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the Rice Thresher
Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 15
SINCE 1916
Friday, December 8, 2000
Former Sid secretaries suspended for a semester
by Brian Stoler
THRF.SHKK KDITOKIAI. STAFF
Former Sid secretaries Patrick
B. Murphy and Vinay Kini were sen-
tenced to one semester of suspen-
sion in connection with the Oct. 24
Sid Richardson College Council min-
utes.
Kini declined to comment on the
case, but Murphy said he spoke on
Kini's behalf.
Murphy and Kini are planning to
appeal to President Malcolm Gillis,
Murphy said. Normally such an ap-
peal would be directed to Vice Presi-
dent for Student Affairs Zenaido
Camacho, but since Camacho filed
the original complaint, Gillis will hear
the appeal. Acting Assistant Dean
for Student Judicial Programs Allen
Matusowsaid they haveuntiljan. 16
to file an appeal.
Matusow told the students of
their suspension at a meeting yes-
terday afternoon. "He told us what
our punishment was and handed us
letters explaining that we had vio-
lated all three charges," Murphy
said.
The two Sid sophomores were
told their violations were inflicting
or attempting to inflict mental harm,
violation of Rice's sexual harassment
policy and discrimination on the ba-
sis of sex.
The complaint was sparked by
the back page of the Oct. 24 min-
utes. The top of the page reprints an
opinion column from the Oct. 13
issue of The Rice Thresher, and at the
bottom is a parody of the column.
The original column, "Registrar and
financial aid eventually fix glitches,"
was written by Sid sophomore Jes-
sica Dunn.
The parody was titled "Great
things about me that everyone
should know," and included insults
about Dunn, including comments
like "You Are a Dumb Bitch" and
repeated statements that she has
sex with her twin sister Danielle,
also a Sid sophomore.
Jessica and Danielle Dunn de-
clined to comment on the case.
Kini and Murphy sent an apology
for the minutes to the Sid listserv the
day after they were published. Jes-
sica and Danielle Dunn each sent
messages to the listserv later that
day acknowledging the apology and
thanking members of the college for
their support.
The complaint
In the few days after the minutes
were published, the Dunns ex-
pressed no interest in bringing the
issue to the university judicial sys-
tem, Sid President laura Rees said.
"When 1 offered to take the issue to
a higher level for them, because it
was a big deal, they said that they
were comfortable with the way that
Sid had dealt with the issue, and that
'Sid Rich rules,' that they had had so
much support from the community
that that was enough," Rees said.
Sid Master Steve Cox said the
Dunns' parents showed the minutes
to Camacho. "My understanding is
that the parents of the Dunn girls
brought the minutes to the vice
See MINUTES, Page 10
KTRU back on the air
by Olivia Allison
THRKSHKR KDITOKIAI. STAFF
Student programming returned to KTRU
at 4 p.m. today after K TRU DJs, the SA Senate
and Vice President for Student Affairs Ze-
naido Camacho reached an agreement on a
new operating policy for the station.
'Hie first song to be played on 91.7 FM in
over a week was by jazz great Miles Davis —
the song interrupted by static when the sta-
tion was shut down Nov. 30.
The operating policy, which declares KTRU
a "student-run radio station," is the result of
three days of negotiations between Student
Association President Lindsay Botsford, KTRU
I )J I )irectors Ben Home and Sarah Pitre, KTRU
DJ Alexei Angelides and Camacho. Home,
Pitre and Angelides presented an early draft of
the proposal at Monday's SA meeting.
KTRU will hold by Camacho'sdecision from
Nov. 29 that three to four sports events per
week, in addition to most tournament games,
will be broadcast for the next two years.
Home, Pitre and Angelides said they were
happy with the agreement. "1 think people rec-
ognize that, in some ways, this wasn't the ideal,"
Home, a Wiess College junior, said. "This is
what we have to go with, and I feel like we really
bargained with the administration well."
The policy states that the station is ac-
countable to the university, which holds the
Federal Communications Commission license,
and the student body, and it "serves Rice
University and the Houston community as
part of the local radio network." The policy
also states that "DJs must be responsible for
their on air conduct and accountable to stu-
dent station management."
The station manager will be elected by the
student body, and if the general manager, an
employee of Student Affairs, disagrees with
the station manager, he or she can appeal to
the SA Senate. The internal structure of KTRU
will be determined by the KTRU Constitution,
which has vet to be written, and its DJs.
A significant difference between the agreed-
upon policy and the draft presented at
Monday's SA meeting is the make-up of the
Committee to oversee the station. 'ITie original
policy called for a KTRU College Committee
composed of one student from each college.
The KTRU Friendly Committee in the cur-
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KTRU DJ Erica Sondgeroth, a Sid Richardson College junior, plays music in the Student Center
and talks to Dylon Robbins, a graduate student in Spanish. KTRU management asked DJs to work
their shifts at a table in the Student Center to raise awareness about KTRU's shutdown.
Hey, Lego my balls!
ROB GADDI/TMRESHfR
Moo 2 pauses to collect balls from a dispenser during the Rice Lego
Robot Contest Sunday. Students In Electrical Engineering 201, better
known as "Lego Lab," built robots that were supposed to deposit balls
into goals and shoot them into a hoop for points. Moo 2 eventually
took second place.
Freshman hospitalized after private party
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER STAFF
After a private party at Jones Col-
lege Friday night, one freshman went
to the hospital for alcohol poisoning,
and President Malcolm Gillis paid a
morning visit.
According to Jones President
Avinash Pinto, the college will not
be put on any kind of alcohol proba-
tion, and the college cabinet is deal-
ing with the problem. The student
went to Memorial Hermann Hospi-
tal and was released the same day.
Gillis said that from his house
early Saturday morning, he saw an
ambulance and police cars pull up
outside of Jones South.
"1 was doing my exercises on my
weightlifting machine, and I saw the
ambulances pull up and the police
cars and I thought, 'What the hell?'
and so 1 ran over and 1 was told that
there was a student in very serious
condition upstairs on the second
floor," Gillis said. "So I went up there
and I asked had [Jones Masterl Rick
Barrera been awakened, and 1 said,
'Pleaseawaken him now.' And I went
into the student's room, and 1 was
extremely concerned at the appear-
ance of the student. And then I said,
'Now I'm getting the hell out of here
so 1 won't be in the way.' That's it.
"To be quite frank, I was ex-
tremely worried. 'ITie guy had been
vomiting in his sleep, and I know
what happens. At Duke, a person
died of that last year," Gillis said.
Jones senior Richard Fuquay and
other students from the second and
third floors of Jones South decided
early this semester to plan the party
on Friday. According to Fuquay, they
raised funds for the party by hosting
a slave auction and selling T-shirts,
which have not yet been printed.
"We've kind of pooled our re-
sources all semester leading up to
this party, so there was a ton of
alcohol and a lot of drinking," Fuquay
said. "And it was a good party. A lot
of people had a good time, but unfor-
tunately people got sick and one
Jones person had to go to the hospi-
tal the next day."
Jones has security for all private
parties that have registered a keg,
such as this one. Students were sta-
tioned at each exit on the floor to
keep people from leaving the floor
See PARTY, Page 7
Last 'Thresher1 of
the semester
This is the last Thresher of
the semester. Because we are
students like the rest ofyou, and
we will eventually need to study,
there will be no edition of the
Thresher during finals.
We will return Tuesday, Jan.
Hi. Yes, Tuesday. We're print-
ing a previously scheduled pa-
per Jan. 16 to catch upon events
that happen between today and
the beginning of next semes-
ter.
INSIDE
Scoreboard
Women's Basketball
Grambling State 63, Rice 85
Memphis 58, Rice 70
lona 53, Rice 94
Men's Basketball
Middle Tennessee St., 75, Rice 73
Lamar 53, Rice 60
Weekend Weather
Friday
Partly cloudy, 51 64
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, 52 63
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, 62-73
OPINION Page 3
KTRU music director responds
NEWS Page 8
Employee quits over KTRU issue
FEATURES Page 14
Liz Jackson goes pro
A&E Page 16
Discover the 'Crouching Tiger'
LIFESTYLES Page 17
Surviving finals
SPORTS Page 19
Lady Owls' strength continues
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