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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10,2003
POLICE BLOTTER
The following items were reported to the University Police for the period
Sept. 29 - Oct. 7.
Academic Buildings
Fondren Library Oct. 3
Alice Pratt Brown Hall Oct. 4
Alice Pratt Brown Hall Oct. 6
Bicycle stolen.
Bicycle stolen.
Subject reported unauthorized use
of a credit card.
Residential Colleges
Hanszen College
Will Rice College
Lovett College
Brown College
Jones College
Wiess College
Baker College
Lovett College
Martel College
Brown College
Brown College
Wiess College
Other Buildings
Jake Hess Tennis
Stadium
Parking Lots
West Lot
West Lot
West Lot
Other Areas
Alumni Drive and
Laboratory Road
Sept. 29 Bicycle stolen.
Sept. 29 Bicycle stolen.
Sept. 29 Two bicycles stolen.
Sept. 29 Bicycle stolen.
Sept. 29 Bicycle stolen.
Sept. 29 Bicycle stolen.
Sept. 30 Bicycle stolen.
Bicycle stolen.
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
Oct. 5
Oct. 7
Suspicious activity reported.
Subjects were found in possession
of marijuana. Case will be referred to
University Court. (See Story, Page 1.)
Bicycle stolen.
Bicycle stolen.
Phone stolen.
Rice University
Laboratory Road
Sept. 29 Theft reported.
Oct. 4 Accident reported.
Oct. 5 Visitor reported that a vehicle backed
into his vehicle and then left the
scene.
Oct. 7 Gate arm damaged.
Oct. 1 Officer observed a vehicle backing
down Laboratory Road and stopped
the vehicle. Driver was arrested for
outstanding City of Houston warrants
and remanded to Houston Police
Department.
Oct. 3 Lost wallet reported.
Oct. 6 Officer observed a vehicle backing
down Laboratory Road. Driver had
four outstanding warrants and was
remanded to Harris County Jail.
WHO'S WHO
Award for
2003-2004
Nominations are now being accepted for students to
appear in Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.
ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY MAY SUBMIT
NOMINATIONS.
Nominees must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students.
Selection is based on scholarship, participation and
leadership in academic and extracurricular activities,
citizenship and service to Rice,
and potential for future achievements.
NOMINATE SOMEONE ON THE WEB AT
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~stact/
The nomination deadline is
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22.
Once a student has been nominated, the Office of Student Activities will I
wail her'him a form requesting more detailed informal ion
Lit tennis courts ready for spring semester
COURTS, from Page 1
"This whole facility was donated
money," he said. "This didn't cost
Rice anything, and [the expansion!
won't cost Rice anything."
President Malcolm Gillis said the
board waited to begin improvements
to Reckling Park until the money
had been donated to add the seats.
In contrast, construction of the Hu-
manities Building and renovations
to Herring, Rayzor and Sewall Halls
were started before funds had been
fully raised.
"These are all humanities things,"
Gillis said. "We went ahead with
those. But with Reckling, we said we
had to do [the improvements] with
gifts. And people have stepped up to
the plate, and we are going ahead."
Construction of eight new regu-
lation tennis courts on the current
site of intramural Field 8 began
Oct. 1, Assistant Dean of the Stu-
dent Center Boyd Beckwith said.
Beckwith said the courts will be lit to
allow for night play.
The new courts will be funded by
the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. FEMA granted the
funds because plans for an overland
flow channel linking Alumni Drive
with the South College Parking lot
— the main part of a flood control
project — called for the destruction
of tennis courts between the old
Wiess College site and Field 6.
The date set for completion of
the project is Dec. 31, Beckwith said.
He said the LPAP and intramural
programs should be able to use the
new courts during the Spring se-
mester. The current courts by Field 6
will remain until summer but will
eventually be demolished, he said.
Beckwith said he hopes the
newly-vacated space will be turned
into an intramural field, extending
Field 6 and taking advantage of the
lighting already in place for Field 7.
Chris Wherry, a bioengineering
graduate student, said he is glad
more lit tennis courts will be built.
"I think lighted courts are defi-
nitely — for a college campus — the
way to go," Wherry said.
Sid Richardson College sopho-
more James Prohaska said he thinks
the added seats at Reckling Park
will be useful.
"I definitely agree with the base-
ball expansion," Prohaska said. "In
light of the [College] World Series
[Championship], it's appropriate. I
came here over the summer when
they had that celebration for the
team, and that was packed. I think
we can produce those kinds of num-
bers in the future."
13 bikes stolen on campus in week
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Thirteen bicycles have been sto-
len on the Rice campus since last
Monday.
Rice University Police Chief Bill
Taylor said police are not yet sure if
the thefts are related.
"There have been one or two calls
where they'd seen someone in the
area, and it's always been one per-
son,"Taylor said. "However, I'm not
sure the description [of the indi-
vidual] has been the same."
When RUPD noted the rash of
bike thefts, officers took steps to
protect unsecured bikes,Taylor said.
"Officers picked up bikes that
were unsecured in the colleges and
took them back to the station," Tay-
lor said. "People have come to the
station to pick them up."
Taylor said owners should pro-
tect their bicycles by locking them
to bike racks with a U-bolt instead
of a cable lock, which can be easily
cut.
If necessary, police will work with
Housing and Dining to purchase
more bike racks.
"There might be an issue of not
having enough bike racks," Taylor
said. "My experience with [Housing
and Dining Director] Mark Ditman
is that he will work on it, but we need
to make sure it is the right kind of
rack — some of the racks on campu s
aren't the best kind with today's bikes
and locks."
In addition, Taylor encouraged
all bike owners to register their bi-
cycles, which can be done online
(http://rupd. rice, edu,/bicycle/) or by
talking to an RUPD officer. Registra-
tion is free.
Taylor said the rise in bike thefts
i s probably ju st part of a cyclical trend.
"Thefts depend on who is out of
jail — sometimes we arrest some-
one, they're prosecuted, and when
they get out of jail, they go right out
and steal from the same place
again," Taylor said. "They are tak-
ing advantage of people who are
new and a little too comfortable on
campus."
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