The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1983 Page: 1 of 20
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Meiches to serve as SA president, Marek to head RPC
Rice students elected Will Rice
junior Mark Meiches as Student
Association president forthe 1983-
84 academic year in Tuesday's
campus-wide elections. Meiches
received 671 votes to overcome
opponent Marlon Boamet, who
garnered 414 votes.
In other SA races, Jones junior
Gretchen Martinez ran uncontes-
ted for SA internal vice president.
Martinez received 970 votes. In the
race for S A external vice president,
Lovett sophomore Rich Hooper
narrowly beat Frank Markle of
Richardson. Under the preferen-
tial voting system, Hooper's total
votes came to 562 while Markle
received 513. Laurie McKinzey
and Alysha Webb received 330 and
219 votes, respectively.
Wiess junior Stephen Sokolyk
becomes SA secretary with 948
votes in an uncontested race. Wiess
junior David Southwell won the
office of SA treasurer by a narrow
Mark Meiches Reining
margin over Matt Brown.
Southwell received 556 votes, 34
more than Brown.
In the race for Rice Program
Council executive offices,
Richardson junior Brian Marek
claimed over two-thirds of the vote
to become president. Marek re-
ceived 685 votes to opponent
David Shrader's 409 votes.
Uncontested in the RPC vice
president race, Lovett junior
Kathryn Wade received 980 votes.
Hanszen sophomore Duaine
Pryor becomes chairman for the
Texas Public Interest Research
Group (TEXPIRG) with 643
votes. His opponent Greg Vint
received 354 votes. Other
TEXPIRG races were uncontes-
ted. Alber Derbes, a Wiess
freshman, received 905 votes to
become vice chairman, while
David Phillips, a Wiess
sophomore, received 904 votes to
become secretary-treasurer.
Baker junior Christopher Ekren
received 854 votes in the
uncontested race for Thresher
editor. Ekren "lost" Will Rice
College, however; WRC students
cast 85 votes for write-in
candidates to 75 votes for Ekren.
Chip Clay, a Baker sophomore,
ran uncontested for the position of
Campanile editor, receiving 958
votes.
Senior Honor Council positions
went to Randy Marshall (SRC)
with 260 votes, Sandra Moon
(Lovett) with 246 votes, Gregory
Smith (SRC) with 245 votes, and
Christopher Parma (SRC) with
214 votes. Those elected as junior
representatives were Adeie Dyer
(Brown) with 178 votes, Lori
Swann (Jones) with 174 votes, and
Tom Turk (SRC) with 162.
Selected as sophomore
representatives were Leticia
Fernandez (Brown) with 192 votes
of Kevin Dowden (SRC) with 180
votes. The senior replacement to
the honor council is Kelley Tucker
of Brown, who received 119 votes
in a run-off race with Kathryn
Christmann.
The SA referendum for $1.25
blanket tax for the student
directory was defeated by 749
votes in favor to 610 votes opposed
to the proposal. The Thresher
referendum for SI capita!
improvements increase passed
with 1012 votes in favor to 350
opposed. To pass, a referendum
needs 60 percent of the ballots cast
in its favor and the participation of
30 percent of the student body.
HRESHER
Volume 70, Number 22
Friday, February 25, 1983
INSIDE:
„ Yakety yak, don't talk back
election statements, see p. 8
# Dating pre-meds does not make
you a resident associate, pp. 10-11
• Meet the undefeated Rice team,
looking for a title, p. 15
asm
ICSA night-user accounts increase in funds, services
by Paul Havlak
In response to student demand
for increased ICSA services.
through the provost's office and
administered by ICSA, the NOTS
accounts are still valid only for
Late-night ICSA users at terminals
Provost William E. Gordon has
authorized expanded funding,
time and services for undergrad-
uate and graduate NOTS (Night
Owls Time Sharing) account users.
Funded by the University
—C. Reining
personal education, according to
the February 16 ICSA newsletter.
Revisions to the NOTS policies
include an increase from $100 to
$250 in initial account allocations.
The changes resulted partly
from a letter by junior Brian
Loftus to Computer Committee
Chairman Richard Wolf. While
rewriting a lab manual, Loftus
discovered the simplicity of the
SCRIPT text formatting program
and saw potential for its use in his
courses.
"It was so easy that I wanted to
use it for papers and Ceng lab
reports," said Loftus, "but when 1
went to the chemical engineering
department about it, they said I
was not allowed to use a NOTS
account for that." In his letter,
Loftus requested that ICSA lift all
special form and service
restrictions from the NOTS
accounts.
Wolf delivered the letter to
ICSA Director Priscilla Huston,
who then carried Loftus' requests
to the provost. Stated Huston,
"There was no reason not to make
the changes and Gordon said to go
ahead."
Huston continued. "Loftus had
another question: if students could
do educational projects not
associated with a course. This has
always been the case. If the project
is for a department, they can apply
through the department."
She explained, "As for other
m
Priscilla Huston —p. Morris
projects, ICSA can't give funds,
but if students write us a letter, we
can take the case to the provost.
Students just need to define what
they intend to do with the funds.
The same applies if they run out of
NOTS funds. They can write a
proposal justifying the need for
more computer time."
Said Huston, "We encourage
the students to help each other on
these and other NOTS account
matters."
Under the provost's authoriza-
tion, students may now use the
NOTS accounts for word
processing, including that ol work
for courses which already have
computing funds. Moreover, the
accounts are now accessible during
additional hours.
In addition. NOTS users may
now print as many as 25,000 lines
per day or weekend, up from
10,000 lines. Users may print on
standard, unlined or letter-sized
unlined forms. Also, the maximum
for data tracks on disk has been
tripled.
According to Huston, the new
rules make clear that word
processing associated with
see Huston page 7
Colleges elect officers
by Derek Smith
Seven of the eight residential colleges have elected most of their
executive officers for the 1983-84 school year. Lovett College will hold
a run-off election for president between juniors Eddie Speer and
Tommy Shirocky on March 8
, while Wiess College has tentatively
scheduled elections for March 15. Some of the positions filled
are:
Baker
President
John Knox
Jr.
Internal vice president _
Robie Childers
Jr.
Educational vice president
Kathryn McKinley
Jr.
External vice president
Joanie Hastings
So.
Secretary
Don Lee
So.
Treasurer
Margaret Quinlevan
So.
SA senator
Karen Pieper
So.
Chief justice
Franz Weller
So.
Brown
President
Lisa Shambro
Jr.
Internal vice president
Monika Trilokekar
So.
External vice president
Lisa Kay Mao
Jr.
Secretary
Paige Hershey
Jr.
Social activities secretary
Andrea Martin
So.
Treasurer
Kathy Koch
Jr.
Hanszen
President
Jim Ivy
Jr.
Internal vice president
Scott Elder
So.
External vice president
James Medford
So.
Treasurer
Marina Wirfel
Jr.
Chief justice
Scott Luning
Jr.
*et> Students, page 7
Chief Brown lectures on HPD role
by Mark Rome
Houston's Chief of Police Lee
Brown spoke on campus Tuesday
night to a sparse gathering in the
Chemistry Lecture Hall. Chief
Brown enlightened the audience to
some of the unpublicized aspects
of his job and the Police
Department.
When Brown came to Houston's
Police Department on April 19,
1982, the first project he undertook
in building a more respectable
force was an assessment of both
the Police Department and the
community in which it functions.
"The purpose of the police
completing this assessment," said
Brown, "was to identify the
problems, identify the issues and
then develop a plan for
improvement."
Brown pointed out that the
examination of Houston revealed
several unique qualities. First, the
Houston Police have in excess of
560 square miles to protect, the
most of any city in the U.S. To
illustrate the problem this poses,
Washington D.C. has one
Houston Chief of Police Lee Brown (center) speaks with visiting English pro-
fessor Ntozake Shange (right) and student at reception following Brown's
speech Tuesday night. Shange discussed the Austin KKK rally and counter-
rallies last weekend which she covered for the Village Voice. She remarked,
"The KKK stayed at the Austin Ramada Inn. I think those of us of conscience
can let them know there are other motels in America." —C. Reining
policeman per mile while Houston
has one policeman per 55 miles.
The Houston Police Department
enlists 1.9 policemen per 1000
persons as compared with twice
that in most cities of comparable
size.
see Brown, page 6 « r
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Cooper, Jeanne. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1983, newspaper, February 25, 1983; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245524/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.