The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1996 Page: 9 of 20
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Above, Will FedkenheuW, a
Jones College junior, was
. the "All-American Girl,"
' complete with cotton
sundress and wig.
Fedkenheuer literal^ had
the audience on Its feet as
he displayed his acrobatic
fiddling talents.
Left, Rebecca Carrlngton, a
Shepherd School graduate
student, won first place with
her comedic cello routine on
Oct, 24. She will advanerto
the semifinal round.
Reform
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ing evaluations.
Another idea that will be imple-
mented is a questionnaire for stu-
dents who drop classes, indicating
why they dropped, A Scantron form
with a variety of reasons will be pro-
vided for students, '
"We figure students who stay in
the classes must like it, but there is
a big majority who don't like the
classes and we want to know why,"
Ho said.
Athletic spirit
At the retreat, the SA identified
the decrease in attendance at ath-
letic events over the past years as a"
central concern.
SA External Vice President
Charles Klein is working on the Ac-
tivities and Services Committee to
reach this end.
"1 went into this year thinking 1
could do something good for athlet-
ics," Klein said.
Klein has tackled several projects
to promote spirit, including purchas-
ing a flag for the cheerleaders, he lin-
ing with athletic recruiting and open-
ing Hot pogs V Hoops to the Rice
community. The flag will be unveiled
at tomorrow's homecoming game,
Klein is also working to create an
integrated announcement system
that will facilitate publicity for ath-
letic events.
A ne"w Sammy the Owl costume
is also being looked into. All hough
two bids have already been submit-
ted, neither was found satisfactory.
The format of Midnight Madne*
was alsochanged thisyear. Whether
or not this is a permanent change
depends on the success of the event,
called Jungle Gym Mania. Accord-
ing to. Klein, the Athletics Depart-
ment has not ruled out Midnight
Madness.
Representatives of different ath-
letic and spirit groups on campus
also met in an effort to coordinate
and brainstorm ideas for increasing
spirit and support for athletic events.
"Our mainconeern is getting stu-
dents out to the games," Klein said.
kI went into this year
thinking I could do
something good for
athletics.'
— Charles Klein
SA external vice president
Other goals
The following objectives have
been or are in the process of being
implemented, according to the SA:
• Career testing will now be billed
to students' university accounts in
the Cashier's Office
• All existing classrooms will be
fitted for left-handed desks to fill a
criteria of 10 percent left-handed
desks pei' room. All new classrooms
will also meet this criteria.
• The pass/fail deadline has been
moved to the 10th week of classes,
.to coincide with the drop deadline
a d will take effect in the spring
semester.
-• The commencement speaker se-
lection process has been modified.
(See related story, page U
• Standing Committee student rep-
resentatives will now report deci-
sions to the SA Senate.
• A new bell has been installed in
the Rice Memorial Center lower.
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Students occupied the adminis-
tration building at the State Univer-
sity of New York-Bingharnton for
six days before ending their sit-in
last week.
The protesters, mostly minority
students, accused the student
government's executive board, all
of whom are white men, of disre-
garding St fNY's affirmative action
policy,
The students were especially
angered by the board's decision to
drop the government's post of vice-
president for multicultural affairs.
The protesters have demanded
that officials freeze the group's funds
until a new board is formed. Board
members, who oppose affirmative
action, have defended their right to
keep tlveir posts.
The protesters ended their pro-
test after the president of the univer-
sity agreed to meet with them to
discuss their concerns.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher
Education,.Nov. I.
Football players attack
members of fraternity
After a crowd of football players
smashed windows and doors at a
fraternity house at the University of
Rhode Island last month, university
officials canceled an upcoming foot-
ball game with the University of
Connecticut, dismissed two players
from the te&rft and suspended four
others from competition indefinitely.
However, the violent outbursts
on campus continued. Ten days later,
about 30 students fought with fists
and beer bottles in a campus park
ing lot.
Campus police are not certain
what caused the second fight, which
broke out before a week of activities
dedicated to violence intervention
and awareness.
Police say the initial incident be-
gan when football players entered
the Theta Delta Chi house. They
were angry because two of their
teammates had been thrown out of a
recent party at the house.
" The attack on the fraternity left
broken windows and splintered
doors. Three people were injured in
the incident.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Nov. 1.
Texas Southern put on five-
year probation by NCAA
The National College Athletic
Association has placed Texas South-
ern University on probation for five
years for violating academic eligibil-
ity rules for athletes.
The NCAA also barred the
university's track and crosscountry
teams from post-season competition
next year and prohibited the univer-
sity from awarding scholarships in
those sports for the next two aca-
demic years.
In several cases, the NCAA found
that that the university's former track
coach and its former compliance
officer had altered transcripts, giv-
ing students credit for courses they
had not taken.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Nov. 1.
Textbooks available online
Net Lite Communications an-
nounced the online service of Uni-
versity Books, designed to allow
college students to use the World
Wide Web to sell their textbooks.
University Books will also offer
scholarships to students. Each per-
son who registers and uses the I Jni-
versity Books' Web site will be en-
tered into a drawing for the scholar-
ships along with other gifts.
For more information, cont
http://wu>w. universitybooks. com
kitchens receive
card from doctors
The Physician's Committee for
Responsible Medicine has reviewed
the availably of healthy, low-fat and
vegetarian foods at the nation's top
colleges and universities.
Duke University (Durham. N.C.)
received the top score. At each din-
ner, Duke students have tin* option
of low-fat. cholesterol-free entrees
such as spicy lentils and vegetables
or African vegetable stew or spicy
couscous with vegetables.
Other schools that received top
marks include the University of
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Uni-
versity of Notre Dame (South Bend,
Jnd.), Columbia University (New
York City) and Brown University
(Providence, R. 1).
Ranking last in PCRM's survey,
the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point has the fewest options for low-
fat and cholesterol-free foods.
Typical rations for cadets include
artery-clogging entrees such as
chicken-fried steak, ham steak or
hot dogs.
However, the cafeteria will be
renovated next year, including plans
for an all-you-can-eat salad bar and
an occasional, low-fat, vegetarian op-
tion.
Other schools' whose dining ser-
vices are on "probation" include: U.S.
Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md ),
U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado
Springs, Colo.) and Johns Hopkins
University (Baltimore). Schools
were ranked on the availability of
low-fat. cholesterol free and vegetar-
ian foods.
Source: PhysiciansCornmiltee for
Responsible Medicine
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