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the Rice Thresher
Vol. XCI, Issue No. 22
SINCE 1916
Friday, March 12, 2004
Doing their bidding
SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER
Freshman guard Krystal Frazier takes a jump shot in the Lady Owls'
78-49 victory over Nevada Jan. 24th. Both Rice basketball teams are
participating in the WAC tournament this weekend in Fresno, Calif.
(See basketball puilout, pages 11-14.)
ABPAC approves of colleges
writing public space policies
by Katherine Corley
THRESHER STAFF
Individual colleges may soon
need to create rules for the use of
alcohol in their facilities, if the Alco-
holic Beverage Policy Advisory
Committee's proposed changes to
the Alcohol Policy are finalized. Vice
President for Student Affairs Zenaido
Camacho will make a final decision
on the amendments next week.
The most significant change
passed by APBAC would require
each college government to define
public and private spaces within the
college. Colleges would also deter-
mine the maximum quantity of alco-
holic beverages permitted in a room
or suite and the maximum number
of private gatherings allowed in a
well-defined space of the college and
over a given time period.
"Each college gets to establish
certain parameters on the policy,"
Rice University Police Chief Bill Tay-
lor, a member of ABPAC, said. "Be-
cause each college has a different
nature, such as how it's designed and
how it's lived in, they will tweak the
overall policy to make it work with
the individual nature of each college."
ABPAC Chair Steve Cox said
the amendments to the policy
would establish standards that all
college guidelines would be re-
quired to follow.
"The committee has set some
minimum standards that individual
college guidelines must adhere to,"
Cox, a Sid Richardson College mas-
ter, said. 'There will be a common
denominator across all colleges, but
given their different architecture, not
every Jones student will know what
goes on in the specific guidelines of
Ix)vett or Sid or Baker."
Martel College Chief Justice Anna
Friedberg said enforcing the new
college policies will be the responsi-
bility of chief justices and party hosts.
'The overarching policy will still
exist for all the colleges," Friedberg
said. "What will be different is what
each party host will have to abide
by. The guidelines are much more
about the way the parties are run,
so the hosts need to be able to
inform their guests. The rules have
not changed, just the rules for the
party hosts at different colleges
have changed."
Cox said the committee's priori-
ties in making its recommendations
were safety and responsibility.
SAco-President Michael Leggett
declined to comment on the amend-
ments because they are not yet final
but said the changes were proposed
by students with safety in mind.
The amendments are also in-
tended to reduce overcrowding at
parties and streamline enforcement,
I^ovett Chief Justice LannyBose said.
"Hopefully, our changes will limit
the size of individual parties and dis-
tribute multiple parties more evenly
through a college, making the pri-
vate gatherings more manageable,
more private, and thus less inviting
for outside interference," Bose, a jun-
ior, said. "Such massive crowds
packed into and around a given room
or suite not only make it impossible
for a chief justice to effectively en-
force the Alcohol Policy, but pose a
safety hazard based solely on the
crowding."
Taylor said a major problem with
See POLICY, Page 7
Six tap handles stolen from Pub
by Jenny Rees
THRFSHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Beer was still on tap at Willy's
Pub this week despite the theft of
all six of the Pub's tap handles
while the Pub was closed during
spring break. The brackets attach-
ing the handles to the taps, origi-
nally left behind, were stolen Mon-
day evening or Tuesday morning.
In an e-mail sent to residential
college listserv administrators
Monday afternoon. Student Cen-
ter Director Boyd Beckwith, the
Pub's adviser, said he would file a
report with the Rice University
Police Department if the taps were
not returned by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
In the e-mail, Beckwith said
that while the ornamental tap
handles had been stolen, the
brackets that attached them to the
taps remained.
"Whoever stole [the handles]
is probably not planning on being
able to use them since they left the
bit that screws onto the taps still
on the taps," the e-mail stated.
The brackets disappeared
sometime between closing Mon-
day and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Inter-
nal Assistant Manager Dave
Jacobs said.
"After Boyd sent out the e-mail
[the person who stole the tap
handles] came back the next morn-
ing and stole the rest of the bits,"
Jacobs, a Hanszen College senior,
said. "I don't know if the person
realized when they went home that
they weren't able to use them or if
Boyd'se-mail alerted them to their
mistake."
Beckwith filed a report with
RUPI) officer Jared Goldman
Wednesday afternoon.
The Pub's beer service was
never interrupted, Beckwith said.
"These tap heads are really just
the ornament to the tap," Beckwith
said. "It's an advertisement for the
beer. It doesn't actually affect the
ability to pour beer out of the tap."
Jacobs said the beer distribu-
tors who originally provided the
tap handles have already sent re-
placements.
"We've got some really great
distributors, and they were able to
help us out and get them replaced
within the day," Jacobs said. "And
for the ones that weren't able to be
replaced, we had some generic
ones we could put on."
Beckwith said the replacement
tap handles cost between $19 and
$25 each. Two Bud Light handles,
one Killian's Irish Red and one
Dos Equis were replaced Mon-
day, and one Koenig Pilsner
handle will probably be replaced
by today, he said. A "Willy Water"
handle painted by a Pub staff mem-
ber could not be replaced.
Head Bartender Brad Sorte
said he is glad nothing of great
monetary value was taken. Sorte
said he thinks the theft was moti-
vated by mischief and vandalism.
See TAPS, Page 5
RPC hosts first Taste
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Students wanting to satisfy their
sweet tooth Sunday night will have
the choice of a cookie from the
servery or Amazon Grill's tres leches
in the Rice Memorial Center.
Willy Week will get off to a deli-
cious start Sunday with the first
Taste of the Town — a 15-restau-
rant sampling event for students,
faculty and staff.
Organizer Ginny Stuckey said the
restaurants represented at the event
will include a mixture of Rice com-
munity favorites and some that many
students will not have eaten at be-
fore. Participating restaurants include
Benjy's, Two Rows, Dessert Gallery,
Texadelphia and Thai Spice.
Stuckey, a Sid Richardson Col-
lege sophomore, said part of the
event's purpose is to broaden stu-
dents' culinary horizons.
"We want to give Rice students a
taste of Houston's eclectic dining
options to which they might not oth-
erwise be exposed, and we hope that
Taste encourages them to explore
the restaurants on their own time as
well," Stuckey said.
Each restaurant will bring
sample-sized portions for around
300 people, and all the courses of a
meal will be represented.
The event will be held from 7 to
9 p.m. in the Grand Hall in the
RMC, and tickets are $5. Stuckey
said attendees will get a full meal
at the event.
"It's a sampling from all of [the
restaurants], so rather then get a
course from each one, you get a bit,"
Stuckey said. "You should really
leave satisfied."
In addition to sampling food, stu-
dents will be able to rate the restau-
rants. and the top-rated restaurants
at the event will be recognized.
"We hope that the restaurants
benefit as much from this just as
much as the Rice community,"
Stuckey said.
Tickets are available today at
lunch in the commons of the resi-
dential colleges. Stuckey said those
wanting to attend are encouraged to
purchase tickets in advance, though
See TASTE, Page 6
Woman shot at Village Arcade
INSIDE
by David Brown
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The man who shot and wounded Houston
Press advertising executive Juli Graves in an
attempted carjacking in Rice Village is still
at large.
The Houston Chronicle reported that last
Wednesday afternoon, Graves stopped at the
Village Arcade on University Blvd. to collect
money from a client. After she collected the
money and returned to her car in the Village
Arcade parking garage, a stranger with a gun
approached her car and asked her to move to
the passenger's seat. She was unable to move
because of debris in her way, and in the ensu-
ing struggle, Graves was shot once as she
tried to escape.
The bullet went through her left arm and
left breast and into her right breast. The
shooter fled with Graves' purse, and she ran
into a sushi restaurant, where restaurant
workers and customers stayed with her until
paramedics arrived.
The Chronicle reported that the ambulance
took 17 minutes to arrive at the scene. Graves
is expected to make a full recovery.
Police describe the suspect as a white male
in his early 30s with short black hair.
Soon after the shooting, a Village parking
deck security guard spotted a man carrying a
purse under his arm, described as bald and
wearing a gray jogging suit. The man escaped
when the guard tried to question him.
Rice University Police Chief Bill Taylor
said RUPI) officers spent time searching the
campus for the suspect after the shooting but
found nothing.
Taylor said the incident was the first shoot-
ing in the area since he came to Rice in
Spring 20(H).
"There have been armed robberies and
home invasions, but this is the first time any-
one has ever been shot," Taylor said.
While the shooting is extremely unusual
for the normally safe Rice neighborhood, he
said, it is a reminder to be careful. Taylor said
students should take the usual precautions
when in public: They should travel together,
See SHOOTING, Page 6
Willy Week
Willy Week kicks off on Sunday with
the new RPC event Taste of the town.
Monday is the owl egg hunt (yes, owls do
lay eggs), Tuesday head down to the pub
to see some of your favorite Rice profes-
sors in the beer debates. Wednesday cel-
ebrate Willy's birthday picnic in the aca-
demic quad, and head back to the pub on
Thursday for international beer night.
Rondelet
Rondelet will be held from 10 p.m.
until 2 a.m. on Saturday at the Southwest
Bank building. Buses will be leaving
from in front of the Sallyport starting at
8 p.m.
Alumni college weekend
More than 200 alumni and others will
be at Rice starting today and going
through Sunday for the 10th annual
Alumni College Weekend.
OPINION Page 3
Alleged rape mishandled, misjudged
FEATURES Page 22
The S/4 through the years
SPORTS Page 15
Barkers win national doubles tournament
Scoreboard
Baseball
Texas 5, Rice 0
Texas State 0, Rice 6
Texas State 2, Rice 8
Women's Basketball
San Jose State 54, Rice 67
Rice 70. SMU 60
Men's Basketball
Rice 71, SMU 66
Weekend Weather
Friday
Mostly cloudy, 65-55 degrees
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, 76-50 degrees
Sunday
Thunderstorms, 75-53 degrees
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