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the Rice Thresher
Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 29
SINCE 1916
Students to vote on
drug policy in fall
Friday, April 27, 2001
by Rachel Rustin
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Along with the homecoming
court nominees, a resolution calling
for a re-evaluation of the country's
drug laws will be on this fall's Home-
coming Ballot.
At the Student Association meet-
ing Monday, the senate voted to in-
clude a referendum for a resolution
supporting reform of the Higher Edu-
cation Act. The referendum will need
a two-thirds vote to be passed in the
election. 'Hie HEA clause mandates
that students convicted of a drug-re-
lated offense lose federal financial aid.
Will Rice College junior Lindsey
Trott and Will Rice sophomore Vikki
Hutto, both members of Students
for a Sensible Drug Policy, first pre-
sented the resolution to the senate
April 9. Senators and college presi-
dents decided to gather opinions
from their constituents, so the reso-
lution was brought up again at the
meeting this Monday, after every
college had had a cabinet meeting.
Representatives from Rice's chap-
ter of SSDP went to seven of the
college cabinet meetings and to
lunch at Brown College.
'Hie resolution presented Monday
Sec REFERENDUM, Page 9
Petition urges Rice to
help prevent sweatshops
by Mark Berenson
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Rice Students for Global Justice
sent a letter to President Malcolm
Gillis Monday urging the university
to take a more proactive role in pre-
venting the use of sweatshop labor
among its apparel manufacturers.
The letter, accompanied by the
signatures of360 students, asks Rice
to join the Workers Rights Consor-
tium, a non-profit organization that
enforces company compliance with
a code of conduct designed to pro-
tect workers' rights.
The WRC charges a fee of 1 per-
cent of the revenue a university re-
ceives from apparel sales, according
to its Web site. Based on current sales,
Campus Store Manager Michelle
Jones Vanderwater said the fee would
cost Rice around $4,000 per year.
Currently, Wee belongs to the
Collegiate License Company, which
limits the products to which the Rice
logo can be applied. CLC also has a
labor code.
However, in the letter to Gillis,
Wiess College senior Daniel Livorsi
wrote that the WRC and CLC codes
differ in the wage levels workers
must receive and in the information
manufacturers must disclose about
the factories.
The CLC only requires workers
be paid the legal minimum wage,
while the WRC code of conduct has
a wage provision guaranteeing
wages that cover the cost of living.
The WRC also requires a full pub-
lic disclosure about factories, but
the CLC code has no such provision.
"(If Rice joins the WRC J, every
factory that makes Rice apparel
would have to disclose its location
and the working conditions in the
factory," Livorsi said.
About 75 colleges and universities
in the United States, including Colum-
bia University and Georgetown Uni-
versity, have joined the WRC.
At press time, Rice spokesman
Terry Shepard said the university had
no comment because Gillis had been
out of town and unable to review the
letter. Shepard, the Vice President
for Public Affairs, said Gillis, an inter-
national economist, would be best
able to respond to questions.
Making a splash
ROB GADDI/THRESHER
Will Rice College freshman Javier Garcia plays on an spur-of-the-moment slip n' slide set up in the Will Rice
quad Wednesday afternoon.
Police arrest man wanted in four states
by Olivia Allison
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
University Police arrested a man
with warrants in four states — in-
cluding one for a felony in Florida —
at the Campus Store Wednesday.
Enoch Eugene McClain, 48, at-
tempted to steal four books about an
hour before the store closed at 5 p.m.
Lt. Dianna Marshall said Campus
Store Manager Michelle Jones
Vanderwater notified police at about
2:45 p.m. that a man claiming to be-
long to a Christian organization had
called and said he had bought books
and wanted to return them. He then
asked questions about the store, such
as when the bookstore closed and
the name of the manager.
McClain came to the store 45
minutes later, and Vanderwater sus-
pected that he had been the caller.
McClain is a black male, 5 feet 4
inches tall with dark skin.
Vanderwater called police and
told them that McClain was still in
the store. When police arrived, he
had four books in his possession,
which police suspect he was attempt-
ing to steal. Police took McClain to
the University Police statiqn.
Marshall said this type of theft is
common in the bookstore.
"Periodically, we get reports of
these people who come into the
bookstore and go downstairs and
pick up books, put them in a bag,
and then they come upstairs and
they want to return these books for
cash," Marshall said.
Sgt. Steve Reiter said Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina and Arizona
have warrants for McClain's arrest
on charges that include possession
of possible drug paraphernalia, ob-
taining property by false pretenses
and scheme to defraud.
"Tli is guy is amazing," Reiter said.
"He is a major con artist."
Reiter said police records listed
14 aliases, eight different dates of
birth and four social security num-
bers for McClain.
For a Class B misdemeanor such
as attempted theft of the books,
McClain could be given a fine of up
to $2,000 and up to 180 days in Har-
ris County Jail. Reiter said because
of McClain's previous criminal
record, he will probably receive the
maximum sentence.
See BOOKSTORE, Page
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Will Rice College senior Michael "Bish" Bishop, lead singer of Rice-based band Cousin Mary, performs Friday
night as part of Wless College's Jambalaya Fest. The 12-hour music festival featured a wide variety of bands,
most of which contained current or former students.
INSIDE
BRIAN STOLER. THRESHER
Senior right-handed pitcher Kenny Baugh set a new school record by
facing just 27 batters in Rice's 10-0 win over Hawaii. See Story. Page 21.
Keeping in touch
over the summer
The summer directory is
online, http://sa.rice.edu/ser-
vices/summerdir, and will be ac-
cessible throughout the sum-
mer.
Time for a break
This is the last regular
Thresher of the semester. The
graduation and summer issues
will be mailed to students' per-
manent addresses.
A&E Page 13
RAMN will folk you up
LIFESTYLES Page 14
A recap of Owl Weekend
SPORTS Page 18
WAC tennis tourney previews
Quote of the Week
"I really like not being in America."
— IV/ess College senior Kate
Ketner, about winning the Freeman
Scholarship. See Slory, Page 4.
Weekend Weather
Friday: Sunny, 58-82
Saturday: Partly sunny, 62 80
Sunday: Partly cloudy, 64-81
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