The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1998

THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1998 5 Hanszen, Wiess serve up responses to food proposal SERVERY, from Page 1 members present at a cabinet meeting two weeks ago voted unanimously against the joint servery proposal. “Wiess doesn’t compromise, ever,” Wiess President Ethan Schultz said. "The servery is not a good idea,” Schultz said. "It jeopar¬ dizes. the college system. We don't want it at Rice, no matter how good the food gets." Wiess freshman Christine Huang echoed that sentiment. “I don’t think it's right for us to compromise," she said. “It takes so much away from the social life." In last week's Thresher poll of BOO undergraduates, 73 per¬ cent of Wiess students responding disapproved of the proposal, while 10 percent approved. Hanszen deadlocked, with 41 percent both approving and disapproving. Lovett College Master Bill Leeman said there is no single "best view" in the matter and that the final decision may not accord with student opinion. "It is unrealistic to think that architectural designs can be cre¬ ated on the basis of opinion polls," Leeman said. “I think we all have to have faith that the planners are considering the various opinions they have heard and that they are striving to come up with the most workable solution that is compat¬ ible with Rice's boundary condi¬ tions and constraints." Reed hopes to break streak of late books YEARBOOK, from Page 1 In fact, the lateness of the 1995 yearbook may have indirectly al¬ lowed 1996 Campanile Editor Andy Burmeister to overspend his bud¬ get, which forced the Campanile to take out a university loan in 1997. The 1995 book didn't arrive on campus until October 1996, over a year late, and just two months be¬ fore the 1996 Campanile. When the final bill arrived for the 1995 book in January 1997, the 1997 staff realized that Burmeister had spent the $15,000 that had been left behind by 1995 Editor Charles Klein to pay it. To cover the bill, the Campanile borrowed $20,000 from the President's Office, to be repaid in two $10,000 installments. Nearly all of the yearbook's bud¬ get comes from the $24 blanket tax added to every' undergraduate's tu¬ ition each year, although the Cam- pa n He also earn s abou t $ 1 0,000 each year from advertising, Reed said. Senior scholarship winner volunteers in Haiti COVEY, from Page 1 He also taught English classes for a month. "For those of you who have gone abroad, you know how much every¬ one wants to learn to speak English," Covey explained with a grin. Once the center of the New World's economy of the New World, French-speaking Haiti is the poor¬ est country in the western hemi¬ sphere. Covey's trip to the island nation this summer was not his first. In 1997 he visited Haiti for two weeks as part of an international service trip sponsored by the Com¬ munity Involvement Center. That trip piqued his interest and gave him the desire to return and do more work there, Covey said, and he learned more about the country in a Brown College course. "Under¬ standing the Politics of Poverty in Haiti." Covey said he feels a strong con¬ nection to the country. "I definitely belong to a new fam¬ ily in Haiti.” Covey said, displaying a poster board of pictures of smiling children. "This trip changed my life. I have a new understanding of the world and that it's bigger than the United States.” Covey will return to Haiti in Janu¬ ary to study at Cascadia University and to work at Wings of Hope. "I can't wait to go back. I am very, very excited about going back to Haiti." he said. Covey also met former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Cooper's media advisor position was created in 1997 partly to ensure the Campanile's solvency. Cooper, who as a Rice undergraduate was the editor of the 1990 Campanile, said she is hopeful the 1999 year¬ book will come out on time. “Last year, the production of the '97 book was left in Sarah's hands," Cooper said. Clark began last year by finishing the last 50 pages of the 1997 yearbook, but this year. Reed will not start out behind, because Clark, now living in Austin, will fin¬ ish the 1998 book, Cooper said. "There's nothing preventing Louren from getting her book done on time," Cooper said. Besides breaking the four-year streak of late yearbooks, Reed said she hopes to build a solid foundation for next year's Campanile, by mak- ingcapitalimprovementsand involv¬ ing more freshmen and sophomores in the production of this year's book. “I’m glad to be out of debt," she said. “I wish we had the extra $10,000 to work with, but we’ll be fine." STUDENT ASSOCIATION The Student Association discussed: Senate met Monday. The following were That encounter not only helped shape Covey's honors thesis on Hai¬ tian politics. Covey said, it also influ¬ enced his future career. "I made a decision this summer," he said. "1 realized that there's a need in this world for people work¬ ing with development and interna¬ tional issues, as far as helping people in the Third World understand their economic and political situation." Covey called the scholarship that funded his trip "an incredible oppor¬ tunity for a Rice student." Money provided Covey by the 1998 Senior Committee was also matched by two Rice alumni. This year's Senior Committee also plans to make a travel grant to a Rice student who aspires to perform community service abroad. The Senate continued to discuss the proposal for a shared food servery between Hanszen and Wiess Colleges and the new South College, but decided not to take a stance on the issue. President Bill Van Vooren suggested having the student section hold up signs to form a giant picture at the Rice-UNLV Homecoming game. The SA is organizing a conference for student government leaders from the 31 schools that make up the Consortium on Financing Higher Education for late February or March. To help out, send e-mail to Tony Pule, tonypule@hce.edu, or Ann Blaine, blaine@nce.edu. There will be anti-UNLV T-shirts for Homecoming. The SA will also reprint “eATMe" shirts in honor of Texas A&M. The Senate approved a new club, Rice Recreational Runners. The Senate voted to give the Senior Committee $500. Rice Broadcast Television is now accepting submissions and looking for people to help produce original programming. Send e-mail to Nick North, mchn@nce.edu if you are interested. If you are interested in being part of the Class of 2000 Commencement Speaker Committee, send your name, college, and campus mail address to comspk99@hce.edu. Next meeting: Center. 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