Pitman accepts M&P Committee security reforms In response to suggestions by the extra police protection in the be closed permanently. Off- "This is the one that's going to While the subcommittee had Committee of Masters and stadium lot, are still under Campus students with cars will use aggravate people the most," also recommended closing Presidents on how to improve consideration. only entrance 9. which will be open Pitman stated. "It'll definitely be entrance 12, Pitman said that that campus security, Business at all hours. an inconvenience." was impossible because the Manager H. Russell Pitman has The campus entrances may be Entrance 10, behind Central The Masters and Presidents, as entrance is often used by Campus agreed to the closing of several closed within a month, if all goes Kitchen, and the driveway on the well as Police Chief Harold Police cars. campus entrances—one perma- well, "We're shooting for west end of the Jones College Rhodes, hope that closing some nently and three from midnight to November 15th to implement parking lot will both be closed superfluous entrances will The Campus Police will receive 6 am every day. this," Pitman said. An from midnight to 6 am. discourage vandals and thieves a gasoline-powered scooter announcement of the exact date Affecting the most students will from coming on campus at night. because electric carts do not stay Pitman will also authorize the will be made later. In the be the closure of Entrance 7, the Pitman said that he understood charged long enough to be purchase of a gasoline-powered meantime. Pitman noted, he is stadium lot entrance, from that the security subcommittee practical. The Business Manager's scooter for Campus Police use. receptive to suggestions by midnight to 6. Cars entering or suggestion was "in response to and Campus Police's greatest Other proposals by the Master and students concerning the specifics leaving the stadium lot after Chief Rhodes' comment that concern is that the scooter will he Presidents subcommittee on of the plan. midnight will have to do so people up to no good don't like to much easier to steal or vandalize campus security, such as a $10 or Entrance 8, one of the entrances through entrance 9 or the major get in a dead-end situation where than a patrol car. $15 parking sticker fee to pay for to the off-campus parking lot, will entrance at Sunset and Main. they can't escape.' See Security, page 17.

Volume 67, number II 1HRESHEThursday, OctobeRr 18, 1979 Edison Fund will Party guidelines imminent by Rolf Asphaug Another provision in the Manager Peter Rudenberg, Rice After Rice's informal committee guidelines may call for social Memorial Center Director Marty sponsor conference on party guidelines meets chairmen to plan to run out of Vest, Student Association tomorrow morning, the University liquor before the party is over. President John Cockerman, Jones The Student Association, in University, Thomas Moore and should finally have a compre- Concern about alcohol use on College Master Franz Brotzen, cooperation with the School of Harold Demsetz of Stanford hensive set of guidelines for liquor campus, sparked by the Casino Campus Business Manager H Social Sciences and the Charles University, and Thomas Willet use and security at all college and Night incident in which allegedly- Russel Pitman, Police Chief Edison Memorial Youth Fund, Claremont Graduate School. Rice university-wide parties. The drunk patrons scuffled with a Harold Rhodes, and Proctor Sam will host a conference on "The faculty speaker will include Phillip committee will consider a revised plainclothed policeman, led to Carrington. Ever-Changing American Bell, Ronadl £dHo, Gaston version of proposed guidelines formation of the informal Economy" on Friday and Rimlinger and Gordon Smith. drawn up by Program Council committee to establish campus Carrington suggested that student leaders come up with their Saturday, November 9 and 10, The conference is designed for Chairman Chris Montgomery and party guidelines. own proposals, because proposals 1979. approximately 120 studentsj of college social chairmen. originating with students would which 90 to 100 will be from Rice. The approved guidelines will The committee included Montgomery, Willy's Pub probably receive greater respect. The conference, designed for In addition to Rice students, probably include provisions to students of all majors, is being thirteen private schools in the tighten up bartending practices so funded by gifts from the Houston midwest and south have been as to keep unauthorized persons business community. The Edison invited to send representatives. from taking alcohol. Bartenders SA questions mandatory Fund expects to be able to raise will be instructed not to serve about $25,000 to pay for the event. Among other universities anyone who is not in control of invited are Emory, Duke, himself. library birthday present by Greg Holloway The two-day conference will be Washington University, the To discourage vandalism and furniture for its birthday What do you say to a committee split into five sessions, two of University of Chicago, and several •excessive rowdiness, a uniformed celebration November 9. S.A. that specifies an appropriate which include meals in RMC private schools in Texas. Campus Police officer may be Senators would be responsible for present for Fondren's 30th Grand Ballroom. Topics to be Representatives from these required to be in attendance for all collection from students. birthday and then tells you to go discussed include "Inflation and schools will be housed with Rice college or University events where Vice President Tim Stout, acting get it? Taxes," "Regulation of students during the conference. liquor is served. However, the president in John Cockerharn's Resources," "Social Respon- campo will be instructed not to That was the main bone of absence, thought poorly of the sibility in a Market Economy," Attendance to the conference is take action unless he is called for contention at Monday's Student committee's suggestion. "This is and "The Changing International by invitation only. Rice students by student officials. Association meeting. The Fondren going to be a real big failure," he Library Birthday Committee, an Economic Picture." The fifth interested in attending the Student bouncers, to "vocally said. "We're not going to get a ad-hoc group made up of twelve session will be a meeting of several conference should sign up in the prevent" partygoers from stealing damned cent from anyone." faculty members and two students small discussion groups, consisting SA Office (2nd floor RMC) or in alcohol or causing a disturbance The Library has asked for has asked each college to of students, faculty, guest speakers Sewall 562 between 9 am and 3 pm. will probably be required. Only if furniture in lieu of a contribution appropriate close to $125—or and Houston businessmen. The available positions for Rice physical force is needed to eject a to its endowment fund because of around $1,000 in all—so that the Guest speakers will be Allan students will be filled on first-come patron will a police officer be the visibility and permanency of Library can purchase new Meltzer of Carnegie-Mellon first-serve basis. notified. such a gift. The S.A., on the other hand, would prefer not to be involved with a mandatory gift. Three profs receive endowed chairs They are adopting a wait-and-see attitude until they speak with the Three long-time Rice University Chapman teaches mechanical Engineering. This professorship is professorship is a high honor," faculty, who, by the way, have also engineering professors have been engineering and serves as dean of endowed by Houston's Brown President Hackerman said. At been asked to contribute $5 to $10 named to endowed chairs within the University's George R. Brown Foundation, Inc. Pearson teaches present, the University has a total apiece to match the students' the University's George R. Brown School of Engineering. electrical engineering and is a of 45 endowed prefessorships. $1,000 contribution. For the School of Engineering, President James B. Pearson, Jr. who former chairman of that Brotzen, a metallurgist of present. S.A. Senators will Norman Hackerman announced joined the faculty in 1965, is named department. international repute, was announce that contributions will Monday. to the J. S. Abercrombie Chair in "Appointment to an endowed See Chairs, page 17. be accepted toward the Library's gift, but will not seek the students' Franz. R. Brotzen, a faculty dollars actively. member since 1954, is named to the Stanley C. Moore Chair in Engineering. This professorship is endowed by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Election C. Moore of Midland, Texas. Moore, chairman emeritus of Smith International, Inc., scheduled graduated from Rice in 1937. Brotzen teaches materials science Elections for Student Associa- and is master of Brown College tion Off-Campus Senator will be held Wednesday, October 24. Alan J. Chapman, who Candidates are Brian Cripe and graduated from Rice in 1945 and Helene Kosieracki. joined the faculty in 1946, is named The election for a Senior Honor to the Harry C. Cameron Chair in Council position has been called Engineering. This chair is endowed / off due to "improper filing by Houston's Harry S. and Isabel • V •£ procedures," according to SA C. Cameron Foundation. Dr. Franz R. Brotzen Dr. James B. Pearson, Jr. Dr. Alan J. Chapman Elections Chairman Bruce Davies. CONGRESSMEN.. Four inches, four years We MUST FIGHT me people THe PR&SID6NT Four inches. It you squeezed this editorial into a normal width INFLATION. WMANP IT, P6MANP5 IT... column, it would be lour inches long. The inches-to-line-to-words conversions I work with tell me that four inches are equivalent to a little over 120 words, give or take a feu.. / Four years. It you squeeze an education into the normal time f rame, it takes tour years the equivalent of 120 credit hours, give or take a leu. That's what it takes to meet the degree requirements. like an editorial or a song or a friendship an education is only M good to the degree that we invest ourselves in it. the the the repeated 117 more times wouldn't have made an intelligible statement, although it would have filled the space. I am afraid that it is almost as easy to t ill a four year space with unintelligible educational activities. We could intensify our experiences here it we gave more ol ourselves, put more on the line, admitted more ol our curiousity, amazement, jo THe W15 and ignorance. Mutt Muller ACT IS 5?/^, Spanning the hedges MOW. IB because few care about the same \ "I know of no rights of race issue$>Jhe right-to-lifers elect superior to the rights of man." t h e i r$l®ia ndidate; the gun Frederick Douglass enthusiasts elect theirs; the Dante wrote that "(t)he hottest military hawks elect their places in Hell are reserved for strongman. The voters may not those who in time of great moral realize that those elected might crises maintain their neutrality." prefer democracy, or a massive Helen Keller singled out apathy as reduction in citizen's liberties. the worst of all evils. But obsession Those issues never arise. with apathy, however, obscures an The second danger from this equally if not more dangerous sort of voting arises because single- Threshing-it-out impulse. Too often the only issues issue organizations do not percieve The Thresher received a copy of today. To hear it is to want to but please can't they at least which seem to arouse the activists humanity as a body. Solzhenitsyn this letter to MOB Director Bert dance. redeem vulgarity with wit? are those which aftect their keenly observed that "(t)he Roth. The bad news is that the I am confident that many personal spheres. salvation of mankind lies only in Mr. Roth: commentary at halftime reference viewers must have reacted to The oil industry, for example, making everything the concern of I write this letter with some box lunches, missionaries and Saturday night's ho-hum halftime lobbies for deregulation as all.** We can replace irrational degree of fear and trembling lest I their positions, etc. was the same way I did. In the interest necessary to capitalism and conflicts with harmony only by be thought a fool and an old fool at embarrassing, not primarily from of providing the provocative sort freedom-—but did the Iranian thinking globally, by acknow- that. Nevertheless, I feel compelled the standpoint of shocking, but of entertainment that the MOB Revolution mean more to oil ledging basic similarities in all to comment on the MOB's that it fell so far short of cleverness. was once known for, why not executives than an impediment to men, by admitting that all men are performance at the Oklahoma The fact that the content of the check this out? profit? The anti-abortionists entitled to the same happiness game last week as follows: show was inappropriate for the Sincere best wishes to you and venerate the sanctity of life —of and freedom from oppression. First, the good news. The Owl family segment of your audience your organization, and please, fetuses— but where is their One of the reasons this ideal Band has never sounded better. I might also be argued. The MOB is don't change the music. concern when the issue is a eludes us is that single-issue have been attending Rice games bound to be full of very smart, Toni Atwell genocidal holocaust in Cambodia? organizations adamantly refuse to for 25 years, and the music of old funny people, and if its writers 4017 Overbrook The single-issue disposition apply their activism to areas was not half so exciting as yours choose to be gross at halftime, OK, Houston, Texas poses a great danger for two beyond their own narrow reasons. By definition, the single- concerns. Recognizing that, Mark- issue organizations ignore all but Twain lamented (in a discussion of their immediate interests. So the man's inhumanity to man), Swedes pass child rights law right-to-lifers, to use them again as "[ojften it does seem such a pity an example, have launched a that Noah...didn't miss the boat." Hurrah for Sweden! Down with women, appears as a nation full of with inherent rights— including major effort to oust Senator Bob Noah made it and, along with Parent Chauvinist Pigs! Ice cream right-wing Archie Bunkers when the right to forego the punishment Packwood of Oregon because be two of every animal, saved for breakfast and a raise in my compared to the Swedes' of spanking, an act made illegal disagrees with them on the mankind. He could afford—no, he allowance— or else! imaginative and comprehensive this year. This sociological abortion issue. The group wa^flfcped—to respond to only Why the fervor? Sweden, on acknowledgement of the basic development in awareness of completely ignores his positions on one issue. For us to save humanity, October 12, proposed a law that rights of all people, regardless of children does not threaten the joys all other issues. though, requires a global gives the children's rights issue an race, creed, gender, or ability to and carefree times of childhood Voting only for specifics awareness: a desire and an effort to exhilarating boost. Basically, the color within the lines. but rather liberates and instead of for a general philosophy remaay all the world's problems legislation bestows on Swedish Granted, the proposed divorce encourages both children and adults to step beyond the firmly does not simply threaten to and a concern for all the world's small-fry the right to divorce their law would be applicable only in established "normal" parent-child polarize X voters into two people, not just ourselves. In the parents. certain cases, with the final relationship into one of more extremes; rather, it atomizes long run, narrow, singular The United States, with its decision determined by the courts, equality and harmony. voters, makes them exclusively activism is no better than no reluctance to constitutionally yet it clearly exemplifies Sweden's self-interested. Nobody debates activism at all. recognize the equal rights of recognition of children as people —Amanda Lewis

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Richard Dees Managing Editor Geri Snider Advertising Manager rtW, Rolf Asphaug News Editor Wayne Derrick Photography Editor Franz Brotzen Fine Arts Editor Greg Holloway Sports Editor Bob Schwartz Back Page Editor David Butler Associate Editor

News Staff Anita Gonzalez, Michael Trachtcnberg, Kathy Mitchell. Amy Grossman, Bill Bonner, Sarah Herbert, R.B. Johnson, Lela Smith Margaret Schaurte, Sutapa Sur, Anita Mangold, J.C. Puckett, Pat Campbell, Eugene Domack, Ron Stutes, Rawslyn Ruffin, Augusta Barone, Rick Gerlach, Russ Coleman Fine Arts Staff Steve Sailr-v Jim Fowler, Thomas Peck. Nicole Van Den Heuvel, Scott Solis, Carol O1' - • ) horn Glidden ie, Gaye Gilbert Sports Staff Norma Gonzalez, Mich Ruckcr Tom Samuels, Alison F. Whittemore Art Staff John Lemr. Harold Nelson Photography Staff Bruce Kessler, Jeff McGee Advertising Staff John Szalkowski. Jason Hadley. David Hou Production Staff John VanderPut. Gaye Gilbert Ann Betley, Heidi Clay, Joe Bartoscek, Diannc Frome, Vikki Kaplan, Ruth Hillhouse, Autry Ross, Allison Foil, Kelvin Thompson, Laurie Koch D Circulation Rob Rogers The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is published weekly on Thursdays during the school year, except during examination periods and holidays, 3 by the students of Rice University, Editorial and business offices are located on the second floor of the Rice Memorial Center, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77001. Phone 527-4801 or 527-4802. Advertising information available upon request.Mail subscription rate: $15.00 per year. The .opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writer. Obviously. ^Copyright 1979, The Rice Thresher. All rights reserved.

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by David Butler University channels). A and not allowing any rebates." to beat the problem of nosy cover address and phone number, The student body president and preliminary hearing in Federal Helms says that the students parents have an ally—a student forwarding letters once a week and vice-president at Southwest Texas district court is planned within the haven't decided on further action, who offers herself as a roommate using a telephone answering device State University have been next two weeks. but adds that they have not ruled for rent. to forward calls as needed. removed from office by the * * * out the possibility of filing suit Pamela Douglas, herself a UT Douglas hasn't run into any University Administration after A group of students at Princeton against the University. student, owns and operates Basic major problems since she started school officials ruled that the two University is trying an optional (Note: At Rice, abortion costs Strategy, an answering service the service four months ago. She's violated university ruling by hiring rebate on the part of student health are borne by the individual student which does most of its work managed to avoid problems with a lawyer for the student service fees used to fund abortions. under their health insurance providing covers for women wo drop-in parents through careful government. The students declared, in a letter policy.) want to live with their screening of her "roommates," and • * * Roy Battles and Jon Hudson published in the Daily boyfriends—but don't want their for an additional fee, allows her were placed on disciplinary Princetonian, that "the university Students at University of Texas parents to find out. For $25 a clients to actually move in with her probation by SWT vice-president has violated our freedom of at Austin who need a basic strategy month, Douglas' home acts as a during parental visits. Allan Watson, who has also conscience in forcing us to pay for recommended that the two something which we consider students be suspended from morally reprehensible." Students school. The Austin chapter of the at Princeton pay approximately D00NESBURT ACLU has entered the controversy $200 in health service fees, and on the side of the students. HPS SURE WELL, THEY'RE ALL EVER SINCE POKB HE'S NOT LOOK, KIP I officials estimate that approxi- WHO WAS ZONKER BEENGET- CONCERNING HIS DISAPPEARED, HB CARE DEAD YET, ONLY KNOW IF mately one-half of one percent of THE PHONE AMM. VNdALOT TAKER, BRENNER, HAS Battles and Hudson were fired UNCLE DUKE ZONK DAMMIT! mm I READ the fee is spent on abortion FORT OF CALLS IS DUKE'S ONLY BEEN REFERRING ALL IN THE tWERS. after Watson charged them with LATELY. CLOSE RELATIVE. DUKES CREDITORS TO violating the board of regents' procedures. Student health \ ZONKER.^- f policy that all contracts to pay insurance has covered expenses people outside the University—in relating to abortion, pregnancy this case, attorney Joseph and childbirth since September 1, Saranello— had to be approved by in keeping with guidelines issued the board. Saranello was retained by the Department of Health, as attorney for the Associated Education and Welfare. Charles Students of SWT in 1978, before Helms, a spokesman for the anti- the regents' decision; when his abortion group, said that he and retainer was renewed in June, other students were especially Watson took action against Battles displeased that they were not I CALLED YOU YEAH. WELL. IM HAVE YOU NUT SINCE BEFORE COULD BE. LISTEN BRENNER,? HEY, ZONK! AT HOME, BUT OVER HERE AT HEARDFROM HIS TRIAL, MAN. BRENNER, DO ID LOVE TO TALK, and Hudson. informed of the policy change HI, ITS ME, WHAT'S HAP WERE WAS NO PUKE'S A LOT, TO DUKE, BREN- FRANKLY, I'M A YOU THINK MAN, BUT I'VE GOT The students have decided to file before they paid the health fee. ZONKER. RENIN', MAN? ANSWER. SORTA KEEP AN NER? ANY LITTLE WORRIED HE'S.. HE'S SOME FOLKS OVER EYE ON THINGS, THING AT / FOR PINNER suit against the University, seeking Officials at Princeton have ' Y'KNOW? ALL ? ^ to regain their offices and the right indicated that they'll review the to hire an outside attorney if no current policy at some time, but school funds are involved. (The that the school has had a "long- funds to pay Saranello's retainer standing policy of making the were raised through non- comprehensive fees mandatory H

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MR. ANDREWS? YOU MEAN THE MR. ANDREWS, I HAPPEN TO Don't wear suits and ties MY NAME IS GUY WHO GOT SHOT KNOW YOU'VE KNOWN DUKB FOR IF IT HAP BEEN OKAY, OKA) AMBASSA- YEARS. I HOPE YOU W0N7RE- ZONKER HARRJS. IN IRAN? I'M AFRAID YOU IN FRONT I'LL SPRING Don't sit at desks WHO? DOR DUKE. PUDIATE AN OLD FRIENDSHIP F0R50Me I'M CALLING I PLDNT KN0U1 THE REMEMBER? GENTLEMAN, SON. SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT EM %JMTM° Do work outdoors : ABOUT MY UN- BARRAS5 YOUR COMPANY! CLE DUKE- Do take charge 'S 3 SURE ^ FLOWERS Do bear heavy responsibilities Do operate sophisticated electronic equipment W77Z? Do record information on oil and gas wells Do interpret this information r Are their own bosses MS ALSO, TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, MR HE'S A FORMER,

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ANY WORD TVE CALLED HIS DUNNO. A80U1 DUKE KNOWN ASSOCIATES VS LIKE IM THE IF VOURE HIS MAN. DUKL YET, Z ? HIS LAST EMPLOYER. \}F ONLY PERSON IN ARETAKER NEVER SA/P NOV 1 7pm CAN'T OS! EVEN THE WHITE UU< SR-X THE WORLD WHO • 'HEN SUREL) ANYTH/N A SINGLE HOUSE. NOBODY'S ' % ACTUALLY CARES YOU CAN ABOUT A LEAD, MIKE EVEN LOOKING ^.7? WHAT HAPPENED HELP ME FIANCEE INTO IT'. \ TO UNCLE DUKE! x Rice Memorial Center 4 Interviewing Nov.2 A

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The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page Frosh brace for test results by Sarah Herbert people discover that their problem for mortal freshmen, Every year it happens: hundreds distribution courses are actually especially for potential premeds, of young, hopeful students go much more interesting than the who know that a 2 could spell ruin through a crushing schedule of ones they have to take for their for their dreams. Parental pressure midterm tests. Most survive the majors. Others learn, sadly and is a very important factor in I 90 -to R; baptism of fire unscathed, but the quickly, their intended major was freshman depression. Many I must ka experience is always sobering. not meant for them. parents do not realize how difficult Freshmen have just undergone UI think I'll have to drop Rice is, and expect too much of or are about to face their first Rice physics," commented a pros- their little Einsteins. exams, and many students who pective engineering student after a "My parents are expecting l's, have been in the top ten percent in midterm shocker. Maybe she will and anything less than a 2..." She high school now have to face being take it again next year; if not, she is need say no more. "Parents don't in the middle or even near the another casualty of the first-year realize how much you are bottom of some classes. Of course, sausage grinder. working," complains one hen- C?^ Q1—=- most freshmen know before they Uncertainty about one's pecked freshman. came to Rice that they could no interests and abilities is only On the other hand, some high longer be first in every class. But, compounded by it being too early school wieners accustomed to as one student put it,"You know to tell for most. Take two years, the constant parental pressure go wild it's hard in words, but when the counselors say, before committing once that pressure is miles away. actual work hits you...Oh, no!" yourself: but all too often that is Sheltered kids often overdo the pressure. "It's not the difficulty of Some useful advice in defusing Freshman midterm depression impractical. For the uncertain Rice social life once they are on the material as much as it is the panic during a test is: 1) Read the comes in different forms. Some student, four years suddenly seems their own. As Dr. Daniel Brener, speed," notes one freshman. "I instructions carefully. Be sure you people develop an inferiority like a very short time to pick a head of the Rice Psychiatric work and I work, but nothing ever understand exactly what the complex. "You look at other lifetime career. Service, says, "Gradually it will seems to get done!" teacher wants before answering. people and they seem to know so 2)Stay cool. Watch the time and One answer is to experiment, to dawn on you that you're on your Just keeping up at Rice can be a much more, and then you get pace yourself accordingly. 3) If take strange, unusual courses. As way, that you're calling the shots." major problem. Dr. Stephen paranoid when you go to the test," some questions are too hard, do one upperclassman advised an But dealing with parental pressure, Baker, physics professor, describes exclaims one student. "I don't feel the easiest ones first; come back to unsure freshman: "Take a course or lack of it, is hard at first. it as a "60-hour-a-week job." as smart here as 1 did in high the puzzlers when and if you have off the wall." College is a time to One of the keys to solving Students need to budget that large school," says another. time. 4) Be sure to be rested before explore options as well as a time to freshman depression is the amount of study time carefully. a test. Don't pull an all-nighter, After experiencing the first tests prepare for a career. If a realization that it is a common Using a written schedule can help. in their chosen fields, freshmen can freshman's uncertainty causes vainly hoping to cram entire problem." It's a real crunch," says Besides attending classes and begin to feel very uncertain about him to explore what Rice offers, books. 5)After the test, relax and Dr. Paul Pfeiffer, a freshman hitting the books, students can use the future. "I'm not sure 1 really then the uncertainty is actually forget about it. Worry never calculus teacher. "It takes the their free time to attend study want to be a ChemE major, but I constructive. helped anybody. arrogance out of most everybody." groups and tutorials. can't think of anything else." Many Grades: they are always a But, he adds, "If you're in the Above all, freshmen need to But "you've got to budget rest," middle of people who are all realize that help is available and counsels Pfeiffer. "People tend to front runners, you're doing pretty that there is no shame in asking^or work sort of compulsively, and COLLEGIATE CLEANERS well." it."If you didn't need help, it'd be a never learn how to play." The key Students 10% Discount on heck of a lot cheaper to take There is nothing wrong with is to make time taken off from Drycleaning and Alterations hitting the mean at Rice—most study count by not thinking of college by correspondence," says 2430 Rice Blvd. 523-5887 people do. work at all while playing. Constant Brener."That is really the reason (straight up the street in the village) Managing time effectively is worry during "recreation" is no you go to a university." another key to facing college break from study. Individual tutoring help is available in all departments. r* Another key to handling Special physics and chemistry freshman depression is learning tutorials, as well as college math ©je Jlktrftitck how to take exams. "Test-taking is reviews, can be attended. a skill; it can be practiced, and you Students who nevertheless feel by GLEMBY INTERNATIONAL will get better at it," says the pressures rising are encouraged c Psychiatric Services' Brener. "Try to visit the campus Psychiatric Sxf2£*l fuiir designs, to concentrate on not pushing the Service, whose staff can listen and shin caw cSr make -up panic button." help to resolve problems. lot the cawet -oriented individual Panic during a test is probably a But the greatest freshman It Rice student's worst enemy. 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The Rice Thresher, Optober 18, 1979, page 4 Mic tour—t RMMrch Group Mi • TexPIRG U of Pitt's Higginbotham subsequent release of radioactive the following: The Nuclear Regulatory materials into the environment. The combustion of solid waste, Commission is meeting this week Further, HL&P has not shown which has been proven discusses study findings in Houston to determine what itself qualified to build the plant. technologically and economically points are valid for deliberation In 1978 they reported that they in Europe (it provides cities there with 6 to 7% of their energy needs). by Yvonne Denkins concerning the license for the underestimated the amount of educational goals was emphasized materials—steel, concrete, wire HL&P's rate structure should be Dr. Elizabeth Higginbotham, Allen's Creek Nuclear Plant. The by the fact that better grades were and cables—by 50-125% on their redesigned to encourage assistant professor of sociology at NRC will also set the date for the made by lower-middle-class South Texas Project. NRC conservation. Increased use of the University of Pittsburgh, final hearing on the Allen's Creek women in elite universities than inspections show that HL&P "passive solar" techniques such as addressed a group of students, station. were made by the middle-class deviated from approved safety architectural and landscaping faculty and visitors in Sewall TexPIRG is involved in this subjects. "Middle-class women plans on the plant three times. The modification would maximize the Hall Monday. "Educated Black licensing process. Our intervention stated that this wasn't because they recent controversy over use of solar energy in the Women: an Exploration into Life is aimed at resolving issues of couldn't do the work, but because harassment of inspectors also community. Chances and Choices" was her they were there to party," consumer safety, site suitability, raises questions about their Also, the Power company's need subject. Higginbotham noted. and alternate energy sources, performance, and thus about final for more generating capacity could Higginbotham discussed her based on the following Nevertheless, Higginbotham plant safety. be decreased by interconnection research into socialization contentions: pointed out, middle-class women with other electrical systems where experiences and mobility strategies On the issue of safety, we On the issue of site suitability, received much more outside TexPIRG contends that the plant peak hours don't coincide. This of educated black women. She contend that HL&P has not encouragement to pursue a college should be built at the South Texas allows companies to sell their questioned 56 black women from adequately considered the possible sducation than did lower-middle- site, if it is to be built at all. That excess power to the other Northeastern cities who had accidents. They did not consider class women. Middle-class women site is already the location for two generators during off hours, and attended predominantly-white the effects of a large plane crash were perceived by high-school plants under construction, and buy during peak hours. universities between 1966 and 1970 into the reactor. The FAA counselors and faculty as being disturbing an unspoiled site is not Presently there is a glut of about how their educational indicates that large plane more capable in academics, mainly justified. Construction at the natural gas. This is partially due to experiences have affected their traffic over the area has increased because one or both parents had South Texas Project would use less price deregulation and techno- lifestyles. by 30% in the last three years, and received higher education, while land and water. Water logical breakthroughs in will continue growing. New Drawing from their answers, lower-middle-class members were consumption is a critical issue in exploration. A natural gas-fired Higginbotham separated these discouraged from going to college, airports have been proposed in the Texas; the State's legislature has plant would be environmentally educated women into two socio- also on the basis of their parents' area, thus increasing the likelihood required Houston ground water superior to the Allen's Creek economic classes: a middle class educational achievement. of a crash. To withstand such a users to reduce subsidence by Nuclear plant because gas-fired and a lower-middle class. crash, the containment vessel converting to surface water plants emit negligible amounts of After the colloquium and Membership in a class was would need to be twice the sources. sulfur dioxide and radioactivity. dinner, Higginbotham held an thickness being proposed or be determined by the educational and Furthermore, HL&P has The ash content in gas-fired stack informal question-and-answer buried underground. economic background of a suggested that the heavy reactor emmissions is negligible and session at Brown College, Also, the Allen's Creek Plant woman's parents while she was vessel will be taken to the Allen's results in no disposal problems, as entertaining questions ranging contains many of the same flawed growing up. Creek site by barge, which will does nuclear waste. A gas facility from aspects of her research to design concepts that led to the Higginbotham found that more require dredging of the Brazos or would require less land and water interracial marriage. Three Mile Island meltdown and lower-middle-class parents San Bernard Rivers. The than the Allen's Creek Nuclear expected their daughters to go to environmental impact of such station. college than did middle-class RMC window shattered action has not been properly For a complete list of parents. She explains this by investigated. An 18-foot-tall Grand Hall are custom-made in California, contentions, come by the noting that the lower-middle-class On the issue of alternative window was shattered by a brick and replacements take between TexPIRG office. We welcome parents, who were usually energy sources, TexPIRG suggests early Saturday morning after the seven and nine months to arrive in your comments on this matter. domestic workers or laborers, Jones College all-school party in Houston. Instead of waiting for a wanted their daughters to lead the Memorial Center. According new custom pane. Vest decided to easier lives. to RMC Director Marty Vest, the save time and money by installing Values of each class of women replacement cost $522. two shorter panes, split by a also varied, Higginbotham found. "It just makes me sick," said crosspiece. While most of the middle-class Vest. "It takes money out of the "We're going to start doing that women sought a college that would RMC budget and away from for every window that's broken," enable them to lead a full social things we want to do here." said Vest, although she noted that life, lower-middle-class women The Grand Hall window panes the split panes are not as good- had more academic goals in mind. looking as the expensive originals. To 50% Off On Gifts & Apparel. The different values stemmed from The vandal threw a brick Last 3 Days! differences in the background of through the window between 1:30 c L each woman. Erratum ° V-/J llnincKsitu B!ixl and 2 am Saturday. Campus police Instilled in each middle-class In last week's article on campus said they could not comment on 000 - IScw woman are traditional values such key security, the Thresher whether a Rice student had as pursuing a career, getting incorrectly attributed several broken the window. married, and having children (not statements to Chemistry necessarily in that order), while the Department Chairman Ernest lower-middle-class woman Wenkert. believes in getting a good STOCKADE STEAKHOUSE Dr. Geoige W. Busby, education so that she can take care Chemistry laboratory director, of herself. made the statements attributed to This basic difference in Wenkert. & SALOON"—— CRESTED BUTTE 1980 Enjoy Steaks, Steakburgers, Gyros, & Seafood. Jan. 5—12/Mar.8—15 Accomodations LIVE MUSIC, 1 Days Downhill/2 Days Cross DANCING, Country or 6 Days Downhill $245 or $375 with airlinc/lms MIXED DRINKS & transportation. AN ENTERTAINING SPACE LIMITED! 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The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 5 Coppola takes the fun out of war

Apocalypse Now perspective that is both profoundly doing or why they are doing it. In Written by John Milius and disturbing and intensely gripping. this regard Apocalypse seems to Francis Coppola The Americans are obviously not borrow heavily from Crane's The Directed by Francis Coppola the good guys. They destroy Red Badge of Courage. Coppola villages, napalm, and defoliate the paints the same shattered The comparisons are inevitable. jungles, and treat the Vietnamese landscape as Crane, one in which Already critics are attempting to as subhuman automatons. But the concepts of courage, duty, fear, look at Apocalypse Now in the Vietnamese are equally as harsh. loyalty, and friendship are stripped light of its Oscar-winning In one scene, as an American to the essentials. predecessor The Deer Hunter. helicopter lands in a recently And as a result, a lot of them are captured village, a Vietnamese The dominant literary influence completely missing the boat, so to woman comes screaming out of on Apocalypse, though, is Helicopter attack: The Ride of the Valkyries one of the huts. She seems to be speak. To place these two films in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. on the edge of your seat for the Nevertheless, Apocalypse Now hysterical about a relative killed in the same category is like Coppola transfers the setting from entire two and a half hours. This is a masterpiece in cinematic terms. the attack, but as she reaches the comparing 2001 to Star Wars. colonial Africa to modern film is better than anything I've The camera work is excellent, at helicopter she deftly tosses I here is simply no comparison Vietnam, but the story remains seen in the last two years and will times breathtaking. Even the something she has been hiding between them. The Deer Hunter much the same. Martin Sheen undoubtedly become a classic. I editing, especially in combat inside. It takes a second to register, looks like a corny kiddie matinee plays a young gung-ho captain think I'll go see it again. And scenes, is remarkable. The film's and by the time the men inside yell next to Coppola's sweeping epic. who has been ordered to maybe again. shortcomings are not to be found "grenade!", the helicopter assassinate the rebel Colonel — Gary Cole in it formal qualities, but in the explodes into flames. The woman, Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando. structure and tone of its plot. trying to escape, is cut into ribbons Kurtz has set up camp upriver in The problems that Coppola had by another chopper circling Cambodia and has initiated his with the ending are now legendary. overhead. own private war against the Viet At last. A serious fiction film He could not decide on the Cong. He is remarkably successful, dealing with the Vietnam War has appropriate apocalyptic vision Clearly the idea that Coppola much to the anger of top Army finally appeared. The inevitable with which to wrap up the film. So wants to impress on us is the brass. They send Sheen to question about Apocalypse Now he staged three separate finales, insanity of war—people are eliminate him, but the further up is: 'Was it worth the wait, money, screened each before various select arbitrarily killed without reason or river he goes and nearer to Kurtz, hassles, quibbling, etc.?' Probably audiences, and then let them meaning. A random rocket or the more he comes to resemble his not. But then, no film could live up decide. The director's indeci- mortal shell can suddenly turn a quarry. The film can be seen as to that kind of hype. siveness is evident in the final cut. living sentient being into a hunk of tracing the psychological For the people who thought The The ending of Apocalypse Now, burning meat. Most of the battle development of Sheen from a Deerhunter was a valid description as it is presently being shown, action is taken from a groundlevel, cocksure, regular-army officer to a of our involvement in Indochina, seems to be based more on what -the -hell -is -going -on -here savage manifestation of pure id. this might help to set the record Conrad's Lord Jim than Heart of straight. (Actually, anyone who viewpoint. The result is that The film does have its Haws. At Darkness. The nameless, faceless really believed in Cimino's pathetic Coppola manages to capture the times Coppola tries too hard to be horde of primitive tribesmen that attempt should cling to his/her terror of actual battlefield "artistic" with the result that he Col. Kurtz has subjugated national security blanket a little conditions. In a way, Coppola merely ends up looking artsy. suddenly fall to their knees in a while longer, since Star Wars II humanizes war, if that is possible, Kurtz's repititious mouthings of gesture of respect for the New will be out soon with an equally Martin Sheen by emphasizing the human T.S. Eliot are silly and pointless. White Father (Martin Sheen) who gripping and mature account of F r o m t h e initial battle personal reactions of the soldiers. The implied comparison between just finished chopping up the old human psvche in torment.) sequences, the film adopts a They don't know what they are The Waste Land and Vietnam is one. The implication is obvious — these primitives want (need?) a HAIRCRAFTHAIRCRAFTHAIRCRAFTHAIKCRAFTHAIRCRAFT unnecessary. Conrad's wasteland Apocalypse Now was filmed by is a complete vision in itself and Vittorio Storaro, (who is the tyrannical white man, preferably does not require extrapolation. At cinematographer responsible for an American, to lead them and Women's Cut & Blowdry $14.00 other times, Coppola gets so into much of the lush imagery in give them direction. Tarzan the Gothic mood he creates that Bertolucci's works), and his himself never had it so good. the situation becomes melo- photography here is awesome. Despite this and several other R Men's Cut & Blowdry $8.50 dramatic, especially after Sheen Perhaps too awesome. The first flaws. Apocalypse Now is the kind has reached Brando's mystical part of the film has so many of film for which I feel 1 ought to R camp. panoramic sunsets that one could temper my criticism. It is a first- Shampoo Included But for the most part almost be lulled into a travel movie rate work, and certainly the only A Apocalypse Now does not attempt state of mind — (Visit lovely Viet important fiction film about to lead the viewer. It does not have Nam: swaying palms, luscious Vietnam to date. Robert Duvall's F 2110 Lexington to. The intensity of the action, the luaus, and «o on.). Of course, the helicopter assault on a VC- T 526-5472 incredible camerawork, and the frequent battle scenes quickly occupied village (complete with artistic vision of Coppola keep you bring us back to our senses. Later, loudspeakers broadcasting HAfRCRAFTHAIRCR AFT HAfRCRAFTHAIRCRAFTH AIRCRAFT Coppola seems to have become Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries) overly obsessed with darkness as a must be one of the best battle motif. This is understandable. scenes ever filmed. And when we After all, it is based on Heart of realize that the motivating factor Darkness. But forty-five minutes for the attack was not strategy, but of chiaroscuro-ridden sweaty faces rumors of good surfing nearb, we in close-up tends to lessen the know we are in Vietnam. effect, not further it. —F. Brotzen DUKE LAW SCHOOL Professor Charles Galvin will be on campus Thursday, October 25 from 1:00 until 3:00 to talk with students interested in Duke Law School. Inter- ested students should contact the Placement Office.

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The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 6 Wiess Tabletop theatre: Manhattan Frenetic The Odd Couple piece of slapstick. And Christi Written by Neil Simon Mays and Susan Stone, the Pigeon Directed by Chris Boyer sisters—whose skirts will remind There's a certain comfortability you of the proper time frame if factor in Neil Simon plays; you nothing else does— are know before going in that there outstanding in their small-talk will be enough good lines thrown scene with Felix, which comes off to keep you laughing even if damn near close to capturing the they aren't delivered the right way. essence of the Typical Rice Date Fortunately, Wiess Tabletop Silences you could drop a neutron Theatre has managed to deliver bomb through and such. The Odd Couple in the right style The set designers, Tim Barry with a special edge that applies and Rives Taylor, took a real risk directly to the Rice Experience. in placing the set at ground level After all, we've all had to suffer and putting the audience on through forced cohabitation with risers- but it seems to work; there people who seem nice enough if didn't appear to be any blind spots you only deal with them an hour at in the audience. And the set design a time. After the move-in, though, itself is marvelous, as is the you Find Out Everything, and business in the between-act change disaster—or justifiable homi- when Oscar's hellhole is plnito hy Geoff Winningham cide—could be the result. Poker buddies Birch, Solis, Bush, Hawk in Wiess' The Odd Couple transformed into Felix's neat-and- There's not that much about The proceeds to drive the poor bastard pulled off well south of the Hudson why he reacts the way he does. The tidy place. Overall, a good first Odd Couple's basic plot that crazy. And of course, there are River. Andrew Tullis' Felix is a poker-players (Bill Hawk, Mark effort by this year's Tabletop crew, anyone that hasn't been in Oscar's attempts to get Felix back study in impending hysteria, which Bush, Tom Birch and Scott Solis) worth seeing to renew your Murmansk for the past ten years in to the realm of the swinging manages to avoid lapsing into pure handle the news of Felix's mistrust of room-jack rules and dosen't know. Felix Ungar gets singles— after all, this is set in the shrillness. John Henry Houze impending divorce worse than he what could happen if Something thrown out by his wife, moves in mid-sixties. makes Oscar—who really isn't does, and their frantic efforts to Went Wrong. with Oscar Madison, (who's Still, it's nice to see the play's that nice a guy in the script—a prevent him from committing — David Butler already gone through all that), and style—Manhattan Frenetic — likable slob; you can understand suicide come off as a neatly-staged

Decade-old paranoia rekindled by film llr lluil is u ilhoiil sin union remeniscent of French director declare martial law. (the crowd scenes in the early part on. h i Ilim jirsl rust

The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 7 N&w new waves This week around town -Nicole Van Den Heuvel Theater: Singles Going Steady is equally good. Like it or not, it'll The Buzzcocks get you up and moving. Some of the standouts of the disc's 16 *Indulgences in the Louisville Harem. The Alley Secondhand Delight tracks- mo»t arc shorter than three Theatre opens its fall season with John Orlock's witty play about two "proper" middle-aged sisters living in Magazine minutes-are Autonomy, Noise Annoys (a great concept). Why Louisville at the turn of the century. The two spinsters Can't I Touch //.'and Something's anonymously receive a catalog entitled "Mrs. done Wrong. Whiting's New Book of Eligible Gentlemen". After Most people arc familiar with much deliberation, they decide to order themselves a the term "new wave." but there is The album is a definite buy. It's too bad we couldn't have had it "marriage-minded, eligible male". Orlock presents a some confusion about its comical situation within the genteel world of the two sooner, but better late than never. definition. I'll get into this in detail spinsters. Alley Theatre, October 18 through m a series of future articles; for Secondhand Delight, Maga- November 25. Tickets at Alley Box Office, 228-8421 now. suffice to say that "new zine's LP, is a disappointment. The or all Top Ticket outlets. wav e" is as varied and expansive a songs are just too cold and term as "rock and roll". It refers calculated. Magazine is technically to an attitude more than it does to proficient, but that's almost all *The Passion of Dracula. Another" tongue in cheek" a specific musical style. they offer; their gadgeted music is version of the Count Dracula legend. This off- Magazine and the Buzzcocks are partially redeemed, however, by Broadway production, written by Robert Hall and two new wave bands with albums the saving grace of Howard David Richmond, will be playing at the Equinox. Egyptian mummy mask recently released in the U.S. Over Devoto's lead vocals. Devoto, the Theatre Thursday through Saturday at 8:30 pm three years old, the Buzzcocks are driver behind the band and a through November 3. Tel.: 868-5829 for reservations. Museums: one of the most popular bands in former member of the Buzzcocks Britain and have a lot of hits to (he co-wrote Orgasm Addict), Music: * Covered Faces: The Mask through the Ages. their credit. If you haven't heard of sings like an Iggy Pop-Sid Vicious Showing at the Museum of Fine Arts is a collection of them, it's because the U.S. record hybrid. 1 would have enjoyed *The American Dance Machine. The Dance masks from different world cultures ranging from companies have only recently Devoto's vocal anti-finesse more, Company, conducted by Ned Battista, will be antiquity to the present. The show presents an decided that new wave music will however, had the keyboard player performing with the Houston Pops Orchestra, interesting view of the many functions masks have make money. Singles Going refrained from playing Wakeman- October 19 at 8:30 in Jones Hall. served in various cultures. Masterson Junior Gallery. Steady, the name of their first esque riffs at every opportunity. Opens October 16. * Jeffrey Lerner, clarinet, will give a faculty recital for American release, probably has In a recent interview, Devoto Film: something to do with the fact that the University of Houston School of Music at 8:00 pm said that his band was "pretty in the Dudley Recital Hall on October 21st. almost all the tracks on the album unfashionable in the minds of the * Badlands. A powerful story of eww/'-turned- have previously been released as trend-setting critics" not becausc aggression, based on the exploits of Charlie singles, some as early as October of their music but because *Otello. Houston Grand Opera opens its season with Starkweather. Badlands is the first film by Terence '77. The band's style, though "somebody got the bright idea of Verdi's Otello. Conducted by John Pritchard, it Malick, the brilliant director of Days of Heaven who consistent throughout the album, calling me an intellectual once, features Jon Vickers in the title role, Gilda Cruz- seems to be struggling single-handedly to gain does get more refined in the more which of course is the kiss of Romo as Desdemona, and Kostas Paskalis as Iago. respectability for American cinema. Martin Sheen recently recorded songs. Still, this death." The Italian version will be performed October 18, 23, plays a cooler James Dean persona than Dean himself album will rock you cut after cut. He added. "And we have and 26 at 8:00 pm. On the 20th and 24th, Herbert ever did. This is also the film that introduced Sissy Side one leads off with Orgasm keyboards, which is maybe a bit Doussant will star in the English version— also at 8:00 Spacek to the celluloid scene—and thank God for •I(/lul upbeat tune with tongue-in- I think lie's on to something. i heck l\ i ics I he rest ol the album Wehran (iouran Line-by-line

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The Rice Thresher, October 18. 1979, page 9 management, and of course, I'm college crowd. And too expensive. In e only commenting on the food, not But it is a cafeteria-style joint, so mesi the employees—no toe-tromping it's at least a bit cheaper and faster W from this corner. They have to than a real steakhouse. cake make their living somehow. With Entering from the back parking vari LIFE IN THE the caveats out of the way- lot can be confusing if you're not ston onward. Heading south... familiar with the territory; the can * * * customers are routed around the youi 2902/Zeke's. perimeter of the dining area as sits FAST FOOD LANE: 11-11 daily. Drive-thru. they wait in line. The salad bar is sele< A/K/A Rolando's; Zeke took worth attacking; pick up a bowl on on t over the Kirby location (there's your way through the line and you won Fear and Loathing on Kirby Drive. another former-Rolando's on get carte blanche. There's a and Alabama) last spring and hasn't variety of desserts, but as in any Rat* A Premeditated Lunge into the Plastic-and-Neon even bothered to get the last cafeteria, quality is directly Serv owner's name off all the posters. proportional to shelf life. Heart and Heartburn of America. The pinball machines, the well- liie cheapest item is the $1.69 carved benches—all still there. Bonanza Burger, a char-grilled Fortunately, the food is also still item that tastes fine. But then, you BY DAVID L. BUTLER there. Standard fare is deluxe wouldn't be coming here for photos by the author burgers, with exotic fixings; a burgers anyway. Fries are not choice between here and standard here; the cook who takes Gourmet depends largely on your order asks if you'd prefer a whether they have the particular If there's a heaven for junk food junkies, it probably looks a lot like Or something like that. And mix of ingredients you want. The Kirby Drive. Between Westheimer and University, there are eighteen anyone who wants to make a basic burger is good, as is the establishments that cater to the lowest common denominator in dining, serious stab at claiming barbecue sauce. either as parts of national franchise chains or as fast-food eateries per se. nutritional value for this stuff Zeke's also offers tacos al Among the major national chains, only Wendy's and the Pizza twins, fully deserves their coronary. The carbon—marinated diced beef in a men Hut and Inn, aren't represented. Consumer Reports folks came out real flour tortilla envelope—with Associate editor David Butler took time out from burrowing through with a survey last month with all enough zap in the sauce to cure or our research files to set out into the wilderness, armed only with an the numbers—basically, you'll get kill any viruses in your system. expense account for one, the might of the self-righteous, and a digestive a third of the day's raw materials, The only really good pseudoMex system known to give out at inopportune times. (His appendix blew just half the day's calories, and too food on the tour. before dead week one year, and while he says he knows it was only a much sodium in the average Fries when we visited were a bit coincidence, he hasn't touched Joyce's Chinese Pepper Steak since.) meal—but let's face it, trying to over-toasted—maybe too much Still, he survived that, and he survived this. Here, then, is a front-line make a case for the redeeming time under the heat lamp. No report from the frontier of indigestion. —Eds. nutritional value in most of this milkshakes, but they offer beer— stuff is like trying to say you only which is served, like all the drinks, So...here we go. After eight engine flamed out, and I was buy Playboy for the articles. in chilled mugs. weeks, one dead car, and a bout again without wheels. So, having disposed of that Rate: ••• with the Creeping Crud, The Work Eventually, at the wheels of a topic, the question arises: Whv Service: Modified ATC t Price: M is ready to be fed into the maw of borrowed low-speed Vega, I Kirby? the typesetting machine. Or, managed to complete the mad Why not? Pizza can be jacked almost ready. A few comments lurch. What follows, then is a around enough to resemble serious first: compilation of several weeks of nutritional matter, and we're not "The esssence of the Fast Food What we have here is the end experience in the pit that the editor after that here. Besides, everyone Experience hinges on the ability of the Cloci result of a modest suggestion calls junk food heaven, but is else is here—everyone else who King proposed to the editors around really a lot closer to a Purgatory matters. And the competition is magical gas-burner to get you there and neigl mid-June. At the time, I thought, for those of us who have broken tough. The older heads will Redr we could get the personnel to blitz the Unwritten laws. remember the late unlamented H. back again inside half-an-hour. McD the entire strip in one weekend and Salt Fish 'n Chips—and Steak n Otherwise, why call it fast?" peop file a team report. But the regular Shake, which aspired to survival Brou start-up syndrome attacked—one but made fundamental errors that of the givens in this business— killed it off inside of two years. 3112/House of Pies. and it became clear that this First, they assumed carhops 24 Hours. would have to be done mano a would work in air-conditioned Well...the myths abound, and at mano—one man venturing into Houston, which showed such a least some of them are true. Yes, the valley of the shadow of basic ignorance of The Way this is a haunt for the local gay heartburn, with enough Maalox Tilings Work that a rain of toads community...but no, they don't and vitamins to finish the job. should have immediately bite. (Only a couple of the guests Right. But in order to do the job descended on them. On top of that, were in full leather when I dropped the Right Way, a car is an absolute they tried to cross-breed real by, but only about ten percent of necessity. Bicycles are present on utensils—plates and silver and the guests were female, and least Kirby only at the Rider's own glass—with high-speed service half of them were Rice students— risk, and the craters are numerous and a Yankee-version chili that- tourists, like me.) 1 will admit that enough to do terminal damage to well, suffice it to say that the cross- I saw the best imitation Farrah bike and biker—an unacceptable breeding was close enough to a hairdo ever on one of the waiters a ending for this job. Besides, forcible rape that the proprietors while back. Still, males can drop in the essence of the fast food paid the penalty. (Currently, without fear of anyone making a experience hinges on the ability of Steak n Shake is being remade pass at them—though a couple of baked potato instead. You might the magical gas-burner to speed Church's alleged table/stools: all into something labeled "Grandy's the drunker ones might look. But form, no function. as well take it; the fries aren't tbai you from the comfort of your home Country Cupboard," while H. Salt that's not so much different from great, and when I arrived, they to the place and back again within Fast food is Muzak for the turned into Shipley's.) the Pub, if you figure the gender were only lukewarm. half-an-hour. Otherwise, why call stomach; it bears an approximate But the editors are screaming switch in. Rate: ** it fast? resemblance to the real stuff, but again, and HAL is whining, and Not really a "fast-food" eatery, Service: 5-8 min. Price: H Having established the need for moire often than not the so let's get this show on the road. but the 24-hours angle makes it a car, the vehicle to use came to relationship is more embarrass- We're using the New York Daily attractive. Burgers are grilled and 2656 Richmond/Perky's mind immediately—the Nimitz. ing than flattering. And not News system, with two modifica- moderately tasty; the fries look 24 hours Originally a 1970 Chrysler from reproducible in the home, either— tions: First, it's assumed .that like they might have recently been Not officially on Kirby, but close the pre-embargo era, the Nimitz not that you'd want to. Anyone nobody in this end of the food part of a real potato. Coffee is enough to count. Besides, the all moved with surprising agility for willing to fix Enchiritos in their business would aspire to four standard industrial-strength hours option makes it worth a a battle cruiser, as passengers who home deserves what they get— stars, so we didn't award any four- institutional blend, but the cup is look. survived the South Main High- which will probably be a band of star ratings. Second, there were big and "bottomless." And of But be prepared to look for a Speed-U-Turn test will attest. But Zapata retreads storming the those real lizards that deserved course, there are the pies, some of while. When I came through the old Chrysler folded before its breakfast nook and administering worse, so we decided to award which are OK. Like everything slightly after midnight, it took maker did; half a block off Uni- revolutionary justice between the beets to the worst of the worst.* Any else here, a judgment call. over twenty minutes to serve up versity, the fuel pump leaked, the English muffins and the coffee. complaints should be taken to the Rate: •• Va the order. Again, the grilled Service: 5-8 min. Price: M-H burgers are typical sit-down restaurant fare; the fries are 3115/Bonanza Sirloin Pit. passable, and the coffee barely 11-9, 11-10 F-Sa. passes muster. Not much to If it weren't part of a chain, this recommend it one way or the one would have escaped scrutiny; other — but the quality is it's entirely too respectable for a consistent, which is the first standard for any chain operation •This award of special merit triggered a small Just be ready to wait. philosophical battle here on the second floor. I 1 wanted to award turkeys, but the editor Rate: •• /si insisted that the etymology of "to blow beets" Service: Snail-like Price: M-H (vomito, vomitare, vomitabi, vomitatum) made the beets a more appropriate award. So who am I to argue with a preppie? 2601 Richmond/WincheH's 24 hours. fAt-the-counter (ATC) service means you Again, not precisely on the trail, have your food immediately after placing your order—while you're still standing there. but in the same shopping center as Modified ATC is the number-called-when- Perky's, and like Perky's, a 24- ready deal; everything else is sit-down, bring- hour joint. the-food-to-your-table approach. Prices were judged with Rice budgets in mind; Still, the fare is probably better Low means you can get away for less than eaten off the premises. The plastic $1.50/per8on, if you avoid shakes. High is chairs are uncomfortable, and if over $3.00/person; more than I'd want to the staffs been overloaded, the spend on a regular basis. M is Moderate. The Strip at night: you don't cruise here—just hit, eat and run. place can look like a disaster area. The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 10 In a location that small, a little middle of a recession. (Three new variations that the Saturday there shares nothing except the Mex take-out place in the state, mess can go a long way. Houston locations are planned for Night crew thought up a couple of brand name. Here, the folks and by extension, the free world. Winchell's seems to emphasize the near future.) They serve years ago, B-King provides the apparently decided to jazz up the Those who know park at Taco cake donuts over the raised/yeast burgers, but their specialties are best undiluted speedoburger product, so they added "extra Bell, and walk next door. Those variety: depending on your tacos and burritos, which I service on the Strip. The Kirby flavor" to the chicken. Near as I who don't deserve what they get. stomach makeup, the cake variety sampled. They also have a Taco location is a training base for can tell, this means they decided to Rate: Beets can be preferable (it won't react in Burger, which I refused to look at. future managers, and their marinate the pieces in chicken Service: ATC Price: L your stomach) or a problem (if it Of the three pseudoMexican trainees' zeal shows; the place is soup before frying. The effect is sits there like a brick.) The restaurants, they seem to come neat as a pin, and the recipes are not bad—but not good, either. I 5800/Shipley's Do-Nuts selection varies wildly, depending closest to a true approximation of followed to the letter. don't know what's in that soup. 5-10 Sun-Wed; 5-12 Th-Sat. on the hour. The later it gets, the the right stuff. Still, the tortillas The open-grilled burgers have No shakes here, only soda or The newest kid on the block, worse the selection. Shop early are a bit thin, and using American flavor, as opposed to McDonald's. punch. They serve tater tots, those open for little more than a month. and save. cheese in the burritos doesn't The fries are adequately crisp, and little synthetic things, instead of An unpretentious little donut Rate: •• , considering. really cut it. The fries and shakes the shakes are correct—flavorful, fries. Which is all right, I shop, with a good selection at most Service: ATC Price: Low per item are acceptable; the management but still ingestible through a suppose—if you can't imitate hours. Worth noting: the seems to have realized their slush straw. reality, ignore it—but they're not Strawberry, Orange, and Lemon 4701/Charlie Brown's machines can be used in more The relentless Columbia-blue- as tasty or as crunchy as a good set frosted donuts— which are really 24 hours than one way, and consequently, and-red sports decor is worth of fries. Don't bother with their not that atrocious. Again, the myths exceed the the shakes' fixings are offered in noting, if only to mention that the new chicken-flavored rice; it's These folks prefer yeast donuts value. Yes, it did get written up in ice cream cups as well. Charthouse folks (who own this soggy and apparently uses the to the cake variety— if you eat the Post (rather, its cousin on the franchise and about 300 other same broth they use on the Saturday breakfast in the East Freeway did) as one of the Rate: *• Vt BK's nationwide) do this in all chicken. commons, you should be familiar Dirtiest Dozen restaurants in the Service: Modified ATC Price: L-M their stores. I'm told the shop by with what they taste like after a city, and this one has also had a UH, with a SWC motif, looks even couple of hours. Fresh, they're few problems. But those 5109/Goode Company sillier. Accomodations are hot- much nicer. They even have problems—mostly with food 11-9, 11-10 Friday. and-cold; the booths are fine, but M BEETS. Rubash metal cows, if you want storage—appear to be past, so the As the Porsche folks say, the seats at the front bar seem milk. place can be judged on its own Nothing Even Comes Close. Head anatomically contoured to pitch Decor is Spartan/utilitarian, merits as a semi-low-rent diner. and shoulders above the crowd; you right out the front window— Hands-down winner of the Most but clean. Coffee is OK, if you The basic burger patties are the only really distinctive place of the better to improve traffic flow, I Uncomfortable Seating Award; want to stick around to drink it. very finely ground; somehow, they the lot. suppose. their center-post-supported stools But let's face it; donuts are the Rate: ••V2 are awkward for anyone, and claaaic take-out junk food, to eat Service: ATC Price: L-M would probably be impossible for you're busy with something anyone wearing a skirt. else. 1 4920/McDonald's Rate: • Rate: ** ^ 6-11 Su-Th; 6-12 F-Sa. Drive-thru. Service: ATC Price: L-M Service: ATC Price: I JOw per item A friend of mine once swore that she felt perfectly comfortable 5712/Hamburgers by 6103/Jack in the Box eating McDonald's hamburgers, Gourmet 6-12 M-Th, 6 2 F-Sa, 6-11 Su • despite her vegetarian oaths. Still, 9-10, seven days. Drive-thru. The last time I told a the little promo posters insist they Fights tooth-and nail with professional colleague that use 100% beef in everything, so for Zeke's for the deluxe-burger Ralston Purina owns Jack in the charity'8 sake, we'll assume that crown, and probably comes out a Box, he threatened to throw me out they do. little ahead on those (though Zeke's of his Versailles and run me down. But whatever's in the burgers, has the tacos.) Two of the best (He'd just bought a Jumbo Jack.) The logs out front are used to fire it's had all the flavor wrung out of options are the Chili con Queso Still, if you can ignore that piece of the pit for the barbecue system; conglomeratism, the product Clockwise from top left: Burger it. I tried twice, both times (which uses guacamole, sour they offer beef, sausage links, almost manages to hoffl its own. King'* NFL Control and next-door confident that my tastebuds cream, picante sauce, jalapenos, ham, ribs, and chicken on plates neighbor Goode Country's Early hadn't been attacked by my lettuce and cheese) and the burger- The burger itself is slightly and the first three in sandwiches Redneck—basic yin and yang. sinuses. Both times, no matter and-knackwurst pairing, which better than McDonald's; at least as well. Side dishes include potato McDonald's, where only the how I tried, I couldn't find any gives you enough meat to chew on you can taste something, and their salad, beans, and slaw. people aren 't plastic; and Charlie flavor in the damn things. They for a very long while. use of a special dressing rather Brown's much-maligned grill. Decor is early Luckenbach; the look like, munch like burgers—but Fries are large and crisp; beer is than mayo or ketchup gives a little Texana and mid-Thirties outdoor for flavor, absolutely zero, zip, available. The decor has been more zip. Shakes are tolerable, signs make the place as distinctive nada. The shakes were almost, but upgraded since last year; the old and drinkable through a straw; as a real Texan in the middle of a not quite, as bad; the fries are painted-metal tilt-o-chairs have the fries are typical thin crispies. herd of Urban Cowboys. They passable for the thin variety. been replaced with nice bentwood The Kirby location is no longer even serve Shiner beer, along with Service is instant, but special stuff. .And when all is said and an all-hours joint; for that, you Lone Star, a couple of Mexican orders can be fatal. I clocked one done, consider: a custom order have to go to the South Shepherd brands, and some more conven- request for curiosity's sake: almost here takes less time than at shop, where Jack still smiles at tional brews. And their iced tea is eight minutes from start to finish. McDonald's. you as you order. The whole first rate—even if it isn't That puts it in the same league Rate: ••• operation is designed for cars, and presweetened in true Southern with the sit-down restaurants. Service: Modified ATCPrice: M-H the outdoor seating is sort, of a style. Also worth noting: they Rate: Beets throwaway; it's all right, 1 have live music every other Friday Service: ATC, but watch it. 5801/Taco Bell suppose, if you don't mind smog or so, with an old-time fiddler who Price: L-M 10-12 Su-Th, 10-1 F-Sa. with your fries. 1 holds forth on the patio outside the 5202/Monterey House Taco Bell started in California. Rate: * /2 place. An appropriate final touch 11-9 M-Sat, ll-8Su It should have stayed there. Not Service: ATC Price: L-M to give a touch of Texas amidst the One day, someone will discover that I have anything against plastic. that burying good food in chili and California, mind you, but the 2502 University/Kentucky Rate: •••V2 onions isn't necessary to label it as Olive-and-onion-overkill school of Fried Chicken Service: Cafeteria-style ATC "Mexican." But not yet. Mexican cooking seems to be Not on the track, again, but Price: M-H Admittedly, I'm spoiled; centered there. Here, the natives worth mentioning if only to hang sending a San Antonian after know better. a large STAY AWAY sign on it. 5114/Roy Rogers Family chain-Mexican operations is like The taco shells look like plastic The food is standard KFC Fare: Restaurant. asking Miss Edna to review The and the cheese looks like sliced the colonel's overspiced original 10:30-10 Su-Th; 10:30-11 F-Sa. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. PVC. The lettuce, too; both recipe or the extra-crispy version, Winner of the Violence in Neon This may look prettier, but after probably went through the same which he's condemned as award for greatest motion and the Real Stuff, plastic won't cut it. shredder. The tacos are there and "breaded bread" but can't get rid garishness in outdoor display Neither will Monterey House. inoffensive, though Consumer of since he sold out to Heublein a lights. But once you get past that, The rich Corinthian vinyl seats Reports says they're only about while back. No fries; rather, pre- things become reasonably good. and exposed beam ceilings don't half as good as a standard burger. packaged mashed potatoes or The specialty is a roast beef lend enough Southwestern style to The burritos use thin, underdone slaw. Desserts are also canned, sandwich witb micro-thin beef mask the mediocrity of the food. flour tortilla shells, and the and look like they would have an stacked to an attractive level. It The "Spanish rice" (whcih they've American cheese and onions indefinite shelf life. goes down well, especially with never seen in Madrid, except in the nearly overpower the beans. The service here—I will make the added barbecue sauce, but it's Mexican restaurants that cater to And then there's the special one exception to my rule—is almost too juicy; the bottom of the homesick Texans) is acceptable, creations: the Burrito Supreme atrocious. Not deliberately bad, - burger bun gets a bit soggy. You but the refried beans are watered and the Enchirito. The latter's mind you, but terminally confused. ' can add fixings as desired from down and runny, the cheese- description is worth repeating: Both times that I visited (I was the bar; they even provide stuffed enchiladas are basically "Ground beef cooked in Taco hoping the first visit was a fluke) don't chew quite like a normal jalapenos for the sadistic. Chicken incorrect, and the bland tamales Bell's famous sauce, pinto beans, they were out of one variety of burger—but the taste is fine. Fries is also served; it's fairly good, and are served unshucked—which onions, folded in a flour tortilla chicken, the cook apparently are from real potatoes and fresh; comparatively silent. may protect Jerry Ford from and covered with red sauce, didn't have a great command of still, I couln't get over the Seating is not terribly himself, but is unnecessary for the shredded American cheese, onion English, and the clerks managed suspicion that something else had comfortable; you have a choice rest of us. slices and olives." Four visits and to foul up every single customer's been fried in the grease. But I between padded barrel tops and There are a couple of saving you get one free. Don't bother. It order. I'm sure they were new, and could be wrong about that. Coffee booths with backs straight enough graces: hot sauce is available at looks worse than it sounds. easily flustered, and all that—but is tolerable. to gladden the heart of any West each table, along with mass The decor isn't helped by the still, you expect fast service from a Basically, Charlie Brown's is Texas fundamentalist preacher. quantities of sugar—its natural Halloween mask promotion, as fast food joint. Any place that acceptable as long as you take a Staff is friendly and helpful, antidote. And they do offer beer the kiddies can pick up a mask of can't deliver is asking for real Jerry Brown approach. Lower though answering the phone with and margaritas. Still, the least Clownin' Taco, Rockin' Tostada (a trouble. your expectations and the "Howdy, pardner" is stretching it, they could have done was to spell KISS knock-off), Bewitchin' Rate: Beets linoleum floor won't bother you. I think. Monterrey right. Burrito, or Frankenchirito—all Service: Also Beets Price: LM Rate: *1/2 Rate: ••1/a Rate: *V2 with the appropriate snack Service: 8 min. Price: M-H Service: ATC Price: L-M Service: 8 min. Price: H hanging out of their four-color mouths. 4902/Del Taco 5115/Burger King 5515/Church'8 Fried Chicken The final fable: About four years 8:30-11, 7 days. Drive-thru. 10-12 M-Th, 10-1 F-Sa, 11-12 Sun. 10:30-9 Su-Th; 10:30-9:30 F-Sa ago, a Taco Bell set up shop in San This chain is relatively new, and Drive-thru. Church'8 is a San Antonio- Antonio next door to Teka trying to expand like hell in the Notwithstanding the kinky based chain, but the food here and Molino—probably the finest Tex- The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 11 Rice stumbles into loss against Horned Frogs, 17-7 by Alison K. Whittemure The Owls waited until only five I lie Owls marched into Rice minutes were left in the game to get Stadium Saturday, four point their first TD on the board. Two favorites over the winless TCU freshmen, runing back Tim Horned Frogs, and proceeded to Sanders and receiver Alvin stumble into an embarassing I 7-7 Runnels, helped get the Owls down loss. Up against a mediocre team, the field, and Cooper bulled up the the Owls fell all over themselves middle for the score. trying to lose the ball game. The big question of the night It wasn't that the Frogs were all came up during this quarter— that much better than the Owls. "Where was Robert Hoffman?" I hey simply played cautious, Alborn was full of praise for the thoughtful football and capitalized backup QB before the season, but on some of the many, many Rice when the query was put to the head mistakes. In one first quarter coach, he said, "The question possession, the Owls racked up Bobby Williams goes up for Hertel pass. Don Rutledge stops ballcarrier on goal line. never came up. It wasn't even four, count "em four motion considered at the time; we didn't penalties. The Owls should have ever think of replacing used up a time out if they needed to him (Hertel)." get the count straight. Foolish The first string QB threw five lapses like those had no place on a interceptions and Hoffman wasn't Southwest Conference football even considered? Alborn admitted field. that Hertel was having a "bad : I ( '1 was first with points on the night, "but that the coaches didn't board, scoring five minutes into think of pulling him-out for a rest. the game. After returning a Wes After every disastrous turnover, Hansen kick to the 16 yard line, Hertel would wander aimlessly to four easy first downs brought the the sidelines and stand there,hands frogs to Rice's one. Linebacker on hips, head down. And everyone Robert Williamson was there to ignored him. No player, no water stop running back Jimmy Allen for boy, and especially, no coach came a one yard loss and the Froggies over to Hertel to sympathize"or Tim Sanders cuts upfield...... and pulls away from TCU dcfenderS.pfto/oj by Wayne Derrick [ had to be satisfied with a field goal. criticize or even talk about the Quarterback Randy Hertel sent weather. Without any sideline I wo good tosses to end Robert /one for a touchback. the ball right down near the goal gonna have to practice that this management, it's no surprise that Hubble for a total of 31 yards, but The first quarter ended with an line, but they again ran into a week," he said sarcastically. "Yes the quarterback,

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The Rice t hresher, October 18, 1M79. pat;e 12 Reunion Classic/CC Pro-Celeb IMH BAYLOR will brat j.!0. i Rice tennis weekend Tj¥S "• ARMY *M&0 The Rice Owls have two live- wire, promotion-minded varsity tennis coaches who have big events Ay mason'S booked for a full tennis weekend PREPIOTlOfJS on the Rice campus this Friday So F*n-t7-7-1 through Sunday night. oh 79% At home, new men's coach c, Larry Turville hosts the "Great Owl Tennis Weekend" with a TECH three-day "tripleheader." will dnaw on Friday: 7 pm to 11 pm, a party 1 *ilf blow away and exhibition matches at T Chancellor's Racquet Club RICE- Tfc u featuring great Rice ex Harold Solomon versus Texas junior star Chris Huff, plus some doubles matches. Solomon is ranked 10th in the world and was a super star ll.T for Rice in the early 1970's. will Saturday: The Rice Reunion Classic involves exes and boosters slaughter (grads of other schools invited) for Rice-ex Harold Solomon "+Jia lloes a big day of tennis at the PE courts movie star Charlton Heston and from 10 am on. Turville urges any TV star Wayne Rogers. The pro and all fans of tennis to come out stars include world famous netters and get acquainted and have fun to Rod Laver and Fred Stolle. play or watch. In addition to famous Owl-ex Hadnot leads Red Raiders Sunday: A reunion softball Solomon, other former Rice game begins at 10:30 am at the PE standout netters due to participate Arkansas, has been rolling up close game, a game which some field. in the Reunion Classic weekend to 115 yards per week on the publications virtually guaranteed Then comes a very special event are former All-American from ground. Strangely enough, he has they would win...Randy Hertel arranged by Rice women's net 1960's (John Pickens) and such yet to score a touchdown. . . A had a very shaky game. Although varsity coach, Cynthia Avarett, the men as former Rice coach Chip couple of flashy players to look for he completed 24 of 43 passes for Canadian Club Pro-Celebrity Travis, ex-Owl Ed Turville (older on defense will be the two safeties, 243 yards, Hertel also threw five exhibition matches at Rice Gym's brother of new net coach), and Larry Flowers and Ted Watts. In costly interceptions...Tim Sanders Autry Court. Tico Carrero and Chaim Rice vs. Texas Tech the line, David Hill will plug a lot (19 carries, 91 yards) and Earl Sunday Night at 7 pm, the pro- Abromowitz. Current members of Place: Lubbock of holes with his 255 pound frame. Cooper (13 carries, 57 yards) both celebrity $12,500 Canadian Club the Rice varsity for spring of 1980 Time: 2:00 pm Rice (1-5 overall; 0-3 in the SWC) had good games, Cooper added 77 event will be played at Rice Gym's regular season will also compete: Stadium: Jones Stadium is coming off a very disappointing yards on 11 interceptions... Autry Court, and a big party will Rocky Royer, Jay Evert, Tres All-time record vs. Texas Tech: 15- follow at the R Room of Rice Cushing, Mark Holland, John 13-1 Stadium. Albert, Marlis Smith, and Jeff Last year's game: Texas Tech 42 Rice ties Blues, 1-1 Celebrities competing include Schwartz. Rice 28 by Annette Crabb McCabe, with an assist from Despite a narrow l-O loss to the Carrie Meacham, punched home Texas Tech (2-3-1 overall; 1-2 in Deer Park team last week, the Rice Rice's only goal. THE VILLAGE CHEESE SHOP the SWC) hasn't really found itself Women's Soccer Club came back In the second half, the Blues this season. After cruising through to play an aggressive game Sunday fought tenaciously against the a surprising 7-4 season last year, against the Space City Blues. Rice Club, but Rice countered the DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CHEESES the Red Raiders are not finding tied the Sunday contest, 1-1. attack with their own strong FINE WINES teams taking them lightly in 1979. At Deer Park, Yvonne Leach offensive effort. After a fast break GOURMET FOODS COOKWARE Tech has looked good in several and Velma Potash, backed by by the Blues resulted in a goal. Rice games however. They held fourth- midfielder Cindy McC'abe, led the changed its formation to effect a LARGE SELECTION OF stronger attack. Though the Owls ranked USC to a hard-fought 21-7 offense. The defense played well V BOTTLES OF WINE victory early in the year and also, especially fullback Debbie took several shots on the goal, the 2 crunched Texas A&M 21-20 two Shetler. However, Rice was unable Blue's goalie proved to be a match weeks ago. Last week the Raiders to score a goal and lost the game for the Rice offense. The Owls 2464 BOLSOVER MON-SAT. 9-6 (7-13) 527-0398 fell to the unbeaten Razorbacks of when Deer Park tallied a penalty were forced to settle for a 1-1 tie. Arkansas, 20-6. . . When speaking kick with three minutes left. of the Texas Tech offense, it's a In Rice's most recent game, the ASSOCIATED good idea to speak of the two main Club found itself evenly matched SECRETARIAL 3Vz< hosses, quarterback Ron Reeves XEROX® COPIES against the Space City Blues. Rice SERVICE OVERNIGHT RATES — 4c DURING THE DAY and fullback James Hadnot. took control early, but was unable $1.10 per page and up. Reeves has been hitting only 40 to continue the attack. As Rice lost Extensive Experience $7.49 PASSPORT PHOTOS percent of hiss passes and has offensive control, fullbacks Kim in Dissertation/Thesis averaged only 133 yards per game Asher and Debbie Shetler total offense, somewhat mooter for prevented the Blues from scoring. 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Applicants with an interest in DP are encouraged. ~ Specializing In • TRANSMISSIONS • BRAKES • AIR CONDITIONING • FRONT END The person must be able to work in the mornings, ^ • ENGINE ANALYSIS • TIRE TRUING • BODY REPAIRS • PAINTING Sunday through Thursday (4—5 hours per day), or zz SWSST 6/1'A UNDERCOATING s a split shift. 5E zr5 } - IMiSX.I Cfk7c i 526-3781 UNIVERSli Y 3L*0 OSHMAN'S fiULAIRE HOLCOm • 928-3171 Ext. 328 2438 TANGLEY AT KELVIN RENTAL CAR AVAILABLE" iMiiiiiimmiiimmii 11111111 ITt The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 13 GDI eases by Criminal Element on penetrations by Norma Gonzales Tuesday League Wednesday League yard toss from Doug Hillebob to Friday League Vishnu came from behind to win With the season winding down Richard Klein. The defense also The Houston Eulers lost a one over Threat II 27-12. Mean Machine won yet another there are still many teams in the added a safeto to sum up the heartbreaker to Warbird in the Quarterback German Amador one this week but it was a nail- heat of the race for the intramural scoring. waning minutes of the game, 8-6. threw three touchdown passes and biting, hair-pulling game that crown. It's time now to see who the The score was tied 6-6 on a 1-yard then ran one in himself from five ended in a 7-6 victory over REI. Thursday League diehards really are. . . The points for Mean Machine run by quarterback Jim Baygents yards out to lead Vishnu to their In the big match of the week — a Monday League came on a 40 yard pass from for the Eulers and a 20-yard pass victory. On the receiving end of the meeting of the undefeated — GDI quarterback Harry Millwater to from Vince Henry to James West All the Big Uns won in their touchdown passes were Mark stunned Criminal Element by added a safety to sum up the for the Birds until the Eulers made match was the coin toss as they Brown for two and Ian Cooper for defeating them 5-3 on pene- duo also connected for the crucial a mistake and the Warbirds were demolished by Reckless one. trations. In the first half, GDI put extra point that gave them the capitalized. The error was a bad Abandon 59-0. Henry Johnson's SRC#1 outgunned NROTC-B six on the board on a ten-yard pass victory. The lone score for REI snap and the result was a safety, as crew looked awesome both 30-6 in their recent showdown. completion from Kirby Edwards came on a 20 yard dash by Andy the Warbirds won an extremely defensively and offensively as they SRC#1, led by Captain Mike to Eric Von Os, but the crucial Weinheimer. close game. completely dominated the game Maxwell, demonstrated excellent extra point was not successful. In other action, The Agonies of from minute one. Standouts in the team work as they now begin In other league action, The Criminal Element also put Defeat penetrated twice against game for the RAs were Steve preparing themselves for their real Good 'Ol Boys finally done good points in the first half the Cunning Runts but could score Dulin. Brian Eppstein, and Kevin test: a meeting with John Wile's as they squirmed by We Lovett 8-0. on a 60-yard bomb from Bobby neither time while the Runts put Clark. OFF. The score for the Boys came on a 2- Orr to Mike McGee and they went points on their board both times into half-time leading 7-6 by they threatened. Neither team adding the extra point on a pass could do much during the first half Campus Interviews from Orr to Aristides Trifilio. as it ended in a 0-0 tie, but the Chip In the second half, GDI added a Lilley-led team finnally put it 60-yard bomb of their own of a together in the second half to come completion from Edwards to Tom out ahead 14-0. TI Digital Systems Group Samuels. Edwards then connected In the nearby field, DOA with Will Rabson for the overcame Clockwork 6-0. The lone What You Need important extra point. The touchdown of the game came on a Criminals, on the other hand, also 27-yard pass from Wade Allen to You should have a BS, MS, BBA or MBA degree in one of the following: scored another TD which was Asa Shinkawa. identical to their first, but could Technical Specialties: Manufacturing Specialties: Freshman League Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering not convert on their PAT. This resulted in a 13-13 tie: GDI took In Freshman League compSti- Engineering Physics Electrical Engineering Technology tion, Germ Warfare outsmarted Mechanical Engineering Industrial Technology the contest by virtue of its edge in penetrations. the Wiess Wieners, 41-0. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Production Logistics Management Quarterback Brenton Hern had a 1 GDI can clinch the league crown Computer Science C Financial good game as he scored on a two- if they defeat the Sons of Toulouse Computer Engineering Field Sales & Service Specialties: yard run and threw for four Lautrec in their upcoming match. Marketing and Business Administration Computer Science touchdowns. The passes went to Industrial Technology Business degree with Steve MacCall (35-yards), Brad Production Logistics Management technical background Meyer (37 yards), Christian Jones, Financial and David Austin (1 yard). The Process and Plastics Engineering Germ defense also added a few Applications/Systems Engineering LSAT points on a 17-yard interception MBA—Technical undergraduate return by MacCall and a safety by and Michael Trachtenberg to round up What We Do the scoring. Jeff Spiers led his NADS to a This is a systems-oriented operation. People here are involved in the design, manufacture, victory over Texas Enema Bandits sales and servicing of digital equipment. Products include minicomputers, data terminals, 26-0 by passing for two computer peripheral equipment and special scientific instruments. They employ GMfiT touchdowns. Scoring the leading-edge technologies such as microprocessors, VLSI, advanced displays and touchdowns on the aerials were bubble memories. Amity Doug Gardner and Dent Cloomstand. The defense also Areas of Activity Review Seminars showed they were on the ball as 15 student average class size they too scored two touchdowns Engineering: Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Turn teaching technique on interception runbacks by Computer Software Development Distributed Systems Design Convenient weekend classes Harry Ploehn and David [Digital & Analog Design Technical Software & EXCLUSIVE MATH REFRESHER Vanderslice. Electrical Design Computer Maintenance The Lovett Freshmen stunned Methods Tooling Plastics Engineering 800•243•4767 the Tachyons as they recorded Facilities Engineering Manufacturing: another victory, this time by the Mechanical Design score of 32-7. Ed Brittingham had Manufacturing Supervision PATSY'S SECRETARIAL Programming—Scientific and Business Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering an outstanding day as did Jon Digital & Logic Design Methods Tooling SERVICE Worral, connecting four times for touchdowns. The two PAT that Software and Hardware Development Facilities Engineering PROFESSIONAL TYPING were successful went to Brad Product Engineering Reliability & Quality Control Specializing in dissertations, Ashby and the remaining points Reliability & Quality Control Production Control theses, and class papers, in- can be credited again to Solid-state Technology Production Planning cluding equations, statistical Brittingham on a touchdown Systems Engineering Purchasing and legal. Resumes & Rep- scramble. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing Information System etitive letters. Cassette Systems Analysis Warehousing transcription. The Killer Muppets are on their way to Hollywood as they tucked Test Systems Engineering & Design Field Sales & Service: — IBM Electronic 50 Typewriter yet another win under their belts. Service Engineering Sales Systems Analysis —Same Day Service— Their victims this time were the Electro-mechanical Design - Service Engineering —Located 5 min from Rice— 3131 W. Alabama Suite 113 Roachbacks by the score of 45-0. Technical Writing Technical Marketing & Sales (Greenway Plaza Area) The stars of the show were 529-5200 Kenneth Taura and quarterback CAMPUS INTERVIEWS 7007 Gulf Fwy., Suite 113 Keith Chappell but they could not October 29-30 (Across from Gulfgate) have done it without the 644-2252 944-3456 If unable to schedule an interview at this time, send your resume in confidence to one of supporting cast. the following: U: Mervin Galloway/PO. Box 1443, M.S. 605/Houston, TX 77001. Maria Harkinson/P. O. Box 1444, M.S. 7701 /Houston, TX 77001 Sheila Kertchaval/P. O. Box 2909, M.S. 2208/Austin, TX 78769. GRAND OPENING Beverly Koehn/P. O. Box 180, M.S. 3209/Temple, TX 76501. RKM MOPEDS SACHS & COLUMBIA MOPEDS 160 MPG TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Substantial Savings 1636 Westheimer INCORPORATED Call 520-8959 for details An equal opportunity employer M/F The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 14 Intramural program fights big deficit with fee hike by Greg Holloway sources to meet a sizable deficit. to implement the higher fees was For the first time in over six An exact breakdown of last year's Intramural Program Finances based primarily on a desire to let years, the intramural program is finances can be found in the 1978-79 only those who actually participate raising participation fees for team adjoining table. The actual deficit $4,050.12= Total amount expended for salaries bear the cost. sports. The increase, effective for was close to $1500, an amount 691.25= Total amount expended for entertainment Two major advantages of the all sports to be played in the second which was made up from other (Barbeque) new fees were mentioned by J.R. semester, will require a $2.00 entry sources (vending machines, $4,741.37= Total Expenses (actual) 1978-79 Barker. Most importantly, the carryover from 1977-78, and fees fee for all participants in team $4,741.37= Actual expenditures 1978-79 intramural program would again from vistors to the gym). sports. Individual sports' fees will £522 .98= Actual Fees Collected 1978-79 be entirely self-sufficient. Also, the remain at 50c per person. Why did this deficit develop? $1,448.39= Actual deficit 1978-79 referees' hourly wage will be The increase from the present Paradoxically, the deficit arose $652.00= Credit from other sources increased from $2.75 to 3>3.WU, $ 1.00 entry fee was decided upon at because of the success of the 246.61= Credit from 1977-78 which could encourage more an October 11 meeting of the intramural program itself. As students to become referees. College Sports Chairmen. more teams entered competition 600.00= Credit from Vending Machines The new fee, and the new referee The intramural program has no each year, more games were played $1,498.61= Total from other sources wage, will go into effect on all Rice University budget. The and hence more referees' time was spring semester sports. This program is required to be entirely required. The increase in referees' Another possibility was to petition third option was to change the includes men's and co-ed self-sufficient, gaining revenue hours outstripped the increase in the SA for inclusion of the individual colleges approximately volleyball, whose sign-up falls on only through the collection of new participants' fees. intramural program in the general $100-$ 150 apiece to finance the December 7. student fees. In past years, this Sport Chairmen from the blanket tax levied on students. A college tournaments. The decision method has proved adequate in various colleges discussed several meeting the program's expenses. ways to remedy the deficit, which Apple Corps, Inspiration roll on was projected by intramural Intramural expenses are twofold: The Not Ready for Varsity winning ways by chalking up directors J.R. Barker and June With another round of referee's wages and the post-season Players upped their record to 2-0 another win. The Corps McFall to be even larger this year. intramual play now history. champion's barbeque. by doing away with Will Rice #2. demonstrated excellent team work One option was to drop the Inspiration and Apple Corps lead This last year funds had to be The serving ace for the Players was as they defeated the Second Floor barbeque at the end of the year. the rush for the crown with 3-0 drawn from non-intramural records while the Not Ready for Marsha McMaster, as Lori Jacobs Converts on a forfeit. Varsity Players hold on to a 2-0 provided excellent setting. Will Rice #l was handed their slate. In other league action, Baker first loss as Jones Jokes won two Owls crunch San Jac lead by the serving of Laurie Bonkers defeated Net Set with straight games to bring their "Amazon" Koch with all the good serving by Caroline Minter. record up to 2-1. The Jokes had Tucker's absense. by Jean Hobart players contributing to an Met Set put up a good fight in the awesome serving by Kerri Jokerst This weekend, the Owls travel to Tuesday night at Autry Court, outstanding team performance. first game on the serving of Doety and Bernie Paulson to give them the Rice Women's Volleyball team Huntsville to participate in the Wednesday League Phea but it was not enough to victory. beat the San Jacinto Ravens in Sam Houston Invitational overcome the Bonkers. More league action showed three straight games. The scores of Tournament. The Owls' record Inspiration kept their siate clean Thursday League Second String handling another 15-8, 15-1, and 15-9 only partially now stands at 14-2 another week by defeating J2N in Apple Corps continued their loss tci F-Ball G's. showed the Owl's dominance. two quick games. The team was Throughout the match, Rice :WI displayed quick reflexes, perfect passes and deadly spikes. Even broken plays turned into hits. Due to illness of Coach Linda Tucker, Women's Athletic- Director Margaret Hawthorne substituted for Tucker during the match. Coach Tucker's absence was felt mainly in the third game. During this game, San Jacinto outplayed Rice for the first few minutes. San Jac rolled up four quick points until Rice ended the streak at five •; ' \\ with a blocked spike. Gaining the ¥?-» " -••I serve, Rice scored an easy four points. From this fourth point the eleventh point, however, Rice seem to lose its intensity. Had Coach Tucker been there, a well placed time-out might have ended this span sooner. Nonetheless, Rice regained its momentum and m quickly ended the game and match. Y< .'•/ '/"» /'• ;11 ii i Ii 7 i!)i

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The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 16 Endowed chairs awarded... continued from page I into several editions, has been was recently elected Fellow of the engineering. administrative committee member instrumental in establishing the translated into Spanish, and is one Institute of Electrical and In addition to his teaching and of the Control Systems Society of materials science program at Rice of the most widely used texts in its Electronic Engineers, an honor research duties at Rice, Pearson IEEE. and served for five years as Dean of field around the world. reserved for a limited number of serves as associate editor of the Engineering. He is also currently Pearson is currently on A consultant to the National individuals who have shown linear systems section of the involved in the University's space sabbatical from Rice, teaching and Aeronautics and Space Admini- evidence of outstanding and Institute of Electrical and solar power program. In 1960-61 pursuing research at the U niversity stration since 1963, Chapman extraordinary qualifications and Electronic Engineers on he was a Guggenheim Fellow at the of Washington in Seattle. assisted in developing the life- experience in the field of electrical Automatic Control and is an University of Stuttgart, Germany. support system for Skylab. He was Chosen "Metallurgist of the elected a Fellow of the American Year" in 1972 by the Texas Society of Mechanical Engineers Chapter of the American Society in 1973, and received the NASA Security proposals. a m for Metals, Brotzen was elected a Group Achievement Award for his fellow of the society in 1974. He Skylab sontributions in 1974. Also continued from page 1 tee's suggestion to impose a expensive and involves changes in was among the first American in 1974 the University of Illinois, Pitman said the University parking sticker fee to pay for better priorities. scholars to be awarded a U.S. where he received his doctorate in President Norman Hackerman has parking lot security. "The Senior Scientist Fellowship by 1953, named him a Distinguished favored use of a scooter or other administration is not really in "Do you get a police officer or Germany's Humboldt Foundation Engineering Alumnus. small vehicle, while Police Chief favor of that idea," he said, do you get a professor in English?" in 1973. Two years later he won the In addition to his teaching and Harold Rhodes has opposed the because it makes it look as if Pitman asked rhetorically. "It's Minnie Stevens Piper Award for research, Chapman has been measure, and that the possibility of students are donating money to the not a cheap decision." He said it is outstanding teaching. Brotzen is closely associated with Rice's vandalism has been "the sore University to get the protection up to President Hackerman to also a four-time winner of the athletic program for years. He is a point." If the experiment fails, the they should expect. weigh these alternatives. George R. Brown Award for , three—time winner of the George scooter will be used by Physical Superior Teaching. R. Brown Award for Superior Plant personnel and the police will "We're going to see if we can't "One alternative not suggested Chapman has been dean of the Teaching. go back to using only cars. "But we beef up the nighttime security in by the Masters and Presidents George R. Brown School of Pearson, the immediate past hope we can get a sense of some way,"Pitman said, but he subcommittee is the placement of Engineering since its formation in chairman of the Department of community involvement on this," stressed that the Rice campus is additional lights in the stadium lot. 1975, and is an internationally- Electrical Engineering, is widely Pitman said. already much better protected The Business Office is investi- known authority on heat transfer recognized for his original than are the surrounding areas in gating the cost ofa lightpost for the His book, Heat Transfer, contributions toward the theory of The Business Manager was not Houston, and that any stadium lot, to complement the published by MacMillan, has gone multivariable control systems. He enthusiastic about the subcommit- improvement in security is two posts on the grass field side.

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Baker course, you can get' plenty of A current issue being considered What kind of locks to use, College Night is on Friday, Bring your teddy bear and drinks and munchies. by the Cabinet is whether to lock Who should have keys, and October 26. Cocktails are at 4:30 security blanket to the slumber Baker's retreat is Sat., 10/20. the Commons after midnight on Should there be a trial period and dinner will be served at 6. party in Baker Commons this Fri., The cars leave that morning and Friday and Saturday nights after first? Please contact your reps, or Note: If you have not yet signed Oct. 19, starting at 9:30. A will return in time for Oktoberfest the outer commons is re- any Cabinet member, and tell them up, go ahead and do so. scavenger hunt begins at 10:30, that night. All those planning to decorated. This would not prevent your views. attend, and especially those who and has a $20 prize. The film access to the Library or the 9th It finally happened. Due to price Lovett can take a car, need to sign up on Whatever Happened to Baby entrance. Questions to consider in increases by all the soft drink Tomorrow night a traditional the glass. Jane? will show at 12:30. Of this regard are: companies, Baker's machines will party returns. It's GETCHE- now be 30c, but you can buy them ROXOFF, Lovett's Fall Party, by the case for $6 (that's 25c a can). and it begins at 7:30 in the Lovettt Campus Interviews The off-campus locker awards quad. The film Woodstock will be have been posted in the RMC and shown, and the whole event is free! the outer commons. Please The Fall Musicale is Wednes- indicate on the sheet on the glass day, October 24 at 8:07 pm down near the lockers which one you put in Lyle's. Please sign up with Mrs. TI Equipment Group a lock on. Pain if you'd like to perform. Finally, the Kurtzmans will have On Friday, October 26, the another rug concert Mon. 10/29 at Freemans are having an open Baker House. house. Please make plans to Match your degree to our multitude of openings. • attend. Brown The cookout here October 27 (U.S. Citizenship required) Don't forget our College Night has been changed to 5:30. tomorrow evening. The Cham- In the commons October 31 Degrees — pagne Party begins at 5 in the we'll be having a Halloween Party Electrical Engineering Optics (Engineering) lobby and dinner is served at 6 in at 9 pm. Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Technology the commons. Industrial Engineering Process and Plastics For our vocally inclined: the Materials Science Engineering Brown Chorus meets Sunday after Sid Richardson Engineering Physics Computer Science lunch in the PDR. It's that time of the year again. Engineering Mechanics (Software/Hardware) Powderpuff season is rapidly Oktoberfest is Saturday night on approaching, this year the the Rice campus at beautiful Sid Openings championship is Brown's for sure. Richardson College. Festivities Just to make real sure, though, begin at 8:30 and will last until the Engineering/Computer Radar Design come out for practice every day at wee hours of the morning. Our Software/Hardware Computer Software 4:00. Go Brown Jugs! gorgeous beer-maidens will serve Microwave Development Assembly Methods you your beer in our beer garden as Field Test Support Computer-aided Design Hanszen you listen to an excellent German Logic Design Computer-aided Testing There will be a mass Birthday band. In the plush Sid Richardson Party for all those persons born in Optics Design - Thin Film Coating Aerodynamics Basement, our annual Cabaret August, September, or October at Control Systems show will be put on hourly. And Environmental Design Hanszen House, October 21 at 10 Space Telecommunications Applied Mechanics for those of you who like to dance, pm. we will have some dancing in the Infrared Reconnaissance Quality and Reliability Assurance There will be a study break for SRC commons. Thin/Thick Film Design Manufacturing Information Systems freshmen, freshwomen, and In addition to Oktoberfest, Fab Liaison Engineering Microprocessor Design freshadvisors at Hanszen House, SRC—the cultural Mecca of Rice Minicomputer Applications4' October 18 at 10 pm. Test Equipment Design University—will host a rug concert NC Programming Mechancial Design Section Rep/Social Coordi- Wednesday, October 24, after Systems Analysis Automated Test Equipment nator/RPC Rep elections will be dinner. held October 24. Be there. Aloha. Cryogenics-Heat Transfer Manufacturing Announcements and appoint- Manufacturing Supervision Project-oriented ments: Mark Bockeloh is Jones Manufacturing involving: welcomed to the SRC family as Printed Wiring Board Engineering Once again, a humongous university associate. Gary Meade FAB Methods • Coordinating thanks to all who helped make our and Memo Trevino won spots on Signal Processing Manufacturing party the Best Little ***House in the SRC Council as freshman Production Contol Schedule Commitments Texas. 1 representatives. Functional Manufacturing Engineering • Cost-Control/Budget Please feel free to join your Project Manufacturing Development comrades espanolas at the Spanish Table in Jones Private Dining Will Rice Engineering Control • Use of Real-Time Room on Wednesdays at lunch. There will be a meeting of the Digital/Analog Circuit Design Computer Systems Various and sundry items newly-created Rules Committee Thermal Analysis Manufacturing Supervision concerning the Jones production after dinner tonight. If you're Mechanical Packaging Assembly Methods of A Thurber Carnival on interested, be there or talk to Tool Design Fab Methods November 1, 2, and 3: Saturday, Terry Blumer. Antenna Design Tool Design all day long, work will continue on We still need people to help with Laser Development NC Programming set construction and props for the Homecoming celebrations. See play in the Commons and in the Nancy Hsu for details. Live in Dallas spacious Quad. Precisely at 1 pm, a Will Rice will hold a party after make-up workshop will be held in the A&M game on October 27. The Southwest's largest and liveliest metropolitan area. the Jones Commons. Showtime is There will be stupendous amounts Discover all the glitter and glamour, spectacular sport and high fashion Dallas is rapidly approaching— only 2 and of booze. If you're interested in a half weeks— so any help you can famous for — yet an economical place to make a home. Cost of living is way below helping out, talk to Dale Charletta give—a while, a moment, or a the urban U.S. average. And there's no state income tax. The country's 7th largest or Tom Feather (our beloved century, or even on Saturday—will Social Chairmen). city has year-round sunshine plus lots of lakes and facilities to enjoy it. Dallas and be joyously accepted. The off-campus people are surrounding area has 47 colleges, 50 hospitals, 2 major medical education and The next before-dinner talk is trying to set up a party for research institutions, and a wealth of major media and entertainment. next Thursday before dinner. Be Saturday night. It is still tentative, you sociable or interested, please but ask around. Someone might attend. know something by now. Interviewing on Campus October 29-30

II unable to interview at this time, send resume to: Ruth Lodowski Texas Instru- I NEED A LITTLE ments^. O. Box 226015. M.S. 222 Dallas. Texas 75266. CAN TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION? Call in Tecate Trio Bravo. An icy, red can of Tecate Beer imported from Mexico, topped with lemon and salt. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS It takes your thirst and puts it away! INCORPORATED An equal opportunity employer Mlb Gbco Importing Co . Inc Dallas Texas 75729 TECATE The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 18 businesslike classifieds don't let yourself be fooled by the misclassifieds Clerical and industrial lab workers Help wanted: Kinko's Graphics is If you can color inside the lines, Seen on a Hanszen memo board JTS—Where are you? needed. Flexible hours, esp. taking applications for full time you can scrawl a Thurber world. numerous times: YGOB evenings and afternoons. Doctor's employment in their copying and Get out your crayons and call me, office in Hermann Prof. Bldg. printing shops. Decent wage for a Jeanmarie Amend, 526-4214. We are not here. Do not knock. "I don't consider myself a 'loose (across Main from Sid Rich). decent person. Call 521-9465, 520- *** woman,' but..." 9753; ask for Greg, Bill or Eric. Do not call. Contact Marge Briks at 790-0540. For sale: Technics SL-23 turntable "I don't either, but I'll sleep with and pair of Videotron 3-way Apparently the occupants of this Wanted—Babysitter for lovely 6 Carpets, used, good condition. room are trying to get a message anyone who approaches me." $10-45 each. Mostly greens and speakers. 629-4485. *** yr. old girl. Mon-Fri 2:30-5:30 pm. *** across to someone. Take the hint, Bring your homework. Call 666- golds. Also used beige drapes— Turkey! Need a ride to Austin Friday or 4066. West University Place. $10 and up. No checks. 926-7517. For Sale: '71 Cutlass, $800. Call *** Saturday. Willing to share gas. 526-4280. Call Pam at 680-1709. Problem pregnancy? Free Stan Trigg, Paul Mac Donald, Wanted: Couple to live in garage Bobby Orr, Luke Nealey, Dave apartment in exchange for pregnancy testing and referrals. For Sale: Accutrac turntable. Female roommate needed to share Call Texas Problem Pregnancy, Retails for over $500, but will Bernstein, Jeff Weems, Grant babysitting. Located near Rice Masson: if any of you remember a nice 2 bedroom apt. very close to 2712 S. W. Freeway, 524-0548. sacrifice for $325 or best offer University. Two children ages 8 Dick Roy of SRC ('77-'78) he says Rice. Rent is $175 plus half (need bread!) Call Geoff, 667- and 12. Furnished— 1 bath, 1 For sale or lease—Charming, up- "Hello" and would appreciate utilities. Call 661-1245 or leave bedroom, separate kitchen and 9329, evenings. message at x4864 or 524-0927 for dated home in Rice/Montrose *** news of you at the intellectual living room. Call after 6:00 at 528- area. Formal living/dining rooms, wasteland he now attends. 1-608- Chris Chu. 3779. Sherwood 7210 receiver for sale, three bedrooms, study (fourth $50. Call after 5 pm, 772-3292. 262-9241 Long Distance is cheap bedroom). Two baths, fantastic *** enough for a chance to provide Bookstore —Houston Home/ front courtyard. Skylights in intelligent conversation. Garden Bookstores is looking for For sale—One double mattress SPEEDREAD master. Room over garage EASE YOUR WORKLOAD and foundation. Four months old. For sale: part-time help. Evening work— possibilities. Owner transferred. RESULTS GUARANTEED $60. 526-2186. Marantz 6110 turntable. Semi- FREE TRIAL CLASSES flexible hours, pleasant Priced below market: $112,000 •** automatic, belt drive, with Shure Pott Oak "Y" — 1330 Augusta atmosphere, within walking sale or $800/ mo. lease. Will Mon. & Thur. 5:30 & 7:00 pm "I refuse to eat anything that looks M91ED cartridge, base, dust distance of campus. 10% off consider lease option or owner Sat. 9:30 am Oct. 20 to Nov. 1 books. Call Mrs. Betty Hardy at worse than I do." cover. Good condition $85. Call I financing. Owner: 527-9127. 850-4900 527-0619, or come by the WRC commons, 6:05 pm Mark at 526-8631. bookstore at 2476 Bolsover (near post office and Village Cheese Shop). $3/hr. Advertisement CALL US BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SQUEEZE.

Of course, you're going home for the holidays. TUCK SCHOOL Just like everybody else. A Top Graduate School But if you wait until of Business in Hanover, exam week to get your New Hampshire! flight home, you can also Tuck School is living proof that a leading be squeezed out by every- business school need not be located in a big city. While Executives-in-Residence body else.- and other representatives of the business community form a steady stream of That's why booking on visitors to the School, Tuck students Continental now is the enjoy the fine facilities of Dartmouth College in a beautiful New England set- smartest thing you can do. ting. The problems of city life can be put aside, at least temporarily, in favor of You'll get the flight academic concerns. you want. The seat you Murdough Center, built in 1973, provides modern classrooms, a 358-seat audi- want. And save some bucks torium, and the excellent services of on our low discount fares Feldberg library. Adjoining Murdough Center is the rest of the Tuck complex: besides. three dormitories, Stell Dining Hall, and Tuck Hall, where faculty and administra- So pick up the phone tive offices and additional classrooms are housed. These, together with the cultural and call Continental or and recreational facilities of Dartmouth your travel agent today. College and its environs, make the Tuck School attractive to students, faculty, Then, do one other and visitors alike. little thing, please. During the past year more than 190 com- panies sent representatives to Tuck to Call Mom and let her recruit from its 135 graduating students. know you're coming. (A Placement Report is included in the Tuck Bulletin.) And, each year 25 man- agers from industry come to Career Expo, a two-day symposium, to share * * their knowledge and experience in their respective fields. Numerous guest speakers participate in the classroom throughout the year, and distinguished overseers contribute their expertise to the direction of the School. Access to Boston and New York is easy. Both cities are served by interstate high- ways, bus and a scheduled airline from Lebanon, NH, a few miles from Hanover. In addition, Amtrak provides service to and from New York. Next edition: The Case for General Management.

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The Rice Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 19 untitled misclassifieds notes & notices "...but they really aren't any A special thanks to Stuart, Susan, trip Thursday, October eighteenth College Life— Nominations for w prettier. And Rice girls have facets Don, Paula, Greg, and Gayle— , 7:30 and 10. Chem Lec. WRC/RPC film: Z. 50c. Homecoming King and queen will to their personalities." your patience and hard work be held Friday, October 19. Voting rice. . 7:30. Miller Theater. Silent Movie. Free, Post-UT-game revelation, T.C. nnnnln'n 7:30. Media Center. A Woman Li a Woman. *** helped make a great party even will take place in the colleges. UCUUIC u 8. Wiess. The Odd Couple. Reservations: x2308. better. *** • • 8. Jones Hall (960-8934). Otello, in Italian. "I only used one Kleenex. It never K.S. Who's Who— Nominations are calendar River Oaks. The Music Lovers (7:15) and Mahler works when I set it up like that." *** now being taken for the names of (9:30). V W Why does he always go away? Rice students to appear in the RMC desk, 10/13/79 am Friday, October nineteenth Stereo for sale: Claricon AM-FM *** 1979-80 edition of Who's Who 7. Lyle's at Lovett. R1VCF. Bill Perkins speaks on "Is Jesus Christ the Only receiver, GE turntable, 2-1 8" Among Students in American Way to God?" All are welcome. Onyx Chess set **fo*r sale: 526-0048. Colleges and Universities. To be 7:30 and 10. Media Center. The Spirit of the Beehive. speakers with stand. $90. Call 524- 3536, A.M. eligible for nomination, a student 7:30. Miller Theater. The Apple Dumpling Gang. Free. To whoever stole my bicycle 7:30. Lovett quad. Woodstock. Free. must be a junior, senior, or a 8 and 10. Hanszen. The Duellists. Free. Once again, there is no accounting tire: graduate student. When making 8. Wiess. The Odd Couple. Reservations: x2308. for bad taste!. You are a lousy, wretched, the nominations, please state why 8. Hamman Hall. Wayne Crouse, viola. Free. creepy-faced, vile, abhorrent, you feel this person should be X. MFA. Days and Nights in the Forest. Can you remember what you did at lowlife, verminous, baseborn nominated. River Oaks. Black Orpheus (7:30) and The Harder They Come (9:30). Oktoberfest last** year* ? Heh-heh! worm-bait, you despicable pig-dog Nominations should be in the scuzzo, you shabby, contemptible, office of the Director of Student Saturday, October twentieth To the person who picked up 2. 1 ubbock. Rice versus Texas lech. scurvy coward, you tiny-brained Activities, RMC, by 5:00 pm, Burger King on Holcome. Black Students Union Carwash. $1.50, $2 trucks. football no. 1 last Friday: Please wiper of other people's bottoms. Friday, November 2, 1979. 7:30. Miller Theater. Close Encounters Free. return it—you're ripping me off, You are the king of detestable, Nominations may come from any 7:30 and 10. Media Center. The Harder They Come. $1.50. not the athletic department, and I odious, obnoxious, foul person associated with the 7:30 and 10. Chem Lec. Back by popular demand: Z. Still 50c. can't afford it. **Don'* t be a shit. degenerate rogue that makes me University. 8. Wiess. Last performance of The Odd Couple. gag. And I mean it. *** 8. Jones Hall. English performance of Otello. RPC tickets available. I need something that I can just KS at Brown 8. MFA. Badlands. $1.75 reach, grab, eat. Reach, grab, eat. Pistols —There will be an P.S. You owe me $40 for a new organizational meeting of the Rice 8:30. SRC. Oktoherfest. Oh that sounds soooooo bad. tire: just drop your check or money River Oaks. Interiors (3:50, 7:30) and Wild Strawberries (5:45 and 9:20). *** Pistol Club on Monday, Oct. 22 at order off in my mailbox. 7:30 in the lower commons of Will Sunday, October twenty-first This has something to do with the *** Rice College. We will determine CAM. Exhibit closes: "Pat Coleville." fact that two times two equals four. What to do in case of a melt-down 2:30. Jones Hall. Otello, in Italian. Prof. Starnes in your area: the goals and direction of the 7:30. Media Center. The Informer. 10/10/79 1) Stop ingesting mind-altering club at this meeting, depending 10. KTRU (91.7). The National Lampoon Radio Hour. Econ 355 substances of any kind (Especially oninterest in the various pistol River Oaks. Zorba the Greek (2:20 and 7) and Anastaia (5:10 and 10) *** the fun ones), sports. All those interested in Monday, October twenty-second "(Hot Rod L.'s) Bill Rodgers 2) Put on your topsiders and pistol shooting, novices to experts, 7:30. Rfl 320. Bahai discussions. Everyone welcome. running shorts are really nice. If I mouse ears (if you can't find yours, please attend. If you are interested, 8. Hamman Hall. SYZYGY, Rice's new music ensemble. Free. ever get a hold of them, he'll never any non-metal container will do), but are unable to attend, please call„ River Oaks. Yoiimbo (7:30) and Throne of Blood (9:35). get them back.... Brad Henske at 526-3160. 3) Head over to Wiess Commons *** Tuesday, October twenty-third *** for The Odd Couple, 8:00 pm, Oct. 12:10-12:50. Jesse H. Jones Library in the Med Center. "High Noon" series: Dr. Well, an engineer would have said 16-20, but Hurry Kidz! Only 3 more more William Martin on "Country Music: The Storytellers." Free. "I screwed up my winch and had to shopping days till Oct. 20. What's ?. Hanszen Commons. Rappelling Club meeting. 4) Bring $2.50 (and call ahead, just use a lever to get it out." to be sure there's room for you in Oct. 20, you may ask? Go ahead, 8. Jones Hall. Opera Otello, in Italian. overheard from Mike Godin ask! We don't care! It's Saturday, River Oaks. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (7:15) and The Conversation Piece *** the fallout shelter: 527-8101, X2308). m you little creeps, and the end of (9:10). Tom: Yeah, if you were at UT you Wiess Tabletop's production of Wednesday, October twenty-fourth wouldn't be surrounded by five The Odd Couple. You've missed it. 7:30. Media Center. Metropolis: The Fate of Mankind in the Year200ll. $1.50. •notices & notes 7 guys. But don't cry, babies—it's only :30. SS 106. Materials Science Organization meeting. Speaker on semi- Thursday! (Aha, the old time warp conductors and careers with TI. All interested students invited to attend. Beth: If you print that, Peter, I'll Scare the hell out of someone this 8. Jones Hall. Otello, in English. RPC tickets available. kill you. Halloween. Learn how from at work again). You've still got 3 8:07. Lyle's. Lovett Musicale. Peter: Don't worry, I won't! special effects make-up person more chances to see the show. River Oaks. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (7:15) and The Storv *** Mary O'Rourke. She'll be giving a How? Call 527-8101 ext. 2308 for of O (9:15). Wanted— a Drummer for original workshop on theatrical make-up reservations, and then sit back and Thursday, October twenty-fifth rock band (some new wave Saturday at 1 pm in the Jones laugh your little** honker-do* o off. 7:00. ML 254. AICHE meeting. Speaker on coal gasification, refreshments. material). No stage experience commons. *** 7:30. Media Center. Pierrot le Fou. needed— we want you to grow Water polo—All those interested 7:30. Miller Theater. Jaws. Free. Elephant—The Rice Republicans with us. Call Coley Wood (868- will have a meeting Monday, Oct. in playing the exciting sport of River Oaks. Nighthawks (7:20 and 9:30). 4751) or Bart Bovce (869-7699). inner-tube water polo contact Friday, October twenty-sixth *** 22, at 8 pm in Sewall 303. Guest speaker will be G. Greanias, George Ayoub. 790-4672 or 790- MFA. Exhibit opens: "Armand Hammer Collection." On behalf of my car, I wish to 9467. 7:30. Media Center. / Even Met Happy Gypsies and The Popovich Brothers of Sid Rich associate and candidate *** apologize to the residents of the for City Council district "C". South Chicago. west wing of Wiess College. Its Study over there—Mr. Edward 7-30. Miller Theater. Tom Sawyer, musical version. Free. *** malicious and willful horn- Homecoming—There will be a Mowatt, Director of The Institute Wiess. Night of Decadence. of European Studies center Sid Rich Nite of Innocence. blowing of the early hours of meeting for those students 11 Hamman Hall. P.D.Q. Bach concert! $1.00. Thursday, Oct. 11 will be dealt interested in working on the Rice in London, England, will visit the River Oaks. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1:30) and Jahberwocky(9:15). with severely. Unfortunately, Ford Homecoming weekend, Oct. 22 at Rice campus on Tuesday, Oct. 23. still needs a better idea. 7 pm in the Baker outer commons. Students interested in studying in Saturday, October twenty-seventh —Chris Schulman London, either during the spring 2. Here. Rice vs Texas A & M. *** The RPC needs exhuberant and semester or the 1980-81 academic spirited volunteers, who are 7:30 and 10. Media Center. Lady Chatterlv's Lover. Found: Sunday, Sept. 23 in the year, may contact either Dr. 7:30 and 10. Chem Lec. Young Frankenstein. 50c. interested in making college dinner Robert Bell or Mrs. Atkinson in 7^0. Miller Theater. Play it Again, Sam and Cashlanca. Free. Wiess College laundry room: one announcements and planning and wristwatch. Come by 154 Wiess or the Office of St -*ent Advising and 8. Jones Hall. Symphony: Messiaen's "L'Ascension" and Beethoven's setting up the TGIF on Friday. Student Activities, Cloisters Symphony no. 3. call 526-6529, identify and it's This will be the last big RPC social River Oaks. Harold and Maude (3:55 and 7:30) and Real Life (5:40 and 9:25). yours. RMC, for an appointment with event of the season. Mr. Mowatt. The London Sunday, October twenty-ninth *** 2:30. Jones Hall. Symphony, again. "Well, I'll just put it back where it program is organized around two Free symphony tickets to the tracks: Track I concentrates on 7:30. Media Center. The Grapes of Wrath. $1.50. was and spread it." Houston Symphony performance 10. KTRU. The National Lampoon Radio Hour. Thresher Office the political, historical and *** on Sunday, Oct. 28 will be philosophical aspects of Great River Oaks. The Magic Flute (2:20, 7) and Rigoletto (5:10, 9:40). » available beginning Wed., Oct. 24 plays and exhibits Roommate/place wanted near the Britain's relationship to the in the S.A. office from 9 am to 3 continent since World War II; Uncommon Women and Others, at Main Street Theater at Autry House (524- Rice campus. Please call, pm. First come-first serve. 6706). One more week: Thurs.-Sat. at 8. Students $2. Secretary Economics Dept.— 527- *** Track II concentrates on economic The Empire Builders, at Main Street Theater at Autry House (524-6706). Thur- 4875 and leave the messge for Ali, life and public policy in the new Sat at 8 starting Oct 25th. Students $2. Call for reservations. Jazz —The Texas Southern industrial society of Western graduate student. University Jazz Ensemble will play / Knock at the Door. Sean O'Casey's novelized autobiography. Fri., Sat. at 8, *** Europe from the point of view of through Oct 27. Channing Players, First Unitarian Church (662-3152). Sat., Oct. 20 from Mo 4:30 at the The Passion of Dracula, Equinox Theater (868-5829). Thurs-Sat at 8:30 Free to good home: 3 precious Westheimer Colony Art Festival. the British experience. through Nov. 3rd. 3617 Washington Ave. at Heights. kittens. Siamese and tabby They wiil perform in front of the *** Indulgences at the Louisville Harem, Alley Theater (228-8421). Tue and Wed genotype. Tabby and white Liberty Bank at Westheimer and Photo Contest—The 7th annual at 8, Thurs, Fri at 8:30, Sat at 5 and 9, Sun at 2:30 and 7:30. phenotype. If we get the house we Montrose. Nikon/Nutshell photo contest has Bells are Ringing, romantic musical comedy at the Music Hall (664-3344). Oct. may throw in a free couch with begun. Entry brochures and 24-Nov 4. Tue-Fri at 8, Sat at 5 and 9, Sun at 2. every kitten. 522-4229. Art— Some of Houston's best contest details are available in the Contemporary Art Museum. "American Painting: the Eighties," Oct. 28-Dec. S.A. office. Big Bucks. 30. Also: "Perspectives," Oct 28-Dec 2. Correction: Arthur Keller Carney watercolor works are being Remember, by Preston Jones. Chocolate Bayou Theater (759-9840). Thurs- was 21, not 20, and he was on his exhibited at Houston Public Sun through Oct 28. Library, downtown. The Bon/our. La Bonjour, Theater Showcase (225-9539). Fri and Sat at 8:30 way to see his parents in Hixson Fellowships — The National via Shreveport, not Little Rock. Watercolor Art Society of Research Council plans to award through Oct. 27. Houston's annual fall membership Contemporary Arts Museum. Pat Colville: Recent Work. Through Oct. 19. We loved him and will miss him. approximately 25 Post-doctoral On Shanti, Shanti. show is on display through Fellowships for Minorities in a l exas Renaissance Festival, Magnolia, Texas. Sat & Sun through Nov. 4. $7. October 26. I ex as State Fair, Dallas. Oct. 5-21, daily, 7 am-midnight. $2.50. +** new program designed to provide "You give the best cookie." *** Ihc Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, at the Tower Theater (960-8934). Tues - Money— The Rice Campus Store opportunities for continued Fri. at 8, Sat. at 5 and 9:30, Sun. at 3 and 7:30. 10/10/79 is buying used books. We will buy education and experience in Comedy Workshop (524-7333) Pass the Gas, Wed.-Sun. at 8:30. and Fri. and *** research to Black Americans, Sat. at I I. Need a large, distilled water bottle? any hardcover book in good condition, in current edition for Mexican Americans/Chicanos, Rice Museum. "CPLY: Reflections on a Past Life", by surrealist William N. Make a terrarium out of it, make Puerto Ricans, and Native Copley. Sept 7-Nov. II. Lu-Sat 10-5. Sun 12-6. Also: "Crosscurrents." your own beer, or just fill it with which we will have an order already on file for the coming Americans. Fellowship recipients pennies for a paper weight— will be selected from among cheap. Call Robin or Anthony if semester. So far we have orders for just two misclassifieds several courses which will be scientists, engineers, and interested. 526—1498. humanities scholars who show "Are you sure she's not a guy?" "Come on all you Jones bitches, using the same book as last year. These inclfide: ECON 375, ECON greatest promise of future kid rude let's hurry." If anyone sees my Diff. Eq. book, achievement in academic research KMC desk. 12:15 am, 10/11/79 10/11/79 11:18 pm, KMC which escaped the Friday before 438, ENGI 200, ENGI 241, MASC break, please call me so I can take 330, MSCI 395. We should have and scholarship in higher I he Rite Thresher, October 18, 1979, page 20 it home. Goldie, 797-1582. others soon, too. education.