The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1987 Page: 5 of 20
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THRESHER News Friday, November 6, 1987 5
Minority scholarships to be offered from new fund
by Sue Yom
A $100,000 prpgram including 16
new scholarships and a discretionary
reserve fund will be instituted next
year to continue to attract and retain
talented minority students at Rice.
Selected students will be named by
the Admissions Office in April prior
to matriculation. The awards will be
determined on the basis of merit and a
personal interview.
This is the first program on a large
scale which has been earmarked for
minority students, though all students
admitted to Rice have been consid-
ered for both merit and need-based
scholarships. Ron Moss, Director of
Admissions, stressed that though the
scholarships themselves are new, the
effort to recruit minorities is not.
"We feel we have made progress in
attracting the best and the brightest
students, including minorities. Be-
cause Rice is taking its place now as a
top-caliber university, our competi-
tion is becoming the Harvards, the
Stanfords, and the Princetons. So to
continue to attract the critical mix of
ethnic and cultural diversity which
has made Rice so successful, we have
initiated this program," he said.
President George Rupp added,
"We have a long tradition of provid-
ing financial "support to encourage
students to attend whether or not they
have sufficient resources of their
own. This new program will now
provide further specific scholarships
to attract more minority students. We
hope that the establishment of this
fund will have a positive effect on the
recruitment and retention of increas-
ing numbers of minority students at
Rice."
Scholarships at Rice are tradition-
ally awarded upon admittance
through donors who endow certain
funds, usually geared towards par-
ticular prospective majors or based on
special merit or need. The awards are
targeted towards Hispanic, black, and
native American students.
"These awards are specifically
designed for the black, the Mexican-
American, and the American Indian
students. These are the groups tradi-
tionally defined and considered as
minorities in college scholarship pro-
grams," Moss stated.
"It is not intended that these schol-
arships remove minority students
from consideration for our other
merit-based awards," Stabell said.
The awards will not replace any exist-
ing scholarships, he said.
"The scholarships have expanded
the whole program, and students out-
side of minority groups will benefit as
well. They are a part of a total pro-
gram whichhas been effective, but we
don't want to lose ground. We can't
afford to slip back on gains we have
made in the past years, especially
concerning an issue so crucial to
Rice's benefit," summarized Moss.
The awards will be offered above a
need basis, according to Dean of
Admissions Richard Stabell. A spe-
cial reserve fund will also be estab-
lished to keep students at Rice after
enrollment, in case that their families
may be financially unable to maintain
their obligations.
The minority scholarship package
provides five four-year tuition grants,
as well as four renewable full scholar-
ship awards which will provide tui-
tion, room and board, and fees, to the
most outstanding minority applicants
in any discipline, provided that the
student maintains a 3.0 grade-point
average while at Rice. Five half-tui-
tion merit awards will be awarded and
remain renewable on the condition
that the students maintains a 2.8
grade-point average. Two renewable
$4,000 scholarships will be granted
without any stipulations. A special
discretionary reserve fund will sup-
port currently enrolled students who
face financial crises. It may also be
used for recruitment programs.
Annual tuition is $4,900, while
room and board typically costs
$4,050 per year.
The newly formed Minority Af-
fairs Office may play a role in distri-
bution of the scholarships. While the
exact functions of this department are
still unclear, Moss believes that it
possesses a natural role in dealing
with minority scholarships.
"There is still a lot of discussion
about what the office will do - one of
Damages decreased
this fall, says Math is
by Sean Starke
Bob Mathis, Manager of Food and
Housing for residential colleges, said
damages in the colleges have been
"overall pretty good" compared to
previous years. Mathis said the dam-
ages this year have been minor, with
small charges to the individual col-
leges.
For example, last year there were
many broken windows across cam-
pus. Jones and Brown Colleges suf-
fered the most damages. This year,
Food and Housing has repaired only a
few broken windows in the residen-
tial colleges.
In addition, Mathis said that Baker
13's October 31 run resulted in re-
ports of only shaving cream and soap
markings at Jones and Lovett Col-
lege, although Brown did have more
serious problems with Baker 13.
Lisa Montez, Brown Executive
Vice-President, said that Brown resi-
dents blockaded the stairways with
furniture from the study lobbies and
threw buckets of water at the Baker 13
in the Brown lobby. Afterward, the
floors were covered with water, but
Montez said "the floor turned out
okay" with no visible damage.
Mathis said that when Food and
Housing finds a damage at a college,
the college president is notified of the
damage. Sometimes the colleges
decide to take care of the damage on
their own, saving the extra charge
from Food and Housing. If the presi-
dent cannot correct the damage,
Mathis files a letter of intent charging
the college for the repair.
At that point, presidents may dis-
cuss the charge with Mathis. If the
president specifies the individual who
caused the damage, then the bill is
sent directly to that student. Other-
wise, the college must pay for repair
of the damage.
Mathis said that Wiess College
takes the damage bill and passes it on
to the individual responsible. Wiess
then may add an extra charge to the
bill in an effort to curb damage at that
college.
The most common damages that
Food and Housing has to fix are bro-
ken windows and discharged fire
extinguishers.
However, the list of damages in-
cludesbroken lights, tile damage from
firecrackers, broken doors, and fire
damage.
its functions probably will be in-
volved, not in administration of the
scholarships, but in other capacities.
However, that relationship is not clear
as of yet. It was envisioned that the
Minority Affairs Office would- be
involved in administration, retention,
and recruitment of minority students,
so it is likely that there might very
well be some cooperation on the part
of both offices."
Recently, Texas A&M and the
University of Texas announced that
they formed a recruiting team which
BLOOM COUNTY
will focus on minority students in the
eighth grade. The team will advise
students on educational curricula and
application to college.
Though there are no specific Rice
recruiting teams, the university is
already affiliated with the Texas As-
sociation of College Admissions
Counselors, which performs similar
functions. The "Eighth Grade Inter-
vention Program" is targeted towards
minorities and is an important feature
of the organization.
Moss explained, "Rice is involved
on a professional level with the Asso-
ciation, but no specific offices exist at
Rice. Last year, the pilot program of
the Eighth Grade Intervention Pro-
gram began in San Antonio. We have
made contacts and reached local co-
ordinators to expand next year."
"I hope the competition for these
scholarships will be keen, because
these scholarships will make it pos-
sible for Rice to maintain an -ethnic
and cultural diversity which it has
counted as. one of its advantages,"
Moss said.
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