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by LIORA DANAN THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Will Rice College captured first place in the men's and alumni races and Brown College women sped to the top of their event at the 43rd annual Beer-Bike on March 25. During the water ballow battle preceding the races, parade participants launched about 114,500 balloons, according to the college Beer-Bike coordinators. Rice Program Council Chair Lindsay Germano, a Hanszen College junior, said both the parade and race ran relatively smoothly. She thinks increased awareness is what led to this year's considerably lower fines for college violations of Beer-Bike rules. "As with any event, you have those people who will forget to think before they act and there is nothing that you can do about that," Germano said. "I feel that this year, all students in all of the colleges were informed of what the penalties were for breaking the rules." Will Rice received fines totaling $1,100, the highest amount assigned to any college. "We haven't even started dealing with how we're going to pay it," Will Rice Beer-Bike Coordinator Jesse Dickerman said. "It's a lot more than we have in our budget." Dickerman, a sophomore, said the coordinators will discuss the matter with the Will Rice Diet, but that they don't intend to transfer fines to individuals. Wiess College coordinators are also hoping not to pass a fine to an individual in a specific case, according to Wiess Beer-Bike Coordinator Dave Sha. Wiess received the second highest fine of $1,050 and was fined $250 for alcohol on the parade route. Sha, a senior, said the coordinators may start a collection to cover this fine so they do not have to approach any individuals. According to Sha, Wiess coordinators are also planning to contest a number of fines, including accusations of propelled water and thrown mud, with Associate Director of Student Activities Mona Hicks. Coordinators from Baker, Sid Richardson, Lovett and Hanszen Colleges said they also intend to contest some of their colleges' fines. These colleges have been fined from $850 to $900. Brown Beer-Bike Coordinator Elisabeth Grove, a senior, said that she thought Brown's fine of $600 was reasonable and that Brown coordinators do not plan to argue the fines. Jones Beer-Bike Coordinator and junior Nirav Bhagat said that Jones' $200 fine was significantly less than in previous years. "I don't know why it was lower this year," Bhagat said. "I'd like to think it's because we did a better job than previous coordinators, but who knows." All college and area Beer-Bike coordinators will meet Sunday to discuss ways to improve Beer-Bike for next year, Germano said. Campus Police Chief Bill Taylor said the event saw fewer alcohol violations than in the past. Taylor said Campus Police only had to deal with two intoxicated students. They were brought to the station and then released to their respective masters. "It was a rather good event this year as far as there weren't a whole lot of problems with altercations," Taylor said. "In previous years, there [have] been some fairly serious altercations and people got hurt pretty bad." - back - |
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