College rivalry blooms after inspirational jack
by Brian Stealer
Thresher dictator
katie streit/thresher
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Two Rice pranksters attempt to steal the Baker Institute for Public Policy in an ingenious jack on Baker College.
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Fifty wallets, 34 backpacks, 20 pairs of jean shorts, 14 purses, 10 personal computers, eight vehicles, seven ounces of marijuana, five golden rings, three leather couches and one Rice Media Center have been reported stolen since Sept. 18.
But instead of issuing crime warnings, University Police are rejoicing along with students at the rebirth of college spirit. "These alleged thefts are clearly jacks committed in a jovial spirit of intercollege rivalry," Police Chief Bill Taylor said.
The renewal of college spirit is attributed by the University Police to a recent act of larceny that has revolutionized the concept of a jack.
BPEs highlight logo
by Elizabeth Jardeena
Thresher editorial staff
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Recent Backpages have provoked a backlash among some members of the Rice community. Backpage Editors Sarah Pitre and Mark Lewis, who alternate writing responsibilties with Backpage Editor Ben Johnson, have decided to emphasize the logos that indicate authorship of each week's page.
Another helpful hint for distinguishing between the editors' work is the complete and utter lack of Camacho-related content in Pitre and Lewis' pages.
"Yeah, I got into some trouble with a few guys who were unhappy with me because they thought I'd been dissing Zen," Lewis said. "They tried to jump me, but I quickly gave them the smack down with my massive physique. Since I don't like making grown men cry, I hope in the future people will use the logo to distinguish between the BPEs."
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On the night of Sept. 18, two enterprising Rice seniors and a former Rice track star decided to antagonize members of Hanszen College by temporarily moving a flat-screen computer monitor from the Humanities Building to a pawn shop on South Main Street. In a brilliant finishing touch, the three merry pranksters knocked over a female custodian to symbolize their anger at the imminent "knocking down" of Wiess College.
Little did they know that their simple tomfoolery would send waves of admiration and emulation throughout the Rice community. The University Police, upon discovering the jack, invited the lovable scamps to the police station for a jubilant celebration of their antics.
The response from the student body has been equally enthusiastic.
"Ever since I've been at Rice, there has always been a dry stretch between O-Week and Beer-Bike - a jack desert, if you will," Wiess College senior Seth Eatinger said. "Now, due to the trailblazing of a brave few into new jack territory, all Rice students are discovering that every day can be a jack day."
Sept. 18 represents a turning point in jack history. Instead of large-scale jacks involving dozens of participants, students are beginning to focus on individual expressions of their contempt for other colleges.
"Jacks used to take so much time and energy to organize," Lovett College senior Jonathan Bourland said. "You had to coordinate them with tons of people and follow silly rules like the Texas Penal Code. Now, students can just do jacks by themselves, cultivating the jack ideals of spontaneity and creativity."
The recent disappearance of objects around campus is a telling sign of a flourishing jack movement.
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"I've always wanted to express my disdain towards Brown in a unique manner, but I never had enough time to get 40 friends together," said Will Rice College senior Matt Frost. "Now, I know the perfect way to jack Brown - by stealing laptops from Fondren!"
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