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Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 18
SINCE 1916
Friday, January 26, 2001
Beer-Bike parade
changes approved
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Large trucks are out and flatbed
trailers are in for this year's Beer-
Bike parade. The Beer-Bike coordi-
nators unanimously approved
changes to the Beer-Bike rules Sun-
day night.
Each college will be limited to
one flatbed trailer pulled by a tractor
and one decorative vehicle in the
parade. Rules regarding water bal-
loons were not changed.
Ten students will be allowed on
each flatbed. Beer-Bike coordinators
must submit the names of these stu-
dents one week before the parade to
the Beer-Bike co-chairs, Sid Rich-
ardson College senior Daniel
Attaway and Hanszen College junior
Merritt McAlister. Students who ride
on the flatbed will not be allowed to
drink alcohol on the morning of the
parade. Attaway said the primary
responsibility of these students will
be to hand out water balloons to
members of their college.
Attaway said the change to
flatbeds was made to increase safety.
One benefit of the tractor is that
drivers will have much better visibil-
ity than they had with the trucks.
Sec PARADE, Page 7
Gym uniforms required
Kinesiology department to be reorganized
by Meghan Miller
THRESHER STAFF
Many students were surprised to
walk into Autry Court last week and
see signs telling them that purple
and blue gym uniforms are still man-
datory.
Last semester, the kinesiology
department decided uniforms would
no longer be required for people
who are exercising or playing intra-
niuial sports in the gym. The deci-
sion stemmed from an idea proposed
by the Student Association Sports
and Health committee.
But the reorganization of the ki-
nesiology department has pre-
vented those changes from happen-
ing.
The Office of Student Affairs will
take over the management of physi-
cal activities programs and facility
supervision duties, effective July 1.
This will allow the kinesiology de-
partment, a division of the School of
Humanities, to focus more on teach-
ing and research, said a statement
issued by interim Dean of Humani-
ties Gale Stokes and Vice President
for Student Affairs Zenaido Cama-
cho.
Discussion on changing the uni-
form policy has been tabled in favor
of discussing more pressing issues.
"There are more important things
going on in that restructuring than
getting our uniforms changed," SA
Senator Lindsay Cover said. "We're
going to try to get it done, but it's not
going be as soon as we had hoped."
Cover, who heads the SA Sports
and Health Committee, had previ-
ously announced that the uniforms
would probably become optional by
this semester at the Nov. 13 SAmeet-
ing. The committee also reported at
the meeting that increased supervi-
sion at the gym will better ensure
patrons' safety. Also, it reported that
some students do not use the gym
See UNIFORMS, Page 9
Pulp-free
SARAH AHRENS/THRESHER
Designer Karim Rashid's exhibition PleasurScape opened in the Rice Art Gallery in Sewall Hall yesterday. In
1999, Rashid, who describes his work as "a metaphor for a continuous world," was recognized as one of the
ten most creative furniture designers working today, through the George Nelson Design Award. The exhibition
wili be in the gallery until Feb. 25.
New bagels introduced in colleges
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
They may still be round with a
hole in the middle, but plenty has
changed with the new bagels that
College Food Service is providing in
the residential colleges.
New York Bagel Shop, a local
bakery, now produces the bagels
served in the colleges instead of
Einstein Bros. Bagels, a national
chain that has supplied the bagels
since the beginning of the 1998-'99
school year.
According to Resident Dining
Manager Julie Bogar, billing prob-
lems with Einstein made the change
necessary. "We just had ongoing
billing problems with Einstein's —
the accuracy and the correctness,"
Bogar said.
However. Bogar said she believes
there has been no change in the
quality of bagels. "We were really
lucky to get New York bagels to
deliver to us again," Bogar said.
New York Bagel Shop delivered
bagels to Rice in the early 1990s and
stopped delivering for pragmatic
reasons that have since been re-
solved.
However, several students have
sent e-mail to Food and Housing to
either complain or ask questions
about the new bagels.
Every morning, New York Ba-
gel Shop delivers about five dozen
fresh bagels to each of the residen-
tial colleges. Rice buys plain,
sesame seed, cinnamon raisin, ba-
nana nut, blueberry, whole wheat,
chocolate chip and oat bran ba-
gels.
Rebecca Scheiner, assistant di-
rector of Food Operations, said the
new bagels are a different type of
bagel. "This bagel is a true Jewish
bagel, and the other one is a very
Americanized-type bagel," Scheiner
said.
New York Bagel Shop, which has
been in Houston since 1975, is owned
See BAGELS, Page 8
ROB GADDI/THRESHER
This way to Omaha
Ail-American right hander Kenny Baugh, back for his senior year after flirting with professional baseball over the
summer, leads the Rice baseball team Into the 2001 season. The Owls, ranked as high as No. 7 In the country,
kick off the season Thursday when they battle 16th-ranked Baylor University at the Astros College Classic at
Enron Field, the downtown home of the Houston Astros. See Baseball Preview, Pages 13-16.
Presidents organize forums
about sexual harassment
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The Student Association Senate
and college cabinets wiH hold dis-
cussions about the campus climate
toward sexual harassment issues
during the next month, according to
a plan presented by Will Rice Col-
lege President Eden King at
Monday's SA meeting.
In addition, a cheers contest will
be held at each college in an effort to
create new cheers in time for Beer-
Bike.
The SAplan includes discussions
at SA meetings on Feb. 5 and Feb. 19
and at college cabinets between
those dates. The presidents will draft
a statement, which should be final-
ized Feb. 26.
"I helped make this plan in hopes
that we could begin a discussion
about the environment at Rice and
ways that it could be improved," King
See DISCUSSION, Page 9
INSIDE
Deadline for adding
a course without fee
The deadline to add a course
for free is today. Adding a
course will cost $10 Jan. 29-
Feb. 9, after which it will cost
$30. The deadline to drop a
course without a fee is Feb. 9.
Weekend Weather
Today
Cloudy, 61-70 degrees
Saturday
Showers, 56-60 degrees
Sunday
Scattered showers, 62-67 degrees
SPORTS Page 17
Owls hope to recover at home
A&E Page 23
"Snatch" will grab you
LIFESTYLES Page 25
Fox Diner finds a new home
Quote of the Week
"A broken foot is much better
than death."
— University Beer-Bike Coordi-
nator Daniel Attaway, on the
safety of the flatbed trailers in the
parade. See Story, Page 1.
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