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Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 10
SINCE 1916
Friday, October 26, 2001
January Martel housing set
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Martel College students have
been informed of their housing op-
tions for January and will make their
choices today.
Martel upperclassmen living on
campus in the spring will be able to
chose among four options for tem-
porary housing before they can move
into Martel. Martelians can extend
their leases at Holly Hall, spend two
weeks at the Warwick Hotel, be
"adopted" by someone or find their
own housing.
Today, Martel students must sign
their on-campus leases for housing
next semester and decide which
housing option they would prefer
for the beginning of the semester.
Each scenario includes a differ-
ent cost plan for the spring semes-
ter and a different compensation
plan for the first two weeks of the
semester.
The problem of housing Martel
students at the beginning of the se-
mester developed after Tropical
Storm Allison in June. Because of
damage to the construction site,
Martel's completion date had been
pushed back to Jan. 28, meaning
temporary housing must be found
for Martel students for the begin-
ning of the spring semester.
The options were announced at
Martel's room draw Tuesday night.
One possibility involves having
Martel students move out of their
apartments at Twenty-One Eleven
Holly Hall during and after finals
this semester and living at the
Warwick for the first two weeks of
next semester.
These students will pay the full
room rate for the spring semester
and 87 percent of the cost of the on-
campus meal plan they select. Stu-
dents will pay only 87 percent of the
meal plan because they will be living
on campus for 14 weeks, or 87 per-
cent of the semester. However, their
meal plans will be activated at the
beginning of the semester, allowing
them to eat on campus while living
at the Warwick.
Housing and Dining Director
Mark Ditman said the Warwick is
close to campus and will be more
convenient than some of the other
hotels bidding on the deal.
"The benefit of the Warwick plan
from my perspective is that it's
close," Ditman said. "I think there is
appeal to having it nearby, but the
other thing that I thought was that
the Warwick was flood damaged as
well and 1 saw that they might be
willing to negotiate a competitive
rate for our students to consume
Sec MARTEL, Page 9
COURTESY SPORTS INFORMATION
Members of the football team carry sophomore runningback Robbie Beck off the field Saturday after Rice's 33-
30 overtime win over the University of Nevada. Beck scored the game-winning touchdown with a 25-yard run on
Rice's first offensive play in overtime. The win put Rice, 3-0 in WAC play, on top of the conference standings.
Owls grab lead in WAC race
by Jason Gershman
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The bulk of attention concern-
ing the Western Athletic Confer-
ence this season has centered
around Fresno State University,
which entered last weekend un-
defeated and ranked 10th nation-
ally.
After an eventful weekend of
WAC play, however, it's the Owls
who have assumed the driver's
seat in the conference race.
A 35-30 road win Friday by
Boise State University over Fresno
State struck a major blow to Fresno
State's Bowl Championship Series
hopes and left Rice (3-0 WAC) as
the only team in conference play
without a loss.
With a 33-30 overtime win over
the University of Nevada Satur-
day, the Owls improved their over-
all record to 6-1, Rice's best start
since 1949.
The 1949 Owls finished the
season as Southwest Conference
champions with a 10-1 record,
capped by a 27-13 victory over the
University of North Carolina in
the Cotton Bowl. With a final rank-
ing of fifth in the Associated Press
poll, that team was the most suc-
cessful Owl team in history, and
the 72,000-seat Rice Stadium was
built for the following season.
But, like most other things in
See FOOTBALL, Page 18
KATIE STREIT THRESHER
Peace guiding the planets
Cast members of Hanszen and Will Rice Colleges' play Hair perform the
opening scene to the song "The Age of Aquarius." Hair opens today.
See Review, Page 11.
Presidents recommend
outsourcing bookstore
by Meredith Jenkins
THKtSHER STAFF
The Student Association and
Graduate Student Association presi-
dents sent a letter to President
Malcolm Gillis recommending the
Campus Store be outsourced to a
corporate bookstore chain and
moved to a different location on cam-
pus.
The presidents' recommendation
is based on one of the possibilities
for the bookstore's future proposed
this June by an Ad Hoc Committee
on the Rice Campus Store. This com-
mittee, formed by Gillis in the spring
of 2000, studied the Campus Store
for nine months and then proposed
three options for improving its qual-
ity.
"There's pretty widespread agree-
ment that the current store is not all
that one would hope for in a Rice
bookstore, and so boosting the qual-
ity of the store is our primary focus,"
Committee Chair Jim Pomerantz
said.
The committee, which was com-
posed of Rice faculty, staff and stu-
dents, identified problems with the
current store, studied student, fac-
ulty and staff opinion regarding the
store and formulated recommenda-
tions for change.
In its report, the committee found
that the Campus Store needed ma-
jor improvements in the near future
and recommended three options for
achieving these.
The first would keep the store in
its current location in the Student
Center, but with added floor space
and expanded services.
The second alternative was build-
ing a new store off-campus and
outsourcing management of the
store to a company such as Barnes
and Noble. An off-campus store
See STORE, Page 7
Endowment down $250 million
Economic downturn also diminishes fund-raising success
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The economic downturn has affected many
things at Rice, including the endowment,
fundraising and the number of applications to
Rice, but President Malcolm Gillis said it has
not taken a serious toll.
Gillis said that since July 1, Rice's endow-
ment has lost $250 million. The approximately
$3 billion endowment has decreased by 10 per-
cent since the beginning of the calendar year.
Gillis also said the Rice endowment lost about
1 percent of its worth in fiscal year 2<XK), which
ended June 30. While this was a smaller percent-
age than the loss to almost all other comparable
institutions, including 1 larvard, Cornell and Duke
universities, Gillis said he does not measure
Rice's success comparatively.
"We don't take any comfort in that." Gillis
said. "We don't take pleasure in other people's
misfortune."
The economic slowdown has also directly
affected Rice's fundraising success.
Gillis said Rice's current fund-raising efforts
have also been negatively impacted by recent
events, like the June floods and the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks. Rice is currently engaged in a
six-year, $500 million capital campaign.
"Rice: The Next Century Campaign" is rais-
ing money to enhance undergraduate educa-
tion and student life and to strengthen graduate
programs and faculty. The campaign will ex-
pand outreach programs, such as the School of
Continuing Studies and the James A. Baker III
See ECONOMY, Page 8
INSIDE
Choose your rulers
Homecoming King and Queen nomi-
nations are due today at noon. Students
will vote on the nominees in the Home-
coming Elections, which will begin Fri-
day and last until Nov. 7. Two resolutions
will also appear on the ballot, so vote
online at the SA Web site: http://
sa.rice.edu. Homecoming is Nov. 10.
The Campanile is coming!
Hie 2001 Campanile will be distributed
Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m., in front of the convenience store in
the Student Center. All students who were
enrolled last academic year can receive a
Campanile. Previous years' Campaniles
can also be picked up at these times.
OPINION Page 3
Serverics undermine college system
SPORTS Page 17
Cross country hunts for WAC title
Quote of the Week
"It's not enough to catch the mosquito —
you've got to drain the swamp."
— U.N. public information director Shashi
Tharoor, about addressing the causes of
terrorism. See Story, Page 4.
Weekend Weather
Friday
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Saturday
Sunny, 47-73 degrees
Sunday
Sunny, 49-72 degrees
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