uJ&~ Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 11 SINCE 1916 Friday, November 3, 2000 Home elected SA treasurer Ticket-giver, Brown College chef elected Homecoming royalty % % vvVi> by Elizabeth Decker by a sizable margin, with 41 percent terested in getting involved in the • v.. X THRKSHKR STAFF of the first-round votes. SA," he said. Home will replace Wiess sopho- As treasurer and a voting mem- Wiess College junior Ben Home more Rani Yadav in the office. Yadav ber of the SA, Home hopes to be will be the new Student Association announced at the beginning of the accessible to fellow students and to treasurer, Officer 220 was named semester that she will transfer to raise awareness of the SA. "1 think homecoming queen and Chef Roger Harvard University next semester. the best thing the SA can do is reach was named homecoming king in the She will train Home until mid-No- out to students and make them feel '•it i Homecoming Elections that ended vember and will be available for as- that they can really effect change," Wednesday. sistance until the end of the semes- Home said. Roughly a quarter of the under- ter. v.>>„ •s f^jy Home, who was a sophomore graduate population voted in the Home said as an economics ma- representative last year in the Wiess .sO >5 online election, an increase in turn- jor, he is very capable of performing •»'o-, •< Cabinet, said he originally chose to ; out over last year's Homecoming the official duties of the treasurer, be involved with college govern- <»*?»»is>» Elections. and he is also looking forward to the ment because he felt it had more of sSSS^ opportunity to serve on the SA Ex- •*§§5 Four candidates competed in the an impact on the lives of students ' '^>5Nn> . • >* ? election for SA treasurer. Home won ecutive Committee. "I am more in- See ELECTIONS, Page 7 Lyle's, Martel theater receive grant by Martha Jeong money for new lighting and sound an Envision Grant from leadership FOR THK THRKSHF.R equipment in Lyle's, possibly includ- Rice to fund the project. ing loudspeakers, a CI) player, head- Zyp said "Martel Take Ten" will :5 , The first Dr. Bill Wilson Student phones and acoustic foam sound- accept play submissions from all stu- Initiative Grant will be used to im- proofing. dents through Dec. 1 and will be prove the Undergrounds site in the The Undergrounds is a venue for performed April 19-22 in Farnsworth Ix)vett College basement and to help student performers that serves free Pavilion in the Student Center. She fund a Martel College theater pro- coffee and hot chocolate on Friday is coordinating the project but said duction this spring. nights. that anyone can help. Lovett Vice President Anna Witt Witt said I^ovett is in the process The grant was established in applied for the grant on behalf of the of decid ing what specific changes to honor of Wiess Resident Associate college. The improvement project make. She said improvements to and Electrical Engineering Profes- ROB GADDI/THRESHER for Lyle's, the name of the Lovett Lyle's should be finished by the be- sor Bill Wilson. The idea for the basement space, will receive $4,500. ginning of next semester. grant began when Wilson's friend, Election Day is Tuesday Wiess College sophomore Victoria Zyp will use the money from the Keith Meehan (Wiess'81),proposed The organization Students for Global Justice made voting guides and Zyp, who is on the Martel Founding Dr. Bill grant to fund a production creating a fund in Wilson's name. have distributed them around campus, including in restrooms. Voters Committee, received $1,000 to help called "Martel 'fake Ten," a series of Wilson decided the fund should help registered in the Rice precinct can cast ballots in the Grand Hall from mount a production of student-writ- ten-minute plays written by students. for students innovatively improve 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. They will need to show a picture ID — a ten plays this spring sponsored by The money will be used for cos- student life. Rice ID counts. No voter registration card is required. Martel. tumes, advertising, programs, lights The committee that reviewed the Witt said Lovett will use the and other costs. Zyp also received See AWARD, Page 8 EMTs treat fewer NOD attendees by Matt Cuddihy Noah Reiter said. THRKSHKR STAFF NOD is an annual costume party that en- courages attendees to wear extravagant and Increased security measures contributed outlandish costumes fitting each year's theme. to a relatively safe Night of Decadence party at Wiess Chief Justice Lizzie Taishoff said al- Wiess College this year. though the party began as a "bring your own University Police Sgt. I-es Hulsey said no mattress" party in the mid-1960s, Wiess no one was arrested or detained at the party longer endorses sexually explicit themes. Saturday night. Six officers were stationed at 'The costumes are meant to be decadent Wiess this year, the same number as last year, and fun, keeping in line with the theme, but and two other "roving officers" were added to how much people choose to wear is up to keep security between the colleges tight, them," Taishoff said. Hulsey said. In addition to the police, there In die past two years, the sexually explicit were about 75 student security personnel sta- nature of the event has been toned down after tioned in different areas of Wiess at times the masters at six colleges wrote a letter criti- during the event. Also, each of the other seven cizing the party in early 1999. This letter colleges had at least five security members prompted increased security measures and a 9 stationed at its own building. ban on sexually explicit decorations at last j Rice Emergency Medical Services treated year's NOD. four intoxicated partygoers this year, down One protester, alumnus Chris Carr (Wiess from six last year. One person went to the '99), who lives in Dallas, showed up at the m hospital by ambulance at his own request. party. KATIE STREIT/THRESHER ITiis is an improvement from last year when Hulsey said Carr had alerted a member of The Wiess College Acabowl was a sea of the scantily clad at the Night of Decadence party three people were hospitalized, EMS Director See NOD, Page 9 Saturday. The party, according to many of those affiliated with it, was both safe and successful. All colleges may receive newspapers INSIDE OPINION Page 3 the beginning of each year) or it has noticed an increase in student Drop, pass/fail by Mike Nalepa Nalepa doesn't propose could be tacked onto room and board interest in current events because of rHRKSHKR KDITORIAI. ST A11 deadline is today fees. the newspapers. NEWS Page 10 Students at all eight residential "What it comes down to is basi- "From everything we can tell, it's Don't forget to go to the The scariest costume of all colleges could soon be enjoying a cally six dollars a semester for the been tremendously successful," she Registrar's Office and drop that current level of newspaper service said. "We've seen an increase in class you've stopped going to. morning paper with their breakfast. LIFESTYLES Page 14 per person on campus, which, if you people that read newspapers as well Remember, declaring classes This semester, Wiess and Han- Restaurants you can't afford szen Colleges receive copies of the ask me, isn't much for having them as an increased interest in national pass/fail does not require your news in general. Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morn- available for free every day," adviser's signature. A&E Page 17 "ITiere's much more talk, at least ing News, USA Today and the New Botsford said. More fun than Barber Day York Times each morning in the col- Botsford and Assistant Vice Presi- at Wiess, about national elections Homecoming lege commons. The program could dent for Student Affairs John and current events than I have ever SPORTS Page 21 expand to the remaining colleges as Hutchinson are coordinating the seen before. In both places, every It's Homecoming weekend Owls face off against SMU early as next semester. project, and both said that student day, almost all the newspapers are — be nice to the alumni. Hie Student Association President response has been positive so far. taken, meaning that they're defi- football game vs. SMU is tomor- Weekend Weather Lindsay Botsford said the program "It seems like it's taken off better nitely getting read." row at 2 p.m. Esperanza is to- Friday: Showers. 67-76 must find funding for it to continue. than anticipated," Hutchinson, a The SA and Student Affairs con- morrow night from 10 p.m. to 2 Saturday: Storms, 67-71 It might become a blanket tax item Wiess master, said. ducted a survey at Wiess and Han- a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Sunday: Scattered storms, 65-77 (included in the student fees paid at Botsford, a Wiess junior, said she See NEWSPAPERS, Page 6 IHE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 20(H) the Rice thresher RanonaLe. by oavit> CHien Brian Stoler Jose Luis Cubria, Michael Nalepa Editor in Chief Mariel Tarn Opinion Editor Managing Editors Why we don't cover CAMPUS national news... COVER You may have noticed that we are in the midst of a presidential CHARGE : election season. However, you also may have noticed that the only place you've seen election coverage in the Thresher has been here, $500 in the opinion section.