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8 FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995 THE RICE THRESHER
NEWS
Faculty warned of letter bombs
News in brief
by Patricia Lin
Rice faculty members were
warned to check their mail for suspi-
cious packages that may contain
bombs after the Campus Police re-
ceived word that a New Jersey ad-
vertising executive died when a
bomb exploded in his mail early
December 1994.
Flyers were posted in all the aca-
demic departments to advise faculty
members of the possible danger.
The FBI circulated information to
universities because they believe the
perpetrator is the same person who
has been mailing bombs to people
affiliated with universities and air-
lines over the past 16 years.
"Since so many of this person's
victims are connected with universi-
ties and since we have so many
prominent people on our faculty who
may be exposed to hostility they
don't know about, we decided to
take precautions," Campus Police
Chief Mary Voswinkel said.
The FBI code name for the case
is "UNABOMB," indicating the usual
university (UN) and airline (A) tar-
gets. Except for the New Jersey inci-
dent, the bomber's 14 other targets
have been affiliated with airlines and
universities, beginning with the
University of Illinois in Chicago in
May of 1978 and including Ameri-
can Airlines, Boeing, the University
of California at Berkeley, Northwest-
ern University and Yale University.
So far two people have been killed,
23 injured.
FBI is currently following up sev-
eral leads.
Greg Mader, director of delivery
services at Rice, was unaware that
faculty members were on the look-
out for suspicious packages.
"I was not told about the incident,
but then all our employees have been
trained to look for such things. We
have signs posted in employee areas
listing the things we should look for.
A lot of times such packages will be
soiled or be addressed strangely.
They often also have international
return addresses; I don'tknow why,"
Mader said.
FBI Special Agent Jim Conway
cautioned people to look for exces-
sive postage, excessive packaging,
misspelled titles and names and un-
even packaging as well.
Conway said all the bombs came
from the same source but mailed
from different places. "We know it's
the UNABOMBer for sure because
of the signature of the bomb and
because he always writes the letters
FT on the bomb," Conway said.
No suspicious packages have
turned up at Rice, Mader said. "We
haven't seen any, and I don't know
that it's ever happened here."
Voswinkel said Rice has received
a number of suspicious packages in
the past, but none turned out to be
dangerous. 'This should have no
real effect on day-to-day administra-
tive duties," Voswinkel said. "We
just want to protect our faculty."
RSVP Opportunities
• Carolyn Hauptman is looking for volunteers to help care for an elderly mother who has cancer. Call 864-
3927 for details. You do not need to take on this project by yourself, and the hours are flexible.
• ESL wants to train more tutors to help college staff learn English during their afternoon break. Cgll Jennie
King for more information.
• Outreach Day is Feb. 25. We need project coordinators. We will be doing sign ups Feb. 6-10 in colleges
and outside the library.
• Junior Achievement is back. Help teach economics to underprivileged elementary school children.
Contact Aaron Chen or Julie Song for details.
• End Hunger Network is in need of drivers for one to two hours, one day per week. Call 963-0099 for
details.
• Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday and Sunday. Please contact Chris Wagner for details.
• Spaces still available for Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Break trip to Jackson, Miss. Contact
Chris Wagner for details.
• Rice Children's TheaterTroupe needs actors, magicians, jugglers and directors for performances at local
hospitals and homeless shelters during February. Please call Elle Marie Schollnberger for more
information.
For more information about these and other opportunities, come by the Rice Student Volunteer Program
office in the Rice Memorial Center Cloisters or call at 527-4970.
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Call Rice Campus Store at 527-4052.
Committee to look at future
A committee is being formed to
consider a long-term perspective for
Rice.
President Malcolm Gillis said the
goal of the committee will be "strate-
gic planning for Rice." He said he
expects the committee to look at
"where we expect the university to
be in the next 10 to 20 years and how
we expect to get there."
Provost David Auston will prob-
ably be in charge of the committee.
He would not comment on it yet
because it is still in the planning
stages.
Student Association President
Marty Makulski said the, committee
would focus on "the long range goals
of Rice." He said it would most likely
include "a lot of staff, some adminis-
tration and one student."
— by Eleanor Wilkinson
Parker finishes third
Annise Parker, an engineering
technician and 1978 Rice graduate,
finished third in Saturday's election
for the City Council at-large Position
4.
She had 10.7 percent of the total
vote, behind Katherine Tyra and
John W. Peavy Jr., who had 33.7
percent and 26.5 percent of the vote,
respectively.
Who's Who recipients
The following 40 Rice students
have been selected to appear in the
1995 edition of Who's Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges:
Rebecca Almaguer, Jennifer
Alvarez, David Brain, Lara
Bruckmann, Stephanie Cecere,
Derek Cole, Samuel Cole, Evan
Davies, Robert Dickinson, Kraettli
Epperson, Kristin Evans, Laurie
Feinswog, Debashis Ghosh, Alan
Green, Pamela Havlen, Derek Hol-
land, Michael Howell, Jeff Karem,
Stephanie Keyes, Colin Law, Jennie
Leslie, Marty Makulski, Ian
Marquardt, RoseAnn Martinez, Jen-
nifer Maxwell, Amy Mellor, Michael
Murillo, Chris Oehrlein, Leigh
Peden, Carmen Peralta, Kyle Price,
Riva Rahl, Patrick Shopbell, Mary
Katherine Smith, Christopher
Stokes, GloriaTan, JoannaTse, Paul
Uhlig, Ben Walrath and Jennifer
Zimmerman.
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FROM PAGE 7
"People recounted stories of
Jerry. The fellow had a very signifi-
cant life — nobody knew about it,
though," said a friend.
"I know you know who I'm talk-
ing about... you probably have seen
Jerry running around ... well, not
running, but hanging around,"
Crawford said.
Baker is survived by his nieces,
Page Baker Curran, Clarke Baker
Collins and Kelley Baker Carmody.
Crime on campus
Colleges
Hanszen
Jan. 18
Rollerblades taken from
room.
Hanszen
Jan. 18
Change stolen from room.
Will Rice
Jan. 18
Wallet stolen from room.
Baker
Jan. 17
Backpack taken from
commons.
Hanszen
Jan. 16
Bicycle taken from corridor.
Lovett
Jan. 16
Bicycle taken from stairwell.
Jones
Jan. 14
Bicycle stolen from rack.
Graduate House
Jan."12
Locked bike stolen.
Hanszen
Jan. 6
Video game system taken
from room.
Academic Buildings
Herman Brown
Jan. 19
Wallet removed from
briefcase.
Central Kitchen
Jan. 16
Cellular phone stolen from
basement.
Lovett Hall
J an .12
Purse taken from office.
Master of
ACCOUNTING
Small classes
Individual attention
Merit scholarships
Two-semester full-time program
Active recruiting by all major firms
Jones Graduate School
RICE UNIVERSITY
You can complete the Master of Accounting degree in two
semesters of full-time study if you have taken the following
prerequisites before enrolling: at least 6 hours of accounting,
3 hours of industrial and organizational psychology, 6 hours
of economics, 3 hours of statistics and 3 hours of introduction
to management science. No specific undergraduate major is
required. The program enables you to meet the educational
requirements to become a CPA.
We arc accepting applications for fall 1995. GMAT
required. For more information, call the Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School of Administration at 527-4918. Applica-
tions are available in 270 Herring Hall.
Rice University is an EO/AA Institution.
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Hale, David. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1995, newspaper, January 27, 1995; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246501/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.