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the Rice Thresher
Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 3
SINCE 1916
Friday, September 1, 2000
SA treasurer to resign
by Liora Danan
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The Student Association will hold
elections for the position of SA trea-
surer during the October homecom-
ing elections. Current SA Treasurer
and Wiess College sophomore Rani
Yadav will resign this semester.
Yadav, who was elected to her
position in February, applied to other
universities in March and will trans-
fer Harvard University this spring.
Yadav said she doesn't think the
transition to a new treasurer will be
difficult.
"I'll train them until they get the
hang of it, around mid-November,
and then they can look to me if they
have any questions," Yadav said.
"There shouldn't be too many prob-
lems, considering I'll be here still,
and I'll sit through it with them and
go step by step."
Yadav said she plans to stay in-
volved in the SA this semester, work-
ing on the upcoming SA Fall Retreat
as well as fulfilling treasurer duties.
Yadav said that she originally
came to Rice on a trial basis and then
fell in love with the university.
"I agreed to apply [in March] to a
few schools that my parents thought
would give me an edge in the busi-
ness world," Yadav said. "But I basi-
cally put no effort into my applica-
tions so I would get rejected. My
plan backfired in the biggest way
possible."
Yadav said she regrets having to
leave Rice. "It's going to be the hard-
est thing I've ever had to do," Yadav
said.
SA President Lindsay Botsford
said she is confident that the new
treasurer will be fine.
"As long as we find someone that's
interested in running, I don't think
the transition will be a problem," she
said.
This is the second year in a row
that the position of SA treasurer has
had to be filled due to an early resig-
nation and a special addition to the
homecoming election. Last fall.
Baker College junior Chad Benedict
left the position and was replaced by
Hanszen College junior Gavin Parks.
KTRU now on 91.5
New signal allows on-campus reception
by Aalok Mehta
THRESHER STAFF
On-campus students scanning
the radio will be able to hear some-
thing new: KTRU. For the first time
since 1991, when its transmitter
moved from atop Sid Richardson
College, the Rice radio station can
be clearly heard from campus loca-
tions, on 91.5 FM.
A translator, which rebroadcasts
KTRU's signal, was activated late
last week and allows Rice and the
surrounding area to listen to the
station.
"KTRU is a university radio sta-
tion, it's run by students, and it's
important students get it," said
Johnny So, KTRU station manager.
"This will improve coverage gener-
ally in this area."
In 1991, KTRU moved its broad-
cast tower to a new facility in Humble,
almost fifty miles away. Rice was
just at the edge of its broadcast range,
and the buildings of down town Hous-
ton also caused interference.
"Most students accept it as ri-
diculous that KTRU is a Rice radio
station and they couldn't pick it up,"
So, a Will Rice senior, said.
The broadcast location was
moved from Sid because of plans by
KRTS, another local radio station at
92.1 FM, to boost the power of its
transmission. Because their plans
would have interfered with KTRU's
broadcast, KRTS paid for the move
and new equipment.
Plans for the translator began
with Will Robedee, who was hired
by Rice as KTRU general manager
in March 1998.
"I started working on it when 1
was hired — even before I came on
campus," Robedee said.
Using revenue generated by rent-
ing space out to cellular communi-
cations and two-way paging compa-
nies, he obtained approval from the
See KTRU, Page 8
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Dancing about architecture
KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER
The official opening of the Humanities Building will be accompanied by an original, site-specific dance. On Sunday, dancers
practiced the grand finale. The audience will be travelling around the building with the dancers during the actual perfor-
mance, to be held Oct 20 and 21. For the finale, the audience will be standing across the Inner Loop, near Baker College.
The performance will cost $5 for Rice students to attend.
Shuttle stops, stadium
parking rearranged
by Rachel Krause
THRESHER STAFF
Stadium parking and
shuttle routes both have been
substantially altered for the
upcoming school year.
See map of parking changes
and shuttle routes. Page 10.
According to Campus Po-
lice Chief Bill Taylor, the de-
partment expects that it will
take people a few weeks to
adjust to the new parking
setup. It is currently focusing
on getting people to learn
where they can park.
Facilities and Fngineering
has put up temporary signs
and will replace them with
permanent ones within a
month.
Taylor added that the pos-
sibility of permanent signs
color coded with the various
parking permits has been dis-
cussed as a means to help
distinguish the different lots.
Colored lines, which corre-
spond .with their respective
parking permits, may also be
drawn around the lots.
Faculty and staff parking
in the stadium was expanded
from one to three rows di-
rectly behind Alice Pratt
Brown Hail to accommodate
the reduction of faculty park-
ing that caused by the closing
of the laboratory Road Lot.
Resident student parking
is located in the three rows
just beyond the new faculty
parking.
The commuter student lot
has been moved back and is
now the section closest to the
stadium.
A triangular visitors' lothas
been added behind residen-
tial parking.
The faculty and staff sta-
dium parking borders the left
side of the visitors' lot and
runs parallel to the police sta-
tion.
Open stadium parking has
been designated in the area
behind the police station.
Many students said they
were unaware that such
changes had been made.
See PARKING, Page 10
Students banned from selling notes
by Olivia Allison
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAI'I
Students may not use class notes for com-
mercial purposes, according to an amend-
ment in the2000-'01 Code of Student Conduct,
a change inspired by last year's controversy
concerning Web sites such as Versity.com.
Faculty Council members unanimously
approved a letter to President Malcolm Gillis
April 14 recommending the ban on students
selling notes and other class materials to Web
sites offering notetaking services. Assistant to
the President Mark Scheid said Gillis agreed
with the recommendation, and then the Gen-
eral Counsel's Office wrote the amendment
with the help of interim Assistant Dean for
Student Judicial Affairs Allen Matusow.
The code specifically states that the "sale
of class notes or other course-generated mate-
rial for commercial collection or commercial
purpose" is a Class I violation in section Il.B. 1 .x.
Class I violations carry punishments ranging
from discretionary sanctions, which are sanc-
tions imposed by organizations such as extra-
curricular activities, to expulsion.
Versity.com offered students $7 per lec-
ture posted on the site last year, with a $40
bonus at the end of the semester if they posted
notes for every lecture. Many professors ob-
jected to the sites because of intellectual prop-
erty issues and the low quality of the notes on
the site.
Scheid said that because the code states
that the list of violations is not all-inclusive,
the sale of course materials could have been
considered to be against the code.
"(The list of violations) says it is not in-
tended to be an exhaustive list, so anything
else that comes up could be a violation even if
it's not spelled out," Scheid said. "But it's
better to spell these things out."
Baker College junior Jay Bodas said he
believes professors should decide whether
notes from their classes may be posted on
these sites.
"Anything a professor doesn't want posted
on the page shouldn't be posted," Bodas said.
"But I don't think it should be an all-encom-
passing decision. I don't think it should be
that big of a deal. If I don't go to class one day,
I borrow notes from my classmates, and 1 these
sites] are just a more formal way of doing
that."
INSIDE
OPINION Page 3
Dallal laments uninspired candidates
NEWS
Potty PINs
Page 5
SONJA GEE 'THRESHER
The football season kicks off Saturday
with the Operation Sellout game versus
the University of Houston. See Football
Preview, Pages 18-19.
A&E Page 12
I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Demented
LIFESTYLES Page 15
The agony and the Ecstasy
SPORTS Page 17
Runners go Down Under
Weekend Weather
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Sunday: Partly cloudy, 78-96
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