Former swim coach sues students over her dismissal

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the Rice Thresher
Vol. LXXXVI, Issue No. 22 SINCE 1916 Friday, April 9, 1999
Former swim coach sues students over her dismissal
specific aspect of the suit but said, "I will sue them too. Wingenroth is not dents, because the school is not be-
by Jason Gershman
was surprised and disappointed by a well lady. I mean, these students ing sued," Hardin said. "Rice took a
THRESHER STAFF the suit. My first concern was for the arrived back at school after winter bold position to fully support these
Former men's and women's student-athletes and the distraction training in Hawaii and received these students. m
swimming Head Coach Kris this suit may cause." demand letters as wrapped Christ- "The university believes that all
Wingenroth, whose contract was not Wingenroth first filed a suit in mas presents." students should be able to criticize a
renewed last summer after 15 years state district court against two swim- B^ause no university official is bad professor or a bad coach with-
at Rice, has filed a lawsuit against 14 ming captains from last year's team, named as party to the suit, the Ath- out being sued," he said. "Rice feels
other former athletes claiming that CoryTeague and Christian Selchau- letics Department could not confirm that the free exchange of ideas is
they conspired to oust her as coach. Hansen, in December. the facts of the case. really important."
Wingenroth claims that, through Wingenroth delivered the two Regardless, Hardin said univer- After the initial suit was filed.
a series of confrontations with swim- former students a copy of the suit sity officials are angry at the suit Hardin spoke to Wingenroth's law-
mers and e-mail messages sent be- just before Christmas in a package and will support the students by yer, James Adams, and offered not
tween the athletes, the students that said "Season's Greetings." covering 100 percent of their legal to force Wingenroth to pay the stu-
made it their mission to eliminate Houston attorney Rusty Hardin, costs. dents' legal fees if Adams and his
her as coach. who represents the 14 defendants, Rice General Counsel Shirley client would drop the suit.
Wingenroth also claims that the explained the birth of the lawsuit. Redwine called the suit "misguided." "I gave them a chance to dismiss
COURTESY RICE SPORTS INFORMATION
students in question complained to "After the university decided not "Proper expression of one's opinion it so that we won't seek sanctions" Kris Wingenroth
the Athletics Department about her to renew her job, she waited till De- should not be intimidated against," Hardin said. "Instead, she filed the
and sent a signed petition to Athlet- cember and decided to sue the two she said. "Rice will support the stu- 75-paragraph document of inflam- about student behavior, to the eight
ics Director Bobby May asking for captains," Hardin said. "She also sent dents properly using our system." matory bull." college masters as well as to Vice
her departure. demand letters to the other 12 swim- "Other universities probably Adams then sent a copy of her President for Student Affairs Zenaido
May refused to comment on any mers asking for money or else she would have abandoned these stu- suit, containing alleged complaints See COACH, Page 7
South
Wiess focuses on
Cabinet to request Wiess stay permanently
wall here," Wiess sophomore and
by Brian Stoler
cabinet member Doward Hudlow said.
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Early in the discussion, some ai
South College may soon get its the meeting made comments against
name: Harry Carothers Wiess Col- the proposal. Wiess sophomore
lege. Lizzie Taishoff said Wiess should
Students at Wiess will vote Mon- not give up its location. "I have a
day on a Wiess Cabinet proposal 10 really strong conviction that Wiess
send a letter to Vice President for belongs here," she said. As the meei#
Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho
requesting that when Wiess students
move out of their current building
7?? the unfortunate
into the new South College, it offi-
cially and permanently becomes the
situation we are in, the
new home of Wiess College.
Camacho said that if the students South College option is
of the college send him a letter sup-
porting this idea, he will work with the best option,'
President Malcolm Gillis to try to
— Robert Lundin
implement it. The Board of Trustees
will likely evaluate and finalize this Wiess College president
ABI COHEN/THRESHER
Tapping the strength of your friends plan for Wiess at its May meeting,
Camacho said.
The Wiess Cabinet unveiled the ing progressed, the dissent faded.
Sid Richardson College women's Beer-Bike teammates Becky Noack (left) and Courtney Rubin help Julia Wren
proposal at its Wednesday night Sid Richardson College Master
off the track. The Sid and Baker College women's teams were disqualified. Will Rice College was not and went
meeting. Wiess President Robert John Bennett, chair of the New Col-
on to win all three races. See Photo Feature, Page 11.
J " Lundin said Wiess should work to leges Committee and a Wiess alum-
preserve the college's identity and nus, explained the plans for the Soutl i
to ensure that it will have a perma- College building in more detail. The
Language courses leave the classroom nent home. topic of discussion shifted from the
The proposal had two significant proposal for making South College
conditions: The move must be per- Wiess' permanent building to the
manent, and the building must be structure's design.
"We're using Spanish as a model hopes to distribute it to other univer-
by J. Cameron Cooper named Wiess College. The straw poll at the end of the
for what can be done," said Shisha sities. Because such programs are
THRESHER STAFF,, - » van Horn, the Information Technol- rare, "This really puts us on the lead- The cabinet supported the pro- meeting'on whether lo support the
posal because it would avoid a tem- proposal if the college approved it
While science and technology ogy specialist who is responsible for ing edge," Daichman said.
porary residence and because the Monday vote was unanimously in
classes have used online resources the technical side of the course. Virtual Hebrew, run by Hebrew
designs for South College are pre- favor (except for one abstention).
such as Owlnet for years, humani- The program started with only Lecturer E. Danielle Sharon, is en-
dominantly based on Wiess, Lundin Lundin summed up the cabinet's
ties and social sciences courses have one techriology-enhanced section tirely Web-based. Because there is
said. position after the meeting. "In the
generally relied on traditional class- out of 13. Now there is only one no classroom interaction, all grades
Members of the cabinet said this unfortunate situation we are in, the
room teaching. section taught traditionally. and resources are online and Sharon
was the best option available to South College option is the best op-
Several language programs, how- uses video conferences and voice
Wiess. "We're kind of up against a tion," he said.
ever, have been experimenting with mail to interact with students.
using technology to supplement or Sharon, who has run four other
replace their normal courses. 'This really puts us on such courses worldwide for the past INSIDE
The use of computer resources the leading edge.' three years, created Virtual Hebrew
for teaching had its beginnings in by herself. "I guess I'm impatient," Spring Elections
Owlnet, the university's "online stu- — Graciela Daichman she said. "If each instructor would OPINION Page 3
dio" for enhanced learning. It re- Hispanic and Classical Studies wait until a team of people came to begin today Poetic justice
mained the domain of science and professor create their program, it would take
engineering classes until recently. years." The Spring Elections ballot A&E Page 14
The extensive" use of online ma- The current enrollment in Vir- is online today at noon through 'Betrayal' leads plays
terial by two language courses, In- tual Hebrew is 1.0, compared to Wednesday noon.
troductory Spanish (SPAN 101 and Hispanic an^* Classical Studies Spanish's 125. "It"may sound silly, Cast your vote for Univer- SPORTS Page 19
102) and Virtual Hebrew (HEBR Professor Graciela Daichman, who but that's very big for Hebrew," sity Court at-large representa- Baseball back to No. 3
111), marks the beginning of hu- heads the project's nontechnical side Sharon said. tives, Honor Council at-large
manities experimentation „with said, "[We] made Spanish the test- While these courses put Rice on representatives, Rice Program Weekend Weather
online learning. ing ground because it has the larg- the leading edge of learning tech- Council internal vice president, Friday
While all language classes cair est number of students." nology, there are some doubts about RPC external VP, RPC trea- Partly cloudy, 64-83 degrees
make use of the Language Resource If proved successful, the technol- the technology-enhanced approach. surer, Campanile editors and SMaotsutrldya cylo udy, 68-84 degrees
Center in Rayzor Hall, the Spanish ogy-enhanced aspects used in Span- "The emphasis of the course is Sammy the Owl. Sunday
and Hebfe^ courses are notewor- ish could migrate to other courses. figuring out how to manage to get • Also, vote on the referen- Partly cloudy, 63-84 degrees
thy in the extent to which they use "It has a structure that can be ap- assignments done on ttfe computer, dum, which would give defunct It's summer, isn't It?
online elements. plied to other languages," Daichman not on learning Spanish," Hanszen blanket tax money to Health
Introductory Spanish is a tech- said. College sophomore Katy Bosworth, Services to expand clinic hours. Scoreboard
nology-enhanced course. Students The course, built around a Span- a student in SPAN 102, said. Checkhttp://riceinfo. rice, edu Baseball
•submit quizzes and homework ish-language soap opera called • "The-audio and video clips which for a link to the election site. Baylor 7. Rice 2
online and have access to audio and "Destinos," was recently purchased are often given as parts of home- See Blurbs, Page 9 Rice 7, A&M 6 £
some video files as well. by the Amenburg Foundation, which See LANGUAGE, Page 6
OPINION
THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1999
the Rice Thresher
R a n o n a L e . ..
Jett McAlister, Brian Stoler Joseph Blocher,
Mariel Tarn Senior Editor Michael Sew Hoy
Editors in Chief Opinion Editors
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Exchanging dollars for
possible action
Starting today on the Spring Elections ballot, students will be able <j.E.E.Ks,
to vote on a referendum that, if passed, will hopefully bring improve-
ments to Health Services by giving Rice about $32,000 of surplus
student money to increase the clinic's hours ofoperation. Whether
or not you support the referendum, it is vitally important that you at
least vote on the issue, one way or the other.
The idea behind the referendum is to send the administration a
message that we care so much about our health care that we are
willing to spend $32,000 of our own money to improve it — money a R e. L - a n ^ u a ^e coui
from defunct Student Association blanket taxes that could go to s u p p o s ed To m o a e. c o n n e ^ c T eo
other uses, but which we would like to use to demonstrate that we " T n an oompure.R. c o u r s e s?
prioritize student health care. We and the referendum's organizers
hope that the motion will embarrass the administration into acting
quickly and effectively to improve the quality and to expand the
Guest column
hours of Health Services.
Even if this money isn't spent on Health Services, on-campus Living through negation limits yourself
student health care must improve. And if you think Health Services
needs to improve, whether or not you want to spend this money
trying to do so, you should vote — either "yes" or "no" — on the Recently, I had an opportunity Rice Web site (http://www. rice, edu/ plished only at your peril. In the end,
referendum. to partake in one of my favorite pas- ~foodserve) is a trip. And I certainly you only serve to limit yourself.
In order for the referendum to pass, 20 percent of the student times: quelling student initiative. don't fancy myself a rabid CK advo- Which is why I don't confine my
Time and again, I have found that cate. If you're interested in meeting general societal censure to distaste
body must vote on it, and of those who vote, two-thirds must vote in
the greatest catastrophes one of this rare breed, I for the AFC, or for Slobodan
favor of it for it to pass.
in the world have been suggest contacting Lovett Milosevic for that matter. I refuse to
N o matter which way you vote, low voter turnout—especially one the result of some idiot College Food Representa- limit myself in this way because long
that doesn't meet the 20 percent minimum — will suggest to the somewhere deciding to tive James Eubanks at after the killers have been killed,
administration that the student body doesn't care at all about the do something. [email protected]. long after my Alternative Universe
This law holds con- Where the Alternative Society is at full strength, long after
quality of Health Services. After all, if we can't take two minutes out
spicuously true for Ameri- Food Club and I have our the next Ice Age, Strom Thurmond
of our schedules to complete the online ballot, why should the
can presidents. Show me falling out is on a funda- will still be alive.
administration spend significant amounts of money and time to a list of great American mental disagreement It's time to seriously Vethink how
improve student health care? presidents and I'll give an about the ultimate ends of we students effect change in this
James
example of each and ev- man. So far, the AFC has university. So go to the Alternative
ery one of them doing Bad Dallal not taken any stance on Food Club's event today if you must.
Stuff. No, give me Millard how food service should I'll probably be there, as will a num-
Supporting our swimmers Fillmore, give me George be improved. Well, right ber of my friends. Hey, a little deca-
Herbert Walker Bush, and if he's here and now I would like to an- dent nihilism can be fun from time
good enough for my airport then nounce the formation of the Alterna- to time.
he's good enough for me. tive Universe Society, which will But don't pledge allegiance to
Former swimming Head Coach Kris Wingenroth's lawsuit against
This afternoon, we once again stand up on behalf of world peace, any organization that stands only
current and former members of the men's swim team could set a face the impending spectre of a an end to hunger and general nice- for negativity. If you're from Lovett
very dangerous precedent for the protected speech of students. group of committed students get- ness. and you're wondering where those
Wingenroth claims that her annual contract was not renewed be- ting together to do something. I What the Alternative Food Club carrots on the salad bar came from,
speak of the Alternative Food Club , has ultimately wrought, then, is a you have only Eubanks to ask.
cause members of the swim team conspired to get her fired.
and its first ever party/rally/rave/ high moral crime, that of living
Wingenroth was, evidently, not a popular coach. And many cookout in defense of its cause, offi- through negation. The inherentflaw James Dallal is a Lovett College fresh-
swimmers apparently did not hide their dissatisfaction with her from cial dissatisfaction with the poor in living for the elimination of some- man.
one another. They may have even discussed their problems with her performance of Central Kitchen. thing else is that once it ceases to
supervisors. But is this grounds for a slander lawsuit? Now, I do think that at times CK exist, so will the forces that exist
If you take a class with a bad professor and then tell your friends that could do a better job than it's doing, only to oppose it. Simply aligning CONTACTING THE
though the nutritional breakdown yourself against something without
the professor can't teach, should the professor be able to sue you? Of
of the entire menu on the Food at being for something can be accom- THRESHER
course not — the professor should either teach well enough to
satisfy everybody (a near-impossible mission, of course) or accept
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters
that there will be criticism about his teaching.
m Letters to the editor
Students must be made to feel comfortable about evaluating their
professors and their coaches. This ensures that professors and Solution to the Health would also be difficult It's not a readily should be sent to the Thresher
by mail, fax, e-mail to
solvable problem.
coaches will be held responsible to the people whose lives they affect Services dilemna We live across the street from [email protected] or be deliv-
the most No repercussion should loom over any student for ex- ered in pers#^Ve prefer that
the largest collection of hospitals,
pressing his opinion about a professor's or a coach's abilities. Isn't To the editor: private practitioners and medical letters be submitted on disk
or by e-mail. Letters must be
that what the First Amendment is all about? I was sitting out on the balcony of specialists of every field of medicine
received by 5 p.m. on the Mon-
The bright side to this story is the university's support of the Wiess College last night looking out in the entire state of Texas, and yet
day prior to a Friday publica-
across the intramural fields towards we try to provide Health Services on
students involved in the lawsuit Rice is standing up for its students tion date.
those towers across Main Street I campus, ignoring the resources we
by paying their legal fees. Rice isn't, as an institution, directly had just read the article in the Thresher could possibly have at our disposal. • All letters must be signed
involved in the lawsuit. That Rice can shell out the money to help its ("New SA Senate cuts two blanket To those who oversee the fate of and include a phone number.
Rice students and alumni must
students even though the university isn't in legal trouble is com- taxes," March 26) about the Student Health Services, I'd suggest we try
include their college and year.
mendable. It also strongly suggests that the administration actually Association's letter emphasizing the to use the Texas Medical Center as
We will withhold names upon
importance of upgrading Health Ser- a primary source of health care for
cares about the students, something we usually don't credit it for. request.
vices. And it just struck me as odd. the Rice student body. Arrange-
• Letters should be no
Health Services, as far as I know, ments could be made with private
longer than 500 words in
has been a perennial frustration for practitioners to handle Rice student
length. The Thresher reserves
Respecting deadlines Rice students. It takes days to get medical needs, accept Rice health
the right to edit letters for
appointments. Weekend treatment insurance and be Rice's primary
both content and length.
is not available. And most of the health service.
time, students are either told they're By referring Rice students to pri- News Tips
On Monday, the Student Association Senate voted to allow four pregnant or have mono. vate practitioners at the Med Cen-
• Tips for possible news sto-
students' nameS on the Spring Elections ballot for various positions, Health Services is not provided ter, students could have a shorter
ries should be phoned in to
with the staff, the money or the space wait for sick visits, have access to
despite the fact that the students had not filed petitions by the
the Thresherat (713) 5274801.
to adequately provide health care more specialized doctors and have
advertised deadline. While we understand the desire to be inclusive, for an on-campus undergraduate weekend medical care available. Subscribing
we feel that there is no point in setting a deadline if you do not intend population of 1,600 students. They Health Services wouldn't have to go
• Annual subscriptions are
it to apply equally in each case. The senate has very unfortunately do a remarkable job with what they away, but it would be less strained
available for $40 domestic and
shown its willingness to bend its own rules for the sake of simply not have, but student health service is a and could provide better individual
$90 international via first class
problem at every college campus. care to each of its patients.
hurting feelings. Some members argued that the deadlines this year mail.
Doctors and nurses aren't cheap. I hope that in considering how to
were not publicized well enough, but anyone interested enough to Advertising
U Keeiftng staff here nights and week- make health care for Rice students
run should do her own legwork, and Spring Elections are held at ^
ends would not be easy. The de- better, we won't ignore our neigh- m We accept both display
same time every year. If a student is incapable of filing petitions mand for student health care is not bor across Main Street. and classified advertisements.
according to the rules, for whatever reason, maybe he shouldn't hold constant either, as die campus shuts Contact the Thresher for more
an elected position. down regularly for vacations, so hir- Josh Ginsberg information.
ing more staff for these irregular hours Wiess freshman
OPINION
THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. APRIL 9, 1999
moo moo MOO
Romance is as dangerous as violence LUNPGM
Christof goes crazy
So a few weeks back, Shakespeare can be overcome with some good and nearly insane behavior are some-
in Love beat out the heavy favorite, common sense, or maybe sensibil- how endearing.
Saving Private Ryan, for Best Pic- ity, I'm not really sure. So until we choose not to accept a
In an ongoing questfor new column ideas, I have decided to debate
ture of the Year at the 71st Academy However, today there aren't re- misrepresented standard of romance
myself in haiku format.
Awards. I've heard many ally any major impedi- in our movies, TV shows, etc., it
people talk of the politics ments to marriage. Soci- would be in everyone's best interest
of why this happened, the ety is most likely not go- to create a romantic rating system.
backlash against Spiel- ing to crush you for mar- Something along the lines of "The
Today's topic:
berg, the freshness of rying the chauffeur's
Is campus beautiful?
Shakespeare in Love, so on daughter or someone of
and so forth, but I think a different race, creed,
"TV-MA: Show
it's because one was lov- color, intelligence level,
ing and thoughtful, while religion or ice creanfpref- contains profanity,
the other was clever but Zach erence. This leaves the Christof Christof
pretty disturbing. modern-day romantic strong sexual content
Violence in the media Bonig comedy script writer with Spieler Spieler
is commonly tread ground the need to create artifi- and Ben Stiller
nowadays, as every pundit talks cial dilemmas for their protagonists,
somehow getting
about the desensitizing effects of because "boy meets girl and they
violence and the need for censor- get married" is a 10-minute movie, women completely out live oaks Spanish moss
ship. But nobody discusses the and you can't charge $7.50 for
like an old Southern estate
need to warn kids about romantic that. of his league for of graceful living
content in sitcoms and the desensi- So the new fopnula has Income
just five kinds of plants
tizing effects of romance in the me- this: Boy meets cute girl, girl hates reasons only the
oaks grass shrubs and spiky stuff
dia. boy because she thinks he's an idiot.
So I'll start the charge: We need (Being an idiot is a decent, but not screewriters can it's all so boring
campus must be neat
to protect people from the negative insurmountable obstacle to love.)
understand." not like some messy muddle
effects of inaccurately portrayed ro- An hour and a half is dedicated to
this looks distinguished
mance in the media. proving that he is not, in fact, an
where are the flowers?
Way back when, the romantic idiot, which he does by stalking her
they put in a nice garden
comedy formula worked pretty through convenient circumstances. following movie is rated SB and con-
hid it by CK
much like this: Boy meets girl, then Girl sees beyond guy's initial huge tains Sandra Bullock, which may not
you should read Rice News
heady courtship follows until the blunder, and they fall in love. be acceptable for all audiences," or
a brand new arboretum
steel-toed boot of society attempts This model, in my opinion, is not "TV-MA: Show contains profanity,
out by the track stands
to crush their love. The boot is ei- an especially good one to give to strong sexual content and Ben Stiller
yes, eighty years late
ther subdued, or boy and girl are people. Just as we don't want kids somehow getting women completely
Cram wanted that way back when
forced to take their own lives know- growing up with the idea that guns out of his league for reasons only the
but they planted grass
ing the horrible pain of unfulfilled and violent behavior are acceptable, screenwriters understand."
and they are planting
love. Jane Austen's works are now we shouldn't want them to get the Then maybe we can cut good old
a field of native flowers
considered classics because she had idea that stalking is an acceptable wholesome violence a break.
by Baker and Wiess
her protagonists figure out that courtship ritual, that love somehow
that is all quite good
society's boot is all in your head and wins out over all and that neurotic Zach Bonig is a Lovett College senior.
but why only there, not the
A academic quad?
These are play-pretend sticks and stones, Alia but Harvard doesn't
plant begonias in the Yard
Locals walk alone, without Streetwise maps
how most provincial
we are not Harvard
and we'll never be Harvard
Wherever I go in these United they just hang out in the bar of their you're new in town. When'd you move so why do we try?
States, people seem to think I'm a convention hotel and think about in? How are you liking it?" or maybe, pardon me, but we're
local resident. I don't intentionally how nice the city is. "So are you kin to that Oriental fam- the Ivy League of the Sduth
cultivate that image, but I am very When I'm alone, my fellow tour- ily out on 16th Street? How is it you look at the chapel
proud of it, because get- ists often stop me to ask pronounce that name? I can never now, Cram did it right
ting labeled as a tourist for directions. I'm glad get it right." Starting a question with no Gothic here — a new style
nowadays is an insult when I can help, but if I "so" allows nosy people to seem one that fits Texas
of mood-ruining propor- pull out my Streetwise friendly, as if they're responding to thanks, you prove my point
tions. map to direct them, they something you've said instead of red brick, Spanish tile, arcades
Tourists, after all, are pull back, startled, and say starting an inquiry themselves. beautiful campus
obnoxious, ignorant and something like, "Oh! In towns smaller than that, every- but we still build like
badly dressed. They block You're a tourist, too? one pretty much knows everyone nineteen-ten not two-thousand
sidewalk traffic taking pic- We're sorry, we'll ask else, so anyone new is clearly an stale architecture
tures of honey and the kids Angelique someone else." outsider. look at Texas Tech
next to just about anything. They're surprised that It would be nice if looking like a they tried to stay with the times
They create moving haz- . Siy their skills for distinguish- local would bring me some sort of and it's all ugly
ards in top-heavy rental ing native from non-native advantage, like not being a mark for I don't want bad taste
minivans with little arms are worthless, and they're pickpockets. Sb far, I haven't been but life should be more varied
pointing out at everything, so the dismayed to have wasted time ask- hurt, and I've only had one thing it's more fun that way
driver won't miss anything but his ing a tourist, because tourists, in- stolen in all my travels.
ability to drive. cluding themselves, are ignorant. Thank goodness it wasn't any of
It is because of those stereotypes In reality, they're probably just jeal- my Streetwise maps. Christof Spieler (Sid '97) is design consultant and a graduate student
that marketing experts choose to ous of my having such a beautifully
in civil engineering. He thankfully does not plan on a career in poetry.
target "travelers" instead of tourists designed, easy to use, laminated Angelique Siy is a Sid Richardson He can be reached at [email protected].
and sightseers. It's the same as document to keep me properly ori- College senior and can be reached at
Trekkies now preferring the label ented. Or maybe they're mad be- [email protected].
"Trekker." It sounds less inane. cause they found themselves inad-
One reason I know I don't make equate at the task of getting around
a very good typical tourist is that I themselves. But it could just be the
hate fanny packs, and I won't wear map. Those maps are the coolest. the Rice Thresher The Rice Thresher, the official student
newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is
them. Other than that, the only other On the whole, it's easy to look
published each Friday during the school year,
things I can think of that make me like you belong when you're in a except during examination periods and
un-touristy are my generic Ameri- very large city. In metropolitan ar- holidays, by the students of Rice University.
can accent and my inability to get eas with around a million or so
mind-bogglingly lost. people, diversity is great enough Jett McAlister, Mariel Tam Editorial and business offices are located
The generic accent comes from for strangers to assume anyone Editors in Chief on the second floor of the Ley Student Center,
6100 Main St.. MS-524, Houston, TX 77005-
watching a lot of television while walking around without hiking gear
1892. Phone: [phone]. Fax: (713) 285-
growing up. I don't know where I has an address nearby. People also
Brian Stoler Nick Zdeblick 5238. E-mail: thresher<@rice.edu. Web page:
got my sense of direction. I'm just appear less touristy if they look Senior Editor Business Manager http://www. rice, edu/thresher.
glad to have it. I'm also glad that where they're going instead of cran-
Streetwise maps (see http:// ing their necks up at buildings. Annual sub§cripti9n rate: $40 domestic,
www.streetwisemaps.com) exist. They're also less likely to walk into $90 international. Non-subscription rate: first
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Now that I've mentioned it, I that size, people see me and think, SPORTS Angelique Siy, Ad Prod. Manager The Thresherh a member of the Associated
guess that's probably the single big-v "Hmmm. She wouldn't be here if Jos£ Luis Cubria, Editor Collegiate Press and the Society of
gest reason people guess I'm a lo- she didn't already live here." Kathleen Corr, Asst. Editor Carly Halvorson, Office Manager Professional Journalists. The Thresher has
cal. I've recently realized most I know that's what gets thought, Carter Brooking, Page Designer Louren Reed, PD Manager been rated an ACP Ail-American newspaper.
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OPINION
THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1999
Point/counterpoint
Health Services referendum brings reform to the front
Our efforts will motivate Rice to take action Don't accept impractical, temporary solution
THE REFERENDUM
The biggest complaint students have There is no doubt that Should the remaining funds in Symbolic gestures increase in hours may seem significant, a
about Health Services is that it's difficult to Health Services' facilities the Owl Care and Escort Cart are one of the most effec- larger increase is needed to make it worth-
schedule an appointment when they need it. are dreadfully inadequate accounts be allocated to tive methods of effecting while to the people involved. The money
Students sometimes have to wait for days to and should be upgraded. It support increased hours for change, and on a symbolic must cover salaries for a doctor and licensed
see a doctor. The clear solution to this is for lacks enough space to sup- Health Services? If yes, the level, I support the refer- support staff, provide for the increase in the
Health Services to be open more hours. port more^ doctors and is Student Association Senate endum concerning Health university's malpractice insurance and cover
In theory, this is the universe's problem. not sufficiently accessible shall work with members of Services. Literally, it is the the increased overhead costs—none of which
Rice should extend Health Services' hours to for physically disabled stu- the adminstration to use the student body putting its are insignificant. We must also consider how
include some time nights and weekends — dents. Additionally, its thin money to staff the clinic money where its mouth is, feasible it is to find a doctor who will work for
but thus far it has not. In walls jeopardize patients' weeknights and weekends for saying to the administra- only one to two hours a
fact, significant improve- confidentiality. But building the 1999-2000 academic tion, "If you will not place a day.
ments to Health Services a new facility should not be year. higher value on student Finally, from conver-
have not been made in a higher priority than in- health, then we will use sations with people
over 30 years. The creasing hours for a few our own money to show working with health pro-
Health Services clinic, reasons. you how important we be- grams at Rice, it is clear
for example, has been in First, increasing hours is relatively easy, lieve this issue is." It is, indisputably, an that the main concern of
the same place since the quick and cheap compared to building effective and nonviolent form of protest. Health Services is pro-
'50s. The university has facilites. Increasing hours would cost tens or As I said, on a symbolic level I support the viding better facilities
Brian not taken steps to im- hundreds of thousands of dollars and could referendum. As a matter of practicality, how- before increased office Daniel
prove the clinic despite be implemented by next fall, vs. millions for a ever, I cannot support it for the following hours. Longer hours do
Stoler numerous student at- new facility that would take years to con- three reasons: not serve the needs of Attaway
tempts to see it im- struct. 1. It offers only a very short-term solution the students if the facili-
proved. This delin- Second, even with the current facilities, to a long-term problem, ties are inadequate. Can
quency was the motivation behind the refer- increasing hours will have a noticeable effect 2. There are not enough funds to make a we really expect a doctor, no matter how well
endum we are discussing. on student health care. Increasing hours by significant change in the operating hours of qualified, to practice effective medicine with-
If Rice will not take care of this responsi- 15 percent or more would make it a lot easier Health Services, and out adequate equipment?
bility, we, the students, should take the initia- to get an appointment when you need it. On 3. The focus of the Health Services staff For these three reasons, I urge you, the
tive and do what we can to fund increased the other hand, a new facility witfffcut any is currently not creating more hours, but student body, to vote against the Health Ser-
hours while we push the university to provide changes in staffing would not make it any rather improving the quality of care and fa- vices referendum on the current spring elec-
better. easier to see a doctor or nurse! cilities. tions ballot.
One problem with this debate is that we Regardless of whether Health Services The solution proposed by the referendum If we feel Health Services is an important
lack hard data. The $32,000 we have comes gets a new facility, Rice will have to hire more is a shortsighted one. While there could be enough issue to be allocated this money,
out to $ 1,066 per week for one academic yean doctors in order to make it easier for students some effect on hours for next year, allowing then by all means, I believe it should be done,
So the question is, How many hours can this to get appointments. So why not increase greater access to Health Services and less of and I do believe Health Services is a worthy
buy us? I have no authoritative data, but I staffing now, before enhancing the facilities? a crush for appointments, the allocated funds cause. To me, however, this is a matter of
estimate that extending office hours would We would reap benefits immediately and not will not last beyond the end of the academic . practicality. Which is more practical: invest-
not cost more than $ 150 per h@ur (and I think jeopardize the plans for moving Health Ser- year. As of (all 2000, the student body will face ing the $32,000 and earmarking it to go to
it would actually be between $100 and $150 vices in the future. exactly the same predicament we now face— improve Health Services in conjunction with
per hour). This adds up to between seven and Some have said that the university might a Health Services unable to meet the needs of a plan from the administration, or using the
10 more hours per week, a 15 to 22 percent notjmplement our wishes even if we do pass the people it serves. And, while it sends a money for a short-term solution that will prob-
increase. this referendum, and that could be true. But clear message to the administration from the ably end in a re-establishment of the status
Our passage of this referendum would this should not deter us from making a strong students, the people the plan would most quo?
have a significant impact on the administra- statement for increased hours by offering directiy affect, the Health Services staff, were I believe that if each of you seriously con-
tion. A demonstration that the students are our conceptual and financial support. We not consulted about the referendum. sider this referendum, you will realize there
willing to spend their own money to increase won't get anywhere if we don't try. And, even Also, the funds, roughly $32,000, will not are other ways to spend this money on
hours would show how serious the problem if they were to refuse our money (which be enough to staff Health Services on nights Health Services that will lead to a long-term
is and hopefully motivate the administration would be terribly inappropriate), at least we and weekends. Two people I have talked with solution.
to fix it on its own. would have made our statement. who run clinics agree that the funds would be
But even if the university somehow did enough to either hire a weekend on-call nurse Daniel Attaway is Student Association exter-
not react, the worst that the referendum could Brian Stoler is senior editor and a Hanszen or to open Health Services for at most seven nal vice president and a Sid Richardson Col-
do is improve office hours for only one year. College sophomore. hours more per week. While a 15 percent lege sophomore.
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. APRIL 9, 1999
RSVP Community Garden blooms
SA prepares for Spring Elections
by Eunice Song ways we can talk to people," she
by Usman Baber and Jen Frazer
THRESHER STAFF said.
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
"As far as I can see, the gen-
The new community garden be- Spring Elections begin today. eral guidelines were followed,"
tween Mudd Lab and Central Monday, the Student Association Lisagor said. "Advertising was
Kitchen gives new meaning to the Senate approved both the official done in the same way as it was
term "green space." The Rice Stu- ballot and a by-law amendment done in the past. However, I do
dent Volunteer Program runs the officially restricting certain mul- see how someone might not have
garden, which was organized as an i tiple candidacies. seen a poster or deleted an e-
outlet for student gardening and as a mail."
way of increasing student awareness Approving the ballot
of the problem of hunger. This standard procedure de- Approving the amendment
"It's what Rice students wanted," viated slightly from the norm this Lisagor sponsored this
External Vice Chair and Brown Col- year. The SA Senate allowed the amendment, intended to prevent
lege senior Paula Wynn said. "Those late addition of four additional candidates from running for mul-
who have volunteered with our or- candidates, pending confirmation tiple offices that cannot be held
ganization have always expressed of their academic eligibility. simultaneously.
an interest in having an on-campus Students who wish to run in "I hope it will prevent people
garden." university elections must first fill from running for things, and if
Sid Richardson College sopho- out petitions, which for the up- they are elected, then be forced
more volunteer Kathryn Dalton said, coming election were due March to resign because they can't hold
"I think the garden is a really neat 29. multiple offices," Lisagor said. "I
idea, because it gives great results The four students claimed the don't think students are doing
that we can donate to the commu- deadlines were not well-publi- this with malicious intent, but it
nity. I've always thought gardening cized. The SA Senate accepted is dishonest."
was therapeutic, and now there's a this argument and allowed the Former SA Secretary Susan
garden to work on." addition. Egeland said this was along-over-
Wynn, with Environmental Com- SA President Anne Countiss due measure, but said she wor-
mittee Chair and Hanszen College said the SA needs to be sure they ried that the legislation was
sophomore Amanda Barnum, has properly inform all students, hot written to force a specific student
worked both Facilities and Engineer- just a select few, of upcoming off the ballot. "I just worry about
ing and Urban Harvest — a nation- dates. "We already advertise in the way they went about it," she
KIM FOSTER/THRESHER
wide, nonprofit organization that Catherine Wylde (left), Sue Wang and Paula Wynn construct beds for the the Thresher and on listservs, we said.
assists groups in starting commu- RSVP Community Garden at a workday March 19. make announcements and we're The measure affects the chairs
nity gardens in urban areas. open to suggestions on creative of the Honor Council and Univer-
"Facilities and Engineering has out well. It's really convenient be- who attend our weekly organiza- publicity ideas," she said. sity Court, the editors and busi-
been very generous," Wynn said. cause it's near Jones, which is doing tional meetings, I feel like all this SA Secretary Jamie Lisagor, ness managers of the Thresher
"We've been working with the man- some sort of compost project, so leadership has just exploded out of who acts as the elections chair, and Campanile, the residential
ager, Eusebio Franco. They bought there's plenty of compost available, nowhere." suggested as one solution that college presidents, and the offic-
our top soil for our raised bed, which and there's also a greenhouse "I think the community garden is organizations advertise their own ers of the Rice Program Council
totaled $450, and prepped our site nearby." a great idea because it provides a office vacancies. and the SA
by stripping the sod, leveling the The official groundbreaking, great service for the community and "This issue was a sign that Students now cannot run for
land and installing centrally located scheduled for March 19, was post- helps remind us that there is a world advertising needs to be increased, more than one of these positions
water spigots." poned due to rain. Because they have outside the hedges where people but there are only so many at a time.
Most of the funding has come already started the garden, a have problems very different from
from RSVP blanket-tax money, with groundbreaking will not take place. our own," volunteer and Hanszen
donations from Lovett, Sid Richard- Instead there will be a dedication sophomore Tina Snyder said. "It is
son, Wiess, Jones and Hanszen Col- ceremony April 16 from 4-6 p.m., also an easy way for people to volun- WILL205 WILL205
leges. They have also raised funds complete with food and music by teer without committing a huge
through Rice Cakes and Thresher Edloe Street, a Hanszen rock group. amount of time and without needing
distribution. In addition to garden- RSVP is also holding a tool drive, a car."
ing equipment, soil and cement where they are accepting new or
blocks, the $700 budget covers Ur- used garden tools.
ban Harvest membership and gar- RSVP has not yet decided who will
den books. receive the Rice-grown food. "Our
The main roadblock for the gar- prospects are Casa Juan Diego and
den was the acquisition of a suitable Casa Maria, two non-government-
location. The garden now occupies funded organizations which provide
half of the land originally used by transitional housing for new immi-
the Rice Marching Owl Band. "With grants and battered women and chil-
all the new buildings going up, green dren," Wynn said. "We're also consid-
space is hard to come by," Wynn ering Omega House or Magnificat
said. "The current site, however, is House —AIDS hospices."
temporary. We've been told that the The student and faculty response
university will accommodate a per- to the community garden has been A> NO"
manent garden in the South College immense. Over 60 students, faculty
area," and staff attended the first organiza- of" SECURITY
But RSVP Chair Shilpa Sarang tional meeting Feb. 10.
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1999
Hebrew class entirely Web-based
POLICE BLOTTER
The following incidents were reported by the Campus Police for the
LANGUAGE, from Page 1 everybody was a little leery," worked well. "My general impres- period March 25-31:
work assignments rarely work prop- Daichman said. "It requires more sion of Virtual Hebrew is surpris-
erly, and even when they do, it takes ingly very high," he said. "From time Residential College^
a long time for them to download," to time We have video conferences Hanszen College March 27 Five students and one non-Rice
she said. 'We're using Spanish as and all the students actually get to subject arrested for possession of
The UNIX platform, which is see each other and our teacher on a fireworks and causing a false alarm
omnipresent in campus computer a model for what can computer screen." after discharging smoke grenades.
labs, cannot be used for courses The future of technology-en-
because it lacks the ability to type be done.' hanced courses is unknown, but Academic Buildings
accented characters. expansion is likely. "The question Dell Butcher Hall March 25 Two alumni who were intoxicated
This makes students without — Shisha van Horn still being discussed is if language and naked took a maintenance cart
computers reliant on finding an open Information Technology should be taught at all Web-based," without permission. One subject
public PC or Macintosh. Off-campus specialist Sharon said. was caught, issued summons for
students without the Owlnet Due to the administration's posi- disorderly conduct and released
Ethernet connection often find tive view of technology-enhanced tofriend. The other subject ran away.
lengthy downloads to be a problem. Spanish, expansion into other lan-
Another problem with the online work from the professors." guages is possible. "Everybody is Alice Pratt Brown Hall March 25 Student robbed by three suspects
courses is the increased workload Wiess College freshman David moving in this direction," Daichman in the parking lot.
on professors and students. "At first Escobar said taking Hebrew online said.
Sewall Hall March 28 Artwork stolen.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Sew all Hall March 31 Non-Rice subject previously
arrested for theft at Rice was
Shevardnadze to speak The previous recipients of this and specific news events, nor are we arrested for criminal trespass and
award are former Soviet Union Prime only including creative work," she ^placed in Harris County Jail.
at Rice
Minister Mikhail Gorbachev and said. "We are aiming for a monthly
retired U.S. Gen. Colin Powell. publication to keep discourse circu- Old Chemistry March 31 Graffiti
Georgian President Eduard lating, unlike the Undergraduate and Building
Shevardnadze will speak in Stude 'Aphorism' publishes U Blue—more along the lines of the
Concert Hall April 22 at 6 p.m. Thresher's editorial section but with Other Buildings
first issue
After delivering an address en- a different subject matter." Campus Police March 26 Bike stolen and later recovered.
titled "Georgia, the Caucasus and There will likely be one more
Beyond," Shevardnadze will join Aphorism, a new monthly journal issue before the school year ends. Facilities and March 29 Golf carts damaged.
Baker Institute for Public Policy filled with creative and intellectual Material printed in Aphorism is not Engineering
Honorary Chairman James Baker student literature and artwork, limited to the humanities, Maloney
III in a "town hall" meeting to dis- printed its first issue April 1. said. Fondren Library March 31 Wallet with counterfeit driver's
cuss the events that ended the Cold The 24-page journal displays sub- The editors welcome submis- licenses recovered.
War. mitted poems, prose and essays, as sions of anything "intellectual and
Both men played instrumental well as two pictures and a photo- creative," as well as responses to Parking Lots
roles in the peaceful transition to the graph. individual articles. Allen Center Lot March 27 Rice subject assaulted with water
post-Cold War era. Shevardnadze Managing Editor and Lovett Col- balloons thrown from Beer-Bike
was foreign minister of the Soviet lege senior Adele Groning said Apho- F&H holds lottery for staging area.
Union from 1985 to 1990, and Baker rism is intended to be a publication
Graduate Apartments
was U.S. Secretary of State under of a wide variety of artistic and liter- South Stadium Lot March 27 Assault
President George Bush. ary pieces by Rice students on phi-
This will be the first time the two losophy, poetry, photography, art, A lottery for housing space in the West Stadium Lot March 27 Student arrested for possession of
statesmen have met to discuss the fiction, essays on culture, society, new Graduate Apartments will be drug paraphernalia.
factors that brought the Cold War to history and contemporary issues. held Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Gradu-
an end. Editor in Chief and Lovett sopho- ate House Banquet Room. Seventy- March 27 Student arrested for public
The event is sponsored by the more Joe Maloney said, "It's defi- five beds are available for registered West Stadium Lot intoxication and released to
Baker Institute. General attendance nitely an intellectual journal, defi- graduate students. drunksitter.
is by special invitation only, but the nitely focusing on the mind, but with Applications can be downloaded
event is open to all Rice students, a college-life element spin on it." online athttp://housing. rice. edU/rga March 27 Non-Rice subject arrested for
faculty and staff. Student seating is He said the name was inspired by and must be received by 4 p.m. to- East Stadium Lot driving while intoxicated. Subject
first-come, first-serve, and a Rice ID philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and day. Students need not be present to placed in county jail.
is required. Due to security con- was picked for poetic appeal. participate.
cerns, backpacks and other bags will Groning said Aphorism overlaps Food and Housing has set aside Other Areas
not be allowed. with other campus publications like 138 beds for incoming graduate stu- Alumni Drive March 27 Five students and one non-Rice
A videotaped welcome speech by the Thresher, University Blue and dents on a first-come, first-serve ba- subject arrested as minors in
Bush will open the program. After The Rice Undergraduate, but distin- sis, with preference given to interna- possession of alcohol.
Shevardnadze's address and guishes itself by filling the gap tional students.
the discussion, Shevardnadze will among them. A brochure and application will Hackermann Track March 27 Student arrested for public
receive the Baker Institute Enron "We are not looking for the strictly be mailed to international students intoxication and released to
Prize for Distinguished Public Ser- academic approach to subject mat- and other students who have re- drunksitter.
vice. ter, nor are we looking at Ricaissues quested housing information.
Graduate Apartments March 29 Construction trailer burglarized.
Graduate House March 30 Non-Rice subject stopped and
turned over to Missouri City police
, for outstanding warrants.
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1999
Minter named interim provost
University covers students' legal bills
by Leslie Liu
THKESHER EDITORIAL STAR COACH, from Page 1 ing illegal drugs. signed to make the students look
President Malcolm Gillis named Camacho. Wingenroth amended After complaining to university bad." Hardin said. "She mentions
English Professor David Minter in- her suit earlier in March to in- officials about their behavior, illegal drugs, rough sex and skip-
terim provost March 19. He will be- clude 12 additional swimmers, 10 ping practice to get tattoos. How
gin in the position when current Pro- of whom still attend Rice. does this equal into a lawsuit
vost David Auston takes the presi- Named in the suit are current 'Imagine if a student against the students because Rice
dency of Case Western Reserve students Robin Davidson, Adrian decided not to renew her one-year
University July 1. Minter will tempo- Wong, Francisco Padua, Jada criticized a teacher annual contract?"
rarily fill the post while a search com- Sanders, Jason Ahuero, James According to the suit,
mittee compiles a list of candidates Drvostep, Elizabeth Corneliuson, to another student Wingenroth has copies of a series
qualified to sertfe as Rice provost. Stacey Caldwell, David Henry and of e-mail messages sent between
and the university
Dave Stigant, as well as former the swimmers commenting on her
The search committee will be
students Virginia Farmer and and her coaching ability.
composed of 12 to 15 members, in- fired that teacher for
cluding one undergraduate student Carrell Covington. One example is an e-mail mes-
and one graduate student, Gillis said. Adams has declined all media being a bad teacher. sage sent by Stigant to fellow swim-
The other members will be profes- interviews and said Wingenroth is mers in February 1998: "I'm
sors, staff and one board member. in Ecuador studying Spanish. Could she sue the sick of her whiny voice, her lame
Minter will serve until a new provost A date for the hearing has not sense of humor, her see-through
is found, which Gillis said will prob- COURTESY RICE NEWS been set. student who gave her shorts, her nasty hair, her hand-
ably be between eight and 12 Interim Provost David Minter The students have already been writing ... everything about her
a bad evaluation ?
months. learn in the meantime," Minter said. contacted for interviews by bugs me."
"What we look for in a provost at Minter first came to Rice if! 1967 national media outlets, including No. This is the same "Last I heard, the first amend-
a place like Rice is 1 — an outstand- after a stint as a lecturer in English USA Today and NBC "Dateline." ment allows us to say what we
ing scholar who has the respect of and American studies at Yale Uni- Wingenroth is seeking un- sort of situation.' feel," Hardin said. "Imagine if a
others, and 2—a person recognized versity. specified actual and punitive student criticized a teacher to an-
for great honesty and integrity," Gil- In 1980, he left to serve as dean of damages for claims including in- — Rusty Hardin other student and the university
lis said. "David Minter is both of Emory College and vice president of flammatory defamation, con- Attorney for the fired that teacher for being a bad
these. Also, he knows about the busi- arts and sciences at Emory Univer- spiracy to interfere with a con- 14 student defendants teacher. Could she sue the stu-
ness of academic leadership." sity, where he was responsible for tract and intentional infliction of dent who gave her a bad evalua-
emotional distress. tion? No. This is the same sort of
Minter said he has been meeting student recruitment and the
According to the suit, situation.
with Auston to learn about what his development of both faculty and
new position will entail. "I'm still courses. Wingenroth claims that she first Wingenroth claims that Covington "This case makes it no longer
quarreled with swimmers in made it her mission to get safe to say what we feel via e-mail,"
getting a sense of what all is in- Minter returned to Rice in 1990.
March 1995 at a party where she Wingenroth fired. he said. "Be careful, you never
volved and I think by the time I take In the 1995-'96 academic year, Minter
said she saw some swimmers us- "The suit is full of stories de- know who will read it."
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1999
UNIV. COURT AT LARGE HONOR COUNCIL AT LARGE
(choose 3) (choose 3)
Christine Gibert • Kelly Bolen •
Hey Rice! My name is Christine Gibert and I'm running for U-Court At- My name is Kelly Bolen, and I'm running for at large representative to the
Large Rep. I have been on U-Court as an at-large rep. for the last year, I've really honor council. Although I've never served on the honor council before, I would
enjoyed the experience, and I'd love to do it again. To me, the most important be a good representative because of my true interest in integrity. Rice students
thing about U-Court is that it gives us the privilege of governing ourselves. work hard, and our degrees should reflect this, without being tarnished by the
We're really lucky to be able to experiment with the responsibilities of adults actions of a few. I want the honor code to continue to be both effective and fair.
and not have to deal with HPD if we make mistakes now and then. I don't want I have the time and energy to attend any and all trials necessary. I pride myself
to be on U-Court because it makes me happy to assign community service hours to my friends. on being open to both sides of an issue, and I don't think that the honor council is something
I want to be your representative to make sure Rice remains the kind of environment where we which should be taken lightly. I hope that you give me the chance to serve.
can handle our own alcohol and property issues internally, because it's a lot better than the
alternative. Please vote! Thanks. Jessie Dirks
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Paul Hess , •
Dinah Mack —: •
9 Lisa Hsieh
Hi! I'd like to let you know that I would appreciate the opportunity to m
continue serving you as an at-large representative on the University Court. I
Nathan Susnow
am Dinah Mack, a pre-law, political science major from Hanszen College and
a new studeat representative for the Student Association. As a current
University Court Justice, I seek fair and equitable decisions on matters which
come before the court. I will continue to do so with your support. Thank you
in advance for your vote. Keep hope alive and follow your dreams...wherever they lead you.
RPC EXTERNAL VP
Dinah Mack
Dan McCallum
Anisha Patel
Porfiry, Holmes, Watson, Drew, Wolfe, Brown, Poirot, Doright, McBeal, a
Wapner, Judy, Kojak, Magnum, Mason, Clouseau, Cochran, Rehnquist, I've been very involved in RPC this past year, serving on the Spirit and
O'Conner, and Boys, as in, The Hardy: Morale Committee and co-coordinating Willy's Birthday Party. I am dedicated
to the club and would like to see it involve more Rice students. RPC does a lot
Amateurs. for the Rice campus, and I hope to continue and improve the traditions.
I currently serve on the University Court as a Junior Class Justice. Vote for me and put an
experienced candidate back on "the bench."
Chioma Okereke RPC INTERNAL VP
Hi, my name is Chioma Okereke and I would like to be yoi| University Court
representative. For the past three years I have had the privilege of serving you Ginger Chao
on the University Court. During this past year I was the University Courtis
Vice-Chair and investigator. This position gave me deeper insight and appre-
If you saw someone running around like crazy during Willy's Birthday
ciation for the concerns of the different parties involved in matters that came
Party, it was probably me-1 was one of the co-coordinators of the RPC event.
before University Court. In my opinion, the most important attribute a justice
This year in RPC, I have also been a member of the Arts and Entertainment
should have is the ability to both listen and participate. When a decision is reached, in order to
Committee. As Internal VP, I will make sure that RPC continues to sponsor
be confident that you arrived at the right decision you must be certain that you projected your
exciting events.
thoughts on the matter. Sitting quietly and actively listening to others cannot be underrated
either because of what each decision implies for the student charged and the Rice community
as a whole.
With regards to the variety and sheer number of matters heard, the University Court has
RPC TREASURER
been in flux but over the years its objectives have remained constant. In the University Court
we aim to provide a harmonious environment for the members of the Rice community by
carefully considering and deliberating over each matter we hear and by consistently stressing
constructive over merely punitive sanctions. Dan Street
I believe my experience on the University Court would enable me to do a great job if I were
to be reelected. I hope you will provide me with the opportunity to serve you once again. Thank
My name is Dan Street and I am running- for RPC treasurer. I am a
you.
sophomore at Will Rice College, and have been involved with RPC this year as
Kyle Voosen a college representative. As RPC treasurer, I would like to work to make formal
dances at Rice less expensive so that the entire student body can afford to
participate in them. I would accomplish this goal by working to streamline the
RPC budget, trying to cut extraneous events and expenses and redirecting the
RPC's focus to an area where the students will feel its impact the most. I am qualified for this
SAMMY THE OWL position not only because I have served on the RPC in the past, but because I have managed the
Will Rice theater budget this year, supervising the execution of two productions. This
experience has taught me the value of good ideas combined with effective bookkeeping, and
I hope to impart this to the RPC next year. Please vote for me.
Gretchen Imel, Posey Martinez & Joanna Rees
Agnes Wang
Naomi Toledo & Susan Egeland (asst.)
• Who doesn't like working with cash? I sure do, love the nearly orgasmic
smell of fresh greenbacks. Mmmmmmmm. Really though, I do like working
with financial affairs. I've been on the Arts & Entertainment, Willy's Birthday
Hey Rice! Football games a bore? Need a reason to go, a
and Formals committees this past year for RPC. I really want to be involved
little exhilaration, a little more spirit at times? You've got your
with RPC in the coming year, just in a different way (new positions are always
next mascot right here, Rice - Naomi Toledo. Ever been to a
exciting, no?). Will l<5Ve to be your RPC treasurer!
Lovett powder puff game? She never played, but BOY could
that girl cheer and get the crowd pumped up. Our team is what?
DY-NO-MITE!!!
Ever met Naomi? Hmm... Energetic to say the least. Gregarious. Fun. Just a plain ol'good CAMPANILE EDITOR
time at parties, and she doesn't even drink! (She's high on God, she says...) She was the security
guard at Beer Bike eating the dog biscuits. No one's more willing tdNsmbarrass herself on
ESPN. Full of spirit, maybe a little too much, and just a really nice person that wants to be your
Jamie Battling & Rosemary Casler
next mascot because it would mean the world to her. Vote Naomi. Because you don't just get
Naomi. This fabulous prize package also includes...
Susan Egeland! 12% of you wrote her in for SA president. She's the replacement for Ginger We would like to serve as your Campanile editors for next year. We realize that with this
that the Spice Girls need. She's full of life, and the perfect addition to the next mascot family. position comes a great deal of responsibility, but by splitting the duties we will make the job
When Naomi can't be there, Susan will be. When Naomi's dehydrated, Susan will be too! What more manageable. This year we shared the role of Assistant Editor/ Picture Yourself Editor. In
more do you want, people? addition to our year on the Campanile staff, we both played an active role in the production of
Sammy the Owl. The most important election of all. Take your vote seriously and vote our respectiv?high school yearbooks. We look forward to creating a book that has something
for Naomi Toledo and her assistant Susan Egeland. Because Sammy's so much cooler than for everyone. Our top priority will be to make sure that the book comes out on time!
Bevo and that stupid aggie. Keep him that way. Vote Naomi and Susan.
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