The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1997 Page: 6 of 20
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Two v«Md«« collld*,
A red Ford Explorer ran a red
light and struck a blue Chevrolet
Suburban Monday night, knocking
it into an empty Rice shuttle bus that
was waiting to make a right turn.
The drivers of the two cars suffered
only minor injuries, and the bus
driver was not hurt.
Bucky Walton, who was driving
the Explorer, said he had a green
light and was crossing University
Boulevard from Stockton Road to
enter campus at Entrance 8. Then
the Suburban "just hit me," hefeaid.
Walton's vehicle was struck on
its left side by the Suburbafi, which
was heading in the direction of Main
Street. It then veered right, glanced
off the bumper of the shuttle bus
and plowed into a tree in front of the
School of Continuing Studies. The
bus, which had stopped for the red
litfht, remained stationary through-
out the chain of events, Houston
Police Officer M.C. Michna said.
Walton, nursing a sore hand with
an ice pack, said he was "fine," al-
though his eyes hurt.That irritation
was only temporary and was caused
by the coating on the Explorer's
airbag, which had deployed during
tht- crash, Campus Police Corporal
1 a'H Hulsey said. The driver and pas-
senger of the Suburban were dazed
but not hurt,
dined to cor
The shuttle bus. which was re-
turning to campus from the Gradu-
ate House, held no passengers, and
the driver was not hurt, Hulsey said.
The front-right coiner section of
the bus' bumper was knocked off in
the collision.
The driver's side of the Explorer
was crushed upon impact with the
Suburban, and its front end was
smashed when it collided with the
tree. The Suburban's front end also
crumpled in the accident. "Both of
the cars were probably totalled,"
Hulsey said. "I'd say the Explorer
was definitely totalled "
The tree hit by Walton's car suf-
fered only the loss of a few square
inches of bark. •
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The accident took place at 7:43
p.m., and Campus Police reached
the scene within seconds, since the
police station borders University
Drive at Entrance 8. Officers blocked
off traffic until the debris could be
cleared, and traffic began moving
again steadily by 10 p.m.
Fondren receives PTO'
Partnership designation
Fondren Library has been se-
lected to take part in the South Cen-
tral Intellectual Property Partnership
bv the Patent and Trademark Of-
fice. New technology at Fondren will
permit access to patent examiners
and databases previously accessible
only in Washington, D.C. "The part-
nership provides access to a large
technological database of U.S. and
Japanese patents, from the first
patent signed by George Washing-
ton in 1'790 to patents issued in*the
current week," Director of Library
Promotions Barbara Kile said.
"Washington, D C. offices will
still formally take the patent, but a
lot of intermediary seeching and
interviews with examiners can now
be done here," she said:
The university will provide
$200,000 for renovation of space and
equipmentandfundingfor additional
staff. The library will provide intel-
lectual property services to the
southwestern United States. Mexico
and Latin America. PTQ services,
which should be available at Fondren
next summer, will be available free
or at a nominal charge to Rice stu-
dents and faculty.
PvNtMr Prise winner
David Remnick, winner of the
1994 Pulitzer Prize for his book
ijtnin's Tomb: The iMst Days of the
Soviet Empire, will speak on the col-
lapse of the Soviet Union Sunday at
4 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall in Alice
Pratt Brown Hall.
Friends of Fondren Executive
Director Mary Bixby said that
Remnick's speech, which is spon-
sored by the Friends, should "give
everyone in the Rice community an
opportunity -to hear someone who
truly has gotten to know the Russian
people. Having lived there, it gives
him a unique perspective."
Remnick iscurrently a staff writer
for The New Yorker and a frequent
contributor to other publications. He
has written two other books, Resur-
rection: The Struggle for a New Rus-
sia and The Devil Problem and Other
True Stories, a collection of his es-
says from The New Yorker.
RemnickVlecture is titled "The
Mew Russia; Perils and Possibilities
of an Awakening Bear." The lecture
is free arid open to the public. A
book-signing session will follow the
lecture.
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same time, NOD is a night to go a
little bit crazy," Schultz said. Be-
sides safety considerations, Coffa
and Schultz have also put a great
deal of time and effort into the party
itself. This year's theme for NOD is
"Circus," with the slogan "The Great-
est NOI) on Earth."
"The reason we chose the circus
theme is because there's an enor-
mous potential for variety as far as
costumes are concerned," Coffa ex-
plained. "We expect to see lots and
lots of costumes."
• The Wiess Socials Committee
has already begun preparing deco-
rations and arranged for the band
Arrival to play. "We've seen them
play in Houston, and they seem to
be a high-energy cover and original
band," Schultz said.
"Wiess College puts a lot of time
into NOD. We're really, really proud
of it," Fotinos said. All of Wiess'
plans and policies concerning NOD
are to ensure both the party's suc-
cess as well as people's safety, he
said. ®
"What we want to emphasize is
that not having off-campus people
will not affect the party," Coffa said
"As far as the actual mood of the
party, it will make very little differ-
ence."
"NOD is the best party on cam
pus, hands down, feet down, pants
down," Schultz said. "Come to NOD.
have a great time, but use your bet-
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Hardi, Joel & Siy, Angelique. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1997, newspaper, October 17, 1997; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246604/m1/6/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.