed week with a link to the Housing and dent participation. In past years, be- direction from the be destroyed after hydraulic things like couches and refrig- Dining survey, which aims to deter- tween a third and half of the student fluid leaked into the room. erators in the basement," mine if Housing and Dining is pro- body responded to the survey. campus population in "In fall of 2000, Jones had Schindler, a senior, said. "For viding the level and quality of ser- The Health Education Office sent suffered flooding in the base- these types of items that could vice that students expect, H&D Di- out a Web-based survey for the first terms of what types of ment," former Jones President not be easily stolen, it was a good rector Mark Ditman said. time to all undergraduates last week. Steve Wilbur said "Supposedly, use of space. But in recent years, The survey includes 11 multiple Previously known as the CORE sur- recreational services Housing and Dining went down it has gotten to the point that choice questions regarding college vey and addressing only alcohol and and repaired some things so that people have so much down there, affdiation, opinion of food at one's drug issues, the new health survey we should be the basement would not flood even electronic equipment, that I college and opinion of family-style includes questions concerning stu- providing.' again. When the floods came, think that the situation needs to dining. Ditman said the question dents' decision making and behav- people thought that Jones would be reevaluated." regarding family-style dining was a ior on topics of sex, violence and — Boyd Beckwiti be okay because of the supposed Schindler said students standard question on the survey and safety, eating, suicide and tobacco Assistant dean for the repairs." should remember they get what was not being asked as part of an use. Recreation Center they pay for if they leave belong- agenda to eliminate it. The information gathered will help ings in college basements. determine health programs for next "There is a reason that base- year. 'There is a reason ment storage in the colleges is "The number of Rice students Assistant Dean for Student and that basement free, and that is that there is no 'The free-response that use the Internet and are on the Recreation Centers Boyd Beckwiti) guarantee being offered as to its computer is a large one, and having said the results of the survey will give storage in the safety," Schindler said. section of the survey a Web-based survey is a good way to the center administrators some guid- This summer, Wiess storage target respondents," Director of ance. colleges is free, and will be relocated to the basement can help the most in Health Education Kim Lopez said. "We hope to get a direction from under the new Wiess Commons "Web-based surveys are the wave of the campus population in terms ot that is that there is no because of construction. Hanszen guiding services in line the future in social science." what types of recreational services guarantee being storage also will be moved be- Students who complete the sur- we should be providing," Beckwith cause of construction, and H&D with what students are vey, which takes about 30 minutes, said. "We want to make sure that we offered as to its is still considering locations. So looking for are eligible to win a DVD player and are spending our resources as the far, Baker College is the only gift certificates from House of Pies, population wants." safety college planning to organize a — Mark Ditman among other prizes. 1,000 students McMasters said they decided not college-wide off-campus storage Housing and Dining director have completed the survey, Lopez said. to do a Web-based survey this year — Amy Schindler option in order to clean the Baker Lopez said Rice's results on the because they think mailing the sur- Former Wiess storage areas. nationwide survey will be compared veys will allow them to reach a College president "Everybody is in agreement with those from other universities greater number of people. that the basements are not cli- "It will be interesting to see how and will also be used to design pro- Beckwith said this was the first mate controlled and that sum- students feel about it," Ditman said. grams to better suit students' needs. time the Rec Center has done a sur- mer storage has problems, but "With the satellite serveries, [fam- The Recreation Center will issue vey of this nature, and that the only Property was stolen from the they also realize that to organize ily-style dining] can be as robust as their opinion-gathering survey similar project was done several Wiess College basement last sum- will require some time and ef- a college wants it to be." through the mail to Rice faculty, stu- years ago when LPAP participants mer when someone broke in us- fort," Ditman said. 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Nutritionist available Symeonidis will be in college com- Sutera has served as Region 12 Cam- they loved to travel." mons from 12-1 p.m. on the follow- pus Life and Program Management Hill, the former Martel president, for consultations ing days:Hanszen College:Today; Education Council chair, and he is said she was disappointed when her Lovett College: Tuesday; Sid on the planning team for the Sympo- proposal, "Energy or Ecotourism: A nutrition intern will be avail- Richardson College: Wednesday; sium for Hate Crimes and Campus Decisions on the Rivers of Develop- able for personal consultations with Wiess College: Monday, April 29; Violence to be held June 8-11 at ing Countries," was not selected for students through May 1. Will Rice College: Tuesday, April 30; vSouthern Methodist University. the Watson. Lisa Symeonidis, a nutrition stu- Martel College: Wednesday, May 1. Before coming to Rice, Sutera, Hill said she began searching for dent at the University of Texas — Mark Berenson who has a master's degree in educa- a job after she learned of the deci- School of Public Health, started tional leadership, worked in a col- sion, sending her resume to a pro- working at the Health Education Sutera wins service lege union at Central Connecticut spective employer last Wednesday. Office April 8. State University. That same day, Director of Inter- Symeonidis, who is earning a Award The first Blackburn award was national Programs and Scholarships master's of Public Health/Regis- given in 1995 in memory of Richard Mark Scheid contacted Hill and told •en-d Dietitian degree, said she will Associate Director of the Student Blackburn, an influential leader in the her she had been selected for the be hosting a nu' ..ion booth at all of Center Paul Sutera was awarded for ACUI. About 800 universities around new Zeff fellowship. ; -nr the colleges du. hei lime here. outstanding service in the field of the world are members of ACUI. "The day that I heard from Dr. At the booth, nui n information college union and student activities — Liora Danan Scheid, I was just starting to square will be available, ai.d stu'^nts can by the Association of College Unions away my plans for next year," Hill find out their percent body u. set up International. CHRISTINA I AM/THRESHER said. "But this is something I can't Martel College senior Alice Hili will a personal consultation with The Richard D. Blackburn New Hill awarded first Zeff pass up." Symeonidis and pick up some spend the next year studying rivers Professional Award is presented to in Costa Rica, Tasmania and Chile. Hill, a Civil and Environmental healthy snacks. an individual who demonstrates po- Fellowship Engineering major, will spend the Symeonidis said that at this time tential for excellence in the college next year traveling through Costa Martel College senior Alice Hill win one of the 60 awards offered in of year, nutrition can be more impor- union and student activities field. Rica, Tasmania and southern Chile. will spend a year traveling through this year's national competition. Like tant, though it is often forgotten. Sutera, in his third year at Rice, An experienced white-water river South America thanks to a new schol- the Watson, the Zeff Fellowship will "During finals, what you eat can received the award at the ACUI In- guide, she will study the develop- arship provided by Accounting Pro- provide a $22,000 stipend for stu- help keep your mind alert and not ternational Conference in Albuquer- ment of rivers and anti-dam move- fessor Stephen Zeff. The Roy and dents to travel outside the United sluggish," Symeonidis said. "It is que, N.M., March 17-20. ments. Her trip will begin in August. Hazel Zeff Memorial Fellowship, a States. also important to eat healthy "It's a big deal, so I'm kind of "Alice really did a great job in the memorial to Zeffs parents, will be "I have always admired the snacks, because you eat while read- flattered," Sutera said. "I think it's a interview, and we were disappointed given annually to the Rice student Watson Fellowship as an opportu- ing and forget how much you have nice way to reinstill in myself that, that she wasn't selected for the who receives the most votes for a nity to have an exhilarating experi- eaten." hey, I'm doing the right things, and Watson," Scheid said. "This is a won- Watson Fellowship nomination but ence overseas, living out a dream," Symeonidis said students who to let other know also. I guess I have derful, thoughtful scholarship for Dr. does not receive the award. Zeff said. "Neither my father nor make wise choices could eat well at to credit the Rice students for bring- Zeff to offer." A Watson nominee, Hill did not mother had a college degree, but the colleges. ing that out." — Krissy Goode "It is possible to eat healthily on Building Manager Supervisor campus, but it takes behavior modi- Lydia Baldridge was one of several fications," Symeonidis said. people who nominated Sutera for Director of Health Education the award. Kimberley Lopez said that because "I think that Paul goes way past students at the School of Public regular office hours and really tries Health are only available for this in all the different things that he internship during April, a full-time supervises with students to make intern was not likely. During the sure they're really getting something rest of the academic year, however, out of the experience — more than a nutritionist is available twice a just a job, but skills they'll actually month, and students interested in use later in life," Baldridge, a Wiess counseling should contact the Health College senior, said. Education Office to set up an ap- Sutera said he knows of two oth- pointment. ers who nominated him: a colleague This is the first year of the pro- at Tufts University and Assistant gram. Lopez, who earned her Mas- Dean for Student and Recreation ters of Public Health at the UTSchool Centers Boyd Beckwith. of Public Health, was aware of this Sutera has been involved with internship program and decided to the ACUI as the 2002 conference approach the program's director chair for the that includes Texas, about having an internship at Rice. Arkansas and Louisiana. This year's Lopez said she hoped to have regional conference will be held in another intern from the School of November at Rice, the University of Public Health next April. Houston and Texas Southern Uni- Time slots for counseling with versity. Symeonidis are still available for next The recipient of the Blackburn week and the week of April 29. Stu- award has to have demonstrated dents can make an appointment by commitment to the ACUI and been sending an e-mail to [email protected]. in the field for at least two years.

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FORUM, from Page 1 building. These new buildings would One to be built this summer will "If we didn't start charging visi- able to get into places where you will parking is a problem. create additional parking needs, connect Entrance 3 to the Inner Loop tors, we would be addressing over be fined," Binford said. "There isn't a coherent way-find- Binford said. next to the Allen Center and one will the next few years parking rates that "Should we expect to pay an ing system, and that's frustrating "There are more cars and there connect the service road behind new are very similar to the ones across RUPD fee to make up for the fine?" to our visitors," Binford said. "It's are more of us and there are growth Wiess College to the Inner Loop, to the street," Binford said. "At Baylor Swick asked. also frustrating to students and fac- patterns that will continue into the be built in the summer of 2003 (See College of Medicine, people typi- "No, we'll take care of it at the ulty and staff when they first get forseeable future," he said. Story, Page 1). cally pay $100 a month to park in Humanities gate," Binford said, here." The Parking Committee hired a their facility, and we would be facing which elicited laughter from the The new plan would consolidate consulting firm to aid in recom- the same thing." audience. visitor parking into several visitor mending changes to solve these Wiess senior Josh Ginsberg Wiess senior Josh Hale said he is lots. problems, and Binford summarized 'It's really the agreed with Nason that visitors concerned about the gates causing Binford said the distribution of the committee's recommenda- responsibility of the SA should not have to pay. traffic on campus and the roads parking costs was also an issue, as tions. "You said that Rice is unique in around campus. well as a yearly parking deficit ex- "The first thing they said is, 'Why to have some kind of that we don't charge the visitors. "How can you suggest that we're ceeding $800,000. Without changes, on earth do you charge so little? Amen," Ginsberg said. "I mean, other going to avoid long lines just every this deficit will increase next year by Second, 'Why do you not charge dialogue with the universities having done it or doing day at 8 or 9 in the morning every $1 million due to costs for the new visitors? You say in your parking it now is not justification for Rice to. day of the year? For people to have parking garage under the Jones study that there's adequate space [committee] nominees I really agree that this is sending a to pull up to the gate, have the prox- School. for faculty staff and students,' and horrible message to all of our visi- imity card, let the arm go up, pull "In prior budgets, the $800,000 there certainly is. It's the visitor who — it's not the business tors ... We have associates coming through and let the arm go down deficit, actually it's a little more than requires us to essentially purchase to our colleges for college functions. and not create significant traffic?" that now, has been paid by using the next garage." of the committees.' They're going to have to pay to be Hale said. general and education funds," Next year, if the Board of Trust- — Neill Binford here." Binford said there would be mul- Binford said. "That means the en- ees approves the plan, parking fees Associate vice president for Ginsberg said he does not think tiple access points to the lots, which would alleviate traffic backups. dowment earnings that normally for visitors will be $1.50 an hour for Finance and Administration students should have to pay for the would go to other kinds of activities close-in lots, $.75 an hour in the East parking garage, either. In response to questions about for academic programs or for other Stadium Lot, and free in the West "Rice took a gamble when they the committee not informing the stu- general use of the university [goes Stadium Lot. Visitor parking would borrowed against the endowment dent body of the plan, Binford said to parking]." be consolidated in a few parking lots These roads will be blocked dur- for all the construction we have that was the role of the undergradu- The Board asked the Parking that would be accessible by credit ing the day by hydraulic iron posts around here," Ginsberg said. "If the ate members of the committee. Committee to find a way for parking card. Also, visitors would be able to which will be lowered after midnight development office — recession or "It's really the responsibility of to pay for itself within the next ten park in the new parking garage and to improve traffic patterns after the not, Enron or not — cannot raise the the SA to have some kind of dia- years, Binford said. pay by cash or credit card. (See Map, gates are locked, Binford said. funds to cover that gamble, I think logue with the [committee] nomi- "We think that the board has right). After presenting the plan to stu- it's a horrible practice to have stu- nees — it's not the business of the given us a decade to work our way Binford said some departments dents, Binford opened up the meet- dents pay." committees," Binford said. out of this deficit situation, but might choose to purchase valida- ing to student comments and ques- In response, Binford repeated they're not interested—particularly tions so their visitors would not have tions. that without charging visitors, the the Deans and the Provosts aren't to pay to park. Several students expressed con- costs for Rice community members interested — in using more of the Most faculty and staff lots would cern about charging visitors to park would be extremely high. 'I've heard a lot of general and educational funding for be gated, as would the lots in the at Rice. "If we want to try to absorb all parking," Binford said. East Stadium. They would be acces- Brown College sophomore those future costs for the visitors people discussing the sible by a proximity card, which Patricia Nason said she thinks visi- by charging ourselves more, we those who paid for parking could tors who are involved in activities at could probably do that, but most of fact that Rice is a wave in front of a reader at the en- Rice should not have to pay for park- the folks on the Parking Commit- resource to the Our wonderful success trance to parking lots. ing. tee who did see these numbers The close-in lots would be gated "I've heard a lot of people dis- realize the costs would be very high community. "However, in outreach, including by Sept. 1, and the stadium lots would cussing the fact that Rice is a re- for us, and that in most schools, be gated by Jan. 1 under the new source to the community," Nason visitors do pay a share," Binford the opposite is also the things you re plan. said. "However, the opposite is also said. talking about, is one of The north and south college lots true: The community is a resource Wiess junior Andrew Swick asked true: The community is would not be gated initially, but in a to Rice. It seems unreasonable to where the $800,000 deficit was com- the primary reasons previous meeting Binford said they ask them to pay to spend their time ing from. a resource to Rice.' may be in the future at student re- with us." In response, Binford laid out in — Patricia Nason we're having to add quest. In response, Binford said that the detail the costs and revenues of park- Broun College sophomore "It's a free-flowing lot," Binford number of community members ing at Rice. The figures came from garages.' said. "We typically don't have nearly coming to Rice is part of the reason several different budgets including — Neill Binford as much problems from the medical why a parking problem exists. Rice University Police Department Associate vice president for center poachers parking in your area "Our wonderful success in out- and Facilities and Engineering, He said the point of the plan was because the cars that are assigned reach, including the things you're which were combined to form a park- Finance and Administration to ensure that students will not have there are typically there at the time talking about, is one of the primary ing budget. to take on too great a burden. those folks come and go to work. reasons we're having to add ga- Included in the revenue for this "We decided as a community and That is not the case in M lot and it is rages," Binford said. year was $215,000 in parking ticket a committee that we would begin to Binford said that several new not the case in the East Stadium Lot Binford said that without charg- revenue, which Binford said he ex- back out of using academic program buildings are being considered, in- either." ing visitors, the parking costs for pects to decrease next year. funds for parking," Binford said. "To cluding a convocation center, a stu- Additionally, in the next 15 students, faculty and staff would be "We figure fines will go down do that, we put together the pro- dent life center and a studio arts months, two new roads may be built. very high. because a number of you will not be posal we have." Students propose other problem-solving techniques

PROTEST, from Page 1 general parking budget. get what makes Rice great. It's not days a week on campus would be the proposed parking plan from ministration as 'the man' and really Leggett said he agrees with sev- just a bunch of buildings and park- paying up to $2,000 a year in parking being implemented, but that he against us," Leggett said. "There's eral proposals discussed at the park- ing for people in the buildings." fees. hopes students can win a small been a lot of fighting and not much ing forum held Monday night, but "Most importantly, above any- "They spend their summers victory by fighting for a frequent- discussing, or working together, or he thinks the administration should thing else, it's going to take an un- gathering funds to pay for their visitor lot. getting anywhere to some positive slow their implementation of the precedented amount of unity cost of living, and do not get sala- "I've been involved with many ground." parking plan. throughout the campus. It's not just ries from any organization," Swick wars with the administration in the Leggett said his primary concerns undergraduates but undergradu- said. "[Intervarsity Christian Fel- past, and I've learned a couple centered on visitor parking fees and ates, graduate students, faculty and lowship], as a student organiza- things," Swick said. "The biggest is gating the parking lots. staff. It affects us all, and I think we tion, cannot afford to reimburse that they will do what they please. "We don't feel our concerns have 'There are many all should be invited to be a part of it them for their parking fees at an But the other is that there are possi- really been heard," Leggett said. as much as possible." hourly rate. Under the current bilities for students to win small "Our concerns are far from us pay- valuable groups at Rice Other students involved in plan- plan, these ministers that come to battles on particular issues and make ing, as students, to park. Our con- ning today's gathering had differ- campus daily will have to pay nearly the administration aware of possible cerns are much more around gates that slip through the ent ideas for altering the proposed $2,000 in parking fees a year, com- problems before they crop up." and visitor parking." plan. pared to our $53." Parking Committee member Bill Leggett said he thinks free visi- classification of faculty, Wiess junior Andrew Swick sug- Callahan, a Jones College sophomore, tor parking adds to the character of staff or student.' gested that a special parking lot said he thinks an alternative solution Rice and that the proposed plan could be created for frequent visi- to the currently proposed plan may would jeopardize that. — Andrew Swick tors to Rice, who would be allowed ' When did we switch be viable, but he is uncertain. "When did we switch from a Wiess College junior to purchase a proximity card to "I think the merits of the cur- purpose of educating to 'Where can park in that lot. from a purpose of rent plan are that visitor parking we make more money?'" Leggett "There are many valuable groups will be adequate to meet demand, said. "This is not a business; it's a at Rice that slip through the classifi- educating to "Where students will still have access to university, and our resources our "They want to phase in a solu- cation of faculty, staff or student," contract lots after business hours precious. Taxing [visitors when tion, yet they're wanting to do all of Swick said. "Hourly parking rates can we make more ... all users of the parking system they] give of their time, in order to this stuff over the summer in one seem disproportionally large for money. ^ yj f will help contribute to its opera- pay for the Jones School, which big thing," Leggett said. "They took some of these groups." tion, and general education funds funding went under because of a risk changing the charter and Swick said these groups include — Michael Leggett that have previously been allocated Enron and other reasons — I can't borrowing against [the endow- community associates, campus min- Wiess College senior to the parking system will be avail- justify that." ment], and it doesn't sound like it's isters, and people involved in col- able for educational purposes," leggett said he also disagrees with doing too well, so maybe we need lege theater, the MOB, Campanile Callahan said. "The plan is by no the decision to place the expenses to take it down a notch and not Orchestra and Rice Chorale. means perfect, but I have yet to see associated with the parking garage become the best university in the Swick said that an unpaid cam- Swick said he does not expect another that adequately addresses located under the Jones School in the world just so quickly. Let's not for- pus minister spending five or six that the student protests will stop all of the issues involved." — / t f' f t / / f / ¥ J f / / f J t • / / i t / / / / / / / /-\J

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FACULTY AND STAFF LOTS

All faculty and staff lots east of Alice Pratt Brown Hall will be gated. PARKING PROPOSAL Faculty will pay $240 per year to park in these lots. During the week, stu- dents will be able to access these CENTRAL CAMPUS GARAGE lots with their proximity cards after WEST STADIUM LOT Located under the new home of the Jesse H.Jones 5:30 p.m., but must be out of the School of Management, the lot will hold 500 cars — lots by 7:30 a.m. With the proximity Visitors will be able to park in the 250 for contract holders, 250 for visitors. Visitors will card technology, it will be possible lot — which will not be gated — for pay $1.50 per hour, contracts will be $400 per year. for students to be fined for illegal free. A parking permit will be $8 per If any spaces remain after faculty and staff requests, parking if they leave the lot after year for students, and $45 for faculty. students will be able to purchase yearly contracts. 7:30 a.m. Visitors will be able to use Shuttle service will be available through the North Lot after 5:30 p.m., but the Greenbriar Building stop. will have to pay $.75 per hour with a credit card. The lots are scheduled to be gated by Sept. 1.

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COLLEGE LOTS The north and south col- lege lots will not be gated. EAST STADIUM LOT Students chosen by their The lot is scheduled to be college to park in the lot will gated by Jan. 1. While the gat- pay $113 for the permit. ing method is not final, Binford said it could include chains so traffic could flow freely follow- ing stadium events. The number of entry points has not been CLOSE-IN VISITOR PARKING determined, but it could be as many as 20. Visitors will be able All close-in visitor parking will be concentrated in the lot just south of to park in the lot for $.75 per ENTRANCE NO. 3 hour; students will pay $53 for a Founder's Court. The lot, which cur- yearly permit, and faculty will The driveway from Entrance 3 to rently flows into the Allen Center/Cohen pay $90. the Allen Center/Cohen House Lot House Lot, will be chained off to keep will be extended past Baker College visitor spaces separate from faculty/ to the Inner Loop. Two sets of hy- staff spaces. However, the separation draulic iron posts will be placed in will be made with a chain so that as ALUMNI DRIVE EXTENSION front of Lovett College, which will demand requires, the visitor lot may allow cars to enter and exit the north expand. Visitors will pay $.75 per hour The possible extension of Alumni entry to the lot via College Way and to park in the lot, payable with a credit Drive in summer of 2003 will be closed the south entry via Entrance 3, but card, but departments at Rice will be to auto traffic during the day. How- cars will not be allowed in front of able to pay for visitors' parking. The lot ever, after midnight, the hydraulic Lovett College. The posts will be is scheduled to be gated by Sept. 1. iron posts will be lowered to allow lowered after midnight. The gates students direct access from the Inner into the Allen Center/Cohen House Loop to the south college parking Lot are set away from Main Street lots. and College Way so traffic will not back up onto the roads. Text and layout by Mark Berenson Graphic by David Chien

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The most impressive perfor- GAVIN AND mance, however, is Matt O'Leary's as the young Fenton; once Paxton's ) TRAVIS 24-HOUR 'frailty' character goes over the edge, it's up SHOW to O'Leary to engage the audience's Rating; itirir-k sympathies and act as our surrogate (out of five) father in the midst of his dad's mad- Wonder what this In theaters. ness, and he does an amazing job. « is about? We do too. He's especially good at simulta- Through 7 p.m. tonight neously conveying the boldness nec- With Frailty, Paxton takes the essary to resist Dad's brainwashing | Martel College senior Gavin f double risk of directing a film for the and the youthful uncertainty that first time and telling a story that keeps him from taking more deci- < Parks and Hanszen College walks a very thin line between the sive action than he does. senior Travis Johnson somber and the exploitative. He suc- If there is a flaw in the movie, it's $ continue their 24-hour ceeds and impresses on both counts. that it doesn't trust itself to succeed Frailty opens at a police station in on the basis of the suspense that broadcast on RBT. Tune in to Dallas, where a laconic FBI agent grows naturally out of its action and see if they crash — they (Powers Boothe) is interviewing a characters. Instead of stopping at man (Matthew McConaughey) who the film's natural conclusion, Hanley * started yesterday identifies himself as Fenton Meiks. has tacked on an ending that not at 7 p.m. Fenton claims to know the identity only contains four twists too many Free. On RBT. of a serial killer known as the "God's but also goes against the logic of the Hand," who has murdered six vic- preceding events. It's like squeez- tonight tims yet continues to elude the FBI. ing the juice out of the lemon and The killer, Fenton says, is his own then continuing to twist the rind; WRITERS brother Adam (Jeremy Sumpter); you still have the juice you wanted, he goes on to explain that Adam's but now you've also got this mushy IN THE ROUND behavior can be traced back to their pile of useless gunk. Why? Four father (Paxton), who also came to JAMES HAMILTON/LIONS GATE FILMS Matthew McConaughey identifies himself as Fenton Meiks in Frailty. twists too many, that's why. Come hear Rice student see himself as an agent of God. What's most interesting about Most of the film is told via flash- has been appointed to be "God's Paxton proves to be a capable direc- Frailty is that it really shouldn't work i musicians John Cliver, Julia backs to 1979, when Dad (his actual Hand" and is responsible for destroy- tor in this respect. Frailty is as much as well as it does. It reminds me in * Guez and Carolyn Shulman name is never mentioned), despite ing legions of demons disguised in about atmosphere as anything else, many ways of films like The Exorcist play at the Main Street his wife's tragic death and his mea- human form. Fenton sees almost and it effectively creates a palpable and The Silence of the Lambs', on the ger living, manages to create and immediately where this is going, but sense of dread that envelops the plot level it is essentially lurid trash, Theatre tonight. sustain a warm, loving home environ- Brett Hanley's screenplay is smart audience, particularly during a yet for the most part it manages to S ment for his two sons. Everything enough to recognize that children Shawshank Redemption-like scene in get away with this because the psy- 8 p.m. 4617 Montrose. changes, however, when he rushes are often unable (and cannot be rea- which young Fenton is trapped in a chology of its characters is so fasci- Pay what you can. into the boys' room one night and sonably expected) to effectively chal- pitch-black cellar. nating. tells them an angel has visited him. lenge an adult they instinctively feel Of course, without good perfor- I would never go so tar as to say april 25 The boys' eyes widen — Adam's is in the wrong. This is especially mances, a movie like this could eas- this sort of movie is "entertaining," in fascination and Fenton's in grow- true when that adult is a parent whom ily flounder, and thankfully the cast but it gets high marks for being well ALL THAT: ing alarm — as Dad stammers they love and trust. is up to the task. Paxton's acting is a made and interesting. Plus, it's quite through the details of the angel's Much of the film's success de- little bumpy at first, but he settles an achievement for Paxton as a di- 39TH ANNUAL ii instructions to him, namely, that he pends on striking the right tone, and into the role quickly and creates a rector. RICE STUDENT ART EXHIBIT TAKE THIS WALTZ { I Student art exhibit opens f Rice Dance Theatre to perform in Hamman Hall for first time : tonight. Graduating studio art majors' works will be liana Feld J. on display in the Rice THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Rice Dance Theatre's upcoming Gallery; film, photography, performance is taking some excit- sculpture and printmaking ing risks. "En l'air, a terre" will fea- ture a change in performance loca- 1 projects will be on display tion, a guest choreographer, and a in the Rice Media Center; set of cameo appearances by high- & and there will be a profile amateur dancers, including Vice President for Student Affairs "Guerilla Show" of Zenaido Camacho. undergraduate student work in drawing and 'en l'air a terre' | painting in the fourth floor Rice Dance Theatre f art studios of Sewall Hall. t Today and tomorrow. | Special performances by 8 p.m. $5 students, $7 non-students. Rice Players and Hamman Hall. Rice Dance Theatre. Free. Events start at 5:30

and run through the RDT prepares a fresh set of stu- evening. For details, call dent and faculty-choreographed dance pieces each semester, but this (713) 348-6069. is the first time they will be per- formed in Hamman Hall. CHRISTINE LIANG/THRESHER "It's a new dimension. There's The Rice Dance Theatre perform "Kindle This dance is a part of the performance today and tomorrow at Hamman always that nervousness, but I think Hall at 8 p.m. there's more excitement," RDT Co- in Hamman, you can see more of the venue has a much greater seating her already successful pieces: President Anne Marie movement and shapes ... more of capacity. "Nothing Easts Long Except the Grout said. the whole picture," Grout, a Hanszen "We're attempting to put on high Rocks." The dance studio at College senior, said. quality shows," Co-President Jessi "The idea is that the sun goes Autry Court has tradition- RDT Director Rebecca Vails said Harper said. down, then we [the dancers) come ally hosted the biannual the change in location offers other In addition to the atmosphere out of the rock ... At the end, the sun event, but the company advantages. For example, the sound enhancement, RDT is also comple- starts coming up. so we kind of go decided the relocation will be better, and Hamman Hall can menting Rice's talented choreogra- crazy until everything goes black." offers them a higher de- seat up to 500 audience members phers and dancers by performing an Harper. Will Rice College junior, gree of professionalism. Vails, who is also the assistant direc- innovative piece by a guest choreog- said. "When the pieces tor for dance, said that while the rapher. Victoria Loftin, artistic di- Loftin's piece will be performed were in [Autry's] dance rlance studio has been "very inti- rector of the University of Houston's by six of RDT's dancers. studio, you could reach mate" for performances in the past, performance company, has granted In contrast to Loftin's mysterious more of the audience, but the sound will be better and the RDT the opportunity to use one of see DANCE. 1 'ape 14 14 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, APRIL 19.2002

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DANCE, from Page 13 faculty choreographed two. The and abstract piece, twelve company choreographers met at the begin- members will perform with Camacho, ning of the semester to discuss Greeting vacant pop with open arms Associate Director of Recreation Cen- which of the dancers who audi- ter Programs Daniel McMasters and tioned were best equipped for their The innocuous song leaked into my friend and that Ted Nugent Associate Director for Operations at individual pieces. In a conversation punctuated our national consciousness, pri- and AC/DC matter immensely to the Recreation Center Richard "It's kind of a chaotic process, at least ten times with "I'm so marily as the soundtrack to the my aspiring guitar god brother. Barnhouse in "Swing Outs." but we get together and talk about excited!," one of my friends told me about her luck at scoring back- eerie video montages parading So maybe Poison did save "They have been great sports," it," Harper said. "It's all about com- stage passes to a around network televi- someone's life. It's a little uncon- Vails said. "They have been diligent munication." Britney Spears concert. sion. The seemingly va- ventional, but if that's what it took and have good attitudes. They've im- From the performers and cho- While she babbled ex- pid track had taken on to bring someone back from the proved a lot and are much more com- reographers' perspective, the com- citedly I was cringing, power to soothe. "A edge, I think I'm willing to forgive fortable." munication has led to what will be thinking that she had nothing pop song," Pow- the entire '80s hair metal "Swing Out" has been choreo- a successful performance. ; passed the point of no ers said, "can hold ev- movement's auditory assault. It graphed and organized by RDT Asso- "We have some very talented return, and her musical erything." wasn't that bad. ciate Director Christine Lidvall. dancers and gifted choreogra- tastes would be perma- I realized she was I'm not going to make the leap In the past, all those who audi- phers. They're very time-inten- nently invalidated. right. Most music prob- to saying that all music is good. tioned were placed in a piece, but to sive projects, and we attend to de- Popular as Britney ably means something It's probably good to someone accompany the increasing profes- tail and have lots of variety," Vails Spears may be, stylish to somebody some- (maybe someone with bad taste, sional quality, RDT selected only said. Carly as her wardrobe is, and where. Just because but that's not the point). those who they believed would suit RDT will perform the innova- Kocurek catchy as her singles you aren't that some- their pieces the best. Students cho- tive 8-piece set Friday and Satur- are, I just couldn't con- body doesn't necessar- reographed five of the pieces, and the day in Hamman Hall at 8 p.m. ceive of her music as cool or ily make it pointless. Somebody was important. My classic rock fanatic When Hole released Celebrity kid brother's album collection Skin, the album meant a lot of claiming that a evokes a similar response. How things. For one thing, it meant band famous for can anyone take Ted Nugent seri- Courtney Love had found a way to ously as a musician? cash in on the legacy created by big hair and Last weekend at a conference the '90s riot grrrl movement. on pop music at Seattle's Experi- But riot grrrl had never made it amplifiers and ence Music Project, I was forced to my town in rural west Texas, so little SPANDEX to re-evaluate my pop prejudices. a woman loudly berating the Ameri- I listened to a presentation by can image factory on mainstream PANTS had saved Josh Darnielle, publisher of Last radio was important to me, regard- Plane to Jakarta, music writer and less of how phony her fame may their life. member of the Mountain Goats. have made her seem in the con- He detailed fan sites devoted to text of savagely independent bands various hair metal bands, includ- like Bikini Kill. I would pop the What I am willing to concede is ing Poison. album into my car stereo and turn that maybe there should be a little The author of the Poison site up the volume as high as I could less sniping between musical com- thanked the band for making a without making the speakers munities. Maybe I'll be a little difference and even saving her crackle, belting along: "Oh make less of a purist. I am willing to from the brink of suicide through me over, I'm all I wanna be!" confess that I do occasionally their music. The audience Hole mattered to me, much tune into the Buzz or the Point or laughed. the same way that Elvis Presley, KRTS when I'm driving around Darnielle asked why we all Madonna, Bon Jovi, Willie Nelson, Houston. Sometimes I want to thought it was funny. The answer the Ronettes, Blink 182, Tina hear music that won't demand seemed self-evident. Somebody Turner, Britney Spears, Lisa Loeb, much of me as a listener, and was claiming that a band famous Superchunk and countless other sometimes, I'm completely blown Meet Jonathan Yardley. for big hair and amplifiers and performers have mattered to away by something I hear. little spandex pants had saved people. Just because I can't find Indie, metal, pop and classical Look how happy he is. their life. Right. anything of great importance in music fans are not necessarily at Be like Jonathan. At a later panel, EMP's senior the Platters doesn't mean that odds. They just find what they Join the Thresher staff. curator Ann Powers talked about the meaning in their music is inac- need in different places. how Enya's positively boring "Only cessible to everyone. Now, I'm thresher@rice. edu Time" had been exactly what pretty convinced that Britney Carly Kocurek is an A&E editor and America needed after Sept. 11. Spears can and does matter to a Will Rice College sophomore.

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see Desaparecidos or Bright Eyes ious) when remixed to 1984 dance G-Sides isn't a proper follow-up to outside St. Louis. And "My Gun Is live. Oberst is infamous for being the music. the mysterious cartoon band's de- Broken" bops and skips along to a only permanent member of any band A basic problem with Legend De- but, but as a 37-minute-long collec- tragic tale of one man's impotence. he's in, so in another year he may luxe is that it is not really the best of tion ofoddsand ends, it isn't half-bad. But as disorienting as the con- return with something unexpected. Marley, but mostly a string of his — Robert Reichle trast between happy music and sad Desaparecidos may not reverse the British radio hits. Many of his purer messages is at first, it's pleasing to effects of sprawl, but they've encour- classic songs from Burnin'and Natty hear a genre that's often simplistic aged at least one listener to keep Dread were passed over for his later mu330 get the royal treatment from capable searching for a sense of place. work when songs were selected. musicians. —Jeff Geisinger Marley's later years were filled with creativity, to be sure, but his attempts ULTRA PANIC to appeal to the British charts make his later music less classical. Asian Man Records bob marley Rating: +++ 1/2 and the wailers Since the songs and remixes on legend Deluxe are all previously avail- (out of five) sampler able, purchasing Legend only makes LEGEND, THE BEST sense for those who don't own any When ska music experienced its OF BOB MARLEY Marley already. Even so, Burnin', first revival in late-'70s England, stan- ~ 'W AND THE WAILERS. which gives the listener a more di- dard-bearers like the Specials and desaparecidos rect look at his rebellion and revolu- Madness were said to have a "two- DELUXE EDITION tionary ideas, would be a better in- tone" sound, named such in honor troduction to Marley's music. of the black-and-white checkerboard READ MUSIC/ Tuff Gong/Island — Ben Home logos on their records. SPEAK SPANISH Rating: *** While the bouncy, catchy ska- (out of five) punk on MU330's new album Ultra Saddle Creek gorillaz Panic bears little musical resem- Rating: ** 1/2 Bob Marley was, indisputably, the blance to the Specials, it too could be Trombonists Rob Bell and Gerry (out of five) most influential performer in the called two-tone on account of its two Lundquist lend complex horn ar- history of reggae. Few other artists G-SIDES schizophrenically competing per- rangements to the immediately There is no place like home. At have so dominated their genre. Un- sonalities. memorable "Raw Fish," while least, that's what we'd like to think. Virgin Records On such songs as 'Tell Another fortunately for reggae, Marley has Rating: *** Potthast and his wailing vocals an- But there are a lot of places like been dead for over 20 years. It's time One," the jumpy guitar chords, ear- swer the question, "Why would you Houston where you can find identi- for a tribute (and an opportunity to (out of five) grabbing horns and vocalist Dan go all the way to Japan to play a cal shopping malls, housing devel- make a little extra cash by re-releas- Potthast's whoa-oh-ohs create a dis- show?" "Serious," another fine track, opments in place of trees, highways ing a lot of old material). When most bands release a col- tinctly cheerful tone. The songs is the most structurally complex ska- branching off into corporate drive- lection of remixes or unreleased bring almost palpable images of punk song I've heard in a while. As ways and Starbucks parking lots. material, they usually call it a b-sides throngs of teenagers happily guitars switch from the up beat to the Just as cell phones and computers album. But the Gorillaz, never a band skanking away at Fitzgerald's on a down beat, horn solos, wboa-ohs and can make personal interactions less to do things normally, named their Saturday night. But on songs like light touches from an organ fade in personal, urban sprawl can desensi- recent b-side collection G-Sides. "Please Spare The Jokes," a short and out, making for a catchy song. tize our sense of place. So what does the "g" in G-Sides punk-rock tune about a man wasting And in the middle of all the jumpy To get around this problem, we stand for, aside from the name of the away in a nursing home, the lyrics ska-punk is "Speedbump," an indie- find nooks — special places hidden band? "Good," maybe? Could be. Of are oppressively somber ("This can't rock gem. It begins with a contem- beneath the layers of sprawl. The the album's nine hip-hop-meets-Brit- be how things go/He wished he plative bass line provided by bassist Houston music scene creates places ish-electropop tracks, about half of could go two strokes ago," Potthast Chris Diebold, but soon bursts into in this otherwise desensitized fab- them make the disc worth owning, sings). There are no less than six a rock ballad (with horns, of course) ric. The Hands Up Houston Collec- both for fans and casual listeners. songs about failed relationships, and with a simple, touching chorus: "Did tive is a hidden treasure for people On the other hand, maybe the "g" although MU330 deserves credit for you feel my heart pump/When you looking for a sense of place. They stands for "gratuitous." The album maturely tackling the issue, it's sort jumped/The speed bump/I held rrrrrmrf bring independent-label bands to contains two remixes of"19-2000." an of depressing. Both facets of Ultra onto your hand." unique venues. It was through a English version of "Latin Simone" Panic's upper/downer dichotomy One listen to the song's raw emo- Hands Up Houston show that 1 was and a remix of "Clint Eastwood." So are apparent even within the same tion and it's apparent that the con- introduced to Desaparecidos. legend, the Best of Bob Marley and many remixes are unnecessary. In song. "KKK Hiway" is a mid-tempo, stantly maturing MU330 has out- the Wailers, Deluxe Edition was re- fact, the album itself is a little un- lighthearted ditty about the real-life done itself with such a complex leased last month to coincide with timely, if not superfluous, consider- story of how the Ku Klux Klan album. ing the Gorillaz's self-titled debut adopted a portion of Interstate 59 CC ' UrtAK MTAMIM " 5 { Marley's 57th birthday. There are a — Robert Reichle 1KXAH UUtfC few new tracks that were not included came out less than a year ago. on the original legend CD, some rare "Ghostly" may be the best word remixes and some pretty packaging, to describe the spotty collection. A but basically the music is the same trio of spooky songs — "Ghost Marley we've been hearing our whole Train," "Hip Albatross" and "Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher version)" lives, legend gives the listener a taste AN EVENING WITH of Marley's sound and a decent pic- — set a haunting mood for the latter ture of this celebrity. half of the album. The "Clint Marley's mix of social conscious- Eastwood" remix lays rap vocals over MEDESKI, MARTIN AND WOOD ••• ' - : . : ness, religion and relaxation perme- the melodica and organ doomsday ated Jamaican society and caught on shuffle of the original version. "Hip throughout the world. Albatross" samples the hon or flick Socially conscious songs on Leg- Day of the Dead as Blur frontman end Deluxe include the call to unity Damon Albarn sings about zombies. Desaparecidos hails from "One Love/People get Ready," Omaha, Nebraska, a city facing is- which is powerful in its simplicity, sues similar to those of Houston. and the less musically pleasing but (3 The band's frontman, Conor equally potent "Redemption Song." Oberst, performs under the moni- For Marley, social consciousness ker Bright E)yes, and after four often crossed the line to rebellion years and three successful records, with anthems like "I Shot the Sher- he has decided to turn up the vol- iff." This violent side of Marley is ume. Fans should expect the same also present in the strong "Get Up confessional, emotive vocals from Stand Up," an affront to passive tra- Oberst, but in Read Music/Speak ditional faith. These songs are just Spanish, he'll be screaming more as powerful today as they were 30 about the loss of values than the years ago, and are rightfully included loss of relationships. on legend Deluxe. The music is raw and genuine Marley's softer side is heard in and loud. The band's energy is as the opening track "Is This Dive?" apparent on the album as when it which concentrates on both faith and plays live. On tracks like "Manana," romantic love. "Buffalo Soldier," as- And "Ghost Train," one of the the band explodes into a four-chord sembled posthumously with Marley's album's high points, starts with powerhouse. On "Greater Omaha," vocals, is another standout. While Albarn chanting "Here they come to two fuzzed-out electric guitars blare repetitive lyrically, it asks deep racial steal my soul/Ghost train" over coinciding riffs as Oberst wails on questions over a light-sounding slowly pounding drums and a wick- the consequences of a spreading city. melody. The classic "Exodus" is a edly deep bass line. As the song Oberst's talent as a lyricist shines in call to Rastafarians that was tremen- continues, the drums pick up speed UNINVISIBLE TOUR 2002 "Happiest Place on Earth" ("Nowa- dously successful in dance clubs. and lead guitars kick in, ending in a days you just point and click/swing It's hard to criticize the songs train-wreck crescendo of the shout- the satellite/hot white chariot/and themselves, but all the material is ing undead. the computer's blue glare/bombs previously available in one form or Aside from the creepier tracks FRIDAY, MAY 10 burst in the air/that once was a city/ another. There are some great an- that bring to mind songs like "Ml but now there's nothing there"). thems, but the song selection could Al" and "Dracula" from the band's All of the songs have a similar be better. The second CD is entirely debut, other songs demonstrate that This Bud's For You: fast-paced, pop-rock approach, remixes that were done before 1985, despite the unabashed gimmick of a which doesn't leave the listener with so the songs sound somewhat dated. pop band that purports to exists only very much space. Maybe that's the The problem with remixes is that as cartoons, there are some quality songs lurking within. "19-2000 point — they're condensing the only good songs get remixed. It's HoustonPress SOUTHWEST

-THRESHER SPORTS/commentary — A night in the bullpen Track teams impressive at A&M Owls continued their season-long domi- by Dylan Hedrick through performance, especially in the It's like any other spot at a ballpark: seed-spitting, 100-meter hurdles, where he knocked nance of the 400-meter and 800-meter THRKSHER KDITOKIAl. STAFF cheering, taunting, relaxing and enjoying baseball. down three of the barriers, but still man- events. Junior Allison Beckford won the But in the late innings of a ballgame, everyone in the As the weather heats up, so does the aged to improve on his WAC-leading 400-meter race in 53.22, and junior Tanya stadium is keeping one eye on this competition for the men's and women's time of 14.00. Wright captured the 800-meter run with a WAC season-leading time of 2:07.69. hallowed ground: the bullpen, that track and field teams. "I had a good start," Harlan said. "I little rectangle nestled between the The teams continued their prepara- got over the first [hurdle], the one that usually throws me off, just fine, but I monolithic batting cage and the tion for the NCAA Championships by competing in theTexas A&M University banged my knee pretty badly on num- playing field. Invitational April 13. bers five and six. It comes with the sport." 7 got over the first [hurdle] Senior reliever Philip Tribe Sophomore Ben Wiggins had the big- Before his injury, Harlan had placed ... just fine, but I banged my spends most of the game in the gest day running in front of his home- fourth in the long jump with a distance of Rice bullpen as he prepares for town crowd. Wiggins competed in four 23 feet-6 1/4 inches and tied for fifth in knee pretty badly on an appearance, but he's also out events, placing second in the 400-meter the pole vault by clearing 15 feet-1 inch. there two hours before the game Jonathan hurdles in 52.19 seconds and fifth in the In other events, senior Jeremy LaBuff numbers five and six. It raking and tamping the mound. Yardley 110-meter hurdles in 14.69. finished the 800-meter run in 1:53.02, comes with the sport.' While Tribe is the No. 1 guy in "I was excited to run in front of the while sophomore Tim Oberg earned sec- the bullpen for the Owls, home crowd," Wiggins said. "There were ond place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase — Ryan Harlan by crossing the line in 10:11.80. freshman catcher Jon Gillespie is always there and people there that I have known my whole Junior hurdler life." Senior Reed Ballis placed fourth in the usually busy. Before Tuesday's game, Gillespie Wiggins also finished ninth in the high jump, clearing 6-8 3/4, while senior catches and counts pitches for junior Steven Herce in 200-meter dash in 21.35 and was a mem- Todd LeBlanc triple jumped a distance of preparation for the game's start, and later for the ber of the 1600-meter relay team that 46-11/2, earning a fifth-place finish. "I felt good," Wright said. "I'm get- night's starter, freshman Jeff Niemann. Even when finished sixth in 3:17.46. His times in the The men will compete in the Louisi- ting some confidence back after my [in- junior starting catcher Justin Ruchti takes over, 400-meter hurdles and the 200-meter ana State University Relays in Baton door season] injury. The 800 was the there's no time to rest for Gillespie. He moves on to dash both set the second fastest time in Rouge, La. this weekend, when the Owls biggest competition that I faced in a help freshman lefthander Marcos Ramos get loose. the Western Athletic Conference for the will look to gain some respect from more race so far this season, and I was a little "Gillespie and those guys do a heck of a job," Tribe respective events during the outdoor established track powers. nervous. I just try to stay with the pack says. "It's not the best job in the world, but he does it." season. "At LSU, it's going to be a fast track and run a personal best [time]. If I do that and run fast, I don't care how I Just because he arrives in the bullpen later doesn't "It was my first 200-meter race out- and a big meet," freshman decathlete doors," Wiggins said. "I didn't have time Ryan Walsh said. "With the big schools place." make Ruchti a slacker. While Niemann's with Gillespie, to warm up, and got stuck in lane eight. there, such as [the University of Texas] Also competing in the 800-meter run Ruchti puts on his equipment and makes like Patrick I was nervous about pulling a muscle. It and LSU, we want to show them that we was senior Erin Brand, who earned fourth Roy working on pad saves, throwing himself into the dirt was a pretty strenuous day." belong with them." place by finishing in 2:12.60. In the 1,500- to block an imaginary ball before popping up again. Junior Ryan Harlan also had a break- On the women's side of the meet, the See TRACK. Page 18 Ruchti does ten of these up-and-downs in quick succession before taking a breather. After a few rounds, he steps in to get a feel for his pitcher in preparation for calling pitches in the game. Tennis turns it around by beating UH Looking on for most of these bullpen sessions is volunteer assistant coach Zane Curry, a former Owl by Wei-Han Tan catcher who now serves as the Rice pitching coach. THRESHER STAFF Curry offers encouragement on a good pitch and Closing out the regular season again st technical feedback when he sees something out of a team they had not beaten in five years, ISSk'R: h whack with a pitcher's follow-through or drive. the women's tennis team was facing an During the game, Curry is in the dugout, and the uphill battle. players are left to watch the game and stay occupied. The Owls are turning their season Oh ... that went foul? around, however, and defeated the Uni- There's plenty to do, however, trading tips with the versity of Houston 4-3 for their fourth many kids who come by in their Little League uniforms win in their last five dual matches head- or making fun of the inane antics of drunk UH fans. ing into the Western Athletic Confer- See ya guys! Nice Silver Glove Series. ence tournament. "Our goal this entire season was to Give it to me, I'll throw some lasers at 'em. peak right around the time of the WAC The bullpen staff also yells at both teams on the field. tournament," senior Kylie Wallis said. You sit down, Bourn! "The victories have helped us sustain our Vincent Sinisi — Just add water, instant RBI. confidence and put us in a great mental The public address system incites some conversation state for the upcoming tournament." on the five-man bench in the 'pen. Wallis' doubles tandem had no oppo- High Point? Where is High Point? nent, as UH failed to field a team due to We'll take that [pizza] here! injury and Rice needed just one doubles Previous games are also classic baseball topics. victory to take the doubles point. It came Why'd you have to ruin the zeros? courtesy of senior Judith Hagedorn and sophomore Annie Goodrich, 8-4. When we get further away [from the field], we invent "Judy and I were really pumped to play games and stuff. because we knew that it would be our last Most importantly, however, is the lack of conversa- doubles match playing at home together," tion as the game moves into the late innings and Goodrich said. "We knew that we could urgency develops as the pitchers get ready in a hurry. guarantee the doubles point with our win." "It's an interesting job because essentially you're not In singles, Hagedorn cruised 6-2.6-2, in the game," Curry says. "You're separated from the giving her a total of 84 wins in her Rice team and the excitement, but at the drop of a hat you career, good enough for sixth place in gotta get yourself ready to go, mentally be prepared, be Rice history. excited and come in with your best stuff, because when "When I read the names on the list, I can't believe that I'm on there now," you come in from the bullpen, the game's on the line." Hagedorn said. "When I first came to He throws one ball, we'regettin' up. Rice, I would never have imagined that I Stay ready. would end up there. And for the final And finally, that fateful entrance as the umpire calls victory to be here at home against Hous- Here we go! CHRISTINE LIANG/THRESHER ton was just even more satisfying." Sophomore Yasmin Fisher follows through against UH Tuesday in Rice's 4-3 win. When the bullpen's work is apparently done, the staff Goodrich and Wallis also won singles heads back to the dugout for the game's final drama. matches, Goodrich 6-3,6-0 and Wallis by win at No. 1 by a score of 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4). really confident going into the tiebreaker." Within ten minutes of the postgame handshakes, default. "She had double-faulted a couple TTie Owls' attention now turns to the it's back to work with another bullpen session. Also close was the Owls' match against times during the match because I had WAC tournament April 26-28 in Tulsa, No. 69 University of New Orleans April 14. Few more and I'm done. been coming up on her second serve," Okla. The Owls realize that they may get a The Owls captured the doubles point with Briaud said. "When the pressure was Alright I'll rake it, but y'all better tarp it. low seed based on disappointing mid-sea- a gutsy performance from senior Natalie greatest in the third set, she couldn't son results but are determined to be con- Jon Gillespie has been in the bullpen for the better Briaud and sophomore Karen Chao, who handle it and double-faulted." fident and ready to win. part of six hours, but it's just another day at the ballpark triumphed in a tiebreaker 9-8 (7-2). The clinching victory also came in "We know that we might have a bad for Gillespie and his companions in the bullpen, where "It was a really intense match, because dramatic fashion, courtesy of Goodrich, draw for the tournament, but our team the game is the same, merely seen from a different we knew that if we won, we would carry who pulled out a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (3) win to has played the most doubleheaders of all perspective. These guys don't receive as much of the the momentum to our singles," Chao said. clinch the team victory for the Owls. the teams in the tournament, and we're credit for the wins, but there is no place in the ballpark "It was really exciting because the fan "I actually got a code violation for prepared for what might come up," Wallis more important to a team's success than the bullpen. support was crazy—my family was there, screaming so loudly from being so wound said. "Our mental tough ness might shock and Natalie's was there as well." up in the third set," Goodrich said. "When the other teams. I'm incredibly confi- Jonathan Yardley is a Will Rice College freshman, the The Owls continued to stay strong in I saw that Natalie won, I was actually down dent that we can pull this out. Everything 6-5 but was really pumped that my last sports editor and a radio voice of Rice baseball. the pivotal moments of singles play to earn iscoming together, and we're finally click- the victory. Briaud came away with a close match could make the difference. I felt ing on the same day." f

THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 19,2002 •Ik 17 Sinking Owls look to right ship against UT

by Chris Larson THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: The men's tennis team's down- MEN'S TENNIS ward spiral continued last weekend, Record: 11-12 and time is running out for the Owls to turn things around. Last week: Lost 5-2 to Texas Rice dropped two more matches Tech and 4-3 to New Mexico. last weekend, a 5-2 loss to 61st-ranked What made the difference: Texas Tech University Friday and a Rice lost the doubles point 4-8 decision Saturday to No. 65 Uni- in both matches after close versity of New Mexico, extending the losses at the No. 1 spot. Owls' losing streak to four matches. Up next: The Owls host With just two regular-season No. 12 UT at 11 a.m. matches remaining before the West- tomorrow at Jake Hess ern Athletic Conference tournament. Tennis Stadium. Rice fell to 11-12 on the season, cer- tainly a far cry from where the Owls hoped to be at this junction. In mid- altitude so that the ball sails and last April last year. Rice was 19-6 and courts, and it took us a while to get well on its way to its first NCAA used to it," freshman Harding tournament bid since 1994 — with Brumby, who lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the just one player from that team gradu- sixth spot, said. "We were close — a GRANT BELTON/THRESHER ating, expectations for this year's lot of guys won the second set but The baseball team congratulates Chris Kolkhorst (obscured) after his three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Owls a 7-5 victory Tuesday over crosstown rival UH in the final game of the Silver Glove Series. team were sky-high. couldn't keep it going in the third." Sophomore Richard Barker, Rice's The Owls again dug themselves top player, suffered a season-ending a hole in singles Saturday against knee injury in early March, however, New Mexico, as the Lobos took two Kolkhorst moonshot lifts Owls and the Owls have yet to recover. Rice quick singles wins to take a 3-0 lead has played the last 11 matches with- and move within one point of clinch- by Jonathan Yardley who stole the show on Tuesday. out Barker and has lost nine. ing the team win. Rice rallied back, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFI "That was probably the last thing The Owls have been plagued by as Rajevac, William Barker and se- IN FOCUS: BASEBALL a lot of people expected," Porfirio inconsistency throughout the skid, nior Fabien Giraud all took three-set It takes more than one big inning Record: 32-8 said. "That's what he's capable of with players seemingly taking turns wins to knot the match. to beat the Owl baseball team. and he did it." struggling, and the trend continued Mathaes, playing at the top spot, WAC record: After surrendering a 4-0 lead in a 14-1 (1st) The win was the fourth in a row last weekend. Sophomore Vuk rebounded from a tiebreaker loss in five-run seventh that saw Rice com- Last week: Swept Nevada in for Rice after they swept the Univer- Rajevac was the only Owl to win both the first set to win the second 6-3 and mit three errors, the ()wls responded WAC play before edging UH sity of Nevada in a Western Athletic of his singles matches, taking a serve for the match at 5-3 in the in dramatic fashion as sophomore Tuesday at Reckling Park. Conference series over the week- straight-set win at No. 5 against Texas third, but his opponent broke his left fielder Chris Kolkhorst hit a dra- end. Sophomore shortstop Enrique Tech before outlasting New Mexico's serve and went on to win 7-5. What made the difference: matic three-mil home run in the bot- Cruz and senior third basemen John Kowalski 6-4,4-6, 6-4 Saturday. Justin Crowder and Vincent Close losses are something this tom of the ninth inning to lift the Owls Hunter Brown each blasted a pair of "In singles everybody's up and Sinisi were named WAC year's Owls are all too familiar with, past the University of Houston Tues- home runs in Reno, Nev., and the down," sophomore Cody Jackson Pitcher and Player of the as four of their last seven losses day in the fifth and final game of the Owls rode the pitching of junior said. "Either not everybody's on one Week, respectively. have come by a 4-3 score. season-long Silver Glove Series. Steven Herce, freshman Philip day, or everybody's off that day, and "We're not far off," Brumby said. Rice (32-8) had already clinched Up next: Rice hosts Hawaii Humber and senior Justin Crowder that's making a huge difference." "But once the match gets tight or the series by winning the first three tonight at 7 p.m. and to the sweep. In both matches, the doubles the situation comes where we need games, but claimed the series 4-1 tomorrow at 2 p.m. Crowder battled 40 mph winds point was decided at the No. 1 spot, to play wise mentally, we haven't and hoisted the trophy in front of a April 14 in giving up just one earned where junior Matthias Mathaes and really stepped it up." raucous home crowd of 3,142, ninth Faught walked sophomore pinch hit- run. His ERA now stands at 1.89, senior Prakash Venkataraman lost The Owls have just two regular- highest in Reckling Park history. ter Jeff Blackinton to face the 17th in the country. heart breakers in both games. The season matches remaining, as they "It's especially big since we won lefthanded Kolkhorst. Faught threw The Owl s, at 14-1, have a five-game duo lost 9-7 Friday before losing in a host the University of Texas at 11 a.m. the first three," Kolkhorst said. "If yet another ball to Kolkhorst before lead in the WAC at the halfway point of tiebreaker Saturday. and Lamar University at 3 p.m. tomor- we had let them win these two later a mound meeting with UH coaches. the season. In midweek games, how- "Our doubles didn't perform as row at Jake HessTennis Stadium. UT, in the year, it would've looked like It was a simple task for Kolkhorst to ever, Rice had dropped three con- well as we wanted to," Jackson, who ranked 12th nationally, boasts a spar- they're the better team right now." identify the next pitch. secutive games, including heartbreak- teamed with sophomore William kling 18-2 record, with both of its losses The Owls, ranked fourth nation- "He was throwing curveballs, and ers against the University of Texas Barker to split their doubles matches coming to top-10 teams. A Rice win, or ally by Collegiate Baseball, got a great I was on those," Kolkhorst said. "I and UH, before Tuesday's victory. over the weekend, said. "We're work- at least a competitive showing, would start from freshman righthander Jeff figured he'd come fastball. I knew I hit "I think it's important because we ing on our doubles a little more so give the Owls a much-needed boost of Niemann, who shut down No. 10 UH it pretty good, but the wind was blow- have struggled in midweek," Graham we can get that point — it seems to confidence heading into the Western (27-11) on four hits, hurling into the ing in and I don't hit enough [home said. "We needed a quality midweek be crucial to us winning." Athletic Conference tournament April sixth before fellow freshman Wade runs] to know when they're gone." win, and this certainly is one." In singles play, the Red Raiders 26-28 in Tulsa, Okla. Townsend got the last out. Kolkhorst's blast cleared the right The Owl pitching staff has been jumped out to a quick start, winning "It's been tough, but we're just Niemann was backed by solid run field fence for a 7-5 Rice victory, and phenomenal all season, especially the first set in five of the six matches. looking forward to conference, and production, as senior second the Owls mobbed the transfer at against UH, as Rice gave up just four The Owls responded, pushing four we've got a big match coming up baseman Eric Arnold and freshman home plate to punctuate the victory. earned runs in the series. Crowder matches to a third set, but only against UT," Jackson said. "We all first baseman Vincent Sinisi hit back- "It was awesome even though we and sophomore reliever David Mathaes wasable to pull out the win. think we have a good chance at win- to-back two-run doubles in the third had die Silver Glove locked up," Janish Aardsma were both named to the all- "It was a combination of higher ning conference this year." inning to give the Owls a 4-0 cushion. said. "UH is always a tough game, and series team, each with an ERA of The lead unraveled in the sev- it was the best beating them like that." ().(K) in nine innings pitched. enth inning as the Rice defense came Kolkhorst's hit surprised some, Rice returned to WAC play last unglued for the first time this sea- but not head coach Wayne Graham. night when the Owls carried their 11- Simple Solutions son. Three errors led to five un- "Chris has been doing it for us all game home winning streak into a earned runs as UH took a 5-4 lead. year," Graham said. "The guy's gritty series with the University of Hawaii Things looked bleak for the Owls and he's much more talented than (14-24), currently in last place in the until the ninth inning when fresh- people realize." WAC. The Owls, who came into the ^Discounts for groups man shortstop Paul Janish led off Senior center fielder A.J. Porfirio week as the only team in the nation ^Individual and Group Tutoring with a double that rattled the left was named the Most Outstanding ranked in the top 20 in pitching, hit- field wall. Sophomore right fielder Player of the series for his .526 aver- ting and fielding, will also face the *Advising in Projects Austin Davis grounded out, but after age, second only to Kolkhorst's .556. 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The crew team returned from regattas close to home." match-up problems for our oppo- i the Aggie Rowing Challenge in The team elected to put its prize nents in the seasons to come." MEN'S TENNIS Galveston Saturday a little more money toward the purchase of a Moore joins 6-5 guard Alex accomplished and a little bit richer. new eight-man shell, and the row- Spotts, from Lexington, S.C., and NEW MEXICO 4 RICE 3 After struggling through some ers will continue their fundraising 7-0 center Mike Kinsella, from of their earlier regattas, Rice swept today by participating in an Rochester, Minn., as new recruits. Singles Ergathon in front of Fondren li- 1. Divan Coetzee (UNM) d. Matthias Mathaes (RU) 6 itsopponentsfromTexasA&M Uni- "By combining this class with 7, 6-3, 7-5 brary. Team members collect versity at Galveston in all four races the terrific class we had last year, BASEBALL 2. William Barker (RU) d. Bart Scott (UNM) 4 6. 6-3. it entered Saturday (varsity women, pledges, and each member of the we are definitely making major 63 team will exercise on the rowing 3. Fabien Giraud (RU) d. Michael Polasek (UNM) 4-6, novice men, varsity mixed and nov- progress on the recruiting front HOUSTON 5 RICE 7 6-4, 6 2 ice mixed), collecting $ 100 per win. machine for an hour-long shift. for the program," Wilson said. 4. David Kowalski (UNM) d. Cody Jackson (RU) 6-2, 6-1 Each race was 500 meters long, — Chris Larson For the Lady Owls, standout Score by innings R H E UH (27 11) 000 000 500 — 5 9 2 5. Vuk Rajevac (RU) d. John Kowalski (UNM) 6-4. 4-6. and all of the races were for four- point guard Latrice Elder of Allen Rice (32-8) 004 000 003 — 7 7 4 64 person boats. A team had to win High School also committed to UH: Keith Whatley, Ryan Wagner (4), Matt Hooper Basketball teams ink 6. Ryan Stotland (UNM) d. Take Morita (RU) 6-4, 6 4 two out of three races to defeat its Rice, head coach Cristy McKinney (6). Brian Henderson (7). Nathan Mitchell (8), Aus tin Faught (9) and Chris Snyder. Rice: Jeff Niemann, Doubles opponent. talented new recruits announced Wednesday. Wade Townsend (6). David Aardsma (7), Marcos "It was nice to end the season The 5-foot-7 Elder averaged Ramos (8), Philip Tribe (8) and Justin Ruchti. 1. Scott/Polasek (UNM) d. Mathaes/Prakash Both basketball teams recently Win — Tribe (4-3). Loss — Faught (0-2). Hold — Venkataraman (RU) 9-8 (9-7) on a high note," junior Lucy Jewett 17.3 points, six rebounds, five Henderson, Mitchell. Blown Save — Townsend 2. Barker/Jackson (RU) d. Brent Salazar/Stotland said. "Our results weren't what complemented their 2002-'03 re- steals and 4.8 assists during her (1). 2B — UH: Snyder 2 (10), Crain (11); Rice: (UNM) 8 6 we had hoped in other regattas, cruiting classes by signing prom- senior season. She was named Arnold (11), Sinisi (16), Janish (9). HR — Rice: 3. Coetzee/Kowalski (UNM) d. Harding Brumby/ Kolkhorst (2). Giraud (RU) 8-3 so the results here were particu- ising newcomers last week. District 9-5A Offensive Player of RICE 2 TEXAS TECH 5 larly gratifying. A500-meter sprint The men's basketball team the Year and also earned first- RICE 13 NEVADA 7 takes less than two minutes, so it completed its class of new recruits team all-district honors. WOMEN'S TENNIS is really fast and fun to row." when head coach Willis Wilson "We're excited about Latrice Score by innings R H E The teams combined to enter signed 6-foot-5 wing Jamaal More, joining the program," McKinney Rice (31-8, 14 1) 002 605 000 — 13 12 2 Nevada (16 19, 4-8)100 003 003 — 7 12 2 HOUSTON 3 RICE 4 • the mixed races, even though none from Moberly, Mo. said. "She brings a lot of natural Rice: Justin Crowder. Bobby Bryan (9) and Justin of the male rowers had rowed Moore was all-conference and ability. She's a really quick guard." Ruchti. Nevada: James Holcomb, Craig Norris (6) and Craig Markei. RICE 4 NEW ORLEANS 3 before this year. all-region while averaging 23.5 In three years at Allen, Elder Win — Crowder (4-2). Loss — Holcomb (1-4). 2B — "Particularly impressive were points and 7.5 rebounds per game received all-district recognition Rice: Porfirio(lO), Ruchti (5). 3B — Rice: Lorsbach (1). RICE 2 TULANE 5 the two mixed-event victories, as a senior. He is the first Mis- three times and was also named HR — Rice: Cruz (9). Janish (2): Nevada: Gillies (4). since one pitted our novice men souri player ever to earn all-state to the all-region second team. She RICE 12 NEVADA 3 against [TAMU-Galveston] var- honors at the 3A level for two was chosen her team's most valu- sity men, and the other occurred consecutive seasons. able player and top offensive Score by innings R H E ERRATUM immediately after the novice "I am very excited about the player all three seasons. Rice (30-8, 13 1) 020 110 305 — 12 16 0 Nevada (16-18, 4 7)000 200 010 — 3 8 3 The photograph on Page 15 of men's event, so our rowers were addition of Jamaal to our incoming "She's really quick, really Rice: Philip Humber, David Aardsma (7) and Jeff the April 15 issue incorrectly exhausted," Jewett said. freshman class," Wilson said. "He Blackmton. Nevada: Mateo Miramontes. Bryan Johnson wants to play and really excited identified freshman tennis The regatta also gave Rice the is a fine athlete and a terrific scorer." about being at Rice," McKinney (7), Ryan Leake (9), David Woods (9) and Craig Markei. Win —Humber (7-1). Loss — Miramontes (4 5). Save player Erika Villalobos. rare opportunity to compete close Moore was nominated to play said. "Her best basketball lays — Aardsma (2). 2B — Nevada: Markei (8). Tolotti (6), The Thresher regrets the error. to home, as most of the nation's in the prestigious McDonald's ahead, so we're excited about hav- Laidlaw (7), Maguire (8). HR — Rice: Cruz (8); Nevada: Tolotti (7). crew teams are located in the east- High School Boys Basketball All- ing her." ern and southeastern parts of the American Game. Moore averaged Elder joins 6-2 forward Lauren United States. 19.8 points a game for his career Neavesfrom Cooper City, Fla. and "Southern rowing is growing at Moberly Area High School and 5-8 guard Rosyland Jeffries from rapidly," Jewett said. "[TAMU- scored more than 43 points in one the Houston area as new Lady Field events heating up Galveston] did a really fantastic job game on two occasions. Owls for the 2002-'03 season. in the event by clearing a height of organizing this regatta. This was "He plays much bigger than his — Rice Sports Information TRACK, from Page 16 meter run, senior Liza Ruckman 11-9.75. Daum also place fourth in placed second in 4:35.42 with senior the javelin by recording a distance of Katie Waite taking fifth in 4:40.88. 120-5. Freshman Eimile Gavagan "We had some fast times from notched sixth place in the discus our middle distance group," with a throw of 131-11. women's head coach Victor Lopez With one month until the confer- said. "Tanya won by almost two ence championships, the team is seconds in the 800 — the fastest suffering some from the injury bug. time of the year and Liza had a "Right now, we are working on great race." the little things," Ixjpez said. "We In the field events, sophomore want to get some people healthy Tequila Bar Beth Hinshaw won second place in again — Iseniorl Keitha Moseley the pole vault by crossing the bar at will get X-rays and an MRI on her a personal outdoor best of 12-3 1/2- leg, [freshman] Yvonne Umeh has Happy Hour 2-7 Monday-Friday inches. Her height is the third high- some tendonitis in her big toe — and All Day Saturday Noon till 7pm est mark in the WAC this season. regroup. 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20 THE RICE THRESHER BACKPAGE FRIDAY, APRIL 19.2002 Bush, Gillis back squirrels in "clash of civilizations" I Last week President George W. new national bird," Gillis said in a Wiess senior Kristin Stecher ac- Bush annouced his plan to replace flash of patriotism. "I'm sure that tually received an unregistered squir- the eagle with the squirrel as the the Wiess rabble prefers rats to CAMPUS rel as her most eligible partner. national bird for "a whole lot of real squirrels anyhow." DIRECTORY "My birdfriend and I are a perfect good reasons." Vice President for Student Affairs match!" she said. The Rice administration is ex- Zenaido Camacho knew every "I like the squirrels on campus," cited about Bush's plan due to the squirrel's name on campus at one Baker College Resident Associate Alex point, but he quickly forgot all of them Sqyrrel said. 'They show such a zest plethora of squirrels in the Rice com- "Am-ih ^ munity. Eerily, President Malcolm except for the troublemakers and for life, spreading themselves out flat Don't tell me this squirrel Isn't evil. Gillis already had a five-year plan, likely-to-be- wealthy overacheivers. on the concrete really enjoying the starting fall 1998, to market the large "But its easy to remember their moment. I think we should look to our "Squirrel isn't just the other, squirrel population of Rice. hometown: Houston!" Camacho new national bird for inspiration." other, other white meat anymore," "This fits in with our puppeting said, eyes gleaming. A nameless KTRU DJ had a dif- someone said. strategy for Wiess College. We will Camacho is actually mistaken in ferent opinion. The squirrel, in reality, is a fatty use the new Wiess to house our his calculations, as Rice has admit- "I hate squirrels with disdain. animal unsuitable for even human ted squirrels from all 50 states and They represent the Man." consumption. It is ugly and has 18 other countries. "The sad thing is," theorist Ben beady eyes. It proliferates while the "I'm pleased with the ethnic di- Home said, "squirrels DO repre- world starves. They fatten while the versity of the squirrels on campus," This image is not doctored. Can you sent America. They are insular, world drinks Ultra Slim Fast. This is say "conspiracy"? Associate Director of Admissions single-minded, selfish and live in the Mongolian Empire all over again, Eric Heineman said. "Though squir- More than two dozen entered the the suburbs." except that instead of yerts squir- rels have lower SAT scores, they RPC dating survey. Bush's cabinet agreed and there- rels live in trees. Mongolians also bring numerous other strengths to "They were found to be some of fore has promoted them to top gov- were in the bird family. Squirrels Rice." the most compatible students on ernment positions. pillage, rape and plunder, leaving Squirrels have already been mak- campus, but we were unsure The squirrel rights activists from no survivors. Humans are their only mm ing a prominent appearance on the whether or not birds were elegible," the Rice Vegetarian Club are ex- natural predator left. "Chubs" once graced the Thresher front Rice campus. But that's probably Student Association web nerd Skye cited about the surge in the popular- Do your duty, stop the squirrel page. He plans to run for SA president. because squirrels are the master race. Schell said. ity of this majestic bird. takeover. It may be our last hope.

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