SRC's balconies opened again
The balconies were closed by Food and Housing at the request of SRC's Council, which had previously announced that if another object was thrown off of one of the balconies, they would be shut for the two-week period.
The balconies were shut in December of last year after a block of dry ice crashed through one of the sliding glass doors of the Will Rice College Master's House.
Other objects have been thrown off the college's balconies this year, including beer bottles and a small refrigerator according to SRC members present at a Council meeting March 11.
No one has been publicly accused of any of the crimes.
Houston city ordinances prohibit the throwing of objects from high-rises, including the SRC tower. Rice policy also prohibits such acts, which are punishable by the rustication of the offender.
When a person is rusticated, he or she is not allowed to live on campus or to spend time on campus, except to attend classes.
The elephant's head was thrown off of the balcony and landed in the shrubbery below. The head, along with the rest of the stuffed animal, was reportedly taken by a SRC member, acting alone, from the Lovett College commons.
A Lovett member had apparently stolen the figure from the Shriners Circus, which according to Lovett freshman Chris Gouge, helps physically and mentally disadvantaged children.
SRC President Joel Grus said in the "rice.sid.general" that the elephant's theft was not a sanctioned college activity.
"In regards to the elephant, don't look at it as Sid stole the elephant. Look at it as `some idiots stole the elephant,'" he said.
Believe me, I'm as pissed about the whole elephant situation as you are," he said.
This item appeared in the News section of the April 21, 1995 issue.
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