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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 20,2001
Cox named director of
publications
As the ne\v Student Association
director of publications, Hanszen
College junior Suzy Cox is looking
to make the SA publications more
useful for the student body.
Cox said she is looking forward
to the job and sees it as a great way
to be involved in the SA.
"I'm just really excited to have the
opportunity fo do this," she said. "I
think that the SA spends a lot of time
putting together all these publica-
tions, and the only one that anyone
really cares about is the new guide,
so I'm excited about the opportunity
to try to change that this year."
SA Presidents Jamie Lisagor and
Gavin Parks said they chose Cox
because she was the most enthusias-
tic candidate and had many new ideas.
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Hanszen College Junior Suzy Cox
Parks, a Hanszen junior, said Cox
had ideas about ways to incorporate
the publications she will make into
other SA activities.
Cox said she will put the summer
NEWS IN BRIEF
directory online again this year, sav-
ing the SA money and giving stu-
dents more access to the directory.
They are going to work together
on that because [Director of Tech-
nology Josh Ginsberg] is going to
be doing the whole Web site,"
Lisagor, also a Hanszen junior, said.
While Cox is officially in charge
of the summer directory, Ginsberg,
a Wiess College junior, will help her
set it up on the Web site.
Cox said she plans to keep the
newcomer's guide basically the
same. Though she will be abroad for
a month during the summer, she
said she will solicit advertising be-
fore she goes and will be back in
Houston before freshman pictures
are due.
Cox also hopes to improve the
Silver Saver Card.
"I'm going to try to get better
discounts at more frequently-visited
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places by students," Cox said. "I
think that a lot of people don't use
[the card]. Ill go to House of Pies
with a bunch of people and none of
us will use the Silver Saver Card,
even though there's a Silver Saver
discount on it. I'd like to get some
more places that people go to a lot."
In addition to finding better
places, Cox would like to make stu-
dents more aware of what the card
has on it by better publicizing it.
"It shows up in your box and you
stick it in your wallet and you forget
about it," Cox said.
While she will not start working
on the off-campus housing guide
until December, Cox said she has
already begun thinking about ways
to improve it. She said she used it to
find an apartment, but she doesn't
think students take advantage of it,
and she would like to find out why.
The director of publications also
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designs the cover of the club guide
and helps with the homecoming T-
shirts. Cox said she hopes to work
with Students for Athletic Spirit and
Support to make the homecoming
shirts, and possibly design a second
shirt to sell on campus.
"Next year, we are going to do
two shirts," Lisagor said. "We're
going to sell T-shirts, probably the
T-shirts that everyone has been talk-
ing about making, 'Rice: a great place
to live in however many years.'"
— Rachel Rustin
Quayle awarded
Watson scholarship
Will Rice College senior Patrick
Quayle will spend next year travel-
ing the world after receiving a
Watson Fellowship.
Quayle said he will study five of
he best airlines in the world to see
low the culture of the country in
.vhich they are based affects their
operations and individuality.
"We've all experienced the ser-
/ice the airlines can give you and I
vant to know what these companies
lo to make it a pleasant trip," Quayle
said.
Quayle is the third Watson Fel-
owship recipient from Rice thisyear.
rle was named as an alternate for the
scholarship when the awards were
announced last month.
Quayle will spend the coming
/ear doing this case study, which he
sees as a practical project. The fol-
owingyear he will earn a masters in
business administration at a univer-
sity yet to be determined through
he Rotary scholarship he also re-
reived this year.
"When I come out of those two
/ears, it will give me a complete
oicture of the whole industry,"
Quayle said.
He said he wants to see how plans
ire transformed from an idea on pa-
oer to a plane in the air. He is cur-
ently choosing the five airlines from
British Airways. KLM, Singapore
\irlines, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa,
l"opa Airlines and Grupo TACA.
"I went and I researched each
airline to see which airlines are
mown for service, and I looked in
ravel magazines and at awards,"
3uayle said.
In making his decision, Quayle is
ooking at each company's history
ind the overall global opinion of it.
He said it might be a challenge to
.vork out arrangements to spend two
or three months with each airline,
out he thinks he will succeed in
:onvincing the airlines.
Quayle said he has gained some
experience,in the airline industry
after working with the manager of
George Bush Intercontinental Air-
>ort last year.
— Rachel Rustin
Police warn against
e-mail scam
An e-mail scam preying on recipi-
ents recently hit Rice, University
Police Lt. Phil Hassell said Tuesday,
rlassell has received at least five re-
sponses concerning the e-mail. The
liessage is supposedly from "Mariam
\bacha, the wife of a former Nige-
ian head of state." It opens with the
ine "Dear Sir," followed by "private
ind confidential" in capital letters.
The exact intent of the e-mail is
inclear, Hassell said, but it promises
i monetary compensation of 20 per-
:ent of Abacha's "family fund" in ex-
:hange for a response to the letter.
Hassell said he believes many
>eople may have received these e-
nails. He said he does not know the
:onsequences of responding to the
e-mail because no one has told him
hey've done so.
"Just don't respond," Hassell said.
These people do catch some folks."
Hassell said he doesn't know why
:ertain people in the Rice commu-
lity received the e-mail, but he be-
ieves that they weren't specifically
argeted. He thinks the message was
sent out to thousands of people.
— Matt Cuddihy
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