The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1994 Page: 4 of 16
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4 FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1994 THE RICE THRESHER
NEWS
Students'juggling act brightens lives of hospitalized kids
by Ron Dror
When the Rice Children's Theatre
Troupe performed at the Shriners
Hospital for Crippled Children last
Saturday, the actors expected most of
their audience to arrive in wheelchairs.
"What we weren't expecting was
that only one of them understood
English," said theatrical director
Anneliese Davis, a Sid Richardson
College junior.
The troupe, a group of eight Rice
students formed to entertain children
at local hospitals and shelters, deliv-
ered its first two performances last
weekend.
Large d ifferences between the two
audiences posed a challenge to the
group, but did not hinder the success
of either performance. The actors
are really, really good at adapting to
the different sizes of audiences. ...
They change the whole story around
while they're acting," Davis said.
The Saturday performance was
saved by Noemi Dominguez, a Will
Rice College junior and the group's
only Spanish-speaking member.
Dominguez translated the dialogue of
the three short stories the troupe per-
formed, and enabled the young audi-
ence to participate in the show. e
Aud ience participation is a key part
of the performance, stresses Hanszen
College sophomore Elle Marie
Schollnberger, the troupe's founder.
In "Rumpelstiltskin," for example,
the princess asks the children to help
her guess Rumpelstiltskin's name.
Children at the Shriners Hospital sug-
gested Spanish names such as P&quito
and Hurricano. "Michael Jackson" was
a popular choice among children at
the Institute for Rehabilitation and
Research, where the troupe performed
last Friday.
In the story of "Clever Tomand the
Leprechaun," children pretend they
are bushes, and help the leprechaun
keep Tom from finding the
leprechaun's infamous pot of gold.
The little kids love it They think
it's hysterical They love being called
bushes and they think it's great that
the gold's hidden under them," Davis
said.
Between the skits, Hanszen sopho-
more and magician Adrian Crowne
performed tricks which appealed to
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Rice Children's Theatre Troupe members Adrian Crowne, Michelle O'Hara and Chris Wen practice for an upcoming show.
Colleges gain from loss of Bonner
by Michael Bogaisky
To ease the loss of computing fa-
cilities at Bonner Nuclear Labora-
tory, Computing Services staff will
soon give computers to all eight resi-
dential colleges and the Graduate
House that can be connected to
Owinet
According to Owinet Project Man-
ager Joseph Watters, the labs should
be open by the middle of March.
The college labs are to replace
lionner, which is scheduled to be torn
down to make room for a new Com-
puter and Information Technology
Institute building. Bonner will keep
its computers until this summer when
the lab will be dismantled.
Tom Anderson, Brown College
computer representative, said Owinet
administrators created a discussion
group on the Owinet news server last
semester to field suggestionsconcern-
ing the use of Bonner's equipment
after it was closed. The idea for the
residential labs came from this dis-
cussion group.
"A lot of students had at various
times been requesting more conve-
nient access to Owinet resources, and
each college did already have its own
space available which they were ei-
ther currently using as a computer lab
or were willing to use as a computer
lab," Watters said.
"So starting late last year since
right before Christmas we've been
working with each college to create a
lab."
Watters held a meeting with col-
lege computer representatives on Jan.
14 in which he first outlined the entire
plan. The college cabinets have also
been asked to approve the labs.
"We've already contacted the mas-
ters; they all agree with this," Watters
said. "I've had some contact with the
college governments and several of
them have responded that they agree
with this. We expect all of them to do
so."
According to Watters, each lab ini-
tially will receive two Sun SPARC LX
workstations. Over the summer, as
Bonner is dismantled, each lab will
receive three additional Sun 3/50 X-
Terminals. ^
These terminals will be connected
to Owinet and have full access to the
Internet Any existing computer equip
ment the colleges own will lje inte-
grated into the new lab.
"We want to work with the equip
ment the colleges already have, so
we're going to network the
Macintoshes some colleges already
own and connect them to the campus
network," Watters said.
Food and Housing is working with
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Bonner lab faces the wrecking ball, but the colleges are getting its computers.
Owinet on this project Bob Truscott
F&H residential college coordinator,
oversees the construction of the col-
lege facilities. Some college computer
rooms will require architectural
changes or remodeling in order to fit
the new labs.
F&H also will be putting in lights
and carpeting, and painting walls
where necessary, in addition to set-
ting up computer tables and other
furniture. Truscott declined to com
ment on the project
Some colleges have already begun
the process of developing an Owinet
link. Both Hanszen and Lovett col-
leges already have access to Owinet
and the Internet largely as a result of
student initiative.
Hanszen-Net a project carried out
and funded by Hanszen, has created a
network separate from Owinet which
services 160 users.
According to Hanszen's Computer
Committee Chair Robert Dana, Han-
szen began a long-term project to up-
grade its computer facilities three
years ago when the Hanszen Cabinet
approved $8,000 for a computer net-
work.
Shell Oil donated a Sun server and
the Houston Chronicle offered 10 X-
Terminals.
They gave us really old equip
ment" Dana sad. "Half of it didn't
work." Hanszen spent an additional
$4,000 on a Sunserver SPARC and
other equipment
Taking advantage of university
plans to run fiber-optic cable to every
building on campus, Hanszen put in a
request with the Office of Computing
Services to connect Hanszen-Net
through this cable to Owinet and the
Internet
The link was created in April 1993.
Dana estimates that Hanszen received
about $16,000 in free computer equip-
ment and labor with the additional
help from Mudd.
With the Owinet link, Dana said,
"We're a different network but any-
thingyou can do on Owinet we can do
on Hanszen-Net"
Both Lovett andJonesCo liege also
have network links to every room.
Eventually, all colleges will receive
the necessary cables for access to
Owinet
SEE BONNER PAGE 6
News in brief
VP meets with Brown
Vice President for Finance and
Administration Dean Currie met with
Brown College students Jan. 28 in
response to their petition protesting
the plan to split their coed bathrooms.
Currie encouraged students to give
their input to John Stone of Mitchell
Carlson Architects, who will be rede-
signing the bathrooms.
"Basically, we agreed on a lot of
things, but he said we may disagree in
the end," said Brown President
Rachele Harless.
About200 Brown members signed
a petition last week, asking the admin-
istration to consider alternatives to
the plan to split Brown's coed bath-
rooms into single-sex facilities.
— by Kate Hallgren
Council clarifies policy
The Honor Council voted 14-1 to
approve the following policy state-
ment
"Any suitable condition may be
used as a mitigating circumstance, so
long as the council has not previously
agreed not to use it
"In particular, both severity of vio-
lation, relative to other violations, and
unprompted self-accusation can be
used as mitigating circumstances.
"Also, as has been agreed earlier,
cooperation, signs of rehabilitation,
scholarships and academic stress are
not allowable as mitigating circum-
stances."
FBI recruiter to speak
FBI recruiter Rolando Moss will
discuss interviewing at the next meet-
ing of ADVANCE, or Advocating Di-
versity and Assisting Career Explora-
tion.
The meeting is today at 12 p.m. in
the Ley Student Center's Miner
Lounge.
Erratum
A photo on page 14 of last week's Thresherwas incorrectly credited. It
was taken by Bemie Yoo.
Parking lots
8:45 a.m. - 6:15 p.m. Jan. 26
12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28
Colleges
12 -10 p.m.
Crime on campus
Academic buildings
9:30 p.m. Jan. 23 I
Man exposed himself.
5:15 Jan. 25 - 4:40 p.m. Jan. 26 Wallet stolen from locked locker.
Vehicle stolen. Entry was forced.
Vehicle stolen. Entry was forced.
Locked bike stolen from rack.
RPC Notes
The Rice Program Council met on Monday. The following were discussed:
• An addendum to the RPC calendar has been issued to the colleges.
• Willy's Pub needs band and publicity coordinators.
• The New Year's social was canceled do to budget constraints.
• More than 60 people-signed up for the Breckenridge, Colo., ski trip
for spring break.
• A raffle to raise funds for a student lecture series is planned for the
fall.
• The- Crush Party is 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. tomorrow in the Rice Memorial
Center's Grand Hall.
• Comedy Night is Tuesday.
• Rondelet will be March 19 at the Plaza Hilton. The theme will be
"Where the Sidewalk Ends."
• The RP6 will be selling $1 carnations this week for Valentine's Day.
• The Student Center Oriental Food Buffet is today. The cost is $5.95,
which can be taken from a meal p|an.
• The RPC appropriated $1,500 for the Crush Party, $42 for printing
the addendum and $215 for Porky's.
Next meeting: Feb. 13 at 9 p.m. in Baker College
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