The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1991 Page: 9 of 20
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1991 9
Student-founded Coffeehouse celebrates one year anniversary
by Katie Krolikowski
The Coffeehouse celebrates its
one year anniversary this Monday
with a combination Christmas/
birthday party complete with birth-
day cake and eggnog.
To mark the occasion, Sammy's
has prepared wassail and petit fores
and a special Christmas free made
Sinem Eryilmaz, Wiess college
junior and one of the managers said,
"Because the Coffeehouse's very
young, we're still not getting much
help and we cannot pay anyone."
Eryilmaz said the main problem
is not having a permanent place of
business, like the Pub does.
"If we had a home, we could serve
our customers better and serve for
more hours. With what we have,
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entirely out or fresh fruit Also, The
Night Owls, a Rice based a capella
singing group will perform in honor
of the anniversary.
The Coffeehouse started in the
mind of a senior two years ago as the
idea of a non-alcoholic social activity
for Rice students.
Dean of Students Sarah Burnett
liked the idea, and asked Sarah
Nelson Crawford, director of student
activities, to organize the group of
students who wanted to help out
During the final two weeks of last
year's fall semester, the Coffeehouse
opened on a trial basis and attracted
many students.
TTie Coffeehouse opened for
regular business at the start of Janu-
ary, 1991 headed by Director of Food
and Housing Marion Hicks. Don De-
grutolla, Marty Vest and Cornelius
1f we had a home, we
could serve our
customers better and
serve for more hours.
With what we have,
though, we're doing
very well'
-Coffeehouse Manager
Sinem Eryilmaz
Jones, who are in charge of Sammy's,
were very supportive of the endeavor
and continue to provide cookies to
the Coffeehouse to this day.
The Coffeehouse, however, is
entirely student run.
though, we're doing very well," she
said.
The Space Allocations Commit-
tee isworking on finding a space, but
nothing definite has been decided.
Crawford said, The Coffeehouse and
those involved have appreciated the
enthusiasm of the administration so
far, and hopefully, with their support,
the Coffeehouse can soon have its
own place."
Eryilmaz stated that at the present
time, there are many students who
are regulars at the Coffeehouse but
Sid Richardson students drink coffee at the Coffeehouse last year. The Coffeehouse was founded as an alternative to
alcohol-oriented social activities.
there are still many people who have
never been.
"This is a place where all the Rice
community can come to have a drink
and chat Some people are concerned
about the image, they think that the
Coffeehouse is too artsy. The Coffee-
house is for everyone," she said.
Case categories removed
from campus crime report
by Alyson Goodwin
The Campus Police have recently
removed the designations of "open,"
"closed," "active," and "inactive" from
the cases in the weekly crime statis-
tics. Chief Mary Voswinkel explained
that readers who were unfamiliar with
police terminology could misinter-
pret the labels.
Chief Voswinkel defined the four
possible designations. Only when a
case is marked "closed" is the in-
vestigation actually over. This occurs
when "the complainant doesn't want
to file charges, the report proves
unsubstantiated, or charges have
been filed," she said.
An "open* case is one where there
is "still an on-going investigation" and
where "more information can be
gained." A case moves to "active"
status when the police are "in the
process of gaining this information."
An "active" label usually means that
the investigation is close to the point
CAMPUS CRIME STATISTICS
Covering the period 11/11-11/17
Date Time Location Description
11/117:30 a.m. Sewall
11/126:30 p.m. Campus
11/16 unknown Wiess
11/171:10 a.m. LotR
11/174:57 p.m. LotO
11/1611:20 p.m.
11/176 p.m.
Theft—Complainant reported suspect
stole a high-density floppy disk drive. No
forced entry. No witnesses. No suspects.
Credit card abuse—Officers made an in-
vestigative stop. The suspect was found to
be in possession of a credit card that he
was not authorized to possess. Suspect
was arrested and charged. The suspect
was charged with five additional felony
charges in a previous case.
Harassment—Complainant reported that
suspect left an obscene message on an
answering machine. No witnesses. No
suspects.
Burglary of motor vehicle—Complainant
reported suspect (s) forced entry into ve-
hicle. Suspect broke the steering column
in an attempt to steal the vehicle. No wit-
nesses. No suspects.
♦Theft—Complainant reported suspect(s)
stole his rear tires from his vehicle. No
witnesses. No suspects.
Lot P Evading arrest—Suspect refused
to stop for an emergency vehicle. After the
suspect was stopped, he fled the scene on
a second occasion.
Anderson Hall Arson—Suspect(s) started a fire
inside Anderson Hall. The fire was started
with trash. No witnesses. No suspects.
So far this year, according to Shaila
Dewan, Baker college junior and the
entertainment and events manager,
the Coffeehouse is doing great.
Dewan said, "It immediately became
an institution at Rice."
Special promotion events occur
periodically, such as faculty waiting
night and New Orleans night
Nights tentatively planned for the
future include Istanbul night and
Vienna night
Hours for the Coffeehouse are
Sunday and Monday,10 p.m. tol2
a.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 10
p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
of charges being filed, Voswinkel
explained.
The "inactive" label is the most
ambiguous. Voswinkel said this
means that, "all leads have been
worked." She added, "Normally, a
case is moved to inactive fairly rapidly,
after all leads have been exhausted."
She stressed that this does not mean
the case is discarded. If new devel-
opments occur, the case can be re-
turned to "open" or "active" status.
According to Voswinkel, police
procedures for inactive cases vary.
In some cases, the department "ac-
tively 9eeks information," while in
others the police "check back with
the complainant periodically." Often,
as in cases involving obscene tele-
phone calls, the police leave the com-
plainant "instructions to call with any
new information."
A compilation of all cases which
are currently in "open" or "inactive"
statuswas not available because these
records are not fully computerized.
Books
FROM PAGE 1
In the past, the SA has solicited
the help of the eight college senators
as well as other SA officers, but
Shields hopes to get more students
involved.
The SA senate has been the core
of our volunteer pool, but there have
been many people who haved helped
with the co-op in the past" he said.
Despite past success and popular-
ity, Shields expressed some concern.
"Its hard for us to gauge the turnout
because its been growing constantly
in the past two years, but since we're
only accepting spring semester books
and many students already turned
theirs' in last semester, its hard to
know."
'' Regardless of the turnout the SA
plans to sell the books they collect as
well as those spring semester books
they are currently storing next se-
mester in the Farnsworth Pavillion
from 1 to 4 p.m. January 6 through
January 10. There will also be a
designated time before 1 January 6
where students who wish to retrieve
unsold books that they donated can
do so, according to Merritt McRey-
noJds.
The GSA office will be open and
accepting books from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, December 11 through
Saturday, December 14 and from 1
p.m. until 3 p.m. the following Mon-
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