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Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 12
SINCE 1916
Friday, November 10, 2000
Sid students face disciplinary action due to minutes
Sid president says minutes reflect problems in the college's climate
by Brian Stoler
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Two Sid sophomores face uni-
versity disciplinary action in con-
nection with the Oct. 24 Sid Richard-
son College Council minutes.
A complaint was filed with the
Office of Judicial Affairs against the
students, Vinay Kini and Patrick B.
Murphy, who wrote the minutes
while acting in their roles as the
college secretaries, Sid President
Laura Rees, a senior, said.
Kini and Murphy declined to com-
ment on any aspect of the case. Rees,
who has been in close contact with
Kini and Murphy, agreed to talk to
the Thresher about what happened
but declined to give any specifics
about charges against the students.
The complaint was sparked by
the back page of the Oct 24 minutes.
The top of the page reprints an opin-
ion column from the Oct. 13 issue of
The Rice Thresher, and at the bottom
is a parody of the column. The origi-
nal column, "Registrar and financial
aid eventually fix glitches," was writ-
ten by Sid sophomore Jessica Dunn.
The parody was titled "Great
things about me that everyone
should know," and included insults
about Dunn, including comments
like "You Are a Dumb Bitch" and
repeated statements that she has
sex with her twin sister Danielle,
also a Sid sophomore.
Jessica and Danielle Dunn de-
clined to comment to the Thresher
about the minutes or the case, citing
the ongoing investigation.
It is unclear who actually filed the
disciplinary complaint. Rees said
neither of the Dunns filed the com-
plaint, but she would not say who
did. Interim Assistant Dean for Stu-
dent Judicial Programs Allen
Matusow could not be reached, and
Vice President for Student Affairs
Zenaido Camacho refused to com-
ment about this case.
The immediate aftermath
The minutes prompted a flurry
of messages to the Sid listserv just
after they were printed, including
from a message from Sid Master
and Computational and Applied
Mathematics Professor Steve Cox,
condemning the publication. Within
24 hours, Kini and Murphy sent an
apology to the listserv, stating that
what they had written was wrong
and that they did not intend to of-
fend anyone.
Jessica and Danielle Dunn later
each sent messages to the listserv,
acknowledging Kini and Murphy's
apology and thanking members of
the college for their support.
Rees said to her knowledge, the
Dunns accepted the apology and ex-
pressed no interest in bringing the
issue to the university judicial system.
"When I offered to take the issue
to a higher level for them, because it
was a big deal, they said that they
were comfortable with the way that
Sid had dealt with the issue, and that
'Sid Rich rules,' that they had had so
much support from the community
that that was enough," Rees said.
Charges are brought
Kini and Murphy received an e-
mail Monday requesting that they
meet with Matusow Tuesday, Rees
See SECRETARIES, Page 6
Exercising the democratic process
CALEB REDEIELD/THRESHER
Will Rice College junior Ben Weston gets ready to sign In to vote In the Grand Hall of the Student Center, where
the elections In Rice's precinct were held Tuesday. An estimated 675 people voted In the tightest presidential race
our generation has ever seen. As of press time, the result of the presidential election is still unknown.
Four to file complaint
about college cheers
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER STAFF
Sarah Cloots didn't get what she
expected from her first week at Rice.
From the very beginning, she was
shocked and appalled. It wasn't the
small rooms or the August heat — it
was the college cheers.
Cloots, now a Hanszen College
sophomore, is taking a stand be-
cause she feels some of these cheers
create a sexually harassing environ-
ment on campus.
Along with Jones College se-
nior Michelle Brand, Baker Col-
lege senior Alexis Wiesenthal and
Baker sophomore Kevin Duh,
Cloots is in the process of filing a
formal complaint with Vice Presi-
dent for Student Affairs Zenaido
Camacho.
After the complaint has been
filed, Camacho said the likely first
course of action would be to dis-
cuss the issue with the college mas-
ters.
College cheers and counter
cheers are intended to promote col-
lege spirit and superiority, primarily
during Orientation Week and Beer-
Bike.
The complaint is not against all
cheers or the idea of cheers in gen-
eral. Instead, it deals specifically with
cheers that could be considered de-
grading toward women and that may
negatively affect the atmosphere of
the campus.
"In the context that we are using
them, what are these words mean-
ing?" Cloots said. "It's not the fact
that they are bad words. It's like
using sexual domination as anti-
other colleges."
For example, Cloots said expres-
sions of college spirit that contain
profanity, such as "Harry fuckin'
Hanszen," are not offensive in the
same way as cheers that set up sexual
situations.
These often include the person
cheering in a dominant male posi-
tion and the subject of the cheer
being forced to submit to a sexual
situation.
Several cheers involve crude ref-
erences to oral or anal sex. For ex-
ample, one cheer used against Will
Rice College is "Will Rice sucks my
dick."
"I feel like there is certain point
when we do need the
administration's guidance and we
need their support, and that's all
See CHEERS, Page 7
Beer-Bike to lose trucks, get trailers
by Olivia Allison
THRESHER EDITORIA1 STAFF
Flatbed trailers should replace large trucks
in the Beer-Bike parade, college and univer-
sity Beer-Bike coordinators agreed at a meet-
ing Wednesday night.
Coordinators at the meeting also agreed
that each college will be allowed to have one
decorative parade vehicle, either a decorated
car or a float.
The coordinators said they believe flatbed
trailers, which would be low to the ground and
pulled by small tractors, would solve the safety
issues involved in the Beer-Bike parade. The
wheels of these vehicles are much smaller and
less dangerous than the wheels of the large
trucks used in the recent past.
"It's effectively like shrinking the flatbed of
the cattle cars and reducing the cab of the
truck to a trailer," Hanszen College Beer-Bike
coordinator Ixiura Grable, a senior, said.
Only about five students would ride on
each of the flatbed trailers to pass out bal-
loons, and these students would not be al-
lowed to drink alcohol.
'Hie coordinators also propose to include a
fence-like guard about the height of the large
trucks' guards that could be added to the sides
of the flatbed trailer to make the sides taller.
Iliis way, students could not easily fall out of
the trailers or climb into them.
Because of the number of injuries caused
by water balloons in past years, coordinators
also supported a plan to educate students,
especially freshmen, about the dangers of the
water balloon fight. I"he college coordinators
would inform students that they should ex-
pect to be hit in the face with the water bal-
loons and that the water balloons are often
painful. Other college coordinators suggested
telling students to fill the balloons completely
and not to aim for other people's heads when
they are throwing the balloons.
Both university and college coordinators
will continue to refine the details of the pro-
posal. including finding businesses that rent
tractors and flatbed trailers and the rental
cost.
University Beer-Bike coordinators Daniel
Attaway, a Sid Richardson College senior,
and Merritt McAlister, a Hanszen junior, will
present the proposal at the next meeting of
the college masters and presidents Nov. 29.
The masters will then decide whether to
accept the proposal. If the proposal is ap-
proved, masters will decide if any amend-
ments to the plan are necessary, and the
committee will recommend any changes to
President Malcolm Clillis.
Itie Beer-Bike coordinators will vote on
the rules for Beer-Bike at the beginning of
next semester, Attaway said. "The most im-
See BEER BIKE, Page 8
INSIDE
OPINION Page 3
Nalepa can't call the election
NEWS Pages 4-5
A plethora of speeches
A&E
A deal with the devil
Page 12
FEATURES
Homecoming 2000
Page 17
LIFESTYLES
Esperanza recap
Page 18
SPORTS
Owls try to whack UTEP
Page 19
Football
Rice 43, SMU 14
Volleyball
Stephen F. Austin 3, Rice 2
UTEP 3, Rice 2
KATIE STREIT/THRESHER
Senior forward Kenya Tuttle (22) take a post-up
jump shot during Sunday's intrasquad scrimmage.
Tuttle will be expected to step up her scoring input
after the graduation of forwards Kirra Jordan and
Kim Smallwood. See Season Preview, Page 20-22.
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