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VOLUME 81, NUMBER 25 ENIGMA SUCKS APRIL 8, 1994
Abductions cause students, university to evaluate security
by Kate Hallgren
Before last week's violent crimes,
many Rice students felt safe within
the hedges, often walking home late
at night without fearing for their safety.
But now many no longer feel safe and
are looking for changes in campus
security.
Four students, two males and two
females, were returning from a video
store at 12:45 am. March 31 when
they were approached by two men
with guns in the Jones College parking
lot and forced back into a student's
car, said Robert Hurst of the Houston
Police Department
The suspects made the students
drive to an automatic teller machine
by the intersection of Kirby and Main
Street. None had an ATM card.
The suspects then forced the four
to drive to a building at the 4800 block
of Almeda Road.
At this location, Hurst said, all four
were forced to disrobe. One woman
was forced into the car and to drive the
suspects around. Both suspects sexually
assaulted her and released her at
2800 Barbee by Texas Southern University.
While the suspects fled on foot,
she ran to a nearby home, asked the
woman who answered to use the telephone
and called the police.
As ofTuesday, HPD was still in the
process of talking to the four victims.
"Hopefully we'll havecompositedrawings
after we talk to the victims and
get more details," Hurst said.
At about 11:30 p.m. March 29, a
similar crime occurred in the university
North Ijot when a lone gunman
reportedly forced a male student to
drive him to an ATM machine, where
the student gave him $400.
Then the student drove around
until the suspect demanded to be
dropped off.
"As I understand, this incident with
the four is not connected to any other
cases," Hurst said. But he said the
police may uncover links to other
crimes.
Although students have been
speculating that the suspects were
under the influence of drugs, Hurst
could not confirm this.
"Since the suspects are not in custody
there's no way of knowing
whether or not they were intoxicated
he said.
University response
University spokesman MikeCinelli
said the university has responded in
two ways. First, he cited increased
numbers of patrols and vigilance on
the part of campus police officers.
"I can't talk in specifics about what
we've done about security on cam-
pus," Cinelli said. That's part of our
safety measures."
Carl MacDowell.assistantto President
Malcolm Gillis, said the university
is conducting ongoing reviews of
campus security.
"We are continuing to review all
security steps the university takes all
over campus," MacDowell said. "We
do this continually and this incident
makes our review all the more important"
Second, Cinelli also mentioned increasing
student awareness through
posted bulletins, electronic-mail messages
and college-sponsored meetings.
"Because we advised everyone
about the incident, that should raise
awareness," he said. Doing this should
help students protect themselves, he'
said.
Campus Police Chief Mary
Voswinkel did not return phone calls
from the Thresher.
The Board of Governors met on
March 31 in a regularly scheduled
meeting and approved a budget including
increased funds for campus
lighting and other security measures.
But Vice President for Finance and
Administration Dean Currie called th is
"a coincidence" as the budget had
already been drawn up and was passed
in committee the day before.
There are six lighting projects in
the budget, at acost of about $290,(XX),
Currie said.
Voswinkel has said in meetings
that lighting improvements may be
delayed until next semester.
The budget for campus police has
also grown.
"In campus police, I'd asked Malcolm
and he'd approved a number of
salary initiatives to make it easier to
keep campus police officers that tire
SEE SECURITY PAGE 7
Gillis' decision prevents Willy's Pub from shutting down
Willy's Pub may undergo renovations that could eliminate this wall and the furniture.
Speech, debate teams face
national, world tournaments
by Rebecca L. Corkill
A freshman debate team qualified for the world tournament in
parliamentary debate, making this the first time Rice will be represented
at this tournament
Will Rice College freshman Ryan Levy and Lovett College freshman
Scott Ruthfield qualified for the world tournament by placing fifth at the
National Parliamentary Debate Championships. It was only the third
competition for the team in this event, which is usually dominated by
experienced seniors.
"We knew we were two freshmen who hadn't competed in a while. It
was a surprise to us as well as a surprise to everyone else who didn't know
who we were," Ruthfield said.
The freshman team was the only one from Rice to qualify for the
national championships, which were held from March 25 to 27 at
Colorado College.
To qualify for the national tournament they had to place among the
top 50 in the nation in earlier tournaments.
Although University of New Mexico won the tournament, Levy and
Ruthfield were the only team to defeat the national champions in
SEE DEBATE PAGE 6
by Ryan Koopmans
After reviewing two proposals from
the Willy's Pub Committee, President
Malcolm Gillis decided last week to
waive distributive charges for this year
and reduce the charges for next year,
keeping the Pub from closing down.
Pub Manager Antroy Arreoja was
happy with the decision. "It was generous
of him to waive the distribution
charges," Arreola said. "Thatwillgive
us more money for our capital improvement
program."
The Pub has lost money in the
past, but it possessed a cushion of
money that kept it operating. The Pub
was in danger of closing this year
when that surplus ran out
The Pub has not made a profit for
several years becauseofthedecrease
in alcohol sales caused by the change
in the drinking age from 19 to 21 and
the university enforcement of the alcohol
policy.
To lower distributive charges, o nly
the bar itself and its immediate area
will be considered part of the Pub
beginning next year. The official size
ec of the Pub will be reduced by 80 per-
I cent
| As a result, the distributive
| charges, which arc based roughly on
« the amount of the Pub floor space,
| have been lowered from $13,221 this
s 'year to $4,080 next year.
Despite the changes in the floor
space, the same alcohol restrictions
will apply* No alcohol will be allowed
beyond the basement of the Rice
Memorial Center.
Gillis said he would see how the
new system works before considering
waiving fees in future years.
"1 mean to be supportive of the
Pub," Gillis said. "I have read the report
and have tried to respond positively."
Arreola said, "If we have the same
revenue as this year, we'll be able to
meet the costs [of distribution]."
The committee presented two proposals
to the president on Feb. l.The
first proposal asked that the university
waive all distributive charges. The
second asked to restructure the Pub
floor space, which would reduce distributive
charges.
In a report presented to the president
Feb. 1, the committee suggested
opening a new entrance to the Pub
from the under-utilized stairwell next
to Sammy's and the Coffeehouse. The
committee also suggested putting up
a neon sign to attract customers.
Gillis rejected the idea of a neon
sign and told the committee there was
no money available for major renovations.
But Associate Dean of Student Affairs
and committee member Bob Sanborn
said the Rice Memorial Center
basement may be renovated later this
summer or the beginning of the next
academic year after the Marchi ng Owl
Band moves into the Central Kitchen
basement
The committee would also like to
have better lighting to make the l\ib
moreconducive to studying and meeting.
Other plans include adding a
lounge for off-campus students with
lockers and a refrigerator.
The Pub management is planning
to replace some of the Pub furniture.
The Pub is currently soliciting bids for
the improvements.
Gillis has asked the I\ib not to
encourage patrons from outside Rice.
"The Pub is designed to support the
interests of the students," he said.
Gillis also requested that the Pub not
advertise off campus.
The only circumstances in which
the Pub might be closed down by the
university is if non-Rice patrons begin
causing disturbances there, Gillis said.
Pub staffers didn't have any definite
plans to advertise off-campu s. "We
have a strong enough base on-campus
that we don't have to look off," l\i b
officer Randy Block said.
Willy's Pub is owned by V & W
Permits, which also owns Valhalla. It
is a non-profit company composed
entirely of Rice students and faculty.
The university is not legally responsible
for any sale of alcohol on
campus.
Allegations prompt investigation
By Lisa Ann Robertson
Campus police continue to investigate
charges that Sgt. Clarence
Veltman manhandled a drunken student
at Rondelet
Will Rice College Master Dennis
Shirley requested an investigation after
several students told him they were
concerned about Veltman's behavior
when he transported a passed out Will
Rice freshman from Rondelet to Park
Plaza Hospital last month. ,
An internal police investigator has
interviewed the students and Veltman
and is currently processing the information.
The freshman involved in the situation
has not pressed charges or requested
an investigation. "I didn't file
the complaint I think [my treatment]
was justified.This is an issue between
me, Officer Veltman, and thead ministration,"
he said, requesting his name
not be used.
Will Rice junior David Maas and
Sid Richardson College junior Thomas
Fowlkes said they pressed for an
investigation because as students they
fear receiving such treatment themselves
in the future.
"When you call the police, you expect
to get help," Maas said. "What we
got wasn't necessarily help."
Fowlkes agreed. "My biggest concern
was for the kid's life. There is a
risk of inducing vomiting and Sgt.
Veltman showed no concern for the
students. That incident gives a message
to me that campos don't care
about students.
"Foraweekafterwards I didn't like
the thought of having to call them if I
needed help. They had proven themselves
totally incompetent I realize
that's a generalization, but you judge
an institution by its parts," Fowlkes
said.
Veltman declined to comment on
the incident or the investigation and
referred all questions to Police Chief
Mary Voswinkel. Voswinkel did not
return repeated phone calls from the
IJtresher.Campus police policy prohibits
any officer except Voswinkel to
answer questions about the department.
staff members said.
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2 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION
An honest examination of Rice's
security needs benifits all
Recent crimes around the campus have raised great concern among
the community about safety here at Rice. Despite these crimes, however,
Rice has not suddenly become a more dangerous place, it is only
that we finally bothered to notice.
The administration and Campus Police have tried hard to suppress
news of crime on campus, pretending that by ignoring crime it will go
away, or at least that no one would notice.
It is common knowledge that the Jones College parking lot is more
dangerous than others, but little was done about it. In April 1993, the
Thresherreporied four car thefts out of the Jones lot in one year (two from
one person). Comments were made at the time about the lower level of
safety in the Jones lot. But not much, if anything, wasdone, and certainly
not enough was done.
In the recent cases, the administration is so unwilling to give out
information that it seems as if it is trying to hide the situation, a very
dangerous attitude. The incident happened. Everyone knows it happened.
People have the right to know what, if anything, is being done in
reaction to it.
But fault lies not only with the administration's reaction to the
abductions.
Students have also ignored the dangers that they face here at Rice,
despite repeated warnings from multitudes of sources. By living here, or
even just by living, one assumes a certain amount of risk of being a victim
of violent crime. While this does
On j n ; n n W notlessen the tragedy if one is struck
by crime, itissomethingtobeaware
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p* in this nation, not just in the inner
5T cities of New York or I>os Angeles.
Just because we happen to be students
at a university does not mean that we are less of a target than those
who live outside the hedges. If anything, the tendency of young people
to ignore personal safety makes students more likely to be targets. Also,
being in the fourth largest city in the United States means that there are
thousands of criminals out there who could easily choose to make Rice
the site of future activity.
Still, most students do not normally feel unsafe in the middle of
campus, and so relax their guard to a much lower level than they might
anywhere else. Perhaps before calling for fences to keep all of Houston
out (and all of us in), we should reexamine our own expectations.
Ult imately, however, even the best of care will not prevent all crime.
Kven with four times as many Campus Police patrolling and giant brick
walls and manned security gates, the abduction of five students over two
clays still could have happened.
I^ast week's incident proved that Rice isn't the safest place in the
world, but students should not lose sight of the fact that it certainly is not
one of the most dangerous. Crime is a significant concern at practically
all universities in the nation.
We can't deter all of those criminals, but we can at least make a strong
effort.
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Honor Code, Division I
athletics not compatible
To the editor:
Ask yourselfi if you could make
one change to this university to make
it a better place, what would it be?
After four years at Rice, my answer is
clear: get rid of Division I athletics.
The 1984 university self-study reported
that over half of all Honor System
violations are caused by scholarship
athletes, who comprise only about
11 per cent of the student population.
1 would hypothesize that the 1994 selfstudy
will have similar results.
' Don't you realize the
sacrifice of academic
integrity Division I
athletics seems to cause?'
A few years ago, there were rampant
rumors that a large number of
the accused in a 28-person conspiracy
case were athletes. If these rumors
were true, then the athletes should
have been held responsible for their
actions. However, these athletes aren't
the only ones at fault, and I wish the
Council would penalize everyone
who's responsible for the athlete cheating
problems we have had at Rice.
Unfortunately, the Board of Governors
cannot be given an F in the course
and a two-semester suspension.
The reason that so many athletes
cheat is a simple one: many of them
are not academically qualified to be at
Rice. Even with majors like Human
Performance and Managerial Studies,
it appears to me that many athletes
feel pressured to choose between
cheating and failing. According to the
1992 Athletic Review Committee report,
in 1990-91 and 1991-92, halfofall
entering athletes had SAT scores between
700 and 1000. In 1991-92, no
entering athlete had an SAT score
above 1310. Generally, only aboutonefifth
of Rice athletes are judged by the
admissions office to have qualifications
comparable to regularly admitted
students.
Of course, it is not the fault of the
athletes that they have lower SAT
scores than the average Rice student
The fault lies with those people who
admit athletes who are simply not
academically qualified to be here. At
Rice, scholarship athletes are admitted
through the Athletic Department,
not through the Admission Office. As
a result, some of these athletes are not
academically prepared enough to be
at Rice, and they might feel pressure
to cheat to get through.
As a marshal for Gillis' inauguration,
I had to -line up the Board of
Governors. As they waited to walk on
the stage, I listened to their conversation.
Were they talking about Gillis'
presidency? No. Were they talking
about the academic future of Rice?
No. They were talking about college
football.
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product of a
sick mind
To the editor:
Unfortunately — or probably fortunately
— I don't know who Heath
Scott is. "A Tribute to Heath Scott,"
which appeared on the Backpage of
the March 25 Thresher, is obviously
the product of a sick mind. Why sick
minds prompt their owners to write
such vicious trash seems self-explanatory.
Why the Backpage Editor prints
it is unfathomable.
Graciela S. Daichman
Dept. of Hispanic &
Classical Studies
and English Department
Foundation revisions merit support
To the editor.
We wish to register our strong and
enthusiastic support for the proposal
by the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee regarding changes in the
fou ndation course requirements. Th is
proposal, unanimously endorsed by
the committee after two years' study,
will be voted on by the faculty next
week.
The current requirements grew
out of a plan by former president
George Rupp to inaugurate an interdisciplinary
general education curriculum
at Rice. Its purpose was to introduce
students to a set of widely influential
works in the humanities and to
basic theories in the natural and social
sciences that would provide at least a
modicum of intellectual coherence to
an increasingly diversified and specialized
university curriculum.
The humanities foundation
courses, Humanities 101 and 102, have
succeeded beyond everyone's initial
hope and today represent one of the
most exciting ventures in general edu-
cation we know of on an American
campus. In order to keep HUMA 101
and 102 intact, to develop other interdisciplinary
courses outside the hu-
The humanities
foundation emirses...
represent one of the most
exciting ventures in
general education we
know of on an American
campus. '
manities, and to provide new and more
satisfactory interdisciplinary courses
outside the humanities, the Curriculum
Committee has asked the faculty
to approve the creation of a short list of
courses from which students may
chose, which would undoubtedly include
Humanities 101 and 102 as well
as certain departmental introductory
courses, and a few new ones yet to be
developed in the humanities, social
sciences and natural sciences.
This strikes us as an eminently
sound solution. It builds on thecourses
that have proved to be highly successful,
and it allows for the creation of
others that will be significant improvementson
theother foundation courses.
In addition, it will for the first time
allow students some choice ofgeneral
education courses.
None of us has taught in HUMA
102 or 102, and we have no vested
interest in extolling the extraordinary
virtues of these courses — virtues
that are corroborated by theverygood
teaching evaluations they have received.
All of us, though, believe in the
philosophy behind a general education
requirement We believe Human i-
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OPINION THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1994 3
Campus safety questioned in wake of Jones abductions
Students must take action Crimes bring insecurity,
hurt public perception
To the editor:
In discussing the kidnapping of
the four Rice students and the rape of
the female, a group of friends and I
decided how lucky we were. We realized
how lucky we were to be alive, to
be healthy, to be attending such a
prestigious school, to be intelligent.
It's wonderful how tragedy always
seems to cause a person to reevaluate
his life and draws people together.
6 Ourfriends were
kidnapped. One friend
was sexually abused. All of
their lives were in danger.
We're lucky that they are
all still alive and that we
can be there for them. '
But can we rest on these laurels?
Can we be satisfied knowing that we
are lucky individuals for this brief
moment? Is this good enough?
We need to do something. Perhaps
the magnitude of the problem of
crime intimidates us or causes us to
think, "God, what can little oP me do to
so Ive a problem that has plagued society
for so long?" Perhaps it's the feeling
of helplessness that we feel when
we have to complete a seemingly impossible
task. Butsomtf/Zj/w^hastobe
done. We can't let this heinous crime
go without some response.
Our friends were kidnapped. One
friend was sexually abused. All of their
lives were in danger. We're lucky that
they are all still alive and that we can
be there for them.
We can't do anything about what
happened to them. It's too late for that.
We just have to be there for them and
give them support and, most of all,
show them that we care. This is the
time for friendship.
But more importantly perhaps, this
is the time for action. We can't let this
happen again. Who will be next?
Where will the next crime take place
and what's going to happen? We were
too late to help the fourvictims, but we
can't let it happen to anyone else.
Before any seemingly impossible
task may be completed, there needs
toastart,afirststep. IVealways learned
in math class that the first step to solve
any word problem is to recognize the
problem.
I guess this is the easy step. Rice
does have a problem with crime. Albeit
a small one, it definitely exists. At
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the Jones parking lot alone, several
cars have been stolen, license plates
stolen, and now this incident Book
bags have been stolen in the colleges
and random acts of violence do occur.
It's the next step that is the hardest
part. We have to decide on how we're
going to solve the problem. We need
a course of action as to how we can
curtail the crime problem at Rice, if
not rid ourselves of it entirely. But we
need to do something, although the
task seems quite daunting. Not just
for them, but for all of us, for who
knows who can be next?
This is not a letter to complain
about the problems; they're pretty apparent
It's a call to action, asking
students to do whatever they can to
make sure people can feel safe on our
campus, to ensure that every time
someone goes to his/her car, he/she
can walk with the confidence that nothing
will happen to him/her.
So what can you do to help? I don't
know. It depends on how much time
and effort you 're willing to put into the
situation.
You can talk to your SA Senator
about getting the administration to
add extra lighting to the parking lots
around the university. You could go
straight to the administration. You
can write to our local Congressman,
Mike Andrews, asking him for tougher
gun laws. You can get involved in
Head Start programs to help underprivileged
youths. You can write to
the media about how they covered the
.entire incident
You can propose some measure
which could help solve the problem
here at Rice. You can get involved in
programs around the campus, such
as SOAR (Students Organized Against
Rape),CAPP (Co liege Assistance Peer
Program) or RSVP (Rice Student Volunteer
Program), designed to help
other students or people in the community
who aren't as "lucky" as we
are. You can be a leader, inspiring
others to action. Or you can do the
blue collar work, doing whatever it
takes to ensure that this doesn't happen
again.
But please, do something. We can't
let this incident pass without some
kind of reaction.
We're scared; we're angry; but we
can't let these feelings stop us from
doing what needs to be done. We have
to face our fears, concerns andanger
by doing what we have to in order to
ensure that it doesn't happen again.
We're not that apathetic, are we? We
do care, don't we?
These are our friends. Don't let
any more friends get hurt. Maybe
they won't come back next time. Or
maybe it'll be you.
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To the editor.
1 am concerned about recent
crimes on the Rice campus. On
Mar. 29, after midnight, a
postdoctoral fellow from my laboratory
was approached by a man
with a gun on a campus lot and
forced to withdraw $400 from an
ATM. Although he was not
harmed, the potential danger was
great indeed, as we have seen
from recent cases elsewhere.
Imagine the fear that this young
man, who is from a foreign country,
must have felt
Late Wednesday night a much
worse incident occurred [at Jones
College.] In view of the similarity
between these incidents, I speculate
that one of the criminals was
involved in both crimes. He may
well have been impressed at how
easy it was to enter our campus
and gain $400 in one evening's
work, so he brought a friend to
Rice for a second try. Perhaps we
shall be hearing from these guys
again. I wonder to what extent security
was tightened based on the
report given by my postdoctoral
fellow before this more serious
crime occurred.
Campus crime has at least two
effects. It makes us insecure and it
creates terribly damaging publicity.
When we recruit students, we'd
like to tell them that Rice is a safe
place. How can we do so in light of
these recent incidents?
What can we do abou t crime on
campus? Long range social programs
are certainly important
However, we need an immediate
SEE POSTDOC, PAGE 5
Physical modifications
needed for safe campus
To the editor
The recent attacks on students at
Rice have made most of us wonder
what can be done to prevent such
atrocities from recurring. I do not claim
to be an expert on matters of security
and crime prevention, but I have studied
matters of this type in depth in
recent months as part of my senior
thesis, and I believe there are things
the administration can do to make this
campus safer, in terms of its physical
layout
While it is true that there is no
foolproof defense againstadetermined
criminal, there are measures the university
can take, measures which have
been proven to work elsewhere.
What's more, making the physical layout
more secure also takes into account
the fact that the campus police
cannot be everywhere at once.
Most criminals strike where it is
convenient for them, and this convenience
is based mostly on ease of
entrance and escape, and the number
of hiding places. Criminals generally
do not strike where they think they
will easily be seen or will have a tough
_ time getting in and out Quite simply,
Rice is too easy to enter and leave
unnoticed, and has too many places
for would-be offenders to hide. Rice
should take the following steps, all of
which are relatively inexpensive and
not particularly complex, in order to
. Improve safety at the campus.
The first step is obvious. Floodlights
need to be placed in dark areas
all over the university, especially
around high traffic areas like the colleges
and Mudd Lab, and excessively
thick foliage should be trimmed. This
would dramatically lower the ability of
criminals to hide undetected. Next,
mostofthe entry points at Rice should
have gates placed at them (if they do
not already), and those gates should
be shut and locked at nightfall.
SEE SECURITY, PAGE 5
Fences are
no solution
Christof
Spieler
Calls for chain link fences, gates
and bright lighting are understandable
and quite rational in the wake of
last week's abduction/rape at Jones.
It saddens me to think, though, that
the only way we can be safe is by
locking ourselves behind protective
walls.
If Rice moves to a sealed campus,
it will be part of a widespread trend.
Increasingly, apartment complexes,
office parks
Editor's ' and subdivi sions are be- -
Notes
ing gated off.
Where once
life was centered
around pu blic spaces open to all,
it is starting to be partitioned off into
private enclaves.
This may make life safer for those
within, but society suffers. The first
thing to go is a sense of community.
What do the residents of one apartment
complex now have in common
with those in an almost identical compound
nextdoor?Only streets in which
everyone remains cloistered in their
own car.
When we physically separate ourselves
from the outside world, we feel
like we are no longer a part of it, like its
problems are notour problems. Now
that our home is a fortress, what does
it matter to us that other people are
being robbed or murdered? We're safe
behind our gates, and we feel no responsibility
for what it is like outside
them.
1 may well be accused of exaggeration.
No, we will not turn Houston into
(k>tham City by restricting nightime
vehicle access, but we must remember
as we try to deal with the problem
of crime within the hedges that barbed
wire and fences are not a solution. In
the short run, they will make campus
safer. But society's problems will only
escalate.
Christof Spieler, along with VivekRao,
is in his first week as Opinion Editor.
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4 FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION
Playing by new rules would return excitement to sports
Jym
Schwartz
1 suggest those of you with weak
hearts should look away now, for I am
about to commit blasphemy on a national
scale. It will not be pretty, and I
intend to spare no one, so those of you
who intend to continue should sit
down.
The vast majority of televised sports
in this country are boring and largely
pointless.
There, I've said it, and most of you
are probably in shock. "What's up his
butt?" you're probably asking yourself.
Well, it's a redwood forest if you
must know, which is why I keep show-
ing up in the paper. But this does not
excuse my sacrilegious position on
the American Sporting Industry.
After all, what could I have against
sports? That which happens in the
fields of play is nothing short of magic:
although all religions hate each other
and any race will slit another's collective
throat before making peace, they
will all sit down to watch a basketball
game.
What could be wrong with that?
It's entertainment, and it makes good
ncighborsoutofpeopleforafew hours,
after which they go out and smash in
the windshield of your car because
their team won the Super Bowl.
(Which is better than doing it because
their team lost.)
In my own personal experience,
people who make such broad state-
ments as the one I have made do so
based on their own ignorance. Do not
be fooled, for I am not one of these
people. If youVe ever worn a pair of
Chuck Taylor's in your life and don't
know what team he played for, then
I've got a leg up on you. (He played for
the Akron Firestones during the
1920s.)
The essence of what's wrong with
these sports lies in the lack of variation,
strategy and surprise. Once a
person is over seven feet tall, putting
the ball through a basket becomes a
rather simple procedure .hardly worth
the fanfare it receives. And when the
final score is 113 to 116, you wonder if
maybe there isn't something a bit pointless
about the whole affair.
Even if you don't agree with me on
this (perhaps you see the artistry in
each individual move, like my office
mate), you may find the future of televised
sports to be a venue you never
could have imagined.
• Basketball: The entire floor of the
court will be zoned for points, with
increasing value further from the basket
For example, a shot from basket
to basket will be worth 10 points. This
would not only alter strategy, but the
last ten seconds of every game would
be extremely intense. I am also considering
a "one concealed weapon per
team" rule.
• Baseball: The basic problem here
involves the lack of potential for bodily
injury. It should be not only valid, but
desirable, to aim for the pitcher when
batting. In fact, any action which renders
the pitcher unconscious will result
in automatic runs for the batter
and anyone on base.
I've noticed pinball is improved by
an occasional extra ball, and I think
baseball could likewise benefit In order
to offset this addition, players
would also be allowed to destroy balls
in play. This, naturally, requires at
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least one concealed weapon per team.
• Football: The best idea here is to
simply throw out the rules entirely,
but only for short periods of time.
At some random moment during a
game (at least once every game) a
horn will sound. For the next three
minutes, the rules cease to exist aside
from scoring via carrying a ball into
the end zone and propelling the ball
through the goal posts. Any and every
method to achieve this end will be
acceptable. This includes as many
concealed weapons as the team deems
necessary.
• Ice Hockey: I have no beef with
' Baseball: The basic
problem here involves the
lack of potential for bodily
injury. It should be not
only valid, but desirable,
to aim for the pitcher when
batting. '
hockey since sticks rule out the need
for concealed weapons, although I
think it would be funny to pick a random
fan from each side and put him or
heron the ice with the rest of the team.
• Golf: Exploding balls, mobile holes
and lethal hazards. (This will also
shorten the Seniors Circuit)
• Bowling: Hopeless. Will die a lingering
death within 60 years.
• Soccer One of the better sports,
butthe fans really want to be involved.
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with the goals set three miles apart
That ought to make 'em happy.
Of course, these are only suggestions
and may never come to pass.
After all, they'll probably have concealed
weapons in soccer before anything
else.
Tempora Bona Volvant and if you
don't wanna play my way I'll just take
my ball and go home. (So nyah.)
Jym Schwartz is a second-year graduate
student in the Department of Geology
and Geophysics.
Relocating to Woodlands
would end crime problem
Chris
Thomas
"It'll never happen to me." That's
what people always say before disaster
strikes. Well, in consideration of
the recent spate of crimes that plagued
the campus over the Easter break,
that saying is no longer true for students
at Rice.
It has been shown recently that
network television news programs
have nearly doubled their reporting of
violent crime across the cou ntry, hopefully
to rally citizens to do something
about crime. It doesn't matter that
crime levels nationwide have kept
steady for the past few years, or that
rates of violent crime in Houston have
actually dropped, thanks in part to the
efforts of Mayor Lanier to place more
police on the streets.
All statistics can be thrown out the
door when fate has crystallized events
around you and made you the victim.
The dice fell the wrong.way. Direct
and indirect victimization can make
people irrational about the subject
No, reality for most people is welded
into a "see, here, now" attitude. Things
become more real the closer they are
in our spatial and temporal frame of
reference.
Rape and robbery are pretty abstract
things when you live behind the
hedges. However, when you are the
one that gets accosted, you get pretty
shaken up. When you don't carry
around a cash card or other forms of
money, you wind up perpetuating the
situation that has made you and everybody
else that you know a victim.
Take one thing to heart: the one
thing that we absolutely must do is
prevent ourselves from becoming permanently
victimized and scarred by
such events.
In that light, I would like to present
a few suggestions about what might
be done to help keep Rice a safe environment
Considering my history of
having preference for more tonguein-cheek
proposals, I will order these
suggestions from most facetious to
most sincere:
• Sell all properties in the local area
and relocate Rice to a spot further out
— maybe the Woodlands. The precedent
for placing the campus out in the
boonies is a sound one: buy cheap
land far outside the city, and by the
time expansion comes again, land values
will have risen, yielding a significant
increase in endowment size.
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• Consider surrounding the hedges
with a 15-foot hurricane fence topped
with razor wire. The department of
biosciences could breed large, ferocious,
hunter-killer dogs sensitive to
that particular scent, crack-tainted
sweat
• Campus police could man particularly
dangerous places 24-hours a day.
Jones has been a convenient spot for
criminals (especially car thieves) in
the past, and all signs suggest that it
will remain a favorite for baddies in
the future.
• Considerremovingtheprohibition
on students keepinggunson campus.
This policy, if criminals become aware
of it (since most universities have similar
policies, they probably are), gives
them a reason to prefer robbing us
instead of somebody that might be
carrying a gun.
If the campus police are afraid that
students with guns is dangerous, they
might consider several things: providing
a gun safety course (something
Jones College could sponsor, considering)
and strictly enforcing the prohibition
of firearms in the Pub or
Valhalla or at any college party would
greatly reduce the possibility of accidental
shootings. Opening up this
policy would allow for yet another
option ...
• Creating a student volunteer security
detail. A militia of sorts could be
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Honor
FROM PAGE 2
I wanted to say to them: dont you
realize what you're doing to Rice acar
demically? Don't you realize that the
timecommittments placed on athletes
would strain even the most prepared
student? Don't you realize the sacrifice
of academic integrity Division I
Courses
FROM PAGE 2
ties 101 and 102, whose more than
thirty teachers include several winners
of universitywide teaching
awards, are models of interdisciplinary
general education courses which
the new courses can look to as a standard
of success.
We sincerely hope that our colleagues
will join with us in giving
strong support to the Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee's proposal at
next Tuesday's faculty meeting.
Militia
FROM PAGE 4
Chandler Davidson
Professor, Sociology
Richard Smith
Professor, History
Allen Matusow
Dean of Humanities
Professor, History
set up, in cooperation with the campus
police, enabling troublesome
places to be patrolled by students
armed with radios and possibly weapons.
The radios would allow prompt
reporting of situations to the police;
weapons might save a situation that
had gone too far.
• Instead of placing students in the
position of risking their lives for freedom,
peace and prosperity, colleges
that feel that the campus police aren't
doing their proper duty to protect the
students should hire outside security
personnel to patrol the areas in question.
The bill could be submitted to
the Administration, and any refusal
on their part to pay for added security
athletics seems to cause?
Unfortunately, they refuse to realize
these facts. One can only hope,
now that our athletic department will
not longer be able to play UTs and
A&M's athletic departments, the
Board of Governors will decide that
Division I athletics is no longer needed
at Rice.
There is a place for athletics at
Rice. However, the people who par-
Walter Isle
Professor, English
Edward Dough tie
Professor, English
Susan Wood
Professor, English
Stephen Baker
Professor, Physics
John Boles
Professor, History
King Walters
Professor, Physics
Ira G ruber
Professor, History
Stephen Tyler
Professor, Anthropology
Bernard Aresu
French Studies
would surely factor into any class action
suit filed accusing the university
of failure to provide adequate security
on campus...
Something must be done to prevent"card-jacking"inthefuture.
Banks
must work harder to provide safe and
secure facilities for cash withdrawals,
providing better security in order to
prevent somebody from being forced
at gun point to remove money.
Wemighthopeforaworld in which
money is not an issue. Remove the
desire of someone for wealth, and the
world is one step closer to heaven.
Now, if you have any ideas of how to
accomplish this, call me and we can
work on the other six deadly sins.
Chris Thomas is a Sid Richardson
College senior.
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to be here. This seems to be such
an innocuous claim, but the Board of
Governors and the athletic department
are unwilling to believe it Until Rice
gets rid of Division I athletics, there
will continue to be academic problems
with athletes.
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FROM PAGE 3
Bradley Monton
Jones '94
Rice response. We should improve
campus lighting*, we should be aware
of our surroundings and should not
walk alone. I propose two additional
measures. The first is increasing the
presenceofthecampuspolice. I would
like to see them patrolling the campus
very often at n ight and stopping people
at random to check I.D's. The word
will get out that Rice is careful about
security, just as it has in West University
Place. The second is to demonstrate
our outrage by ensuring that
when the present crimi rials are caught,
they receive the minimum sentence
with no parole. This may be accomplished
by writing to the judge in the
case and to the Houston newspapers.
1 believe that the Rice community
should present a unified front and
serve notice to future criminals that
we are not going to put up with crime
on campus.
When Rice was built, an open campus
was no problem; besides, an open
campus presents a nice image to the
Houston community. Because of
crime, we must now consider closing
the campus. Three miles of fence and
electronic accessgates would create a
huge nuisance to everyone here,
would drastically alter our image and
would cost a fortune. If the problems
get worse, though, we'll have to face
this possibility.
Paul Engel
Professor, Chemistry
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There is no reason for interconnected
parking lots (such as those
facing the Medical Center) to have a
whole host of entry and exit points
through which offenders in cars can
come in and out easily. Forcing traffic
through such choke points may be a
bit of an inconvenience, but it will
make it easier to monitor who comes
in and out of the university.
More emergency call boxes should
be set up as well. Sirens and noise
attract attention that criminals would
rather avoid (such is the logic of car
and burglar alarms), and would provide
more opportu nities for rapid contact
with the campus police in the
event of an emergency.
All of these measures can be
achieved merely by expanding what
we already have here at Rice in the
way of security planning.
The next steps are a bit more costly,
but I believe they too must be done. A
chain-link fence should be built inside
the hedges. Such a fence already exists
on some parts of campus, such as
the area near the baseball field and the
media center. This fence would make
life more difficult for criminals on foot
(such as those who attacked the students
at Jones), and placing the fence
inside the hedges would, frankly, be
more attractive than a fence on the
street side of the hedges (the fence
near the baseball field can hardly be
seen unless one looks closely).
If Rice wants to be really ambitious,
security cameras such as those
commonly used in convenience stores
and large parking lots cou Id be placed
at the traffic choke points if all-night
manned guards prove infeasible.
limited access gates controlled
by magnetic cards or punchcodes,
such as those used at the Graduate
House and many apartment complexes,
could also be set up as a longterm
solution, coupled with more connections
between the inner loop and
the parking lots. Again, the more interconnection
there is between the
lots, the less the need for individual
entrances into isolated lots.
All of the steps I am suggesting
have been set up at many residential
universities all over the country. For
example, a friend of mine has informed
me that Boston College is sealed after
dark except for one or two monitored
entry/exit points. For that matter,
many of the off-campus apartment
complexes where students from Rice
live have such security arrangements
in one form or another.
The steps I am suggesting will not
absolutely eliminate the possibility of
victimization by criminals, but as I
previously stated, nothing can. However,
by'making life more difficult on
would-be offenders, it is likely that at
6 A chain-link fence
should be built inside the
hedges. '
the very least, the lesser offenses,
which are more common than — and
often precede — more gravely serious
crimes, can be prevented. As a
ru le, criminals go to places where they
seethatthecommunity isunwillingor
unable to preventeven minor offenses.
Rice has the money to do at least
some, if not all, of the things I am
talking about. The price is a pittance
compared to the building of a nanotech
center, and the inconveniences are
more than made up for by the increased
safety.
The only question is whether or
not we have the will to do what is
needed to make the campus safer for
all who live and work here.
Mark R. Yzaguirre
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Debate
FROM PAGE 1
preliminary rounds.
Both freshmen also placed individually
among the top 20 speakers in
the country.
At the world tournament, the Wee
duo will compete with nine others
from the United States and 250 teams
from more than 47 countries. It will be
held at Princeton University in January.
While neither team member
wanted to set his hopes too high,
Daniel West, speech and debate team
director, said a good deal of practice in
several tournaments between now and
January will prepare the students to
perform at the top of their abilities.
"1 f we work hard I don't see why we
can't do well. But as freshmen there's
so much we haven't learned,'' Ruthfield
said. This year even if we don't do
well it will still be a good learning
experience."
Ruthfield attributed their success
to their different speaking styles and
backgrounds, which gives the team
an edge in a battle of quick wits.
Parliamentary is a specific style of
debate based on that of most European
countries. In competition, each
team represents either the government
or the opposition in debating a
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particular issue, which may be political
or philosophical in nature.
With little time to think and much
to say, Ruthfield said the event is often
"mentally exhausting and frenetic."
Both teams are given only about 10
minutes before the 40-minute debate
to prepare arguments to win over
judges.
And despite its rather stuffy-sou nding
name, Ijevy said, parliamentary
debate is usually far from dull.
Teams are encouraged to heckle
each other, often resulting in dramatic
yelling and table-rapping from both
sides. Humor also plays an important
part in the competition, which
Ruthfield described as "40 minutes of
craziness."
The goal is to win the hearts and
minds of the audience over to your
position.
Being stodgy doesn't win hearts
and minds," he said. "Unfortunately,
we're not a very funny team. Butwe're
working in it"
Levy said he hopes to learn enough
from debating other good teams over
the next year to finish first in the 1995
national tournament, and Ruthfield
said he hopes the freshman team's
recent success will draw more Rice
students to future parliamentary debate
tournaments.
But for now the speech and debate
team is gearing up for the American
Forensics Association's National
Speech Tournament to be held at
Wichita State University April 9 to 11.
Nine students have qualified for
the tournament at earlier competitions
in 21 events which include persuasive,
extemporaneou s and impromptu
speech, as well as communication
analysis.
Of these nine students, four are
first-year members.
Baker College senior Peter Johnson
said Rice has more novices going
to the national tournament than it has
had in three years. Many members
said the first-year members are one of
the team's greatest assets.
"I think that shows continued success,"
West said. "I'mgraduating four
people but gaining four good new
people — I've got a lot to build on."
"If we continue to recruit the same
number of people every year that we
lose, we're going to have a very strong
team," he said.
Rice speakers will compete with
more than 400 students from about
120 schools across the nation.
West said the team hopes to improve
on the 14th place ranking it
received last year when the tournament
was held here.
Johnson said he expects national
competition to be fierce due to school
and personal rivalries which have
formed during the past year.
The Graduate Student Association met March 24. The following were discussed:
• The results of the GSA elections held March 24 were announced:
President: Chris Oehrlein
Vice president: Cormac Flanagan, Maeve McCarthy
Treasurer: Laurie Feinswog
Secretary: Chris Stokes
• The council decided to give two service awards to graduate students, and it also approved three separate
awards to faculty and staff. Award recipients will be announced at the next meeting.
• Positions are still available forgraduate students on the Affirmative Action committee and the University
Council. The council will also elect a sports representative at the next meeting. Those interested should
contact Chris Oehrlein in the math department or their department representative before the next
meeting.
Next meeting: April 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Miner Lounge at the Ley Student Center
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open today, although minor electrical
work took longer than expected.
Joe Woolley, manager of the Rice
franchise, said Copy Club hoped to
open the location Tuesday, but electrical
problems delayed clean-up.
The builders should be finished
by Wednesday, and after that it's just
clean-up and moving our computers
in," Woolley said.
Copy Club contacted university
newspapers Monday to advertise the
opening.
But Woolley said the opening date
remains negotiable. If it doesn't open
today, Copy Club will open early next
week.
"We can't control acts of God,"
Woolley said, "but we're trying our
hardest to get in there and open up."
Copy Club is accepting applications
for employment at the campus
store. Applications are also available
at the Rice Program Council office
and from Woolley.
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NSF prizes awarded
I^ovett College junior Michelle
Price and freshman Griselda Mani
won $1,000 from the National Science
Foundation Incentive for Excellence
Scholarship Prize. The award will be
presented April 16 at the Engineering
Alumni Picnic.
This prize recognizes academic
excellence and is designed to encourage
outstanding minority students to
pursue advanced study in science and
Officer
FROM PAGE 1
Jones College sophomore Emily
Meyer, a drunksitter, evaluated the
19-year-old freshman around 2 a.m.
following Rondelet Because he had
been passed out for several hours and
people who had said they would return
for him did not show up, she
recommended calling campus police
for assistance.
Lanier, a registered nurse, listed
several steps drunksitters take to help
them determine when to call for help.
"If a student has been passed out
for an hour or more, you need to make
an assessment. Ask if they've had anything
to eat, how long they were drinking,
what have they been drinking,
when did they startdrinking, and judge
how big they are to determine how
much they've been effected," Lanier
.said.
"If someone doesn't respond,
chances are they're probably unconscious.
At that level, they're probably
entering a serious and possibly lifethreatening
situation."
Lanier said she also teaches students
how to position someone who
has passed out "You put them on
their side and prop them up with a
pillow. You want to avoid the student
vomiting. If they're on their back and
then vomit, the chances of asphyxiation
are pretty high."
Contrary to popular myth, Lanier
said hospitals don't always inducevomiting
when a drunk person is admitted,
unless other drugs also arc suspected.
"Most of the time the alcohol
is already in the bloodstream so hospitals
start an IV to dilute the alcohol
level in the blood," she said.
Meyer relied on her training when
she encouraged others to call the campus
police.
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engineering.
Rice was awarded two prizes in
recognition of two previous minority
NSF Graduate Fellowship winners.
Professors receive grants
Chemistry Professor Marco A.
Ciufolini and math Professor Richard
A Strong have been selected to receive
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Research Fellowships. Candidates
were nominated by their department
chairs.
The fellowships, worth $30,000,
support the recipients' [research for
two years.
A total of 100 fellowships were
awarded out of 400 nominations.
Science forum tomorrow
The Scientia conference, titled
The Teaching of Science in a University
Curriculum," will be held tomorrow
in Sewall Hall Room 301. The
program will begin at 8:30 am.
The conference will feature four
speakers on scientific literacy, and a
panel of Rice faculty will comment on
each speech afterward.
Voting site at Hermann Park
Students can vote in the Texas
General Elections primary runoff on
Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the
Hermann Park Rose Garden Center
Safety discussion next week
University officials will address student
concerns at the Student Association
Forum on Safety on Thursday at
the Grand Hall in the Rice Memorial
Center from 8 to 10 p.m.
The [drunksitterj training says
thatingeneralyoudon'twantto move
him. I expected that the police would
move him gently since you don't really
want to move him at all," she said.
"But Sgt Veltman was very rough
with him, smacking him on the face
and shouting at him to get up. But he
couldn't"
Veltman then picked up the
freshman's arm and placed himself
under it. An officer-in-training assisted
on the other side of the freshman, she
said, and.together they carried and
dragged the student to their patrol
car. Afterwards they took him.to the
hospital. Meyer and Maas rode in the
backseat with the freshman and later
received a ride home from Veltman.
"He was nice to us after the incident,"
Maassaid. "But,thewholc thing
was that Veltman didn't understand
the situation [the student] was in.
Veltman originally wanted to take him
to jail to the drunk tank. He didn't
react correctly to the situation. He
should have come in, be calm, assess
the situation, but he didn't"
While the Meyer, Maas and
Fowlkes disagree oyer the extent any
disciplinary action against Veltman
should take, they all agree campus
police should receive training similar
to the drunksitter classes.
"I'd like to see all the campos get
training in how to handle a situation
like that so they don't put a student in
more danger than they were before,"
Meyer said. She and Maas said they
do not think Veltman should be fired
for the incident
Fowlkes wants Veltman dismissed.
"I'll be satisfied if he's dismissed from
the force and if any other charges had
been appropriate, like assault, that they
would have been prosecuted. Nothing
short of dismissal will send the
right message that the campus police
are really here to protect us," he said.
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Security
FROM PAGE 1
outstanding ... and provide opportunities
for promotion," Currie said.
Thedepartmentwas havingaproblem
keeping officers who would give
training programs in the suburbs and
would get recruited by those departments,
Currie said.
Jones and Brown College parking
lots were blocked off onTuesday night
At Jones, the exit to Sunset Boulevard
was closed from 11 p.m. to sunrise.
The two external entrances to the
Brown lot also were chained shut
Brown Master Robert Haymessaid
the administration has come up with a
few solutions, which include closing
the parking lots at night and adding
lights to the Jones parking lot
Haymes also said the university is
asking Brown members to give up
their parking places in the alley near
the master's house so that students
can use the alley to enter the parking
lot at night.
Brown members approved of closing
the lot but didn't want to lose the
20 parking spaces in the alley.
Jones has had a guard posted in
the parking lot all night since the incident
Abreo said Voswinkel told students
the guard will remain until the
end of classes and maybe until graduation.
Haymes said during a Brown cabinet
meeting Wednesday that one of
the reasons the university had rejected
SA Business
the idea of posting security guards in
every parking lot was because it would
cost $12,000 for the rest of the semester.
He said he thought the university
considered this cost too expensive.
Student response
Brown students expressed frustration
ata cabinet meeting about campus
security and suggested ways to
exert pressure on the administration.
Brown freshman Gilberto Ortiz
said, "The administration hasn't been
listening to us, and we have to do
something."
Brown junior Carol Chapman said,
"We pay to live here, and we pay a lot,
and we should be safe here. If we
threaten them Iwith media attention J,
they might do something."
The cabinet decided to give $3(X)
to have students set up a Brown lighting
system immediately.
Another group of students is posting
petitions today to call for increased
security measures.
Graduate student Lauren Bernard
said she brought up the idea in her
class.
"[Students'] reactions were 'No
one's going to do anything because
the student body is too apathetic.' I
said we can do something to change
that," Bernard said.
The petition outlines six measures
for the university to take: improved
lighting all over campus; permanent
closing of all unused exits to campus;
construction of a wall or high security
fence around campus; installation of
The Student Association met Monday. The following were
discussed:
• The escort cart will run an hour longer. The hours are now
from Sunday through Thursday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• Senators will conduct interviews to fill the vacant University
Council position.
• Brown College junior Kraettli Epperson and Hanszen
College junior Stephanie Keyeswere unanimously elected
to the Executive Cofnmittee as parliamentarian and
executive vice president, respectively.
• A committee was formed to oversee cable-television
access on campus.
• This Senate approved an amendment to the by-laws that
would require the incoming Senate, rat herthan the outgoing
Senate, to interview candidates for standing committees.
• The Senate unanimously approved Hanszen President
Ben Walrath, Jones College President Damian Abreo,
Internal Vice President Becky Almaguer and President
Marty Makulski for the Awards Committee.
Next meeting: Monday at 10 p.m. in the Ley Student Center's
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security checkpoints at all entrances
after dark; more campus police officers
and patrols on foot and a better
security escort system.
"I've been to three universities in
my life and this is the one I've felt most
unsafe at," Hunt said. "That includes
Columbia"
After four car thefts from the Jones
parking lot last year, one of them at
gunpoint, the Jones lot has earned a
reputation for being dangerous and
poorly lit
Students at Jones arc organizing
their own escort committee and organizing
a door watch to see that the 2!>
or 30-second delay of a card reader
does not endanger students, Abreo
said. Similar efforts are being made at
Sid Richardson College.
SA Security Committee
A report from the Student Association
Security Committee labeled the
Jones parking lot a "high priority" for
improved lighting as early as last October,
Ivovett College representative
Angela Hunt said.
The committee report mentioned
three poorly lit places on campus needing
"immediate action" — the SRC
parking lot, the area between the Will
RPC Notes
Rice College masters' house and the
parking lot and the area between the
inner loop and Rayzor Hall, she said.
The high-priority list, which is less
urgent than the immediate-action list,
included the area near the inner loop,
Herring Hall, Rayzor Hall, the Engineering
Quad, the area east of the
student center behind the chapel and
the area between space physics and
Herring Hall.
The Jones parking lot was on this
list
SRC Master Gordon Wittenburg,
head of the committee, said the committee
thought lighting the area between
SRC and WRC was so important
that it required an immediate response.
Ijghts were installed in that
area, he said.
But other committee members
expressed disappointment with the
slow progress.
"It seems like we keep coming up
against the question 'Is it in the budget?'
and 'Is it in the lighting plan?'"
Hunt said.
WRC representative Alex Cestero
echoed her frustration.
" I felt that it was a paper committee
and it was formed in response to the
Brown incident," Cestero said.
The Rice Program Council met March 28. The following were discussed:
• Rondelet made $1,000 and Beer-Bike may have made almost $3,000.
He was referring to a Brown student
in her college bathroom five years
ago, which resulted in an out-of-court
settlement
"We've had a lot of feasible suggestions
over the last two years but it
seemed to me our suggestions were
not getting past the administration
and were not taken seriously," he said.
Hunt noted it may be difficult for
the people making decisions to fully
grasp student concerns.
"You have to understand these
people work here nine to five who
don't see the campus at night," she
said. Hunt said Facilities and Engineering
employees were surprised by
the 10 to 15 burnt out lights they
encountered on a nighttime walk with
the Security Committee last semester.
But last week'sviolentcrimes have
raised questions about campus security,
and Cestero hopes that the
committee's concerns will be given
higher priority.
"I think this will enable the committee
to be a little bit more empowered
... I thin know the ad ministration
is more responsive to students, and
we just need support from above," he
said.
• Astroworld College Night will be held April 27. Tickets will be $12.95 and can be purchased at the
campus store with a student ID.
• The free screening of Backbeatw\W be 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rice Media Center.
• An amendment to the constitution requiringthe treasurerto take Accounting305 was rejected. Another
amendment giving the external vice president the power to sign checks passed.
• The Formals Committee reported a few problems with the ticket-takers at Rondelet. It was suggested
that Rice students should be hired in the future to take tickets. Many also complained about the DJ.
Next meeting: Sunday at Sid Richardson College
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Rachel Rosenthal appears at the
Heinen Theater using her own
aging and disintegrating body as
a metaphor for the Earth. Friday
and Saturday at 8 p.m. at
Houston Community College
Central, 3715 Austin. Fifteen
big dollars. Call 22S0914 for
information on this disgusting-
sounding thing.
Ezra Charles and the Works will haul
their collective ass to the prestigious
Taco Cabana at 6006 Westhetaier
Sunday from 2 to S p.m. Come hear
them for free, but don't drink the water
without a notarized receipt and personal
bodyguard.
Art in the Park, featuring jazz and fashion,
two great tastes that taste great
together, runs today, Saturday and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the
SuperBlock in front of George R. Brown
Convention Center. Would you pay for
this? They don't expect you to.
Wyndnwyre hits the Mucky Duck with
their mix of Celtic, medieval and
renaissance music. Starting Thursday
at 8:30, the show costs whatever it
takes to get into the Mucky Duck on
2425Norfolk. Call 528-5999and ladies,
don't forget to wear your corsets.
Wiess College
sponsors mu ttiple Rice
^ ' bands (Stab, Bee
Stung Lips, more) for a TG at 4
p.m. Free, obviously.
Spinning Wheel and The Rooster bring
out the dark side of Korean peasant life.
$4.25 for both films, 7:30 and 9:30 at
the Media Center.
9 Shepherd
School Percussion
Ensemble at 8 p.m. in Stude
^ A T concert Hall. Free. (See
article, p. 9.)
Chilsu and mansu and The Ago of
Success at the Media Center, 7:30 and
9:30. $4.25 for both.
^I Syzygy: New Music at Rice
li " " presents "Serenades and
^ ^ " Symphonies," with music of
Schutz, Mozart, Boicom, more. 8 p.m. in
Stude. Free.
Guest artist Steven
mJLmm Glaser, piano, joins
T U E us from Texas Tech
for a concert of heavy-duty
keyboard pounding
(Liszt, Rachmaninoff,
more.) 8 p.m. In
Duncan Recital
HaH. Free.
ym Raise the Red Lantern, a
•" "provocative parable of Power
^ ^ ^ and its methods of self-
perpetuation," was banned in China in
1992.7:30 at the Media Center, $4.25.
HOLY GOAT
Non-serial monogamy OK in 'Weddings'
BY K R I S T I A N LIN
Director Mike Newell's comedy Four Weddings
and a Funeral starts out with Elton John's
stylish rendition of Gershwin's "But Not For
Me" on the soundtrack.
Like most of the other joys in this film, it
lingers pleasantly in the brain, unconnected to
any memory you have of the film as a whole.
Four Weddings is essentially fluff, but it's fluff of
a very high order, and it's one of the funniest
movies in some time.
The pk>t revolves around Charles (Hugh
Grant), a 32-year-old English "serial monogamist"
who loves his girlfriends but can never
commit to a single relationship.
Then he meets a beautiful, free-spirited American
named Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a
friend's wedding and spends the film trying to
deal with his feelings for her.
The script of Four Weddings and a Funeral is
by Richard Curtis, known for his brilliant British
TV sitcom "Blackadder." The film is loosely
structured and, like a sitcom, relies heavily on
punchlines and funny situations. But Curtis keeps
a coherent storyline going, and even when he
suddenly reaches for poignance in the middle of
this affair, it's quite within his grasp.
Newell seems to have found his niche in light
comedy. He certainly deserves credit not only
for maintaining his light touch, but for a small
army of enjoyable comic performances from his
supporting casL
Even if, like me, you don't number yourself
among Hugh Grant's adoring fans, you have to
admit that the script is perfectly tailored to Grant's
perennial uptightness.
Curtis puts him in all sorts of spots that take
advantage of this quality—at a wedding where,
as best man, he forgets the rings; at a table
comprised of his ex-girlfriends, who start comparing
notes; in a room where a couple, unaware
of his presence, is having sex. Grant's worried
expression and oversized teeth carry him
through.
MacDowell has her share of moments, such
as when she hides from a drunken boor in a
lobby or runs through her sexual history for the
benefit of an appalled Grant. But she never
CROW TRACKS
Lydia (Sophie Thompson), Bernard (David Haig) and ah oops grande in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
emerges as a fully realized character.
And here we have the one significant problem
with the film: the casting of the romantic
leads. It's not that we don't like them; we feel
they're very nice people who should be together.
It's just that Grant and MacDowell come off as
colorless compared with the other actors in the
film. There's the nagging sense that a more
interesting film might have been made about
Charles' friends.
That's a small complaint, though. Charles'
friends are played by a fine bunch — Charlotte
Coleman, James Fleet and John Hannah all give
depth to their roles.
Simon Callow has a great reaction to two folk
singers who butcher "Can't Smile Without You"
even worse than Barry Manilow. But the one
whoU stick out in your mind is Kristin Scott
Thomas, who's about as cool and elegant as
actresses come, and who manages to be affecting
when called upon to do so.
Corin Redgrave, Jeremy Kemp and Sophie
Thompson (Emma's sister) fill out bit parts, and
Rowan Atkinson hasadevastatingly funny scene
as a nervous clergyman performing his first
wedding (he refers to "the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Goat").
One of the magnificent little surprises in this
film is the relationship between Charles and his
deaf brother David (played by deaf actor David
Bower).
You can imagine most Hollywood movies
dutifully introducing this character and then
shunting him off to the margins of the story, but
David gets to play a pivotal role in this film.
Bower plays with the right amount of amused
detachment, especially in his reaction to a woman
who talks to him in imperfect sign language.
The film that Four Weddings will probably
remind you of is Kenneth Branagh's Peter's
Friends (1992); but Four Weddings and a Funeral
isn't as aggressively shallow as Branagh's
film, and Newell's actors are even better at
fleshing outsitcomroles than Branagh's marvelous
cast
In the final equation, what you get in Four
Weddings and a Funeral is sharp, clever writing
delivered by appealing actors you probably
haven't seen before. That's as good a reason to
see a film as any.
Toon tracks, remix albums not all flops
VARIOUS ARTISTS
B Y J E R E M Y H A R T
THE CROW ORIGINAL MOWN PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Oh boy. This movie looks like it'll be interesting,
just from what little I've heard of the comic
book it's based on and from the pictures in the
soundtrack liner notes.
I'm still skeptical, though — comics don't
have a great history on the big screen. I'm not
talking the Batman-blockbu sters; those were
flukes. I'm thinking more of The Punisher —
stay away from this horrible waste of film—and
Captain America, which was so bad that I don't
think they even released it in this country.
Still, just the pictures for The Crow look gritty
and "dark" enough to make me happy. We'll see.
Anyway, if the movie is as good as the soundtrack
(oh yeah, this is a music review), this should be
an interesting movie.
The album starts off with a new Cure tune,
"Burn," and ooh, does it send chills down my
spine. Well, sort of.
I'm not a Gure fan — haven't ever had much
exposure to goth music of any kind. From what
I remember, the goth fans in my high school
dyed their hair different colors
every other day, had
strange body parts pierced,
hung around in a pack at the
mall, and were ostracized as
being weirdos because they
didn't like Metallica, N.WA or
the Pet Shop Boys (don't fret
over this horrid example of high
school closed-minded prejudice
— they probably liked
being outcasts). So I don't
like the Cure.
I do, however, like this.
It's haunting, echoey and melancholy, but still
damn danceable.
Speaking of dark and gloomy, this whole
album has a grim, depressing undertone to iL I
mean, one of the coolest songs on here is, Nine
Inch Nails doing a cover of Joy Division's "Dead
Souls," with the subdued-but-threatening snarl
of "they keepcal ling me/they keepcalling me..."
If this song isn't a prelude to some kind of
self-destruct sequence, then I don't know what
to call iL Machines of Loving Grace tread the
same waters, as well, turning in an unusual, slow
techno-metal grind on "Golgotha Tenement
Blues," complete with orchestral keyboards.
Rage Against The Machine makes only a
mediocre attempt at slamming political protest
— okay, I take it back; it's not mediocre, it's just
nothing really new. Sounds like their whole
album. If that's your thing, go for it—Ijustdon't
think screaming political protest comes across
unless you're playing in front of an actual crowd
of angry youth.
Credit goes to the Rollins Band for an appropriate
choice of cover tunes. Our pal Henry and
Company do a bluesy punk-metal rendition of (I
think) a Suicide tune, "Ghostrider." Imagine the
Doors on amphetamines and steroids, singing
about everybody's favorite flameheaded comic
book character and you'll be close.
Fellow heaviness kings Helmet and Pantera
also make appearances here, with "Milktoast"
and "The Badge," respectively. The Helmet tune
just isn't harsh enough for my taste, though still
pretty good (melody from Helmet? Interesting).
Pantera's is an anti-police tirade that sounds
much more punk than metal to me.
For Love Not Lisa is new to me, but I was
fairly impressed with "Slip Slide Melting," a
ripping, distorted slam-dance rock gem, the
best dance-thrash this side of Therapy?.
The Jesus and Mary Chain introduce us to
the surf-rock, what the Beach Boysmight've
written instead of "Good Vibrations" if they'd
grown up on punk and leather rather driving
daddy's car around all the time. A cool highslung
bass groove and screaming feedback, and
bam, damn good driving music.
When I listen to movie soundtracks, I try to
match the movie to the music in sequence —
don't ask me why, I just do. In this case, I can see
it working, believe* or not
The final two tracks on the album are a
denouement of sorts, lifting the listener up from
the dark depths of the Cure, Helmet and Nine
Inch Nails for some shivery-sweet guitar, drifting
back and forth in a mist of melodic, beautiful
shoegazerpop, courtesy of Medicinewith Time
Baby III."
The last tune is the clincher, though. Jane
S'iberry's "It Can't Rain All The Time" manages
to evoke a feeling of both melancholy and triumph
with Siberry's beautiful Kate Bush/Tori
Amos-ish vocals and melodies. The sparse beauty
of her half-whispered chorus just catches. The
perfect lost-love theme song.
From the almost suicidal depths of the beginning
to the closing triumph, this album deserves
some serious attention. I only hope The Crow
itself is this good.
JACKOPIERCE
BRINGING ON THE WEATHER
Blame it on my little Brother. It's his fault this
album pisses me off. I'm the older brother, right?
I'm supposed to hand him a tape, say, This is
cool," and hell love it It's my privilege. Or not.
I am a bit pissed off, though, at myself for
blowing my little bro off when he tried to get me
to listen to these guys months ago.
Jackopierce is two soft-hearted guys (one
named Pierce and the other named Jack-something;
uh, creative name, I guess) who know
every painful inch of small-town life.
They strum and sing with husky sincerity,
reminding me of nothing more than a male,
more Texan analog to Georgia's Indigo Girls.
Countryish folk, with touches of rock and pop
blended into quiet, sharply-accurate stories about
pain—pain of separation, pain of love, of almost
any kind of loss you can imagine.
From the melancholy pop of "Late Shift," a
tale about a "Dear John" letter, to "Jacob,'' to a
song about a child caught in the fftiddle of a
divorce, the songs on this album are well-told
stories, Springsteen-style. Jackopierce has an
amazing feel for the "quiet country life." It's
refreshing to listen to music that's personal and
down-to-earth and not country.
The only downer on here is when they drift a
bit too close to mainstream rock a la the Counting
Crows with "Anderson's Luck," but they
make up for that quickly enough with the reminiscing
of "Witch In The Old Man" and the
jangly groove of "Get To Know Me Better."
What can I say? I screwed up by trying to be
an older brother. Craig, I owe you an apology.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1994 9
POPCORN PAIN
The Newsies grew up — and they should have stayed kids
B Y K R I S T I A N L I N
"I know you're a newspaperman.
I can smell 'em off a mile away.
Excuse me while I open a window."
— Ben Hecht
script for Nothing Sacred (1937)
Director Ron Howard turns to an
old genre, newspaper comedy, to produce
"The Paper, an old-fashioned piece
of entertainment that's well-engineered
enough to overcome its flaws.
The film follows one unusually
hectic day in the life of the New York
Sun's metro editor, Henry Hackett
(Michael Keaton).
Henry is hot on the story of two
black teenagers accused of the racially
motivated killing of two wealthy
businessmen. He thinks they're inno-
cent, and chases down the story while
trying to placate his neglected eightand-a-half-month
pregnant wife
Martha (Marisa Tomei), the paper's
cost-cutting managing editor (Glenn
Close), and the editor of the stuffy
New York Sentinel (read: New York
Times), who offers Henry a safer, more
respectable job at a paper that doesn't
almost fold every six months.
Don't expect a hard-hitting expose
of tabloid journalism from this film.
The script does its best to avoid thorny
issues of ethics and the increasing
sensationalizing/tabloidizing of mainstream
media (like the New York
Times). Henry Hackett keeps affirming
the principle of journalistic in teg-
PEA-SPIKED RICE
rity, but nobody really challenges him
on it
Screenwriters David and Stephen
Koepp seem to delight in piling obstacles
onto the script just for the sake
of piling them on. Of course Martha
will go into labor before the movie's
over, and McDougal (Randy Quaid),
the paranoid columnist sleeping in
Henry's office, will run into the man
he claims is trying to kill him
Don't expect a
hard-hitting
expose of tabloid
journalism from
this film.
It might seem they're going a bit
far. Does Martha's pregnancy have to
developcomplications? Doesthe5««'s
editor-in-chief (Robert Duvall) have
to have prostate cancer and problems
with his daughter?
Another problem is Glenn Close's
character, the same corporate
superbitch that we've all seen in the
movies. The Koepps make some attempts
to humanize her, but their
hearts aren't in it
Guys, couldn't we have some successful
working women in the movies
who are also sympathetic for a change?
There are enough of them out here in
the real world.
Ron Howard isn't a great artist and
certainly not a great innovator, but he
has an unfailing sense of what works.
He maintains the film's breathless pace
and only falters slightly when the script
bogs down in sentimentality.
He has a real feel for the
newsroom's pressure-cooker atmosphere.
One of the film's biggest
laughs comes at a point where everyone
is in Henry's office complaining
and McDougal finally shuts them all
up by firing off his gun.
Michael Keaton helps matters
enormously. A more cerebral actor
might have made this character's vir-
COCKTAIL HOUR
tue insufferable; Keaton just lets it fly.
He gives you the sense that he's in
control even when the whole world is
collapsing around him
The supporting cast gives him
room to work, too. Close and Duvall
are given the shaft by the script, but
they play off Keaton nicely.
Tomei sparkles with the right mix
of irony, bubbliness and hardscrabble
intelligence. Quaid brings along his
familiar quirks, while Jason Robards,
Catherine O'Hara and Jason
Alexander get juicy smaller roles.
And yet, with ail this talent in the
cast, an actress named Amelia Cook
runs off with the film's emotional high
point She plays a novice news photographer
who wades through hell to get
pictures of the two accused teenagers,
only to find all but one of the
pictures out of focus. Her reaction is
theonly thing in this picture that makes
you feel like cheering.
The Paper sets out to be a popcorn
picture, light on depth and high on
laughs and thrills, and achieves that
end in ruthless fashion. It has all the
immediacy of today's newspaper, and
winds up being just as disposable.
Ensemble puts out exotic sounds
BY T RIC I A
GlESBRECHT
SHEPHERD SCHOOL PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 8 P.M.
STUDE CONCERT HALL
FREE
This year's final Shepherd School
Percussion Ensemble concert will be
an evening of jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean
and African music.
The ensemble's first all-jazz concert,
the program covers fifty years of
jazz. From the roots of jazz, heard in a
suite arranged by guest artist Alafia
Gaidi, it moves to standards such as
Indian spice, rice abound at Shiva
Restaurant offers chance to try something new, light a fire in your mouth
SHIVA
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B Y A N N A B E L
LUNCH: 11:30-2:30 MONDAY-FRIDAY,
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DINNER: 6-10 NIGHTLY
I love mom-and-pop type restaurants.
Especially when mom and pop
have names that I can't pronounce.
Shiva Indian restaurant in the Village
is one of the second type.
The scarf-festooned ceiling, pink
walls, sitar music and incense-filled
air don't exactly remind me of my own
home, but I enjoy them even more.
And the food at Shiva is simply to die
for.
Eastern Indian food is not for the
timid, but on a recent trip, I had a
delightful dinner. All sorts of exotic
flavors and spices dazzled my taste
buds.
The meal started with complementary
crispy wafers and two fiery chutneys
for dipping — the Asian equivalent
of the requisite chips and salsa at
Houston's many Tex-Mex joints. I
munched and let my eyes water as I
read the extensive menu.
Shiva offers a variety of appetizers,
but I was quite content with my wa-
fers, so I moved on to other choices. menu — to soak up the last drops of
Tandoori dishes — meats marinated the succulent sauces. And wonderful
and grilled in a traditional Indian clay they were. Many Indian restaurants
oven (around $10) — looked tempt- serve greasy naan, but Shiva's was
ing, as did the various incarnations of light and tasty. I could have made a
chicken, lamb, beef, shrimp ($9-10), meal of the bread.
rice ($8-9.50) and vegetables ($6.50). The bread also serves to cool the
All dishes other than the vegetar- fire, but my mouth was still flaming.
ian options come with a yummy pea- Fortunately, Indian cuisine provides
spiked rice. Another side order of rice its own cure. A lassi is a sweet, cool
goes for $2.50.
yogurt drink—an Eastern milkshake,
Indian food is so wonderfully spicy, and Shiva's mango lassi ($2) is the
even die-hard carnivores can find best I've had. Sweet but not too sweet
plenty of flavor without meat I ended or creamy, it's a great counterpart to
up with Aloo Zeera Punjabi (saut6ed our wilder concoctions.
potatoes spiced with coriander, mus- Another "homey" touch is the hot
tard seeds and cilantro), Navratan-E- damp towels our waiter brought after
Bahar ("nine jewels of India" — sea- . the meal to wipe my hands. After the
sonal vegetables, nuts and raisins in a dipping frenzy, they proved most use-
tomato sauce), Sham-Savera (spinach ful.
balls stuffed with masala and cheese Shiva's service began wonderfully
and simmered in a light, spicy gravy), — lots of refills and checking on our
and Karahi Murgh (chicken pieces progress. But as the restaurant filled
cooked in "a host of herbs and spices" up, the waiters were less attentive.
with bell peppers and tomatoes). They were quite busy welcoming other
I can't begin to identify the spices new diners, but I had to wait far too
that flavored the food, but they were long for the check and finally asked
perfectly balanced and delicious with- for it.
out overwhelming the vegetables they Even though Shiva is not terribly
accompanied.
speedy or inexpensive, it is a wonder-
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($1.75 serves two) — the "traditional that far, will pay back penniless col-
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Chick Corea.
It is largely through their experience
in this ensemble that Shepherd
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of the trade which are not normally
encountered in classical art music.
Each semester the ensemble studies
a new area of percussion technique.
Larry Slezak, director of the
Rice Jazz Ensemble, was guest instructor
for this semester's emphasis
on jazz vibraphone and the various
styles of jazz.
On the program for Saturday night
are several jazz standards arranged
by ensemble members themselves.
The arrangements are for five mallet
instruments, rhythm section and
optional horns. Among these are Victor
Feldman's "Rio," arranged by Erich
Loftis and Wayne Shorter's "Foot-
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Although this concert will be held
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DENMARK ON THE ANDES
Much lost in adaptation of Allende's 'House of the Spirits'
B Y K R I S T I A N L I N
"And he takes her to the wretched
movies
Where the heroes are horses or
passionate princes."
—Pablo Neruda
One can only wonder what Neruda
might have thought of Hollywood's
treatment of a novel by Isabel Allende,
one of his literary disciples. The House
of the Spirits isn't bad in an overtly
offensive way. That is, unless you remember
Allende's splendid novel, on
which this ill-conceived film is based.
Allende's novel is a 50-year political
history of Chile seen through the
eyes of one Chilean family. Esteban
Trueba Qeremy Irons) earns a fortune
in gold mines and marries Clara
del Valle (Meryl Streep). They live at
Esteban's huge estate, called Tres
Marias, with his spinster sister Ferula
(Glenn Close).
As the political predominance of
Chile's Conservative Party comes to
an end, revolution threatens the opulent
Trueba lifestyle. Esteban and
Clara's daughter, Blanca (Winona
Ryder), becomes involved with a revolutionary
peasant (Antonio Banderas).
Danish writer/director Bille Au-
gust seems to have had many problems
adapting Allende's highly
uncinematic noveL The film was shot
on location in Portugal and in Danish
film studios, so the film's ambience is
colonial European rather than Chilean.
A more serious flaw is that entire
characters have been cut from the
film or neglected. What emerges is
The result is
uniformly dull, and
in view of what
went into the
making of this
film, that's a huge
disappointment.
the barest skeleton of the book's plot
August's concentration on the novel's
melodrama has shortchanged the socioeconomic
aspects of the rise and
fall of Chilean Communism.
In this context, Allende's touches
of magical realism are wildly out of
place. Clara's clairvoyance and ability
to move objects with her mind don't
add to your u nderstanding of her character.
Another problem is that August,
who isn't a native English speaker, is
trying to adapt a Spanish-language
novel into English. This explains lines
of dialogue such as, "I curse you,
Esteban," and "Papa, you stubborn
old fool!" but doesn't make them any
less hard on the ears.
The hugely talented cast is badly
misused; obviously none of the stars
are remotely Chilean. Streep ages well
during the course of the film, but filmmakers
have long since learned that
you don't getvery far by making Streep
the emotional core of your film. The
script has given her nothing, so she
passes in and out of the film without
making any impression. The character
has none of the spiritual and intellectual
force that Allende conveyed so
powerfully in the noveL
August makes a huge mistake in
having Ryder do the voice-over narration.
Dramatic pictures tend to drain
the color from her voice, and this
one's noexception. Her character also
has a daughter, and if there's one
thing Ryder definitely isn't, it's
someone's mother.
But August pulls most of his
punches. He manages one genuine
shock in the whole film an
unobtrusive cut to Ryder, lying in the
corner of a room, beaten and tortured
almost beyond recognition by soldiers.
But because her character is so poorly
developed, you either pity her in an
abstract way (people should not be
treated this way) or you feel sorry for
Ryder as an actress rather than as a
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SON OF ALTERED BEAST
Remix/live albums are annoying.
If you want to heara songyou like live,
go see the fucking band! If you want to
hear the tunes played straight, get the
studio album; if you want to hear it
tossed around and rocked out, well, I
doubt many live albums have ever
captured the energy of a live show
very well.
Enough bitching; now I get to be
hypocritical. I like thisalbum, butthat's
partly because I never got around to
getting Altered Beast myself, and so
most of these tunes are new to me.
No matter how I look at it, "Devil
With The Green Eyes" is a master-
character.
Thefilmversion of The House of the
Spirits sacrifices the novel's social history
and whimsical touches in favor of
trying to capture the book's epic sweep
— and because it's so chopped-up, it
fails even in that The result is uniformly
dull, and in view of what went
into the making of this film, that's a
huge disappointment
piece of pained brilliance. The other
studio track on here, "Ultrasuede," is
decent, too — it grooves.
On the remaining five tracks, all
live in-concert takes, there's one key:
guitar. Whoa Richard Lloyd is a guitar
genius; he throws off bluesy,
screaming leads with an ease that
doesn't take anything at all from their
manic intensity. More grimy, gritty,
blues-ridden guitar than a whole convention
of R.E.M.S (however much
that might be).
"Superdeformed," a tune released,
as far as I know, only on the No Alternative
benefit album, does much better
when free of all the studio gimmicks.
The voice-synth stuff here is
much less up-front — it comes out
sounding like Sweet's singing harmony
with DarthVader, which is kinda
cool.
"Don't Cry No Tears," on the other
hand, is a treat—a rockin' Neil Young
cover full of overdriven guitars so thick
you can feel the dirt through the headphones.
So—not all live albums suck. Just
most live albums. Some, like this one,
have the power to make you sit up and
wonder why in the hell you didniljust
go see the band the last time they
came through.
And there's something to be said
for vicarious pleasure, I guess.
Just don't get me started on remix
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Rice baseball takes its share of lead in SWC race
by John Fredland
The Rice baseball team, ranked
17th in the nation, took two of three
games from the 19th-ranked University
of Texas last weekend in Austin.
That enabled Rice to move into a
four-way tie for first place in the Southwest
Conference with a 6-3 mark. The
Longhorns are also 6-3, with Texas
Christian University and Texas Tech
University both sporting 4-2 conference
records.
"Anytime you take two out of three
on the road, it's successful," Head
Coach Wayne Graham said. "Taking
two out of three on the road against
Texas is extremely successful."
"Two wins is okay, but I really
wanted the sweep," catcher Jeff
Brannen said.
Success against the Longhorns
meant more than just the opportunity
to move up in the standings, according
to first baseman Paul Doyle.
"This will show Texas what it will
be like for them in the Big 8," he said.
"There has been a lot of talk about
what conference they are going to be
in and what conference we are going
to be in. Because of that, it's good to
beat them like this."
Pitching wildness denied Rice a
series sweep, as the Longhorns salvaged
the second game of the April 2
doubleheader, 84.
Rice pitchers walked 13 Texas batters
in the second game. Sue of those
batters put on base by walks eventually
crossed the plate.
In the first and final games of the
series, Owl pitchers did not pitch the
Longhorn baiters aggressively, as they
issued 24 walks in the two games.
"We're trying to get them to do it,
but some of our younger pitchers are
still suffering control problems," Graham
said. "Fortunately they've got
good enough stuff so they can get by
with it We're hoping the control will
improve and the walks will go down."
With the score tied 4-4 in the fifth
inning in the finale, Stephen Larkin
led off with one of the walks against
Owl loser Jim Miller (1-2). Miller retired
the next two Longhorns, but
second baseman Matt Williamson
dropped Jerry Taylor's pop-up in short
right field, allowing Larkin to score for
a 5-4 Longhorn lead that the Owls
could not overcome.
In the first game of the doubleheader,
Rice snapped a tie with three
runs in the sixth inning and used heartstopping
relief work fromTim Byrdak
to hold off the Longhorns, 8-6.
With the score 4-4, Donald
Aslaksen led off the sixth with a single
to center against Longhorn loser Jay
Vaught (6-3). Mark Quinn followed
with another single. When Taylor
bobbled the ball Aslaksen took third.
He scored when David Brooks
bounced into a force-out, putting the
Owls in the lead. Then, Brooks scored
on a Brannen squeeze bunt and
Williamson doubled home Doyle for a
7-4 advantage.
After that the show belonged to
Byrdak, who turned in a relief performance
worthy of Harry Houdini.
Shutting down a Longhorn threat
-when he came into the game in the
sixth, Byrdak allowed two runs in the
seventh but closed outTexas with the
bases loaded.
The day before, the Owls used a
four-home run attack to rally past the
Longhorns, 12-9.
Just as in the final game of the
series, walks hurt the Owls. Seven
Longhorns puton base by walks would
eventually score.
Texas was cruising with a 4-0 lead
behind their ace Kj'os, who had given
up only one home run in 59.1 innings
on the season, when Rice turned on
the power in the top of the fifth.
Brooks started the onslaught with
a liner over the fence in left, cutting
the deficit to 4-1.
That opened the floodgates. Doyle
beat out an infield single. Brannen
walked on four pitches.
Kjos struck out Williamson for the
second out, but Boni drew another
walk to load the bases.
Cruz lined his fourth career grand
slam and 10th homer of the season to
the opposite field in left center, giving
the Owls a 5-4 advantage.
Texas responded with a run in the
bottom of the fifth to tie the game, but
Quinn put the Owls ahead to stay in
the top of the sixth, lin ing a so lo homer
to left field for a 6-5 lead.
Quinn, who finished eight-for-11 in
the series with six runs and four RBIs,
was named SWC Player of the Week.
The Owls added insurance runs to
take a 9-5 lead into the bottom of the
eighth and held off twoTexas rallies in
the late innings.
Byrdak pitched in and out of jams
in both innings to notch the save.
Aslaksen added insurance with Rice's
fourth homer of the night, a two-run
shot in the ninth.
This weekend, Rice hosts Baylor
University in a 7 p.m. game tonight,
and a 2 p.m. doubleheader tomorrow.
The Owls are happy with their position
in the conference race, as they
are perched in first at the halfway
point of the schedule.
"I want a ring, a conference championship,"
Brannen said. "1 don't th in k
Rice has ever won first place, and 1
want that I think we've really got a
good shot to win the conferencc, and
I think that's what the team wants."
"It's a good position, because we
have two out of our last three series at
home, which is a definite advantage,"
Graham said."We played the two
teams that were supposed to be the
best, Texas and A&M."
"We've still got to do our business.
We've still got a long way to go."
Jose Cruz: Rice's Centerfield Messiah sets sights on promised land
by John Fredland
Three days in the life of Rice
centerfielder Jose Cruz, Jr.:
On Thursday afternoon, the Owls
are hosting Oklahoma State University.
The Cowboys come into the game
ranked seventh in the nation, but the
Owls have pulled ahead 5-1 in the
sixth inning. With the bases loaded,
the Cowboys go to their bullpen. This
provides some relief, as the new
pitcher strikes out Chris Boni.
Cruz follows Boni to the plate. Junior
pulls the ball over the left field
fence, putting the game away with the
grand slam.
Friday night, Oral Roberts University
comes into town. The Golden
Eagles jump out to a quick 2-0 lead in
the top of the first, but Junior, now
batting left-handed, hits a three-run
homer to left center.
The Golden Eagles take an 8-5 lead
into the bottom of the ninth, but the
Owls put two men on base with one
out for Cruz.
Junior crushes the pitch into the
night and over the right field fence to
tie the game.
In the first game of Saturday's
doubleheader, Oral Roberts again
scores two runs in the top of the first
The Owls have the perfect counterpoint
in the-bottom of the inning.
Junior blasts another home run, this
one going to almost the same spot as
his game-tying shot the night before.
For his three-day display of power,
Cruz was named national co-player of
the week by Collegiate Baseball. This
honor continues the collection of accolades
and accomplishments that the
sophomore has achieved in his Rice
career, the most significant coming
last season when he was named cofreshman
of the year by Collegiate
Baseball.
Baseball excellence has not been
the domain of just one man named
Jose Cruz, however. Cruz's father Jose
Cruz, Sr., preceded his son with a 19year
major league career with the St
Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros and
New York Yankees.
Cruz, Sr. graced left field in the
Astrodome during the eighties with
his rainbow-clothed, line-drive hitting
presence.
While his father performed down
on the field, Junior was always with
him or around him.
"He came out a lot of times to the
clubhouse, but when the game started
he would play double-headers in the
batting cages," Cruz, Sr. said. "He
did^ like to watch as many games.
Hea get Nolan Ryan's kid and Phil
Garner's kid and they used to play a lot
of games in the indoor batting cages
that we used to have over there."
The fact that he spent his formative
years around a major league clubhouse
and had a celebrated father did

12 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS
With Ronnie Jackson at cox, Steph Keyes, Torrey Folk. Allison Baker and Julie Markwardt are the women's experienced four.
Crew returns encouraging results
by Grant Flowers
On March 25,membersoftheRice
Rowing Club packed into vans and
hauled their Italian racing shells to
Waco to compete in the first annual
Texas Cup, held on the Brazos River.
The women's experienced eight
boat captured fourth place out of six
entries.
Rice finished 15 seconds behind
the winning boat from Wichita State
University, while Drake University
placed second and the University of
Texas at Austin grabbed third.
"We were ten seconds behind
Texas," said Club President Julie
Markwardt "They're our big rival and
we would have liked to have done
better against them."
Three or four of the teams from
other universities there were on spring
break," Markwardt said.
"This was more of a practice regatta,
but everyone still took it seriously.
We did a lot of races and some
of our people raced twice."
The men's experienced four boat
finished 14 seconds behind Texas but
they beat out a strong boat from
Wichita State to place second.
The boat consisted of junior Phil
Bradley, senior Michael Harms,
sophomore Justin Gullingsrud and
junior Dave Brain.
"It was one of the best races of the
day," said Markwardt
"Lots of these men on the other
teams are heavyweights, and three of
our four rowers are lightweights, so
they were really pleased with the second-place
finish."
That was my last race and it was
great I think the guys did it for me,"
Harms said. Texas jumped out at the
start and we couldn't see them but we
knew that Wichita was there on the
right We had a low stroke rate but
with an enormous amount of power."
"With about 300 meters left in the
race, we had plenty of extra left to give
for the sprint and, by the end, we had
about a boat-length lead over Wichita.
It was a well-run race."
In novice action, the men's eight
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placed second out of four entries and
the women's four finished second out
of seven teams.
The women lost to a boat from
Wichita State by a heartbreaking .66
seconds.
"It was a great race," sophomore
Sarah Newton said.
"It felt really good to go all out and
we're not usually that close. At this last
regatta we weren't all together, but we
still did pretty well. It's been a good
spring."
The meet is yet another indication
of the growth of the Rowing Club.
Harms, who has been with the
club for three years, is quick to point
out how the organization has changed
since its inception four years ago.
"It's gotten more competitive and
more serious," said Harms.
"Back when I first joined we had
just started to get a stable sized mass
to have a good program. Now it's not
often that we have to scrap to put
together a boat"
A large part of how the club decides
who will row is by individual
times on an ergometer machine.
Members compete with one another
by rowing a distance of 2500
meters.
"We have more competition for
spots than we did before," said Newton.
.
"Last year most of the ergs were in
the low eleven to high ten minute
range, and there are a couple people
this year who have gotten under ten
minutes. Almost all of the people are
in the mid to low tens."
The club's workout and practice
schedule has had a lot to do with the
team's increasing competitiveness.
They row on both Saturday and
Sunday and one morning during the
week.
In addition there are three land
workouts and two days of voluntary
weightlifting.
The hard work has proven to be
beneficial.
"When we started, we didn't expect
to be able to compete with Texas,"
said Harms. "Now we know we can
compete with them, as long as there
isn't a big weight difference."
The next regatta that the club will
attend is the Great Plains Rowing
Championships in Topeka, Kan., on
Apr. 15-16.
That's our big regatta of the year,
and our whole semester is geared up
with this regatta in mind," Markwardt
said.
"Something like 25 or 30 teams go,
all of the Midwest schools and the
teams fromTexas will be there. Ithink
thatall of our boats haveagood chance
in their individual events, but we don't
have enough people to earn the points
to win the regatta."
Purity of NCAAs tainted
by television announcers
by Chris Rodgers
After a month of hoops, hype, betting and beer drinking, it's finally
over. No more questions about who's number one and who's got what it
takes to win the "Big Dance."
The U niversity of Arkansas Razorbacks are going home to Fayetteville
after the season of their dreams. Sixty three other teams are plotting next
year's run, vowing to return and, hopefully, stretch their luck a little
further. s
This year's March Madness gave us a great April final and one can't
help feeling a little melancholy at seeing the NCAA tournament come to
a close.
It will be a long time before
people stop saying "The Shot" and
HIT&
mrw
ScottyThurman's name in the same
breath. You wouldn't be doing the
truth justice by saying it was fantastic.
Try clutch, amazing or unreal.
Those are a few of the adjectives
that I was able to utter after getting my breath back.
After all, the Hogs were dead-locked with the underdog Duke University
Blue Devils at 70 with barely a minute left on the clock when
Thurman canned a 22-foot jumper from behind the arc.
As if that wasn't enough Hoosier-esque drama, his three pointer
barely reached over the out-stretched fingertips of Duke's Antonio I>ang
as time ticked down to zero on the shot clock.
To his credit, Lang couldn't have been playing better defense on
Scotty if he had been in the Razorback guard's ankle-length shorts.
The manner in which the entire game was played made you figure
that it would take something like a buzzer beater for one team to put the
other away. The final stayed close throughout, with each team having to
dig deep and claw their way back from deficits.
It is unfortunate that most of America's major sporting events lack the
drama, sportsmanship and comradery that is inherent in the NCAA
tournament. The trick to the mythological allure of the Division I
championship stems from the high quality of its competition.
Everybody gets a shot at the championship and the losers go home,
no matterwhat they were ranked during the regular season. Everything
is settled on the court Is anybody listening in Division I college football?
April has begun and I will miss the excitement of the tournament But
there are a few aspects of it that I am more than glad to tell goodbye.
There is an old saying that goes, "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it"
Many would say this about the NCAA tournament. But couldn't we get
rid of those damn television announcers?
It could only serve to improve one of the most American of all sports
traditions. I'm sure Arkansas Head Coach Nolan Richardson would
agree with me.
The drawing power of the post-season championship is the game of
basketball being played at one of its highest and, without a doubt, most
inspired levels.
Then why is television placing greater and greater emphasis on knowit-all
announcers who would rather hear themselves talk than watch the
game being played? I use my mute button more during March Madness
than at any other time of the year.
Those who pay the exorbitant ticket prices for the privilege of
watching in person are spared the agony of listening to the likes of Billy
Packer andjim Nantz demonstrate their uncanny flair for the obvious. I
don't mean to single out pill or Jim—their broadcasting peers are eqally
as bad.
Here is a typical conversation between a play-by-play man (P.P.) and
a'color-commentator (C.C.) on a televised game:
P.P. man: "Well, Stew, what are the keys for tonight's matchup?"
C.C.:" Here it is f$ks: Team A needs to score more points than Team
B to come away with a victory."
P.P. man: That's interesting, Stew. I think thatTeam A must also not
ignore Team B's offense. Coach A will tiy to get his guys to hold Team
B to less points than his team can score."
(Later in the game)
P.P. man: "Number-25 ... uh, no, number-15 Jackson dishes to
Murphy... er, excuse me Williams for the slam!"
C.C.: "If Team A keeps scoring like this while stopping Team B, they
should be able to pull this one out"
I don't know as much about basketball as Rick Pitino, but I am tired
of my intelligence being insulted by two guys in thousand-dollar suits
who have never touched a basketball.
I think that someone making as much money as announcers do to talk
about basketball, or any sport, for that matter, should at least be required
to take a hoops competency test Since they're called announcers, why
don't they try that?
Next year, all I want to hear out of their mouths is the player's name,
stats for the year, position and maybe his hometown. Otherwise, put
them in some syndicated gameshow as a host so that their talents can be
better utilized.
The beauty of the NCAA basketball championship tournament lies in
precision passes, rainbow jumpers and airborne dunks; not in the
gibberish of the broadcast booth. I can't wait till next March rolls around.
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Junior Valerie Tulloch heaves the shot put at the Bayou Classic last Saturday.
Men's track splits pair
by Frederick Wen
While everyone else was off relaxing and enjoying their time off
during the Spring Reccss and Easter Break, the Rice Men's Track and
Field team had a busy and productive holiday before and after the break.
The Owls crushed Harvard University in the 10th Annual Meeting of
the Minds the Saturday before break at the Rice Track Stadium.
Out of the 16 events they competed in, the Owls dominated 10.
The meet against Harvard was sort of a low-keyed dual meet, kind of
a break for us before the A & M meet," Head Coach Steve Straub said.
Although they lost handily to Texas A&M University in the A&M
Triangular with Harvard in College Station, they ran some of their best
times all season lastThursday.The squad finished second to A&M's 113point
total with a score of 58, easily eclipsing Harvard's tally of 18.
Against Harvard, junior Cliff Alexander highlighted the thrashing by
winning the 40Q-mcter hurdles in a time of 51.70. In the process, he
became a National Collegiate Athletic Association Provisional Qualifier,
bringing him very close to an automatic bid to the Championships.
Junior Ivory Angello broke theold meetrecord in thetriplejumpwith
a 51-7.25, while sophomore Chris Jones swept both the 100- and 200meter
dashes in times of 10.63 and 21.22, respectively.
At the Triangular, freshmen Jason Lunn and Brian Klein both won
their respective events.
Lunn won the 1500-meter run in a time of3:50.05 while Klein won the
800 meters in 1:51.62.
Angello swept past his competitors in the triple jump with a jump of
52-5.5, almost three feet more than the second place finisher.
Jones won the 100- and 200-meters in 10.61 and 21.12, respectively.
Junior Bryan Bronson and freshman Quinton Milner led aone-two-
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14 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS
Men's tennis seeking momentum
by Dan litten
The Rice men's tennis team, continuing
its trend of up-and-down play,
will host Texas Tech University on
Su nday, hoping for some momentum.
The tennis team had split its last
six matches, losing the first two of the
six, winning three-straight but then
losing one.
The team kept up that in consistent
play as it split a couple of matches in
the last week against conference opponents.
"We'll definitely beready forTech,"
freshman Ricojacober said. "The win
over [Southern Methodist University J
was a good confidence-builder for the
whole team because we were sick but
we were still able to beat a tough
opponent"
On April 1, the Owls lost to Texas
Christian University, but the Owls
bounced back the next day to defeat
SMU.
TCU, ranked second in the Southwest
Conference and eighth in the
country, won every match in straight
sets over the Owls while playing at
home in Fort Worth.
"They just outplayed us," said Head
Coach Larry Turville. "We had some
close matches but they fairly well dominated
us."
In the latest Rolex Collegiate
Rankings where TCU was ranked
eighth in the country, Rice was ranked
49th.
Injuries also played a role in Rice's
defeat
"[Sophomore] Jon Elsberry is out
for the rest of the season," Turville
said. "That- phts a dent in our program."
Senior Willie Dann, normally playing
in the number-two singles position.
was unable to compete against
TCU as he was out with the flu.
To add to the depth problem, senior
Pascal Hos was able to play
doubles, but stayed out of the singles
action.
"Pascal is still a little rusty, he's
been out for a month," said Turville.
The Owls d idn't have much time to
rest their aching and ailing bodies
before facing SMU in Dallas the following
day, but they still managed to
pull out a tough 4-3 victory over the
Mustangs.
The win over [Southern
Methodist University] was
a good confidence-builder
for the whole team because
we ivere sick bu t we were
still able to beat a tough
opponent.'
— Rico Jacober
Freshman tennis player
Dann returned to action, teaming
withjunior Justin Reizes to squeak out
a 9-8 pro set victory at first doubles.
SMU then took the second and
third doubles matches, winning the
lone point awarded for doubles play.
Rice came back strong in singles
play, winning four of the six matches.
Dann crushed his opponent at second
singles, 6-2, 6-0.
Junior Nick Lorenzini came
through at fifth singles with a 6-2, 6-4
victory.
After two tough losses for Rice at
first and fourth singles, SMU led 3-2 in
the overall match.
Jacober then evened the score with
his tough three-set win at the sixthsingles
spot
After losing the first set 2-6, Jacober
knew he had to change something.
"I was very tired out there because
I've been sick. I'm still not 100 percent
and I started slowly," he said.
"But in the second set, I started
coming in more. I became more aggressive
in coming to the net and
that's how I closed it out"
His new strategy paid off as he
took the second and third sets for a
2-6,6-4,6-2 victory.
With the match then tied 3-3, Reizes
pulled out another gutsy win to claim
the victory for Rice.
Reizes was down 5-0 in the first set
but he then came on strong, pulling
ahead at 6-5 before losing in a
tiebreaker.
In the second set, he was down
again, this time by a break before
staging another comeback for a 6-7,
7-5,6-3 win
"I picked myself up," Reizes said."I
wasn't playing too well but I fought
well."
Reizes' triumph gave the Owls the
contest by a 4-3 score.
"He [ReizesJ lost at number three
the week before at A&M, so it was
good to see him win," said Turville.
"We played a good match against SMU
in singles. We hung in there pretty
well."
"They had their chances to beat us
but we dug in and won it," he said.
"Our big thing now is to beat Texas
Tech. That will definitely cement us at
number four."
The. week after the Texas Tech
match-up, Rice will host the University
of Texas, ranked second in the
nation, in its final tune-up before competing
in the Southwest Conference
Championships on April 22.
TheSWC Championships will also
be held at Jake Hess Stadium.
Women to battle A&M
by Peter Stokes
The women's tennis team has its sights set on Texas A&M University
After gunning down Southern Methodist University and Baylor University
last week. The Owls will take on the Aggies tomorrow at 1:30.
This match promises to be "a big showdown," according to Assistant
Coach Emily Schaefer. Rice is 3-1 in Southwest Conference play, and the
winnerwillhavetheinsidetrackon second place. Schaefer hopes thatthe
Owls' home-court advantage will give them the edge against the nationally-rankcd
Aggies.
The Owls positioned themselves for this challenge with a pair of
convincing wins. On April 2, the Owls stuffed SMU 7-2.
Top soloist Antonette Vcloso was stopped at first singles by Klysia
Thornton, 6-3,6-1. However, freshman Paula Myslivecck took control of
the second slot and downed Anne Brown, 6-1, 7-6.
Junior Jackie Brown rolled to a 7-5,6-1 victory over Nicole Woods at
third singles. Senior Abby Daniels gotinto trouble early, but pounded out
a 3-6,7-5,7-5 triumph over Renee Greyvensteyn at fourth singles.
Freshman Jessica Gagnon slipped by I^dy Mustang fifth seed Carolin
Knobelspies 7-5, 6-3, and senior Blair Strassner bowled over Catherine
Hammonds at sixth singles, 6-2,6-1.
"We really took them in singles," said Myslivecck.
Daniels and Myslivecck won by default at first doubles. Brown and
Veloso had to work hard at second doubles, but they won, 6-2,6-2.
Greyvensteyn and Hammonds saved some face for SMU with a 6-4,
2-6,6-3 win over Gagnon and freshman Olga Iim6n at third doubles.
Three days later, the Owls outslugged Baylor 6-3.
Myslivecek moved up to first singles and dispatched Greta Gibson
6-4,6-1. However, Veloso suffered a 6-2,6-1 defeat at the hands of Baylor
second-seed Melissa Castro.
Brown avenged the loss with a 7-6,6-2 win over Sarah Chester at th ird
singles. Daniels again dropped the first set, but fought back for a 4-6,
6-4,6-3 victory over Baylor's Carolyn McGrath.
Gagnon edged Baylor fifth seed Amber Simpson 7-5,6-3, and Blair
Strassner rallied past Julie Hamilton at sixth singles, 2-6, 7-6,6-1.
"Our seniors really did a great job for us, particularly Blair," said Head
Coach Paul Blankenship.
Castro and Gibson overpowered Daniels and Myslivecck, 3-6, 6-0,
6-4. However, Strassner and Veloso pulled together for a 6-2,6-2 thrashing
of Chester and McGrath. Gagnon and Limon dropped a tough threeset
match to Hamilton and Simpson at the final doubles, 6-1, 4-6,6-3.
"Baylor was really strong and really intense," said Schaefer. "Our
team stayed persistant and played smart. We played mentally tough."
Thisvictory also gave the Owls some encouraging news for Saturday's
matchup. The Aggies were only 5-4 winners over the Iiidy Bears.
"We're going to have to play strong singles," said Myslivecck. "Next
to [the University ofj Texas, this is probably our toughest match."
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Career Services: Rejection letter party
April 12, 10 p.m. at Willy's Pub.
Auditions for the Mixed Signals cast
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April 11, and Wednesday, April
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Rice Young Democrats present Rep.
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Elections for next year's offices will
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Rice Counseling Center will present
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Midst of Finals. Wednesday, April 13,
6:00-6:45 p.m. Sid Richardson PDR
Lecture on "Human Rights in Guatemala"
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