The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1976 Page: 1 of 16
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volume 64, number 11
thursday, September 23, 1976
RDC conducts voter registration drive
by Dave Fleischer
The Rice Democratic Caucus
has just begun the second
phase of its current voter
registration campaign. In the
past two weeks, Caucus
members have worked
registration tables in the
Colleges at the Sunday noon
meal; this Monday night, they
will start their door-to-door
tour of the campus to register
still more students. Registra-
tion efforts will end October 1,
for anyone registered after
that date will be unable to vote
in the November 2 Presiden-
tial election.
The Caucus is concerned
that many students interested
in the upcoming election may
not be able to vote. Any
student planning to vote
absentee in another state or
county should write today for a
ballot; deadlines for such
requests vary from state to
state and from election to
election. Any off-campus
student registered in precinct
361 (the Rice precinct) should
Overcrowding plagues Chem E's
by Bill Barron
The Chemical Engineering
Deparment is currently trying
to find a solution to the
problem of overcrowding due
to an increase in the number of
undergraduates planning on
majoring in this field.
The problem at hand is
simply that there are more
Chem E majors than the
department can handle.
Ideally, the labs are designed
for 25 students. There are 41
Senior Chem E's this year—
but they are being accomo-
dated by the 9 faculty
members. However, due to an
upturn in chemical engin-
eering enrollment, there are
about 70 Juniors planning on
majoring in chemical
engineering and at least as
many in the Sophomore class.
Crowding is most evident in
the design clasps. Currently,
there are two sections of 21
students being taught; the
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SA Agenda, Sept 27,10pm, SH 301
OLD BUSINESS
A. University Council
One of the student reps will discuss the matters of current interest
discussed by the Council.
B. Rice Letter
Lynn Laverty asked the Senate to endorse a letter to Coach Homer
Rice asking bim to get in on the Convocation debates. The Senate
failed to reach a decision, so action on this proposal was postponed
until this week.
NEW BUSINESS
A. Speaker Fund Procedure
Funds requested by the departments of History and Philosophy
were approved by the Senate, aiding these two in paying for
speakers to visit the Rice campus.
B. Campanile Budget r
Monies to pay for the '76-'77 yearbook's production were approved
by the Senate during this part of the meeting.
NOTES:
A. Elections for RPC Vice President and SA Secretary/treasurer
will be held Oct. 14. Filing deadline is 3pm Sept. 30.
B. The SA approved $75 in funds requested by Debby Hadges to
match the $75 from Bonnie Heliums in the Student Activities
office to send her to Genitological Conference in New York. Debbie
had attended the year before, as well.
C. Monies were approved to send flowers to the parents of a student
who was killed after being struck by a car a short while ago.
D. It was requested by Bruce Marcus that the Senate should
investigate tbe sicknesses of several Sid Rich and Brown members
last weekend. A check of the food service was asked for by the
Senate to see if they knew anything concerning the affair. (Rumor
has it that the poisoning was brought on by the food served at the
all-school picnic last Saturday afternoon.)
E. The Senate approved the Student Grievance Procedures after a
request was made for them to look at and give their opinion
concerning them. Keith Cooper (University Council Chairman)
explained that the SEP was set up to put the University in accord
with Title IX. (Title IX has to do with sexual discrimination here at
Rice.) Keith and his committee are also going over the Code of
Judicial Procedures here at Rice.
change his registration to his
off-campus residence; while
off-campus students may
technically claim the campus
as their permanent address,
they can expect a time-
consuming hassle at the Rice
polling place before they vote
if a pollwatcher is present.
Any student who did not
receive a blue voter registra-
tion card last spring or this fall
should re-register as soon as
possible; until students receive
their blue voter registration
cards, they risk being purged
from the poll list, thereby
losing their vote.
Any student who wants to
register to vote or change a
registration address can stop
by 131 Hanszen any evening
to fill out the requisite forms.
Any student who wants to
help the Caucus register voters
should meet this Monday
night at 131 Hanszen at
6:30pm.
The Thresher will not be
published next Monday,
September 27, to allow for
publication of the Rice
Thresher Magazine on
Thursday, September 30.
The Magazine, which
comes out three times each
semester, provides a forum
for in-depth reporting,
features, and arts not
adaptable to a standard
newspaper format.
by Danny Medina
The Pub Control Board held
its first meeting of the year last
Friday, September 17, in the
RMC Conference Room.
The nine-member board,
chaired by Dr. Sam Carring-
ton, Proctor, commenced its
activities for the year by
voting to begin serving Coors
Beer on tap, beginning in
January 1977. This will be in
addition to the present Miller's
Light and Miller's Dark, now
served in the Pub.
The Control Board consists
of Ed Pierce, Program Council
Chairman, Marion Hicks,
Director of Food and Housing,
William Red, Director of the
RMC, Ron Gross, On-Campus
Student Representative, Patti
Bellis, off-campus student
representative, Dr. Bill
Wilson, Faculty representa-
tive, Bruce Marcus, Student
Association President, and Dr.
David L. Minter, Master of
Baker College, as well as
Carrington.
The Student Representa-
tives are selected by the SA
with recommendations made
by a 3-member Control Board
Committee, which interviews
prospective members. Minter
was chosen by the Committee
of Masters, and the others are
members of the committee by
virtue of the offices they hold.
At the meeting, Tina
Garfield was approved as Pub
manager for this year, a
position she has held through
the summer. She was chosen
over six other applicants.
Students are now under
consideration for the position
of Assistant Manager. The
Board appointed Garfield,
Gross, and Hicks as a
committee to interview those
seeking that job. Basic
qualifications include a
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Lovett College organizes
volunteer escort service
by Matt Muller
Women at Rice can now feel
safer moving around the
campus at night, thanks to a
new escort service developed
at Lovett College. The service,
which went into effect last
Sunday, consists of a
dispatcher and a staff of
volunteer escorts. This week
the service is being staffed by
approximately sixty men from
Lovett; next week Wiess has
volunteered to provide the
necessary manpower. Also,
both Will Rice and Sid Rich
have indicated a desire to
assist in the service.
Presently, the escort service
is offered after dinner until
12:30am Sunday through
Thursday nights. Jeff Lawler
and Tom Lewis, Lovett College
President, said that the service
would operate at these times
for about a month, at which
point a questionnaire will be
sent out to determine what
changes need to be made in the
program. For the future, the
Lovett Central Committee is
looking into the possibility of
extending the service hours
and acquiring a couple of the
Cushman carts used by B&G.
So far, the program is
working well. When it was
announced at Brown and
Jones last Friday it received,
(according to rumor), a
standing ovation. Regardless
of the accuracy of the report,
most potential users of the
service like the idea. "After
all," said one Jones resident,
"there aren't a whole lot of
ways to meet new guys around
here."
Whatever the reasons, it
looks like there will be plenty
of support for the program
from both the men and women.
Obviously, the service is
valuable for the women on
campus, but, inasmuch as it is
a healthy release for repressed
chivalric tendencies, it won't
do any harm to the rest of us,
either.
To use the service, call x3522
or 3512, or, at Fondren
Library, find an escort at the
desk by the entrance.
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Piling it up the Rice Rugby Club way.
photo by Walter Underwood
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McFarland, Carla. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1976, newspaper, September 23, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245302/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.