The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, March 15, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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Two-day drunkathon
Party, Shakespearean Fest make big weekend
by PHILIP PARKER
and IRENE WALKER
Who says nothing ever
happens on the weekends
around here? This Saturday
and Sunday, Rice can hold its
own against the best SWC
party schools with two of THE
events of spring, the Lovett
Casino Party and the Baker
Shakespearean Festival.
Whatever happened to the
days of speakeasies, bathtub
gin and valentine serenades
featuring the sweet strains of
submachine gun fire? Lovett
College tries to recreate those
days Saturday night with the
Roaring Twenties Casino
Party in the Grand Hall of the
RMC.
The affair will begin at 8pm
and last until the liquor
runs out (or lam, whichever
comes first). Knowledge of the
password (I've got aces), proof
that you are not a Fed or
revenue agent, and $2.50 are
required for admission.
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Besides the usual craps,
blackjack and roulette games,
the management has ar-
ranged more ways to lose your
fake bank rolls. You can bet to
win, place or show on your
favorite in a simulated horse
race. Calling the race will be
that golden throat of South
Main and the voice of the Owl
basketball team (sic), Ralph
Cooley.
Like a few other Rice parties,
there will be plenty of
fisticuffs, but it all will be
confined to the boxing ring. So
you can waste even more
money as the fighter of your
choice takes a dive in these
sparring rounds.
Other things to do besides
drinking and gambling
include dancing to the music of
"Sundown," viewing silent
movies or enjoying the
dancing talents of the chorus
line. All night you can
experience the sights of the
Twenties via a slide show and
a continuous offering of Buster
Keaton, Charlie Chaplin,
Laurel and Hardy, and the
Keystone Kops flicks. To set
the mood for the weekend,
Lovett well show the Cagney
and Bogey film Roaring
Twenties on Thursday night
at 8 and 10pm in the Lovett
Commons.
Getting into the spirit of the
times, the bar will serve hooch
from a real bathtub.
Da management requests all
guests to be appropriately
attired. Pinstriped suits and
flapper outfits suggested.
Violin cases optional.
Baker College will once
again host the annual
Shakespearean Fair Sunday,
March 21, in the quadrangle
between Will Rice and Baker.
The Fair marks the opening of
the traditional week-long
Baker homage to the age of
Shakespeare. Henry IV, Part
I, will be presented in the
medieval-styled Commons
and a huge feast, given by the
Masters of Baker and Jones
Colleges for the seniors of
Baker and Jones and their
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Senate to hear report tonight
RPC election reexamined; decision postponed
by KIM D. BROWN
The SA Election Committee,
meeting last Thursday to
reexamine the challenge of the
election for RPC President,
failed to come to a decision.
They will meet again today to
try to come up with another
report to submit to the SA
Senate later tonight at 10. An
earlier report, calling for a
reprimand of Ed Pierce,
apparent winner of the race,
for "not being in control of the
stuation at Wiess" during the
February 17 election, was
rejected by the Senate last
Monday night. In that motion,
the Senate remanded the
matter back to the Committee
for "further investigation."
The committee, chaired by
Baker College elections
chairman Connie Senior, met
this time in Senior's room in a
session closed to all but KTRU
and" the Thresher. Senior
opened the meeting by
Dinner, entertainment
highlight China night
Many people have been
asking the Rice Chinese
Student Association when we
are going to hold China Night
this year. A lot of them still
remember the fine food and
entertainment they enjoyed
last year about this time, and
are looking forward to more of
them this year.
We think you weanies
deserve a break around this
time of the year, so we have
decided to hold China Night
on March 20, Saturday, at
Cohen House. In order to
ensure that you will enjoy high
quality food, some dishes will
be catered by a local Chinese
restaurant, while the Chinese
students will prepare the other
dishes. The meal, buffet style,
will start at 6:30pm, with
entertainment provided by
Rice students and local talents
specially invited for China
Night.
We have spent a lot of time
on the menu, and are excited
about it. We feel that everyone
will enjoy the dishes including
sweet and sour pork, diced
chicken with nuts and
vegetables, Chinese-style
meatballs, barbequed pork
bun, egg rolls and fried rice.
After the meal, entertainment
will be provided by Chinese
dances, music, and other
goodies that are seldom seen in
and around Houston.
Despite rising costs in food
materials and labor, the
admission charge is kept at the
same level as last year's: $3.25
per person. Last year, many
people had to be turned back at
the door because they forgot to
make reservations ahead of
time and the tickets sold out
rapidly. So make sure that you
make reservations and get
your tickets early this year.
To get your tickets, stop by
the Student Association Office
on the second floor or the
Student Activities office in the
Cloisters of the RMC, or ask
your college secretaries for
ticket information.
We had a great China Night
last year. Come join us on
March 20 and make it an even
more successful China Night
this year!
detailing her investigation at
the Rice Printing and
Reproduction Department,
where Pierce had his printing
done. She said she examined
the files of P&R to look at their
price lists, receipts and
cancelled checks, and was
satisfied that Pierce's state-
ment of what he spent at P&R
was correct. She went on to say
she discovered an error in the
price Pierce listed for the labels
he distributed, but that the
error still left the total under '
the $25 limit.
Tom Schendel, SRC election
chairman, mentioned he had
heard that Pierce was
employed at P&R and might
have obtained special
treatment as an employee.
Senior replied that, as Pierce
had stated at the first
investigation, he was not an
employee of P&R, but her
questions at P&R found out
that Pierce had worked for
them on occasion, receiving
printing services as compen-
sation. She said the evidence
showed that was apparently
not the case during the
campaign, and Pierce had
paid retail prices for printing
in the write-in campaign.
A short discussion ensued
on whether Pierce's stickers
should be considered cam-
paign advertising like posters
and flyers. The committee
reached an agreement that the
stickers, since they contained
the candidate's name and the
position he was running for,
would be considered a form of.
campaign advertisement.
The next charge examined
concerned Pierce allegedly
breaking the SA rule against
putting campaign material in
mailboxes. Apparently Pierce
' gave a quantity of the stickers
to his campaign worker at
Jones, and she placed stickers
in each mailbox about 4pm the
day preceding the election.
Pierce, upon learning from
Wayne Hale that mailbox
stuffing was illegal, called her
back around 8:30 that night tu
tell her to remove them. Her
statement showed that around
half were retrieved, and the
rest had been taken by Jones
residents.
SRC chairman Tom Schen-
del reminded the committee, "I
remember Wayne saying [at
the first hearing] that Ed acted
immediately to take them out
[upon learning the rules]."
Senior spoke up to say, "It's
too bad he didn't instruct her
what to do with the stickers."
Another committee member
added, "It's obvious that Ed
didn't look at the rules before
deciding to run, and that's too
bad, because write-in
candidates have the same
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, March 15, 1976, newspaper, March 15, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245283/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.