•/» /ifi- t Playboy ranks Rice eleventh In poll of sexual temperatures by Jay Grob Though the article, which strongest academic discipline. from which we made general Rice University may be a hotbed focuses on topics such as thesexual In the pullout's most dubious conclusions. The descriptions, of intellectual, academic and history of individuals, sexual claims, Playboy writes that though not overly detailed and not technical fervor, but according to routines, birth control methods, Gilley's is the "hottest hangout" intended to be so, do seem to be the October issue of Playboy drugs and fraternity influences in for Rice students, while "the generally accurate, from the magazine, Rice falls slightly below sexual matters, never addresses campus pub or any cowboy bar in reaction I've gotten. For example, the norm in terms of sexiness, Rice per se, the magazine's Houston" is dubbed "sex central." people at both Rice and UT have sexual promiscuity and permis- "extracurricular" cartoon pullout And as to Rice's overall sexual told me that Gilley's is passd. But siveness, drug abuse and partying does present a quick sketch, in temperature, Playboy writes "85 at the same time it is still a hangout in general. specific categories, of Rice. degrees. Only blackbird eggs get and a place that people recognize." Playboy's "Sex on Campus The campus male, states laid." Reaction to the article, at Rice, 1982" ranked Rice eleventh of 20 Plavboy, is generally an "aspiring Playboy writer Kevin Cook, who had been mixed, said Cook. "I've schools after polling 2,000 students NASA engineer," and the typical was in Houston on a brief talked to about two dozen Rice across the country. The University Rice woman is a "studious promotional tour for the article, students since coming to Houston, of Texas at Austin won top honors cowgirl." "Blood, sweat, and dispelled any notion that the and half have told me that I ranked as the "sexiest" campus of the beers" typifies the Rice campus survey represents an empirical Rice too high and half say that I schools surveyed. Mormon- style, while the pullout asserts that examination of each school's ranked Rice too low." controlled Brigham Young Rice students relieve tension by sexual activities. However, he did Cook, who predicted that the University, not surprisingly, fell "sleeping after cramming." express confidence in his findings. University of Texas would rank last on the list. Kevin Cook -C. Reining "Architecture" represents Rice's "We got quite a bit of information. see Willy's, page 18 V INSIDE: • Learn the inner workings of the I / Rice psychiatric service, page 10 • Hackney borrows the old and the blue, page 7 • Meet Bert the Big Dog and bag 1HRESHER of tricks, page 15 Volume 70, number 5 Friday, September 10, 1982 Sophomore James Groves falls to death from balcony by Jeanne Cooper autopsy discoveries will not be who refused to get in for some the Rice Memorial Center to SRC. Approximately halfway through Sophomore James Groves, Jr., available until next Saturday. time. Groves had hoped to play video the movie, around 10 p.m., Groves 19, died Friday night in a fall from According to inside sources, By the time the group returned games at the RMC but did not walked in front of the projector up the fifth-floor balcony of Sid Groves had earlier in the evening to Richardson, it was too late to have the neccesary self-control. the center aisle, casting his shadow Richardson College. Investigating consumed five mushrooms catch the movie. Groves rejoined Close to 8:30 Groves returned to on the screen. He leaned his head Campus Police Officer Ken Nipe containing psilocybin, which the party on the sixth floor and his fifth-floor room. He then against the screen briefly, then reportedly submitted a 25-page includes among its side effects drank some beer. It was during this accompanied his roommate to the turned and stared blankly into the summation of his findings to the "illusions and hallucinations" and time that Groves' paranoia became 9:15 showing of Everything You audience. As he moved to the side, administration on Tuesday, causes "poor perception of time more vocal, as he asked, "Why me? Always Wanted to Know About his roommate tried to lead him information which was not made and distance," as described bv the Why me?" Groves's roommate Sex in Lovett Commons. The pair back to their seats. Groves then available to the Thresher as it Drug Enforcement Administra- later described Groves as acting sat near the back of the commons punched his companion in the tion (DEA). Groves also under a "persecution complex" close to the exit on the quad side. face. *** drank several beers in the course of most likely induced by drugs. Groves rambled through the A Lovett member associated the evening. The Harris County Around 7:30 p.m. Groves audience several times in a with the film presentation escorted Medical Examiner's Office should started wandering across the disoriented style, eventually- Groves and his roommate friend receive the results of toxological campus, essentially shuttling from returning to his seat. see Toxicologist. pcige 5 Tests determining exact amounts of substances from its Austin laboratory today or tomorrow. Dr. Benjamin (It.), and Davia Groves had obtained the Potash (rt.) were two speakers mushrooms Thursday afternoon, ar Wed. memorial service fo when he picked a large number James Groves fbelo which were growing wild in a field C Reining outside Houston. The next evening, Groves and several friends held a "'shroom" party on the sixth floor of Richardson, during which Groves and two other students ate five of the hallucinogenic mushrooms and others consumed lesser amounts. Close to 7 p.m. the group decided to see a 7:15 showing of the movie Tron, and so headed to the James Groves stadium parking lot. When the went to press. The Harris County students arrived, they realized one Medical Examiner's Office has of the cars had actually been allegedly made a preliminary parked in the SRC lot. They all verbal report on the death, citing piled in one car to return to "skull fracture" as the cause. Full Richardson, except for Groves, Committee ponders HC The Rice University Council Hackerman would normally make voted Friday to set up an ad hoc these type of appointments, he Willy's Pub passes health inspection committee to study the Honor preferred to remain detached from by Jeanne Cooper thermometer and to affix a panel commented, "Everything is really System along the lines of a request a committee that would be Willy's Pub emerged with only on the right side of the cooler. easy to fix, except the painting and from the Honor Council submitted investigating his own decisions. seven specific violations in five In the men's restroom Gray sealing under the cabinets. I wish in an open letter. The committee The University Council also areas from a routine City Health found two more violations: a leaky they had told us about that will focus on the role of the approved the 1982-83 and 1983-84 Department inspection this faucet and a door without a self- earlier." administration in the Honor calendars recommended by the past Wednesday morning. In closing mechanism. Both repairs Gray had cited raw wood in System and its relationship to the Student Association at its Friday comparison, an inspection last will be referred to Physical Plant. cabinets in her inspection last Honor Council. meeting. The 1982-83 school year March yielded approximately 30 Gray noted three problems in March, but had not requested that Provost William E. Gordon will will begin August 22 and break recommendations in nine areas. the bar area, disapproving of raw undersides be sealed as well. appoint the committee, which will December 14. Commencement Sanitarian Carolyn Gray cited wood on the undersides of Painting and sealing of wood consist of two Honor Council will be held May 12. August 27 will two violations in the use of the cabinets, a missing cover for a wall elsewhere with numerous other members, two students-at-large, be the first day of classes in 1983- Pub's Delfield reach-in cooler, outlet and the lack of protective physical improvements to the Pub four, faculty members, and one 84, with winter break beginning which stores pizza meat and shielding on the lights in the pizza this summer corrected all of the administrator. Although December 19 and graduation poorboys. The Pub management preparation area. violations named six months University President Norman ceremonies scheduled for May 11. needs to replace a missing Pub Manager Richard Blount see Pub. page 5 In memoriam WELL, GOODNESS! IF MEXICO GOESBMKRVT.1 'MOHWR wr WEy'll OPEN WERE 1N3TUP James Groves' sudden death has struck everyone at Rice with a terrible sense of loss. But for those that knew James personally, now that the initial shock is beginning to wear off, his tragic demise hurts deep, deep inside. James Groves was a wonderful person to be with—he made you laugh and feel good. He often acted the clown, dispelling friends' problems with witty phrases or perhaps a joke. However, if you looked beyond the clowning, it was obvious that he truly cared about others. He was a good human being. We send our most sincere sympathies to James' friends and especially to his family, but Rice will feel sorry for itself for a long time. His absence will be profoundly felt, and the place in our hearts that he touched will never be filled. James, we miss you.