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VOLUME 82, NUMBER 11 I WISH I DROVE AN OSCAR MAYER WIENER NOVEMBER 11,1994 Two graduate students held up near Rice campus by Frederick Wen dents were related because both vic- "But since the student did not have graduate student also didn't have any cases. tims' descriptions of the teen-agers any money at the time, the juveniles money. They left without harming him. Soon after the two robberies, were similar. gave up the search and left the student During the same night a little later, Voswinkel and the rest of the Campus Two Rice graduate students were In the first incident, the student unharmed," she said. there was a similar incident involving Police tried to alert others about the held up at gunpoint Monday night at was walking back home when he was Within the next half-hour, another three or four youths trying to rob a crimes by sending messages on around 8:30p.m. in separate incidents. approached by a car with at least three attempted robbery occurred on the West University resident, Voswinkel Owlnet and posting flyers the next Neitherstudentwasphysically injured. males about 15-16 years of age, 2100 block of McClendon and Stock- said. She said she thinks the same morning around campus. One was walking back to the Gradu- Voswinkel said. ton streets, which is close to Entrance teen-agers who attempted to rob the However, no other changes to se- ate House using Gate 7 near the track The youths were driving an old 8. The vehicle and juveniles fit the graduate students were involved. curity will be made, Voswinkel said stadium while the other was near cam- model Toyota or Nissan when they same physical descriptions given by The Houston Police Department "Nothing specific is planned, no im- pus when they were stopped and approached the first graduate student the first victim. officer in charge of this case. Police mediate changes are going to be searched by three or four teen-agers. and proceeded to physically search "Four juveniles attempted to rob a Service Officer Anna Vaughan, has made," other than to keep officers Campus Police Chief Mary him while keeping a stainless steel different grad student right off cam- not ruled out any con nections between vigilant as they patrol the campus, she Voswinkel said she thinks the inci- gun on him, Voswinkel said. pus," Voswinkel said. The second the West University case and the other said. College officials look harder at cardreaders by David Amdur the members not to discuss the de- tails of the meeting at this point. In- stead, the presidents and the masters The college masters and presidents will present separate letters to the met again Wednesday night to dis- editor of the Thresher at the end of cuss the cardreader proposal but didn't next week expressing their opinions. reach any final decision. At the last meeting two weeks ago, The current proposal to install the masters and presidents turned cardreaders at Willy's Pub and down the original proposal, which CoffeeHouse has undergone much would use Food and Housing meal- debate in the past month. At a meeting plan money, because they decided of the college masters and presidents the proposal would hurt the college a few weeks ago, the issue was tabled system and F&H. for further consideration. The new proposal, which has been Jones College President Damian better-received, involves using an op- Abreo said Gordon Wittenberg, mas- tional, separate account at the Pub ter of Sid Richardson College, asked SEE PROPOSAL PAGE 5
The results of the 1994 Texas election: Ken Kennedy Jr., director of the Center for Research on Parallel Computation, stands at the podium while students from the Rice School operate a robotic arm, which performs the Computational Engineering Building groundbreaking Nov. 4. Governor Lt. Governor George W. Bush (R) Bob Bullock (D) U.S Representative — Dist. 25 Computational building ceremony Ken Bentsen (D) U.S. Senator part of construction boom at Rice Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) Election notes by Chetan Kapoor columns hollowed out to house elec- images. tricity, phone lines and ductwork. The ceremony itself was planned The building will house the Center to reflect the importance of informa- Ground was broken Nov. 4 for the for Research on Parallel Computation, tion technologies to education. Grade- Trading places Computational Engineering Building. and the Computer and Information school students fromThe Rice School/ The ceremony, comingjust two weeks Technology Institute. It will include La Escuela Rice used computers to after the groundbreaking for the Baker several classrooms, an auditorium and control robotic arms, which actually Institute, marked the beginning of a lecture halls, conference rooms and performed the groundbreaking. This building boom. This will include at offices for both resident and visiting was followed by a colorful laser light least three new buildings under con- scholars. show. struction simultaneously, the most on The conference rooms will be About 400 faculty, staff, students the Rice campus since the 1960s. equipped for teleconferencing, and the and visitors attended. The $16.5 million CEB is sched- classrooms will be furnished with au- Today's symbolic breaking of uled for completion by 1997. It will be diovisual equipment for multimedia ground is a significant signpost in a followed by the Baker Institute in the presentations. journey that began many years ago," fall of 1995 and later the During the ceremony, Anita K. President Malcolm Gillis said. "As Nanotechnology Building. Jones '64, the director of defense re- noted, it is a culmination of efforts by Meanwhile, other construction search and engineering for the De- many talented people." projects, including an addition to partment of Defense, said the new "Our expectation is that the teach- Fondren library, are under discus- building may launch the university ing and research that will take place in sion. into educational pre-eminence. this facility will have a great impact on The 112,000-square-foot building "Constructing a computational the university and ultimately our soci- will house several departments: com- engineering building is evidence that ety." puter science, computational and ap- Rice is aggressively exploiting infor- — Christof Spieler contributed to plied mathematics, electrical and com- mation technology," Jones said. this story. puter engineering and statistics de- "I believe that those universities partments as well as two computer that harness information technology research institutes. most aggressively and most effectively The building was designed by Joh n will in fact turn out to be the best Outram, a London-based architect. universities in this country and I think SPORTS The building will display several of there is going to be a major shake-up." Outram's trademarks. The outside will Jones stressed the importance of be decorated with a variety of brightly information technology for education colored precast concrete pieces, in- on all levels. Beat Baylor cluding some with contrasting inset "I think information technology is designs. the single most pervasive force that is The interior will include a long going to change the course of educa- or bust three-story high hallway with criss- tion today," she said. crossing stairs and protruding balco- She said information technology nies, a space which Outram likens to would help educators bring reality Sid Richardson College sophomore John Salisbury (right) and freshman a valley. into the classroom with the graphical Noma Ludeman dance during the Oktoberfest Melodrama Nov. 4. Another distinctive Outram feature depiction of physical phenomena and is the use of huge, 6-foot-diameter the interfacing of voice, text and visual 10 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1994 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION
hWf6 , ,IVIU Poster- DIVERSITY 01/'' • pulling )j\ _ _M! wHWrit^t ^ iMOre-... nre>£ec r 'Thresher' lacks representation from key portions of student body protested To the editor: Last weekend several members of the Thresher staff and I went Rice students. We think we're so to a journalism conference. Of the many things that we all learned special. We're smart, enlightened, dif- ferent from the masses. We have free there, from balancing budgets to news reporting ethics, one thing speech, right? We're liberated enough stuck in my mind more than anything else. to appreciate the 13, right? We are all The Thresher has very little, almost no, minority involvement of these things, but when it comes And, to a great extent, it is my fault right down to it, we're no better than those clamoring for censorship of Speaking to the multitudes of Black and Hispanic journalists at music and the banning of books. this convention, as well as journalism recruiters from other schools, r«f On the Friday before Halloween, I discovered that simply making positions available is not enough the Campus Pagans'Alliance hung up flyers at Will Rice, Jones and a few to gain diversity on the staff. Instead, an active attempt must be L„TW6£^eu( tI other places around campus to adver- made to include all groups in both the subject matter of the tise an event. NONE of the flyers at reporting of the Thresher and the composition of the staff. Will Rice and only a small portion of vP £ W 1 The first part is easy. Over the next few months, the Thresher ' c A[' " " the flyers in other places survived the weekend. Perhaps they were just such will be making an effort to expand coverage of issues that relate to awesome flyers that everyone just had to have one for his or her door, but diversity in all its forms. then again, maybe not. College is a place where one should E^mS' be exposed to many different views; ft llArtfl groups from all points of view should be allowed to express their ideas so that others can learn about them and learn to understand them. If something is advertised on a Hit!! Otl n These will range from fea- flyer that you disagree with, don't go O to it. It's that simple. I don't take down I & tures highlighting the ac- Death, pain avoidable with CCC's flyers. If I don't want to be a part ^ tivities of various special of it, I don't go. If you disagree with a -w- i-t interest groups on campus group's views significantly, go to the peace, nonviolent policy meeting of another group. If there ^ p" to those examiningin depth isn't another group, start one. 57* the history of the first thirty To the editor: we preserve the lives of Haitian citi- There are so many beautiful ideas years of racial integration Veterans Day is a day to honor and zens? If we don't kill the enemy, how out there, it would be a shame if you and Rice's successes and failures at achieving diversity. thank all those who have given of can we promote justice? Historical didn't get to learn any of them because themselves in order to defend our evidence has undeniably shown that someone decided for you that they The second part, increasing diversity on the editorial staff, was nation and our lives. We must also, peace CAN be achieved by completely weren't worth learning about. s almost universally agreed upon at the convention as the more however, look critically at the United nonviolent means. It's our job to make learning easy difficult of the two objectives. Everyone had a different suggestion, States' methods of resolving conflict. Recently President Clinton de- and to prevent even the little censor- none overwhelmingly effective and none easy. clared that nonviolent actions in Haiti ships like the removal of flyers. Come were not effective and that military on, Rice, act as special as we think we So I start where it is easiest Here. If you have ever considered Letters invasion would be unavoidable; days are. writing, ifyou haveeverbeen angry, or even ifyouhave simply ever later, Jimmy Carter traveled to Haiti cared enough to read a staff editorial, come talk to us here at the and, through discussion and open- Susan Bird ness, was able to nonviolently facili- President Thresher. THE EDITOR tate an agreement between leaders. Campus Pagans' Alliance Tell us what we have been doing wrong. Tell us what we have Upon return to the U.S., the former Jones '96 been doing right Volunteer to help us fix it Tell us to go to hell. As we honor those who fought and president spoke in a radio interview Without student involvement without total student involve- died for our freedom and comfort, I about the lack of communication be- wonder why violence and death are so tween opposing leaders before his ment, the Thresher does not represent the student body. We have RITE... mi • The r I a| "| SINCE 1916 often used to hasten change in present- arrival. He stated that the leaders had made a commitment to represent the students. Now we need your day politics. It is right to respect and never before all sat down together and TqM help. thank those who have defended our honestly discussed the issues at hand. Short letters (200 words or country and life-styles, but we must David Hale, less) may be sent in by also look carefully at the necessity of E-MAIL spieler@owlnet Rice) ThresheDavid Hale Editor in rChie f their pain and death. or vivekrao@owlnet Editor in Chief This nation gained its indepen- 'Enemies get scribbly dence through war; since its birth CAMPUS MAIL Thresher over 200 years ago, the U.S. has con- dinosaur draurings from George E. Hatoun tinued to use violence or threats of Longer letters should Business Manager violence in order to gain what it be- their kids. Enemies be submitted on a Macintosh disk in the Microsoft Word lieves to be desirable. We have used 9 Sei Chong News Editor violence to gain economic power, to probably love M&M's. format Include a paper copy. Kate Hallgren Asst. News Editor protect other nations and to receive Vivek Rao Opinion Editor global respect. Although these ends Deadline for all letters is Christof Spieler Opinion Editor may seem to enhance the quality of 5 p.m. on Monday James Ling Asst. Opinion Editor human life in this nation and through- Once the leaders were able to meet, Amy Jeter Arts & Entertainment Editor out the world, one must question the talk and recognize each other's hu- All letters must include Joanna Winters Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor use ofviolence in reaching these goals. manity, a resolution was reached. your name, college, year Tony Tran Sports Editor The rilost common reason cited Recognizing the humanity of an- of graduation and phone Grant A. Flowers Asst. Sports Editor for the use ofviolence in international other person is the key to nonviolent number (names may be Peter Stokes Asst. Sports Editor politics, and in society in general, is its conflict resolution. During World War withheld by request in Rachel Dornhelm Features Editor necessity. If troops do not kill those special circumstances). Amy Ferranti Backpage Editor who oppress Haitian people, how can SEE PEACE, PAGE 4 Adam Richardson Backpage Editor Bernie Yoo Photography Editor Rakesh Agrawal Asst. Photography Editor Kelly Rentzel Copy Editor Rice Honor System gains national praise Charles Klein Production Manager Jennifer Taylor Gorman Advertising Manager To the editor: Rice Honor Council members re- to represent the students of Rice and Nina Olien Ads Production Manager Rice hosted the National Confer- turned to praise of how the Rice com- receive so many positive comments Sujata Mody Asst. Business Manager ence of the Center for Academic In- munity maintained a tradition of trust, about how special the Rice student Meredith Hamm Staff Cartoonist tegrity from Oct 13 through Oct 15. honor and tremendous support from body is for sustaining a system that The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper at Rice University Members of the Honor Council heard both students and faculty, which is works as well as ours does." since 1916, is published each Friday during the school year, except during presentations and participated in dis- fostered through the small size of Rice, The Honor Council will be hosting examination periods and holidays, by the students of Rice University. cussions with faculty, administrators the residential college system and the a forum on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 7:00 and students from other institutions The Thresherreserves the right to refuse any advertising for any reason. fact that every student accepts the p.m. in the Kelley Lounge of the Rice both with and without honor systems. 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Mail subscription rate per semester: $20.00 domestic, dent bodies lacking interest in or con- honor systems through education and cern for maintenance of i community Katie Krolikowski $40.00 international via first class mail. Non-subscription rate: first copy participation of students. free, second copy $2.00. of academic trust Senior Rep Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher Representatives from other Honor Council chairman Sam Cole WRC'95 Editorial Staff. All other pieces represent solely the opinion of the author. schools looked to the Rice Honor Sys- described the good impressions the Jennifer Bullard Obviously. © COPYRIGHT 1994 tem as a nationwide model for honor conference left on other members of Ombudsman systems. Almost all discussions with the Honor Council, "I was really proud Brown '97 c» OPINION THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1994 3 Cable issue one of greed, robbery Penal system needs But not before we resolve the mat- sive billing. An easy alternative can James ter of a substantial sum of money. eliminate all this nonsense. The Cable Committee proposed a I suggest that, instead of making ling universal increase of the Food & Hous- us pay, F&H should initially pick up rehabilitation, reform ing bill by $30 next year with incre- the tab for the installment, then gradu- It is all too obvious by now that mental increases of one dollar each ally make back the cost by charging Prisons are needlessly overcrowded, inefficient whenever some enterprising commit- year for the next five years to cover the only those people who order cable. tee conceives of a radical resolution to cost of cable installation in every col- Certainly there is room in the make itself seem useful, the Rice com- lege dorm room. Thus, all on-campus definition of "cruel and unusual munity will tend to fall for it hook, line residents would have to pay an extra Jym punishment" for new and better and sinker. How else can the 57% 30 bucks for cable regardless of its Schwartz types of retribution and rehabilita- voter approval for the campuswide practical value to them. 'Where s the justice in tion. installation of cable be explained? Where's the justice in such a scam? Very few points expressed in Non-violent criminals idly oc- ("57% of votes want cable in colleges," Why should I be forced to pay for such a scam ? Why should the Constitution of this fabulous cupy a great deal of space in our Nov. 4) cable if I don't want or can't even have country are being taken too liter- nation's facilities when they could access to it? To comprehend such I be forced to pay for cable ally by the government today. The be put to good use outside of the robbery just boggles the mind. assaults on freedom of speech and system. Some nay-sayer may argue that if I don't want or can't freedom of action, for example, con- fVison neither reforms these Editor's $30 is a trivial fee that would rapidly ? stantly endanger our life-style ... offenders nor does it fit the major- disappear into the rest of the costs. If even have access to it t well, mine at least. ity of their crimes. it's so trivial, he or she might as well However, there is a phrase in Hie money spent on space for Notes give me the $30.1 sure wouldn't mind the Constitution which was origi- these people could be more prop- having another trivial $30 for no spe- nally written in an effort to create a erly allocated toward counseling. cial reason. To handle such a hefty fee at first more humanitarian penal system. I And the skills they acquired be- It's not that I have anything against But the actual sum itself does not may require temporary allocation of refer, of course, to the promise fore conviction can be used after- cable itself. In fact, I hope we sign the even really matter. In principle, I have funds from other less important func- made to the American people that wards to earn their keep and their contract with Phonoscope, Inc., as been taught to be thrifty and discrete tions. But at least the sacrifice will be they should never suffer "cruel and freedom. soon as possible to bring cable to in my spending, and such a blatant worth it, won't it? After all, a majority After all, one does not have to campus. The benefits of CNN, ESPN waste of my family's hard-earned of the campus apparently feels there's be in a prison to not be free. and even HBO and MTV, as well as money will not be so easily tolerated. some need for cable, and therefore Non-violent criminals could be Internet, would be definite pluses to Like it or not, cable will be installed the charge should go to the campus, placed in well-monitored commu- the quality of on-campus life at Rice. in all of the rooms according to the SEE CABLE, PAGE 3 nities where they would apply Or, if for no other reason, at least we terms of the negotiated contract. How- whatever talents or professional can finally resolve this issue and de- ever, this comprehensive installation James Ling is a Hanszen College fresh- experience they have in service to vote energy to more important issues. plan does not necessitate comprehen- man and assistant opinion editor. the nation's common good. For example, a doctor would unusual punishment." be put to work at a public clinic. A WELL, SIR, VOUFs EGONOW'S AU I find myself comforted by the carpenter would build houses for I KNEW n'P K KOUGtt SC%>, BUT thought that my government can the government's programs. An WHEN IN, never do anything unspeakable to accountant would become a math me, no matter what crime I care to teacher. KflOKWUMfti commit. As for the non-skilled laborers, So if I happen to shoot the presi- they would either be taught a skill dent (say ... in the back of the in demand or put to work repair- head), the task of creating a penalty ing roads and other menial labor. which does not infringe upon this Those able-bodied who refuse to right falls to the judicial branch. work will be stripped of their Con- stitutional rights and submitted to medical laboratories for experi- mentation. 'Certainly there is room We would rely on the discre- tion of the medical community, of in the definition of course, to ensure the humanity of the testing and experimenting "cruel and unusual (wink, wink). One could then be assigned a punishment"for new specific number of hours for labor and cou nseling, at the end of which and better types of he or she would be set free (pend- ing the approval of a committee, of retribution and course). This system not only rehabili- 9 rehabilitation. tates the criminal, but it also takes major steps toward defraying its own cost, unlike a prison. After all, taxpayers should not And what will be my fate? have to pay for the mistakes of Voters to Democrats: you all failed Unfortunately, the antithesis of others when the others can be this Constitutional phrase has be- made to pay for it themselves. come synonymous with prison. The system I recommend Midterm election returns mark lasting victory of conservative ideology When the founding non-gender spe- would not be easy to create, nor cific parental individuals of this would it be simple to control, but I Why this rising Republican tide? eral and Bill Clinton in particular. country sat down to think over what believe that with the technology Well, as ABC's Cokie Roberts pointed Clinton's problem is that he threw would be the best, most humane available today it can be made to Bert out toward the end of her network's an economic recovery, but nobody way to punish wrongdoers, they work. Gall election coverage, the answer is not came. Despite his claims that he res- decided confinement was the way simply that voters are fed up with cued America from recession and got to go. The 1994 midterm elections — or incumbents in general. After all, no the economy moving again, the After all, it's not too cruel, and Midterm Revolution, if you're a Re- Republican incumbents lost on Tues- government's latest report on family it's certainly not at all unusual. 'After all, taxpayers publican basking in the glow of day. income, recently released by the Cen- Certainly a fine idea for the late Tuesday's election results — remind No, a large part of the answer has 18th century, but two hundred years should not have to pay me of a anecdote I once heard about a to do with the fact that the voters are have elapsed since then and we're college student who scored a zero on in an anti-Democrat and anti-Clinton still having problems with laws and for the mistakes of others a test When he confronted his profes- mood. Why? Well, in the words of the people who break them (on the sor, whining, "But I don't think I de- James Carville, Clinton's brilliant presi- 'Clinton's problem is that next Geraldo). when the others can be serve a zero," the professor snapped dential campaign manager, "It's the • With an uninspired penal sys- back, "Neither do I, but it's the lowest economy, stupid." he threw an economic tem, we have become mired in dol- made to pay for it grade I'm allowed to give." The president, who, in the last ing out prison sentences for every weeks of the campaign, tried to warn recovery, but nobody crime, even ones which did not themselves. * voters that a Republican victory would exist at this country's inception. lead the country back to the "failed" came. ' Did you shoot someone? You economic policies of the '80's, a time go to prison. Embezzle money? Go when Reagan-ite Republicans "put our to prison. Molest a child? Go to economy in the drink," has discov- prison. Grow some marijuana? Go Although 200 years ago it was ered to his dismay that most voters sus Bureau, shows that the median to prison. Outstanding speeding not feasible to give criminals a are ready for a stronger dose of that American household actually saw its tickets? Go to prison. Mail fraud? chance like this system, we owe it drink. income shrink by $300 in 1992-93. Go to prison. to those who drafted the Constitu- There is really no nice way to put it: Clinton must haVe missed class Thus, the typical middle class voter While I admire the unflagging tion to make better use of modern Bill Clinton and the Democrats h?ve the day everyone else learned that a doesn't have to be an economist to certitude of this country's Judges technology and psychology toward met Professor American Electorate, president should not attempt to trans- know that the only people "recover- that prison does not violate the creating the America which they and they have flunked his class badly, form midterm elections into a national ing" economically while his standard American criminal's rights, I think envisioned. like the student in the above anec- referendum on past economic poli- of living shrinks are the very wealthy. there are other factors which should Tempora Bona Volvant and if dote, they should be thankful that cies that most Americans rightly re Gee, that sounds an awfully lot like be considered when justice is you have any ideas of what to do things did not go worse, for they argu- gard as successful ones. Foolishly, the rich getting richer while the poor served. More specifically, we must with the violent offenders, please ably could and should have. the president played into the hands of and middle class get soaked. The last ask if the punishment actually fits let me know. For the first time since 1954, Re- Republicans, who jumped at any time I heard somebody utter that the crime. Barring the publicans control both houses of Con- chance to transform midterm guber- phrase was — well, it was this week. Constitution'sviolation, the judicial Jym Schwartz is a third-year gradu- gress. The majority of state houses, natorial and congressional races into SEE LIBERALS, PAGE 4 system should strive to focus care- ate student in the Department of including the one in Austin, is now a national referendum on the perfor- • fully on the discipline it creates. Geology and Geophysics. occupied by Republican governors. mance of the Democratic Party in gen- Bert Gall is a Lovett College senior. 4 FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1994 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION
Peace lent means of conflict resolution. Few people are eager to kill friends. FROM PAGE 2 Even when the wars are over and vtwmwrm I, a truce was called on Christmas the soldiers are home, the violence mwimiKM making SENSE of rr Day. Allied and German soldiers were they have been taught does not al- PB0PIEKBEPSA5AH& mmmm »6, OF COURSE, able to actually see each other's faces ways leave. A significant and dispro- WEWNTTUSTCNTO ANOTHER MKTOR- that day. They heard each other sing- portionate number of domestic vio- THEVOTWS ing "Silent Night" The next day, new lence cases involve veterans. Violence WtVOUSTEMlO reinforcements had to be sent to the often begets violence. mVOTW&J pto site because Allied forces refused to On this campus we pride ourselves fight. They refused to kill objects they in our ROTC program. It provides now recognized as human beings. many students the opportunity to pay In the U.S., military training for college and learn valuable leader- depersonalizes fighters and teaches ship skills. I invite us to consider the soldiers to ignore the humanity of implications of this — are we devalu- their enemies. Heads are shaved and ing human life by training ROTC stu- uniforms are worn to transform a dents to obey orders, dress alike and group of individuals into a mass of by teaching them how to kill? Does killing machines. ROTC serve as a symbol of the mili- Personnel are required to obey all tary — a system tainted by sexism? orders without question, even the com- Perhaps. Perhaps not. mand to kill. Sergeants yell, "Send Veterans' Day should be a day to your enemy back home to his momma rightfully honor and thank those who in a coffin," and soldiers cheer. have served this nation in the armed When leaders and servicepeople forces. It should also, however, be a fail to realize the humanity of every day to pay respect to all those who living person, violence is a viable and have shown us that nonviolent con- effective solution to problems. flict resolution is viable and desirable. mi, \ Mim If the enemy is seen as a vicious We must search for creative alter- TV SPOTS WT wa, ANT> barrier, something tocut through and natives to the inhumanity of war. iSflUCAKTTfcCTCfc- destroy, violence solves crises. One of the most powerful images DO t m WWG. However, enemies are no less hu- associated with Veterans' Day is the man than ourselves. Enemies have acres of cemeteries dotted with Ameri- mothers who wait by the phone to can flags. Today we must honor their hear the latest news. Enemies get bravery and selflessness, but we must scribbly dinosaur drawings from their look forward to the Veterans' Days we kids. Enemies probably love M&M's. will celebrate by embracing our living Enemies cry themselves to sleep no friends who were once enemies. less often than American servicepeople do. By recognizing this, Kathleen Friel one is challenged to employ nonvio- WRC'95 roomer 3)1 RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP • »ju SKI PURGATORY FOR $400! INCLUDES: air, tax, transfer and accomodations, & 4 day lift pass independent choice, certainly the itself is shocking. MANDATORY MEETING Cable more costly cable issue may be re- In summary, the cable contract in solved in a similar manner. its present state represents a victory FROM PAGE 3 9:00 P.M.THURS. NOV. 17 While it is true that the F&H bill of greed over prudence, a triumph of not to the individual who may not feel already involves a myriad of other extravagance over frugality. BAKER COMMONS such a need. 1 unnecessary, and for many practical I've been at Rice for a while now, ***'BRINl G $100 DEPOSIT'*** And if such a sacrifice is too great purposes, useless bureaucratic ser- and I know that people here know for F&H, as I assume it will be (it's vices which we must pay. for each better than to let self-interest obscure funny how the Cable Committee never year, such waste does not justify fur- their vision of community. I say this seriously considered that $30 may be ther waste. In fact, it's all the more with sincerity, though I realize many too much a sacrifice for some stu- reason to cut back and perhaps recon- will snicker. dents). sider appropriation of valuable funds. Sadly, such snickering is the habit 1 propose that the universal $30 Besides, not everybody has the of those very same people who had increase be implemented but with the material wealth or flexibility to afford recently pursued their own selfish option of crediting it to other func- cable. Heck, I don't even have the motives in berating the lockout and tions instead, such as meal plans or luxury of a television, which is an committing such shameful public acts Fondren renovation or infrastructure obvious, expensive prerequisite. as stealing the goal posts. improvements or even charity. And even if I did, I know I wouldn't Now some of them are trying to 'YOU CAN'T DO MARDIGRAS FOR A WEEK! Cable is an amenity, and as such it have the time or desire to return to the make you pay for their cable. should be fiscally accounted for on an addictive tube from which I struggled The issue is an urgent one. By next RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP RPC SPRING BREAK TRIP individual purchase and itemized ba- so long to wean myself since coming week, the issue is expected to be re- sis. Just think how much more effi- to Rice. I'd rather get something more solved based upon the slim majority. cient and democratic such a line item useful to college life anyway, say a It is important that we in the minor- veto process would be. refrigerator or even course books ity protest vocally and forcefully in \\ Earlier this semester, I had the which I can at least trade back at the favor of an immediate revision of the option of choosing whether my social end of the semester. terms of the contract with Phonoscope, fees would go to alcohol. That process That 57% of the student population Inc. 3- u involved a sum of money much less expects the other significant 43% of Otherwise, we may soon regret than the $30 need for cable. If some- Rice to practically hand over money to the consequences of such a danger- thing as particular as beer warrants it so it can buy something it wants for ous precedent. power, voters chased many old liberal tor Diane Feinsten start talking tough cronies from the scene that I never on illegal immigration? Why did Sena- Liberals thought I'd see depart from office. tor Kennedy start talking tough on FROM PAGE 3 Farewell Congressmen Rostenkowski crime and start disparaging unfunded The speaker was, of course, Bill Clin- and Brooks. So long, Senator Sasser. mandates? (Senator Kennedy had pre- ton. The topic was the 1980's; Hit the road, Governors Cuomo and viously never met an unfunded man- This weekend at Unfortunately for Clinton — and Richards. date he didn't like.) the host of Democratic congressional Of course, to say that the voters Unfortunatelyfor most Democrats, Space Center Houston candidates who connected their fates destroyed the Democratic majorities their "conversion" to conservatism was to his by voting for his unpopular in the House and Senate purely be- too little, too late. Voters chose the John DeLancie, Star Trek's "Q," will appear Nov. 12 and 13 at Space Center economic plan and budget — it is an cause of the economy or their anger at Republican party, deciding that Demo- Houston as part of Salute to Star Trek Month. incontrovertible fact that the middle Democrats would be oversimplifying cratic attempts toqrnitate conservative class prospered in the 1980's. Indeed, their motivation and underestimating ideas resembled grand larceny more between 1982and 1989, median house- their intelligence. There is, I think, a than the sincerest type of flattery. The Also appearing will be Mark Lenard, "Sarek," Nov. 19-20; and hold income increased 10.5 percent growing sense among voters — and reins of power in Congress now lie in Walter Koenig, "Chekov," Nov. 26-27. All of Clinton's bragging at press con- even some Democratic politicians — the hands of Majority Leader Bob ferences and attempts to feel their that the battle of ideas between the Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Don't miss the Star Trek Movie Marathon Friday, Nov. 11 from 7 p.m. to pain aside, the voters know^hat their liberals of the Democratic Party and Gingrich, who seem ready to fulfill the conservatives of the Republican their pledges to cut taxes and downsize |p| 7 a.m. Tickets are $10. RSVPto (713) 244-2140. Only 550 seats avdilable. pocketbooks were far better off dur- ing the '80's than they are now. Party is over, and the conservatives government. pr This weekend, take a trek to Space Center Houston. Thus, voters answered Clinton's have won. The voters have given them this referendum by bringing into power If this were not so, why did liberal opportunity by glaring at the Demo- the party they hope can restore some candidates in this election do their crats and saying, "Class dismissed. of thfeir '80 s prosperity. In the process damned best to appear conservative We might be able to give you lower grades next time." HOUSTON All events sub/ecf of ushering the Republicans into to the voters? Why did California Sena- to chonqe without Take I 45 to the NASA Road I-Exit * (713) 244-2105 notice
O NEWS THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1994 5 Selling ads violates Rice policy, dean says
of the university. by Eleanor Wilkinson Donner said the advertisements were very successful. "I did provide a A student who was selling ads that service for the students as well as for gave discounts to Rice students was the businesses I represented." The asked to discontinue his sales because businesses included SuperTravel, they violated school policy. Mail Boxes, Etc., Haagen-Dazs, Mr. Brooks Donner, a senior at Gatti's, Firestone and the Kolache Hanszen College, had solicited ads Factory. He declined to say how much from nine merchants in the Village he made from the sales. and had distributed them through stu- Donner also said he had received dents' mailboxes a few weeks ago. positive feedback from the businesses. Dean of Students Sarah Burnett asked He said Haagen Dazs "had gotten him to stop because the university more response from my ads than from does not allow businesses to use school any other advertisement they had done facilities, including mailboxes and the at Rice." campus mail, to advertise. Burnett mentioned another in- Dean Burnett said the conflict was stance involving a student soliciting that Donner "can't use the Rice cam- advertisements. She said that earlier Hanszen College freshman Angela Arnold dances with Lovett College junior Jose Cruz Jr. at Esperanza Saturday. pus for the purpose of running a busi- this year, the student began collecting ness." She said this kind of advertise discounts from businesses to issue an Esperanza breaks even ment could jeopardize Rice's tax-free alternative to the Stu dent Association's status. Silver Saver card. The rival card never For the first time in three years, Esperanza broke even, Rice Program Council Formals Chair and Secretary She also mentioned that students came out, but it did raise questions Ryan Levy said. and staff cannot tell businesses that about misrepresentation of Rice in the "This year's Esperanza had a high attendance, and more freshmen went than ever before," he said. they are representatives of Rice Uni- community. Also, no one gate-crashed this year. Entry into the Houston City Club was closely monitored, so that all versity without permission from Rice. Burnett said that often policy con- who attended paid. In this case, Burnett said she did not cerning these situations is "kind of Most formats forthe pastthree years have lost amounts exceeding $3,000 due to mismanagement, Levy know of any misrepresentation on tricky technically." She said the uni- said. "Lots of money simply flew away that shouldn't have been allowed to." Donner's part. versity has also warned local busi- Levy also said that the salsa band attracted more students than a typical Rice formal — another factor Donner said that although he told nesses to determine whether the stu- in Esperanza 1994's profit. the businesses he was a Rice student, dents and staff they are dealing with — by Marty Beard he did not say he was a representative are officially representing Rice. SFA student government cites sodomy law to deny funding to gays to revoke funding, said. "We didn't is currently considering its constitu- pleading no contest to charges of falsi- by Kate Hallgren want to have a group on campus that tionality. fying government records. might in some way champion viola- Source: The Daily Texan, Univer- The charges were the result of The Stephen F. Austin State Uni- tion of Texas law." sity of Texas, Nov. 2 investigations by the FBI and the versity student government voted 30- The 100-year-old sodomy law Texas Rangers. Groff and King were 26 to refuse funding for the Gay and makes "deviant sexual intercourse" A&M directors get probation accused to misrepresenting purchases Lesbian Student Association for next between same sex adults a misde- Texas A&M Athletic Director of alcohol on state vouchers as food, fall in a meeting on Nov. 1. The funds meanor, punishable by a fine. The law Wally Groff and Associate Director soft drinks and ice. were refused on the grounds that THE HEDGES has been challenged in court several Penny King were each fined $250 and Source: The Daily Texan, Univer- Texas law forbids sodomy, and mem- times, and theTexas attorney general given three months probation after sity of Texas, Nov. 1 bers of the group, being gay. were sexual, more than likely you have vio- probably violating the law. lated 21.06 of the Texas penal code "The majority of GLSA members [the sodomy law]," student senator ... are gay, and in order to be a homo- Bryan Simmons, a leader of the effort
to the CK college meal system, but no Proposal one is paying for the operating ex- penses for Sammy's. Therefore, the THE OFFICE OF STUDENT FROM PAGE 1 meal card deductions at Sammy's re- and CoffeeHouse. Students could sign flect not just the actual cost of the food ACTIVITIES over fixed amounts of money onto but also the wages and other operat- their special meal-card accounts at ing expenses. The result is a 45 per- the Cashier's Office. cent increase from the prices at the Abreo said the Student Associa- colleges. INVITES YOU TO ATTEND tion Senate almost unanimously sup- Abreo said thatif cardreaders were ports the cardreaders at the Pub and installed at either the Pub or the CoffeeHouse, providing they use a CoffeeHouse, the expenses may also separate account as opposed to meal- be higher than college food expenses plan money. to pay for the operating expenses. THE SIXTH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT A large part of the debate over the This would cost students more. old proposal revolved around econom- Furthermore, CK would indirectly s ics. At the beginning of the year, when lose money for every item purchased students and their families pay for at the Pub or CoffeeHouse through various meal plans, a certain amount the old proposal. Friday Jan 20- Sunday Jan. 22 of money is allotted as base cost. This F&H tries to predict how many base cost goes directly to F&H to people it needs to feed at the colleges cover Central Kitchen expenses such and buys in bulk accordingly. as plates, silverware and employee Another concern is that wages. cardreaders at the Pub and Open to all officers and aspiring leaders of clubs, The rest of the meal-plan money CoffeeHouse would draw students organizations, and colleges. goes on the meal card. Some money is away from the colleges at meal time. If subtracted every time a student pur- F&H bought more food than students chases food at a college. were willing to consume at the col- The system functions so that the leges, they would lose money and be student's meal card expenses pay only forced to raise prices. Good folk, good food, good fun! for the price of the food. A student's The erosion of the college system meal card deductions for any given was another worry. Some masters and meal exactly equal the price that CK presidents believe, Abreo said, that t paid for that food. "anything which detracts from the At Sammy's, Abreo said, it works a college system is a bad decision." Space is limited, so mark your calendars now and •• little differently. The base cost paid at Abreo said he "wholeheartedly the beginning of the year is still going agrees" with this statement. apply early.
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COLD AS A CORPSE Inconsistent 'Frankenstein' will disappoint Branagh fans BY KRISTIAN LIN of the film and leave you wondering what they're doing there. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein be- Quinn has it worst; all you remem- longs to an emerging genre I like to ber about him is his laughable attempt call operatic film. at a British accent It's usually a big-budget horror On the other hand, Cherie Lunghi story with major-league production as Frankenstein's mother achieves a values, set in a historical period to degree of poignance not found in any further remove it from reality. other Branagh film. It's a genre that tends toward a lack Tom Hulce gets some laughs as of discipline; the actors unbuckle their Frankenstein's lightweight classmate. emotions and the filmmakers throw Looking the part is pretty much all anything up on screen for effect. you can ask from an actor in this film, Now, I happen to enjoy this kind of where a sustained performance is al- filmmaking; at least we know the di- most impossible. rector isn't asleep in his chair. Neither Branagh nor DeNiro man- This genre includes some excel- ages an impressive performance, al- lent films — David Cronenberg's 77?? though they do pull off a fascinating Fly (1986) and Martin Scorsese's 'Ihe dialogue between monster and cre- Age of Innocence (1993) — as well as ator. failures, such as Bram Stoker's Dracula The only significant deviation from (1992) and now a film reminiscent of the novel occurs in a scene near the it, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. end, in which Frankenstein tries to The film begins as a dying Dr. resurrecthis wife/adopted sister Eliza- Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth beth (Helena Bonham Carter), who Branagh) retells his story to a sea has been murdered by the monster. captain (Aidan Quinn) trying to reach The scientist (Kenneth Branagh) and his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) share a passionate embrace before tragedy strikes. The result may be one of the most the North Pole. horrible scenes ever recorded on film. As an idealistic medical student, tor, has always had a tendency to die amid great roaring fountains of Darabont (writer/director of The While she gets help from the Frankenstein becomes obsessed with overdo things. blood in the movie. Shawshank Redemption) and Steph makeup people, it is Bonham Carter's creating life. From parts of corpses This has been largely successful in Gifted composer Patrick Doyle Lady, is so tediously reverential. acting which makes the scene com- he reconstructs a human, but re- the past. In Frankenstein, though, underscores it all with heaving, por- One problem the film has is that pelling despite being almost too pain- coils in horror from his creation. Branagh goes over the top in a tentous music. The idea isn't to scare the filmmakers are all itching to go for cold and humorless you but to dazzle you with visual inge- ful to watch. However, the monster the sensationalistic elements in the way, and he comes nuity without regard for realism. This is where Branagh's circling (Robert DeNiro) escapes story but are tied down by the knowl- off as a man of the camera finally serves a purpose. The and vows revenge on the It's a scattershot approach, and edge that they're adapting a classic. theater desperately scene will send you reeling from the creator who has naturally it scores a few hits, but misses This problem makes the film wildly trying to be cin- theater. abandoned him. more often. inconsistent in tone. It also crops the ematic. The scene is also saddening in that It had to You shouldn't be surprised by supporting characters. The peripheral it gives you a belated taste of what this happen sooner He shoots from Frankenstein's resemblance to Bram characters in the novel aren't interest- film might have been. or later: extremely low and Stoker's Dracula, since both the writer ing at all, but Lady and Darabont don't Since the success of Henry V, crit- Kenneth high angles, wheel- and director of that film, James Hart try to fill them out either. ics have split into pro- and anti- Branagh, ing and whirling the and Francis Ford Coppola, are among It is strange that Branagh, of all the producers. Branagh; but Frankenstein, while in- as a film camera wildly. directors, should let so many fine ac- teresting, remains the first film even direc- People who die Perhaps Branagh goes the oper- tors go to waste. Ian Holm, Richard cleanly in the novel atic route because the script, by Frank Briers and John Cleese pass in and out his followers can call a failure.
LAND WAR IN ASIA O'Brien reconciles war with reality BY MEGAN O'GRADY
When asked how the horrors of Vietnam have shaped his writing, Tim O'Brien compared the memory of war to the recovery of a cancer patient. "In the fabric of my life," he said, "Vietnam is only one thread, certainly not the whole. Life is more important, love is more important, family is more important, writing is more important. "What remains of Vietnam is that you don't have to be there to be there; it appears in the slow-motion droplets of now. What Vietnam represents to me is the challenge to bridge the distance between a foreign phenomenon and daily life — the secrets we carry inside all of us." Carmen (Denyce Graves) and Escamillo (Richard Paul Fink) declare their love. O'Brien's latest novel, In the Lake of the Woods, weaves these threads together in the portrayal of one man's attempt to reconcile the past with the present — a man NO MORE DRUMS! whose literal and metaphorical Vietnams have devastated his life. The theme of reconciling war with reality appears Houston opera presents throughout O'Brien's previous work. post-modern 'Carmen' 'What Vietnam represents BY RYAN MINOR neat doors and lighted openings cut to me is the challenge to into the set reminiscent of Elektra and CARMEN, BY GEOGE BIZET bright, bold colors straight from the bridge the distance " David Hockney set for Turandot. HOUSTON GRAND OPERA Award-winning author Tim O'Brien Nov. 11, 12, 15 AND 18, 7:30 P.M. The costumes, which like the set between a foreign SUNDAY, Nov. 13, 2 P.M. were designed by Marie-Jeanne Lecca, to lose." BROWN THEATER, WORTHAM CENTER were a treat. They had sort of a Comme phenomenon and daily life— In his new novel, O'Brien expands from the war to DOWNTOWN AT SMITH AND TEXAS; 227-ARTS des Gar^ons in the 1950s look. include other sources of psychological trauma, focusing on $20 STUDENT RUSH What made this Carmen so im- the secrets we carry inside the development of a single character from childhood. pressive was the overriding sense of The story opens with John Wade and his wife, Kathy, In all fairness, I should start my direction with which the lighting, col- all of us.' who are vacationing in a cottage on Lake of the Woods, on review of Houston Grand Opera's ors, sets, costumes, stage directions the Canadian border in northern Minnesota. Carmen by saying that I'm pretty tired and, yes, the music, were fused into One morning Kathy disappears. of the music from the opera^I think one big whole. In O'Brien's 1978 novel Going after Cacciato, the Wade, a Minnesota politician, has just lost his party's'1 we've all been subjected to a few'too If there was one guiding principle boundary between reality and fantasy is tested by two primary election for the U.S. Senate; his opponent managed many "Habaneras" for hammered for this production, it was that audi- contrasting tales: that of a platoon of soldiers that follows to uncover the fact that Wade was present at the Vietnam dulcimer or aging baritones' tortured ences already know the opera. a man from Vietnam to France on foot and that of the massacre atThuan Yen (better known as My Lai), during renditions of the Toreador ditty. We know the hit tunes,, we know Vietnam War itself, equally unbelievable simply because which hundreds of civilians were slaughtered. For this reason, I probably paid that Carmen the sex-pot is somehow its horrors are true. The discovery of this secret, which Wade had kept from more attention to the staging rather supposed to represent the Oriental In The Things They Carried (1990), a group of soldiers both his wife and his campaign manager, forces him to than the music. This may explain why temptress destined to "deconstruct" attempt to tell stories as a sort of catharsis, both during confront his own actions. * I was so taken with the staging. the psyche of the unwitting Occiden- and after the war. Though the accusation would make Wade responsible Conjecture aside, though, I must tal man, etc. Been there, done that. O'Brien uses the storytelling to explore the conflict for the deaths of a Vietnamese man and an American say that this was one hell of a produc- Yet somehow the too-familiar mu- between these horrors and the limits of language in soldier, the narrator never assigns culpability, nor does tion. " sic and this simplistic reduction of depicting reality. Wade himself admit guilt. For theset, HGO combined anum- 19th century sexual anxieties continue "When you're almost dead," O'Brien said about his In the Lake of the Woods is also about the mystery of love ber of past ideas — an angled, to fascinate us. own war experience, "you're really alive, and you feel a and the things which it compels us to do. Like other minimalistic stage a la Barber of Seville] SEE CARMEN, PAGE 9 sort of numb glow, because you realize all that you have SEE O'BRIEN. PAGE 9 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994 7
DESl WOULD APPROVE El Meson offers delights
BY KEVIN MISTRY many vegetarian options at compa- rable prices. A variety of a la carte EL MESON items are also reasonably priced.
11 A.M. TO 10 P.M. DAILY, TO 11 p.'M. Unfortunately, El Meson only of- FRIDAYS fers oil and vinegar dressing on their 2425 UNIVERSITY BLVD. salads, but dinner salads all include 522-9306 thick slices of avocado. With the help of chips and tangy When I think of Cuba, I usually salsa dip, the dinner salad made the imagine either Desi Arnaz ("Lucy, you 10- minute wait for the Polio seem like got some 'splaining do to!") or Fidel next to nothing. Castro ("Have a cigar from under my The Polio Salteado was a combina- beard"). tion of strips of chicken breast sauteed I also notice that both these guys in virgin olive oil and served with on- are on the stout side — maybe it's ions and bell peppers, plus side dishes what they eat of sweet fried plantains and rice and Curiosity piqued, I decided to spicy black beans. check out El Meson, an overlooked The chicken was nicely prepared, Virginia (Camryn Manheim), Eleanor (Bridget Fonda) and Dr. Spitzvogel (Norbert Weisser) are caught off guard in Wellville. Cuban-Mexican restaurant in the Vil- though not as spicy as I had been led lage. to believe. I was surprised that it wasn't I wasn't exactly sure how Cuban served with tortillas, but maybe they MR. UNPRONOUNCEABLE food differed from Mexican or South don't want people to think they're get- American, but the atmosphere was ting fajitas. distinct enough when I first entered. The plantains are hard to describe, Though the artwork was more but if you imagine a banana that tastes 'Wellville' features nudity, lacks substance Mexican than Cuban, the Cuban am- like a sweet potato, deep fried but not BY DAN MCDERMON love vegetarian faux feminist, a Ger- heartwarming he wants. biance was noticeable in the lack of mushy, that's the right idea. The man "womb massage" specialist and a There is some inspired silliness in the overwhelming stucco found in slightly blackened sides added to the The best line in The Road to Wellville host of other oddballs. this film, including some funny slap- many Mexican restaurants. complexity of the flavor. conies about 30 minutes into the film Meanwhile, Ossining is trying un- stick comedy with a special nod to the The family that operates El Meson Fordessert, El Meson has the usual when Sir Anthony Hopkins says, "An successfully to get his cereal com- Keystone Cops, but it doesn't hold was also distinctively Cuban and was supply of flan and sopapillas, moder- erection is a flagpole on your grave." pany off the ground. He is not helped together with the rest of the movie. quite helpful in suggesting an entree. ately priced at $2.25 and $1.75 respec- Unfortunately, the rest of the movie by his free-spending partner, who has Broderick and Fonda avoid em- While I waited, I tried the frozen tively, as well as the more fruitful doesn't rise to the same brilliant peak wasted all of the start-up money sup- barrassing themselves, and Hopkins margarita that they had mentioned Guayaba con Queso de Crema. again. plied by Ossining's aunt. does fine; but it's difficult to conceive with pride in their Houston Press ad. Dessert coffees also include The film begins in 1907 Battle The two team up with George of the ex-Hannibal the Cannibal mon- Though I'm by no means a connois- espresso, Cafe con Leche Creek, Mich., the "Cereal Bowl of the Kellogg (Dana Carvey), estranged son ster as an anal health guru. seur of fine margaritas, I was certainly (cappuchino) and numerous permu- World" and site of the title thorough- of the famed doctor, to make use of his There are a few points of light in impressed. tations of kahlua. fare. name. The Road to Wellville. The brightest is For starters. El Meson uses Cuervo You might ask for a coffee with Will and Eleanor Lightbody (Mat- The extensive nudity is one of the Camryn Manheim, who plays the li- Gold tequila — and enough of it. kahlua and frangelico (hazelnut li- thew Broderick and Bridget Fonda) only reasons to see this film. If you are bidinous Virginia Cranehill. She is They also realize that the salt with a queur) if you're feeling particularly are on their way to a sanitarium run by really interested in seeing more of excellent and hilarious, but her part is margarita is not meant to act as a daring and well-financed. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Hopkins). Bridget Fonda, Lara Flynn Boyle and too small to compensate for the film's preservative. Most importantly, the Overall, I was impressed most with They meet Charles Ossining 0ohn Matthew Broderick's butts than ever other deficiencies. triple sec was just right the little things at El Meson. My bill Cusack)' a would-be cereal tycoon who before, this is probably the right film On the whole, The Road to Wellville The margaritas come in two sizes, came out to around $11 with the wants to make his fortune in corn flakes for you. is too unbalanced to be as entertain- and even the small made a generous margarita, the Polio Salteado taking and is also going to Battle Creek. If you want substance, however, ing as it wants to be. Despite a few serving. up about $8 of that. At "the San," Will and Eleanor are you should look elsewhere. Writer/ compelling moments by peripheral My entree, the Polio Salteado, in- It's more than most students would subjected to an array of bizarre treat- director Alan Parker, who adapted his characters, the main story collapses cluded a salad, which arrived within pay for dinner, but the food was excel- ments and equally bizarre (if less inter- screenplay from the novel by T. about halfway through. five minutes. Most of the other Cuban lent and I did have leftovers for break- esting) people. Coraghessan Boyle, makes some in- This is not the worst way I know to entrees BY ANN ABEL Dolly (Courtney Kneupper), the spector talks to the women one at a hysterical and rather stupid maid, and time, Maas shows remarkable ability MCAT RAVENSCROFT, BY DON NIGRO Mrs. French (Lee Farmer), the dour to make his exchanges interesting. THE RICE PLAYERS and frighteningly pragmatic cook, Maas captures the character who NOVEMBER 9-12, 16-19, 8 P.M. complete the household. can't quite be the all-business, just- HAMMAN HALL, 527-4027 The most striking feature of the-facts voice he wants to be. Some of $4 STUDENTS, $6 FACULTY/STAFF, $8 GENERAL Ravenscroft is its amazing simplicity. the finest moments of the first act The production includes no set occur when he lets his emotions and Halloween may have come and changes and just one costume change. humanism appear. gone, but a ghost still prowls Hamman The six actors remain on' stage Maas' vulnerability, anger and dis- Hall. throughout both acts. comfort at various times prove much Or so think the characters of Rice The unique set, great work by more entertaining than his detached Players' current production of Marc Stubblefield and Jim Paluzac, veneer. Ravenscroft. consists merely of incomplete pieces Tyner dominates the stage with The play by Don Nigro dances be- and suggestion's of architectural fea- her assertive presence, and Hoffman's 4 tween dark comedy and Gothic thriller. tures. innocence is a joy to watch. Both are The ghost is but one of the suspects in Against this minimalist backdrop. particularly good at making the in- GRE this funny and perplexing murder mys- spector squirm. tery. The second act more than com- Young Patrick Roarke, a servant in The most pensates for any action lacking in the the "proper" British Ravenscrofthouse- first. hold has taken a lethal fall down a flight striking feature The inspector drinks too much of stairs. wine as he continues to question the Inspector Ruffing (David Maas) of Ravenscroft is women. As the liquor takes effect and tries to piece together confusing and its amazing his'speech begins to slur, Maas grows contradictory stories about what hap- funnier and funnier. He proclaims, "I GMAT pened to him and the late Mr. am the police. There are no sober Ravenscroft before him. simplicity. police." As Ruffingworkstp solve one mys- Meanwhile, Dolly gets more hys- tery, he fnjpls himself entangled in the talents of the actors and of director terical, Mrs. French gets more sinis- • Small Classes much deeper questions of truth itself. • Sandy Havens shine. ter and the action snowballs. • Highly Trained Instructors The other five suspects are the al- All six characters embody their The plot twists more than a cork- • Free Extra Help luring and dangerous women of the roles perfectly, delivering some lines screw; the inspector himself complains Ravenscroft household. with subtle humor and others with that their situation has turned into a • Multiple Diagnostic Tests Marcy (Kelley Tyner), the beauti- wicked abandon. All are believable. moronic ghost and murder mystery with Real Exams ful and intelligent governess from They manage to carry a first act too stupid even for the theater. Vienna, holds a painful secret. that could easily sag. All of the action Fortunately for the Rice Players, • Up-to-Date Materials LSAT Mrs. Ravenscroft (Rachael Gilg) of this act has occurred before the Ravenscroft isn't really too stupid for • Great Score Improvements calls herself "a lusty young widow" curtain goes up. In a series of interro- theater. and shows an ironic preoccupation with gations, the characters provide much As Havens predicts, the audience propriety. Her seventeen-year-old dramatic exposition and reveal telling is "teased, seduced, bewildered and daughter Gillian (Kari Hoffman) is a details about themselves. led along to a dark encounter with the not-so-innocent ingenue with emo- The questions and answers move truth — or something stranger." 688-5500 tional problems. a little slowly at times; but as the in- Ravenscroft does not disappoint. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton I nivcrsitv, LSAS. AAMC. GMAC, or I TS 8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT AIRPLANE GARDENS The Family Cat sound brings together old styles in new way BY JEREMY HART Magic Happens as a second try. The album starts with "Wonderful THE FAMILY CAT Excuse," a powerful guitar rocker — MAGIC HAPPENS which isn't a surprise, considering that these guys have three guitarists. When I first take a look at a new It jumps from there to "Amazing CD, sometimes I get a little bit scared. Hangover," a tune that sounds some- 1 mean, here I am putting my mu- thing like psychedelic rock crossed sical life (and my ears) on the line to with more modern My Bloody Valen- listen to something that may or may tine-style dream pop. not be utter shit. It's risky, lemme tell "Airplane Gardens" has a heavy ya. '80s New Wave feel to it, especially in Well, not really. But I do get a bit the intro, but then they throw in some nervous when 1 first take a look at heavy, raging guitar. some CDs. Little things bug me. If it "Hamlet For Now" has some odd looks cheesy ... well, it's hard to be guitar-noise moments, and "Nowhere completely impartial. To Go But Down" almost feels like a I think that's probably why I was a tribute to Black Sabbath's own brand little worried about The Family Cat. of '70s arena rock. While most groups enclose a bio The Cat's three guitarists rip nois- packet, maybe some reviews, a pic- ily through most of the tracks, but ture, some stickers — whatever — they do slow down for tunes like "Gone, this group included a damn comic- So Long," a spacy, distant, melancholy book. bit of British pop with just a little bit of It's pretty bad. It reads something a jazzy feel. like a "witty" British Josie and the The most distinctive part of the Pussycats, except with a fetish for In- band's sound, however, is probably dian food. the psychedelic, "space-rock" stylings I mean, come on, guys — there's it uses on tracks like the David Bowie- a fine line between "cute" and "unbe- esque "Springing the Atom," an ode lievably stupid." to.. .well, science fiction and death. Before listening to the CD, I read The Family Cat's new album, Magic Happens, stacks up to previous albums despite the accompanying cheesy comic strip. 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present. Wade avoids the question, and the Carmen This was not a faultless produc- O'Brien The second, "Evidence," is a col- results are disastrous. O'Brien ad- tion. Most glaring of the deficiencies FROM PAGE 6 lection of quotes, document excerpts dresses the question for himself FROM PAGE 6 was the thin, mistake-ridden and one- mysteries in the story, it is one which and interviews with story characters through his writing. The HGO skillfully presents these dimensional playing of the orchestra. may remain unsolved in the end. concerning the Wade case. There have been times when 1 trite verities as legitimate, and yet Composed of the house players Like O'Brien himself, Wade goes The third type of story appears in wanted to die," he said. "Writing does so in such excess as to call their (as opposed to Rigoletto, which used to war to maintain the love of his chapters entitled "Hypothesis," which helped me to survive." validity into question. members of the Houston Symphony), family and his country. Wade becomes O'Brien hastened to add, however, I myself foundthis quasi-post-mod- Carmen s orchestra was engaged in a politician for the same reason — to that while writing has a therapeutic ern approach fascinating. The gray- no exercise in subtlety. be applauded and, above all, to b* effect, he does not write for therapy. haired society types around me did No one even bothered to quiet the liked. Ultimately, Wade "I write for the reason every writer not. percussionist, who was somehow un- Unfortunately, Wade finds he must becomes lost in writes," he said, "to create an artifact How odd it seems to laud Carmen der the impression that we came to resort to artifice to maintain the illu- that speaks to an audience." as a masterwork— presumably be- the opera to hear him. sion of love. history, lost in In the Lake of the Woods speaks not cause it still speaks to us after 120 As a final mention, it is certainly Chubby as a child. Wade retreats only to the experience of war, but to years—and yet deny it the possibility worth noting that Denyce Graves is a to the power and wonder of perform- reality and, everybody's personal Vietnam. to be anything but a staid period piece. fabulous Carmen. ing magic tricks to an imaginary audi- ence to deal with the brutal criticism of his alcoholic father, who eventually literally, lost in the hangs himself in the garage. lake of the woods. Garage Apartment in Exchange for Babysitting In college, Wade meets and falls in love with Kathy; but spies on her con- tinually, even throughout their mar- riage, to ensure her fidelity. present suggestions as to what might Wade becomes apolitician partially have happened to Kathy Wade. 3 blocks from campus off University. to atone for the past, but winds up This structure not only contrib- selling out to the instructions of his utes to the characterization of John campaign manager, who promotes a Wade but also reflects his incapacity superficial, issue-less campaign. to register reality. Large room/ private bath/ furnished O'Brien quotes Dostoevsky: "Man The narrator, whose comments is bound to lie about himself." Ulti- • appear in footnotes in the "Evidence" mately, Wade becomes lost in history, section, says, "We are fascinated, all of VHS tape player/ cable T.V. lost in reality and, literally, lost in the us, by the implacable otherness of lake of the woods. others." O'Brien divides his novel structur- In the Lake of the Woods returns to ally into three story types. the same question posed by O'Brien's Phone (local calls only) The first is a remote third-person previous novels: can history be recon- account of Wade's life, past and ciled? Kitchenette (refrigerator/microwave)
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The Owls realize the consequences 27th in rushing yards allowed. terback [true freshman Jeff Watson], for a 17-10 homecoming victory. by John Fredland of the regionally-televised game. Last season, Baylor ran up 297 hopefully we can mess up some of his Warrick Franklin, Joe Davis, Jeff "Before, it was a big game, be- rushing yards against Rice in a 38-14 reads." Sowells and Waldron combined to The Rice football team has reached cause it would determine if we went to victory in Waco. Ironically, it was that Hatfield is greatful that the game is tackle SMU's Jacques Smith at the the crossroads. the Cotton Bowl," linebacker Emmett loss which knocked the Owls from being played at Rice Stadium. one-yard line on the final play of the Tomorrow, the Owls (4-4, 3-2 in Waldron said. "Now, it turns out that if bowl contention. "I definitely think we have a home- game to preserve the victory. the Southwest Conference) host Bay- we lose this game, we may not go "They are a big, physical team," field advantage," he said. "Baylor's Rice jumped to a 14-0 halftime lead lor University (6-3, 3-2) at 2:35 p.m. anywhere. Since January, our goal has Waldron said. three losses have all come on the on the strength of touchdown runs by The stakes are high. been to go to the Cotton Bowl." "Against our new, aggressive de- road." Emerson Allen and Spencer George. Beat Baylor, and Rice will be the "For our program, thegame is big," fense, they will have to have cleaner Last Saturday, Rice jumped to a 17- They made that lead stand up, de- unquestioned front-runner for the Head Coach Ken Hatfield said. "It will reads. Since they have a young quar- 0 lead, and held off a late SMU charge spite a lackluster second half. Cotton Bowl berth tendered to the top be college football at its finest It's a qualifier from the SWC. fun situation. Baylor has an outstand- An Owl loss to the University of ing program." Houston in the season finale Nov. 26, "I don't think our guys will have or aTexas Christian University sweep too many butterflies. We have been in of the their three remaining SWC the situation before where the game games could prevent Rice from spend- has a lot of meaning. I like our ing Jan. 2 in Dallas, however. chances." Both are unlikely. Houston has Baylor has recorded some big vic- won only once in their last 15 games. tories this season. Their six wins have TCU finishes with Southern Method- come by an average of almost 30 points. ist University,Texas A&M University The Bears could be accused of and Texas Tech University — they fattening up that mark at the expense should lose at least one, probably two. of weak teams — their six wins have A trip to the Cotton Bowl — Rice's come against teams with a combined first since 1957 —would be a tremen- 13-39-1 mark. dous boost to the program. It would When faced with a strong oppo- & provide the Owls with a chance for nent, Baylor has been thrashed. The national exposure and pave the way University of Southern California beat for further success. them 37-27, Texas A&M beat them I/)se to the Bears, however, and 41-21 and Texas Tech beat them 38-7. Rice's bowl hopes would be almost "They're solid in every capacity," totally destroyed. Hatfield said. "They're doing every- Not only would the Owls not be thing well. Besides Texas, I picked invited to the Cotton Bowl, they prob- them at the beginning of the year to ably would not get one of the consola- have the strongest team." tion bids offered to the SWC runner- Those expecting an aerial circus up: the Sun Bowl or the Alamo Bowl. will be disappointed. Baylor throws Both bowls probably would rather only slightly more than Rice does. invite one of the other SWC contend- Instead, the Bears employ a bal- ers since those schools could bring anced running attack, similar to Rice. more fans, and dollars, to the game. The results have been similar, too — Instead of being the season when Baylor ranks 16th in the nation in Rice raised its football program to a rushing, slightly over a yard per game higher level, 1994 probably would go behind the 15th-ranked Owls. down as another nice 6-5 year, the Both teams also defend the run third in a row for the Owls. well. Rice ranks26th and Baylor ranks 1994 SWC Standings
SWC Overall w L T PF PA W L T PF PA
5 0 1 164 76 8 0 1 259 120 Baylor 3 2 0 166 120 6 3 0 304 190 Rice 3 2 0 85 82 4 4 0 144 142 Texas Tech 3 2 0 144 70 4 4 0 208 160 TCU 2 2 0 94 111 5 3 0 216 216 Texas 2 3 0 112 124 5 4 0 224 212 Houston 1 3 0 69 154 1 7 0 97 258 SMU 0 4 1 91 181 1 8 1 183 298
x-ineligible for SWC championship Josh LaRocca takes to the air against the SMU Mustangs during Homecoming weekend as Rice hung on 17-10.
Women's CC prepared for NCAAs s crosscountry vies zorbacks. The 23rd-ranked Owls will strive by Greg Norman "Arkansas was the preseason fa- to make the NCAA field as they did vorite to win nationals," Bevan said. last year, when they beat Baylor after for NCAA berth at A&M The Rice women's Southwest Con- "We probably won't be too con- losing to the Bears in the SWC cham- ference champion cross country team cerned about how we do against Ar- pionships by 16 points. by Greg Norman travels to College Station to run in the kansas." In last year's NCAA District VI District VI meet held at Texas A&M The Owls will be competing against meet, KatyEklof finished sixth in 17:45 The Rice men's cross country team will seek to improve its perfor- University which begins 10 a.m. to- their Southwest Conference rivals to while Lessmeister finished ninth in mance this weekend at the district cross country meet in College Station morrow. qualify for the national meet. 18:05 to power the Owls to the qualify- at Texas A&M University. At College Station, the Owl run- "We should be battling Baylor [Uni- ing berth. Two weeks ago, the men had a disappointing fifth-place finish at the ners will face the University of Arkan- versity] and [Southern Methodist The meet in Denton Jiad Rice fin- Southwest Conference Championships at Texas Tech University in sas, who was picked as the preseason Univerity] for the second qualifying ishing 29 poin ts beh ind Arkansas while Lubbock. favorite to win the national champion- spot," Bevan said. trouncing Baylor by 35 points to ad- Sophomore Jason Lunn's 12th-place finish led the Owls. ship. Rice edged out Baylor at the SWC vance to me NCAA Championships in The Owls were ejpected to contend with Baylor University, which However, the top two teams at the championships by one point to claim Bethlehem, Pa. won the championship. district competition will advance to the title. At nationals, Rice placed 19th out Men's cross country coach Steve Straub expects the competition to nationals. Rice is currently ranked The team was led by Candance of 22 schools. be tough at the meet second in the district behind the Ra- Ix'ssmeister's second place finish and Swank led the Owl runners with a "[The University of] Arkansas is head and shoulders above the rest," zorbacks. Stacy Swank's fourth. 69th-place effort in 17:42.2, followed he said. "We're going to have to compete with the same teams that beat Assistant Women's Track Coach •lis was the first Southwest con- by Eklof in 70th in 17:42.6 and us at conference." Jim Bevan doesn't feel like the team ference title for the women's sports Ijessmeister in 77th at 17:50.1. The top two teams at the district competition will advance to nationals. has to worry too much about the Ra- program in Rice history. Host school Villanova University Rice finished behind Baylor, the University of Texas, Texas A&M defeated Arkansas 66-71 to capture University and Southern Methodist University at the conference meet the NCAA title last year. However, the Owls have already defeated SMU and A&M earlier this This year, if Rice should finish as year. RICK TIIKESHElt one of the top two schools, the team Straub also said that the team is over the disappointing finish at the will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., home championships. of theltazorbacks to compete on Nov. "There was a lot of disappointment but I think they're over the 21. negative effect " Straub said. "We're focused on getting ready to run this If Rice should fail to qualify for the weekend." national meet, the careers of five cross- "We're upset about what happened at the conference meet We'd like country runners will come to a close. to avenge ourselves," said senior runner Luis ArmenterOs. Seniors lessmeister, Erica Levine, At lastyear's district meet Rice finished seventh out of 17 teams, with Emily Massad, Riva Rahl and Lynn 190 points. The Owls were led by Lunn's llth-place time of32:35. Sherry could be participating in their Should the Owls advance, the NCAA Championships will be held on last meet if the Owls are upset this Nov. 21 in Fayetteville, Ark., at the home of the top-ranked Razorbacks. ATHLETICS weekend. SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994 11 Soccer falls at Regionals HEAD TO HEAD but poor finishing plagued themagain. by Grant Flowers "We had a lot of unlucky shots that didn't go in," said Hounsgaard. "We Since the Rice-Baylor game this weekend Is the key to theAfte r barely qualifying for the played pretty much a perfect game, postseason, the Rice Lads were quickly but we didn't convert our scoring Owls going to the Cotton Bowl, we asked several celebritiesshown the door at the Texas-Louisi- chances." ana Regional Soccer Tournament last The Bobcat attackers couldn't con- to help us out on preOcOng this huge game. weekend. vert either, and the draw left the Lads Playing in a four-team group, the in a precarious situation for the Satur- Ted Kennedy Lads lost their opener 4-1 to Tulane day game: a win over Texas A&M and University and a scoreless draw with help from SouthwestTexas was nec- Southwest Texas State University did essary for Rice to advance. nothing to increase their chances of The Aggies spared the Lads from advancing. suspense but not from embarassmen t, There are two things that I iookfor in a college: booze and Needing a win in the final match to piling up five goals. chifeks. At Baylor, alcohol and sex are forbidden. Rice, continue, Rice suffered their worst Rice controlled most of the first loss of the season, a 5-1 defeat at the half, yet saw themselves down 1-0 at however, has the Pub, and I've been to NOD at least eight hands of Texas A&M University. the break. times. The Owls by three. Weather played a major factor in "The first half was totally ours," the Tulane match, as a strong wind said freshman midfielder Vimy Ha. helped the Green Wave build a 2-0 "But we were essentially playing in a halftime lead. swamp and they got a lucky bounce in The first game was tough because a puddle and got a goal." George Foreman of the wind," said defender Mike Needing two goals to win and ad- Dowling. "Every time we kicked the vance in the tournament, the lads ball out, it would stop and they'd con- stepped up the attack and again left Rice is hungry for the Cotton Bowl. I'm hungry for Cotton 1 trol and they'd come back at us." themselves vulnerable in the back. Candy. Rice has got a k>t at stake this weekend. I'm going Down two goals at the half, the The Aggies took advantage of to have a lot erf steak this weekend. Rice will cream the Lads were obliged to increase their Rice's aggressive attack by scoring attack in the second half. Rice, though, four second-half goals. Bears and put them on ice. I'll have some ice cream. The could not make up the difference. Ha, on the bench with an injury, Champ's pick: War Owls by seven. "In the second half we were play- said, "The puddles were going their ing pretty well," said Dowling. "We way in the second half." were pushing up and they got some With the club season now over, the breaks on us and finished their shots." Lads will participate in several tourna- "Itdidn'tseem like we were awake," ments next semester. The temporary Chuck Reedy said freshman midfielder Jacob layoff allows the players to ruminate Hounsgaard. "We played really poorly. on the Lads' 6-3 record. They got a couple of goals in the first "We were all right," said Dowling. I mightbe the Baylor coach, but Pm picking Rice. See, Pm half and that was it." "I think that our biggest problem is Rice fared better in their second with Baylor, Texas and Texas A&M. going to start losing big when we switch to the Big 12, so match, against SouthwestTexas State, My freshman year we lost to all three I need a little money in the bank after I get fired. Betting who the Lads beat 1-0 in San Marcos of them. Last year we went 1-1-1 and against my own team is a safe, easy way to make bucks. two weekends ago. this year we lost all three again. Those Rice controlled most of the play, are the teams tfiat we need to beat."
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John Mackovlc DWANGO Dialup multiplayer DOOM server I figure that if Baylor wins, 111 get fired. However, if Rice wins, I will lose my job. Texas hasn't played Bayloryet, so all I know about is Rice. Since they kicked my butt, 111 pick the Owls, * IVS Corporation (713) 467-8865 [voice] Oliver North y/Ki '' * Rice is going to lose. I know all about losing, since I was Ever thought about a career the oniy Republican who could not win on Tuesday's elections. Baylor has the kind of values that made me an in publishing?
unpopular zealot, so out on the football field, they will Dt'vclop skills dominate. and career opportunities in hook ami magazine publishing from insider!- at RandyBlock Rolling Slone, Texas Monthly, The \eif Yorker. Simon & Sehuster. If this team— hell, if this school—has an ounce of heart, Random House and others. well fill the stands on Saturday and whip the Baylor VC'tltOllK Uv Bears: War Owls by 8. It i Ilium Mursh I i i ii h'.( > \ \ institution 12 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1994 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS Men's tennis hosts Swim team looking good early on Grabe (back) and Cori Miller (breast- Jonathan Armstrong (breast/IM), by David Gordon stroke/free/IM) make the sophomore Alex Fuller (IM/fly/free) and Justin final tourney of fall class one of the team's strengths. Wong (back/breaststroke). The Rice men's and women's swim Perhaps the most exciting feature Six true freshmen will are expected by Patrick Chang teams take to the water this weekend of the women's team is its impressive to have an immediate impact on the with a flurry of meets to begin their freshmen class which includes a slew team. Joining Ricfe this year are John The biggest tournament of the fall season for the men's tennis team, season. of high school Ail-Americans. Bawduniak, Nick DelFavero, Esteban the America West Challenge Cup, will be held in the Jake Hess Tennis The men take on the University of These newcomers are Carrie Fernandezlopez, Josh Kimmel, Aaron Stadium on Nov. 11-13. Northeast Louisiana on Saturday at Bowden, Carrie Covington , Heather Mullins and Christian Selchau- The tournament will feature more than 20 teams from around the 10:30 a.m. while the women face the Draper, Erin McDonough, Jennifer Hansen. country. Some of the teams slated to appear are Ohio State University, University of Houston this afternoon Moriarty, Rebecca Nugent and Cory The Owls will certainly have a busy Northwestern University, San Diego State University, University of San at 4:00 p.m. Teague. season. After these home meets, the Diego, University of Nevada-Las Vegas and most of the teams in the All competition will be held at the This young nucleus of talent will team will be putting on some miles. Texas and Louisiana area. Rice Pool in the Autry Court Gynasium help coach Kris Wingenroth build a They travel to Austin, Miami, Ba- Owls' coach Larry Turville hopes that the men will "take that step into complex. team that should compete for many ton Rouge, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Minne- the upper echelon" with a good showing in this home tournament. TTie women's team returns 10 championships in the years to come. apolis and Midland, Tex., for meets The tournament will consist of three draws, with 32 players in each swimmers from last year and are The men return 10 letter winners this year. draw playing single-elimination matches. All of the matches to be played loaded with experience. from last year's team. TTiese meets include tough non- will be singles. The five seniors who will look to Looking to end their Rice careers conference foes University of Miami Top seeds in the "A" draw will be last year's champion, Roger lead the team this year are Erika with a bang will be Scott Fisher (dis- (Fla.) and Louisiana State University. Petterson, from UNLV, currently ranked No. 13 in the nation, and Texas Bowlin (freestyle), Melissa Cole tance), Ryan Gravelle (free) and The conference championships Christian University's Paul Robinson, ranked No. 12 in the nation. (breaststroke), Amy Ferranti (free/ Raymond Kan (breaststroke). will be held in Austin on February 23- The Owls will be counting on the play of their number-one player, »fly), Anjali Upadhyaya (backstroke) Juniors will be represented by 25 for the women and. March 2-4 for senior Justin Reizes. Other players figuring to make a big impact are Rico and MelissaWilczak (butterfly/IM). Steven Edmonds (IM/back), Brent the men. J acober and freshman phenom Shane Stone, both coming off impressive A small group of juniors are hop- Hasabe (free/fly), Karl Haushalter The women will return to Austin performances in previous tournaments. ing to have big impact this year. They (distance) and Stephen Quance on March 16 for the NCAA women's Coach Turville expects a strong performance from his players as they are Annie Luikens (sprint free) and (back). championships. For their champion- will all get a chance to compete in he tourney. Carly Snyder (breaststroke). Jim Bridenstine (fly/back/free) ship meet, the men will travel to India- "Everyone on the team who is supposed to play, will play in this Ginny Farmer (free/IM), Hilary will lead 4 returning sophomores: napolis on March 23. tournment," he said. This is the last tournament of the fall tennis season, and, with the completion of the finals on Sunday, the Owls will break for winter. They will officially start practicing again on Jan. 15. How the sport of boxing has fallen "We know this will be a tough tournament, with top players in the nation coming to our home courts," said Jacober. "Our performances will born before the Korean War started. what was once a competitive and bar- show how far our training has brought us from the beginning of the year." by Grant Flowers What's more disturbing is that he also baric sport is now just barbaric. held the heavyweight crown 20 years Does heavyweight boxing have a It took me 21 years, but I've finally ago. His actions, alas, give hope to real future, a future that doesn't de- found my calling. No more thoughts Baby Boomers everywhere. pend on Larrry Holmes, TVKO, Bob about grad school or the Peace Corps. A salient question: isn't there some- Arum, Don King and cheap rhetoric None of that. I've decided to become a thing wrong with a sport that has a 45- to generate "excitement"? professional boxer. year-old champion? Personally, I don't think heavy- I'm not old enough to know weight boxing is going anywhere. The whether boxing, in'fe heyday of Joe heavyweight division is a mangy lot. I Louis and Rocky Marciano, was con- miss Evander Holyfield, but apart from sidered one of America's favorite him, I can't think of one worthy heavy- HIT& sports or even a "pastime." I do know, weight that's not in prison. though, that things are going down- I don't like Mike Tyson as a per- hill when people of times past become son. I don't want to see him out of jail mUN world champions. any time soon. I must say, though, AS SEEN LAST APRIL ON CBS NEWS "48 HOURS" I could write some jokes about that things would be a lot different in George's well-known penchant for the heavyweight division if Iron Mike I have no doubts that fcould get cheeseburgers and pork chops. I could ' was still around. physically in shape to fight At six feet, talk about his appearances on televi- In my mind, he was the best heavy- three inches, I could pack on epough sion sitcoms in recent years. Or I could weight since Ali, combining some muscle to make the 220 or so pounds even deride the fact that he named all boxing skill with a whole load of rage needed to be classified as a heavy- of his sons after himself. and attitude. weight. Then it's only a matter of time But I won't. I like George — he's a • When Tyson leaves prison in BREAK March, it will be interesting to see before I put my 37-inch reach to good nice man. My only gripe with George drive Yourself & $ave! effect and win a heavyweight crown. Foreman is obvious: he is a very old how he approaches his former stomp- I loved "Rocky" and whenever I man in a sport that, ideally, should ing ground. My guess is that it won't hear "Eye of theTiger," I'm compelled champion those with the strongest take him too long to regain the world to hit people. Most importantly, I combinations of intelligence, ferocity titles that he lost to Buster Douglas in wouldn't mind fighting for a really and youth. 1990. large purse. $30 million would do. I appreciate what George's victory Do you seriously think that Don I've got everything needed to be a might mean to older people every- King wouldn't do ANYTHING to get championship boxer. So, when will I where. I'm sure it provides all of these Tyson a title shot sometime in the start my career? folks with a sense that the clock can next year?The boxing fan in me, small Maybe when I'm 35. And maybe, theoretically never run out on the as it is, wishes that Iron Mike would in that far future, I'll also stop disbe- golden days of a life. But, unfortu- ascend to his throne again. The other lieving that George Foreman won the nately for the spores Foreman's win part of me, that large part With a social world heavyweight title in 1994. provides an accurate snap-shot of the conscience, would rather see him kept George Foreman is 45. He was current state of heavyweight boxing: in jail. at low GUARANTEED RESULTS!* POWER READ, London POWER STUDY, $220 POWER LEARN! SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Paris $220* SUPER-FAST! Frankfurt $220* PANAMA CITY BEACH CUT Reading & Study Time by 2/3, \ Madrid $280* for Onat Grades* MORE FREE TIME! Tokyo $367* DAYTONA BEACH Read, study & learn up to 3-to-4 times Costa Rica $165* FASTER...even in TEXTBOOKS—within days!. COMPREHEND more* RETAIN it longer. 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SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994 13 It's time for the big Volleyball captures Colgate Classic Carrethers had 10. Waldron added The rest of the Colgate team fared by Peter Stokes eight kills and nine digs to the victori- even worse. Colgate managed only 19 one: Cowboys-49ers ous effort. kills to Rice's 48 for an abysmal nega- The Rice women's volleyball team Freshman setter Carolyn Sarnecki tive .036 attack percentage. struck gold last weekend with a clean had 39 assists. Rice also led the way in digs (37- by Neel Desai sweep of the Colgate Red Raider Clas- The Owls completed the sweep 30), blocks (16-14) and assists (42- sic in Hamilton, NY. Sunday with a 17-15,154,15-9 rout of 16). " After squeaking by the Cincinnati Bengals, the Cowboys were ready The Owls polished off teams from Colgate. Waldron stepped up and nailed to assess their mid-season performance. the Uhited States Military Academy, "Colgate has a team that in my down 14 kills and eight digs while Certainly, the road to a third consecutive Super Bowl has had its ups Syracuse University and Colgate Uni- opinion has a good chance of winning keeping a .418 attack percentage. and downs from opening day in Pittsburgh and the blowout of Buddy versity to win the round-robin tourna- their conference," said Chen. Carrethers had 10 kills and a .471 Ryan's Cardinals to the Monday night loss to the Detroit Lions and Erik ment. "We put out their fire in the first average, while Roquemore added 10 Williams' car wreck. For the most part, though, things are looking good, Junior quick hitter Sammy game," Chen added. The Owls again kills and four digs. although this weekend will answer quite a few questions. Waldron and freshman quick hitter had to rally for the 17-15 win. Chen has plans for more long trips The two big questions going Tiffany Carrethers were named to the "In (games) two and three, we in future seasons. into the season were the defense all-tournament team as the Owls took pretty much demolished them," he "Going on trips like this takes a lot and the coaching situation. home the championship. said. out of you, but that's volleyball," he Cowboys Even with all the free-agent Rice opened up with a hard-fought The Owls also put out the fire of said. losses, the defense has been very 154,10-15,15-7,13-15,15-9 win against Colgate standout hitter Autumn On Wednesday evening, I^ice saw solid and actually has been bet- Army. The Owls jumped way ahead McKenzie, who was held to six kills its conference losing streak extended ter than last year's. early but lost their momentum in the and an attack percentage of .040. to 40 games as it fell to Baylor Univer- Dallas' defense is tops in the second game. "We matched Tiffany on her," said sity in Waco by the score of 15-13,15- * NFL, and a lot of this has been Head Coach Henry Chen noted Chen. 10, 15-5. due to the maturing of some that the Owls' lack of winning experi- Roundup young players and the re-emer- ence may have hurt them after the gence of Charles Haley. first game. 664-5700 The coaching situation is in "We haven't won for awhile ... but ft***-! Take Our pretty good shape although Switzer came into a pretty tough situation. we came back and took care of busi- University at FREE delivery Although he inherited a Super Bowl champ, he also inherited the ness," he said. Greenbriar ^S55^ (Restricted Areas) expectations that go along with that. Cowboys football is sacred in Dallas, "I don't think our girls were going and the Cowboys are pretty much expected to win every game. for power On the second game)," said FREE So anytime they lose, the coach is the first guy to take the heat from Assistant Coach Latisha Brown. PICK UP~| ~j the press and, more importantly, the fans. Barry has handled this and The Owls ran up a 30-12 blocking DEALS | DELIVERY; Jerry Jones fairly well. advantage with an impressive 28 block- The Cowboys had no real problem demolishing the New York Giants ing assists. I I Two * _ ^ ^ I in front of all of America on Monday night Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith Although the Owls were outdug | Q Medium 1 Topping $Q00 | larae I O 99 1 m£m Original Crust Pizza O • ® I • and Michael Irvin had big games as the Cowboys dominated the game 57-55, they turned it up on offense 1 from start to finish. with a 54-44 edge in kills for an attack OR j Two ™ Unfortunately, there were actually a few bad things that happened in percentage advantage of .180 to .156. JO Large 1 Topping $1 n00lT°PPin9 nr I the game though. At the end of the first half, Aikman threw up a "Hail "Army stuck a hand out and they I Cm Original Crust Pizza IU I Or I Mary" for Alvin Harper. dug it," said Brown. 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"We didn't Men's: '4Times' composed of Damien Scott and Thomas Hutchinson Atlanta this past weekend to compete Cravens scored 16 points, pulled win because of any specific tactics. from Sid Rich and David Hendrlx from Wiess. in the Head of the Chattahoochee. down 13 boards and assisted on three We had individuals going above and Women's: 'Dream Team* composed of Kim Neuscheler and Trista In contrast to the large group which other baskets. beyond the call of duty." Olsen from Hanszen and Dena Garcia from Sid Rich traveled to Austin two weeksago, only The Blue team was led by junior- Levy's first try came off of an errant the experienced rowers went to this college transfer Kevin Nanney, who Aggie kick. Both teams will travel to a regional competition in San Antonio, regatta. finished with 17 points on eight of 14 She fielded the ball, and with an Texas, in February. The Men's Lightweight Eight, con- shooting, 13reboundsand three steals. overload on one side of the field, car- sisting of Philip Bradley,Tim Grogean, Only 11 players out of 14 were able ried the ball in for the five points. • The First Round of the Free Throw Shooting Contest will be Dave Brain, Leif Steinhour, Justin. to play in this game, as injuries held Levy's second score was due to the held on the following dates: Gullingsrud, Eric Zapata, Andy the other three out. hard work of back Heather Stewart MacKay and Gene Paige, with Vivian Center Shaun Igo did not play due Stewart carried the ball for more Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the East Gym or Mo as coxswain, placed 11th out of 15 to fluid in his knee. Center Robert than half the field before an Aggie Friday, Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in the West Gym teams with a time of 18:06, finishing Glaze is recovering from a leg injury threatened. Stewart quickly passed to more than two minutes behind the while senior pointguard Kevin Rabbitt her escort and Levy gained another • The First Round of the 3-Point Shooting Contest will be held winners from the University ofTexas. continues rehabilitation from knee five points for the Owls. on the same above dates but at a later time: The Men's Four, consisting of surgery. Junior Dorothy Ballentine could I )aron Evans, Edward Gonzales, Mike Tonight, the Owls will have their not convert the extra kick for the sec- Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:45 p.m. in the East Gym or Munson and Gerald Kanapathy, with first exhibition match against some- ond time in the game. Friday, Nov. 11 at 6:15 p.m. in the West Gym Adam Cohen as coxswain, placed 11th one other than themselves. The most crucial moment of the out of 12 in a time of 20:35, almost Rice will square off against the match came in the waning moments • We now have an Intramural Hotline: 527-4750. This number three minutes behind the champions Conoco Oilers at 7:35 p.m. at Autry of the first half. wi II be used for announcements, the dai ly schedule and to announce from the Penn Athletic Club. Court. Texas A&M was nearing the try rain outs. Please call this number 30 minutes to one hour before The Women's Championship — by Tony Tran '• line, but excellent Rice tackling pre- game time in inclement weather. Eight, consisting of Stephanie Keyes, vented the score. Torrey Folk, Sarah Newton, Shannon Women's tennis stumped "They had been pushing for a long Moore, Merri Elbaum, Meghan This past weekend, the women's time," said captain Kim Mathis. Palochak, Julie Markwardt and Jes- tennis team traveled to Austin to par- "But we had been holding them for sica Nolley, with Ronnie Jackson as ticipate in the Intercollegiate Tennis a while. Our defense had been work- coxswain, placed 5th out of 15. Association's Southwest Regional. ing very well and we were still holding The women finished with a time of The team sent Paula Myslivecek, them off when the whistle blew." 19:15, only 47 seconds behind the Antonette Veloso, Amber Basica, With the close win, the women Be a Winner! champions from Ohio State Univer- Jackie Brown, Olga Limon, Jessica now look forward to a match with sity. Gagnon and ErinTalton to compete in Baylor University this weekend. — by Tony Tran the tourney. "It's an important game, because The team had mixed success as when we play college teams we do Gray beats Blue in basketball the players were all able to win their well and when we play club teams we On Tuesday night, the Rice bas- first round singles matches. However, don't," said Boudreau. "So this is a ketball season kicked off with the an- only Brown advanced to the game that we should win." nual Blue-Gray intrasquad game. quarterfinal round. The Baylor match will be the third The Gray team, composed of the — by Tony Tran of Rice's season. six returning letter winners, rolled The Owls lost their first contest of over the Blue team of Rice's five new- Women's rugby wins first ever the season to the Houston Herricanes, comers 68-43. The Rice women's rugby team a local club team. Be Photo Editor! I^ed by senior Adam Peakes and gained their first win ever two week- "[Baylor's] backs are fairly good," sophomore Jesse Cravens, the Gray ends ago against a team from Texas said Mathis. For more information, contact jumped out to a 40-20 halftime lead A&M University. "They're very quick so I'm more and coasted to the easy win. 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