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The Rice Thresher
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by BRIAN STOLER and ELIZABETH JARDINA THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
No one was injured in the incident. The chair was completely destroyed and thrown away by Food and Housing staff, and the couch was irreparably broken, Housing Operations Manager Loretta Pisegna said. The falling furniture also broke off a lamp from the front of the college. Sid's bylaws state that no objects other than free-flowing water may be thrown from the college's balconies. At press time, the Sid Court was investigating the incident. Sid Chief Justice Kyle Voosen, a senior, had no comment on the status of the investigation. Whoever threw the furniture from Sid at around 5 a.m. Friday will face sanctions if caught and convicted.
"Any individual found in violation of balcony policy by the SRC Court will be fined in an amount at least equal to any costs incurred by the college. ... Court rulings may range from monetary fines and service hours to rustication and/or referral to higher authority," according Pisegna estimated that the couch would cost between $800 and $900 to replace, and the chair would cost $600. Sid's vice president will determine when to replace the lost furniture, if at all, and from where the money will come. Pisegna said Facilities and Engineering has the broken lamp, which was badly damaged, and is looking to find an exact replacement. If they can not find a match, the matching lamp on the other side of the main entrance doors will also have to be replaced, Pisegna said. Sid President Pete Irot said the college may face fines from F&H. "It is likely that the majority of cost to the college will come from F&H fines, but I do not have the figures on that," Irot said. In April 1995, University Court found two Rice students guilty of throwing two wooden tables and a sofa from the fourth and fifth floor balconies. The furniture was destroyed and also damaged the metal railings on the Sid front steps. The students, who were members of Rice's baseball team and were not from Sid, were assigned 200 hours of community service and required to repay the amount of all damages, which was in excess of $10,000. - back -
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