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Vol. LXXXV, Issue No. 16 

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by Susan Egeland 

IHKISIUK I I'floklAI MAM 

Possible improvements to 

Fondren Library under the strategic 

plan "Rice: The Next Century" 

include remodeling the fifth and 

sixth floors and building an addition 

to the 50 year-old structure. With 

administration support and university 

funding, renovat ion could begin 

in five years. 

Hie December donation of $21.4 

million by the Hobby Foundation 

will fund the first of the strategicplan 

s initiatives to improve Fondren. 

The Library Planning Committee 

proposed a three-phase improvement 

plan for the library. Phase 1 

freed 8,270 square feet of space previously 

occupied by the Computer 

by Anderson Lee 

rOKTHfc: THRKHHER 

Food and Housing Director 

Marion Hicks and Director of International 

Education Patricia Martin 

both announced that they will retire 

at the end of the 1998 spring semester. 

The two administrators have 

served a combined total of 60 years 

at the university. 

Martin guided Rice to 

international heights 

Associate Vice President of Student 

Affairs and Director of International 

Education Patricia Martin will 

retire following the end of the 1998 

spring semester, ending her nearly 

30-year career at Rice University. 

Under Martin's direction, the study 

abroad program has blossomed from 

roughly a half dozen participants at 

its outset to the current group of 

over 200 students working, studying 

and interning overseas each year. 

Martin's replacement has not yet 

been announced 

Martin's association from Rice 

dates back to 1968, when she came 

to the university with her husband, 

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and Information Technology Institute 

and the James A. Baker III Institute 

of Public Policy. 

Phase II calls for the remodeling 

of the fifth and sixth floors of 

Fondren at a cost of $1.5 million, and 

is contingent upon the relocation of 

the History Department and many 

offices of the School of Humanities. 

Even after the implementation of 

Phase I and Phase II, however, 

Fondren will reach maximum capacity 

within an estimated six years. 

Then, Fondren will need to be expanded 

or a new library building 

constructed. 

"It is likely that a new addition 

will be built contiguous to Fondren 

rather than a separate building elsewhere 

on campus," Librarian and 

Vice Provost Charles Henry said. 

to retire 

Sociology Professor William Martin. 

She enrolled in Rice as a graduate 

student in History in 1970. She 

completed her masters degree in 

1976 and Ph.D. in 1981. 

Then, together with her husband, 

she served for five years as Sid 

Richardson College Master from 

1976-'81. 

In 1981, Martin was appointed 

director of the School of Continuing 

Studies where she served until she 

becaifle" director'of Student Affairs 

in 1983. Afterwards, she worked as 

director of Student Activities, foreign 

student adviser, director of Academic 

Advising and, finally, associate 

vice president of Student Affairs 

and director of International Education. 

'The interactions with the students, 

student leaders and the Student 

Association in all the many activities 

has been enriching and rewarding," 

Martin said. She also said 

that working in the study abroad 

program was the most valuable experience 

in her career, 

"It was the [program] closest to 

my heart, the one on which 1 spent 

the most energy, and the one 11 

consider] my greatest accomplish- 

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Approximately 65 Chinese Rtce students protested Harry Wu s address in the Grand Hall 

Jan. 22. Wu spoke about human rights violations in the Chinese prison system. 

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Phase III calls for an additional 

55,000 square feet with no internal 

walls to allow for easy future expansion. 

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"The committee intends to develop 

a master plan of library needs 

over 1998, create an architectural 

design in 1999 and then start construction 

with an opening in the 

spring of 2003," undergraduate representative 

on the library committee 

and Student Association External 

Vice President Travis Hopp said. 

Chair of the Library Planning 

Committee and Provost David 

Auston said Rice is working to ex 

pand the library because the current 

collection of resources does not 

adequately meet the needs of undergraduates. 

Fondren has decided 

to put,$l million into strengthening 

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the collection of books for undergraduates 

over the next four to five 

years. 

Fondren currently houses 

I,864,300 volumes and the library 

typically acquires 50,(KM) new volumes 

each year. 

For space reasons, Fondren has 

reduced the size of its collection in 

recent years. The library withdrew 

II,000 volumes in 1994 and 13,000 

volumes in 1995—with fut ure yearly 

withdrawals of 1,500 volumes 

planned. 

Since 1988, 250,000 volumes 

(about 14 percent of the library's 

stock) have been stored in a remote 

site under Rice Stadium. Students 

must submit an on-line form to request 

the use of one of these books. 

Committee member and Profes- 

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sor of History John Boles said, "At 

present, the collections of Fondren 

are inadequate for some of out academic 

programs ... The collections 

should be strengthened both by 

adding to our traditional paper and 

microfilm collections and by 

aggressively taking advantage of 

new electronic or digitized sources." 

Boles outlined severaf of the 

committee's ideas to improve 

Fondren. "The library needs more 

and different kinds of study spaces 

— comfortable chairs and sofas, 

places for group study or team-based 

research and places where books, 

electronic data and other sources 

can be brought together for mixed 

media research and use," he said. 

Fondren will require more 

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According to eyewitness accounts, several members of Hanszen College set fire to the Wiess pig. a topiary 

mascot that lived at the college. The pig, which was doused with grain alcohol before being ignited during the 

Super Bowl, was valued at $544. The Campus Police are investigating the incident. 

by Mike Schwartz 

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Harry Wu, a Chinese dissident, spoke about human 

rights in China as part of the President's Lecture 

Series in the (irand Hall Jan. 22. 

Wu was imprisoned in China as a counter-rcvolu 

(ionary rightist for 19 years, time he served in forced 

labor camps known as laogai. He said he now speaks 

for human rights and an end to the Communist regime 

in China to prevent becoming "a traitor to all the 

others left" in his homeland 

Sixty-five of the members of the Rice Chinese 

Students and Scholars at Rice University club signed 

up to protest Wu's speech. Lined up along the street 

in front of the Student Center, about 20 protesters 

distributed a leaflet titled "Harry Wu: Not a Hero for 

Us" and held posters bearing slogans such as "We 

Protest Harry Wu" and "Stop Lying-" The protesters 

also attempted to" engage speech-goers in conversation 

about Harry Wu. 

Dechun Lin, president of the protesting club and a 

graduate student in Space Physics, said, "I feel sorry 

about Harry Wu's imprisonment. But he is deeply 

damaging relations between the United States and 

China We know that the Chinese government has 

problems, but there has been a massive reform process 

since around 1980." 

Lin said the laogai system still exists, but only a 

few political prisoners remain. 

Wu explained how, as a 27-year-old geology stu- 

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It lies virtually ignored for most of the year, home for the Rice 

University Cycling Team and the handful of recreational bikers who 

prefer to ride in endless circles. Rice's bike track also stoiely bares 

the ignominious burden of providing overflow parking for important 

football games and various non-university events. 

For most of us, though, t he track's reason for existing comes just 

once a year, on the occasion of Beer-Bike, our 40 year-old combination 

of paraole, festival and sporting event centered on humanity's 

universal longing to celebrate the near-instantaneous consumption 

of warm alcohol and to tie it to some kind of bike race. 

The track's schizophrenic role as parking lot leaves it battered by 

ci acks and potholes, conditions which are hardly good for cycling. 

Beer Bike, despite its premise, is serious business, and in many 

years a biker is rushed to the hospital after taking a bad fall. Nothing 

so mars such a festive event as seeing a fellow student: seriously hurt. 

Facilities and Engineering deserves thanks for rebuilding the 

track at a cost of $70,000. Their work means that Beer Bike '98 will 

be as sale as it can be. 

In the past, the administration has repaired the bike track and 

even resurfaced it in an effort to increase safety, but such superficial 

repair never left the track entirely free of problems. This time, F&F 

completely gutted and restabilized the track's groundwork, at significant 

cost. 

The university almost certainly has no plans to discontinue 

renting the parking lot behind Rice Stadium. Renting the track is a 

way to raise money and to strengthen our relationship with the 

greater community. We hope that F&F will continue its vigilance 

and maintain the brand new track in top condition. At least until two 

more lanes have to be added ... 

Bidding farewell to Hicks 

and Martin 

Two of Rice's best known administrators recently announced 

their plans to retire at the end of the academic year: Marion Hicks, 

for 28 years the only leader Food and Housing has ever had, and 

Patricia Martin, now Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and 

Director of International Education, under whose leadership the 

number of students studying abroad increased from 3 to 120.- 

1 licks, who presided over a virtual revolution in food service, 

sj/ent his career trying 4o improve the on-carnpus lives of Rice 

students. Martin will be best remembered for -helping to make it 

possible for students to spend time far away from campus. While the 

day-to-day details of their jobs were very different, they share an 

earnest commitment to doing the best they could to improve the lot 

of students at Rice University. 

Flicks' career at the head .of HKtH began with the complete 

renovation of Will Rice, Baker and Hanszen Colleges, and it will end 

.after plans have been cemented to build two more colleges and 

rebuild Wiess College, the last of the colleges to be renovated. 

In recent years, the colleges have added cable and computer 

networking. Food has markedly improved since the early 1990s. The 

days when the vegetarian entree was fish or broccoli sprinkled with 

bacon bits are long past. Just a few years ago, students toasted the 

end of the academic year with a case of orange juice or Ritz crackers, 

because meal plan funds didn't roll over from spring to fall. That 

anachronism will likewise soon be forgotten. 

Martin served as master of Sid Richardson College from 197(>'81 

and as director of the School of "Continuing Studies before she 

moved to Student Affairs and took over Rice's fledgling study abroad 

program. 

In those early years, Martin has said she was'basically "shooting 

from.the hip," but during her tenure study abroad has become selfsustained. 

The commitment of presidents George Rupp and Malcolm 

Gillis to expanding opportunities for study abroad has meant Rice 

students can continue to receive their Rice financial aid even while 

studying in another country. 

Martin, too. has laid groundwork for the future. The strategic plan 

foresees a campus abroad, ryost likely in Europe, and sites are 

already being scouted. A campus abroad would benefit science and 

engineering majors in particular, since they could study abroad 

without falling behind on graduation requirements. ~ 

Hicks and Martin will be sorely missed by the faculty, staff and 

students who have known them at Rice. They made the kind of 

lasting institutional contribution»that will benefit all Rice students, 

present and fuf ure,1 n immeasurable ways 

THK RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1998 

Wu presented only one 

side of China situation 

To the editor: 

We are used to looking at history 

as if it were a book, cold and objective. 

We know what happened. 

Or do we? 

We have all read and heard about 

the atrocities Committed in China in 

the name of communism and 

Maoism, the Cultural Revolution of 

the l9G0s-'70s, and other gross hu 

man rights violations, Then, just as 

we thought things were improving, 

we saw the events that took place in 

Tiananmen Square in 1989. 

Utsl week, we sawChinese graduate 

students surrounding the Rice 

Memorial Center, holding signs of 

protest and handing out flyers loudly 

proclaiming "Harry Wu: Not a Hero 

for Us." Despite being handicapped 

by their EngJjsh abilities, despite 

the standing ovation Harry Wu had 

just received, they fearlessly stood 

up against the opinions of the rest.oj, 

the crowd, delivering piercing question 

after question. Their voices 

shook as they told their stories. 

China suffered many catastrophes 

in the past century, which led 

to the rise of Chinese communism. 

People flocked to the notion of a 

strong government able to carle for 

its people Jn this spirit, Mao Zedong 

proudly proclaimed, on the (lay of 

the founding of the People's Republic 

of China, 'The Chinese people 

have stood up!" The dreams of half a 

billion people rode on that hope. 

But those dreams quickly loured. 

Wu's story of his suffering during 

the Hundred Flowers and the Cultural 

Revolution is certainly neitherisolated 

nor unique. The horrible 

atrocities the Communist governtncnj 

committed were all the more 

terrible because they were committed 

against their own countrymen 

— the "people" for whom their republic 

had been conceived. 

The graduate students, however, 

have seen a different picture of 

China. Born in the aftermath of the 

chaos of the Cultural Revolution, 

they do not remember the horrors 

the country experienced during the 

reign of Mao. They lived under the 

freer economic policies of Deng 

Xiaoping that have brought previously 

unimaginable wealth to their 

country and families. Imagine -color 

TVs and air conditioning! 

The state tells them that to ensure 

stability and further economic 

growth, some human*rights, such 

as freedom of press and s|>eech, have 

to be restricted until some future 

date. Why should they be coiC^ 

cerned? The government is a necessary 

evil at worst, because no one 

can deny the progress that their 

country has made in the past . 

decade. 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

iven when the events at 

Tiananmen Square transpired, the 

new generation Held faith in its government. 

What the Chinese people 

have learned is that the Communist 

Party is going to retain political 

power, but they are more or less 

free to carry on their lives without 

concern about the stability of their 

country and their own personal well: 

b ing. 

Phis -freedom from uncertainty" 

is a freedom that we in America take 

for granted but which much of the 

world — and especially China — 

has not known for decades. Jiang 

Zemin, the new president of China, 

argues that freedom Of speech and 

other freedoms (hat die goverfifneri I 

has taken flak for are trivial compared 

with this freedom. Is it not the 

greatest human right to be secure 

and free from uncertainty? 

I am not denying the truth of 

Wu's allegations. What he said really 

happened.The suffering he went 

through was real, and, most likely, 

labor camps still exist, in China. But 

what the Chinese graduate students 

have said is equally true, and the 

benefits that the current regime has 

brought to their country are undeniable. 

We observers need to learn to 

see both sides of the situation. It 

would be foolish to ignore the steps 

China has already taken. Similarly, 

as people like Wu point out, there is 

still along road ahead, and we should 

not be satisfied until the Chinese 

people live in freedom. 

Kai-Hou! Farh 

Jones freshman 

Vandalism undermined 

cause of Wu protesters 

To the editor: 

Two weeks ago, the Computer 

Science colloquium board in Duncan 

Hall featured a poster announcing 

Harry Wu's visit to Rice. loiter, I 

found the poster largely obscured 

by a carefully positioned letter of 

protest. The letter, published alleg 

edly by the Rice Chinese Students 

and Scholars' Club, questioned 

Harry Wu's integrity, cited several 

references and claimed that his violations 

of the spirit of democracy 

made him unsuitable as the Martin 

Luther King lecturer. 

I foil' that ,the letter unfairly 

blocked information that I had a right 

to access. Hence, without comment, 

I moved the letter so that it was 

adjacent to the poster, leaving both 

the poster and the letter in full view. 

Last week, I returned from a conference 

to find that the poster had 

disappeared I learned that it had 

been removed by the departmental 

staff after it was defaced. It bore, in 

large Tetters, the wofds w B»gtjaf ttTi 

along with a large circle and "X". 

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The damage was visually heightened 

by the strategic placement of a pin in 

each of the eyes in Wu's picture. 

I naturally assume that none of 

these actions were sanctioned by 

the RCSSC, an organization which 

had just issued a three-page letter 

containing pronouncements on the 

nature of a democratic society. Nevertheless, 

it would be reassuring if 

the RCSSC were to explicitly disown 

and deplore these events. 

1 sympathize with the efforts of 

the RCSSC and its supporters to 

present a more complex version of 

events than the one given by the 

university's well-oiled publicity machine. 

However, commonly held bias 

toward Wu's position does not excuse 

acts of vandalism. Future defacers 

may also want to consider the 

irony of their actions, which give the 

lie to the democratic words they 

proclaim and strengthen Harry Wu's 

claims of persecution. 

Shriram Krishnamurthi 

Graduate student 

Computer Science 

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noticed anything of the Holocaust, an instance 

amiss when President Clinton deliv- which the rationality and the irratioered 

a speech in early 1993 at the nality of man combined to create 

inauguration of the National Holo- systemized death, has long lain in 

caust Museum in Wash 

what Wieseltier calls "our 

ington, P.C. Clinton fol- 

post-Holocaust innolowed 

up the usual tribcence,"utes 

to survivors and vic- 

"What?" one might ask. 

tims by claiming that 

"What innocence?" 

never again would the 

The slogan "Never 

United States allow such 

again," often invoked in 

a tragedy to occur in Eu- 

Holocaust remembrance, 

rope. The survivors in the 

implies that, while vigi- 

audience were surely comforted 

to hear that. 

Whether the President 

\lassoud 

Javadi 

lance is important, the 

worst jôver. 

After all, while punctuaor 

the ceremony's attend- 

" tion is rarely used with the 

ees took any time to consider the phrase, the reader generally infers 

events in far-off Bosnia at that time, that "Never again" is followed by a 

we will never know. Pictures of con- period or an exclamation mark, not 

centration camps set up by Serbs for by a question mark. Made confident 

Muslims and Croats, as well as ap- by the e-mphaticness of this slogan 

palling tales of mass murders, had and the perceived obsolete barbar- 

begun to reach a sizeable American ism of the Nazis, we are likely to 

audience by then. 

relax our caution. But Wieseltier 

A columnist for The New Repub- again warns us, "The Holocaust was 

lic, l>eon Wieseltier, was among the not received as a warning. It was 

few who fought to connect the pow- received as a precedent." 

erful emotional value of the The real significance of the mass 

Holocaust's memory with the need exterminations during World War 

for action against a contemporary 11 was not the resulting "interna- 

genocide. He wrote in October 1993, tional standards of human rights," 

"Fifty years ago there was no room as claimed by the History Depart- 

for Jews in Europe. Now there is no ment, but our failure to ensure that 

room for Muslims in Europe." the injustices and atrocities visited 

Wieseltier sought repeatedly to on Jews, communists, homosexu- 

make a connection in the minds of als, intellectuals and other "undesir- 

his readers between the potent ables" in the Third Reich were never 

memory of the Holocaust anil the to be repeated. 

recent mass murder of 2005000 Yes, the United Nations, various 

Bosnian Muslims and Croats. I be- Geneva Conventions and a host of 

lieve that he failed largely because other international bodies were born 

the public is not ready to deprive the in the aftermath of the Second World 

Holocaust of its supernatural War. But these various bodies and 

powers. . • * agreements soon fell victim to the 

Like a holy relic enclosed in a global Great Game played by 

glass ease or a priceless family heir- the Soviet Union and the United 

loom, the issue of the Holocaust States. 

rarely makes its considerable pres- The Muslims and Croats murence 

felt in pragmatic, action-or i dered by Serbs, the Cambodians 

ented terms. Rather, the significance murdered by I'of Pot, the East 

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. 1 m 

by Suharto 

decades ought to tell us that 

remembrance means more than 

visiting a museum. It means 

connecting with those who are 

subjugated today, as the Jews were 

in Nazi Germany 

You cannot ask that your pain or 

the collective pain of others be understood 

if a reciprocal desire to 

understand is not present as well 

The inner-city teens in Oakland, 

Calif., who showed confusion over 

why talking in the middle of 

"Schindler's List" was an ejectable 

offense, will never learn the lessons 

of the Holocaust until educators 

heed these rap lyrics: 'They say I 

gotta learn, but nobody's here to 

teach me / If they can't understand 

it, how can they reach me?" 

Aside from its emotional significance 

for the Jewish community and 

the symbolic significance it has for 

the academic community, 1 believe 

the true legacy of the victims and 

the survivors of the Holocaust will 

be that they were martyrs to a cause 

that will protect the oppressed in 

the future. 

Thus, when we observe the use 

of slave labor in China, the restriction 

of Palestinians' movements in 

the West Bank, the erection of 

concentration camps in Bosnia or 

the use of state radio to stir up hatred 

in Rwanda, we should know to 

act against the injustice before 

another group of ."undesirables" is 

eradicated. To be shocked into 

silence by the scale and horror of 

Nazi war crimes would be to betray 

the memory of the Holocaust's 

victims. 

MassoudJavadi (Wiess '97) is a Class 

III graduate student 

A delicate balance of bitterness 

Kaczynski pleads guilty, justice system fails 

When I heard that Theodore 

Kaczynski had pled guilty, at first 1 

was relieved. I thought that the case 

was finally over and justioehadbeen 

served — finally, one of these media-blitz 

cases had ended 

fairly. Then 1 made the 

mistake of reading the fine 

print. 

Kaczynski had been 

crying out for weeks for 

help from U.S. District 

Judge Garland Rurrell Jr. 

who, in the end, agreed to 

accept Kaczynski's guilty 

plea and a sentence of life 

in prison. Confronted with 

Kaczynski's demands to 

have a voice in his own defense, the 

judge either didn't listen or simply 

couldn't be bothered to care. 

Regardless, Burrell's poor handling 

of the case led to an unjust 

conclusion. 

The Constitution gives us all the 

right to defend ourselves, against 

criminal accusations. Over the years, 

this has come to mean not just the 

Lawyers, after all> are 

hired purely for their 

ability to manipulate 

the trial process. 

Anne 

Kimbol 

demited as guilty from the beginning. 

Admittedly, this case's compelling 

evidence makes such a response 

understandable, but in court, it is 

imforgivable, no matter 

how strong the 

prosecution's case. 

Kaczynski was treated 

like a criminal and a psychological 

monster from 

the day he was arrested 

Had the judge or any of 

the attorneys involved in 

this case actually presumed 

Kaczynski innocent. 

they never would 

have considered his guilty ., 

plea, which would have been rejected 

long before the news media 

even heard whispers about it. 

I may have lost many of you readers 

by now, but for those of you who 

wonder why I am so upset by this 

case, here's my story. I have a lot of 

faith in our justice system but have 

been amazed at how often it has 

been abused in the limelight over 

the last five years. Our system may 

be far from perfect, but its protections 

are there for a reason. 

When Kaczynski requested a new 

team of attorneys, he should have 

gotten one. When he explained to 

his attorneys (who, after all, were 

hired to represent him) that hi 1 did 

not want an insanity defense used in 

any stage of the trial, his wishes 

should have been respected. When, 

in desperation, he asked to represent 

himself, he certainly should 

have been allowed to do so 

Kaczynski's attorneys had already 

proven that they would not represent 

him according to his beliefs, 

they should have been thrown out of 

court even before he asked to speak 

right to self-defense but also the 

right to adequate representation, by 

an attorney, if desired. Jn all states 

except Louisiana, we are also guaranteed 

the right to be seen as innocent 

until proven guilty. 

Kaczynski's time in court mocked 

these legal protections. In the media,4be 

public eye and, mosiimpor lor himself, 

fantly, the courtroom, he was con If Kaczynski was 

as the court- 

appointed psychiatrist said, competent 

to stand trial, then he was also 

competent to make trial-related decisions, 

including the nature of his 

representation. 

Admittedly, it seems like a crime 

to let this man dismiss his attorneys 

and act in his own defense, but that 

is one of the beauties of the United 

States — we have the right to make 

bad decisions. The same logic applies 

to our right to remain silent — 

you can always speak if you want to, 

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A distant publication that 

i iic rove student body has a 

short collective memory. People 

matriculate, build up four or five 

years of memories and 

graduate, taking those 

memories with them. 

Hardly anyone remembers 

Bonner Lab, for example. 

or when O-Week 

wasn't run by a centralized 

bureaucracy. 

This comes to mind 

because, as of this week, 

1 have been on the Christof 

lli resher editorial staff for 

four years. My name first 

showed up in the staff 

box on Jan. 28,1994, as assistant 

Arts and Entertainment editor, 

and it's been there ever since — 

except for the week someone for - 

got it. I've worked in opinion, features, 

and graphics. Unless the 

editors get rid of me for writing 

self-indulgent columns, I'll keep 

writing every week, but my 

Thresher glory days are clearly 

behind me. 

'lips depressed me for a while. 

1 realized that, never having been 

editor in chief, my name would 

not be remembered, and most of 

my lasting contributions to the 

paper were already being redesigned 

away. On a staff of mostly 

freshmen, I am old, a relic of 

ancient history -— and, unfortunately, 

history is not something 

most college students find all that 

relevant. 

I'm not sure if most of' our 

readers understand how much 

work it takes to produce this little 

bundle of newsprint, f was often a 

bit disappointed on Thursday 

night when, still half-asleep after 

three late nights staring at computer 

screens. I looked at the 

product of that work. Somehow, 

it didn't seem quite worth it. By 

the Sunday staff meeting, though, 

I had always changed my mind. 

It takes a lot of dedication to 

be a Thresher editor. I see the 

same people in the office on Sun - 

day, Monday andTuesday nights; 

and when 1 leave at 1 a.m. on 

Thursday, they are sitting in front 

of the same computers they've 

been at since 7 p.m. Sometimes, 

they're still there when 1 come 

back from my first morning class. 

Everyone on the staff is carrying 

a full courseload. Some resign 

themselves to lower grades, 

but quite a few will graduate with 

honors. And the work they do 

surely does not bring them any 

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glory. Nobody reads the staff box, 

except, it seems, when some crisis 

comes up and Thresher staffers 

are castigated by 

their professors for 

exercising bad judgment. 

Sometimes, the 

process is fun. Often, 

it'sjust repetitive: correcting, 

checking, 

proofing and checks 

ing again in an at- 

tempt to get it right 

This column alone, 

turned in on Sunday, 

will take the work of 

the opinion editorand 

his assistant, the copy editor and 

the editor in chief to check style, 

proof, correct and lay out this 

page by the time it gets printed 

out for the last time on Tuesday 

or Wednesday. 

Two things amaze me < )ne is 

how dedicated people are. Some 

editors are content with mediocrity, 

and some quit when they 

figure it's not worth it. But for the 

most part, people are here night 

after night trying to produce a 

good paper. There are some 

amazing people on this staff, 

people who get very little credit 

for their work. 

The second is how good the 

paper is. I've seen many papers 

produced at schools many times 

Rice's size, schools with journalism 

programs and editors carrying 

only two classes, that areji't 

nearly as good. 

Obviously, in the end, 1 figure 

it's worth it Rice gets a watchdog 

to keep the politieos and administration 

honest, plus some llul'f 

— like this column or my leatures 

— to entertain (is over 

breakfast. And we on the Thresher 

stafl get an education in the way 

the real world works. Everything 

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emotions are more strained. 

There are crises of every description: 

;yigry readers and incompetent 

editors to mess things up, 

personality conflicts, deadlines, 

technological snafusand even occasional 

affairs. 

liven those Well-publicized 

"the Thresher is horrible" scandals 

are important learning experiences. 

While you can see them 

as the consequence of a bunch of 

incompetent, immature would tie 

journalists who have no clue what 

they're doing, I've always been' 

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right to defend yourself can be removed 

for bad judgment. Insanity, 

yes; foolishness, no. 

Burreli acted in opposition to 

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Marion Hicks serves food at Baker College in 1995. 

MAKTIN. from Page 1 

ment," Martin said. Martin has also 

seen the rise in the number of international 

students at the university 

and believes that they have made a 

positive impact. 

"^certainly want to thank [former 

Vice President of Student Affairs 1. 

Dr. IRdnald] Stebbings and [cur 

rent Vice President of Student Affairs) 

Dr. [Zenaido] Camacho for 

hiring me and allowing me to serve 

in so many capacities," she said. 

"I'll miss the daily interactions 

with the students and with my colleagues. 

some of whom I have 

known for over iSyears... They are 

really close friends. I'll also miss the 

wonderful staff at Student Affairs'," 

Martin said. 

Hicks retires F&H 

position after 28 years 

H icks will also retire at the end of 

the 1998 spring semester. Rice has 

not had a new F&H director since 

1970, a tribute to Hicks' longevity. A 

committee charged with the responsibility 

of finding a new director has 

not announced a replacement. 

Under Hicks' 28-year term as director. 

F&H has attempted to 

accomodate the different tastes of 

the Rice population by changing and 

addingto food selections. Hicks also 

oversaw the revitalizat ion of the residential 

colleges. - 

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"Our goal has been to provide 

the best food and service to the Rice 

Community that we could," Hicks 

said, "and we feel that we have done 

that." 

Residential Colleges Manager 

Bob Truscott said, "Mr. Hicks has 

always put an overriding philosophy 

on food and housing which has been 

a desire towards service for the students, 

guests and everyone else." 

"The food has improved tremendously 

in terms of what the students 

like and what we provide for them . 

although obviously not as much as 

the students would like," he said. 

Hicks managed Sammy's in 1964 

and then spent one year as manager 

of Cohen House. He then left Rice to 

work in private business before returning 

in 1970 to serve as F&H 

director.Hicks thanked the employees, 

including the faculty and staff, 

as well as the college masters. 

" [ The employees f are the people 

that helped us through all of the 

changes." he said. "And all of the 

masters have been extremely supportive 

and helpful ... [they] have 

been patient with us, knowing that 

there are changes and things that 

we both would like to see." 

"I'll miss the fellowship and opportunity 

to work with students and 

meeting their constantly changing 

desires. Every four years, there's 

nearly a complete [student| turnover." 

Hicks said. "It's been a challenge, 

an experience and a pleasure." 

CRIME ON CAMPUS 

Residential Colleges 

Brown College Jan. 19 

Academic Buildings 

Herring Hall Jan. 20 

Fondren Library 

Other Buildings 

Shepherd School 

Jan. 20 

Jan. 20 

Parking Lots 

Alice Pratt Brown 

Hall Lot SF Jan. 20 

•Herring Hall Lot H Jan. 23 

Facilities & Jan. 24 

Engineering Lot LJ 

Other Areas 

Fondren loading dock Jan. 24 

Student received harassing phone 

calls. 

Wallet stolen from Room 124. 

Purse stolen. 

Headlights and tail light stolen from 

bicycle. 

Vehicle damaged by rebar 

protruding from curb. 

Accident reported, but suspect 

failed to stop and exchange 

information. 

An accident occurred when a 

catering truck rolled into another 

vehicle. 

Suspicious vehicle parked near 

Fondren. Two juveniles were issued 

municipal citations for curfew 

violations. 

THE RIC E THRESHER FRIDAY. JANUARY :iO, I'WH 

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Israel responds to U.N. 

warning about Iraq 

Airlinepays$500,000 

to victims'families 

Israel responded to a U.N. 

official's warning that Iraq had 

enough biological weapons to "annihilate 

Tel Aviv" by staling that any 

such attack would be met with Israeli 

retaliation. 

.Richard Buller, U.N. weapons 

inspection chief, was quoted as saying 

that Iraq's store of anthrax and 

botulin toxin could strike a serious 

blow against the Israeli population. 

"We are hot underestimating 

Iraqi capabilities...despite the inspection 

and despite what happened during 

the war in '91, we know that Iraq 

is capable of threatening Israel with 

a very serious threat," David Bar 

Man, senior aide to Prime Minister 

Benjamin Netanyahu, said. 

In his State of the Union address, 

President Bill Clinton also threatened 

a military strike if Iraq continues 

to foil IJ.N. inspectors investigating 

Iraq's biological weapon capabilities, 

Iraq admits that it can mass-produce 

anthrax, afatoxin and botuli 

num. 

Iraq is also asking for an end to 

all U.N. sanctions imposed after 

Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. 

Source: Reuters, Jan 28. 

Library adds 

to holdings 

FONDREN, from I'aRr 1 

shelving space for the new books 

that the committee hopes to gain. 

"The shelves are now often so tightly 

packed that it is difficult to get a 

book out, and whole ranges of books 

have to be reshelved in order to gain 

space for new books," Boles said. 

Now, the shelves are at 100 percent 

capacity on two floors of 

Fondren and 95 percent capacity on 

the other floors. 

Students agreed that the library 

needs improvement. "Each time I 

go to the library, I can never find a 

place to sit... I also have a hard time 

finding'the'books I need," said Lovett 

junior Joe Potvin. 

Henry said the committee is not 

sure of the budget for the expansions. 

"Architect Geoffrey Freeman 

ofShepley Bulfinch Richardson and 

Abbott is working with the unversity 

to help determine the priorities at 

Rice and how best a new library cait 

meet those needs," Henry said. 

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Aeroperu and an employee to pay 

$29 million to the families of victims 

of a Boeing 757 crash. Seventy 

people died in the 1996 crash while 

en route lo Chile. * 

Aeroperu must pay $500,000 to 

58 of the victims' families. The remaining 

families have separate legal 

cases. The ruling marks the first 

time victims' families in Peru will 

receive compensation on par with 

international standards. 

Lawyers for the families claimed 

that an Aeroperu employee failed to 

remove adhesive tape from the 757's 

sensors after cleaning them 

The sensors sent the flight crew 

misinformation shortly after takeoff. 

The pilot lost control of the plane 

and crashed into the Pacific Ocean 

just north of Lima. 

Eleuterio Chacaliaza, the employee 

who allegedly caused the 

crash, received a suspended twoyear 

prison term 

Source: The New York Times, 

Jan. 22. 

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France's prime minister went on 

telvision ipkm Jaft, Jan, 21 to \ plead for more 

time for his policies to begin to cut 

the country's 12.4 percent unemployment 

rate. 

Prime Minister Lionel Jospin won 

last June's election after promising 

to make jobs his first 

priority. 

In an hour-long interview on 

France's most-watched prime-time 

news program, Jospin said, "This 

government needs time to make its 

policies work." 

Jospin emphasized the difficulty 

of implementing his plans. 

The government has insufficient 

funds to meet unemployed workers' 

demands of a $250 increase in 

monthly welfare payments 

Instead, Jospin informed the television 

anchor that the French nuv 

ernment intends to "index welfare 

payments to inflation retroactively 

to 1994." 

The present government, which 

defeated a conservative group in 

elections last summer, is a left-wing 

coalition of Socialists, Communists 

and Greens. 

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ongoing 

INDICATORS 

Come see cool things 

(literally!) Indicators, an 

exhibition of new 

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Sugerman goes on display 

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Come be wowed by the t 

surreal and the 

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Brent Gallery, open 

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ongoing 

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presents Angel Street, a 

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f, the story of Bella 

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watches her mother 

slowly grow insane. At the 

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IT'S SCAAAAARY! 

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THE RIC'h THRESHER M i 

Bringing In 

Asian denizations celebrate the year of the tiget today with Lunat New Yi 

Kim Kho performs in the White Sleeve dance, one of the Chinese Student Association's four dances. 

David Cho shows high-flying skills in 

the Korean Student Association's 

Tae Kwon Do demonstration. 

Schedule of Events 

. The Chinese lunar calendar revolves around a 60-year cycle. It is 

broken up into five 12-year cycles: each year is represented by an 

animal, and each 12-year cycle corresponds to an elemental factor. The 

animals, in order, are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, 

ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The elements are wood, fire, metal, 

water and earth. 1998 is the Year of the Wood Tiger, 

Why those particular animals were chosen is unclear At least two 

legends exist to explain their significance. 

One legend claims that Buddha had invited all the animals of the 

earth to a gathering before his final departure, and these 12 animals 

were the only ones to arrive. In return for their graciousness, he named 

a year after each of them in the order they had arrived. 

The other legend holds that the Jade Emperor held a race to 

detemine the 12 fastest animals, which would then represent a year 

within the lunar cycle. A part of this story says that the ox allowed the 

rat and cat to ride on his back through a river. The rat pushed the cat 

into the water, and, as the ox approached land, the rat jumped ashore 

and won the race. The ox, of course, placed second. No one knows what 

happened to the cat. 

The Vietnamese Student Association presents this fan 

dance in addition to a rice harvest dance. 

11:30 a.m.-1.2:1,5 p.m. CSA Dragon dance tours campus 

noon 

12:15 12:30 p.m. 

12:30-12:45 p.m. 

12:45-1 p.m. 

1 1:15 p.m. 

1:15 1:30 p.m. 

1:30 1:45 p.m. 

1:45-2 p.m. 

2-2:15 p.m. 

Susan Egeland 

THRESHER EDITORIAL STAEE 

The new movie version of Great 

Expectations gives the Charles 

Dickens classic an edge. Some of 

the names are changed, but the 

storyline is basically the same — a 

poor boy gets a lucky break. But by 

the film's eiuj, after he's tortured by 

both money and love, lie begins to 

wonder if the break was really all 

that lucky. 

Although juicier than the novel, 

the movie fails to truly impress. In 

cutting out Dickens' melodramatic 

prose, the movie 

omits the book's 

explanations of the 

characters' idiosyncrasies, 

Ethan Uawke's 

Finn (that's Pip for 

all you Dickens gurus) 

retrospectively 

narrates the story, 

and retelling gives 

the whole movie a 

surreal, (IrearfihlW" 

Doors open 

Presidents speak 

CSA Dragon dance in Grand Hal! 

SAS "Siva Tandavam" dance 

RTA Zither performance: . 

"The Rain Dancing on a Flower" 

"Night Clouds Chasing the Moon" 

KSA pop dance 

SAS classical music: 

"Sounds of India" 

CSA kung fu fan dance 

RTA The Lazy Sunday Afternoon Quintet: 

"The Highlander's Suite" 

quality. As a little boy, Finn lives in 

small town Florida, where he spends 

his time running around barefoot 

and drawing pictures as a budding 

artist. He lives with his promiscuous 

sister and her sweet but hee-haw to 

the max h'usband Joe. In his innocent 

childhood, Finn stumbles upon 

and helps a convict (Robert DeNiro). 

'great 

expectations' 

Rating: ## (out of five) 

Opens everywhere 

Friday 

Iâter, Finn makes weekly visits 

to the eccentric Miss Dinsinore 

(Anne Bancroft) and her sour faced 

niece Estella (Gwyneth Pall row) The 

rich old lady wants Finn to entertain 

her with his dancing and drawing 

and to fall in love with Estella. 

Finn grows up and moves to the 

dark heart of New York City with 

support from an unknown brnrfac 

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tor, to perfect his art. (Unfortunately, 

Finn's art is terrible, in my 

humble, non-artsy opinion, It's all 

about childlike strokes, uneven coloring 

and Picasso- wannabe distortions.) 

Regardless, in New York City he 

reunites with Estella. Just like during 

their days back home, she toys 

with him again, but she now has a 

serious boyfriend (Hank Azaria) . In 

the city. Finn meets up with other 

people who influenced his childhood, 

and his life comes full-circle. 

The acting in the movie is good, 

although the film's characters are 

more shallow and one-side'd than 

Dickens'originals. Hawke is charming 

as the poor boy, and Paltrow is 

fittingly cruel and two-faced as 

Estella. 

Bancroft turns in an outstanding 

performance as Miss Dinsmore, 

even while saddled with the makeup 

and wigs of an ugly drag queen. She 

plays the bizarre character (Miss 

Havisham in the book) with great 

energy I'nforturmtely, 1 k'Niro'-s-r-e- 

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VSA Rice Harvest dance; 

"White Grain, Clear Moon" 

CSA ribbon dance: 

"Spring River on a Flowery Moonlit Night" 

HI A musical performance: 

Starry Night's Separation" 

"The Return to the Secret Garden'' 

KSA Tae Kwon Do demonstration 

CSA White Sleeve dance 

VSA Fan dance: 

"Welcome to Springtime" 

VSA poetry readings 

SAS Anzaam dance 

RTA fashion show 

.ilislic convict lacks enough si enes 

in the movie to do the actor justice, 

and A/aria is only two-dimensional 

as the jealous boyfrierfd. 

Still, the actors do well for having 

to portray mere (lit nest ore versions || 

of the real thing. The film sets are 

engaging as well, particularly those 

of Miss Dinsmore's crumbling, vinfr-;; 

covered mansion 

But nothing about this movie is 

great. Even Bancroft'sanimated role 

is just fairly good. With the exception 

of Miss Dinsmore, the characters' 

motivation is unclear every- • 

one swirls around in the same social, 

circles, and even though the 

pieces of Finn's life eventually come 

together, the reason they do is left 

out of the story. 

Watching the previews tor this 

movie, I had great expectations of 

my own. Paltrow and Hawke had the 

potential to be explosive romantic 

partners on-screen. However, their * 

underdeveloped characters result in 

a movie that is only slightly above 

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FOR THE THRESH EH I 

I can't recall whether the 

much written about genre called 

alt-country (Wilco. Son Volt, & 

the Jayhawks) is supposed to be 

cool or passe right now; I try not 

to pay too much attention to rock 

critic trends anyway. 

\ 'springtime' 

Freakwater 

Rating; (out of five) 

Whatever the verdict. 

Freakwater (which started as a 

countrified side project for Janet 

Beveridge Bean and friends), on 

their fifth album Springtime, still 

sounds as clear and true as they 

did wheu they released their first 

single (a brilliant cover ofJBJack 

Sabbath's "War Pigs 1 "!) eight 

years ago. 

The two feimtle vocalists 

.(Bean and Catherine Irwin) specialize 

in sad, close campfire har- 

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monies that just beg for singalongs 

during self pity parties. 

The melodies are catchy but 

not cloying, the instrumentation 

traditional (many a banjo is 

found), and the lyrics smart and 

saucy. There is a good balance 

between heart-tugging ballads 

and whiskey-soaked rave-ups. 

My favorite song is "Picture 

in my Mind", which features the 

lines— "Whiskey is not evil/ 

When it's sitting on the shelf/I'm 

as sweet as I can be/When I'm all 

by myself'. 

Freakwater t reads the line be 

tween paying sincere tribute to 

country's pioneers (think Hank 

and Pasty) and slyly mocking the 

genre's stereotypes, 

I'd compare this record to. the 

homemade lemonade at the 

Hobbit Hole: flavorful and refreshing. 

with the perfect balance 

between lemony tartness and 

honey sweetness. 

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Crystal Light any day. 

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envisions recycled beauty 

New Rice Art Gallery display turns cardboard into a garden of Eden 

Marty Beard 

EDITOR EMERITUS 

Dotia Provi's Garden (acardboard 

fantasy), the Rice Art Gallery's current 

installation has burgeoned, 

weedlike, into the adjacent foyer in 

the form of a cardboard rainforest 

t ree trying to break through the roof 

of Sewall Hal!. 

'doila pmvi's 

garden' 

Antonio Martorell 

Rating: it*it (out of five) 

Rice University Art Gallery: 

Thursday through Saturday 

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Sunday 

noon to 5 p.m. Free. 

Delicate leaves of pastel tissue 

paper climb the glass doors of the 

galhry. Look up to the ceiling, and 

you realize that you are beneath a 

jungle canopy of majestically arching 

branches made of cardboard and 

wrapped in paper tropical vines. 

Renowned Puerto Rican artist 

Antonio Martorell built this dreamy 

jungle by recycling cardboard packaging 

products. He used the help of 

70 volunteers and two assistants in 

reconstructing paradise lost. 

The paint on the cardboard does 

not obscure the humble print on the 

boxes, print indicating these boxes 

once held toilet paper or canned 

vegetables. Martorell, through his 

choice of material, has accomplished 

a mystical resurrection in which 

trees have transformed into paper 

and back into tree again. 

"In an age inclined to buy and 

waste, to discard and dispose, I ... 

create greenery out of trash, a card- 

Jti 

The Rice Art Gallery presents Antonio Martorell's Dona's Provi's Garden 

board garden made of discarded 

home appliance boxes and lettered 

packaging, the raw or overcooked 

stuff of which consumer dreams are 

made," Martorell said of Dona Provi's 

Garden. 

Martorell has put together a discordant 

visual harmony of pastels 

and brights in the forms of plants 

whose shapes are familiar and organic, 

yet supremely man-made and 

wrongly colored, flis use of color 

creates an atmosphere at once freakish 

and relaxing, a jungle that teems 

with life but is actually dead. 

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The outlandish yet beautiful 

space of Bona Provi's Garden evokes 

the wonder of childhood forays into 

cardboard castles. 

The smell of cardboard engulfs 

the beholder and reminds him pr 

her that these "plants" were once, in 

fact, living trees. Martorell named 

Dona Provi's Garden (a cardboard 

fantasy) for the spontaneity of his 

former mother-in-law. 

The show runs until Feb. 15. 

Martorell's longtime friend and native 

Houstonian, Evelyn Lopez, will 

give a gallery talk Feb. 5. 

Sat, Feb. 7 

Sat, Feb. 14 

Each test includes a detailed score 

report and is followe'd by a strategy 

session that highlights our 

proven test-taking techniques. 

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Rice is a great place to be if you are an avid sports fan. On a 

typical spring Saturday afternoon, students can see baseball, 

basketball, lacrosse, rugby and swimming without paying a dime 

or traveling anywhere by car. 

Furthermore, by participating at the 

Division ! level. Rice fans get the opportunity 

to set- some of the best players in the 

country competing on or against Owl teams. 

However, as an avid sports fan, I sometimes 

get the desire to see exotic and less 

familiar sports. This urge for adventure 

gnaws at my insides like a Sammy's tuna 

melt and forces me to journey outside "the 

hedges in search of something unique. 

Whether ! view dwarf tossing or jell-o ;;„ 

wrestling, the little sportsman inside of me 

won't rest until I appease him. 

It was this "little Chuck" that drove me to the Astrodome to see 

the United States Hot Rod Association Red Man All-American 

Pulling World Championships, or U.S.H.K.A.R. -M A.P.W.C. I know 

that many of you are sitting there saying, "Hey! Aren't tractor-pulls 

only for the intelligentsia?" Well, you couldn't be more wrong. 

Even people as dumb as me can enjoy tractor- pulls, although I 

had to have the proceedings explained to me three or four times. 

I asked the man at the gate if the wording "All-American" and 

"World Championships" was a bit of a contradiction, and he asked 

me if 1 were some kind of communist. 1 replied the negative and 

srurried up to my $5 seat. 

The first thing you notice at tractor pulls is that there is ;i dress 

code. 1 guess I didn't read the sign at the door that said. "All 

spectators are required to wear tight jeans, giant belt buckles and 

either display the confederate flag or George Strait on their Tshirts." 

At this particular event, there were four different classes of 

tractors, ranging from go-carts with hoods to tractors big enough 

to pick up and move Hanszen College to South America. As a 

bonus for race fans, there was monster truck jumping in between 

rounds. 

Unfortunately, the jumping was only an exhibition and thus did 

not count in the official "World Monster Truck Jumping" standings. 

Upon being told this, all race fans gave a collective sigh and 

headed for the beer stands. 

Fans at tractor pulls are forced to make a crucial decision at the 

beginning of the festivities. You can either root for Ford or Chevy, 

or for your favorite beer. 

Atys.'since-Shiner Bock did not sponsor a car, 1 opted to^ ' 

support Chevy. I remember back in high school when 1 used to sit 

in my 1984 Chevy Celebrity station wagon thinking. "1 bet this 

thing could pull a lot of weight."•Such thoughts tended to insure 

that my transmission would fall*out ontothe road immediately, as 

if to mock my thinking process. 

The racing went on and on. 1 didn't follow the action too closely 

but was assured by the public addjfess announcer that what I was 

witnessing was "very, very exciting." The public address an 

nouncer also helped to fill the time between pulls by saying tilings 

like, "The only two things that racing fans agree on is The Red 

Man All American World Pulling Championships and Red Man 

chewing tobacco." 

However, he was proved wrong by another comment later in 

the evening when he said, "I just wanted to let you know that there 

are ho cars here from Tennessee." At that moment, the entire 

Astrodome crowd dropped their beers and cheered wildly I guess 

race fans also-are unified in their hatred of Tennessee, 

The monster truck jumping was dominated by Bigfoot. At first, 

I thought that Bigfoot was all hype and was not really the best of 

the monster trucks. Yet, time and time again Bigfoot spat in the 

faces of critics such as me by jumping 2() yards further than the 

nearest competitor. 

I'm not sure what technological advantage Bigfoot has, but the 

other trucks seemed unable to figure out Bigfoot's secret of 

success. I nearly bought a Bigfoot T-shirt on the way out, but 1 

figured my mom would probably want something else for her 

birthday. 

The jumping ended on a beautiful note. The Texas Tornado 

suffered a flat tire after its second jump, apparently assuring the 

Green Monster second place behind Bigfoot. However; the Green 

Monster lent t he Texas Tornado its spare lire. This was true 

sportsmanship. 

1 left with an aching in my heart, possibly caused by Red Man 

chewing tobacco, but I like to think that the Green Monster had 

something to do with it. 

Chuck Whit ten is a Wiess junior whose hobbies include drinking 

heavily, playing Magic: The Gathering and wishing that the world 

weren't so cruel a place. The above mugshot of Chuck was taken in a 

happier time, before he became a martyr for machisimo and mate 

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Tennis opens spring season 2-0 

by Leslie Anne Carter 

HIK Till IHIilMII K 

The Rice men's tennis team 

swung into action at the Jake Hess 

Tennis Stadium last weekend to defeat 

both the University of Texas at 

San Antonio and Southwest Texas 

State University. Rice pulled off a 5- 

2 win over UTSA Saturday and then 

came back Sunday to shutout SWT 

7-0. . 

The Owls began play Saturday 

by winning all three doubles 

matches. Senior Shane Stone and 

junior Efe Ustundag teamed up to 

defeat UTSA's No. 1 pair, senior 

Michael Ratcliffe and sophomore 

Brian I>e Camus, 8-5. 

Rice also saw impressive play by 

its No. 3 doubles pair, juniors Sasha 

Silver and James Van Reuse!, who 

defeated UTS A seniors Victor 

Sanchez and Bryan Benshoof 8-3. 

The Owls continued their dominating 

doubles play on Sunday against 

SWT, when they again swept all 

three matches. 

In singles action oil Saturday, 

Ustundag, the Owls' top player, fell 

to UTSA's Sanchez 1 -6.6-3.7-6 (7-3). 

Playing in the No. 2 position. Stone 

fell to UTSA's Ratcliffe 6-3,7-6 (8-6) 

Silver and junior Robert Collins 

turned in solid singles performances 

to help Rice to a 5-2 victory. 

Summing up Saturday's match, 

Asst. Coach Shaheen Ladhani said, 

"It was a good performance for our 

first match. We were a bit overconfident 

because we've never lost to 

(irrSAI, but we got the job done " 

Sunday, Rice controlled the show 

from the beginning, I-adhani said. 

The Owls rolled to straight set wins 

in each of their singles matches 

against SWT. 

Ustundag rebounded from 

Saturday's three set loss to defeat 

the Bobcats' Brady Wells 6-1, 6-3. 

Stone, also coming off a defeat, beat 

Alex Lope/, 6-3. (5-3. 

"Saturday was a bit of a struggle. 

But on Sunday I found my game 

again. More importantly, everyone 

got wiiistftnder. their belt, and that's 

givert us more confidence," Stone 

said. 

Confidence and execution will be 

major factors when Rice takes on 

Baylor University at Jake Hess Stadium 

tomorrow. Rice, ranked No. 

74 nationwide in a pre season poll, 

needs to beat Baylor to have a chance 

at a bid to the NT"AA championships 

in May. 

"IBeating Baylor) would be an 

upset," Ladhani said. "But we're 

treating it like any othei match. 

We're working hard, but no matter 

how practice goes, it's going to come 

down to how we compete" 

Stone agreed. "It comes down to 

going out and executing, getting 

wins," Stone said. "We .definitely 

want to win, Playing Baylor will give 

us an idea of where We are. and if we 

do well, we'll know we're moving in 

the right direction " 

'Tomorrow, while the men's team 

hosts Baylor, the No, 54-ranked 

women's team, spearhead**! by 

sophomore Charlotte I-Vasby and 

freshman Erin Waters, who had 

strong fall performances, opens its 

season against Stephen !• Austin 

University. 

Men's basketball falls short 

against Hawaii, San Deigo 

by George Dethlefsen 

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After nail-biting losses to the 

University of Hawaii Rainbows 

and San Diego State University 

Aztecs the men's basketball team 

came out of its two road games 

last week with a 2-3 conference 

record and diminished hopes of 

gaining a high seed in the 

Western Athletic Conference 

postseason tournament. 

I .ast Thursday's game against 

Hawaii was one of the most anticipated 

the Owls have played all 

season. The Rainbows entered 

the game ranked No. 24 in the 

country and were led by Alika 

Smith and Anthony Carter, whom 

some college basketball insiders 

consider the best backcourl in 

the country. 

However, it was the Owls' 

backcourt that stole the show, as 

Robert Johnson and Bobby 

Crawford combined to score 53 

points, including a total of 12 

three pointers. After battling to a 

35-37 halftime deficit, the Owls 

came out gunning in the second 

half. Rice took a 50-47 lead with 

12 minutes to play in the game 

after three consecutive thiee 

pointers, two by Crawford and 

one by Johnson, 

All but one of the Owls' sec 

o'nd half points came from 

Crawford or Johnson, the Rainbows 

outscored the Owls in the 

paint by a margin of 38 0. 

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Rice players and coaches agree (hat, if 

the baseball team remains focused and relatively 

healthy, it has as good a chance as 

anyone to win the Western Athletic C onfer 

ence championship. With its grueling schedule, 

though, fulfilling such lofty expectations 

and returning to the College World 

Series will not be easy. 

The Owls will play 56 games, which 

include 30 WAC games, two tournaments 

and three doubleheaders, beginningFeb. 2 

at Southwest Texas State University. Five 

of Rice's foes are ranked in Baseball 

America's pre season top 25, and at least 

two more are regarded as top-40 teams. 

Head Coach Wayne (iraham cites such opponents 

as one of the'deciding factors in the 

()wls' chances for-success this year. 

"The 56-game schedule is definitely a 

campaign," Graham said. "It'll definitely be 

tough. Plus, we've got,a great home schedule. 

with some top teams coming in." 

Among those teams are the University 

ot Michigan (ranked No. 9), Baylor University 

(No. 13), Oklahoma State University 

(No. 16) and the University of South 

bama (No. 23) The University ofT< 

the University of Houston are two other, 

strong teams thai will be visiting Cameron 

Field this season. 

The toughest part for Rice, though, niay 

be its conference schedule. After catching 

many teams by surprise last year, their' first 

season in the WAC, the Owls know that 

everyone Wilt be ready for them this season. 

Senior second baseman Jason Richards 

anticipates the added competition. "It'sdefinitely 

going to be difficult," he said. "They 

know how we play now, so they'll be gunning 

for us. We're going to have a huge 

target on our backs." • 

Junior pitcher Stephen Bess added, "We 

proved last year that everybody can be beat - 

(by losing to lowly Grand Canyon University). 

They'll be ready to put us in the losing 

column." 

Because of a scheduling quirk, Rice begins 

its conference schedule Feb. 6 at home 

against the University of New Mexico, only 

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The Owls' strongest competition for the 

conference title will be 20th-ranked Fresno 

State University, In fact, Baseball America 

picked the Bulldogs to win the WAC, though 

no one at Rice seems to be too concerned. 

Junior center fielder Bubba Crosby feels 

confident about the team's ability. 

"We know they're a national contender," 

Crosby said. "Sure, [ihe< Baseball America 

ranking] disappoints us, but we know who'll 

be on top in the end." 

'Hie Owls do not play Fresno State University 

during the regular season. All the 

same, Graham said he is wary "of several 

other WAC opponents. 

"(The Universtiy of Nevada at Las Vegas) 

and San Diego State are top teams," he 

said. "Also, (TexasChristian University) is 

always tough on us and (the University of) 

Hawaii is very unpredictable" 

Junior transfer Zane Curry, Rice's starting catcher this season, hits to the outfield during an intra-squad game on Tuesday. Curry is one of three junior 

college transfers on the Owls' roster, a group some call the best set of junior college transfers in the country. 

Going into last season, some regarded 

Rice's pitching staff as a cause for concern. 

But the emergence of Matt Anderson as a 

star reliever and the arrival of a surprisingly 

strong group of freshman rounded out the 

()wls' staff as one of the deepest in the 

Western Athletic Conference. 

Despite the loss of Anderson, who was 

the first overall pick in lasjj year's major 

league draft, this year's group of piti'hers 

should be even better. With a strong threeman 

starting rotation, a deep bullpen, a 

capable closer and last year's post season 

experience, the pitching staff could very 

well.be Rice's best feature. 

"Our staff is definitely stronger." Head 

Coach Wayne Graham said. "If you look at 

our top six pitchers and the experience t hey 

gained, we have as much capability as last 

year." 

Junior righthander Stephen Bess agreed, 

"ttur Staff wilibe better," Bess said. "We'vf' 

got some guys who've gotten better, and 

Junior Bess leads strong rotation 

we'll be solid as long as we stay away from 

injuries." 

The staff is led by Bess, who 

saw only limited action last season 

because of an arm injury. His re 

turn should bring strength to the 

starting rotation. 

Also in the rotation are two 

sophomores, righty Jeff Nichols 

and southpaw Mario Ramos. 

Nichols, a pre-season third team 

Ail-American, and Ramos were 

both superb in their freshman 

seasons, combining for a 19-5 

record and a 4.27 earned run 

average. 

"They're not your normal 

sophomores," (iraham said, 

"The experience of the College 

World Series will be very helpful." 

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"Anderson' wa» a once .in,a... 

lifetime player," junior center 

fielder Bubba Crosby said. "But these guys 

have pitched at the CWS, so they have 

nothing to be nervous about," 

In the bullpen, 

the Owls can 

count on sophomore 

Marc Gwyn 

and juniors Peter 

Terrana and Jesse 

Kurtz Nicholl as 

long relievers and 

spot starters. All 

three saw significant 

time last year, combining 

for 67 appearances 

and an 111' 

record. 

Finally, junior 

transfer Kevin Hodge, 

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third baseman, is 

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rolls around on May 13, the Owls 

will have been playing ball for over three 

months But the players said the long sea- 

Son could be a blessing in disguise. 

"We'll start feeling it in April and May 

when it really wears on you," Bess said. 

"But that's when everybody starts stepping 

up. The good teams stay strong. We'll be 

ready for the challenge." 

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power," he said. "With guys like Crosby, 

Jacob Baker and Justin Berg, we've got 

power in the middle of the lineup. And with 

Jason Richards, J. J. Savarino and Charlie 

Williams, we've got some guys who can slap 

the ball around and put it in play." 

As long as the ()wlsstay healthy, a versatile 

offense and an experienced pitching 

staff mean that, on paper, they can compete 

with anyone. A factor crucial to their 

success will be leadership. 

Senior second baseman Richards will 

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"Richards is a leader because he's b last year." 

And for one of the gtiys 

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comes down to one thing, and the 

team is quick to recognize that factor. 

"We peed to remain focused," Thames 

said, " The talent is here, so we have to take 

it upon ourselves to keep our eyes on our 

goal We don't only want to make it back to 

OfiialiH (iHMl tbe CWS). We want to win it 

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batting order: 

Richards 

Thames 

Crosby 

Justin Berg, DH 

Hodge 

Baker 

Williams 

Curry 

Savarino 

Bubba Crosby 9 

cegter field 

Damon Thames 7 

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Kevin Hodge 11 

third base 

Jason Richards 5 

second base " 

1998 RICE BASEBALL SCHEDULE 

Jeff fftehols 31 

Stephen Bess 22 

Mario Ramos 10 

pitchers 

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Zane Curry 25 

catcher 

Charles Williams 32 

right field 

Jacob Baker 20 

first base 

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2 @SW Texas St, 2 p.m. 24 @Sam Houston St, 2 |j 

6 New Mexico (WAC) 2 p.m. 25 Baylor : It: 

7 New Mexico (WAC; 2 p.m. 28 ©Texas ! p.m. 

8 New Mexico (WAC) 1 p.m. 29 @Texas 1 p.m. 

10 ©Houston 2 p.m. 31 Lamar i p n; 

13 Virginia 4:30 p.m. 

14 Oklahoma State 1 p.m. April • • 

15 South Alabama 3:30 p.m. 3 TCU (WAC) / p.m. 

17 Houston 2 p.m. 4 TCU (WAC) . 2 p.m. 

20 Norwestem (La.) St. 4:30 p.m. 5 TCU (WAC) ,1 p.m. 

21 Wake Forest 1 p.m. 7 Texas 6 p.m 

22 New Orleans 3:30 p.m. 10 ©New Mexico (WAC} "4 p m. 

24 SW Texas St. (2) 2 p.m. 11 ©New Mexico (WAC) 2 p.m 

25 Central Florida 2 p.m. 12 ©New Mexico (WAC) 2 p^n 

27 C4>San Diego St. (WAC) 9 p.m. 14 ©Texas A&M 7 p.m. 

28 @San Diego St. (WAC) 7 p.m. 15 (^Houston 7 p.m. 

17 @Utah (WAC) TBA 

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5 Michigan 7 p.nT. 21 " * Sam Houston St 7 p.m. 

6 BYU (WAC) 7 p.m. 24 @UNLV (WAC) 7 p.m, 

7 BYU (2, WAC) 2 p.m. 25 @UNLV (2, WAC) 2 p.m. 

10 @ Lamar 7 p.m. : 

11 Houston 7 p.m. May 

13 Hawaii (WAC) *7 p.m. 8 @TCU (WAC) ' • 2:.n5ii 

14 Hawaii (WAC) 2 p.m. 9 @TCU (WAC) 11 a.m.. 

15 Hawaii (WAC) 1 p.m. 4 

10 @TCU (WAC) 1 p.m 

17 Houston 7 p.m. 

18 ©Baylor 6 p.m 13-16 ' WAC'Championships TBA 

20 #UNIV (WAC) 5 p.m. 21 24 NCAA Regionals TBA 

21 fflUNLV (WAC) 3 p.m. 29 NCAA College World Series 

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by Brian Hill 

IHKI-SUKWSTA^ 

Their minds Iwnt on revenge 

against Hawaii, the Lady Owls 

embarked on a two-game road 

trip last weekend. 

The University of Hawaii Rainbows, 

who knocked Rice out of 

the Western Athletic Conference 

tournament last year, defeated 

the Owls once again, with a 79-53 

drubbing Jan. 22, but the Lady 

Owls rebounded three days later 

by beating San Deigo State University. 

The trip started poorly for the 

Owls Wednesday . night when 

they missed their flight. The Owls 

flew out early Thfirsday morning 

and arrived in Hawaii only five 

hours before their game. The 

rushed Owls couldn't get their 

game going and lost to the Rainbows 

79-53. 

The next flight went a little 

more smoothly. The Owls arrived 

in San Diego Friday and began 

preparing to do battle with the 

San Diego State University Aztecs. 

However, the game was delayed 

until Sunday so that it Could 

be played before the Super Bowl, 

which was also played in San Di 

ego. 

The delay gave the Owls an 

extra day to regroup and prepare 

before taking on the Aztecs. 

The extra preparation turned 

out to he just what the Owls 

needed, and they came out playing 

in top form. San Diego played 

the Owls close, but in the end, 

the Owls were too much for the 

Aztecs and won the game 66-63 

Seniors and Graduate Students 

Junior guard Charonda Wilson 

terrorized the Aztecs, tallying 

eight steals over the course 

of the game. Wilson also scored 

The Owls are now alone in 

third place in the Pacific Division 

of the WAC with a 4-3 record. 

Hawaii is atop the league with a 

7-0 record, followed by Southern 

Methodist University with a 7-1 

record. 

As usual, the University of 

Utah is leading the Mountain Division 

of the WAC. The Utes are 

7-0 in conference play and will 

give the Owls a good challenge 

Feb. 7. 

To stay in the hunt for second 

place and a possible chance at 

first in the Pacific Division, the 

Owls need a big win against SM U 

Saturday. 

Coach Christy McKinney has 

already announced thatthegame 

Saturday will be "take a girl to 

the game" day TAG (I is a national 

program to encourage 

young girls to play the game of 

basketball by letting boys and 

girls under the age of 19 into the 

game free. 

The ()wls are looking "for more 

fan support as they go into some 

of their more important games of 

the season. 

Before doing battle with SM I J, 

the Owls played Texas Christian 

University yesterday. TCU (3-4 

in league play) is only a game 

behind the Owls (4-3) in the Pacific 

Division standings. To continue 

their hopes of reaching the 

NCAA tourney, the Owls will 

need to play some solid basketball 

down the stretch against 

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The action intensified with a little 

over a minute to play when Crawford 

drained a three pointer to tie the 

score at 62. On the ensuing possession, 

the Owls fouled Rainbows*forward 

Mike Robinson, and he converted 

both free throws to give Hawaii 

a 64-62 lead. After calling a 

timeout with 24 seconds to play in 

the game, Rice gave the ball to 

Crawford, its senior leader, to win 

the game. He drew a foul on a hard 

drive to the basket with only 6 seconds 

remaining. 

Unfortunately, Crawford, who is 

one of the Owls' best free throw 

shooters, was able to make only one 

of two shots, which left the Rainbows 

with a one-point lead. A final 

glimmer of hope shone when Hawaii 

forward Micah Kroeger missed 

a free throw after a Rice foul, but 

Crawford's desperate last-second 

shot was blocked, handing the Owls 

a bitter 65-63 loss. 

Head Coach Willis Wilson said 

the missed free throw was not the 

deciding factor in the game. "I think 

our team just ran out of clock tonight. 

1 was proud of Bobby for his 

effort. He and Robert Johnson did 

some great things to keep us in the 

game." 

The players' mood was one of 

heartbreak after another close loss 

to a ranked team. "It was an opportunity 

to be 3-1 in conference and we 

BY THE NUMBERS 

jan. 21-jan. 28 

(VIEW'S BASKETBALI 

SAN DIEGO 75 RICE 65 

San Olego 24 

Rice 27 

38 

32 

62 

59 

San Diego 

Belts 3 5 7 9 13, Visnjic 3 12 0 0 9. Krutswyk 4 8 4 

10 12. Richey 4 12 4 4 15. Watts 2 7 0 4 4. Kaplansky 

2 20 0 6. Blown 0 0 0 0 0. Ross 0 1 0 0 0, Corrca 1 

, 2 1 2 3 

Totals: 19-49 16 29 62 

Rice , 

Armstrong 1 2 00 2, Johnson 5 19 4 5 18. Kelley 

Saw* 2 98 10 12, Stringer 0 20 0 0. Crawford 4 13 

2 2 13. Wilds 0 2 2 2 2. Michaelis 2 5 12 5. 

Bougaieff 3 4 13 7 

Totals: 17 56 18 24 59 

Three point goals --- San Oiego 8 24 (Richey 3 8, 

Visnjic 3 10, Kaplansky J 2. Watts 0 2 Belts 0 1. 

Ross O il: Rice 7 24.(Johns,on'4-l I. Crawford 3 10, 

'Stringer 0 2. Wilks 0 1! 

Blocks San Diego. 3 (Kruiswyk 2, Visnjic 1): Rice: 

2 i Kelley Sanni 2! 

Rebounds San Oiegn 36 (Belts 11, Kruiswyk 8. 

Richey 5. Ross 4 Visnjic 3. Kaplansky 1. Watts 1). 

Rice 45 (Kelley Sanni 11. Crawford 8. Bougaieff 5, 

Johnson 5, Stringer 3. Wilks 3, Michaelis 2) 

Aim*!.; - nieon 12 (Watts 4, Richey 3. Belts 

irts a r e herf^;, ^ 

just didn't Jake advantage of it, - lamented 

guard Robert Johnson. 

After being asked if his team felt 

good about the way it played against 

Hawaii and previously against the 

University of Utah. Wilson reacted 

strongly, "You invest too much time 

in your players, in your university, 

to do things the right way, to feel 

These kids deserve to 

win. They have worked 

their butts off and come 

hack from the depths of 

darkness. I'd be letting 

my players down to feel 

good about losing.' 

— Willis Wilson 

head coach 

good about losing. These kids deserve 

to win. They have worked their 

butts off and come back from the 

depths of darkness. I'd be letting my 

players down to feel good about losing," 

he said. 

The team had trouble recovering 

from the emotionally devastating 

Hawaii loss and dropped another 

game Saturday to San Diego State, 

2. Kapiansky l. Kmiswyk 1. Visnjic 1); Rice: 12 

(Crawford 4. Armstrong 2. Johnson 2, Stringer 2) 

Attendance 2,91:1 

HAWAII 65 RICE 63 - 

Hawaii 37 


28 

28 

65 

63 

Hawaii 

Kroeger 3-8 3 4 9. Ambrizich 4-9 1-2 9. Galloway 3 

- 3 12 7. Smith 3-11 0 0 7. Carter 7 12 1 2 16. Hook 

0 1 00 0. Robinson 3 6 2 2 8. Cartwright 21 3-4 7. 

.jfivanovic 1 1 0-0 2 

Totals: 26 55 11 16 65 

Rice 

Armstrong 15 0-0 2. Johnson 9 17 2 2 26, Kelly 

Sanni 2 14 1-2 5. Stringer 1 4 00 3, Crawford 7 13 

7 9 27. Thomson 0 0 0-0 0, Wilks 010 0 0, Michae 

lis 0 4 0-0 0, Bougaieff 0 1 0 0 6 

Totals: 20-59 10 13 63 

Three point goals — Hawaii: 2 12 (Carter 1 2. Smith 

1 4, Kroeger 0 3, CartwrighIO 2, HookO 1); Rice: 13 

27 (Crawford69, Johnson6 12, Stringer 1 4, Michae 

lis 0 1. Wilks 01) 

Blocks - Hawaii: 6{Galloway 3, Robinson 2, Kroeger 

1); Rice - 2 (Kelley Sanrn 3. Stringer 3! 

Rebounds Hawaii 39 (Arnhrozich 10, Galloway 8, 

KioegerG. Carter4. Robinson 4, Smith 3. Cartwright 

1), Rice: 34 (Kelley Sanni 9. Johnson 7, Bougaieff 6, 

Michaelis 3, Crawford 2, Thomson) 2, Armstrong 1) 

Assists Hawaii 16 (Carter 6. Smith 5, Kroegei 2. 

Ainbro/ich 1, Cartwright I 1 . Galloway ,1J. Rice 17 

(Crawford 7. Johnson 3, Stringer 2. Wilks 2. Armstrong} 

1. Bougaieff 1. Kelley Sanni 1) 

Attendance 2.893 

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RICE 66 SAN DIEGO 63 


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six teams in each division of the 

WAC advancetothet postseason tournament 

inLas in Us Vegas. Vegas Currently, the 

Owls are the seventh-ranked team 

The San Diego game was all 

around ugly for the Owls. Despite 

shooting an atrocious 30 percent 

from the field, Rice clung to a 50-41 

lead with 7:40 remaining. The Az 

tecs then scored 11 unanswered 

points to take the lead for good. 

Guard Robert Johnson pulled the 

Owls within three with 10 seconds 

to play, but Aztecs guard Jason 

Richey put the game out of reach 

with two free throws. 

Bobby Crawford could not ex 

plain the Owls' dismal shooting per 

formance. "I really don't have an 

answer for the poor shooting. There 

are going to be times like that. Regardless 

of shooting bad, you have 

to go on the defensive end and get it 

done. When we shot bad, we didn't 

go back and get a stop." 

The two losses leave Rice with a 

5-13 overall record and a 2-3 conference 

mark. The team will try to improve 

its postseason outlook this 

week as it embarks on a three game 

road trip with games against Texas 

Christian University^ Southern 

Methodist University and the Uni 

versity of Tulsa. 

Rice 

Cafagana3 7 1,4 8. Lodwrg2 4 0 0 4. Duncan 0 00 

0 0 Wilson 4 8 7 10 15. VanBeveren 0 0 0 0 0. 

Brumfield 5 15 Mcintosh 0 0 0-0 0, Caflerty 

1-2 0 0 3, Jordan 6-10 5 7 17, Koy 0 0 0 0 0, Smith 

1 4 2 2 4, Hamilton O-2.0 4 0 

Totals: 22 52 20 33 66 

San Diego 

Sledge 12 12 3, Bale 5 11 7 8 17, Murray 2 3 4 4 

4. Williams 0.3 0 0 4, Rucker 0-3 1 2 1, OiCamlli 3 

6 3-4 9. Fredrick 9-11 5 7 23. Harris 3-8 0 2 6 

Bundage 0 1 0 2 0 

Totals; 2348 21-29 63 

Three point goals —' Rice' 2 6(Cafagana 12, Ca»eiif 

1-2. Brumfield 0 1. Wilson O il: Hawaii. 0 2 (Sledge 

0-2) 

Blocks Rice: 2 (Jordan 1. Smith 1): Hawaii. 2 (Bale 

1. Fredrick 1) 

Rebounds — Rice 24 IBrumfield 6. Jordan 4. Wilson 

4. Hamilton 2, Cafagna J, Ludwig 1. Smith 1), 

Hawaii: 38 (OiCanilli 9. Fredrick 9, Bale 5, Williams 

4. Harris 3. Sledge 2) 

Assists — Rice: 9 (Wilson 4, Brumfield 3, Koy 1, 

Smith 1), Hawaii: 8 [Bale 3. Murray 3: Harris 2) 

Attendance: 591 

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One afternoon this week, I made plans to go out in front 

ofChem Let and play the Shuttle Bus Drinking Game. The 

rules: Each time two shuttle buses pass Valhalla within sixty 

seconds of each other, you chug a beer. Before playing, I 

chose to investigate the frequency of this phenomenon with 

a pad, pencil and a digital camera. That turned out to he a 

solid decision. 

On the afternoon in question, I budgeted two full hours 

10 observe the shuttle bus pattern. But what I saw in the first 

13 minutes caused me to give up early. In order to protect 

the drivers of the "shuttles, the day and time of my 

observations will be omitted. 

Here's what happened: 

The walk from the Thresh ft office to Chem l.ec is a short 

one. So was the wait fox the shuttle. Usually, it takes at least 

a few minutes for one to arrive. On this day, though, the 

first one pulled up to the curb after I had waited only 

seconds. 

Just35 seconds later. I noted the first shuttle bunch up. 

The Grad House shuttle trailed close behind my bus. in 

defense of the system, though, this was only a technical 

bunch-up. It shouldn't matter what the frequency of the 

Grad House shuttle is relative to the other buses. As long as 

it runs consistently in its service to graduate students, it is 

best considered the "bonus shuttle" foi those of us with on 

campus destinations. 

By the time we reached the stadium parking lot, the driver 

had realized exactly what, 1 was doing. Apparently there have 

been enough complaints to warrant the timing of the buses 

and the consequent paranoia of the bus drivers. 1 his par- 

ticular driver was not pleased to be tuned by an undergrad 

with .i watch and a camera. 

As we pulled away from the lot, a second inner loop 

shuttle was tailing us within seconds. A legitimate bunch- 

up! Students and faculty have grown used to groupings of 

the shuttles. Talking to my driver, I found that little can be 

done about the inefficieivcy. Passengers are not constant 

variables. Each turn around the loop brings a different 

situation. When a leading shuttle is laden with passengers, 

the other follows it, and picks up few riders. Eventually the 

trailing shuttle catches up and the bunching ptoblem 

begins. The most logical resolution is for the trailing shuttle 

to sit and wait a few minutes Until the leading shuttle gets a 

sufficient headstarr. While the majority of shuttle passengers 

desire the convenience of evenly-spaced service, nobody 

wants ro be a passenger on the shuttle forced to wait. I hen 

who gets an earful? Not: the impatient rider, but the driver. 

The Solution 

My driver did get me around the inner loop in just under 

ten minutes, and I applaud the speedy service. I he routing 

system must cope with the uncertainty in each revolution of 

the loop that leaves our drivers in the hot seat. You might 

think twice before criticizing your driver for bunching up, 

or for long waits. And if you decide to play the Shuttle Bus 

Drinking Game at Valhalla, play with the revised rules. 

Instead of chugging, sip your beer each time you see two 

shuttles bunched-up. That way, you can safely play the game 

for longer than 13 minutes. 

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The Leon Wilson Opera Series presents 

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Candide. Debra Dickinson is stage 

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p.m. in Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice 

Pratt Brown Hall. Admission is free. 

Je t'aime, mon chert. Applications for the 

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The scholarship is worth $2,250. 

Applications are available in the 

Department of French Studies. For more 

information, contact the department. 

With Speedosand more ... The men's and 

women's SWIM TEAMS sw.m. 

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Happy New Year! Um, Lunar New Year, 

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Student Center from 12 to A p.m. The 

celebration includes a variety of student 

danQe and musical performances and 

plenty of free food. For more information, 

contact Valerie Liu at (713) 630-8609. 

the Center for the Study of Cultures 

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The Leon Wilson Clark Opera Series 

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The Colgate Club of Houston and the 

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Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University 

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