The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1989 Page: 2 of 16
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2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER
Opinion
CK changes for worse
The unannounced changes in the meal plans has our
blood boiling, boiling more than Thursday's chicken soup
after it has been reheated for the third time on Monday for
lunch. Not only are we paying more, but we we weren't
even given a chance to near about the greater expense
until now.
We realize that College Food Services cannot continue
to lose money as in years past (After all, it's not the federal
government, but it is at least as well managed.) Yet
concrete steps were taken to eliminate last year's
$100,000 loss. With the $50 base price increase, a mere
2000 students can bear the burden. Thus, well over
$100,000 already should have been generated.
Howeven six figures are not enough for Central
Kitchen. With the elimination of the original Owl Plate
and the raising of a la carte prices in general, a typical
lunch in the commons can run over five dollars. In
university where economics and managerial studies are
two of the most popular majors, does the administartion
really believe that the students of Rice University will sit
back idly and watch their hard earned dollars disa;
into a cloud of smoke coming from the overcooke
pork chops?
And while family-style dinners remain at three dollars,
the quality of the food and service have done nothing but
decline. As these CK changes drive students off campus
to eat. college unity is left m the empty commons, with
wilted, lettuce and left-overs from O-week.
773's gain is our loss
J en Cooper, the Fine Arts Editor here at the Thresher for
the past three years, is leaving our fine organization for
the greener (as in dollars) pastures of 713 magazine,
where she will serve as design guru and will, no doubt,
soon be editing that periodical with the combination of in-
telligence ana sarcasm which we have come to know so
welfhere in the Ley Center.
past three years if Jen had given her complete
devotion to the Campanile, Beer-Bike, intermural sports,
coordinating Orientation Week at Will Rice, or any of the
other activities that she splits her time around. But with-
out Jen, it is hard to imagine the quality of the Thresher
attaining its current status, and the redesign of the paper
that took place at the beginning of last year is due in good
part to her desire to see the Thresher become something
other than a mass of words that would strain the eyes of all
who glanced its way. She understood every aspect of the
paper, and many a times saved us from making serious
errors that had managed to pass by the eyes of everyone
else. Jen is leaving the Fine Arts section in the capable
hands of her assistant, Tim Carroll, and will no douot be
popping her head in the door every couple of days to make
sure that all is well with our critique or Houston.
Five years ago, when J en's sister J eanne was leaving the
Thresher, the editor at the time wrote that the elder
Cooper always had "a quick answer to the inevitible
question, 'How are we supposed to do this?' As often as
not,'she could cite three or four different ways that certain
task had been done over the last four words." Those
words ring true for the younger Cooper as well, and
though we wish her luck in her new position, her absence
here will be sorely felt.
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Stebbings warns about hazing, privacy
To the editors:
Hazing has been forbiddent at
Rice since 1922, and all matriculating
students are required to sign a
pledge to the effect that they will not
engage in any form of hazing.
A Texas bill, SB24, on hazing was
enacted and took effect on Septem-
ber 1,1987, and one of its provisions
is that it be published in summary
form during the first three weeks of
each semester. Such a summary fol-
lows:
"Hazing" means any intentional,
knowing, or reckless act, occurring
on or off the campus of an educa-
tional institution, by one person
alone or acting with others, directed
against a student, that endangers the
mental or physical health or safety of
a student for the purpose of pledg-
ing, being initiated into, affiliating
with, holding office in, or maintain-
ing membership in any organization
whose members are or include stu-
dents at an educational institution.
A person commits an offense if
the person engages in hazing, en-
courages another to engage in haz-
ing, knowingly permits hazing to
occur, or has knowledge of hazing
and fails to report said knowledge to
an appropriate official of the univer-
sity.
It should be noted that it is not a
defense to plead that the person
against whom hazing was directed
consented to or acquiesced in the
hazing activity.
Offenses under this bill are, at a
minimum, classed as misdemeanors
and are punishable by fines, impris-
onment, or both.
The full wording of the bill is
Letters
to
TOE EDITOR
THERE'S EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER KNOWN
ABOUT GREED AND STUPIDITY.
• • •
AND THEN THERE'S
THE SAVINGS & LOAN
WITHOUT k WTTOMS^
THE BAILOUT
available in the Office of the Vice
President for Student Affairs.
•We are also required by law to
publish the attached information:
The Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act of 1974 grants all
students attending post-secondary
educational institutions these rights:
1. The right to examine their own
records under certain conditions,
2. The right to a hearing for the
purpose of correcting information in
their records,
3. The right of privacy to all per-
sonally identifiable information con-
tained in their records.
Students interested in knowing
the exact wording of the act should
consult the actual text of the act
which is available for reading in the
Office of the Vice President for Stu-
dent Affairs, 101 Lovett Hall.
Students may file a written re-
quest to examine their folders by
using forms which are available in
departments or offices which may be
holding their records.
The principal offices which main-
tain records as part of their assigned
duties are:
1. The Admission Office. Informa-
tion, documents, and correspon-
dence with reference to the student's
application for admission. After a
student has accepted an offer of
admission from the university, his or
her admission folder is sent to the
Registrar's Office to be kept in his or
her permanent file.
2. The Registrar's Office. The
student's permanent record of
courses, grades, advanced place-
ment degree credit, transfer credit,
academic standing, and degrees
awarded, the student's admission
folder, and other documents and cor-
respondence related to his or her
academic standing or status.
3. The Office of the Vice Presi-
dent for Student Affairs. Informa-
tion, documents, and correspon-
dence relating to the academic
standing or status of currently en-
rolled undergraduate students on
leave of absence, voluntary with-
drawal, or suspension. This includes
material related to actions of the
Committee on Examinations and
Standing and the award of merit
scholarships.
4. tRe Office of the Dean of Stu-
dents. Documents and correspon-
dence related to Honor Council
cases and other student disciplinary
action.
5. The Offices of Sponsored Re-
search and Graduate Programs. In-
formation, documents and corre-
spondence related to the academic
standing, the research of graduate
students and grants of financial as-
sistance made to them.
6. The Financial Aid Office. Infor-
mation, documents, and correspon-
dence related to applications for fi-
nancial aid from undergraduate stu-
dents and grants of undergraduate fi-
nancial aid.
7. The Career Services Center. In-
formation, documents, and corre-
spondence related to student appli-
cations for employment
8. The Office of Academic Advis-
ing
9. The Office of Student Activities
10. The Athletic Office
11. The Alumni Association Of-
fice
12. The Offices of the College
Masters
13. The Cashier's Office. Informa-
tion, records, and correspondence
related to the student's financial
account with the university.
14. Student Health Service, Psy-
chiatric Service and the Rice Univer-
sity Police. Students' records in
these three offices may be subject to
special provisions of the regulation.
On written request by the stu-
dent, copies of the material in the
student's file in any office will be
made at a nominal charge for each
photocopy.
In accordance with the provisions
of the act, the university reserves the
right to publish directory informa-
tion. As defined in the act, student
who do not wish such information to
be released should submit notifica-
tion of their preference in writing to
the Student Association Office, Ley
Student Center, no later than the last
day of the second week of classes.
Directories include such informa-
tion as the student's name, address,
telephone number, and affiliated
residential college.
Ronald Stebbings
Vice President
for Student Affairs
Policy for letters
to the Thresher
The Thresher welcomes letters
from its readers, but please keep all
letters concise.
Students who submit a letter
must include their class, college, and
phone number. Non-students must
include their phone number and
their affiliation with the university, if
any.
The sooner a letter is submitted,
the more likely we will have space for
it in the subsequent issue.
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Kahn, Greg. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1989, newspaper, September 1, 1989; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245726/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.