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THE RICE THRESHER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2005
RPC still undecided
about Rondelet fate
ERIC WILLIAMS/THRESHER
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Brown College sophomore Andrew Koller walks with President David Leebron from the Sallyport to the METRO-
Rail stop en route to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for a Rice-specific reception celebrating the Passport to
Houston program Tuesday.
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The Rice Program Council made
no final decision about the status of
Rondelet, the formal dance RPC tra-
ditionally plans for the week of Beer-
Bike, at its meeting Tuesday. At the
meeting, RPC members discussed
the form Rondelet will take this year
and the date it, or its replacement,
will be held.
RPC is reevaluating the traditional
spring formal due to decreasing at-
tendance numbers over the past
several years. In 2004, 300 students
attended Rondelet. Attendance at the
event was 485 in 2003 and 500 in 2002.
RPC lost about $2,000 on this year's
Esperanza, the fall formal, held Nov.
6 at the Westin Galleria.
Ideas discussed at the meeting
Tuesday include holding Rondelet at
Dave and Buster's, a bar and arcade,
Jillian's, a restaurant with games and
dining, or the Hard Rock Cafe; renting
a downtown dance club for the event;
renting a space at the Houston Live-
stock Show and Rodeo; or holding a
semi-formal dance on campus.
Possible dates for the event in-
clude March 31 — the Thursday of
Willy Week — and April 2 — the day
of Beer-Bike.
Attendees also discussed the
issue of whether RPC can hold an
off-campus event with alcohol. Many
of the off-campus venues under
consideration for Rondelet serve
alcoholic beverages.
At last week's RPC meeting, As-
sistant Director of Student Activities
Holly Williams, who advises RPC,
said the Student Activities Office
would not allow RPC to host any
off-campus event where alcohol is
served.
' We agreed that the
focus of an RPC-
sponsored event should
not be on alcohol,
but Heather was also
responsive to the
idea that we cannot
eliminate alcohol from
some popular venues.'
— Ginny Stuckey
RPC president
However, RPC President Ginny
Stuckey said at Tuesday's meeting
that she met with Director of Student
Activities Heather Masden to discuss
the Rice Alcoholic Beverage Policy
and the ways in which it applies to
events hosted by RPC.
The Alcohol Policy states that
any event sponsored by a student
organization must comply with Texas
state laws related to the service and
consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Organizations holding events on or
. off campus must take reasonable
precautions to ensure that alcohol will
not be served to minors or to students
who are already intoxicated.
'No one event or
location is the same,
and each must be
addressed on an
individual basis. If
liability factors are too
high, then I will ask
any organization to
look into alternative
options.'
— Heather Masden
Director of Student Activities
The policy addresses the issue of
student organizations' hosting events
off campus.
"[Student organizations' funds]
may not be used to purchase alco-
hol for consumption off campus,
except alcohol that is purchased
and consumed on the premises of an
institution licensed to serve alcohol,"
the policy states.
Stuckey, a Sid Richardson College
junior, said Masden clarified her
policy regarding off-campus events
with alcohol.
"We agreed that the focus of an
RPC-sponsored event should not
be on alcohol, but Heather was also
responsive to the idea that we cannot
eliminate alcohol from some popular
venues," Stuckey said.
Masden said no venue is automati-
cally ruled out as long as the guide
lines of the Alcohol Policy are met.
"The liability for transportation,
the safety of Rice students and the
compliance with our Alcohol Policy
are all factors that go into a conver-
sation about a specific event in a
specific location," Masden said. "No
one event or location is the same,
and each must be addressed on an
individual basis. If liability factors
are too high, then I will ask any
organization to look into alterna-
tive options."
Stuckey said RPC will decide
Rondelet's location and date based
on cost, liability and other matters.
RPC will discuss the matter at
its next meeting Tuesday at 9 p.m.
in Miner Lounge in the Student
Center.
BOBBLEHEADS
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Seventeen students and two alumni
prepaid for the dolls, which cost
$5 each.
The SA will refund the students'
money through campus mail and will
contact the alumni by e-mail, Tedford
said. The SA will also refund the $500
donated by James Woodruff (Will
Rice '(>7) to subsidize the project.
Matthews said.
Tedford said he is disappointed
the project was abandoned.
"There's not going to be anybody
for a long time that has the popularity
that ICamachoJ had, and this would
have been something that we would
have loved to do," Tedford said. "A
lot ol people were really disappointed,
and some of them even mad, and I'm
sorry. I'm disappointed, too."
Copy editors get paid, you know. At a better
hourly rate than most of the staff.
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