cC)\L 1 4 SINCE 1916 VOLUME 77, NO. 17 ...AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER FEBRUARY 2,1990 White House makes it official: Rice will host 1990 Economic Summit rently assigning work to a select task force has devised a plan which by John Weimer group of students with experience in draw upon community support. Carl data entry. During the actual con- MacDowell, assistant to President On Thursday, January 25, White clave, students will be needed as tour Rupp and chairman of the Rice sum- House planners officially announced guides, runners, drivers and media mit task force, said that the task force Rice University will host the working assistants. Although Yu emphasized will ask for "help from the Rice sessions of the 1990 International that no decisions have been made community to defer some costs." Economic Summit, to be held July 9- regarding wages, he said that reim- With donations expected from both 11. Heads of state of the world's bursement can be expected for the Rice alumni and local businesses, seven largest industrial democra- more arduous manual labor and for the task force hopes to completely cies, as well as their foreign minis- some skilled jobs. cover university expenses resulting ters, finance ministers and advisors, Approximations of the amount of from the summit. "We want the Rice will attend. volunteer work available will be- expenditure to approach zero," It took White House planners a come more accurate as White House MacDowell said. total of four visits and a little more planners release more detailed infor- The necessary security measures than two months to conclude that the mation of the summit's official will also affect campus activities site was appropriate, both aestheti- agenda, which consists of those ac- during the week of the summit. cally and logistically. tivities occurring on campus. The Logistics of security will not be de- Since the Rice campus was first twice-daily plenary sessions at- cided without further information proposed as a possible site for the tended by the heads of state, ex- from White House planners. "We summit, Rice President George pected to take place in the Founders know that those buildings where Rupp has emphasized that the pub- Room of Lovett Hall, will be the focus meetings are taking place will cer- licity which will result from interna- of worldwide attention. tainly be restricted." MacDowell tional media coverage of the summit White House planners will inform said. vmmmb > * m » sr warn * 7 %, should boost Rice's name recogni- the summit task force of its logistical The event will not suspend uni- Greg Johnson attempts a shot against Arkansas star Todd Day. tion throughout the world. needs. The task force will organize versity activities, however. Rice's Although significant, these bene- the resources and prepare the facili- summer school session for junior fits may seem intangible to the indi- ties to accommodate the official and senior high school students, as Owls fall to third-ranked vidual student. Exactly what oppor- agenda. The Ad Hoc Committee will well as normal summer courses and tunities and sacrifices can Rice stu- be used as a liaison between the graduate research, will only be tem- dents expect as a result of the world's administration and the students. To porarily relocated, if at all. Razorbacks, 70-66 most powerful political leaders con- ensure that students play a vital part The summit will have "minimal vening within arm's reach of Willy in the staging of the summit, its impact in terms of closing buildings against the Arkansas Razorbacks primary function will be recruiting by Wes Gere himself? down," MacDowell added. Besides erased any doubt. The 70-66 According to Spencer Yu, student students with a particular interest in the three days of summit meetings, game will go down as another or area of expertise relevant to the which begin on Monday, July 9, the There aren't too many things representative on the Rice summit conference loss, evening Rices responsibilities of the task force. buildings in use will be closed only louder than the noise a solid wall task force and chairman of the Stu- conference mark at 4-4. However, on the previous day, Sunday, July 8. of fans can make when their tradi- dent Association's Ad Hoc Commit- Yu said that, he presently has a list the game, played in front of 4,697 tee on the 1990 Economic Summit, of 65 student volunteers. The academic quadrangle wiil be tionally underdog team has ral- people, the largest Rice crowd in lied to within two points of the there will be numerous job opportu- However, several more will be the focus of summit activity. The five years, was about as close to a nities for Rice students. Volunteer needed as the summit date ap- plenary sessions, as well as confer third-ranked team in the country moral victory as it gets for any- 1 with just two and a half minutes and paid positions will cover a variety proaches. Those interested should ence space for each participating , one, especially Rice. of skills and responsibilities. call the SA office at 527-4079 and nation, should be assigned to build- remaining in the game. That last-ditch struggle over It also doesn't get much qui- Interpreters have already been direct their messages (name and ings in the quad. the ball ended in a Rice foul which selected to help host the Japanese, phone number) to Spencer Yu. Contrary to earlier speculation, eter in Autry Court during a game gave Arkansas another two free than when there are only two German and French delegations In regard to costs incurred and no heads of state or their advisors throws to make it a four-point which will make a preliminary visit to sacrifices made by the Rice commu- will be housed on campus. "Only a seconds left in the same game, game, but by then nothing could and the Owls are still only down Houston February 4-6. Additional nity, the university administration subset of each delegation will be disappoint the Rice fans. It was interpreters will be used when repre- agreed to provide university facili- housed on campus. The subset will by two while there is a fight over enough to be able to tell the rest of a loose ball near the basket Ar- sentatives of the European Eco- ties, and the labor necessary to make consist of those dedicated to taking the country what they could do nomic Community and Italy tour the those facilities available at no care of each respective chief of state kansas is defending. with their fifteen point spread. If Rice's play against Texas summit facilities February 14-16. charge, as part of a proposal to bring while on campus," MacDowell said. "It was just a big-time college Great Britain, Canada, and the the summit to the Rice campus. This The task force is also undecided Saturday didn't convince people basketball game," said Rice the Owls could scare a real high- United States will also send prelimi- will include meals while delegates about what facility it will assign to coach Scott Thompson. "It was a nary delegations on these dates. are on campus. journalists. Although the "R" Room caliber team, then Wednesday great battle back and forth, the night's tooth-and-nail fight The Ad Hoc Committee is cur- To defray these costs, the summit was initially considered the probable SEE RAZORBACKS, PAGE 14 location from which journalists would cover official summit activi- ties, the Grand Hall has been men- tioned as a possible alternative. Chinese students unsurprised by Bush veto Of the 3500 journalists expected ernment would have stopped allow- Huang, a Chinese student working at for two hoursi eveeverr y day. to cover the summit, MacDowell by Sarah Leedy ing students to come here to study, if the TMC, explained that locally, stu- "It is having an effect, telling predicts that no more than 500will be the bill had passed," says Tuo Jin, dents are writing letters to members people what is really happening in on campus at any given time. The Chinese students at Rice were another Chemistry graduate stu- of the Senate and the House of Repre- Eastern Europe, and what really large majority will be working at the unsurprised by the failure of the U.S. dent. "That's serious, but I don't sentatives, and disseminating infor- happened in Tiananmen Square," George R. Brown Convention Cen- Congress to override President know if that is true or not." mation about the movement. Peng stated. ter. As host to the international press Bush's veto of a bill that would guar- Six months after the massacre in "The organization is not just po- Additionally, none of the five corps, the convention center will antee the safety of Chinese students Tiananmen Square, Chinese stu- litical, though," says Peng. "We also Chinese students that deferred en- serve as the vast for coverage of all living in America dents are becoming cynical about try to help any Chinese students that rollment at Rice to spring semester summit-related events, both official The bill would have allowed all the ability of the United States to need it, since we are all cut off from have arrived. Jane Dunham, the and unofficial. students from the People's Republic influence events in China. "Politics China for now." The local chapter Foreign Student Advisor, sad that The Greater Houston Partner- of China that are currently studying are dirty everywhere," Bai claimed. hosted a party this weekend, cele- Student Advising has heard from ship, a business organization formed here to remain in the U.S., even if "And no government, neither the brating the Chinese New Year.