The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1987 Page: 7 of 20
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THRESHER News Friday, February 27. 1987 7
Students elect Rice Program Council, Univ. Court
RPC President
percentage ot first place votes
18%
28%
14%
in Rick Chapman
■ John Crouch
H Rachel Giesber
□ Steve McVea
40%
External Vice President
percentage ot first place votes
Internal Vice President
percentage of first place votes
01 Thomas Hyer
■ Robert Nevill
Elliot
Weissbluth
□ Helen Zunka
II) Michelle laFoe
■ Robert CMfe'
23 Laurie Walts
continued from page I
the four-way race, but two run-offs
were held using the preferential
balloting system. After the run-
offs, Giesber had 548 votes (58%),
while her remaining opponent,
Hans zen junior Steve McVea, got
403 votes (42%).
Before the second-place votes
were counted, McVea had 287
votes (28%), Baker junior Rick
Chapman got 184 votes (18%), and
Baker sophomore John Crouch
had 149 (14%).
Hans zen senior Frisk Dahlberg
was elected University Court
Chairman after another fou^-way
race with two run-offs. He finished
with 516 votes (54%) while his
remaining challenger, Will Rice
sophomore Andy Karsner had 440
(46%).
Before the run-offs, Karsner led
the field with 330 votes (31%).
Dahlberg had 306 votes (28%),
Wiess junior Greg Heath had 238
votes (22%), and Jones junior
Todd Torczon had 200 (19%).
Students elected the two
University Council candidates on
the ballot, Hans zen junior Janet
Jackson and Will Rice junior
Charles Krusekopf, to the two
student positions on the council.
Jackson received 764 votes (47%)
and Krusekopf got 632 (38%).
Two write-in candidates for
University Council received
significant numbers of votes:
Brown junior Lisa Gray (126 votes,
8%) and Richardson junior
Spencer Greene (121 votes, 7%).
Will Rice members won both of
the SA Vice Presidencies.
Sophomore Michelle LaFoe was
elected Internal VP and Senior
Robert Nevill was elected External
VP.
LaFoe won a three-way race
after one run-off. She finished with
581 votes (61%), while her
remaining challenger, Hans zen
junior Robert Offer had 379 (39%).
Before the run-off, LaFoe had
423 votes (42%), Offer had 320
votes (32%), and Baker junior
Laurie Watts had 270 votes (27%).
Nevill won a four-way race after
two run-offs. Nevill finished with
449 votes (51%), and Helen Zunka
ended with 440 votes (49%).
Before the run-offs, Nevill had
283 votes (28%), Baker sophomore
Elliot Weissbluth had 275 (27%),
Zunka 246 (24%), and Jones
sophomore Thomas Hyer 220
(21%).
Hans zen freshman Adam Carr
was elected SA Secretary with 636
votes (70%). Write-in candidate
Jenni Rausch, also a Hans zen
freshman, received 275 votes
(30%).
A run-off election will be held
March 10 or March 17 for SA
Treasurer, between Hans zen
junior Jorge Contreras and Lovett
junior John Thornburgh. Jones
Junior Morgan Neuwirth, who
received 195 votes (21%), was
eliminated after the first round.
A run-off using the preferential
ballots resulted in 447 votes
(50.3%) for Contreras and 441
votes (49.7%) for Thornburgh.
Because of a six-vote discrepancy,
the run-off did not decide the
election.
Baker junior Paul Salinas won
the position of RPC Vice President
with 523 votes (55%) after one run-
off. Baker sophomores Scott Jones
and Scott Smith received 423 votes
(45%). Richardson sophomore
Scott Wiggers and Will Rice junior
Ketti Eipers, who received 300
votes (29%), were eliminated in the
first count.
Two run-offs were held to elect
Hans zen senior JFrisk Dahlberg
University Court Chairman with
516 votes (54%).
Jones junior Todd Torczon,
who received 200 votes (19%), was
eliminated after the initial vote
count. Wiess junior Greg Heath
was eliminated from the second
run-off, receiving 283 votes (27%)
of the preferential votes.
Will Rice sophomore Andy
Karsner received 440 votes (46%)
in the final run-off against
Dahlberg.
Hans zen junior Lucy Scharen-
berg received 809 votes in an
uncontested race for RPC
T reasurer.
Hans zen sophomores Lawrence
Cowsar and Laura Drew won the
uncontested race for Campanile
editor with 886 votes.
Racist remnant found on campus
NEWS BRIEFS
campus and off-campus news
A door with the words "White
men" on it was discovered in the
Rice track and field stadium,
KTRK (Channel 13) reporter
Marvin Zindler said on a recent
show.
The words, which were probably
painted decades ago when
discrimination was more
prevalent, were promptly painted
over by campus workers, Zindler
said.
The station broadcast pictures
of the door.
Hanszen soph
will go British
Michael Lamont, a Hanszen
sophomore, has been selected to
spend the 1987-1988 academic year
at Trinity College, Cambridge as
the C.D. Broad Exchange student
under the program gg£nsored by
the Student Aid Foundation
Enterprises.
In his place, a student from
Trinity College will spend the year
at Rice.
Porno theater
closes its doors
The Village Theater, an X-rated
movie theater located at 2412
University in the Rice Village,
closed February 19.
The Houston Post quoted
David Turnbull, president of
Oceanic Development Corp.,
which owns the theater, as saying,
"We are now completely devoid of
pornography in the Village."
Oceanic has not decided on the
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Seville, Spain June 1 - July 12, 1987
Language and Upper Division Courses
* Graduate Courses
Eligibility artd Admission:
Courses are open for credit to Rice students and students from other recognized
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Dr. Maria Teresa Leal de Martinez, Director, Summer Program in Spain,
Department of Spanish, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251. Deadline for
Application: April 15, 1987.
Hanszen sophomore Pat
McGarrity received 889 votes in
the uncontested race for
Campanilebusiness manager.
Baker sophomore Jenny Berry,
who received 189 votes (25%),
Jones freshman Libby Schwartz,
who received 168 votes (22%), and
Jean-Pierre Baizan, who received
169 votes (23%), won the three
sophomore Honor Council
positions.
Jeff Bates (Jones) received 147
votes (20%), and Larry Gelbaugh
(Baker) received 76 votes (10%).
The three junior Honor Council
positions were taken by Moses
Scheinfeld (Will Rice) with 203
votes (26%), Shannon Wong
(Hanszen) with 232 votes (28%),
and John James (Baker), with 213
votes (26%).
Elliot Weissbluth (Baker)
received 144 votes (17%). and
write-in candidate Zonker Cohen
(Wiess) received 36 votes (4%).
Elected to the senior honor
council are Steve Nations (Baker)
with 211 votes (22%), Laura Reece
(Jones) with 202 votes (21%), Kelly
Wilson (Lovett) with 196 (20%),
and Fausto Miranda (Richardson)
with 176 (19%).
For the same position, Keith
Baggerly (Wiess) garnered 119
votes (13%) and write-in Amy
Schwendimann (Baker) took 47
(5%).
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property's future, but Turnbull
said it is likely that the building will
be leased for some other type of
theater.
The theater had stood out
among the upscale, Yuppie-
oriented shops in the Village area.
It closed partly because of the
increase in home video sales and
partly because of the objections of
local civic organizations.
Gene Baxter, a clerk at the
nearby University Men's Shop,
said most Village merchants were
"tickled to death" at the closing.
The Village Theater's final show
was attended by a crowd of young
people that employees thought
were Rice students.
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