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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY. AUGUST 29.2003
Coffeehouse plans renovations
by Jenny Rees
thresher editorial staff
Coffeehouse patrons can look
forward to a more inviting space.
The Coffeehouse will pay the archi-
tecture firm Vaughn and Clarkson
$4,000 to design three schematics
for possible Coffeehouse renova-
tions, Associate Director of the Stu-
dent Center Paul Sutera said.
Architects from the firm will hold
two rounds of meetings with the
Rice community and Coffeehouse
employees and eventually will com-
plete a single detailed plan and de-
sign for the renovation.
"The architects will observe the
students and the traffic flow in the
student center and immerse them-
selves to get a feel of the direction of
the Rice community," Sutera said.
Architects from the firm will
gather ideas for the renovation at
an open meeting with Rice com-
munity members at noon next Fri-
day in the Student Center. The ar-
chitects will meet separately with
Coffeehouse employees before cre-
ating three schematics, which will
be presented at another round of
meetings in early October. Com-
munity members and Coffeehouse
employees will select the best sche-
matic, and the architects will re-
turn a completed plan four to six
weeks later, Sutera said.
The renovation will occur mostly
during the summer to minimize its
impact on Coffeehouse customers,
Sutera said.
Ideas for the renovation include
adding stainless-steel counter tops,
extending the counters from where
the iMac station is currently lo-
cated to the water fountain, creat-
ing large menu boards to hang on
the walls, and remaking the Cof-
feehouse sign so it can be read
from both directions.
Coffeehouse General Manager
Monica Kim, a Lovett College se-
nior, said she hopes the changes
will create an appealing area outside
the window of the Coffeehouse
where people will relax and study.
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Sutera said he hopes the hallway
area will become an integral part of
the Coffeehouse.
"Right now you walk through and
it's only a hallway," Sutera said. "We
want it to feel like a coffee shop."
Hanszen College sophomore
Monica Huang said she will make
use of the renovated space.
"Once the coffeeshop is remod-
eled, I will probably stay there longer
instead of just buying coffee and
leaving," Huang said.
The Coffeehouse will pay for the
architectural plans and the renova-
tion using its own profits, and as a
result the project may have to be
completed in phases if the final sche-
matic calls for more expensive
changes than the Coffeehouse can
presently afford, Sutera said. The
Coffeehouse has been saving money
for this project for the past two years.
"Right now we don't even know
how extreme a renovation it's go-
ing to be until we hear student
input and have the sketches
drawn," Kim said.
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Alcohol poisoning
disrupts 0-Week
by Ian Everhart
thresher staff
Rice Emergency Medical Ser-
vices responded to a call of alcohol
poisoning at Jones College during
0-Week. Houston Fire Depart-
ment transported the individual to
Memorial Hermann Hospital early
Aug. 22, where he was treated and
released to his parents.
The individual is not a Rice
student and was not involved in
Orientation Week, Jones College
master Robin Forman said.
The individual was visiting two
Jones sophomores who were liv-
ing on campus without permission
during 0-Week. The students, who
asked that their names be with-
held, said the guest became sick
while they were drinking with a
small group of friends. They de-
cided to call REMS at about 2 a.m.
Forman, a mathematics pro-
fessor, said the sophomores ex-
ercised "horrendous judgment."
To his knowledge, no advisers,
new students or other official 0-
week participants were involved,
Forman said.
"Nobody who was supposed
to be at Jones College had any
contact with alcohol," he said.
"Not a single adviser and not a
single freshman."
The Jones College 0-Week co-
ordinators declined to comment.
One of the Jones sophomores
in question said the group was
drinking in the room of someone
who was participating in 0-Week,
j and that person was present for
some of the evening. The 0-Week
affiliate was not a new student, the
sophomore said, but declined to
specify any further.
Forman said Jones President
Reed Macy, a senior, informed
him of the incident as soon as it
happened, and the unauthorized
students were removed from the
campus within an hour.
Director of Student Activities
Heather Masden said the alcohol
policy for 0-Week is simple and
straightforward.
"0-Week is dry," she said. "The
Alcohol Policy states that it is dry."
The university Alcoholic Bev-
erages Policy states, "No alcohol
will be served to or consumed by
undergraduates during Orienta-
tion Week."
Masden, whose office over-
sees 0-Week, said new students
receive an information session
during 0-Week about the alco-
hol policy and sign an acknowl-
edgment stating they are aware
of the relevant laws and univer-
sity policies.
"Advisers signed this form
when they were freshmen," she
said. "They should know the con-
tents of the alcohol policy."
Masden said she had not heard
about the presence of any alcohol
on campus during 0-Week.
Forman said he was pleased
with the response of the Jones
and Rice communities to the
situation.
"Everybody—from the advis-
ers to the 0-Week coordinators
to the EMS people to the college
officers—handled this extremely
quickly, decisively and responsi-
bly," he said. "We take the 'no
alcohol' policy during 0-Week ex-
tremely seriously."
Further disciplinary action
against the sophomores will be
resolved within the college judi-
ciary, Forman said.
He said action will be taken,
but would not comment further.
College judiciaries can levy
fines, issue a letter of reprimand
that becomes part of a student's
permanent record and impose
other penalties as specified in the
Code of Student Conduct. In the
most extreme cases, masters can
ban students from campus except
to attend classes, a punishment
known as rustication.
Vice President for Student Af-
fairs Zenaido Camacho said lie
had only heard of two major inci-
dents involving alcohol during O-
Week during his nine years at
Rice. In one, an upperclassman 0-
Week participant took some new
students to an off-campus party at
which alcohol was served.
Camacho said the upperclassman
was expelled from campus for the
remainder of 0-Week but there
was otherwise no disciplinary ac-
tion taken against him.
The other incident involved a
freshman who had some alcohol in
his room. His advisers reported its
presence to Camacho, and when
confronted, the student said he
was not aware of the dry 0-Week
policy. The student disposed of the
alcohol and there were no further
repercussions, Camacho said.
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Berenson, Mark. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 91, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2003, newspaper, August 29, 2003; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth398428/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.