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6 Friday, November 13.1987 THRESHER News
UH football team
could play at Rice
Inside Rice stadium
Who's Who honors announced
Fifty-four Rice University stu-
dents have been selected to appear in
the 1988 edition of Who's Who
Among Students in American Univer-
sities and Colleges. They were cho-
sen from a sizable number of juniors,
seniors, and graduate students nomi-
nated by masters, departments, ad-
ministrators, and other students. The
recipients were notified of the honor
this week; certificates will be
awarded through the colleges and the
Office of Graduate Programs.
The Who's Who Board desig-
nated Rice's quota of recipients based
on current enrollment. As stipulated
in the Student Association
Constitution, a committee of admin-
istrators, faculty, and students se-
lected the recipients, considering
scholarship, service, and leadership.
colleges and include three graduate
students.
This year's selections are: John
Andrew Abikhaled; M. Sofia
Adrogue; Paul J. Buenaflor; Teresa
D. Canfield; Michael D. Capistran;
Jorge L. Contreras; Lawrence Char-
les Cowsar; Laurel Dawn Cronk;
William A. Davis; Tri Anh Dinh
Laura J. Dresser; Glenn E. Dukes
Benita M. Falls; Edith Lee Feldman
Stephanie Fiorenza; Gerald Fowler
Kevin M. Gass; Stacy B. Gistrap; Carl
Gooch; Lisa Gray; Spencer H.
Greene.
Others included Colvin Guy Har-
din; Gregory R. Heath; Timothy M.
IE; Jessica Harrison Howard; Tanya
Huang; Janet Lee Jackson; Todd
Richard Jones; Andy Karsner; An-
drew D. Kopplin; Charles C.
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by Michele Wucker
If lease negotiations with the Hous-
ton Sports Association fail, the Uni-
versity of Houston football team may
consider using Rice Stadium, accord-
ing to UH Athletic Director Rudy
Davalos. However, Davalos said he is
"optimistic" about negotiations for
renewing the Cougars' lease at the
Astrodome.
The Cougars' present lease at the
Astrodome expires at the end of this
football season.
Davalos said he has spoken "casu-
ally" with Rice Associate Athletic
Director Bobby May about moving
the Cougars to the stadium. "I have
talked to Bobby May very casually
this summer, and he asked me if we'd
consider playing there," said Dav-
alos.
May was unavailable for comment
but told the Houston Post, "If they
really wanted to move over here, I
think we could make the financial
arrangement to allow that"
When the Houston Oilers negoti-
ated a more favorable contract at the
Astrodome after they threatened to
move to Jacksonville, Florida, UH
officials became more optimistic
about the prospects for a better lease
for the Cougars, according to Dav-
alos.
Davalos said he hopes negotiations
will be completed by January at the
earliest, and February at the latest.
"We're hoping that we would be
treated comparably to the Oilers," he
said.
Under the Cougars' present lease,
the school pays HS A15 percent of the
first $66,000 in ticket sales and 10
percent of the rest of sales. The uni-
versity receives nothing from park-
ing, concessions, and advertising
revenues.
Davalos would not comment on
any of UH's specific goals in reaching
an agreement on a new lease. "Wejust
want to be treated equally," he said.
He said that if UH could not reach
an agreement with HSA, the Cougars
would consider several options for re-
location.
Robertson Stadium, on the UH
campus, does not meet National Col-
legiate Athletic Association Di^sion
I-A standards for minimum seating. It
is estimated that it could cost up to $20
million to add the 8,000 extra seats to
meet the 30,000 seat minimum. Rice
Stadium, on the other hand, seats
70,000 people.
One of the biggest problems with
bringing the UH team to Rice would
be having two Southwest Conference
teams sharing ahome stadium. In that
situation, one team could be consid-
ered the visiting team in its own home
stadium.
During a 15-year period from 1950
to 1965, UH played football at the
Rice Stadium. Davalos said he didn't
know specifics about that arrange-
ment, but did say the games "drew big
crowds."
"There will always be a number of
people who like a certain place, and
those who don't like it," he said.
Brown bathrooms cause problem
by Leigh Anne Duck
Many residents of Brown College
are dissatisfied with the placement of
the bathrooms, but the inconvenience
cannot be remedied until the next aca-
demic year. The college, which ad-
mitted males for the first time this
year, is trying^o find a solution.
Any solution will probably require
construction in the bathrooms, which
cannot be done until this summer.
"We've got a committee forming a
proposal for next year," said Kim
Miller, who is chairing the commit-
tee. "We have to have permanent
proposals for bathroom changes by the wrong bathroom," said Miller.
December 6."
Currently, the bathrooms on the
third and fourth floors are designated
for male i^e, and those on the second
and fifth floors are for females: These
designations will be reversed next
semester.
Residents are unhappy about hav-
ing to climb the stairs every time they
wish to use the bathroom, and many
simply go to the one that is nearest, re-
gardless of whether it is meant for
their use. "The court was swamped
with complaints about people using
The bathrooms are meant to be
single-sex, and any offenders of the
policy are subject to fining. "The
Board of Governors has frowned
upon co-ed bathrooms," Miller said.
"Parents were told that the bath-
rooms would be single-sex, so there's
-really nothing else we can do right
now," said Miller. "People who
didn't like climbing the stairs were
raising a commotion, but it's calmed
down some. The biggest thing that
people keep saying is that this college
was not designed for co-ed living."
Proposal shifts enforcement role
continued from page 1
Davis noted.
Disch said the proposal takes pres-
sure off the campus police and the
college social coordinators as the sole
enforcers of the policy.
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Stebbings agreed, saying the only
way to ensure that the alcohol policy
works is through student compliance
and student monitoring.
James Disch, Richardson College
master and chairman of the advisory
committee, said the policy is not in-
tended to use the monitors to "point
fingers" at specific individuals, but to
make students responsible for their
own actions. "Students are not im-
mune to responsibility once they get
to Rice," Disch said. "We all have to
comply with Rice policy and Texas
law. There's no way around that."
Jump, a member of the original
Alcohol Policy Ad-Hoc Committee,
said the initial objective of the alcohol
policy was student responsibility for
the policy. This proposal, she said,
achieves that objective.
Initial studeriHfeaction to the pro-
posal has been positive. Wiess fresh-
man David French said, "I think it's a.
good idea because it strives for fair-
ness and effectiveness, and reliable
students are a means to that end. Since
nobody will know who the students
[monitors] are, this program keeps the
alcohol policy enforced but doesn't
give an atmosphere of a school ad-
ministration crackdown that constant
monitoring by campos might."
Lynne Weekes, a Jones senior, said
it shouldn't be the responsibility of
the masters or faculty to enforce the
policy. "It seems to me that the cam-
pus police have other things to be con-
cerned with. If the students agree to be
student monitors, I see no problem
with it....I guess that's the only solu-
tion," she said.
Jump, Stebbings, and Disch all
stressed the importance of coopera-
tion to make the policy work.
"I believe that of-age students
should be able to drink if they want
to," said Jump. "We came up with as
liberal a policy as possible which
follows the law. Some time soon stu-
dents need to understand the policy
and make it work,-.or else eventually
we'll need to get rid of it and go di%
with complete enforcement."
Stebbings said, "I don't see a dry
campus on the horizon because I am
optimistic [that students will com-
ply]-"
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Raphael, Michael J. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1987, newspaper, November 13, 1987; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245678/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.