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Friday, March 27,2009
the Rice Thresher
NEWS 7
1. Baker College students reach for water balloons to launch at opponents from other colleges during the parade. Tens of thousands of balloons are thrown in the parade every year.
2. A Brown College student aims a water balloon during the parade.
3. Wiess College senior Arya Mokhtarzadeh gets a water balloon smashed over his head while Ubangee-ing an unfortunte student from another college.
4* Martel College sophomore justina Brewczyk, lost from her college at the end of the parade, takes shelter from Brown's artillery.
5. Early in the morning before the parade had begun, Wiess sophomore Adrian Frimpong helps load a trash can full of water balloons onto Wiess' truck.
6. Brown expressed its anger at )ones College through its truck decoration, which were emblazoned with a common Brown cheer. This year, colleges were limited to only one balloon truck.
7. Sid freshmen get excited in the elevator on their way down to their first Beer Bike.
8. Lovett College sophomore Barbara Thorne-Thompson gets her face painted in front of her college before what is unofficially known as the world's largest water balloon fight.
9- Sid freshman Daniel Willis was part of Sid's disqualification free-for-all in Beer Bike this year. Among other violations, the team was cited for their use of fire extinguisher "rockets."
10. Hanszen College's pit crew lifts sophomore Michael Zakrajsek off of his bike after his leg of the race ard carried him victoriously off of the track. Hanszen finished sixth in the men's race.
11. Will Rice College sophomore Konrad Stoick chugs during the men's race, helping his college capture a 38-second win in the men's race, part of a total Beer Bike sweep.
12. Before the start of the race, Will Rice had its bikes laid out neatly in a row along the side of the bike track. After the race, howver, things were a little bit more chaotic in Will Rice's section.
13- A Martel student took face painting to a new level this year. Miraculously, the facial -nasterpiece made it through the water balloon fight and to the track unharmed.
14. Lovett took an early lead in the first turn of the first lap of the men's race. However, Lovett fell back as the race continued, ultimately finishing seventh.
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ance of the coordinators' golf cart
during the calculation of results.
The cart, carrying approximately
$20,000 worth of equipment, includ-
ing walkie-talkies, was found later
that afternoon in front of Valhalla
with all of its contents intact an hour
and half after the coordinators filed
a police report with RUPD, Chapman
said. She added that the same cart
was stolen and found last year after
the race.
Chapman and Eastaway made
several adjustments to the festivities
this year, one of which was to remove
sodas from the undergraduate con-
cessions. Chapman said the change
was to avoid student dehydration
and that water, lemonade and Ga-
torade were provided as a healthier
and less expensive option. The coor-
dinators also arranged to have music
playing between the races, a first for
Beer Bike, Chapman said.
More spectator stands were set up
for this year than in previous years,
Chapman said. She added the turn-
out for Beer Bike was exceptional
and that so many alumni showed up
that some were told to leave.
"I thought it was really cool that
when we went out there to set up,
there were people already eating
under tents at 8 a.m.," she said. "I
think that's why Beer Bike is such a
great event. You're only here for four
years, but Beer Bike is part of you for-
ever, and that's really refreshing."
TIME CHART
tSHER
Alumni
Women
Baker
19:25.3
21:33.2
Brown
18:18.1
16:24.0
Hanszen
17:52.5
18:53.8
(ones
17:10.0
18:17.4
Lovett
22:38.1
20:46.3
Martel
19:46.8
19:06.5
Will Rice
16:24.8
15:59.1
Sid
22:17.7
DQ
Wiess
19:27.5
18:17.2
GSA
21:10.0
17:56.0
29:03.2
25:19.1
26:12.2
24:33.5
28:40.0
28:47.4
23:55.7
25:14.5
25:09.0
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Michel, Casey. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 96, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 2009, newspaper, March 27, 2009; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443031/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.