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the Rice Thresher
Vol. XC, Issue No. 14
SINCE 1916
Friday, December 6, 2002
Fifteen students suspended
Suspicious take-home finals send 22 to Honor Council hearings
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Twenty-two students in a class of
about 40 undergraduates have been
accused of breaking the honor code
while taking their 2002 final in a
lower-level science class.
Honor Council hearings began
Oct. 30 and ended last night. Hear-
ings involving 18 of the students
were completed as of press time.
Of those, 14 received an F in the
class and a two-semester suspen sion.
One student, who had been im-
plicated twice before in Honor Coun-
cil cases, received an F in the class
and an infinite suspension.
Three students were found not in
violation.
"Any case involving multiple ac-
cused students has the potential of
being more complicated than those
involving one or two students, but
the Council always looks at each
person's situation carefully and on
an individual basis," Honor Council
Chair Joan Shreffler said.
An anonymous honor council
member said a majority of the people
implicated in the case were varsity
athletes.
The honor code violations oc-
curred on a take-home open-book,
open-note final in Physics 203: At-
mosphere, Weather and Climate.
According to the abstracts, the
case was referred to the Honor Coun-
cil by the professor of the class.
"When we finished grading the
finals, the graders and I went through
final exams and the ones that looked
like they had identical answers —
wrong answers in most cases — and
See HONOR, Page 7
U. Court denied RUPD reports
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
University Court has stopped re-
ceiving police reports from the Rice
University Police Department and
proceedings have been interrupted
while the court works out an ar-
rangement with RUPD to obtain in-
formation on incidents. Several
cases have been postponed, and the
court will not be hearing any new
cases involving the police until a
temporary solution is reached.
U. Court Chair Daniel Brickman
said the situation began at the begin-
ning of the semester, when RUPD
started providing summaries of po-
lice reports to U. Court in place of
full reports.
RUPD Chief Bill Taylor said his
department stopped providing
U. Court with full police reports af-
ter he was advised by the Office of
the General Counsel over the sum-
mer that doing so could cause diffi-
culties if Rice wished to handle a
case through the Hams County Dis-
trict Attorney's Office.
Brickman, a Brown College se-
nior, said he had been told that if
anyone other than the police sees a
See COURT, Page 9
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50 years of traditions, 50 minutes of destruction
Final preparations are being made on old Wless College so that the building can be
knocked down over winter break.
On-campus recruiting falls
by Olivia Allison
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
On-campus recruitingand hiring have both
decreased this year, and proactive and cre-
ative tactics are key to attaining employment
in this year's competitive job market, Career
Services Director Cheryl Matherly said.
Fewer recruiters will be conducting inter-
views on campus than did so last year, and the
number of open positions has decreased.
These results are consistent with a Michigan
State University report "Recruiting Trends,
2002-'03," which was featured in a Chronicle of
Higher Education article Nov. 22, and reported
that this year's graduating class faces a "bleak
labor market."
However, Matherly said students should
not lose hope of finding a job. She said the best
way to find a job — whether for the summer or
after graduation — is to actively seek employ-
ment, rather than relying on recruiting on
campus, because fewer companies have the
resources to make campus visits.
"This is not a year you can be a passive job-
searcher," she said. "We talk about the down-
turn in the job market, and it's true — there
are fewer jobs out there — but there are jobs,
and there are good jobs. What is also true,
though, is that people who are being success-
ful are also being a lot more active."
Applicants will have to clearly define the
type of job they seek and remain active in the
job search, Matherly said. Keeping an updated
resume in the RICELink system through the
Career Services Center Web site is important,
as is using other online job-listing services.
'Think about what you want to do, why you
want to do it, then use as many means as you
can to get your foot in the door at these places,"
she said.
Matherly also suggested looking for creative
ways to get experience, such as finding a short-
See JOBS, Page 6
University improves ID card security
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
University community members
obtaining a Rice identification card
will soon be required to present gov-
ernment-issued photo identification,
and Rice University Police Depart-
ment will check official student records
to ensure that only currently enrolled
students will be given a new ID card.
RUPD Chief Bill Taylor said
there is no definite timeline for
implementation, but he hopes the
system will be active at the start of
next semester.
The impetus for the new proce-
dure was that Rodrigo Montano, a
24-year-old male who posed as a
student, was able to obtain an II)
card during Orientation Week.
Montano was caught in September
when he went to the Registrar's
Office to find out he had no univer-
sity record, a problem he said he
learned of when he could not get
an e-mail account.
Montano was issued an ID card
because he gave the RUPD clerk
a valid ID number, which was
what was previously required to
get an ID card. Montano also pre-
See II). Page 5
Report of salaries misleading, Rice claims
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
A report that head football coach
Ken Hatfield received the highest
pay and benefits at Rice in the
2000-'01 fiscal year is misleading Rice
administrators said, as Hatfield's
compensation was overstated due to
accounting methods.
The Chronicle of Higher Educa-
tion included the information in the
Nov. 22 issue as part of the paper's
annual review of salaries of college
presidents and the five highest-paid
employees at private universities.
The Chronicle reported that
Hatfield had received $610,190 in
pay and benefits in the 2000-'01 fis-
cal year. The other highest-paid
employees at Rice were President
Malcolm Gillis, who received
$527,347 in pay and benefits; Vice
President for Investments and Trea-
surer Scott Wise, who received
$409,307; Chemistry Professor Ri-
chard Smalley, who received
$391,389; and head men's basket-
ball coach Willis Wilson, who re-
ceived $378,657.
Vice President for Public Affairs
Terry Shepard said the nature of
Hatfield's contract inflated his sal-
ary for 2001-'01.
"Like many coaches around the
country, his contract includes a lon-
gevity clause," Shepard said.
"That is, part of his salary is de-
ferred and he collects it only if he
stays a certain number of years."
Hatfield fulfilled a longevity
clause in his contract in Dec. 2000
and received five years of $40,000 of
withheld salary for each year,
Shepard said.
Shepard also said Hatfield's de-
ferred salary for the 2000-'01 year
was counted as a benefit, which led
to some double counting. Shepard
said the level of deferred compensa-
See SALARY. Page 7
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Tuperware beware
The semi-annual Gillis-
Camacho study break is Sun-
day from 9 - 11:30 p.m. in the
Student Center. Besides more
food than a cruise line's buffet,
there will be performances by
various student groups.
Breaking for exams
This is the last issue of the
Thresher for this semester. We
will return Jan. 17, the first Fri-
day of spring semester.
OPINION Page 3
Noise? Don't dial 911.
AAE Page 11
The not-so fab fifties
SPORTS Page 15
Ixidy Owls host tournament
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Friday
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Saturday
Partly sunny, 41-61 degrees
Sunday
Isolated showers. 53-64 degrees
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