European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 24 a the stars and stripes faces a no places 1 wednesday february 3,1993 new president for Columbia from wire reports the president of Rice University was named monday to become Columbia University a president., Quot i am most honoured to be invited to join this wonderful University. It is a very special place a George Rupp said at a news conference in columbian slow memorial Library in new York City. The 50-Ycar-old Rupp president at Rice since 1985, will succeed Michael i. Sovern on july 1 to become the Ivy league University a 18th president. During Rupp s tenure As Rice a fifth president the school s research funding and endowment More than doubled and applications at the 4,400-Studcnt University in Houston tripled. Rupp a theology professor previously headed the Harvard divinity school. He received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and has graduate degrees from the Yale divinity school and Harvard University. His selection ended a six month search in which More than 500 candidates were considered. Sovern columbian a president since 1980, oversaw a period of change for the 239-year-old school. The University began admitting female undergraduates in 1983, becoming the last Ivy league school to do so. In 1985, the College sold the land under Rockefeller Center for $400 million. And in 1988, it became fully residential offering housing to All undergraduates. Sovern announced his resignation in june saying he wanted to spend More time with his wife who has cancer. He flans to return to teaching at columbian saw school. Actor knows about Ira Stephen Rea who plays an Irish Republican army gunman in the movie the crying game had More than a passing knowledge of the group he grew up in Belfast Northern Ireland and his wife was once an Ira member. Dolours Price served eight years in prison for her part in car bombings 20 years ago. She and Rea were married in 1983. Rea a named Best actor of 1992 by the National society of film critics a said he used that background in playing the role. Quot in a not an activist and i done to believe in violence a Rea 50, said in t in latest Issue of people Magazine. A a what 1 bring is an understanding of How decent Ordinary people got involved and How that spiral cd into something out of control. 1 be tried to express my experiences As an Irish person rather than just be an empty vessel As an  help for the homeless grateful dead drummer Bill Krutz Mann is protesting a California plan to give the Boot to homeless Beach dwellers. A i am going to Chain myself to something and in a willing to get arrested a said Kreutzmann who has lived on the Mendocino coast 20 years. A a i find it incomprehensible and morally bankrupt to treat human beings like  the Parks and recreation department in Navarro plans to evict by the end of the month about 20 adults and nine children who have lived in trailers and makeshift shelters on the Beach for 18 months. A few weeks ago Kreutzmann started bringing the Beach dwellers clothing food sleeping bags and other supplies. A a they won my heart right away a he said. The 46-year-old musician wants the state to give the people three months to a Lac to i arriving in style fashion designer Donna Karan left is joined by entertainer barbra Streisand As they arrive monday night for the 12th annual Council of fashion designers award gala at new York s Lincoln Center. Karan received the Council s 1992 menswear designer award. Find somewhere Al live. And a performance space. Work on the Hall is almost a year behind schedule because of poor organization and a shortage of almost $500,000, officials said. Money for the blues his Story to be on film a ii n to i i n i l m i a a a . King and Bobby a a blues Bland Are lending their talents to raise Money for the Bessie Smith Hall in Chattanooga Tenn. The two blues legends will perform March 26 at memorial auditorium with proceeds going toward the project Hall organizers said monday. King will also attend a reception. A a he a really committed to this project because of the importance of Bessie Smith to the blues a said Hall consultant Cheryl Moody. The Hall named after the late blues Singer whose hits included Down hearted blues and wasted life blues will consist of a Smith exhibit a museum nearly 12 years after he found $1.2 million on the Street and tried to keep it Joey Coyle is looking Forward to seeing a and hearing a actor John Cusack play him in a movie about his Story. Coyle spent several Days in november showing Cusack around town and helping him master the local accent. Shooting began monday in Pittsburgh. Crews also planned to shoot More scenes in Philadelphia. A when he was with me he was trying out a South Philly accent a Coyle said. A the picked up on it real Quick. He said to me a Joey this is a fantastic Story. In a Gonna make you look like a god on  Coyle then 28, was driving Down a Philadelphia Street in february 1981, when an armoured truck in front of his car hit a bump and the rear door popped open. A bag containing $1.2 million fell out. He scooped up the Money and took off Only to spend sue frantic Days bragging about hts Luck and worrying about where to hide it safely. Authorities caught up with him at Kennedy Airport in new York where he was arrested with $105,000 stuffed in his boots. At his trial he pleaded temporary insanity and the jury acquitted him. The jurors stood and applauded when the Var diet was announced. Now nearly 40, Coyle said he a cleaned up his act getting off drugs and working steadily As a Longshoreman. 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