mr?£ Rice'VKESHEs sincere newspaper Friday, FebruarRy 19, 1988 Volume 75, Number 20 SA Presidential candidates address issues by Meg Dixon communication with students—with more potential for a good relationship Chip Lutton, Andy Karsner and our constituency." between students and the SA that jaraubh Shah, the three candidates In his opening remarks, Karsner doesn't exist now." for Student Association President, stressed public accountability, say- Shah called for a closer working debated issues of concern this year at ing, "The new agenda ought to go relationship between the SA and the Rice Tuesday in the Chemistry Lec- public on day one." administration, saying that "the ad- ture Hall in front of more than 50 The candidates had various ideas ministration has played on the fact students and faculty. for improving communication with that decisions are made in a small, Mainly addressing the SA's ability the administration. Shah said that clo se-knit group o f s tudents. W e need to act effectively by maintaining President George Rupp is the key. to find a structured way of projecting contact with the campus, the three "He's got to be our point man," said popular student opinion." candidates also discussed tuition, Shah, adding that the SA president "The SA hasn't been doing any- Food and Housing, the football team, should foster a close relationship with thing that students can unite behind," student advising, and the coherent Rupp. said Shah. minor. Communication, however, Lutton suggested that the S A Presi- He also said that if the SA did was the most frequently discussed dent have regular meetings with things more in the popular student issue. President Rupp or another adminstra- interest, it could get more backing to Each candidate presented opening tion official to bring student concerns show to the administration. remarks for five minutes, then re- to the administration's immediate The candidates used examples to Andy Karsner, Chip Lutton and Saurabh Shah —J. Yao ceived one minute to answer ques- attention. Karsner said he has con- illustrate the failure of the SA to tions. tacts in the administration, and is adequately communicate with stu- When Lutton was asked, "What "good friends with Vice-President dents. Karsner brought up last year's should ihe SA be doing that it's not?" Stebbings"—but brought up the other 12% tuition increase in his opening Nevill to be tried he pointed to its lack of commitment candidates' strategy for improving remarks, and Lutton mentioned it as to communication. "The students communication with the administra- the greatest failure of the S A this year. (need to know where we're going with tion: improving communication with "If we had really been committed for WRC party every bit of legislation,'' he said. Rice students. to the student interest we wouldn't "[We should] improve all channels of Karsner said, "There is so much have not had any bearing upon this see Presidential, page 6 by Sue Yom In a letter received by Will Rice case." Chief Justice Wesley Taylor on Feb- Nevill expressed confidence in the Safe Rides shortens hours ruary 17, Proctor Holt notified the court and relief that the notoriety of Will Rice College Court that Robert the case was losing momentum. "I by Anne Bullen been received before midnight. The them, they just have not asked for it Nevill will stand trial for "[violating] think that the members of the college Due to lack of funding and in- new time schedule should not affect again." the university's alcoholic beverage court are as competent as any at I creased msurance costs, the Safe those who wish to take advantage of Giesber, who was unaware of the policy by not seeing that all laws and Rice," statedNevill. "Before, I wasn't Rides emmittee has decided to Safe Ride's services. format's alterations, said that as far as regulations were complied with." sure what I was being charged with. change the program's format in order Using the old format, the program she is concerned the money will still WRC social chairman Nevill Now it's clear what's going to nap- | to continue the program. Safe Rides is has enough funds only for this week- be given to them, but they simply underestimated the number of people pen. aservicc of the Rice Program Council end. By decreasing the operative have not asked for it. in attendance at the January 29 WRC The charges were described as j which provides rides to students who hours and limiting the number of Lowery believes that providing tower party. Nevill reported only 150 "strange, vague, and not very spe- wish to get home from parties on volunteers who must be insured, the rides to those people who are intoxi- were expected at the party, though the cific" by Taylor. Holt's accusations weekend nights when they have been program hopes to be able to operate cated or to those people who do not amount of alcohol purchased was dealt only with the general alcohol I drinking. on the given funds one week longer wish to ride with a drunk person is a disproportionately larger. policy. The new format consists of one than expected. necessary service to the community At a college function with 200 Penalties imposed by the college shift lasting two and one half hours The Safe Rides committee re- which must not be allowed to discon- people or more, the presence of cam- court can vary. The limit on fines is staffed by three people. These people quested twelve hundred dollars from tinue. "More calls have been received pus police is required. Holt charged $25, but the cost to Nevill could be include a rider, a dispatcher, and a the Rice Program Council for this in the first month and a half of this that "the social coordinator should higher. driver who must be insured. The shift year. "They gave us four hundred semester than in the entire fall have known that attendance would "Penalties are basically any kind will begin at midnight. The original dollars to start it with and they prom- semester,"she said. "And I will not let have exceeded 200 people and there- we want. The college court can put format included two shifts, which ised to give us the rest of the money this program end without a fight." fore campus police would be re- him on disciplinary probation. I don't each lasted two hours and were later," Lowery said. As of this date, She intends to ask the Student quired". see that happening. The college can manned by three people who were all the committee has yet to receive the Association and other university Cases are referred to the college do whatever the university court can. insured. rest of the sum. However, Rice Pro- standing committes for funds as well court by students or through the col- There is a monetary limit of S25, but lege master or proctor. Nevill was According to Lowery, only one or gram Council President Rachel Geis- as each residential college's central if we got really hard-assed and held given the option to choose whether two calls requesting rides have ever ber said, "They still have it coming to cabinet. Robert personally responsible for the proctor or the Will Rice College everything at the party, we could re- Court would handle his case. cover the S350 plus the maximum "My understanding is that Proctor fine of S25. Hypothetically, if Robert p HcSlt wanted to see disciplinary ac- were found guilty, S350 would be tion. If the college didn't take action, extreme. I think that no one in the he would have," stated Student Rep- college believes that he should pay resentative to the Alcohol Advisory the S350 fine. He was acting in our Committee Jake Rue. behalf, on the Diet's mandate," Tay- A prosecutor was located February lor remarked. 5 17, but the name had not been re- "I hope it's made the social chair- vealed to Nevill. Nevill may defend man more aware of the liability when himself and bring any additional regarding the alcohol policy. One counsel or aid he wishes. interesting aspect about this case is Taylor estimated that the case that one individual could be singled would take place in two weeks. "I'll out as responsible," Rue said. have to send a list of witnesses and see Judicial, page 4 hard evidence to Robert this week. We can set the date a week after, and the trial will probably be just after INSIDE: break, maybe in two weeks." Opinion: Column designed to The Will Rice court will not have to spark controversy, page 2. investigate the case as usual because Holt has already conducted a fact- Elections: Bring on +he politicos, finding mission, according to Taylor. page 10. Some concern was manifested over Fine Arts: Universified! is a hit, the coincidence of the appearance of page 16. the new student monitor policy and the WRC case. Rue denied that there Sports: Ruggers trounce Corous was any connection. "I can state un- page 20. of thousands of people attended Mardis Gras in Galveston last weekend. M. Gladu equivocally that student monitors 2 Friday, February 19,1988 THRESHER Opinion

Black Americans Abortion war on a new front The abortion debate has raged quite W\GKT are as close as a while, with complex arguments on SPANNING THE HEDGES they*re gonna get OOSERTWN both sides. Still, the Reagan Admini- by Michael Raphael to the ideal of stration managed to thrust the abor- equality tion battle into a new arena last Congressional intent, likewise, is her a brochure or a referraLB^p week—that of free speech. not a new issue in abortion cases. In could try to talk her out of the abor The Administration published question is the 1970 Public Health tion, and it could show her the mov I regulations which remove federal Service Act, which authorizes family "Silent Scream" or any other ami funding from any family planning planning funds. abortion material. This is idcol0gica| clinic that counsels women about The Reagan administration holds strangulation of health clinics. abortions or refers them to another that Congress never meant to fund If a different president prohibited agency which performs abortions. clinics that provide abortion counsel- clinics from telling women ah, J Scheduled to take effect March 3, the ing, but in fact Congress has reauthor- options other than abortion, why rules immediately drew four lawsuits ized funds for family planning six would Reagan say? in three different states attacking times while fulling aware that the The new regulations arc a gag 0rdcr I them. money would be used for abortion both on doctors and counselors, who The lawsuits, which are expected counseling and referrals. cannot practice good medicine i f they eventually to reach the Supreme The new twist in the abortion battle can't tell their clients about all avail, Court, ask that the regulations be is the First Amendment. The abortion ible options, and on women who wish struck down on three grounds: violat- fight—long, bitter, and complex as it to discuss the abortion option. ing the first amendment, infringing on is—has never before been fought on As the courts have held that there is! Behind the Hedges: privacy, and going againstCongress's free speech grounds. The new rules a constitutional right to an abortion.;; intent in creating the family planning have managed to provoke this battle, should be intolerable for a president program. and they ought to be struck down to level burdensome restrici to r. upon 1948 and 1988 Abortion cases argued in the realm because of it. that right. of invasion of privacy are nothing Forbidding clinics which receive As Representative Bill Gieen, a In 1948, an editorial published in the Thresher drew a mixture of new. some federal money from even coun- New York Republican who j.i -i i criticism and praise from all over the country (see feature story, page The famed Roe v. Wade decision in seling women about abortion is tanta- over 100 Congressmen in wr in g t, 9). When then-editor Brady Tyson wrote that Rice should admit Black 1973 struck down a Texas law that mount to regulation of speech based Reagan to oppose the rules, sal!: "No made abortion a criminal offense, on on the Reagan administration's anti- form of speech is more obviouOy students to the university, irate alumni, members of the community, and the ground that it violated a woman's abortion ideology. protected than the speech o! s, , politicians took up their pens, writing torrents to the Thresher and other right to privacy under the fourteenth If a woman asks where she can get telling a woman what her c< i !., newspapers. amendment. an abortion, the clinic could not give tional rights are." But amidst die seeming uproar, students at Rice seemed oblivious. Tyson reflects that, even then, students were "more interested than concerned." Widner outlines eligibility rule It is ironic that Brady Tyson's editorial provoked more marked To the editor: required amount of players (a game response from the world beyond the hedges than the world within them. This is an open letter to all Intramu- may legally start with a team having THRESHING IT OUT The question that must be asked: Are things much different forty years ral participants. I want to remind all one less player than the required letters to the editor later? students that they are responsible for amount). As stated above, if both their eligibility. Likewise, each team teams agree then the final game score mention beer) as does no oilier or Student apathy could well have been a factor working in favor of the captain is responsible for the eligibil- will stand. ganization. Still, they are treated nh Rice administration's position that admitting Blacks could not be ity of the members of his team. 1 hope this will clear up any un- minimal respect by the institutions i seriously discussed. Rice administrators in 1948 were not inclined to The eligibility rules are available in settled matter. If anyone needs further the university. First, their field ir. accept change easily, and students who were satisfied with the way my office at the Rice gym and are information, you may call me at 527- taken from them so that the Shepherd things were couldn't hurt the interests of the administration. posted on the Intramural board at the 4808. School, "which has done precious iinle Rice gym. The rules cover the follow- Lisa Widner to break stereotypes, may have n new Forty years later, student apathy is still an issue, or non-issue, as the ing items: Director of Intramurals building. Now I see thaL there is no case ma) oe. Student Association candidates have noted the apathy a. Participation of varsity athletes rugby article in the Frebnmry 12 prevalent on the Rice campus; few people would disagree that, for the b. Number of athletes allowed on a Thresher. Of course, there are several most part, Rice students are generally unconcerned with the world team columns about some spaghetti sci- Rugby fans ence fiction/fantasy/romance gar- beyond the hedges (excepting, of course, the seniors who have slightly c. Club sports d. College tournaments bage film. A couple of words, like, "It broadened their concerns to possibilities in a promising and lucrative e. Conduct of players and coaches cheer on Rice sucks," or, "Don't see it," would have job market). f. Forfeits To the editor: sufficed. And the exploits of Rice's The SA presidential candidates have discussed opening lines of g. Protests A couple of weeks ago, while finest young men go unrecorded. communication with the administration. But a few student leaders h. Postponements watching our ruggers basttle the Uni- Needless to say, I hope the next versity of Dallas on a lonely field in a Thresher, and each successive issue, cannot be the sole force behind change. One or two or three students If you have questions about eligi- bility, you should visit me at my of- s trange city, I overheard some ditzy U includes an article about these men may voice their opinions, but without action from the remaining fice and we will review the separate of D ditz exclaim, "And these guys who are fighting, quite literally, that thousands, their words aren't likely to carry much weight. If Rice cases of elibigility. are all intellectuals," after one of our all of us may be able to say that we arc students want to be taken seriously, they must show that it matters to In addition, we use a few rules that men severely punished a couple of Rice students withough immediately being regarded as dweebs. them that they influence the world around them. are not currently listed on the eligibil- their dimwits. I laughed. After a while, though, I realized with whatre- Apathy is not a problem that a few people can cure. If Rice is to ity rule sheets. It is my plan to update Harris A. Scnturia the sheet after this semester. I did not spect, nay, awe that comment had Brown '91 change, that change must come from a fundamental change in the update the sheet this year because we been made. When spectators make students themselves. were using a few trial rules. One such that comment about Rice Football, As much as I personally odinire There have been hints that Rice student life is awakening from its rule is that we did not require partici- they are often implying that intelli- these young heros, advertising space gent people can't be ass-kickers. dormancy. The Rice Student Volunteer program is one of the largest pants to play in the open intramural and coverage of varsity athletes tournaments before participating in When this young lady made the lls and most successful groups on campus. Political campaigns have sometimes squeeze out their cxpl" '• the college tounaments. comment, she was realizing that we However, after a series oj death kicked into gear in preparation for the 1988 elections. And last fall, one can. The Rice Rugby Football Club Another unlisted rule concerns threats, we resume our rugby cour- brings to our school respect (not to of the hottest topics on campus was the same subject that got Brady women playing in the men's leagues age on page 20 Tyson into so much trouble: Blacks at Rice. A letter in the Thresher and vice versa. The current rule states from a student arguing that minority students should go to different that a woman may play in a men's schools if they were unhappy with Rice sparked angry responses from league if the same level of activity is not offered to women i.e., men's in- students and faculty. tramural soccer, men's ultimate fris- But today, the administration, instead of discouraging change, has bee. This is not to say that we have not proposed many changes in Rice. Student apathy today could serve a had women participating in men's * different function from the one it did in 1948. Then, it slowed down a leagues. Personally, I would prefer that games be played rather than for- change that, fortunately, was eventually brought about by a force in feited. However, in order for the game American society that not even Rice's hedges could stop. But today, to be legal, and for the final score to students face changes like the core courses to be introduced this fall; stand, the team using the illegal play- increasing tuition, despite the principles upon which Rice was founded; ers (women) must have the other team and the very positive step of improving Rice's name. agree to their roster and have this witnessed by the officials before the If students persist in their indifference, they could wake up later to game begins. If this agreement is not find that the whole world has changed without them. If, on the other reached before the game begins than hand, the small signs like RS VP or debates about minorities prove to be the other team has the right to protest more than a passing trend, students can work to influence the changes the game. The same procedure is to be used for a team playing without the happening within and beyond Rice's hedges. THRESHER Opinion Friday, February 19,1988 3 Bennett orders desegregation of black colleges Recording to Secretary of Education Wil- bar. They should decide whether or not we stay 1980. And I'll keep on pushing the idea as Bennett, six Southern and border states are BEYOND THE HEDGES open," he said. President until Congress passes it." 0 in partial violation of the civil rights law. The bar closed in December 1985just before Dole and Bush, hot on each other's heels in Iljose states must take further steps to rid their campus news the drinking age was raised to twenty-one. The their bid for the Republican nomination, are no c0llcge systems of the remnants of segregation. ence between the four states in compliance and story was the same in many states affected by the strangers to backbiting as of late. Four other states - Arkansas, North Carolina, the six states not in compliance with Title VI. "It ruling which threatened to remove federal high- South Carolina, and West Virginia - are in full is not a suggestion on our part of either rampant way funds in the absence of a raise in the legal compliance withTitle VI of the Civil Rights Act racism or bad faith, [but] simply that things that drinking age, but the result in this case was quite Checklist or deja vu? 0f 1964. But Bennett has given the governors of were agreed to have not yet been done. In any different as an ex ample of pers is tence .Na v a reo - Fraternities at the University of Illinois have states - Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mis- one of these ten states, a black student who pened Johnny's in January 1987 with his life slX established a monitoring system to help control joun, Oklahoma, and Virginia - ninety days to graduates from high school has opportunities to savings of $180,000. parties where alcohol is served. The new system send him written assurances that they will carry go to college and will find, if he has qualifica- Some students voiced concern that Nava requires two students from other fraternities to out desegregation measures by the end of this tions, many institutions eager to have him," he would not refund the ticket money if Johnny's visit and monitor each party held by a freater- year. said. does go out of business. But Nava reassured nity; other changes include new requirements Physical repairs, renovations or construction them that he would definitely return all money, forcing fraternities to announce their parties in adding, "I doubt very much we'll close. We get of facilities at traditionally Black colleges con- advance, provide bouncers to check identifica- Cornell buys for bar more and more people every night." Nava is stitute most of the improvements that the six tion, and to provide low-salt food and non- very confident that the students and he can raise states must make. Twenty dollars for a half-price pitcher? Stu- alcoholic drinks at their parties. Failure to satis- the money. Bennett did acknowledge that none of the dents at Cornell University have come up with a factory meet the requirements of the 20-item states met the goals and timetables agreed to in plan to save Johnny's Big Red Bar and Grill, a checklist results in a penalty of $25 to $500. the 1978 desegregation plans, but he pointed out hotspot in Ithaca for the past sixty years. Dole talks tuition cost The University claims that the system was that these goals were never intended to be quo- If the management of Johnny's Big Red Bar designed for student safety, but also points out tas. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports and Grill fails to come up with $5,000 to pay two the additional bonuses of lower insurance rates For nearly twenty years, the federal govern- that Senator Bob Dole, a Republican Presiden- months' back rent, the taps may run dry. So the and reduced liability for the school. ment has made efforts to force states to improve tial candidate, has outlined his views on educa- students are helping ouL To raise the $5,000, The University and local police seem content black institutions and open doors for minorities tion. about twenty concerned students plan to sell with the new system, but student opinion among at traditionally white institutions. Rising tuition costs are a particular concern tickets for twenty dollars each, that would guar- the fraternities is varied. "Some don't like it Bennett said that there wai not much differ- for Dole, who said he would like to create antee the customer 50 percent off all pitchers of because they think it's an intrusion on their fun, education savings accounts that would allow beer at Johnny's. Two hundred and fifty ticket especially since they can't have impromptu parents to put $1,000 into tax-deferred accounts. sales will put the bar back in the black. parties," said one University representative. Such moneys would be used to pay for college, Many of the students were confident and en- "What they don't realize is that we're protecting and the accounts would be treated as LR.A.'s. thusiastic about the fund-raising idea, according them." to The Cornell Daily Sun. "A lot of people have In his speech, Dole suggested that Vice- expressed interest in buying [the tickets]. Eve- President George Bush has not had a long record rybody wants to see this place stay open. I don't of supporting education. Some considered the Thresher Laser think it will be a problem," said Eric Boham, a speech a subtle jab at Bush's repeated campaign Johnny's regular. trail promises that he would most like to be Resume Printing Editorial Staff Reuben Nava, owner of Johnny's said the remembered as an 'education President.' 50 cents a page decision to keep the bar open should be up to the Dole said his ideas should sound familiar. "I Second floor, Editor-in-Chief Michfele Wucker customers. "The kids get along with us, and we have introduced similar proposals several times Ley Student Center Managing Editor Michael Raphael get along with the kids. The kids like me and my over the last few years, beginning as far back as News Editors Ami Bajaj, Mary Elliott Fine Arts Editor Jen Cooper Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU Sports Editors Keith Couch, Joel Sendek Production Manager Wynn Martin ©ORE, THE PEM0CRA11C CANDI- SON OF ALBERT THE ELPER, THE HE ONCE. 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He also feels to be extended to four years, on November 4, Zeff will be traveling to New York four times that the experience will aid him in his teaching 1987. Zeff is one of ten people in the nation this year to meet with the 31 members of the and research at Rice. appointed to the Council for this year by the Advisory Council. He and the other two aca- In addition to the Financial Accounting Stan- Financial Accounting Foundation. demics on the Council will be reimbursed for dards Advisory Council, Zeff will also be serv- The Advisory Council consults with the Fi- their expenses on the trips. The other members ing on the Academic Accountants Panel in Great nancial Accounting Standards Board regarding of the Council include prominent businessmen Britan. This panel does very similar work; major policy questions and other issues ad- from around the nation. In addition to the meet- however, it is comprised only of people in- dressed by the board. Members of the Advisory ings, Zeff will fill out periodic questionnaires in volved with academics. Zeff is the only Ameri- Council also review priorities and propose items which he will express his views more com- can on this panel. Honor Council proposes amendments by Mary Elliott and Kurt Moeller tend each trial. The Honor Council totals 18 this year, nine trials have been An amendment to the Honor Council's people. held...approximately 40 percent of these cases Constitution should be on Tuesday's Student "By the time the case reaches the Proctor and were appealed and none of these appeals were Association election ballot, according to Chair- the President, they might feel they could rely on granted," Miranda said. man Fausto Miranda. However, at press time, our(the Honor Council's) decision. It would be The Honor Council feels this is in the Miranda had not yet received written permis- better if the Proctor and President went directly accused's best interest. It will shorten the ap- Dr. Stephen Zeff sion from Proctor Edward Holt and had not to the case before so many Honor Council peals process, which can take up to two months chance.' spoken with SA Secretary Adam Carr about members had seen the case," Miranda said. and give him a better chance at overturning the This change was worked on last last year and I placing this constitution change on the ballot. This first appeal to the appeals board length- verdict. earlier this year by an ad hoc committee, made | If passed by three—fourths of the student ened the appeal process by a week or more, "I know it (appealing to the Proctor) sounds up mainly of professors. Shannon Wong said, "I body, the amendment will remove the first level according to Miranda. Both the accused and scary," said Honor Council member Libby don't think anyone on the Honor Council op- of appeal for someone guilty of an Honor Code Honor Council members spend much time on Schwartz. "We want to give the accused abetter posed it." violation. The change would go into effect the first appeal, which is wasted when the case immediately. is appealed to the Proctor. The appeals system now begins with a board According to Honor Council member Shan- Judicial Procedure unclear of three voting Honor Council members who non Wong, the first appeal with the Honor have not heard the case, then the case is referred Council appeals board "seemed somewhat continued from page 1 WRC President Ryan McDonald."Bill [Davis] to the Proctor. The third appeal is to President extraneous because it never seemed to resolve The major controversy surrounding the case and I are in agreement The day I spoke with Dr. Rupp. things and it (the case) would always go to the concerned the lack of explicit, delineated judi- Holt, we had an informal meeting and 5 presi- The new proposal gives the first appeal to the Proctor." cial procedure. The question revolves around dents agreed that colleges should have the op- tion [to go to University Court or the proctor], Proctor, instead of the Honor Council appeals Other Honor Council members agreed that whether a college can be defined as an organiza- said McDonald. board. All other parts of the appeal process will the board almost never reversed the original tion and thus gain the right to choose whether to be the same. verdict. deal with University Court or with the proctor. A "The judicial code is not explicit. It doesn't meeting of masters and presidents scheduled for Currently, nine Honor Council members at- "Of all the accusations received to date for say colleges are organizations, and it doesn't say February 18, addresses that issue, according to colleges aren't organizations. My major com- plaint was that there was never a time where Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU Will Rice went before an impartial boa. and pleaded its case. In the future, colleges should have the option to have a case heard. I asked (DTH5R PEOPLE UJBRB RUNNING ...WHERE HIS SUPPORT WAS THE PRINCB ISSUEPA SO HE WENT TO lOUJA... Proctor Holt if there would be a time to plead our FOR PRESIDENT, BUT THIS DIDN'T TOO LOW TO 5E MEASUREP. SHERMANE5QUE STATEMENT. FATS PR1NCS ALBERT... case, and he said 'sure, go right ahead'. He said it wouldn't make any difference what 1 said OTHER PEOPLE IOWA IOWA I WILL because it wouldn't change the fine." SHOULDN'T BE IS KBY! ISA \ TAKE PRESIDENT. I JOKE! we "The way current Rice judicial code is writ- 5H0ULP. SOUTH! ten, there are no stipulations addressing residen- tial colleges. Colleges fall in no one's jurisdic- tion. By default, the proctor becomes the en f ore ing agent," said Student Association Represen- tative to the Alcohol Advisory Committee Bill Davis. Precedents exist for imposing fines upon residential colleges. "Colleges have been fined in the past. Last year Sid Rich was fined S5(X) for throwing things off the balcon," explained McDonald. [PRINCE ALBERT'S SUPPENLY, IN THE WINGS, HIS UNPERSTUPY "This speaks badly in terms of the alcohol SOUTHERN STRATEGY THE VOTERS WEREN'T SO SURE GEORGIA SENATOR SAM NUNN FROZE IN HORROR. policy. Hopefully it won't be taken as a prece- SEEMED A GOOD BET. CLEAREP HIS THROAT. dent, because we are making efforts to amend I PUN NO, RELAX. J5S' the judicial code. The general consensus is that I'M ONE ^ k AHEM! OH, GOP, CLSARIN'MAH PRINCB... the alcohol policy needs to be changed, but the OF Y'ALL. NO... THROAT. THANKS only way to amend the code is to petition the ANYWAY... President and the Board of Trustees," said Rue- A meeting of the Alcohol Advisory Commit- tee Monday discussed the WRCe issue. Two changes were informally decided upon. The interpretation of the number of people attending aparty will depend on the total number entering, not the number of people in the building at an) given time. The form that social chairmen use to register parties will also become more binding Davis said that the Alcohol Advisory Committee had also taken steps to correct the code. "We recommended that the [WRC ] 0 IpRJNCE ALBERT HATEP THE LATER, DURING A SPECIALLY ...WHICH,NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE THE PRJNCE BLEWJHEM AWAY! fense be treated as a college offense as opp°ed s HUMBLER-THAN-THOU SEG ~ PR1NCE WAS FORCED TO SHOUT. HANDICAPPED EVENT FOR JUST MENTS OF THE DEBATES... THE PRINCE, THE VEEP, ANP to an individual offense. In the future, a constf PIERRE LEPETB... MY DADDY MADE sus of our committee and University Court agr«< MY LOG CABIN MY FAMILY ATE ME SHOVEL PIG that colleges should be considered as organ17-2 MAS SMALLER MY DADDY MAPE BARK DURING MANURE! tions," said Davis. THAN YOUR LOG ME SCRAPE THE THE GREAT YEAH, ANP IT Will Rice desired the option to plead its ^ / CABIN! DEPRESSION! BOAT! PA!P OFF! in University Court for the principle more ih' / MY DAPP/MADE lS 1 ME ROLL THE from any hope of winning. "My feeling vcn 1 COURTS! we would have pleaded no contest gi circumstances," said McDonald. . The administeration seems to be in favor 0 ' ft clearer policy. "I haven't gotten any feedback from Dr. Holt, but the impression I gotwa>! ^ V Dr. Stebbings thought that in the future c0 8 K 1 should have thc option open," said McDi" THRESHER Opinion Friday. February 19.1988 5 Extremist LaRouche speaks to skeptical students extra currency to be loaned for FDR- heavy metal music and soft rock. He under for credit card fraud. Rouche Presidential campaign. "NEWS ANALYSIS style infrastructure projects, such as assured everyone backward mes- "There is no evidence of credit card The court case charges him on 107 fresh water, transportation, agricul- sages must affect listeners ("it does fraud ever," he said. "They didn't counts and estimates that his follow- by Mike Raphael ture, and housing projects. Never work, that's why it's done"), appar- have a credit card case so they came ers made over 2,000 unauthorized The big question at last Friday's mind the plausibility of LaRouche's ently confusing cause and effect. up with conspiracy to intend to ob- charges. As of May, LaRouche had speech at Rice by extremist Presiden- assertion that this move will cause a LaRouche held that rock music and struct justice." However, numerous accumulated $21 million in fines for tial candidate Lyndon LaRouche was 20 percent increase in per capita in- LSD were together "turned loose in people have testified that his disciples ignoring subpoenas to testify in the fl0i whether the man's ideas would come (if that strategy worked, the 1963, distributed by a network that swindled them out of money, often case; the government then confis- j^e him an excellent President, but government would issue more money included the late Margaret Mead." thousands of dollars, by selling publi- cated LaRouche companies and of- whether he would entertain with all over the place), but LaRouche Credit Fraud cations in airports to credit card cus- fices nationwide toward payment. comments as extreme as those re- seems not to realize the catastrophic One of several issues LaRouche tomers and then using card numbers LaRouche is now on trial for obstruct- corded throughout his paranoid past crash of the dollar's value such a lied about was the investigation he is to charge contributions to the La- ing justice in ignoring the subpoenas. 5ome students in the nearly-filled monetary increase would prompt. Hamman Hall came prepared to ques- Moments after announcing this BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed tion LaRouche on his exploits. plan, LaRouche blasted Treasury The author of such tracts as "Hitler: Secretary James A. Baker for his pom realize NO POUBT, ft ... NOT TV MENTION US SURREPTITIOUS Runaway British Agent," "Kissin- they've got photo PtSWfWNQ REVELATION "idiotic idea that if we drop the value SATELLITES UP THERE TO ALL THOSE NOSE PICKERS. ger: the Politics of Faggotry," and the of the dollar we can sell more exports. THAT CAN SEETHE CLANPESTINE \ CRIME-COMMITERS. man behind the "Throw Jane Fonda to My question is how would we pay for COLOR OF OUR EYES the Whales" bumpersticker, La- them." Besides dropping the dollar's Rouche did entertain at times with his value more than Baker (or anyone special view of reality. else) would ever imagine, La- For instance, LaRouche asserted Rouche's gargantuan increase in the thai there aren't any farm subsidies in money supply would spark rampant America; that the story aboutacidrain inflation that would wipe out any is a fake since industries have already nominal gains in income the work- cleaned up their pollution; that force made, and probably would send "Amiwid Hammer and the Holly- the country into economic turmoil. wood mafia" are out to get him; and Secondly, LaRouche would have OH, YOU KNOVJ... THOSE UGLY thai f >-st food hamburgers contain . America colonize Mars, based on a OUVEK TOLP ME. THEY LITTLE MINOR THINGS ME ALL I'M TO "kangaroo meat and reconstituted theory that's too ridiculous to outline HAVE SATELLITES THAT PO.. BUT NOT IN FRONT OF OH, UNPERSTANP PRIVATE LIKE EACH OTHER... GROSS THINGS New / aland glue." here. In sum, he claims that on Mars, can see us. anytime. you com things THING5 / WHAT WE NEVER IMAGINE what / BIM more often the audience saw he could aim machines to outer space IN PRIVATE. THINGS ? YOU KNOW I CHRISTIE KNOW., THINGS ? 3RINKUY \ I not *li« humor of a comic but the in order to gain the knowledge to spec:, ie of a man so much in his own develop anew source of energy based world J: at the facts of the real world on a "matter-antimatter reaction." don'' c oncern him, a man who lies so Though the project will take "fifteen easily hat he won't admit to saying to twenty years," LaRouche insists it thin!1' he said just moments before, a will "cost nothing, because of the ma:: ho paradoxically sees himself increased tax revenue base the new as tlie only rational force in a crazy energy source will bring." wor!' he nevertheless wishes to save. From here, LaRouche sees his SORRY LaRouche, 65, gestures freely as he ideas as the blueprint for an American m A/A I REALLY PO NQ spca.. head bobbing back and forth, Utopia. Now that LaRouche has us i vt spy, APPRECIATE and s onetimes leaving the podium to earning so much more money, and has SATELLITES CLICK THE RAMIFICATIONS step • loser to the audience. He talks the government raking in the bucks, SNEAKtN Op.;- . and with equal pretense of he can solve any problem. The defi- AR0UNP... PEEKtN POWN.TAKIN' expo- knowledge, on everything cit? Gone. AIDS? Throw government PICTURES... THE from tie complex subjects of eco- money into care and research. Drugs? RAMIFICATIONS \ colonizing Mars, and foreign ARE KNEE- Pay all it takes for enforcement. As BOGGLING poL to social issues such as AIDS, LaRouche said, with a 20 percent roc? sic, and drug abuse. increase in per capita income, "there Anti-government are very few problems we could not H>s peech was imbued with a viru- solve." LaRouche will make us lens '. government current, a theme wealthy and use our wealth to solve I WW*, LaRouche has consistently voiced all our problems. Check and mate. since, he worked in various Marxist AIDS 1HEYR6 MATCHING organizations between 1948 and 1968 LaRouche got himself into heavy FROM ABOVe * under t he name Lyn Marcus (aplay on trouble on the AIDS problem. PRIVACY Id HISTORY.' 7 Lenin and Marx). LaRouche asserted "You're hearing lies about AIDS, POeS ANY50OY CARS that'the government is "filled with everytlugg you hear is all bunk," he meRBMtllTCBM?/ idiots" who often lie to hide the truth said. Contradicting every major study Heuo? from the public. For instance, he be- ye.t done, LaRouche said that AIDS lieves that to save money the govem- can be spread by casual contact, and ment is hiding the extent of the AIDS he went even further to insist that the problem because "if you and I, in virus is more easily transferable by general, all knew what the problem saliva than by semen. really s, we'd scream for more gov- Responding to a round of mur- ernment. spending." mured disagreement by the audience, In his anti-government paranoia, LaRouche explained that "casual THE YUPPIE CREAM /$ LaRouche has previously announced PEAP, BtNKUzY...4NP T HERE / MY WEALTH.. I cm &£ tr CHOCOLATE contact," as it is used in the health 0R vmLLfl 7 at AM ASHAMEPI MS A MY FORTUNE... MY NO Mote s HZtes OWN least two CIA plots to assassinate profession, means the same thing as a MATERIAL 6RIP ON hi TOOMLUNG PARTICIPANT ni, in 1973 and 1978. Friday, he "one-night stand." IN TH0S6 PHANTOM THE HOCUM VALUES merrAtL/ FALSZ / claimed that the government's recent He launched into an absurd theory tP6AL5 OF WIS EMPTY / PT&M/ investigation of him for tax evasion that quantitative formulas determine (he s paid no income taxes in the past if AIDS victims should be quaran- ten years) is but another example of tined: "If you have a school of 1,000 government out to get him. people and one has AIDS, that's no LaRouche claimed he spoke to late threat, "he said. "But if you have that 'A director William Casey in 1984 school with five with AIDS, that is." that Casey vindictively warned: Rock and Roll a grand jury will go after you, I don't LaRouche compounded his follies know what for, but we'll come up by taking one of the most politically FROM AN "ACTS OF GOP " ^ something." The income tax unwise positions possible: crusading PERSPECTIVE, THINGS JUST c la ' rges, LaRouche assumes, are what against rock music on a campus. rWIMIIIl HAVEN'T BEEN THE SAMC SINCE e government came up with. "Every significant major rock group LIZ TAYLOR LOST THOSE 200 POUNPS Eut LaRouchc's tirade against the is run from Alistair Crowley's of- \ _ / L fatus 1uo government isn't half fice," said LaRouche,'referring to the au ghable as what a LaRouchian nineteenth-century devil worshiper. K government would itself be like. Taken to task by questioners, Two-pronged plan LaRouche moments later denied ever What would LaRouche do if Presi- saying anything of the sort. But he CTlt a • He proposes, even insists upon, continued to blast rock music for ^"-pronged plan for prosperity. having subliminal satanic messages lrst, LaRouche would have the etched backward on album tracks. He £°vemrnent issue about $2 trillion of refused to distinguish between, say, 6 Friday, February 19,1988 THRESHER News Presidential candidates discuss student concerns continued from page 1 students think." all students. "I can't think of any Senate." He agreed, though, that serve Rice's reputation as the best have let it pass," Lutton said, saying Shah said that communication programs that have been specifically Rice's 100-200 clubs would make education for the best price. He also the S A is not designed as something to must be improved through the col- targeted at colleges;" he said, adding, this a logistical problem. warned that students have about a write on a resume. leges. Representatives need to say "The way I see it, off-campus students Shah said that his major concern is year to make effective input on Food ' Karsner cited the unsuccessful at- what's going on, he said, but students are welcome to participate in any the poor quality of student advising at and Housing's decisions, calling it, tempt to pass a resolution on an out- also need to come and find out. program that's going on—all we can Rice. "window of opportunity." door pool as this year's greatest SA "Will Rice will attest that. . .my do is make sure they know everything "Student advising," he said,"is a All three candidates strongly failure. When the SA knew about it door is always open." Karsner said. that's going on." weak link in the Rice experience," agreed that the athletic department's last year, it "should have thrown it out He stressed the "human dynamic" He mentioned that the wish of producing some minor inconven- projected $1 million deficit is not a to the student body immediately," he involved in the election, since the some OC students to see anon-smok- iences and some major mistakes. He good reason to trim the scale of Rice's said. candidates agree on so many issues. ing lounge in the RMC is something claims he has "seen too many students athletic program or to pull out of the Shah spoke of the SA's failure to "We have the responsibility to go to the SA should address. come up with problems that resulted Southwest Conference. support Biology Professor Joe Martin the students," he said. The candidates spoke of some indi- from poor advising." Karsner, asked about the coherent as the SA's greatest recent failure, as Many in the audience expressed vidual concerns. Lutton, stressing the Shah also advocated better food, minor, said that he opposed it because an instance where students widely concern about OC students' aware- quality of the student atmosphere, not different ways to pay for it, as a the proposed classes would be "UT. supported an issue and the S A did not ness of SA activities. Karsner sug- said he would like to see the clubs and solution to Food and Housing's cur- sized megaclasses" and the books get involved. Martin left the univer- gested that the SA should once again organizations at Rice meet periodi- rent dilemma. would be expensive. sity last spring after he was denied admit OC Senators. "We need to get cally to "discuss the directions they Karsner mentioned "exponentially In response to a question from the promotion despite widespread stu- the communication lines open," he want to take, and the concerns that rising tuition" several times and audience, the three candidates spoke dent support. said. unify all students that don't necessar- stressed that students must voice their about what they felt to be their strong- The candidates addressed the prob- Shah said moving off campus may ily fall into the realm of the Student opinions on this soon in order to pre- est points. lem of improving student/SA com- indicate that OC students do not want Karsner said that, as the candidates munication, notably with off-campus to be involved, so they're a harder agreed on so many of the issues and all students, throughout the debate. Lut- group to target. He suggested mail- Chip Lutton - Baker wanted to do a good job, student have ton mentioned the introduction of the ings, special lectures and subsidized to decide who it is they want "to sit Office faces and he is publishing a Statesman as an important new effort meals at colleges to involve them across from President Rupp or Proc- summary that will identify these areas to inform students, and said, "One more. "It's a problem that falls to the tor Holt" for improvement and give updates on important thing is, not suggestion residential colleges, " he said. "Col- He said he felt he had the ability to the changes taking place. boxes, but surveys, so students can lege presidents and representatives get people excited. "This is what's "Placement services at Rice have put down ideas and things they're need to get back to their constituency. dear to me," he said, "representing been substandard in the past; the SA thinking." He emphasized that repre- Maybe the presidents and senators people." should identify the main concerns and sentatives must be approachable, but aren't doing their job." Shah said he believes he has the achieve fitting solutions," Lutton that "students have to let their repre- Lutton said that Rice is organized ability to "go out and get the fickle says. sentatives know what they're think- by college, but the S A gears programs students"—the ones who are neither "The health services are limited in ing. So many smaller issues are really to all students. Lutton believes the S A strongly for nor strongly against—to the space that they occupy; they cut-and-dried once we find out what has made conscious efforts to reach support S A activities. He said, "I want should have the capacity to diagnose to be a discoverer, a reflector, an students more completely. That's advocate of studentneeds and wants." something that can be investigated Lutton, naming communication Baker junior Chip Lutton —J. Yao and have alternatives proposed," he again as amajor issue, saidhis dedica- by Pab Schwendimann continued. tion qualifies him to be S A President. Baker junior Chip Lutton, a candi- "We must ensure that the Minority "I thought a lot about what it would do date for Student Association Presi- office, as a new office that addresses to my week, my days, " he said, and dent, says that he is running because specific groups of students, works to concluded that he is committed to "I believe this next year at Rice is the expectations of its creators. One "finding out what students think and critical; we are a highly ranked uni- way that we can do that is through S A- seeing those concerns through." Al- versity with a growing reputation, yet suggested programs to ensure that the though he doesn't feel he's an "idea our internal structure has remained integration of minorities at Rice is man," he does feel he would be a good unchanged for several years." complete. administrator, able to represent what He identifies four areas of student "Although the problems that Food the students want to see happen. life tha^he plans to improve as SA and Housing has been experiencing Elections will be held February 23 President. concern the colleges directly, the SA for SA President as well as a number These include improving student has the responsibility of seeing them of other positions campus-wide. Will Rice junior Andy Karsner —J.Yao services, the political environment on move in the direction the students campus, communication between want," said Lutton. students and the administration, and Second, he will improve the politi- Saurabh Andy Karsner- WRC "the little things" such as tennis court cal environment on campus. He says, lights, paved jogging trails, non- "There are forums at universities na- by Martha Jenkins for the SA which is in line with the smoking lounges, and pool tables for tionwide that address important is- Shah - Will Rice junior Andy Karsner, students' wishes. "The SA needs a the Rice Manorial Center. suses, and that's something we need one of three students running for facelift," said Karsner. " I want to He will strive to improve and im- to see at Rice. We need to get rid of our Student Association President, views readjust the relationship between the plement effectively the various stu- reputation for having a largely apa- Wiess the job of president of the SA as the SA and the administration as well as dent services around campus. thetic student body and start to foster by Jean Chen communication link between the the relationship between the SA and Lutton has served for two years as the type of political enviomment When asked to define the role of the administration and the students. He the students." SA senator from Baker. He partici- expected from a top-notch univer- Student Association president, Sau- believes that this link can be better "This year the issues facing the S A pated on the University Ad Hoc sity." rabh Shah replied, "The president accomplished by setting an agenda are like no other. In the past, emphasis Committee for Career Services and Third, he will improve communi- should not only be a leader, but also has been on issues like Campanile served as chairman on the SA cation at all levels of student govern- the point man, the link between the salaries and such, although these Committee on Career Services and ment. "Communication is one of the students, the S A, and the administra- OPEN 24 HOURS matters, too, are paramount. Prob- Placement As chairman, he has dis- most essential issues to the S A Presi- tion." st Karsner, page 7 covered the problems the Placement dential race, for the simple reason that Shah, a Wiess junior, is one of the it's something we've lacked in .the three candidates running for SA past. Students don't know what their president this year. He has played an Rice Special Senate or Administration is doing, the active role on campus. His credentials Feb. 19-26 Senate^ doesn't know what the stu- include being a member of the dents want. This is what we need to Committee on Examinations and address. Standings, the Committee on Com- "I think the establishment of the munity Affairs, and the Student Park- Statesman will help improve Senate- ing Appeals Board. DRIVE student communications. We also Shah's definition of the SA lievcs see Lutton, page 7 see Shah, page 7

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^hti COuJU U (jOU/l Sponsored by the Rice Career Planning & Placement Office and J-Kkj fUuniw,! $2.00 plus toll, If any The Advertising Educational Foundation, Inc. 8 Friday, February 19,1988 THRESHER News Hanszen hosts Fight Night tonight in Autry Court Hanszen College will host Fight College Night will be held April Night tonight. After the fights, come IN THE COLLEGES 27. ! to the TKO party in the commons. An eighth single room has been The party starts at 10 p.m. by Steve Eichner established, and room 123 will be For everybody who likes to be in entation week coordinators on Tues- turned into a quad beginning next pictures, the yearbook picture will be day, February 23. Petitions are due by year. taken Sunday, February 21 at 1 p.m. midnight on February 21. Brown College campaign in the quad. Candidates should submit peti- speeches for coordinators will be The college extends its congratula- tions to Russell Ross or Steve Tuesday, February 23 with elections tions to Paul Tracy and Lucy Martin, Grobmyer. Candidates will give on the following day. next year's Orientation Week coordi- speeches on Monday, February 22 Congratulations to next year's nators. after dinner. In the event of a runoff, it executive cabinet: Lisa Montez, Jones College will host its college will be held on Thursday, February President; LaVeme Chang, Execu- night tonight at 6:30. College night 25. tive Vice President; Pampee Paul, will be proceeded by a reception at WRC will hold a mock beer-bike Internal Vice-President; Aviva 5:30 for seniors and associates at the on Sunday, February 21. The Ajmera, Treasurer; and Harris Sen- Jones House. women's race will be at 3 p.m., and turia, Secretary. Jones College master Walter Isle the men's race will be at 3:30 p.m. The Constitution Revision will host this reception. Sid Richardson College's Bache- committee will meet Tuesday, Febru- After dinner, everybody is encour- lor Party will be Saturday night. The ary 23 at 10:00. aged to go see Steve Sain, Patrick party begins at 10 p.m. and is free. Lovett College elections begin Clark and Jim Fitzpatrick box at Wiess College has purchased some Tuesday. Off-campus students may Autry Court. pots, pans, and bakeware. If anyone use their subsidies at lunch. Will Rice College will hold elec- wants to use them, they are stored in The Casino Party has been moved tions for sophmore, junior, and senior Steve Eichner's room (132) and will from March 12 to March 19. representatives to the Diet, Student be distributed on the ID system. The room-check schedule is now Association Senator, social coordina- Baker College will host its availible. Get ready to preview the I V I v, tors, programs coordinators, and ori- Awards Night April 7. rooms for next year. Renovation rumors unfounded by Jeff Solochek contracts for the library project. The Akers said. Rumors that the library renovation university contracted H. A. Lott, Inc., In addition, the university board project has spent all of its allocated for the architectural renovation of the appropriated $750,000 to retrofit the funds have no basis in fact, according library, and Wey Engineering for the mechanical equipment in the refur- t6 Vice President for Administration retrofitting of the heating, air condi- bished section of the library. Next William Akers. "There's not a ques- tioning, and ventilation systems to year, Akers said, the library is sched- tion of running out of money," said meet 1988 code requirements. uled to receive $350,000 more to Lucky will fight in Hanszen's Fight Night tonight at Autry Court. —L. Cowsar Akers. "Everything that has been The rumors that the project has complete the ventilation system for requested [by the library committee] gone over budget likely arose from the fourth floor of the library. has been approved." this decision to renovate "as far as the Another $250,000 has been spent Advertising magnate Akers also said that the library has money goes," Akers commented. He on asbestos abatement, he added. not made any requests for additional stressed that the university already This money has already been allo- funding to date. has the money necessary to complete cated. to speak Tuesday Head Librarian Sam Carrington the project. Carrington noted further that if the by Mary Elliott Administrative Secretary for the Of- supported Akers' statements, noting The budget for the architectural contractors go over budget, the uni- Chairman of Kurnit Communica- fice of Career Planning. further that the renovation is currently renovation, estimated and contracted versity will lose no money. tions Shepard Kurnit will speak on In August of 1985, Kumit founded ahead of schedule. "The library will at two million dollars, was raised by The current renovation project will advertising on Tuesday, February 23, Kumit Communications with the be ready by the time school begins in the Development Office through bring Fondren Library "into the at 7 p.m. in the Famsworth Pavillion "evowed purpose of dedicating a late August," Carrington said. foundation support, private individu- twenty-first century," according to of the Ley Student Center. substantial measure of its time and The university has awarded two als, and other sources of income, Carrington. In addition to updating Kurnit Communications is a major talents to 'causes of concience." Kur- the ventilation system and lighting advertising company based in New nit Communications' projected hiii- and replacing the furniture in the York City founded by Kumit, who ings for its first year in business were second floor lobby, the contractors has worked for over 31 years in the ad- $10 million. will "automate" the library. vertising business. Kurnit began his career in advertis- Circulation and "technical proc- The Office of Career Planning and ing during his undergraduate yeas > in essing" will be located in the base- Placement and the Advertising Edu- the Parsons School of Design as an ment and will remain open for longer cational Foundation will sponsor the Art Director.In 1954, he opened an art hours. The library's 1.3 million vo- speech. and sales promotion agency, which lumes will be coded with magnetic "A lot of students are interesed in evolved into Delehanty, Kurni! arid tape to prevent theft of library materi- PR (Public Relations) advertising... Geller, an advertising agency. In als. Also, "clean" electrical sockets this is an opportunity for them to learn 1983, Kurnit joined Ephron, Raloy, will be available for personal or lap- how advertising works and how to get Tsao and Kurnit as chairman.Under top computers in the first floor public into it and probably some realities Kumit's tutelage, billings quadrupled area, including the new reserve room. about it," said Margaret Harris, within one year. - * a -A

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September 1, 1948

A battle to admit blacks: My dear Mr. Tyson:

...I myself believe that separa- tion of the races is necessary You have done more damage to Rice in my own State for the welfare of both white and colored. But than any student in history' I am firmly convinced that this by Michael Raphael question is one for decision by the people of the separate At times, Brady Tyson said, he felt like he was talking to a wall. ciples of integration but were too apa- states, and not Constitutionally Tyson, Thresher editor in 1948-49, led the paper in what probably was its most thetic to do anything about it. radical editorial stance ever. "They were more uninterested than under the authority of the Fed- ' He urged something we take for granted now: that "qualified Texas Negroes" concerned," he remembers. "The sci- eral Government. 0Ught to be allowed to attend Rice. That concept, though, was just too much in ence and engineering movement did the 1840s for some people involved with a Southern school founded exclusively not lend itself to change, the faculty Sincerely, for white students. was often aloof, and the administra- The letters poured in, creating a rulings holding segregation to be un- tion vehemently opposed the change." J. Strom Thurmond controversy at Rice which struck the constitutional. Even Thurmond, now He rarely encountered any aggres- chord of change ringing in the South at one of the most conservative members sion from others on campus due to his Governor of the time, as the old racial structure of the Senate, would probably distance ideas, Tyson says, but few people felt was giving way to the new. It was a himself from such a view. like supporting him either. One inci- South Carolina time when black students were ap- Tyson recalls the letter, and notes dent does stick in his mind: pealing to the courts to m ake Southern that he supported Thurmond for "When I was in line to get my class universities allow them to study there. President that year. "I agreed with ring, a senior administrative official ABOVE: Strom Thurmond, now 85 and one of the Tyson and the Thresher that year him that the best way to do this was to walked up to me and said, Tou have oldest and most conservative members of the U.S. were regularly covered in the Houston have the people of Texas do it," Tyson done more damage to Rice than any Senate, wrote forty years ago to then-Thresher editor Post and the Houston Chronicle, made said. "I just didn't agree with him on student in history,"" Tyson recalls. Brady Tyson, Thurmond disagreed with Tyson's view the news in most other Texas newspa- segregation." Though criticism of him was that segregation should not be tolerated in this coun- pers, earned some coverage in the New pointed and sometimes degrading, try . At the tim e, Thurmond was running for President on York Times, and drew letters from The most chilling attack on Tyson Tyson says he never had the slightest a States' Rights platform, meaning he held that aroun« the nation. "segregation is merely one of many fields in which the came in a series of letters from Coy W. doubt that what he stood for was right. State is supreme under our United States Constitution.' Many letters reveal a mentality Mills, a 1925 Rice graduate who was "How can you be wrong about some- hard o fathom forty years later. One then the principal of Jefferson Davis thing like integration?" he asks. "That from a Rice student was particularly High School in Houston. should have been done fifty years be- viciou.s: Outraged that the editor of the fore. I never had any doubts. I wasn't February 14, 1949 "It is bad enough when some profes- newspaper atjiis alma mater was stir- afraid; what were they going to do, fire sional 'do-gooder' from the North or ring up such trouble, Mills sent the me as editor of the Thresher?" Dear Mr. Tyson: East, who know absolutely nothing Thresher lists of questions obviously Tyson didn't think that raising the abou! the Negro, boldly—and IGNO- intended to discredit Tyson person- issue of admitting Blacks would cause I have noticed some of the recent RANTLY—advocates SOCIAL ally. the administration to do anything, discussion in THE THRESHER... EQUALITY between Southern One of his letters contained these since he felt the administrators Whit-s and Negroes; but, when a stu- pointed questions: wished to keep a low profile, not want- The Rice Institute was founded dent at Rice Institute, right in our ing to do anything progressive to draw "Would you agree to submit the is- and chartered specifically for mid- . assumes such an insane role it sue [of admission of blacks] to a vote of attention to Rice. white students. The question of is di 11 cult to give expression to my real the student body, and if a majority of He initially just felt like raising the feeln^s. It causes an intelligent citi- the students do not favor the admis- issue, but had no idea what a response the admission of negroes is zen t. doubt whether or not students sion of Negroes to Rice, then you and he would draw. "My goal was to have therefore not one for administra- are actually being EDUCATED at your entire staff resign? a public forum at Rice to discuss the tive consideration, and the Rice Would you be opposed to a Negro problem. I had no idea it would become discussion in this connection is Other writers, like one man from student of Rice dating your best girl a city-wide issue. I have no regrets entirely academic. Coleman, Texas, were horrified at the friend, sister, or other co-eds? about it, though, except that I was too idea of Blacks going to school with Do you think the President and the timid—I should have done even Very truly yours, whites: Board of Trustees capable of deter- more." "When I went to college, my room- mining the policies of Rice Institute, or Racial standards weren't the only W.V. Houston mate and I slept in the same double do they need advice from the type of elitism Tyson fought while at bed together. . .maybe you and the Thresher?" Rice. other staff writers of the Thresher Tyson printed the letters and an- In Tyson's time, the Rally Club was President of would not mind it, but I am glad that swered the questions in a sincere, an invitation-only group, and the Ral- The Rice Institute my daughter, who plans on going to enlightened manner. He invited Mills liers invited Tyson and two of his college next year, is not going to room to debate the race issue with him on friends to be members only after Ty- ABOVE: Rice President Houston. thought he provided with Negroes." campus, but Mills didn't respond. son was elected editor, one friend was the final word in 1949. However, the issue did become Tyson remained consistent and elected Student Association Presi- a matter "for administrative consideration* by 1965, undaunted in his writings and inter- It turned out, of course, that Tyson dent, and the other friend was elected when the university allowed blacks to matriculate. views. "We are not troublemakers," was ahead of his time. In 1965, Rice a student senator. To make an anti- BELOW: Coy Mills, Rice '25, was apalled at the Thresher Tyson defended the Thresher at the finally admitted its first Black stu- elitist statement, Tyson said, he and and seemed to hold the editors' integrity in question time. "I would rather have the people dents, and the university now has an his friends declined the club's invita- for vocalizing their Ideas. Mills sent lists of accusing take the initiative in providing equal affirmative action policy to help atone tion. questions to the editor, which were published and educational rights in the South for for the injustices it helped perpetrate answered in print. Negroes than have the federal govern- for years. TVson's stand as Thresher editor ment impose them on us." In Tyson's time here, however, the was but one step in a career of working university establishment was mark- with racial and rights issues. January 5, 1949 &rom Thurmond, then governor of edly unsympathetic to his views. Rice He now serves as the only white South Carolina and now senator from President at the time, W.V. Houston, director of the Southern Christian Dear Mr. Tyson: that state, wrote Tyson in a 1948 letter probably thought he was forever put- Leadership Conference, was on the to the editor. ting the entire issue to rest with his District of Columbia's commission on Running for President on a "state's succinct statement of February 14, making a Martin Luther King holi- Would you agree to submit the 1949, printed in the Thresher and re- day, and he works to keep abreast of rights" platform, Thurmond wished to issue to a vote of the student clarify his position on segregation. ported in the New York Times: racial issues on campuses today. body, and if a majority of the Thurmond wrote that his belief in "The Rice Institute was founded and Tyson also served as a human rights states' rights means that states chartered specifically for white stu- adviser to the federal government. students do not favor the admis- should be able to legislate segregation dents. The question of admission of AMethodist reverend, Tyson attrib- sion of Negroes to Rice, then Without interference from the federal Negroes is therefore not one for ad- utes his long-time interest in minority you and your entire staff re- government. ministrative consideration, and the rights to his religion. After graduating sign? I myself believe that separation of discussion in this connection is en- from Rice, Tyson went immediately to j;he races is necessary in my own state tirely academic." divinity school. He was a missionary r ° the welfare of both white and col- in Brazil, and then was "thrown out of Yours very truly, led. But I am firmly convinced tha!t Brady Tyson sighs when he remem- the army for complaining about tor- this question is one for decision by the ture." bers Rice. Now a professor of political Coy W. Mills People of the feparate States, and not science at American University in Tyson preached in Houston for a institutionally under the authority Washington, D.C., Tyson recalls frus- while until deciding that he wanted to federal Government," he wrote. tration throughout his editorial cam- become a professor. At American Uni- Principal, This states' rights segregationist paign. versity, Tyson is a senior professor in Jefferson Davis has since become a relic of the He feels that most Rice students in the School of International Service, High School Political past, with Supreme Court 1949 probably agreed with the prin- specializing in foreign policy. 10 Friday, February 19, 1988 The Rice THRESHER Once again, the sincere and the shamejess in print tive, I have been enriched and hon- into every facet of Rice life. The next work to strengthen ties to the AlUmnj | ored for occasional successes and I Senate should push them in this direc- Association. And, of course, an effec SA President have learned and been humbled by tion with suggestions and co-sponsor- tive format for gathering student be influenced by student concerns my mistakes. I am prepared to effec- ship of programs. opinion is badly needed. j Andy Karsner before they are implemented. With 65 tively communicate the concerns of Political awareness and involve- Then there are the important, hut percent of the student body on some the Student Association to President ment of students is important. The SA somewhat less extensive programs- form of need-based financial aid, Rupp and the administration. should offer a full agenda of speakers little things: cable TV, lighted tennis funding for this department should Being given an opportunity to and forums on issues of regional and courts, a jogging track around Rjce increase proportionately to the serveimplies areciprocating commit- national significance. student lounges, or whatever is im' administration's revenue hikes. ment. I am dedicated to innovative Communication at all levels of stu- portant to you. These are things that These issues demand immediate at- leadership and responsive representa- dent/faculty/administration relations are often easy to accomplish if We tention and should supercede minor tion. When you vote, please give me is imperative. I would work to see know that you want them. SA projects on the next president's that opportunity, and I will make Rice student opinion considered in every Together we can work to make agenda. proud of its elected leadership. university issue. I think the presidents Rice the top-notch school we all know That agenda should be made public of the clubs organized under the SA it can be. I would appreciate your sup. on the new president's first day— if should meet periodically to discuss port in my bid to be President of thc not sooner. Public accountability is Chip Lutton collective goals. The SA needs to Rice Student Association. Qualifications: Student Associa- the single most important element in lems that students petitioned the tion Senator—2 years; Will Rice Jus- addressing the aforementioned con- Saraubh Shah committee about were at least partly tice—2 years; representative to the cerns and in bringing qualitative the result of insufficient or improper standing committees on campus improvements (cable TV, discount advising; these problems could have safety and public lectures; Thresher cards, issue forums, etc.) to student been avoided. One of my prionties arts writer; R.S.V.P. coordinator for life. would be to improve the range and YMCA volunteers. While I was in the Senate, I au- scope of advising available. Advising Statement: Significant new chal- thored and passed a majority of pro- would not be forced on anyone, but lenges and dilemmas face Rice stu- posed resolutions—expressing stu- certainly it would be an asset to have dents in the coming year. Voicing dent opinions on a tuition freeze, an able, interested, and easy-to-find student opinions on the exponentially campus justice and the Proctor, and advisor you could count on. increasing tuition and fees has taken minority affairs. I actively fought for Qualifications: 1987-88 Student As SA President, I would Wurk to on new importance. Food & an outdoor pool, election reform and establish a stronger reciprocal dia- Housing's proposed changes should fiscal responsibility. As a representa- Association Senator-Baker; Ad Hoc Committee on Career Services; Chair logue between students and univer- of S A Committee on Career Planning Qualifications: Committee on sity officials. The administration i^d Placement; Observer capacity on Examinations and Standings—stu- should be encouraged (gently it first, Candidate List more vigorously if needed) to b more Baker College Cabinet. dent rep.; Committee on Community attentive and responsive to our r eds Who will serve you in 1988? Statement: With Rice's growing Affairs—student rep.; Student Park- I would also bring a more pi- onal The candidates below were included on the primary ballot as of Wednesday. national reputation as a top-notch ing Appeals Board; Rice Student element to the SA and, on an uiuivid- SA President school, it must inevitably face many Volunteer Program. ual basis, help students deal with the Andy Karsner Will Rice Junior internal changes. These are a few of Statement: I thought about writing bureaucracy of the university. My Saurabh Shah Wiess Junior the programs that I feel are vital to our something frivolous but, on second work on the Committee on Examina- Chip Lutton Baker Junior growth. thought, I'm a serious candidate for a tions and Standings and the Student SA Internal VP Student services need our immedi- worthwhile office and I have an Parking Appeals Board has empha- Baker ate attention. As my record indicates, agenda I would like to pursue. Dermis Abbott sized standing up for those being I am dedicated to better placement This year I have been a student SA External VP treated unfairly. Adam Carr Hanszen Sophomore services at Rice. Our Health Services member of the Committee on Exami- I want to be a discoverer, reflec tor, Lloyd Bellah Hanszen Sophomore is an obvious candidate for improve- nations and Standings and as a result and advocate of student needs and SA Secretary ment and facility upgrade. The new have come to the conclusion that stu- wants, and sincerely ask for your Lisa Thompson Wiess Sophomore Minority Affairs Office must address dent advising is a weak link in the vote. _ Rose Unite Baker Sophomore the integration of minority programs Rice experience. Many of the prob- SA Treasurer better.. .but it's GOT to get done. James Dean Baker Junior "Basically, as I see it, the two func- Jay Dryden Baker Sophomore RPC President tions of the RPC on this campu:. are to Jenni Rausch Hanszen Sophomore tive events like Fight Night. I've intellectually stimulate thc K ice RPC President Alex Flenner worked with Rockefeller's to open community and to entertain it...with Alex Flenner Hanszen Junior the club to Rice as a priv ate party. The programs at a university-wide level. It Steamer LeCarpentwf Wiess Sophomore idea is simply to allow all of Rice to doesn't need to be sponsoring college RPC Internal Vice President enjoy some Houston nightclubs with- parties. It does need to bring in good speakers, but it also needs to let the Piper McCalmon Hanszen Junior out worrying about age requirements. community know beforehand. Great Beth O'Donnell Will Rice Junior I also will initiate campus-wide con- strides were made when thc KK RPC External Vice President certs featuring artists such as Erasure. broke even on Esperanza, but 1 think Katy Tasheff Sid Rich Sophomore Such expensive plans become realis- quality and price of all events (and. RPC Secretary tic with corporate sponsorship. thus, attendance) can be great!) un Tricia McCutcheon Baker Sophomore Budweiser, for example, has prom- proved thru better organization, pro- RPC Treasurer ised to underwrite Beer-Bike. This is motion and distribution of man- Carol Gsell Jones Sophomore just another example of my attempts hours. We've got to increase student Elaine Howard to insure that the RPC blanket tax is involvement and we can, especially it Jay Lathen Qualifications: RPC External VP; spent entertaining the students. I think your money is better used for enter- we can get some really dedicated and Holly Williams Hanszen Junior Pub Entertainment—Concert Chair- creative college reps. Where 1 can tainment rather than publicity. If the Thresher Editor man; Senior Ball Committee; Man- help most is in communication with RPC continues this year's improve- Jen Cooper, Mary Elliott Will Rice Sophomores ager—So Wat, Coordinator—"Fight the university community—input and ments, it will become respected auto- Keith Couch, Mike Lamont Hanszen Juniors Night"; Producer—'Tommy" and promotion—here my experience in matically. Pat McGarrity, Joel Sendek Hanszen Juniors "Hair"; Baker Mentor; Designed sales and marketing will directly Campanile Editor Esperanza/ Rondelet; Hanszen Prop- apply. There are so many avenues and No petitions submitted erties. Steamer angles yet to be explored lh|S University Council Reps (2) Statement: This year fworked to LeCarpentier community's been calling ' r an Mike Raphael Will Rice Sophomore revitalize the RPC. I started as head of overhaul of the system. . . the time Michele Wucker Will Rice Junior Pub Entertainment but soon became Qualifications: S A Task Force on University Court Chairman involved in nearly every committee. Substance Abuse; Beer-Bike "Drink- ripe." Bill Barrett Jones Junior This involvement culminated in the ing Song" Choir and S ing-along coor- Honor Council Sophomore Reps (2) establishment of the External VP, the dinator, '86 and '88; 2 years experi- Chap Attwell Brown position I no w hold. My work with the ence in sales and marketing (includ- Grace Chen Hanszen formals has focused on cutting costs, ing highest volume sales at real estate Christine Mantegna Jones increasing attendance through greater company); general public service Ben Worsley Will Rice awareness, andj insuring that the projects to Rice community; rugby Kevin Yankowsky Brown music is danceable. The result for team; R.S.V.P. Honor Council Junior Reps (3) Esperanza was the greatest turnout Statement: Look, there's only one Jean-Pierre Baizan Sid Richardson ever for a formal with the smallest reason I'm running for RPC Presi- Angela Berry Hanszen financial loss. Other parties I've dent, and that's because I see an or- Libby Schwartz Jones worked on have also reflected a desire ganization with a lot of potential Honor Council Senior Reps (4) to increase awareness and create a which isn't getting utilized, and I David Lefdahl Wiess club-like atmosphere. For the Christ- want to see that it does. I don't know Kris Kocek Lovett mas party in the RMC, 1 designed why my opponent is nmning. I'd hope Moses Scheinfeld Will Rice printed tickets to increase interest in he was running for the same reason. j Shannon Wong Hanszen the party. The party was noted for thc And if he is, then it really doesn't j Honor Council 5th-year Rep dance music and light display. matter who wins—it's just a choice of i N'o petitions submitted For the future, I plan more innova- who you think will get the job done The Rice THRESHER Friday, February 19, 1988 11 (lie Thresher should examine the is- the role of athletics and the relative sues that face Rice University with importance of undergraduate teach Thresher Editor more depth than has been provided in ing and research. The Thresher the past. One of the most pressing should serve as a forum for student jen Cooper and Mary Elliott problems at Rice is the issue of the input into these important decisions. week's issue, the news and fine arts role of minorities in the university We also feel that the Thresher section in particular. Do you like what community, especially in the faculty. should comment more fully on sig- you see? Good—we've worked hard The embarassing scarcity of blacks nificant events outside the hedges. to enhance the quality of our pages. If and other minorities is indicative of a Stories like "Perfume can aid work" you don't like what you see, talk to us. larger problem here. and "Snowman 50 feet tall" (Feb. 12) We are willing to make any necessary The will to correct this has been would be more at home in the changes to benefit the student body. Keith Couch and shown by the administration and fac- Enquirer than in a major university's We feel that the Thresher is an open ulty, but the basic problem is that the paper. forum for all the students, not just Mike Lamont Rice community does not provide an We feel that we are the best candi- those who happen to work for the Qualifications: Keith: two years atmosphere to attract these people. dates for editor. We have experience newspaper. We each spend an on Thresher staff, now a sports editor. Until something can be done about with the long hours needed to produce average of 20 hours a week in the Qualifications: Mary.Thresher MichaeUThresher writer, now study- this, Rice will continue to lose out- a quality newspaper. And we have the Thresher office. We have the neces- c0-iiews editor, production manager, ing as the C.D. Broad Scholar at Cam- standing black faculty such as Julius intelligence and motivation to make juff writer. High school editor-in- sary qualifications to run a student bridge, covering American politics Scott and Dwight Anderson, who left the Thresher a more important part of chief. Ten: Thresher fine arts editor, newspaper and we are willing to for the Cambridge student magazine. here last year. campus life. devote the necessary time and energy production assistant, staff Statement: We are concerned that Rice also faces critical choices 011 P.S. We will get rid of Rubes. wriicr.Campanile assistant editor. it takes to make the Thresher a quality Rice is not much different. This is High school yearbook editor-in- newspaper. Also, we like misclass. Please vote unacceptable. chicf. SA External VP For Rice to achieve the academic S(atement; Take a look at this for us on Tuesday. Try and think, what has the SA recognition it deserves, we must gain Pat McGarrity and Joel Sendek Lloyd Bellah really done for you? Nothing. What the respect of other college campuses Thresher editor in high esteem. It is do we really get out of the $1.50 blan- and their students. This past year, the not an easy job, but requires an in- ket tax we pay to support the SA's Student Association joined the credible time commitment, dedica- habits? The Statesman, an ATM American Association of University tion, and responsibility just to pro- machine, Lydon LaRouche, come Students. That's barely a start. duce the paper; however, we won't be on!! How about being able to useyour Serving as SA Secretary for the satisfied with just producing the pa- ID to buy food at the Pub. This is the past year, I have corresponded with per. Our editorials are going to incite type of new idea that we need, and it student organizations at other univer- controversy, not just react to it. A might save us the Pub. sities about student elections, our newpaper 's reputation depends on the I just want to do a good job. Thank plus/minus grade system, and the accuracy of its reporting. We will you. tenure resolution I sponsored with encourage meticulously accurate Wiess President Bill Davis and Will Qualifications: Joel: Thresher news reporting in an effort to avoid Adam Carr Rice President Ryan McDonald. I sports editor this year; wrote news misrepresenting the views of anyone I am very interested in getting more plan to continue such correspon- and features for previous two years; who is quoted in the Thresher. involved at Rice. I have not yet had dences. Cvnranile writer; Hanszen Tower If some people only want to read any official involvement with the As Vice-President for External Fiinor (aiuinni newsletter); Orienta- the backpage, that's fine too, for we Student Association, but I feel thai not Affairs, I will deliver another good . Week advisor; high school news- will make every effort to print every having been involved in the SA this directory early in the fall, and I will p.:v; editor-in-chief. Pat: Thresher submission not dealing with ham- year will help my candidacy. My print an addendum in January. I have ,i! i.,lion staff and news staff; sters. current roommate is Adam Carr, the a bit of experience here—I delivered Carn; mile writer and business rnan- In order to encourage the most S A secretary now, and I have learned the directory to the colleges for k t, K.TRU staff; Orientation Week diverse and creative misclass pos- about the ways in which the S A works Robert Nevill this year. advi-or; High school yearbook edi- sible, censorship will not be em- for him. I am sick and tired of hearing I also have experience in dealing !'j! in chief. ployed unless absolutely necessary. of S A meetings filled with incidences with parents and the Houston com- Statement: Together we have The calendar will be more extensive of politico infighting, instead of in- munity. This past fall 1 gave a talk on been involved in all aspects of the and more accurate. We will continue vestigation of the problems of Rice. Qualifications: SA secretary and "Student Activities at Rice" as pari of I hrsher, from writing and assigning to employ a features editor to keep the The S A, in my opinion, is a bunch election chairman, Hanszen section the Parents' Weekend Program; I also an icles to the final paste-up in the wee Thresher as interesting and enjoyable of resume-padding politicos and it's representative, R.S.V.P. Outreach, participated in a very successful Out- hours. Despite our large time invest- as possible. time to run these jerks out of town. I Role in Tommy Musical, Thresher reach Day. ment with Thresher activities, we We have done the job in the past. am able to do this, and I cuarantee that News staff and Hanszen In-the-coi- Last year, when I ran for S A Secre- have also been active in other organi- We know we can not only get the job I will if I'm elected. leges reporter, Rice Rally Club. tary, I said in my election statement zations at Rice as noted above. We done as Thresher editors next year, Some people think I'm a joke can- Statement: But Rice is just one of that "communication is the key to a bow this university. but we will also do it well. Voteforus didate, but I'm not. I'm running those large Southwest Conference successful Senate." Communication Both of us hold the position of and we won't let you down. against my roommate, but that's be- schools! My M.I.T. interviewer said is more than that—its effectiveness cause he wasn' t cut out for this kind of this two and a half years ago. The sad will determine the success of the uni- work. part is that the national perception of versity. Thank you. SA Treasurer pressed, sports-minded, concerned the trouble of a possible case of indi- these and other questions is the SA about the future, and occasionally a Jay Dryden gestion, I'm going to cut through the •James Dean treasurer's responsibility and because party-animal. I hope that you and I crap. no one had stepped forth to fill this share some of these traits because the I have thoroughly read the post, there was cause for alarm. bottom line is that you elect someone constitution and by-laws of the Stu As I suspect, my opponents and I to office who should act in a manner dent Association and am fully aware probably seem similarly capable of representative of yourself. Although I of the duties and responsibilities of carrying out the job. This leaves you might have been called a "REBEL the position of treasurer. the task of picking a candidate on WITHOUT A CAUSE" in another I feel that I have both the account- personal merits. I believe that I am life, as SA treasurer your concerns ing skills and the determination to just your average Rice "Joe": aca- and the obligations of office surely fulfill the financial aspects of this demically stressed, financially would count as my "cause." •_ position. I will devote all the time, necessary to satisfy these duties. Jenni Rausch of its subordinate committees and the I am not a "politico" by any means, clubs and organizations it supports. but as a member of the Student Senate The SA has an important role to I will make myself as accessible as play on the Rice campus: it acts on the After sitting in front of a blar... Mac possible to the comments of students behalf of all Rice students, represent- Qualifications: Have taken and screen for several hours, I have come and communicate them to the faculty ing all their interests concerning up with enough cliches and catch and administration. excelled at Acco 305, 411; currently campus issues. I would act as one of phrases to make a person sick. They If you want a person in office that enrolled in Acco 406, 512; high these representatives for any current s come to mind so easily because that is will get the job done accurately and • ch.ool-kept daily books and ordered needs and would help in the formation what I usually associate with election promptly, conisider me when you "iventory at an electronics retail of new policies to benefit the student statements. To save myself the vote Tuesday. store; Econ/Mana/4-1 MAcco major. body and to better current campus trouble of trying to be witty and you No bullshit. Statement: As mentioned, my issues and opportunities. education and work experience have Statement: Although the duties of I would very much like to be SA given me a great deal of courage and Tricia McCutcheon RPC Secretary only read in the Treasurer because I would like to get skill to tackle many financial deci- Constitution as the keeping and the distri- more involved with the SA and all of i10,is. Because Rice is still in a flux Qualifications: College Section RPC Secretary bution of the minutes of the Council and its affairs. I feel I would do a very the Executive Committee, I see the re- r°m a university of limited national Representative; Ambiance Commit- good job as treasurer because I enjoy sponsibilities of the office as much more. recognition and a largely apathetic tee; Worked on Student Advising taking care of all the little details and I would love to give my note-taking abili- student body to a highly regarded handbook; Health awareness transactions that would be necessary ties and time to a great organization, other 'nstitution of well-rounded and con- Committee; Hanszen Advisor; Mul- for the efficient maintenance of the than required learning organizations cerned students, the SA is destined to tiple College and intramural sports; a.k.a. classes. Loyalty, caring, and a SA's budget and financial accounts. I are expanding plans and new ideas to Peer counseling Co-director; Next novice's enthusiasm are what I will inter- have had the basic accounting train- jJcc»mmodate such a transition. The year's peer counseling director; Acco mingle into the duties of RPC Secretary. ing necessary for the position of SA .v 10 implementing such novel ideas 305 And now that I am no longer employed at Treasurer and will employ it to the Willy's Pub (parents' decision), it would !s to answer the questions of financ- Statement: I fully understand that best of my abilities when fulfilling my be a tremendous pleasure and priviledge ln8: How much and when? Where can the job of S A Treasurer will entail a responsibilities concerning the up- to be. a part of another organization that Wc get this money? What other budg- great deal of work and organizational keep of the financial accounts, state- promotes social, cultural, educational, ets might suffer as a consequence? Is skills. If elected, I will be in charge of ments and balances for the Student and recreational programs as the SA lls the best alternative? Answering maintaining the financial accounts Qualifications: Baker Freshman Ad- Constitutional By-Law describes the RPC for the SAj(S-d whole as well as for all Association. visor, Previously held offices 12 Friday, February 19,1988 The Rice THRESHER food administration to the colleges, a well-established link of two-way SA Internal VP communication between the students U Court Chairman VP? Actually, a lot! and administration through the SA and will continue to confront the court Dennis Abbott My name is Dennis Abbott. I am would prevent "sudden" announce- Bill Barrett is the enforcement of the alcohol running for the position of internal ments of decisions, as was the case policy. I feel that it is in Rice students' affairs vice-president Internal is a big with the plans for the Shepherd best interest that this university COn job with many responsibilities, in- School building and the moving of tinues to allow college sponsorship ()f cluding coordinating many of the Food and Housing into Baker Col- parties, a student-run pub, arid (;P; activities of freshman week and serv- lege. versity Court jurisdiction ovei alco. ing as a liasion to the standing I would like to be a part of that link hoi policy infractions. The alterna- committees and other organizations which binds the students and the tives to the current system would be on campus. administration to form a university. I must less favorable. Only through Through my past and current posi- have always been told that if you want responsibility by students can Rjce tions, I feel that I have had the oppor- something bad enough, you will work continue to allow the freedom it cur- tunity to get to know many students hard to get it. I sincerely want the SA rently provides. and professors. This social activity to continue to be the voice of the As evident by the recent contro- Qualifications: Baker College becomes extremely important as the students and not just the voice of a Qualifications: Jones College versy surrounding the Jan. 29 partv Associates Committee; Lovett Col- Internal mediates between the issues few; and I will work hard to see that Associate Justice 86-87, Jones Col- sponsored by Will Rice, avenues of lege Co-Advisor of the S A and the students, and the S A that is the case. lege Chief Justice 87-88, University justice administered by students are Statement: What does being on an and the administration. Abbott is running unopposed, since Court Justice 87-88. not always available. One of my goals associates committee and being a co- On recurring issues such as the the other candidate for the position Statement: The University Court as U. Ct. Chairman is to see to it that advisor have to do with being internal alcohol policy, coherent minors, and withdrew from the election. is a vehicle of justice administered for the issues raised by this event are helps the student. The S A secretary is the student body, by the student body. addressed and just procedures are chairman of the elections committee, The main issue that has confronted implemented. SA Secretary takes minutes at meetings, and assists dates' Yearbook Committee, Assis- quite a strong voice myself). I feel that observed some serious problems on with the newsletter, among other tant Publicity Director for Baker I have a lot of input to give on behalf Lisa Thompson our campus. As a result of my obser- duties. I feel that I would be a useful Theatre, Club Iberoamericano, Rice of the students. As secretary, I'd be vations I decided to become more addition to the SA and would like to Chorale, cheerleader. able to express these ideas directly to involved in Rice, and so I am a candi- fulfill the responsibilities of secre- Statement: Maybe my note-taking the Senate during S.A. meetings and date for SA secretary. The SA is an tary. hasn't been 4.0 material, and maybe to you through the minutes and per organization which plays the role of my typing speed has never earned me sonal interaction. I'm ready and will- liason between the Rice students and Rose Unite the title of "Miss,Blazing Fingers," ing to get involved with the issues that administration. In the past, students but I can assure you I'm quite capable concern us from day to day, like keep- have not always been aware of the of serving you as S.A. Secretary. ing the campus "wet," the pub afloat, purpose or activities of the SA, but Even more important than my ability and the sidewalks above sea level just recently an SA newsletter was to handle the paperwork is my desire when it rains. circulated which discussed current to be involved with the S.A. I've already been an official - - re- business. Reading this newsletter, I The Senate, as a united front of all sentative of our school at numerous realized how involved the SA is in the colleges, is the sounding board for athletic and community events this Qualifications: Chairman of the trying to correct existing problems at the student body's point of view in year, but now I ask you to let me Wiess library, RSVP Tutor, Organ- Rice, such as the lack of efficiency of university-wide rulings. It's our represent you within the hedges. izer of CASA Juan Diego at Wiess, the Placement Office and bureau- strongest collective voice in the deci- Because it's not enough just to say, Member of the R A Search committee, cratic practice of having an advisor sions that affect our own lives (and "Go Owls!" when you really mean, German tutor and assistant head sign add-drop forms. I was impressed this year I think I've proven to have "Go Rice University." waiter, active in German plays. by the newsletter and the current Qualifications: Mentor, Baker Statement: My name is Lisa Th- progress of the S A, and I would like to Associates Committee Vice-Chair- ompson and in the past year I have participate in an organization which man, RA^Seardi CommitteejAsso^ RPC External VP Committee, work with the Speakers volved with OWLS, the Rice Bike Katy Tasheff Committee, and develop contacts RPC Internal VP team, and college committees and with people and organizations outside that with some creative planning, and spoils. College life needs to be a bal- of Rice. As chairman of the Speakers Piper McCalmon the support of the student body, the ance of work and play. RPC is a big Committee, with a very limited RPC can begin to fill the void left by part of that balance. The weekly par- budget I was able to help bring speak- the decline in college sponsored par- ties are just the beginning. Beer- ers and performers like Mayor Whit- ties. Bike, Esperanza, and Rondelet are mire, Billy Taylor, Lt. Mahre, who I think that the RPC must cater to big events on the RPC calendar. spoke on the exploration of the Ti- the tastes of the student body in gen- Speaking of calendars, that will be tanic, Gene Anthony, who gave a eral, so I encourage all students to one of my jobs. Getting it together presentation on "The Summer of bring their ideas to me, and especially will require communication with Love"—San Francisco's Haight- to their representatives, so that the each college and the campus clubs Ashbury district at its best. I would Council may organize the activities along with the actual printing and like to bring alumni back to the col- the students want. With your help, I distribution. A big job, but one that Qualifications: Chairman, Speak- leges to discilfe their careers and life believe that the RPC can put on some could be fun if people work together. ers/Culturaf Committee for RPC, after Rice. great parties and interesting lectures, I'm willing to take on the responsi- 1987-88, OWLS Welfare Chairman. I am excited about working v. ith Qualifications: Hanszen rep to so support me and I'll support you! bilities required to hold the office of Statement: The creation of the the Social Committee on Espenm/a R PC, Co-chair of RPC Pub Entertain- Internal Vice-President. It sounds office of External Vice-President for and Rondelet; I enjoy planning social ment Committee. Beth O'Donnell like a lot of good people are getting the Rice Program Council serves to events. Part of my intention this yea; Statement: As a member of the together to plan for next year. I hope effectively divide the duties of the in planning the speakers was to en- RPC for the past year, I have become to be one of them. Vice President into specific areas. As courage Rice students to become aware that the role of the RPC within External Vice-President, I would be more involved with activities which the university is very important, and I Lovett junior Jamie DarUwala is responsible for securing advertise- take place "beyond the hedges." would like to see some expansion of also a candidate for RPC Internal ments for the RPC calendar and Beer I am enthusiastic and capable of activities. As Vice-President, I feel Vice President, but did not submit an B ike, as well as reserving facilities for doing the work required to the that I could encourage the many election statement. Esperanza and Rondelet. I would External Vice-President. I would committee chairmen to expand their serve as a chairman of the Social appreciate your vote. Thank you activites. I have a lot of enthusiasm excellent teaching on this campus. lives of Rice students. It is instrumen- for the university itself, and the pro- It is a powerful but deserved oppor- tal in decisions like promotions and grams that the RPC supports. I think U Council tunity that we students have to put two tenure, core courses and optional it is important that the Council have representatives on University Coun- minors, the calendar, and possible leaders who are willing to expend Qualifications: Rice Activities: Mike Raphael cil, Rice's highest decision-making foreign language requirements. much time and energy on the organi- Party, Party, Party, Desperanza, Qualifications: Thresher editor of body under the Board of Governors. I To best represent student interests, zation. I am quite willing to actively Party, College night Party, Pub, the last fall, news editor last year, Will hope to energize the council with new it is important to be well-informed. As participate in and organize the many Party, TG, Party, Sally Club, Party, Rice academics chairman. suggestions, inspire action on old Thresher editor, I have become famil- aspects of the RPC. Bike Team, Party, Archi-Arts, Party, Statement:Because of my experi- ones, and—most of all—represent iar not only with many-of the issues Some specific things I would like Rondelet, Party, Beer-Bike, Party. ence with the Thresher, I am familiar the student perspective that would facing the Rice campus, but with the to see? More bands in the Pub. I hope Whew! with the issues and ideas which Uni- otherwise go unheard among faculty way decisions are finalized and im- that we can find many diverse lectur- Statement: When I think RPC, I versity Council discusses. I under- and administrators who are all too plemented. ers who will appeal to more members think "the party people" and it's true. stand the ins and outs of recent discus- used to forgetting the primary pur- One of the issues in thisyear's elec- of the student body (not just politi- RPC does do parties, a lot of them. sions on the coherent minor, calendar pose of Rice University. . tions isthe importance of students cians and academics). Also, I think Each one requires a lot of work and or* changes, and curriculum revisions. communicating with the administra- that the RPC can carry off a few more ganization. I enjoyed planning dances Most importantly, I fiercely advocate Mich&le Wucker tion. campus-wide parties throughout the and other activites in high school. As keeping excellent teachers at Rice Qualifications: Thresher editor; If a student is to demonstrate to year. I have notic4ed a severe decline Internal Vice-President I would have along with excellent researchers. News editor last fall; Will Rice Fresh- faculty gpd administrators that she is in the number of commons parties the chance to be involved again in the University Council is responsible fcfr man Advisor; Rice Playdrs; college to be taken seriously, she must be able since I have been at Rice. While I social side of school. tenure and promotion, and it is up to theater; Club des Hiboux to argue based on a thorough knowl- realize that this is mainly due to the Along with behind the scenes work students to see that it grants more than Statement: The University Coun- edge of the issues at hand. That is change in the alcohol policy, I hope with RPC functions, I have been in- lip service to the idea of fostering cil has tremendous influence on the something I can do with confidence The Rice THRESHER Friday, February 19.1988 13

within which it must work are under- that limits the RPC's flexibility. Rec- estimated. Alcohol policy has been of ognizing the importance of tradition, RPC Treasurer particular importance since the rais- I still feel that certain changes could RPC is renowned for losing money, ing of the drinking age, but budgetary be beneficial. Carol Gsell especially on formals. I can't promise constraints have always been a limit- In honor of the occasion of my that if I am elected as treasurer, we ing factor. I would like to see an campaign, I balanced my checkbook will make money. But I can promise expansion of RPC activities to try to over the weekend. As RPC Treasurer, that I will do my job—hey, I even incorporate a larger portion of the however, I pledge that the RPC have my own Mac Plus and a copy of student body with a higher frequency. checkbook will always be balanced. Excel. The RPC really does a lot more The revenue generated by more Although my primary duties will of than most students realize or appreci- events could then go to the funding of course be accounting for the RPC's ate: bands for the Pub, organizing even more activities. As a transfer to financial situation, I will always be parties and TG's, special lectures, Holly Williams Rice, I can offer new ideas that have open to input from students on the discounted tickets to cultural events, been successful at another school. activites of the RPC. The treasurer Qualifications: English/Poli Sci/ and the calendar, in addition to Esper- The viability of these options at Rice should have just as much contact with Policy Studies (lots of Econ) major, anza, Beer-Bike, and Rondelet. Let's is an area that needs to be explored. At students as college reps and other Student Financial Relations Commit- face it—the RPC is here to make sure a recent meeting to discuss the alco- Qualifications: Jones College tee and Student Activites Board RPC officers. Put my mind over your RPC Representative for 3 semesters that Rice students can have fun when hol policy for Rondelet, I was told, in money, vote Holly Williams for RPC (equivalent to RPC) at Washington effect, there is an element of tradition and a few Acco classes. they're not studying. And what do and Lee University. Treasurer. you or I like more than having fun? Statement: I know, I know, the Statement: I am seeking the office see the RPC assume a more progres- of RPC Treasurer because I believe Jay Lathen sive role in student life. They should that the RPC's job and the constraints more actively persuade students to get involved both on campus and hold an appointed position in my beyond the hedges. As RPC treasurer, college, and in it I've had some expe- SMU ill MBA I would favor allocation of funds rience organizing and budgeting ac- toward a more involved, more spir- tivities.I'm also a freshman advisor, a ited, and more concerned student volunteer for RSVP and a campus body. Thank you for your support. tour guide. Because I'm a business/ Elaine Howard economics major, I have had some classes relating to finance, mainly Southern Methodist University offers an intensive, twelve-month ACCO 305.1 also currently hold a job at Cohen House, the faculty club. I MBA program for men and women with proven academic and have been active and have been re- leadership abilities. All students, regardless of undergraduate major, sponsible in my positions, whether it Qualifications: Econ major, 6 are invited to learn more about the SMU MBA. hours of accounting, outgoing, ener- is as an advisor or captain of an intra- getic and diligent. mural basketball team. Statement: As Rice enters its third The RPC has an interesting posi- vcar under a new and dynamic ad- tion at Rice: halfway between the m:ni tration, the role of the RPC will students and the faculty. I think the become increasingly important. The services, such as Safe Rides, provided AUDREY RANDUK new alcohol policy has forced the RPC to reevaluate its role in student by the RPC are excellent in recogniz- Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions affaii's. The alcohol policy has had a Qualifications: Sophomore busi- ing and fulfilling the needs of the will be on campus at a table profound effect on the social climate ngs/economics major, freshman students. The calendar is also an 1st floor Rice Memorial Center here at Rice. The effects of the new adviser, RS VP and campus tour guide important issue—student feedback is Tuesday, February 23 11:00 am - 2:00 pm policy are not limited to campus par- volunteer, and held an appointed necessary to tell the faculty what we tie; Indeed the alcohol policy has position at Lovett. want or need. The RPC is an impor- affected such great traditions as col- Statement: I'm running for RPC tant link, and I will make a respon- leg!- night, Beer-Bike, andEsperanza/ sible, efficient accessory in that link. Rondelet. Moreover, the alcohol pol- treasurer. I've been active around my icy has diminished the overall social college and around the campus in my climate here at Rice. I would like to one-and-a-half years here. This year I Rice Institute for Policy Analysis GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY announces a competition for the A Shell Scholar in Public Policy

Undergraduates majoring in one or more of the Social Sciences or Policy Studies are eligible (preference will be given to juniors). - The Shell Scholar in Public Policy will work under the direction of a faculty member during SUMMER SESSIONS 1988 Programs at Georgetown Programs abroad the summer of 1988 and will be expected to • Over 200 graduate and undergraduate • Antwerp, Belgium —Int'l. Trade courses • China — Chinese Language and Culture • Approaches to Tcaching Writing • 'fours, France — Language and Culture • 1'ublic Affairs Internships • Fiesole. Italy —Italian write a paper of substantial length on a public • High School Programs • Florence, Italy —Renaissance Culture • Intcrcultural Training • Greece — Humanities • Interpretation and Translation Institute • Leningrad. t'.S.S.R. — Russian policy issue. The paper may also be used as a G Language Courses • Oxford, F-ngland—Comparative • Theology Conference Business (undergraduate) • Literary Criticism Conference • Oxford, Kngland —International • Parish Workshop Management (graduate) senior honors thesis. The award consists of a • Institute for H.S. Teachers • Quito. Kcuador—Spanish 0 Sacred Scripture Institute • Trier, West Germany—German • Alumni College • Dublin, Ireland —Irish Literature $2,500 stipend. U Knglish as a Foreign Language GmfOtm University is n tfntJ tppcrhairy/ iffirmttiu torn instinum m impkymaMmt Sessions tdmissims. Pre —May 23-June 17 Students should contact Professor Peter First — June6-July 8 Call (202) 687-6224 or mail to: cl N-Week Cross Session—June 6-July 29 SSCK — Georgetown University _ Week Cross Session—June 20-July 29 306 Intcrcultural ifenter Second—July 11-August 12 Washington. D.C. 20057 Mieszkowski, Department of Economics,. 380 ^ mm in ftmttm: Name. Sewall Hall, extension 4875 for specific Address Zip. details. Proposal deadline is April 4, 1988. 14 Fridoy. February 19,1988 The Rice THRESHER the Honor Council. I have read the membership entails. I made that commit- comes an added responsibility—*o~our- abstracts of the trials and hearings and ment this year and I'm willing to make it selves and to our peers. Sophomore HC have become somewhat familiar with the again. I was present at all Honor Council For this reason, I wish to serve on t)ie particular proceedings of the Council. I meetings and appeared at all functions Honor Council. I feel that this is niy wJV sentative, and National Honor Socicty fully realize that Honor Council trials are where my presence was requested. I par- of sharing the responsibility. I have Ben Worsley President. extrememly serious matters and that they ticipated in all levels of Honor Council in what the honor system represents, h ls Statement: To me, the Honor System can last in excess of ten hours straight Yet activity: investigation, hearings, and important to me. The best way for me. i0 is perhaps the most important part of I am willing to devote my time, effort, and trials. In addition to this, my fellow Coun - express my faith in the honor system is k) academic life at Rice University. I feel energy to see that the fairest and best job cil members had enough faith in my abil- be an active part of the HonorCouncii. My thai the success of the Honor System is done. Furthermore, I will make myself ity to elect me to the office of trial clerk. experience is not impressive and rny depends on the students respectfully inter- available at all times to answer any ques- My dedication and performance gained qualifications are not numerous: only thai acting with each other and the faculty to tions or concerns you might have about me the confidence of the Council, and I I have a sincere interest in the goals of the make to work. And I strongly believe that the Honor System. It would be an honor to hope my combination of dedication and honor system and am willing. by providing a basis for mutual trust, the serve as your representative to the Honor unsurpassed experience will gain me both Honor System allows all of us to work Council. Thank you. your confidence and your vote. Thank Grace Chen with academic freedom and to create a you. true sense of personal integrity. As your sophomore representative to the Honor Kevin Council, I hope to maintain this atmos Yankowsky Christine Qualifications: Director of Slate Con- phere of honesty and respect ference and President of the Dramatics Throughout the past semester, I have Mantegna Society, Student Council Senior Repre- maintained an interest in the activities of

in Qualifications: Congressman Jack Field's Youth Advisory Board, Texas Girls' State Delegate, National and Span Qualifications: Freshman Honor ish Honor Society, Good Sportsmanship Council, Honor Council officer (trial League. College and Intramural T clerk), Freshman representative to the KTRU news reporter Brown college court, member, Brown Qualifications: Rice Dance Theatre. Gladly 1 would internal improvement committee. High school: President of Student Coun- Represent Statement: My name is Kevin cil, Class Representative on Education All. Yankowsky, and I'm running for the Board; Considerate of position of sophomore representative to Statement: One of my reasons for Everyone. the Honor Council. I feel that I have great choosing to attend Rice was its honor Choosing admiration and respect for our honor sys- system. When I came to visit, I noticed Honor, and tem. I enjoy the privileges it gives me, and that the honor system played an important Exhibiting your want lo help ensure it held by every Rice part at the university. During my first Needs student to one degree or another. What semester at Rice I have had the chance to FOR real makes me believe I can represent our observe this honor system and its effects Honesty, on the students. There is a different, more class well on the Council is that I have a Obligation, and relaxed, atmosphere at Rice because of it. qualification that ony one other candidate Needless to say We all agree that the honor system is can match: actual Honor Council experi- (Of course) ence. I served as one of your freshman favorable because we benefit from it. It 1 Representation. ft representatives to the Honor Council this has earned us respects from our profes- Choosing You are a bright individual with toads of talent. All you need year. I gained a first-hand understanding sors—they trust us. In turn, we have been One who is the right plaice to strut your stuff. ..to show your rare brand of how the council works. I fully realize given freedoms that make life easier for Understands the heart of the R k of enthusiasm. Put on your safari hat and come to Busch the time commitment Honor Council us. But with this freedom and respect Gardens; Florida's most entertaining and exotic adventure Network, park! Everyone wili be just wild about you. We promise! Can ensure the Integrity and Longevity of our Honor System. Thank you very much. AUDITIONS & INTERVIEWS H V** # tz Tuesday, February 23, 1988 ($0 'J <7 )\y— h „ AM £ Chap Attwell 10 a.m.—5 p.m. Stent LINCOLN HOTEL i)LT\ T/\)-h T\ a r 765 Jackson Street • Dallas, Texas — • 7 / s T\ 0 A (must be 18 years or older) t Singers and Dancers 'J ? JU-~ fix / t'v* * £riit We're searching for male and female feature dancers, and for strong singers who also dance well. Singers should prepare two T'B*. 0*1§T\ ^f§T short selections (ballad and upterjpo). Bring sheet music in your § ft- A, h best key. Accompanist provided, tiancers should bring dance at- } tire and should be prepared to slJow movement and versatility. tz £ ) <7 Jl>— b (i JR-SO Qualifications: 1986-7: Head Prefect Singers be prepared to dance aniji dancers be prepared to sing. A (president of the student body and I lonor t Council) at St. John's School, Houston. 1987-88: Rice Honor Council Freshman. Musicians I RECRUIT CO., LTD. has Rep., Brown College Cabinet Freshman been instrumental in the Rep. We seek musicians who piprimary and secondary Statement: If elected, I will continue instruments—plus Accordian players, Tuba, Percussion, and development of Japan's : to be a competent Councilmember lor Brass players who are experienced in dance movement, march information service industry. several reasons. First, I have experience in ing band style. You should pr&pjre two short selections. In RECRUIT'S Tokyo, Los dealing with HonorCouncii hearings ami X trials, having served actively on the cur- Angeles and New York offices, rent Rice council as will at St. John s. Atmosphere Entertainers challenging work in such Another member and I will represent Rice this March at a national Honor Council Experienced performers in compdy and improvisation are who fields as telecommunications, iV we're after. Bring necessary props in order to perform your two- convention at Princeton University. S minute comedy piece. ; super-computing and ond, I am willing to commit the time ana attention that, this office requires. 1 hinl. I publishing awaits you. am a fairperson who cares about Rice anJ about the individual. Perhaps most impor- Technical Personnel tantly, I believe in the Honor Systcni- We have a range of openings foV (experienced stage managers, Thank you for your consideration, ami 1 skilled sound and lighting technicians, stage hands, seamstresses would appreciate your vote. and dressers. Be sure to bring your current resume. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBERS OR WRITE TO: Honor Council spots clarified BUSCH RECRUIT U.S.A., INC. There are two positions available k" 65 E. 55th St.. 34th Floor 725 S. Flgueroa St., 31 st Floor sophomore Honor Council Rcpre New York. NY 10022 Los Angeles, CA 90017 sentatives; three for junior Repre- THE DARK CONTINENT (212) 750-6100 (N.Y.) (800) 325-9759 sentatives; and four for senior repre- IAMP<\ H OR IDA (800) 782-7856 (Other States) Both Attention to TWR-TG COORDINATOR sentatives. The two sophomore posi tions are the only ones that, have more candidates than avilable spots- An Equal Opportunity Employer M F H V The Rice THRESHER Friday, February 19, 1988 15 lng an even more effective contribution. Shannon Wong Since joining the Council in my sopho- David Lerdahl Senior Honor Council more year, I have gained a deeper appre- ciation of just how effectively the system Academic All-American Nominee; Intra- works. Rice's Honor Code, which was es- Kris Kocek mural Softball; Track tablished and is run by the student body, Statement: This past year on the has worked well to serve the students, and, Honor Council has given me great insight in turn, most students and faculty have into the qualifications necessary to be a supported the system. The Honor Code good representative. I have been an active provides and protects the academic free- member who raises pertinent issues and doms to which we have become accus- offers a fresh outlook on matters. I form tomed: take-home and self-scheduled opinions based on what I see and hear and exams, unprocto/ed exams, etc. Likewise, I'm not persuaded by majority opinion because most of you take pride in the simply because I'm outnumbered. In the Honor System and the integrity of your trials, hearings, and investigations I've at- own coursework, you have helped sup- tended, I feel I have dealt fairly in all Qualifications: Honor Council Mem- port it. However, our Honor System is not Qualifications: Ombudsman for realms. Most important, I want to be your ber—St. Steven's School; Rice Honor perfect. It is unreasonable to believe in Honor Council 1987-88, Minnesota senior rep. because I wish to continue Council At-Large Representative, 1986- Qualifications: 1987-88 Honor Coun- any environment that cheating or dishon- Governor's Youth Advisory Committee protecting the integrity of the student, 7; Honor Council Vice Chairman and 1984-present cj] Representative; Rice Volleyball esty can be eliminated altogether. Yet, institution, and Rice Honor Code. Junior Class Representative 1987-8. Team; Volleyball Team Representative; because the degree of academic dishon- Statement: During the 1987-88 school Statement: Hello! I have enjoyed year, I served as Ombudsman for the serving on the Council for two years, and, esty under Rice's Honor Code is minimal, our Honor System works very effectively. Honor Council. During this time, 1 met Junior Honor Council with your support, look forward to mak- many of members of the Council, and more comfditable environment for stu- Qualifications: internal Vice Chair- throughly learned the rules that govern the Jean-Pierre Baizar dents to pursue their academic interests. Libby Schwartz man, Honor Council, Vice President, organization. The past year has shown me However, students here take these advan- Hillel, Treasurer, Rice Republicans the qualities need to contribute positively tages for granted, but our Honor System It has been a privilege to serve as to the Honor Council. I am an informed will only survive on the support of the sophomore representative on the Honor and conscientious student, willing to put students that are bound to it and the faculty Council, and I hope I have helped to adapt in extra time and effort to maintain the which must continue to recognize it and the Honor System to the community, so workings of the council. If elected, I hope respect it. The moment that faculty mem- people are more aware of the Council and to continue to increase student awareness bers take a vigilante approach to academic howitworks. Butldon'twanttogoonand of this system that is important to the aca- violations is evident that the institution's on about how wonderful the Honor Sys- demic integrity of Rice. This, combined support of the system is incomplete. I have tem is; I think everyone has his own with a hard-working Council that cooper- gained the experience necessary to con- thoughts and feelings about it. I think the ates, will ensure an effective Honor Coun- tinue to perform with responsibility, com- Honor System is one of the most impor- petence, and determination. I am willing tant parts of Rice, and I want to devote time to working for it. I hope you'll let me Moses Scheinfeld to give the time and effort to insure that the Qualifications: Sophomore Honor Qualifications: Rice: Honor Council do so as a junior representative. Honor System is preserved and continues Council Representative; Honor Council I rishman Representative; HonorCouncil to improve in the future. Qualifications: Master Search year, I know what is expected and how the Trial Clerk; Junior Honor Council Repre- Sophomore Representative, St. John's: Committee, Nominated for Marie Alex- council works. sentative. Student Government/ HonorCouncil Rep Angela Berry ander Freshman Leadership Award. The Honor Council has done many Statement: Being an Honor Council as a sophomore and junior. Honor Council Rep., Hanszen SA Sena- thing this year that I would like see con- representative is a responsibility that one Statement: The relationship between tor, Hanszen O.W.L.S. Rep. tinue. The publicity of the Honor hopes one never has to fulfill. Unfortu- the students and between teachers and Statement: I am experienced and I Council's actions via the Honor Boards, nately, there are violations and they must students is a very special element of this truly support the Honor System and all it has been a great idea. As a result of that, I be dealt with. Over the past two years, I institution. It is a relationship based on stands for. The fact that there is an auto- think the number of cases to date have feel I have acquired the invaluable experi- tpjst and the structure which represents matic trust between the faculty and stu- decreased to 8 in comparison to 18 last ence in dealing with such serious matters this seriousness and integrity in dents i s something I value. Therefore year at this time. The Council has just as Honor Code violations. I believe that acaqdcmic work upheld by the student because of my strong determination and started a program of reorienting the fac- the lime and spirit put into cases has given ami respected by the professor is the desire to get actively involved in the ulty of the Honor System as well as many me a heightened appreciation for what the Honoi System. The Honor System pro- Honor System, I believe the Honor Coun- other things. For these reasons I would Rice Honor Code is about. I thank you for vide us with great advantages and free- cil is the perfect opoportunily to do so. like to continue to be a part of the Honor your support and truly hope that I will dom n taking exams and helps create a Since I have been on the Council for a Council. never have to do this job. 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Since each of the scenes is virtually everything put to music. The separate from the others, a lot of vari- first act covers most of Alice in Won- ety is possible, and this was fully derland, and the second follows exploited. Through the Looking Glass, although B e warned, however, that this is not neither book is covered completely, an ordinary play. The bare stage and (in fact, some important sections are black outfits are a bit disconcerting at missing completely. I was disap- first, and they may bother you if you pointed that the trial from the end of prefer theater in its classical form. If Alice in Wonderland was omitted.) you want lavish scenery, complete Anyone familiar with these books costumes, and intricate dialogue, Al- will realize that the plot in each of ice in Concert is not for you. Bui jf them is rather sketchy—the plots are you are willing to imagine your own really only a series of loosely con- scenery, accept a battered pair of nected incidents. Playboy bunny ears as a rabbit cos- Alice in Concert basically removes tume and exchange plot and dialogue these loose connections and just pres- for bizarre variety along with a touch ents the incidents themselves. This is of humor, then give Alice in Concert not in itself a criticism, but it does a look. It has a lot to offer. prevent any continuity in the play. HH Alice in Concert runs tonight and The best way to look at this, then, is Johanna Bonno stars in Lovett College's Alice in Concert. —D. Kelley tomorrow in the Lovett College merely as a series of scenes, some of few big dance numbers. In a few will like some of these scenes and not while "White Roses Red" and "The Commons. All shows are at 8 p.m., which you will like, some of which scenes the choreography was not very like others. Red Queen" make the most of Kara and the price is three dollars for Rice you will not. In each one a member of sharp, yet in others some very com- A few scenes, however, should not Koller's soprano voice, adding some students and faculty. the cast comes to the front to converse plex looking maneuvers were accom- be missed. "Drink Me" gives a subtle wry humor as well. The acting of Paul —Stephen Hanson with Alice (played by Johanna plished without a hitch. Again, you but accurate chuckle at peer pressure, Orkiszewski is highlighted in "Pretty Bonno), while the rest stay back, act- 5J ing as a sort of Greek chorus. Some- times the cast is used as living (and oc- Universified! chronicles experience casionally mobile) scenery, some- Universified! times acting out what Alice is seeing, The Rice Players and sometimes simply sitting in the The applause went on and on. back providing background music. Seven minutes by my count, and it Since the stage is completely bare, would have continued had not Tom this arrangement provides the neces- Senning reluctantly taken a bow. sary background and scenery. The world premiere of As both scenery and dialogue are Universified! has been quite a success virtually nonexistent in the play, the during its first week. The production singing is relied upon heavily. Fortu- may be adaptable for a short run out- nately, the cast is quite talented in that side the hedges, but it was tailor-made department, and the voices of Philip for Rice University. Names and Christiansen, Gavin Clarkson and places are familiar, but more impor- Kara Roller, as well as that of Johanna tantly, the characterizations are of Bonno, help the company fill the air individuals that any student would with music. While all of their voices recognize, although by different are good, and the music is quite beau- names. ^8 tiful, they occasionally create too Senning masters, through song and much music. In several scenes script, what the best Office of Admis- ("Cheshire Puss" comes to mind) the sions brochures cannot—the true Universifed! runs through Saturday in Hammann Hall. —D. Kelley lyrics were sung in an almost chant- "Rice experience." Although the raw ing monotone. The words would have talent of the players alone is enjoy- each vignette. duced to the characters' past through more than just a "rich bitch." sounded much better if they had able, the nature of the production I had expected to see a pseudo-Sz. a series of vignettes, each explaining Dawn Sheridan, a newcomer to merely been spoken. A similar prob- creates different interpretations for Elmo's Fire story, but instead I was a chapter of college life. The set is Rice theater, has an incredible voice. lem occurs with some of the back- different students. The closer one is to treated to a reflective look at of my simple, but effective, as it is easily Her role of Sunny laments "the end" ground singing, which overlaps the graduation, the more one can empa- years at Rice. These thoughts were adaptable for each scene. The play and she motivates her peers to reflect lead voice and makes both hard to thize with these characters. not Senning's alone, and realizing documents the development of the throughout the play. Laura Dresser's follow. Under the direction of Neil Ha- that, Universified! gives us a new frivolous freshman into the ambi- performance as the pure and honest While the singing is powerful, the vens, the Players have assembled one means of introspection through the art tiuous graduate and the spectrum of Mamee is very believable. choreography, for the most part, is of the finest casts I have seen in an on- of theater. To watch the play objec- male/female relationships, incompat- There are scenes in the second act not. The dancing is minimal, and campus production. The work of Lisa tively offers a pleasant evening of ible roommates and best friends is that risk being too melodramatic while this is not necessarily a criti- Jacobsen, choreographer and musical entertainment To understand that covered as well. amidst an otherwise lighthearted pro- cism, it would have been nice to see a director, is beautifully expressed in one of our contemporaries is respon- Paul Salinas, is hysterical as the duction. Fortunately, these moments sible for the music, lyrics and dia- "quintessential nerd." His role as are overcome by the talented cast. The HOUSTON'S FUN STEAK HOUSE logue offers an interesting experi- comp geek Bayard Hollins is the finale sparks the group's magic and ence. funniest and embodies much of the leaves the audience feeling good, not As eight seniors reflect on their silliness we all brought to college about the characters, but about them- ^STEAK 01/7™ A PARTY college experience on the eve of from high school. selves. Senning's writing is of such a a? YOU BRING THE PEOPLE graduation, the audience is intro- His roommate Jim is played to caliber that Rice should benefit from perfection by Jamie Daruwala. In the his talent. This Players production is WE'LL SUPPLY second act, Jim's thoughts carry the one thatmost students will remember, THE FUN! flow of the play. Jamie is so natural because it tells not just the char ac ters that the words may well have been his story, but that of the audiences well COPY own rather than Senning's. Dave Universified! plays tonight and Rogers gives a solid performance as tomorrow in Hamman Hall. It should the romantic Doug Sinclair and Katie not be missed. YOUR Fleming portrays Evelyn the gidget as —Andy Karsner THESIS Spring Break J IIPp$ ' P ACAPULCO •XvXv "Hotel and 4 ntte R/T Airfar"Le . $279 «specia« l $289 kinko'i Call WHOLESALE TRVL 748-8900 Mo/7 Outside HSTN call 1 -800-A-C-A-P-U-L-CO OPEN DA LY 5PM - 11PM Great copies. Great people. STEAKS-SPIRITS 2368 Rice Blvd. Tour pkgs for other Mexican Resorts available In The Village 521-9465 6100 WESTHEIMER • BRIARGROVE PLAZA • 266-9750 PP. DBL/Rcitrictions Apply/Includes R/T Aeromcxico 2 rtit«j THRESHER Fine Arts Friday, February 19,1988 17 Nicholson excellent in thought-provoking Ironweed Ironweed breathtaking results. In the opening is what hurts her so much. She can Ironweed does make us take a hard film, it is simply a thought-provoking Directed by Hector Babenco shot the camera moves across the only remember what she used to be. look at ourselves as well as those one. Hector Babenco's Ironweed railroad tracks and zooms in on One of her most moving scenes is around us. It is not an entertaining —Louis E. Spiegler chronicles two days in the lives of Nicholson sleeping underneath gar- where she sings a song in the local bar. three homeless people living in a poor bage against a white building. The She finishes to a round of applause community. Babenco has created a camera follows him as he gets up and and is gracious to the management.

5j0w moving film that is saddening. walks towards a main street, the view Babenco cuts to her finishing the song The characters—products of a cor- slowly rising above the street to give again, only this time almost no one is jupi society and an ailing commu- the audience a hard look at the pov- listening. She is haunted by the fact nity— are all haunted by their pasts. erty-stricken streets of Albany. In that she will never regain die life of Shot in Albany, New York, the film another scene we see Streep praying her youth. in church. The camera does nothing PARSONS produces an authentic look of a de- The standout performance of the pressed community. but watch her kneel down, pray and film is Tom Wait's Rudy. He is the i SCHOOL OF DESIGN Jack Nicholson plays Frances rise, finding some money to save her bum who knows where he stands. He 1.1 Z- phelan, a man haunted by the acciden- temporarily, from starvation. The is dying of cancer and vows to drink I ' tal death of his twelve-day-old baby shot works well because of her flaw- himself to death. He is younger than |wn twenty-two years ago. He has spent less acting. Frances and therefore does not have Special Summer Programs of his time doing odd jobs, occasionally Overall, the performances in the such a deeply rooted past. His whole los- wjth a drunken friend named Rudy film are first-rate. Nicholson plays life is in the breast pocket of his used Parsons in Paris: 6-week program June 30-August 13, 1988 |gue Horn Wait), and hanging around with pinstripe suit—his toothbrush. Frances deadpan. He is as hard edged Painting, drawing, art history and the liberal arts Paris and the Dordogne Inch Helen Archer (Meryl Streep), a as his character. Nothing fazes him To call Ironweed a masterpiece is countryside or Siena, Italy \:ert woman who once had a promising anymore, not even death. Streep plays unfair. Despite its powerful perform- Fashion in Paris June 30-July 30, 1988 singing career. Helen with the degree of sensitivity ances, it tends to drag. Dialogue is land Fashion illustration, a history of European costume and contemporary lege Babenco uses long, fluid shots that she has brought to all of her film heavy-handed and John Morris' trends in French fashion Slide presentations, museums, studio and retail |.;n., throughout his film, often with roles. Her character is proud, yet that soundtrack is sappy and predictable. outlets, guest lectures Photography in Paris June 30-July 30, 1988 The aesthetics and craft of photography Lectures, gallery visits and ? & sh and Davis star in Whales shooting assignments The Whales of August Libby; in return, Libby needs her island where the story takes place. Architecture and Design in Paris June 30-July 30, 1988 Di reeled by Lindsay Anderson sister's optimism simply to survive. The photography is beautiful and European decorative arts and the history of French architecture Parsons L m Gish and Bette Davis have This, however, does not keep honest in portraying the physical ef- faculty and staff members of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs Alternate bet n them more than a hundred Libby from ridiculing Sarah's senti- fects of age. curriculum available on architecture and modernism and thirty years' experience in the mentality. In the most touching scene In addition, Gish and Davis have a Parsons in Great Britain July 7-August 8, 1988 film industry and together have made in the film, Sarah ritually celebrates superb supporting cast. Vincent Price A program co-sponsored by the Cooper Hewitt Museum Architecture more than two hundred films. The the anniversary of a marriage to a man is perfect as a Russian emigre who has and decorative arts in London Four excursions to nearby country homes longevity of their careers is easily who died forty years ago by having a made a life as a floating house guest, and towns explained—they are among the very glass of wine and talking to his photo- and Ann Southern ably performs the Parsons in Italy June 30^July 29, 1988 finest actresses ever, and k is a pleas- graph. Libby simply remarks part of the sisters' friend who medi- Principles of architecture and the history of Italian architecture Rome ure to watch talents of their stature coldly ."Talking to yourself again?" ates their disputes. However, even Florence, Venice and Milan. doing what they do best. Unfortu- Every time Sarah does something with all of this going for it, the insipid, Parsons in Israel July 13-August 15, 1988 nate'v, this flat, bloodless film does which has been denied Libby by age shallow script manages to drag the An m-depth introduction to the history arid archaeology of Jerusalem and not deserve them. and temperament, her sister stops her. film down to mediocrity. The charac- to techniques of artistic representation and photographic reportage The two stars play a pair of sisters Inevitably, Sarah's patience wears ters seem to be driven, not by their Parsons in West Africa July 5-July 30, 1988 who are living together again after thin, and just as inevitably! Libby inner desires, but by the whim of the Ceramics, fibers, metalsmithing. photography, archaeology or traditional their husbands have died. The older finds within herself the compassion screenwriter. And the climactic Afncan art and architecture The Ivory Coast and/or Mali (8/3 8/24/88) and humanity to show her gratitude to sister Libby, played by Bette Davis, is moment of tha film is at once both Bank Street/Parsons June 27-July 29, 1988 a cantankerous and bitter woman who her sister. expected and unbelievable. A joint three-summer master s degree program with the prestigious Bank has gone blind and is simply marking The director makes the most of the By all means, go see this film. It is Street College of Education The curriculum examines educational supervi- time until she dies. She has been story, emphasizing the rhythms of life a rare opportunity to see acting at its sion and administration with a visual arts focus foisted off on her younger sister Sarah in the sea, the pendulum of a clock, the best. But anyone who expects more College Session in New York June 27-July 28, 1988 (Gish i by her daughter. Sarah is finan- ringing of a bell buoy, and the annual will be disappointed. Full-time study m a specified art and design area Drawing, painting cially not able to get by without return of the whales to the Maine —Bill Tucker ceramic and textile design, communication design photography architec tural design, illustration, fashion illustration or fashion design

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For high school students considering college majors in drawing, painting ceramic and textile design, communication design, 10 With Principles in Mind photography, introduction to architecture illustration, fashion illustration, lOiCfi. fashion merghandising or fashion design Introduction to art and design lend" A Psychology and Philosophy of Rational Cognition also available. ; fleet fcser's A Series of Intellectual Journeys Pre-College in Israel July 13-August 15, 1988 from Educated Common Sense into Psychology, on to Philosophy, and Home Again A new program offered jointly with the Be^alel Academy of Arts & Design onest Promising high school students visit major historical sites Emphasis on ar chaeology and drawing or photography act February 5 Cognitive Competence in the Late 20th Century Pre-College in France July 14-August 11, 1988 natic High school students of artistic promise visit Paris and the Dordogne 1 rro- February 12 Short-cuts and Short-circuits to Cognitive Competence region. College-level drawing and painting with lectures m art history and icnLs prehistoric archaeology i. The February 19 Consciousness: A Matter of Emphasis and All foreign programs include air transportation, land transfers and accom February 26 The Paradox of Universal Causation and Personal Free-will d, not modations. Dormitory arrangements for New York progiams are available Selected programs are offered with undergraduate credit, graduate credit hem- March 4 SPRING BREAK - Rice University closed. and no-credit options For additional information, please return the coupon uch a below or call (212) 741-8975. roni March 11 Affirmations of Beliefs: Evidence and a Sense of Reality on is nber, March 18 Worship of Invariance: The Search for Certainty and Confidence •tors' well, March 25 A Stairway to Heaven: Abstractions without Applications Parsons School of Design, Office of Special Programs and 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 April 1 Stuck in a Dream: Incoherence and Rigidity among Cognitive Activities honld Please send me information on the following April 8 Are There Foundations of Knowledge?: A Philosopher's Puzzle special summer programs: ^sncr • Parsons/Paris • Parsons/West Africa April 15 Origins of Cognitive Purposes: Survival Needs, Motivations and Values • Fashion/Paris • Bank Street/Parsons • Photography/Paris • College/New York • Architecture/Paris • Pre-College/New York A Lecture Series by Alexander Smyth • Parsons/Great Britain • Pre-College/lsrael Sponsored by The Fellows of Richardson College • Parsons/Italy • Pre-College/France • Parsons/Israel Open to the public - No admission charge 30 Name Friday evenings, 7-8 pm Address Rice University City _State_ -Zip. 301 Sewall Hall* Phone. (• The lecture on February 12 will be in 124 Herring Hall) 02 18 Friday. February 19.1988 THRESHER Fine Arts The Rainmakers and The Kick rock Fitzgerald's FRIDAY tonight In the calendar it's spelled Festival benefit •The primo show of the weekend CuLt FiGuReS. I like that. COMING UP •The James Haiman Band and-, is tonight at Fitzgerald's (2706 •Folk rocker Donovan plays by John Montag get this, you guys—Pookie and the White Oak) with The Rainmakers, Rockefeller's (3620 Washington Primary Colours play tonight al The Reivers and The Kick. Ave.) tonight. I thought he was dead. SATURDAY and 630-8538, respectively, for infor- Fitzgerald's. Catch The Pack in the •Sprawl plays at The Axiom to- Call 861-9365 for more information. •The Rice Players' production of mation. basement at Zelda's. night. Call Nick Cooper (630-8245) •The Red Lion (7315 South Universified! and Lovett College •Rockefeller's is hosting Townes •Rice University's Teutonic to find out where the hell it is. Main) hosts Los Tipos tonight as they Theater's production of Alice in Van Zandt, Buy Clark and David Productions presents Brecht's •Cult Figures plays at Zelda's play salsa, rock and roll and blues. Concert close tonight. Call 527-4040 Halley as part of the Kerrville Folk Threepenny Opera tonight and to- morrow at 8 p.m. in the Famsworth Pavilion. Admission is two dollars Teutonic Productions presents Brecht play For information, call 527-4807. Threepenny Opera Opera). Teutonic Productions was founded original opening singer is taking a Teutonic Productions Die Dreigroschenoper humour- in 1981 by a group of German stu- vacation from IBM to recreate his SUNDAY Once again, the Rice German and ously descirbes the dog-eat-dog un- dents and faculty at Rice and has role, and even the sister of a former •The Museum of Fine Arts Slavic department, the Dean of Hu- derworld of Victorian London where performed plays from the medieval cast member who is now a freshman presents Dodsworth in the Bro wn Au- manities, Shepherd School of Music prostitutes, beggars and thieves cross dramas of Hroswitha von Gander- at Rice is assuming her sister's cameo ditorium tonight as part of their students and art and art history stu- and double-cross each other for their sheim to the modem Marat/Sade. as a complaining beggar. "Cinemarchitecture" film series. dents have teamed up to produce own personal gains. The plot centers This Teutonic Production sets a mile- Performances will be at 8 p.m Feb- •The Hard Rock Cafe presenti another Teutonic Production. This around Mack the Knife,who marries stone for the group, in that the original ruary 20, 21,26, and 27 in the Farns- The Grapes of Wrath tonight at year they will revive Kurt Weill and the daughter of the Beggar King, and Mack the Knife is moonlighting from worth Pavillion. Admission will be Rockefeller's. Bertolt Brecht's musical Die Dreig- the scramble for control of the under- his teaching job to recreate his role two dollars. For reservations, call •Dancing Pigs return to Main roschenoper (The Threepenny world which develops. from the 1982 production, and the 527-4868, ext. 3200. Street Theater this evening in Kenny Joe Spivey's Every Day at Dawn the Pigs Dance in Ancient Ritual. I Know, I Dance With Them. It plays tonight, February 28 and March 6 at 8:30p.m.

MONDAY •See William Reeder tonight at The Red Lion tonight. TUESDAY How to stand out •The Museum of Fine Arts (1001 Bissonnet) opens its exhibit Dressed to Celebrate: Evening Wear in theTwentieth Century tonight. Call 526-1361 for more information. •Zelda'spresents Cave Reverend Buzzards, So Wat, and Drawn and in a crowd. Quartered tonight. •The Shepherd Singers perform in the Rice Memorial Chapel tonight. WEDNESDAY •Sprawl plays at The Axiom again tomorrow night. I'm giving you a day's warning so you can find die place. THURSDAY •The Lucky Spot opens tonight at The American Express® Card gets an outstanding welcome the Alley Theatre (615 Texas virtually anywhere you shop, whether it's for a leather jacket Avenue). Call 228-8421 for informa- or a leather-bound classic. Whether you're bound for tion. a bookstore or a beach in Bermuda. So during college •The O'Kane Gallery (One and after, it's the perfect way to pay for just about Main Street) opens its Foto Fest pho- everything you'll want. tography exhibit of works by Gwen Akin and Allen Ludwig. How to get the Card now •Timothy Leary presents Nit;hi of College is the first sign of success. And because we the Video Dead at Rockefeller's to believe in your potential, we've made it easier night. to get the American Express Card right now. •Go see a way-cool show at Whether you're a freshman, senior or Fitzgerald's with the Zealots, Cmco grad student, look into our new automatic Dudes and The Kiljoys. Or maybe approval offers. For details, pick up an you'd rather see The Edge at Zelda's. application on campus. Or call 1-800-THE-CARD and ask for ONGOING a student application. •The Alley Theatre runs its pro- The American Express Card. duction of Sharon and Billy through Don't Leave School Without Itf March 20 and The Lucky Spot through March 27. Call 228-8421 for more information. •The Comedy Workshop performs Looking Ahead to the Past every Friday and Saturday, reserva- tions necessary. Call 524-7333 for more information. •Stages Repertory Theatre plays Psycho Beach Party and Vam- pire Lesbians of Sodom Fridays and Saturdays throughMarch 12. Call 52- STAGE for information. •The Museum of Fine Arts con- tinues its exhibit of Andrew Wyeth: the Helga Pictures through April 10. The Glory of the Page continues through April 24. Dressed to Cele- TRAVEL brate: Evening Wear in the Twentieth I Century continues through May 8. RELATED SERVICES •The Contemporary Arts Museum runs their exhibit BillV iola_ Survey of a Decade through April 1'• •The Menil Collection's Richmond Hall (1416 Richmond) is hosting Texas Art through May 1^ THRESHER Sports Friday. February 19,1988 19 Rice hardballers flog foes, race to 6-0 start

IJV steve Nations Polasek took the win for Rice. On Knoblauh then walked and stole "The boys of summer, who have Saturday the Owls pounded out 11 second, and went to third on yet an- giving a winter-cold reception to hits en route to a 13-2 pasting of other wild pitch. Facing a full count, visiting opponents, completed Schreiner. Starter Mike Cooper (who Mike Grace lifted a fly to left field that two-gajne sweeps of Schreiner and was playing basketball for Rice this brought Knoblauh home with the \icNeesc State during the past week time last year) gave up 2 earned runs second run of the inning. The third (o run their record to a sizzling 6-0. through 6&2/3 innings to take the and final run of the inning came in the Six Ri'-'£ pitchers have 1-0 records. win. form of a Tim Varm am an line-drive The Owls this year are trying to McNeese State came to town for home run that sailed over the left- jmprove on last year's 24-23 record, $pmes Monday and Tuesday, and center field fence faster than condoms including 5-16 in the Southwest Con- they left feeling that they should have sell at aMcNeese State sorority party. ference. Coach David Hall's crew this stayed in Louisisana and gone to Rice tacked on another run in the third vcar is short 12 of 21 lettermen from Mardi Gras as Rice came away with inning as Vannaman singled home j3St year's squad, but outfielder Jay 9-3 and 13-5 wins. Knoblauh from second base, and Knoblauh is back. Jay not only set On Monday the Owls jumped on from there it was off to the races as Rice records for season and career McNeese State early. After Mathews Rice piled on five more runs to seal home runs last year, but he probably grounded out to start Rice's half of the the 9-3 victory and hand starter Rob grew awfully damned tired of hearing first inning, Steve Ramharter hit a Howard his first win of the season. that he was going to be drafted and bouncer back to the pitcher. Tuesday's game was no contest as sign a minor league contract and not Unaccustomed as the pitcher was to Philip Strohbehn took the win for return to Rice this year, which obvi- not throwing the ball 60 feet 6 inches, Rice in its 13-5 victory. ously is not what happened. Back also he sailed it over his first baseman's The Owls are at San Marcos today is second baseman Ben Mathews, head, and Ramharter was on second for a double header with Southwest who led Rice in 1987 with a .342 base. The very next pitch got past the Texas State, but return to Cameron conference batting average. catcher, and by the time he realized Field tomorow for a double header Last weekend Schreiner came into where the ball was (everybody else in with Lamar starting at noon. Be sure town for two games, and left with two the entire stadium had seen it roll to and bring your heavy coat, because losses. On Friday Rice came out on the backstop) Ramharter had come the boys of summer will be ready with the top end of a 7-3 game as John around from second base to score. a chilling reception for the Cardinals. Mcintosh paces tracksters bv Anthony Wills Schumaker and junior All-America team is going to try to score as many Five time All-American Tanya Maureen Stewart from Costa Rica points as possible. Justice added, Mcintosh led the women's track team placed 2nd with a time of 3:46.12. "We're looking forward to a chance at the Oklahoma Indoor Classic, The 3200 meter relay made up of to win the mile relay, which is a hi ghly qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Aure, junior All-American Michelle competitive event in our conference.

Championships. Mcintosh placed Barz, sophomore Heather McDermid I think the 3200 meter relay also has a LJ -i- . . 2nd in her first 400-meter dash of the and Stewart also placed 2nd, with a chance to place high (at the meet). In indoor season, with a time of 53.87. time of 8:52.39. the 400 meter dash I think I have a She said, "I felt pretty good during the Both the men's and women's teams good chance to win if I run my race to race. I was definitely satisfied with will now turn their eyes to the South- the best of my abilities. Rice Hurler John Pope tosses an aspirin tablet —L. Cowsar my performance and the time I got is west Indoor Championships, Feb. 19- fast for me in this stage of my train- 20 in Fort Worth, TX. Women's head ing." coach Victor Lopez feels the team has Netters squash Roadrunners Two time Ail-American Pam Klas- a chance to come in 2nd in a confer- by David Cumberland other eight matches in feasting on 6-0, 6-2. sen missed qualifying in the 3000 ence that has been traditionally domi- The Rice women's tennis team has UTSA's econoteam. Cates opened The team took the final two doubles meter run by .06 seconds. The senior nated by the University of Texas and opened the spring season in strong the competition by whipping S amuel- matches easily. Cronk and Sulzberger from Winnipeg, Canada, clocked a Houston. According to Lopez no fashion with a victory over UT-San son in a tough match, 2-6,6-4, 6-2. It teamed to hammer Gordon and 9:23.59 to capture first place. Junior women's team at Rice University has Antonio and a tough loss to the highly was apiece of cake the rest of the way, Lerma, 6-0, 6-2. Andrea Miller and Kirsten Aure placed fifth in the 3000, ever placed 2nd at the S WC Champi- ranked UT women. as Liz Sulzberger made quick work of Tanner finished the day's action with with a time of 9:43. onship Meet Mcintosh states, "This The Lady Owls trounced the coyote Fast, 6-1, 6-2. Alice Vodicka cut a 6-1, 6-1 cremation of Sharp and Junior Wendi Miller contributed to year we have a chance to beat the ugly Roadrunners of UTS A by an 8-1 down Kate Sharp, 6-2, 6-0, and Lori Dominguez. Rice's overall point total by placing Houston [track] squad, but everybody match count last Saturday. The upset Cronk put the hurt on Suzi Lerma, 6- Coach Paul Blankenship said, "We fourth in the shot put with a heave of is gonna have to give 100% to do it." 7-5, 7-5 victory of Loretta Fast and 0, 7-5. Megan Tanner clinched the played extremely well against UTS A. 45' 8". The 1600 meter relay com- The men's track team will send a 14 Kristen Samuelson over Emily Cates team's victory with a 6-0,6-1 humili- We have been reshuffling the first two prising sophomore All-American man squad to the Championship and Alice Vodicka in doubles action ation of Beck/ Gordon, while Allison doubles teams, which may account Robyn Bryant, freshman Michelle Meet Three time All-American represented the only loss for the Owls. Culver closed out the singles domina- for our loss. We need to get matches Lynch from Canada, senior Kellie Byron "the truth" Justice says the The squad dropped only one set in the tion by torching Shelley Dominguez, see Mal«, page 21

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Some, lome summertime... Send the coupon or call 1-800-FINDS-NU (Inside Illinois call 312/491-4114) ss 1 20 Friday. February 19,1988 THRESHER Sports Swimmers splash down in mid western waters by Phil Miller (1:10.44), the 200 yard breaststroke against Purdue on Saturday. The the 200 yard Freestyle (1:46.45) and Pereira won the 200 yard Individual The Fighting Owls had three excit- (2:30.97), and the 200 yardindividual women lost 61-43, the men fell 72-40. the 200 yard Butterfly (1:56.45). He medley (2:14.21) and the 100 i

ing swim meets this weekend, with medley with a time of 2:14.06. Still, Coach Wingenroth was pleased was the only man to win an event. breast (1:11.58). Mary Roth took first mixed results against national pow- Tammy Burch also excelled, finish- with the team's performance. The two Another good swim came from John in the 500 yard freestyle (5:11.7) ^ ers Purdue, Indiana, and not-so-pow- ing second to Pereira in the 200 yard Big Ten schools were well rested, Graf, who swam to a second place a second in the200y ard freestyle. Sue erful Butler. individual Medley (2:15.16), while coming into this weekend, for their finish in the 200 yard Breast Berry placed second in both the one. Indiana dealt our fearless women a also taking second in the 200 yard upcoming conference match-ups. (2:17.09). and three- meter diving events. defeat on Friday, beating them 91 -49. Butterfly (2:11.21). For the men, Rob Koger led the way The women did a little better in their Versus Butler, the men won 68 34 This defeat was brightened for the Both the men and women swam with two first place finishes. He won competition with Purdue. Cathy and the women prevailed 67-37. Owls by an epic performance from Mary Roth. The freshman set a new school record in the 1000 yard free- Rapacious ruggers on winning tear style. Her time of 10:31.37 was just by Brian Holmes against this so called team. fullback, who in turn coughed it up to obligatory beverage emptied itself I over two seconds faster than the for- Last Saturday, the Rice Rugby Club The kickoff kicked it off, and the Jim "Rabbit's Foot" Humes who into our bloodstreams (which were mer school record of junior Tammy faced the trauma of battling ugly, fury began to rise from the ground, went in for the try, making it 12-4 in now largely dripping from a plethora Burch (10:33.41). Roth also finished smelly jerks. The Corpus Christi reminiscent of the hot thick air in the Rice's favor. The victory was later of cuts), we turned our thoughts to our second in the 500 yard Freestyle Rugby Club forced ahumiliating 30- jungles of 'Nam. Much of the first ensured by the score of a final tiy by victory in this universally important (5:10.81), just edging out teammate point defeat on us last semester that half went scoreless, the field position Brannon "Goliath" Smoot, a rugby grudge match. We saw what the Katie Rice, who took third. we desperately needed to repay. "I advantage constantly changing rookie phenom out of Dallas. A late magic of teamwork can accomplish Several other Owls did well against hate these guys with a writhing pas- hands. Finally, about halfway score by Corpus did nothing to alter And in the midst of the mutually felt Indiana. Freshman Cathy Pereira did sion," someone overheard Stuart through the first half, the scoreless- the final score, 16-10, Rice on top, happiness, I saw a tear come into her best to show Indiana who's who Lewis exclaim. Our blood was boil- ness ended when one of Corpus' big, and still undefeated at 4-0 this Stuart Lewis' wistful eyes, as he with three first place finishes. She ing to the brim in anticipation of un- stupid scrummies somehow slipped semester, since their reformation. softly said, "I like rugby." took the 100 yard breaststroke leashing our newly sculpted skills by the usually iron tight defense of So the weekend proved to be a Tomorrow we battle the Urm crsitv Mike Giangiorgi. A missed conver- warm symbol of comraderie and of of Houston at home. It will doub- sion made the score 4-0 in their favor. the cohesiveness of a great team ef- tlessly be filled with excitement, But this was thrown in their mutant fort, almost mimicking the golden thrills, spills, painkilling pills, and faces about five minutes later when rays of light that shone on the blood- guiltless kills. So come join 111 ti,c fun. Jim Humes on a breakaway fed it to stained field that weekend that now Beer's included. And let's all find out Jeff "Beater" Dhurson who in turn fed seems oh, so long ago. And as the if Steve Sain really can play rugby. it to Steve Nations who scored, tying the game. The first half continued, brutally but surely, the Rice scrum performing with graceful strength, It can be yours as an Air Force winning lineouts, scrumdowns, and Pilot. It's not easy, but the re- just ground in general. Key perform- ances by Tom "Vomit for Victory" wards are great. You'll have all Jackson, Tommy "Stick Machine" the Air Force advantages, such Gee, Phil "No More Jokes About as 30 days ot vacation with Being a Hubby Wubby" Meyer, and pay each year and complete Jeff "the Pride of the Po River Basin" medical care—and much more. Marinacci contributed to the success. % It you're a college graduate or Finally, near the end of the first half, a soon will be, AIM HIGH. Contact Rice assault led to a try scored by Pat your Air Force recruiter for Courtney, complete with sidestep details about Officer Training maneuvers and broken tackles. When School and pilot training. Call the first half gun sounded, Rice was on top 8-4, but we weren't about to feel MSGT RODRIGUE S good about it. 713-664-5246 COLLECT 1-800-423-USAF TOLL FREE We went into the second half as if we were behind, fighting for our moth- ers' lives to catch up. Our defense proved to be as strong as the smell of Venice in the summer. 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Rice once again fell comeback hopes with their 57.1% jam at the buzzer to leave the score 86- Frogs hopped to a 36 to 27 lead on a 3 missing 15 of their last 18 shots. asleep in the second half to hand accuracy from the perimeter. Todd 68. point bomb by Danny Hughs with Rice turnovers were again costly, Wednesday night's game to the SMU Alexander (20 points off the bench, Ron Robertson led the Owls with 2:35 to go. They closed the half 38 to as the Owls turned the ball over 13 Mustangs. A 10-0 Mustang run to six three-point buckets), Cato Arm- 21 points. David Willie added 12, and 34. Andy Gilchrist led the Owls with times. The Frogs protected the ball jjegin the half proved fatal to our strong (22 points), and Carlton Mc- Michael Irving, 11. The Owls shot a 11 first half points. well, losing it only 6 times. Overall, cause. Kinney (18 points) savaged the Owls, sputtering 42.4% from the field and a The second half continued the Rice paid for poor shooting (only Rice's chances to geld the Mus- setting an SMU school record with 9 mediocre 59.1 % from the line. nightmare. The Frogs outscored our 38.6% from the field, and 28.6% in tangs were ripe in the first half when three-point baskets. There was even a Last Saturday night, the Horned Owls 13-5 in the first five minutes, the second half). They allowed TCU the Owls broke out to a 7-point lead rare 4-point play when Ron Frogs wrested our hopes to win a forcing a Rice timeout. With 6:05 to to shoot 49.1% from the field. midway through the first half. Robertson fouled Alexander on a berth in the conference tournament go, Rice cut the lead to 8, 60-52, on Rice now has two home games, D'Wayne Tanner and David Willie three-point shot to put SMU up 56-39 from us by pummeling Rice 73 to 58. good inside play and two David Wil- with Texas A&M on Saturday and both played well early. Yet neither with 12:01 to go. Rice was able to cut After storming out to a 20-14 lead on lie three pointers. Unfortunately, Baylor next Wednesday. team played good defense in the first half, and SMU stayed close in the opening minutes on the strength of Lady Owls snap losing skid at SMU Cato Armstrong's offensive skills (he had 9 of SMU's first 11 points). TTie by Mark Matteson their bow-headed silliness by burying ter Edith Adams, "We have to keep up season, next to the 50 given up in the Owls began to slump offensively af- The Rice womens' basketball team four of nine from the far line. our intensity for all 40 minutes." The last game against Texas. ter opening up the lead, and the Ponies snapped a nasty losing streak in Dal- Adams and Jensen were the Windex lack of concentration has really hurt Much of the second half catastrophe ran away with the lead. At this point, las on Wednesday night, smoking the crew, wiping the glass clean for 14 the Owls as of late, as Rice has stemmed from the fact that many of SMU led 29-21. Rice, however, Ponies of SMU by a tally of 89-78. and 10 rebounds respectively. Rice dropped matches to two teams (Texas the Owls encountered early foul pulled together to end the half down The story of the game was Rice's outrebounded SMU 39 to 38. Tech and TCU) that they had beaten trouble. Three different starters bv 5, 37-32, on a 3 point bucket by red-hot shooting from the field, as The story was entirely different in earlier in the season. (Adams, Jensen, and Karen Sowada) David Willie (12 first half points). they scorched the net with 55.4% Fort Worth on Saturday night, as the In the contest versus the Horned had picked up three fouls by halftime, Rice out-rebounded SMU 21 to 17 in shooting from the field. Lady Owls came out on the short end Frogs, the Owls did appear strong at and the starting lineup had drawn the first half. The fires burned even hotter from of the stick against TCU, 82-66. The times; the only problem was that all twenty (more than the whole Frog Everything crumbled in the second the three-point line, however, as the loss extended the Owls' losing streak those times were concentrated in the squad picked up for the entire game) half for Scott Thompson's Owls. An bomb squad shot a phenomonal to four overall and to seven on their first half. by game's end. illegal pick erased an 18-footer by 55.6% from never-never land. Southwest Conference schedule. "We played really well in the first Rice was also out rebounded 49-39, Tanner, who was playing in front of a There was strong inside play, too, as Rice has played badly since the 82-77 half and really took it to them," said a figure even more noticeable from hometown crowd. Missing their first center Edith Adams set a new career victory over Southern Methodist on Adams. "But in the second half we let the standpoint that, of that total, TCU five shots of the half, the Owls fell standard of 25 points. Two other play- January 16, a win which capped the them take it to us." grabbed two more offensive caroms behind 43-32 until Ron Robertson ers, Karen Sowada and Glenda Owls' best start (3-1) in the SWC The numbers don't lie, either: the than the Owls had pulled down defen- sank a free throw. After this point, Jensen, turned in stellar performances since the team began Division I play Owls' first half field goal percentage sively. Rice could only muster a few gasps at with 21 points each. Amelia Cooper at the beginning of the decade. of .551 was Rice's best since in the Nevertheless, the turnaround in field the offensive end while SMU smol- got in on the act with 15 points of her Since that win against SMU, the season opening win against Lamar. goal percentage for Rice was a wel- dered from outside. Turnovers own. Owls have looked sharp on occasions, Freshman guard Charity Shira and come sign (of things to come?). proved damaging to the Owls, who Sowada was truly the mad bomber, but have never really put things to- senior forward Glenda Jensen led the Jensen led all scorers with 20 points gave away 24 points this way. raining in 5 of 6 three-pointers. Jensen gether for the duration of a match. "If way with twelve points apiece, as the and Shira, who has only recently When you live by the sword, you also made the Ponies pay dearly for we're going to win," said senior cen- Owls built a 40-34 halftime advan- started for the Owls, converted all tage. seven of her field goal attempts (a feat Unfortunately for the Owls, a whole that hasn't been matched by an Owl additional twenty minutes lay ahead. since Holly Jones made all five of her Male Netters name top seeds The offense managed to stay its FG tries in 1986 against Houston) to continued from page 19 Aland, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0. By this time the the Owls, followed by Rodney course for the most part in the second contribute to her all-time high of 18 under our belt for these teams. Owls had the full attention of the UT Burton, Ken Thome, Sean Wade, Tim half and finished with a .456 field goal points. Against UTSA and against Texas, it squad, and the Horns responded with Schier, and Chuck Bratka. percentage, the best for the Owls in a The next Owl game is tomorrow game since Rice's previous meeting was very evident that our people three straight set victories in doubles Thome and Burton will be the top night against Texas A&M at 5pm on with TCU. hadn't played much together." action to win 6-3. doubles pair. Andrew Taylor and Autry Court. Indeed, it was doubles play that hurt Blankenship commented, "The fact Bratka will be the second team, while The defense, on the other hand, col- the squad Tuesday in Austin against that we were in the match was proba- Freeman and Wade will be the other lapsed. The 48 points surrendered the 12thranked Lady Longhorns. The bly a great surprise to UT, and I think doubles pair. was the second-highest total of the two teams split the six singles that we have more surprises in store. 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Jameson Fellowship for American interesting survey work, no selling The party costs $1 for everyone else. 9 pm. Decorative Arts, 1988-89. $5000. involved. Marketing research, opin- •There's also a Wiess party. Going to Fight Night does not get you in free here. PR Writer/AE: Accounting position Training at the Bayou Bend Collec- ion gathering company. Located in •Brown/GALOR film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in Houston PR agency open for recent tion, Museum of Fine Arts. Open to Southwest Houston. Call Sara at 240- •Rice Players present Universified at 8 pm in Hamman Hall. Don't miss it. graduate with strong writing skills all students. Applications due Febru- 9646. and high GPA. One year previous ary 26. For information call the Art •Media Center films: Grand Hotel at 7:30 and The Kiss at 9:30. $3. •Tonight on the Olympics: hockey, luge, Alpine skiing. Watch. Be supportive Houston residency required. Send Department x4815. Wanted: math tutor for 9th grade resume to Wanda Watkins, 5615 math student, on a weekly basis. In- Kirby, # 440, Houston, TX 77005. Garage apt. in exchange for babysit- terview requested. Please call: Mrs. Saturday 20 ting on weeknights and weekends. Knight, 524-4447, 524-1061. •Maybe, possibly, hopefully, a Baker BAADS party. National Real Estate Firm is look- Walking distance from Rice campus. •NSBE party, "Get up on that party", at Jones, 10 pm. ing for motivated part-time employ- Small 2 rooms and bathroom. Call Room to let in 2 story, 3-bedroom •Sid Bachelor party. 10 pm. ees for wholesale corporate introduc- 520-7993 weekdays and 528-7158 furnished duplex. Hardwood floors; •Rice Players, Universified, 8 pm, Hamman Hall. tions and product presentations. Firm after 5 pm and weekends. Need large windows; 2 baths; washer/ •German play, Threepenny Opera, 8 pm, Farnsworth Pavilion. will provide training and opportunity immediately. dryer; microwave; garage. Walking •Basketball against A&M: women at 5 pm, men at 7:35. to obtain NASD Securities licensing. distance from Rice. Preferably fe- •RPC flick, Iloosiers. Contact Valerie Cook 651-7887. SKI VAIL/BEAVER CREEK! male. $225/month + 1/3 utilities. Call •Media Center films: 7:30 King of Hearts, 9:20 Being There. Lodging & lift packages from $219/ 668-8409 after 5 pm. •Olympics: ski jumping, hockey, skiing, team, figure, and speed skating QSl9 Going 73.2 miles per hour on a sled Misclass QS& Sunday 21 Yes, at long last, the Thresher has What do you get when you put CK in Don't cry about it, just play with it. •All kinds of intellectual activities tonight. See Media Center film Ludw, , cancelled its subscription to Rubes. Baker College? Requiem for a Virgin King at 7:30, or the German play, Threepenny Opera, at Now as long as people turn in mis- BAAD food. I am incensed that \he.Thresher would 8 pm in the Farnsworth Pavilion. class; we won't need to use them as print a headline like "Moist Babes in •Or be lowbrow and watch the Olympics! filler. If you have a clever cartoon that Against stupidity, the gods them- Tight Heats" (2/12, p. 12). What male you want us to print, submit it. But selves contend in vain. chauvinist prints this demeaning gar- remember, no personal attacks, Against Payroll, they give up. bage and who allows it? Monday 22 which is why we aren't printing the —An irate feminist •Movie night at the Pub: Robocop, 7:30 and 9:30 pm. response to last week's cartoon. Two days after NOD: •Or you can see The Glass Menagerie at the Greenway, 4:30, 7:15, and 9:55. —I just bought some penetrating oil At Wiess: •This is your last chance to watch the winter Olympics as a college student, so Miscarriage—isn't that the stuff on yesterday. S ir, y ou are neither my mother nor my make the most of it. the back page of the Thresher? —Does it aid in difficult penetra- penis! tions? Tuesday 23 What's the difference between —No, we're worried about removals. The limit as (n) approaches 1 of A(n) •SA general elections. Be an informed voter and a good citizen. Democratic women and Republican It's still stuck. is a steak sauce. •Baseball, TSU, 4 pm. women? •Basketball, women, Baylor, 7 pm. Republican women give their heart to What do you get when you cross the Life's a bitch and so is George. •Shepherd Singers, RMC chapel, 8 pm. Bush. SA with the RPC? •Mexican night at the Pub. Watch the Olympics. Go for the (Cuervo) gold. SCRAP There was a fellow named Bobbie, Am I hallucinating or does Jay Leno Whose dick was incredibly knobby. look like MacTonight? Stupidity: The reason girls said Wednesday 24 Charging S3.25 for a meal at Rice. He was lousy in bed: •Men's basketball, Baylor, 7:35. Oh, she's great fun on dates...she Sheer Stupidity: Whacking off was his number one •Sick of watching the Olympics? Go see Preston Reed at the Pub. keeps the beer cold. Charging $3.25 per meal and allow- hobby. ing each student only 2 pieces of pizza Thursday 25 What's green and black and studies ($13 per complete pizza). Scary thought: •Shepherd School, Concert Band & Jazz Ensemble. DiffEq? An Aggie: Mr. Spock suffering from a Big Mac •My Life as a Dog is, believe it or not, still held over at the Bel Air. This is a A student monitor. One who pays $3.25 for CK food, AttaclL record for Houston. It's in its 38th week. So go see it at 5:45,7:45 or 9:45. thinks he's getting a deal, and likes •Tomorrow is the start of break, so this is your last chance to settle back and If you 're registered to vote, remember the food. Even scarier: watch the Olympics with your friends. that it is a matter of public record who Joyce inflicting Rice with a Big Mac voted to raise the drinking age and I'm an SE and so is my Macintosh. Attack. Cut down the other countries' skaters killed Rice parties. It lakes a double E... Men are the potholes on the road of Q9P Notes & Notices QRP Rationalizations are more important I've taken about 18 hits of acid, but life. The Rice Animation Organization Goliard Travelling Scholarship than sex because you can't get not in that order. meets Saturday, February 20 at 1 pm application deadline is March 14. For through a day without two or thre6 How can you love something that in Fondren 308. Our feature film will more information, call Pat Martin at rationalizations. There once was a pirate named Gates, bleeds for a week and doesn't die? be the Houston premiere of the new 527-4060. Who thought he could rhumba on Saint Seiya OVA. We will be taking Anal sex: skates. At Archi-Arts: our Campanile, so dress wildly. Peregrine Dist. Co. from Los Ange- -It's like constipation, only in re- But he fell on his cutlass. I may have to stay sober just to stay les needs student volunteers in'er- verse. And now he is nudess, out of trouble. Campus Crusade for Christ meets ested in television production and -It's like an enema, only harder. And practically useless on dates. Fridays at 7 pm in Sewall 309. Join us sales to work at the National Associa- Would you pull the wings off a butter- for fun, fellowship, and relaxation. tion of Producers and Television Graduation is like a lot of my boy- What do Jones guys call condoms? fly for two weeks vacation anywhere Executives (NAPTE) convention in friends: it comes too soon. Seal-a-meals. in the world? Not satisfied with your parents' ex- Houston February 25, 26, 27, 28. Acadein: Oooooooh! No! planation of where you came from? Only a few hours a day to distribute Rice is like a lot df my boyfriends: Rupp isn't a name, it's a collection of SE: Shit yes! Come to the SEDS (Students for the info and invitations to comedy night- long and hard. sounds. "Humane" SE: No, but I can make a Exploration and Development of club event. No money, but fringe machine that would. Space), meeting, 7:00 Wednesday, benefits and an opportunity to learn at New from Romeo: The Cerebral Why not drop life? After all, Ronald February 24 in Spac 106, where Dr. Hollywood's largest television and Expander! Reagan has taken two terms pass/fail. Today's racial distinctions actually Clayton will talk about the Big Bang. film conference. Contact Lauryn at It increases your intelligence by date from when the Persian would the Media Center x4882. Only serious teaching your brain cells to mate. How many Sid women does it take to breed his big Greek slave with his big The Baptist Student Union sponsors inquiries please. Send $25 if you want it, and $ 10 if you screw in a light bulb? Greek woman... a free hot meal for lunch every Wed- don't. Two. One to turn down the Bon Jovi nesday in the WRC music room. Club Iberoamerlcano presents Car album and one to call Daddy. If disrepect for Rice's latest environ- Everyone is invited. No ID required. naval, Brazilian-style, on Saturday, Are you into casual sex or should I mental sculpture indicates a tragic February 20 at 8 pm in Wiess Com- dress up? At Mudd: lack of vision that embarrasses our G ALOR, Gays and Lesbians of Rice mons. TTiere will be a cash bar, snacks Gee, I'd hate to survive a nuclear war. community, for which we will all be will host Mark Canfield, Chief of Epi- and Brazilian music. $2 without cos I know it's a little late for Valentine's The EMP would wipe out all the held accountable in the outside world, demiology for Harris County, Sun- tume and $1 with a mask and/or cos- Day, but I'd like to meet a really nice computers. then I am proud to stand tall and say day, February 21 at4pm. He will dis- tume. Prizes for best cost\,unes. sponge. that I have a different vision, and that cuss non-AIDS STD's. For more Also at Mudd: I am not a slack-jawed, jis-gurgling, info, call Don 630-0247. Rice Hillei lunch, Monday, February Rice University Elections '88: The Whip me, beat me, cum-drunk art-head. 22, Will Rice PDR. Super Sunday. Hit Parade of Dickheads. Throw me around. On the contrary, you are a world- Law school scholarship. Those in- February 21, to raise funds for worthy I hate the pain, class prick, a butt-sucking whore, etc. terested in Baylor Law School and the causes. To volunteer, call Libby A little necrophilia never killed any- but I love the sound. If you are so childish and immature Rice University Presidential Scholar- Schwartz, 630-8432. Shabbatdinner, body. that you would support the vandalism ship, contact the PreLaw Advisor, P. February 26,7 pm. Topic: "The prob If they think I'm a slut, then that's all of artworks, you are truly ignorant. Bass at x4998 or stop by the PreLaw lem " TAP stereotyping." Hillel Of- Sex is dirty only if it's done right. the better—I can get it more often. Take HART206 and change your life. Advisor's office in Student Advising. fice, .49-2271.