'C y Curriculum proposal passes first test, awaits council by Jay Grob curriculum changes will be thoughts and their clear the departments in the School of Latin America. Rice's Committee on the implemented at Rice. expression. Social Sciences one course which 8. A one-year requirement in Undergraduate Curriculum has Last September the University 2. One semester of work in the department in question literature and the arts. Students approved proposed curriculum Council rejected a different computer science. recommends as a suitable must take at least two courses in changes submitted to it by proposal from Brody's committee, 3. One semester of mathematics, introduction to the approach of its literature and/or the arts, one of philosophy Professor Baruch requesting that the committee involving either the study of discipline. which must be in literature. Brody's Ad Hoc Committee on reconsider its recommendations calculus, probability, logic or 6. A one-semester requirement 9. A one-semester requirement Curriculum. and develop an alternate general finite mathematics. in history. All students will be in philosophy or religion. All The University Council will next curriculum plan. The new 4. One year of work in the required to take a course in United students should be required to take review the proposed changes, proposal calls for an end to Rice's natural sciences, emphasizing States or European history. a course in philosophy or religion which establish a new set of current distribution system and fundamental concepts and basic 7. A one-semester requirement that emphasizes critical thinking distribution requirements for advocates the following methods in physics, chemistry in non-Western studies. Students about funadmental, metaphysical, undergraduates. If passed by the requirements: or biology. will be required to take a course epistemological and value University Council in the fall, the 1. A one-semester course in 5. A one-year requirement in the which covers the history, politics, questions. changes will come before a vote of "writing skills." The course would social sciences. Students will be economics or culture of some part the faculty; and if passed there, the emphasize the organization of required to take in each of two of of Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa or see Some, page 11

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• Movies, movies, movies! What to see and why, p. 7. • Cagers in action? Owls play in Puerto Rico, p. 9. THRESHER • Swim coach resigns, p. 9. Volume 70, number 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1982 Frosh face housing problems Hacker man injured by Jeanne Cooper advance for Owl Day. alternate housing, with no luck," An unexpected five percent "As a result," Stabell Stabell continued. "Still, we're by Jay Grob The other cyclist, who was increase in the number of commented, "we ended up with 75 hoping the nursing dorms at TWU University President Norman riding a ten-speed, escaped with applicants accepting Rice's offer of more students in attendance than (6723 Bertner) will be available. If Hackerman is recovering slowly no serious injuries. admission could force as many as so, the University will contract but steadily from injuries he Hackerman was treated forty Houston-area prospective space for any freshmen who wish sustained in a bicycle accident immediately following the freshmen to live at home or in it." near the gym on June 4. accident at Methodist Hospital; alternative housing such as a Texas Freshmen living in the TWU Hackerman, who regularly bikes the full recovery process should Woman's University dormitory residence halls would eat meals at on campus, suffered three broken take six weeks. Hackerman next year. Rice in their assigned college, as ribs, various cuts on his arms, received whirlpool and Assistant to the President for well as participating in all college and a badly bruised left leg in the ultrasound treatment from Admissions and Records Richard activities. Rice would provide mishap. Athletic Trainer Allen Eggert for Stabell stated that although the shuttle transportation for TWU Hackerman, 69, was making a about a week as well, and is now applicants' pool exceeded 3000 for residents, although Stabell noted left turn from the street into the back at work full-time. the first time, only the normal that the dorms are only a 10- gymnasium parking lot when Hackerman is still experien- number of candidates, 1000-1100, minute walk from Lovett College. another cyclist attempted to pass cing some pain while breathing were extended offers of admission. "It (TWU) is a terrific facility," him on the left. According to due to the broken ribs and has He explained, "Normally if we commented Stabell, listing private Hackerman, "He hit my front trouble sleeping. But the biggest offer admission to 1000 students, bathrooms for suites, a large wheel and the blow took the bike setback, he insists, is that he we get 550 to come. This year we Richard Stabell laundry room, exercise room, pub, out from under me. There was cannot participate in his daily ended up with 635, instead of the we've ever had at Owl Day. Of cafeteria and small grocery store as nothing 1 could do but fall on my squash matches until completely anticipated 550-575, excluding side. It was totally unexpected." recovered. those who came to Owl Day, 75 see Rice, page 11 athletes." percent accepted our offer of "We didn't do anything different admission. Part of the increase (in this year that I know of," said freshmen) is right there." Emergency phones bolster safety Stabell, "except we tinkered with In late May, all the freshmen by Patty Cleary Enclosed in red steel boxes In response to an upsurgence ot Owl Day." That "tinkering" is one were distributed into colleges, with The installation of six police marked "police emergency." the crime last spring, campus police probable cause for the surplus in 65 paid students unable to be emergency phones around campus phones have been placed in the officers increased foot patrols and students. housed by their college. According marks the most recent measure in academic quad, between Allen have a bicycle patrol planned tor Traditionally students were sent to Stabell, the Committee of the the continuing effort to improve Center and Baker College, on this fall. Another security measure Owl Day invitations with their College Masters met in early June security on campus. The phones "virgins' walk," by Sewall Hall, by discussed last semester, building a letter of acceptance three or four and decided that the incoming are designed so that when the the Space Science building and fence which would surround tht- days before Owl Day occurred. H ouston students could "suffer the receiver is lifted, tl.e campus police outside the gym. Flashing blue campus, has since been dismissed. This year applicants received a least, although everyone's going to lights will be installed to attract According to Vice President of postcard before a letter of be inconvenienced." will immediately know which phone is in use, and be able-to attention to the phones, which Administration William Akers, acceptance/rejection, notifying "At the same time we decided, dispatch an officer to the site while should be operational by August 1 student feedback about a fence was them to make travel plans in we began looking around for the call is being answered. According to Assistant Police overwhelmingly negative. "Unless Chief Mary Voswinkel, "traffic our situation would dramatically patterns, problem areas, past worsen," he said, "we'd rather not Duncan named to board chair incidents, and the distance to an do anything so extreme." versed in dealing with complex available phone" were all taken Other security measures, affairs and is a very able financial into consideration when selecting however, have been instituted. administrator. In addition, his sites for the phones. see Campus, page 5 association with academic life has f been very consistent. I believe he knows the factors involved in making a university function well." "The election of Ms. Abercrombie," Hackerman continued, "puts a very able person in that position. The two together should make a very competent team." The selection of Duncan and Charles W. Duncan Josephine Abercrombie Abercrombie marked only two of several important changes on the Long-time board members President Jimmy Carter. university's 19-member governing Charles W. Duncan and Josephine Abercrombie is a director of the body, which is composed of seven Abercrombie became chairman J.S. Abercrombie Mineral trustees, eight term members and and vice-chairman, respectively, of Company. Both became board four alumni governors. the Rice Board of Governors July trustees in 1975, after completing C.M. Hudspeth, a former Rice 1. four years as term governors. lecturer on business law and Duncan, who replaces outgoing University President Norman prominent Houston attorney, is a chairmjfn E.D. Butcher, is Hackerman was pleased with both new trustee after previously currently president of Warren- selections, commenting, "Mr. serving as an alumni governor. J. King Companies and served as Duncan is going to be a fine person Evans Atwell, another Houston New emergency phone near Anderson Hall M. Gladu U.S. Secretary of Energy under to work with. He is obviously well- see Board, page 5 Curriculum proposal is little improvement

The curriculum proposal now being considered, though earnestly developed by a diverse group of Ripe faculty members 55 to provide what they see as a broad education, both limits the freedom of choice Rice students have come to expect and creates a discrepancy between what is necessary for a broad education and what is not. Two of the chief objectives behind the new curriculum proposal center on the over-availability of "roll" courses and the fact that, in the present system, students may take advantage of course cross-indexing for distribution. In other words, cross-indexing allows a math major to fulfill a social science distribution requirement by taking a statistics course cross-indexed as a sociology class, and so on. Under the new IB proposal, students would not be able to take courses in that manner. And "rolls" would be eliminated, most likely by course certification through the provost. The foundation of a Rice education lies in the Honor System, a system that actually works with surprising success. EXPANDING THE HEDGES/by Chris Ekren And the Honor System influences all aspects of a Rice education. Abuse of the present system (excessive rolls or deadly weapon in existence, the excessive cross-indexing) is, at most, minimal. The vast, vast Jonathan Schell's opus on the ture in civil defense can only be supposedly unique evils of nuclear explained in terms of a belief that threat of massive mutual nuclear majority of Rice students take a wide variety of courses, as arms has been available as a book nuclear war is survivable and destruction is probably the only dictated by the present distribution requirements and their own for several months now, having worth surviving. thing that has prevently the U.S. personal interests. Few students leave this campus without at previously been offered in and the U.S.S. R from going to least a smattering of knowledge from many different fields. segments between the trendy front Schell also assumes that there is war at times. Rice students are fortunate that they can so freely choose their and scotch ad back covers of the no such thing as a limited nuclear courses, and though a small minority of students look for the New Yorker. Suddenly, "nuclear war. Whatever the U.S. and Soviet Intentions are even harder to easiest way out, that should not be sufficient reason to take awareness" has become important official line may be, the military verify than hardware, but one away the privilege from the remainder of the student body. in America. The Ground Zero directorates of both countries thing is certain: Inasmuch as we Movement, a reorganization of will only use our nuclear weapons The omission of a foreign language requirement from the accept the tactical validity of those forces that have constantly theatre nuclear forces. Hence the if attacked by the Soviets, we have proposal is perhaps the weakest facet of the curriculum. Why demanded lower U.S. defense Soviet fear of U.S. Europe-based nothing to fear if we keep current will a course in philosophy or religion benefit a student more preparedness, has gathered new Pershing missiles and parallel force levels and Soviet intentions than a class in Spanish? Both should really be included to strength and purpose. Having development of whole families of are truly peaceful. True, by incorporate the breadth of knowledge the proposed curriculum obsessed itself during the seventies intermediate range missiles dating disarming itself or making it clear advocates. A foreigh language requirement should certainly be with political indiscretions, pop from the early sixties. Officers in that it is unwilling to match Soviet an integral part of a curriculum with any scope. psychology and the economy, the both armies are taught limited nuclear blackmail, the U.S. can It is certainly true that any of the courses recommended by national media has discovered that nuclear war techniques. reduce the threat of nuclear war. The Soviets don't really need the new proposal can be valuable to the Rice student. However, we are still preparing to fight a war, that people die in war, and that nuclear weapons. Their the proposal does not really seem to be a particular Schell constantly refers to dying in a nuclear war is a conventional arms superiority is improvement over the less constrained system Rice now nuclear war as being unique, particularly nasty way to go. unlike any other type of war. sufficient to roll over Europe. employs, especially when one recognizes that the average Rice Wrong. The bottom line in war is student currently receives almost the same education the Schell's New Yorker essays simple: people die. Slowly dying Disarming ourselves without proposal offers, but with a freedom of choice. circle about endlessly exclaiming from radiation is no more verification is playing into the —Jay Grob how awful nuclear war is, and how distressing than slowly dying from hands of totalitarianism. The senseless it is to close one's eyes poison gas, a la Afghanistan. The result of democratic Europe's and pretend the potential for blinding flash and mushroom backboneless capitulation to oblivion does not exist. Granted cloud of a nuclear blast is but one Hitler's show of force and THRESHING-IT-OUT that nuclear war is bad, Mr. dramatic manifestation of man's promises should be obvious. Some Schell's proposed method to inhumanity to man. Given the things are worth fighting for, dying decrease the threat of war is barbarity of the Soviet regime, well for: we can defend western trip (typical, so typical), she agreed unsatisfactory. In public events .documented by Solzhenitsyn, we democracy as an armed country, Tucker's task brings to number all of the wooden seats promoting the threat of war, Schell are damned to maintain a margin or let our grandchildren defend praise from student in the football stadium-there must has argued for a bilateral nuclear of safety until a system of mutual themselves in the helpless manner be 50,000 of the little bastards—in freeze. Unfortunately, signing a weapons verification is devised. of Polish shipworkers, who know exchange for plane fare. Though document with the Soviet Union .While qualitatively the most that freedom has a price. To the editor: the whole team took part in the setting arbitrary weaponry levels I'd like to take this opportunity project, Coach Tucker had to do will not appreciably lower the risk to express my respect and most of the arduous job herself, of war. The fate of the Helsinki admiration for women's basketball since most of the team had daytime Accord on human rights Coach Linda Tucker. She was jobs to attend to. Her unselfish (remember?) is a strong indication almost single-handedly responsi- JAY GROB dedication to the team—above and of the Soviet attitude towards ble for making the team's trip to Editor beyond the -call of duty—is most inconvenient treaties. Our Carter- Puerto Rico possible. After being Hi praiseworthy. emasculated CIA is in no position told that the athletic department WDECLED Matt Petersen to verify the Red Army's treaty SUSAN BROWN would provide no money for the nrcconcit WRC '83 compliance, and the best satellite Business Manager cannot count the number of warheads on the tip of a silo- encased mjssile. The Soviet Jeanne Cooper News Editor proclivity for such extra-curricular Todd Cornett Advertising Manager activities as murder in Afghanistan Kathryn Mason Managing Editor belies Mr. Brezhnev's professions Mike Gladu Photography Editor Gwen Richard Fine Arts Editor of benign intent. Steve Bailey Back Page Editor Richard Dees Senior Editor Matt Petersen Copy Editor The dangers of an unverifiable John Heaner Associate Editor arms freeze are dismissed by Schell Patty Cleary Assistant Editor and other neo-pacifists, who argue that enough arms exist to destroy the world several times over. The Contributing Editors Michclc Gillespie, Ronald Ehmke, Chris Ekren fallacies of this argument are Staff Dave Collins, David Wicks, Bill Bonner, David Steffens, Ian Davidson, Joseph Halcyon many. It assumes that all weapons Seville Bureau Tom Morgan, Sandy Wasson are coupled with delivery systems, The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is published each Friday which they are not. The U.S. has during the school year, except during examination periods and holidays, by the students of Rice University. Editorial and business offices are located on the second floor of the Rice Memorial Center. thousands of warheads, but only P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251. Telephone (713) 527-4801 or 527-4802. Advertising information around 500 of them are coupled available upon request. Mail subscription rate: S20.00 domestic, $4000 international, (via first class •CUSSl mail). The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writer. Obviously. with a delivery system that could ©1982 The Rice Thresher All rights reserved. mm survive a determined first strike. The tremendous Soviet expendi- The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 2 BEYOND THE HEDGES/by Michele Gillespie UC scientists discover completed degrees in psychology, news cameras to protest the maneuvering. Hoping to receive that student-aid applicants man's oldest ancestor social science, criminal justice, Reagan administration's proposed the contributions from large and consistently lied and cheated to history and sociology, missing a cutbacks in student financial aid small colleges and universities increase their chances of receiving A University of California team sixth degree in anthropology by a but MIT students chose a more across the country, the GSC federal grants and loans, even to of anthropologists and scientists mere three credit hours. Despite conservative route. garnered only $7000 after weeks of the extent of using false names and unearthed a partial skull and thigh extra classes each semester and active campaigning. Afull-pagead social security numbers. Inspector bone that represent the oldest summer, Smith claims that he The MIT Graduate Student in The Times costs $22,000. General of the Department of ancestor of man yet discovered. missed no major parties, saying, "1 Council (GSC) organized a Education James B. Thomas Jr. Believed to have lived four million didn't want to be some kind of a nationwide campaign to raise Unfortunately, just as the described to the Senate one years ago, this four-foot tall bookworm." Apparently his enough money for a full-page ad in Senate and House began to particular case where 15 members hominid with a brain smaller than strategy worked since he will be The New York Times that would seriously address the issues of of a single family received $250,000 a chimpanzee's once walked on attending the Washington protest these cutbacks and student loans and aid, rumors in federal student loans by using two feet through a remote U niversity School of Law next fall. incriminate Reagan's economic circulated around Washington fictitious names. Ethiopian riverbed. And while Smith basked in the In 1974 Donald C. Johanson limelight of his academic unearthed bones with human-like accomplishments, Kermit the attributes in Ethiopia that dated Frog, notorious in his own right, some 3.6 million years back. was refused an honorary degree Affectionately named "Lucy," the from Harvard University despite a discovery of her bones scintillating adress given to D00NESBUBT LEBANON? revolutionized academia, causing Harvard's graduating class of 1982 I CAN? BOSS. I PONT YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE, T Ktm, YOU SEND ME TDYEAH, BUT YOURS SENPING LEAVE HAVE ANY CIEAN ClOHS. THIS WILL MAKE FOUR arrnZi WARZONESTO YOU KEEP anthropologists to consider Africa that confirmed the benefits of a ME BACK TO c WTTHA I ONLY JUST GOT BACK COMBAT ASSIGNMENTS St you GET ME an OF COMIH3 BACK. the cradlebed of mankind. The Harvard education: LEBANON? FROM SANTIAGO THIS IN AS MAW MOUTHS ^ £ YOUR HAIK GO. DO YOUR ' MORNING latest pre-human ancestor appears "From here on it's smooth EMU TO MY HAIR LAUNDRY NIGHT. to be some 4000 centuries older sailing on friendly seas. As you set than Lucy. The discovery occurred out on the great vacation of life, in the "Afar Triangle" in northern think of Harvard as the travel Ethiopia and the University of agent—arranging the trip,making California team claims that the all your flight reservations, and region may offer the best and even booking you a table at the oldest archaeological "hunting best restaurant." grounds" in the world. Famous for motion pictures as OIO Expedition leader J. Desmond well as TV's The Muppet Show, J Clark believes the site is"the key to Kermit really had the lily pads JOANIF ONLY FROM THE TUBE. I'M INCREDIBLE HUH ? Hi THERE, YES, ITS ME. PO I ' POLAND HEIW. ILL BET I DO MY OWN.' providing some of the answers knocked from beneath his puny rt. JU WHO ARE YOU HI... KNOW YOU'RE W0NPERJHS WHATLAUNPR) BETWEEN MISSIONS. about the origins of humanity." amphibian body when he received vnup I'M C0ING IN A PUBLIC The team found evidence of tools nothing more for his efforts than a LAUNPRD - iio used by apemen a million and a Harvard class of '82 T-shirt. half years ago as well as Though University of Texas "butcheries" for slicing elephant graduates missed the pomp and I "> •!?., and hippopotami meat. The team circumstance of a graduation M L2 contends that piles of burned clay address given by Kermit, UT LJDD i /N© UDOi. >f] suggest ancestral man utilized fire students may have unwittingly shortly after he became bipedal. been exposed to more Boston- These discoveries support the Cambridge culture than even 4 (50 '/stuauHlu, hotly debated evolutionary theory Kermit could have provided.

When movie star Bette Davis told 1 held by such anthropologists as 1 SUPPOSE IE YOU HAVEN'T NO KIP PINO I THINK IT WAS GOOD CALL'.YOU'VEACTUALLY WE THESE BABIES Richard Leakey who insists that Playboy that she had posed nude CAUGHT ME ON THE NEWS, WHAT TIPPEP THE EPAULETS GOT A REPORTERSTHE Y MERE /N H£LP- A G00? MA'AM, I SHOULD EXPLAIN. 7 KINDOFHRNND MR OF UNDERWEAR for a female sculptor as an x YOU OFF ON YOUR UNDER- EYE FOR DETAIL ' the human line diverged from apes I'M A FOREIGN » WEAR THERE * - ^ JO MISS COULD SAVE JOUR. UFE far earlier than now considered adolescent, UT museum officials CORRESPONP0TT. and indicated that our early became suspicious. / J ^ itrJX ancestors were fairly stable w animals. Hearing that Anna Hyatt Another find from the Ethiopia Huntington's classical nudes, especially one called "Young trip involves a 300,000 year old °°° -.mi °°°...J; Homo Erectus, an ancestor of Diana," in a Boston museum, drew man, who apparently suffered a a great deal of attention after the violent death by scalping. His interview because they bore such skull, taken from the riverbed, a close resemblance to Davis, UT officials took a second look at a BOY, I'M AMAZED THESE MVT5 underwent electron microscopic YES. THESE PANTS TEH QUITE AI WAS INTERVIEWING A BEAUTIFULLISTEN, WOULD SUDDENLY SHE statue standing in a UT courtyard MADE rr BACK, LOOK AT ALL STORY. TAKE. FOR INSTANCE. THIS analysis which revealed tiny PL 0. GUERRILLA AT A CAFE IN IT BE OKAY IF T TOOK A BULLET THESE PUPS. THEY SURE BPJN6TOUGH. GREASY STAIN FROM BEIRUT WHEN WE- HEARD GUNFIREDIPN'T HEAR A- of four women's dormitories. The BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES ! AND FELL INTO grooves on the forehead LEBANON. KNOW HOWI GOT IT? I ASKED HEP. WHERE WE COULDBOUT WR STAIN MY SPAGHETTI UT statue, "Diana the Huntress," 7 deliberately made by a stone tool, GO fOR SAFETY..' y- ... Y FROM LEBANON > was sculpted by Anna Hyatt c- X, the first proof of such violent •# behavior between our ancestors. Huntington in 1922. Davis was 14 years old at the time. Though no one can be sure that Bette Davis modeled for this 0OOO 'vB®) g$)ooo t*.| 03! JL fpoooi' gflSFflfrcipp iyg 07" g|oor Five degrees, Kermit, statue, one UT student said,"My and Bette Davis In stone first thought after seeing a picture a of the Boston statue was that it Some people will sacrifice resembled the statue in the jot. CM3O0 -^41V4)- almost anything for notoriety. But courtyard." So much for notoriety. ..ANDAFTER ILDSTMY CAMERA IT'S NOT A BAP UFE. FOR INSTANCE JAKE BLOODSTAINS? NO, A SAVAGE BEATING HMM. HAVE Frances Edwin Smith Jr., a recent MAN. THE BUREAU 9E09ED1 COULDBUT IT CERTAINLY PRE I CAN THESE PESKY BLOOP- NOT.ANOTHER USE A LITTLE VME SWBSIDE. SO IN ARGENTINA FOR RE YOU TRIED SMU graduate who earned five SENTS ONE WITH SOME IMAGINESTAINS ON MY BEST FIREFIGHT PORTING THE TRUTH AS LEMON JUICE' I GRABBED THE INTERESTING LAUNPRY / SAFARI IN BEIRUT7 degrees, merely compromised. )NEXT CHOPPER OUT SAW MIT group too broke ' X' PROBLEMS >7) SHIRT. Swearing his social life only suffered a little, Smith says he used to fight student cuts his five degrees to draw attention -x/ « to himself when applying to law Some students hurled schools. DOG , derogatory witticisms at passersby Q»® © s°°° oi 8ia°° <®)uao i v,(| @ | (£i ana r'> •© Setting an SMU record, Smith and waved clever posters before

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The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 3 Some respond negatively to new curriculum proposal... continued from page / foundation for education without changes,with one or two favoring Russian Professor Ewa Thomp- does not provide for the reading of In addition to these require- forcing students into only one replacing it with an extra semester son, who cast the only dissenting the great books. She also noted an ments , the proposal encourages mold of basic education." of history or literature, and one vote on the Ad Hoc Committee, imbalance created between the the development of a variety of person suggesting reduction of further criticized the proposal. social sciences and the humanities, He went on to say that the interdisciplinary courses within distribution requirements by one Among Thompson's major pointing out that the reform proposal should not only aid the each school or across schools course in order to compensate for complaints were that the proposal essentially "exchanges six hours of student in acquiring a broad designed to foster the integration the generally greater constraints of places an emphasis on methodolo- language and literature education but will also help guard of knowledge and understanding. the proposed program." gies rather than on basic facts requirement for six hours of the The individual schools and against the student's chance of Department of German and about Western civilization, and social sciences." departments are also asked to having poor advising while at Rice. examine the feasibility of "The proposal does not leave all instituting foreign language course choices up to the student Rice awaits TWU answer on housing... requirements for their majors, and and advisor. Instead, it Provost William Gordon is to be recommends areas that need to be continued from page I may be some who are now looking freshmen, students waitlisted for charged with the responsibility of studied for a broad education amenities. for another school. That's housing when admitted will have certifying courses that satisfy the while still leavingsomeflexibility." Rice is still waiting, however, to unfortunate, because we do want little chance of getting on campus. various distribution requirements. hear from TWU. Said Stabell, "If them at Rice," said Stabell. "In the past most would have There was some negative that doesn't come through, we've Stabell stressed that the students gotten on," commented Stabell. As In a report to the University response to the proposal in the two run out of options. There aren't forced to live off campus would for transfers, who are routinely Council, Curriculum Committee committees, also. Dix commented any places in the community that not be subject to "bumping" the waitlisted, "for sure there isn't Chairman and political science in his report, "The most frequently are interested in students tying up next year. "This will be considered space for them." Stabell stated that Professor Robert Dix wrote that, voiced concern about the facilities." their 'bump.' This will increase the if the TWU housing did become "By a majority of six votes to three, proposals of the Ad Hoc Stabell pointed out, "There chances, though, for other available, "I see no reason why we the Committee concludes that the Committee, particularly on the aren't too many schools which students being bumped." couldn't offer them space there." report of the Ad Hoc Committee part of the minority, was that the would guarantee housing. Dean of Undergraduate Affairs The Admissions Office reduced was a distinct improvement over somewhat more specific However, our literature leads Katherine Brown predicts the the number of transfers this year the current distribution categorization of distributional everyone to believe that will larger number of freshmen will from the beginning to compensate requirements." requirements might limit student happen." have little impact on Rice "except for the freshmen overload. choice and flexibility, and that The exact number of students perhaps in one or two freshman Although plans for next year's Owl Said Dix, "To call the proposal a fragmentation of the student's that Rice has "an obligation of labs, and of course, in the Day will be the same, most likely a core curriculum would be a program among a scattering of sorts" to house but is without space disappointment for those who fewer number of applicants will be misnomer. This is a rather modest departments would be enhanced. for is in a constant state of flux. were promised space." offered admission in order to keep reform proposal that puts some At least a couple of members The original estimate of 65 had "The numbers will not make us total enrollment closer to 2500, the constraints on the student, but it is further felt that in some areas there already dropped to the low forties uncomfortable except in housing," number preferred by University not a core curriculum because it was insufficient university by July 1, aided by the decision to said Stabell. "Quality-wise, the President Norman Hackerman. does not list a group of mandated resources or courses to meet the overcrowd in Baker, Hanszen, class is statistically, although not The number of offers extended courses." demands placed on them by the J ones and Will Rice and the release significantly, better than last year's may also be affected by the results Brody agreed, saying, "The new requirements. There was, in of a number of spaces reserved by by about four points in the average of a survey of the incoming class, proposal is a reaffirmation of the addition, some feeling on the part the athletic department. Stabell SAT scores. For three years, the which will try to determine what, if need for students to get a broad of a minority that the requirements also expects "some juggling" number has been dropping, and any, economic factors influenced education. It is an attempt to in Philosophy and Religion was immediately before school starts. now it's gone up." the increase in decisions to attend provide a more structured the least merited of the proposed "What concerns me is that there In addition to the Houston Rice. rwww. The History Department Announces Two New Courses For The Fall, 1982

H i st. 331 a C Hou r The French Revolution and Napoleon Mr. Fitzsimons

Will examine the French Revolution and Empire as an upheaval in France and Europe. Particular attention will be given to developments that had a lasting influence on the structure of mondern France.

Hist. 431a TBA The Literary Enterprise in America: 1800 to the Present —Mr. Olsen

A readings and,discussion course on the American writer's dilemmas of identity, purpose, and survival. Fiction, autobiography, and historical studies will be used to examine the writer's ambivalent response to the literary marketplace, the reading public, and middle class values.

Due to his appointment as Master of Hanszen College Professor Smith will not offer Hist. 341, History of China to 1800, this fall

Due to a leave of absence Professor Van Helden will not offer his fall courses this year

The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 4 Huston predicts terminal increase too ICS A purchases powerful AS/9000 system Campus police by Patty Geary computer education. In addition write anti-crime In an effort to make more to the proposed 40 new terminals computing available on campus, for this fall, Huston would like to booklets... the Institute for Computer see 50 public terminals and 100 Services and Applications (ICSA) other terminals dispersed across continued from page 1 has purchased an AS/9000 main campus by fall of 1983, the A kers stated that $ 15,000 in capital computer to replace its AS/6 scheduled completion date for the improvements has already been central system. According to ICSA Mudd Computer Science spent for new lighting alone. Director Priscilla Jane Huston, the Laboratory. Huston feels this Furthermore, to make the existing new system provides three times would not only facilitate student lights more effective, there has the processing and computing access to the computers, but would been extensive tree-trimming, power previously available. also allow departments to tap into particularly around parking lots. Huston commented, "It gives us ICSA resources more fully. Only In another move to insure the the ability to serve more people the School of Social Sciences and safety of the Rice community, faster. Also, we have not had to the Department of Chemical campus police have developed a raise our prices for user time. They Engineering now have terminal new crime prevention booklet and are the same or lower, with rooms. a rape pamphlet for use at anti- considerable discounts for non- Huston also projects a highly assault sessions during the fall. peak usage time." efficient adminstrative student * Developed by the department, the Huston believes the acquisition information system for the future. - '-mm booklet contains information of the AS/9000 will also help The system would be composed of about personal protection, useful improve the quality of education at least 20 terminals in the telephone numbers, information Registrar's Office, Admissions, and research at Rice. "The Mudd Contruction personnel work on the Mudd Building. M. Gladu about the campus police Building (currently under Financial Aid, Advanced Studies department, and what kind of help construction) will be oriented to and Research, and the Cashier's increase the efficiency of the center Construction on ICSA's to expect from the campos. The this type of service," she stated. Office. These terminals, to be will continue in the interim. ICSA future home, the Mudd Building, booklet and pamphlet will "We hope to bring computer arranged through the computer has purchased high aualitv storage is a few days ahead of schedule due supplement a new anti-assault capability to remote parts of center's budget, would provide the disks to replace older, less reliable to little rainful this summer. slide show also prepared by the campus and provide a good offices with pertinent information ones, and will add two Already the Herman Brown Campus Police. environment for students working relating to each student. minicomputers, VAX/750's, this parking lot has been cleared for the Overall, Akers projects security with computers." Even though ICSA will not summer to enhance the computer site, the construction fence is up, expenses will be up at least 10 Plans include a substantial move from its present home in the science education program. and foundation work has begun. percent next year over the increase in the number of terminals basement of Herman Brown until Terminal and machine rooms at*e Excavation for an underground $406,000 spent in 1981-82 for available for both public use and next summer, more efforts to also undergoing renovation. utility building is also underway. security measures and salaries. 'Owes it all to the Thresher..." Rice grad becomes Newsweek editor by Matt Petersen Newsweek recently named 1966 Who are the Rice graduate William D. Broyles editor-in-chief. Broyles, who made his name in professional journalism as co-founder and Lutherans? editor of the highly-successful magazine Texas Monthly, has Lutherans trust in Jesus Christ as spent the last year and a half in God and Savior. The name California as editor of California comes from a great leader, scholar, Magazine. and theologian, Martin Luther. During his undergraduate years at Rice, Broyles contributed to the Through years of spiritual struggle, Thresher and participated in the after long hours of prayer and Student Association, serving as Bill Brotyjes in 1963 Campanile Bill Broyles in 1982 searching Bible study, Luther concluded SA president his senior year. that the truth spoken by Christ Following his graduation with a made TM an instant success, itself temperament and humor will find a had been tragically distorted during degree in history, Broyles spent inspiring a host of imitators. place in Newsweek." the centuries. two years at Oxford on a Marshall Two years ago, Broyles and his Broyles is proud of his years at scholarship. His studies associated acquired New West, Rice, and feels that they were Luther's concern that pure interrupted by the draft, Broyles converting it to California instrumental to his success as a New Testament truth should again be then served three years in the Magazine. Under Broyles' journalist. Although he graduated known gained wide attention when Marine Corps. editorial direction, the magazine with honors, Broyles recounted his he nailed 95 theses or statements for Soon after his discharge from has begun making similar strides. difficulties as a freshman, "As I debate to a church door in the university the military, Broyles teamed up As he has had little time so far to recall, I got a seven on my first town of Wittenberg, Germany, on with fellow Hanszen graduate work with his new staff, Broyles is math test, and a 12 on my first Greg Curtis to create Texas vague in describing any possible physics test. That's when I became October 31,1517. IV, Monthly. Though they admittedly changes in Newsweek under his a history major." Broyles joked, in Within twenty years Luther's rediscovery of New borrowed the basic format from direction. Some of TM's flavor retrospect, "I owe it all to the Testament Christianity had set hearts aflame New York magazine, the may carry over to the news Thresher and tb my classes, which throughout the western world. His unveiling of long originality of many of their ideas magazine, though. Said Broyles, "I all of my professors can tell you I forgotten Christian truth was accepted across most of and the excellence of the writing Kdo hope that some of TM's attended religiously...ha ha." northern Europe. 69th commencement reveals decrease in Today around the world Lutherans number millions of people of every race and language on every degrees awarded, increase in grad level continent and island. Largest of all Protestant churches with over seventy Of the undergraduates, 17 Close to 800 students received chemical engineering, eight in civil million adherents, the Lutheran Church continues students graduated summa cum degrees in the sixty-ninth engineering, 58 in electrical to proclaim to all persons that Christ is the Way, the laude, 37 graduated magna cum commencement of Rice Universi- engineering, 34 in mechanical Truth and the Life. ty, almost 70 students less than last engineering and four in materials laude, and 50 graduated cum year. The ceremony was held May science. laude. Are you without a church home? Then you 8 on the East Lawn of Lovett Hall. On the graduate level, 274 College masters distributed are invited into our fellowship. Are you a Lutheran? degrees were awarded, including Board... You may wish to refresh your awareness and degrees to S22 undergraduate 75 Ph.D.s. The number of continued from page 1 appreciation of the faith. candidates. A total of 389 Bachelor graduate degrees increased over attorney, succeeds Ralph W. of Arts degrees were awarded to last year by 38-, - Noble as a term governor. Noble majors in architecture, humanities, will continue on the board as a social sciences and sciences, Four alumni were presented governor advisor, as will Helen S. including five Bachelor of Fine with the Distinguished Alumni Worden. Taking Worden's CHRIST Worship: 8:15 and 10:45 Arts and eight Bachelor of Music Award: Frank James Low, '57, vacated position as an alumni THE-LVTHERAN Church School: 9:30 degrees. George Whitelaw Mackey, '38, governor will be David E. KJNCyycHVRCH 2353 Rice Blvd. 523-2864 Bachelor of Science degrees Charles J. Meyers, '45 and Teresa Farnsworth, president of Eddy went to 39 students majoring in Jane Vietti, '49. Refining Company.

The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 5 Thresher/ Fine Arts Film prof takes standatThe Last Night at the Alamo "There is always a certain personalities, the foremost of developed as the mythic free spirit genre. networks and 'mogulesque' excitement about regional whom is director Eagle Pennell. man of Sam Shepard—a man Since the film is strictly a production companies. In the long cinema—an excitement about An indigenous Texan filmmaker amongst men. To the rest of the regional undertaking, several run, the achievements of this breaking with and providing an from Bryan, Pennell is a crowd he is a hero, or at least relatively uncommon prduction experimental approach will be alternative to New York and meticulous critic and expositor of possesses as many quintessential techniques are being employed. evident," he said. California. American cinema has contemporary Texas life. His features of a hero as can be Last Nigfit will be filmed in black "An example is the New been shaped by both the east and recent film, The Whole Shooting distinguished by a bunch of and white because, Huberman Australian cinema," he continued. west coasts for so long, while other Match, won considerable festival "For years they experienced Chips areas have so much to offer," said acclaim world-wide for its rough Rafferty, a hokey United Kingdom Brian Huberman, Rice's only and racy exploration of the clone—sort of a British Slim assistant professor of film, regional Texas scene. Pickens. That stuff was garbage. referring to his latest project, Last Due largely to Pennell's Now Australia is producing a truly Night at the Alamo. germinal guidance, Last Night new breed. And a relatively small Shooting begins for Last Night, gained funding from the National group is courageously creating a a full-length feature film, in Endowment for the Arts and new national cinema. That is Houston later this month. Pennell sought the people needed exciting. Huberman is the film's Director of to complete the creative decision- "In the U.S. we really need to Photography—the "cameraman," making process. break with the cynical formula to use his own modest title for the '"Since I am one of maybe four centers. I'm not suggesting person who constructs all the independent filmmakers in Texas, anarchy in film, because camera angles, plans and executes I have naturally come to know him filmmakers are ultimately still the actual shots, and designs the (Pennell)," Huberman explained. storytellers. What is needed in lighting. "And since he wanted to shoot on Hollywood is a revitalization on a As a fiction film, IMSI Night is a location in Houston, I guess I was truly regional focus. Things like unique project for Huberman, who the logical choice." Urban Cowboy are definitely not has traditionally produced works Completing the film's creative what I'm suggesting. All that in the ethnographic documentary triad is screenwriter Kim Henkle, happened in that case was genre. Though it is not best known for his script for The Hollywood went to the country Huberman's first fiction effort—he Texas Chainsaw Massacre. and imposed its matrix on the directed the photography for a The title of the film suggests a Brian Huberman (right) in the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico with Ka'ajum, a situation, and that is not regional locally-produced psychological great deal of the film's content. A Mayan (left) and E. Hugetz during the filming of a documentary. focus. That's the same old thing," Huberman emphasized. thriller Night Riding Incubii last group of regulars gathers at their redneck imbibers. He is good at explained, "black and white summer—such opportunities are favorite watering hole for a final drinking games, has no wife, is produces a more real effect, At Rice since 1975, Huberman unusual. evening together the night before transient from job to job, and does ironically. We wanted a harder has guided the film curriculum to a "It's exciting," he said. "There this particular drinking what he damn well pleases. j^ge, and color film tends to level of considerable reputatipn. A are just not many fiction projects establishment is to be bulldozed. Cowboy has no commitments. romanticize and soften things too film on the Ku Klux Klan by one of available to independents." The story revolves around the Yet to the others he is stability. much." Huberman's students, former IMSI Night is the collaborative actions and emotions of the central They can go home to their rui location, the filmmakers Thresher photography editor effort of several noted cinematic character, Cowboy. He is mortgages and Tuesday/Friday will use The Old Bar, a real tavern Wayne Derrick, won first prize in Theatre garbage pick-ups and feel in a depressed East Houston the American Film Institute's comfortable. Herein lies the meat neighborhood. All technicians will Regional Documentary category. of the film-to-be. This particular be independents, and not Also several students have gone on evening, Cowboy gains a suprisingly the acting talent itself to the renowned National Film Ninfa! features work of commitment—keeping the bar will have little experience. School in England. open. As the film progresses, "We wanted non-actors or, at Huberman's current projects Rice's Young, Bernhard Cowboy becomes belligerently the most, part-time actors for include the final editing of an dedicated to the goal. Huberman realism. And of course we will use ethnographic documentary on the If Rice alumni Jim Bernhard outdoor musical with free described it as "a transition from the regular patrons of the bar," Lacandon Mayan Indians and and Georgiana Coronado Young admission is a solid bargain in easy-going hand to scourging Huberman said. their transition to civilization have their way, Ninfa Laurenzo anyone's book. angel." Ultimately, Cowboy Huberman is particularly filmed in the jungles of Chiapas, will soon be famous for more than The title role of Ninfa! is played openly and defiantly challenges the enthusiastic about participating in Mexico. This fall, Huberman will tacos al carbon and green sauce. by Dolores Wilson, a veteran of regulars to defend their "place." a type of fiction film that can show produce a two-hour documentary Senora Laurenzo's meteoric "rags Broadway and the New York "We are drawing on William for public television on illegal Metropolitan Opera. Playing her "real life" events. "I think Barrett Travis' 'metaphor of the independents are best equipped to aliens that will draw on the husband, who dies an untimely drawn line' and the myth of the tap these resources. Of course, we research of economics Professor death (in the first scene) and leaves actual last night at the Alamo," have to give up the world Don Huddle, sociology Professor Ninfa to run the then struggling noted Huberman, who has a marketing to show 'real life' events. Chandler Davidson, and the film tortilla factory, is Bill Gibson. The particular interest in the myths and Regional cinema is admirable work of several Rice under- rest of the cast is primarily local themes of the West, as exhibited in despite the fact that in the short graduates. talent, including Tommy his course on the Western as a run we're not absorbed by the —David Wick*, Laurenzo, son of the real Ninfa Laurenzo, who plays one of the other sons of the fictionalized Designs for Living/ by Ronald Ehmke Ninfa. •"Nostalgia is a sickness." (May should be used. Cable television And, of course, there's Dear "Designs for Living" and has dangerous side-effects. Loon Georgiana Coronado Young all its many admirers: 11, 1982) Georgianna Coronado Young Lake is not worth reading. (Jones, '82). Young, who also I have nothing to say. Children are fun to watch. People to riches" career as a Houston •"Everybody is or can be an artist, served as translator in the show's behave strangely in the rain. Etc." restauranteur is the basis for *** but not everybody is or can be an writing, finds "lots of authentic (Miscellaneous sayings, June 12- Theatre Under the Stars' world- This is net a permanent art critic." (May 19, 1982) local culture and color" in this July 1, 1982) premiere musical comedy, Ninfa! "struggle of a Mexican woman in a condition. Most days, I have a lot Bernhard wrote the lyrics and co- to say, and I am more than willing •"There is no problem because white man's world." This list only covers May and wrote the book for this "fiesta of a to say it. Well, maybe not a lot, but there is no solution." (Misquota- Rice audiences remember her June. musical, in the Broadway style but from her days without the I do have my fair share of things to tion of Marcel Duchamp, June 1, with the music and folkloric "Coronado" but with the pizzazz say. And we're not talking "hello" 1982) spectacle of Mexico"; Young is that brought her so much success or "good morning" or "this is some I guess you can understand now featured in the show as Juanita, in such roles as Sally Bowles in weather we're having" or any of •"The great theme of the Eighties why I have nothing to say. It's not Ninfa's original Mexican "chef." Cabaret (Weiss Tabletop, '79). In that. That doesn't count. That's will be Family Life: its good like I ran out or anything; I'm just And happily-since the two share Ninfa!, Young is featured in kid stuff. We're talking Adult now. points, its bad points. There are a on a sort of vacation from saying The big issues. You know the ones. things. Who knows? I could be more than a little common interest several numbers as Juanita, number of each." (June 5, 1982) back on the job tomorrow. in the show's success—there's including "Take a Taco" and "I Here is a condensed list of some already talk of taking Ninfa! on Can't Cook." of the things I have had to say in •"Laurie Anderson is not a rock John Cage, as we all know, is the tour. Also appearing in Ninfa! is the recent past. I am only showing musician and should not be man who is famous for saying, "I Will Ninfa! find its place on Shepherd School of Music student vou this list—and remember it is regarded as one. The Clash are the have nothing to say, and I am Broadway as naturally as a Connie Covert, a member of the condensed—to establish once and new Rolling Stones. Bob Dylan's saying it." jalapeno on a nacho? Perhaps. But chorus. Says Covert, "I know for all the fact that I do(most ofthe born-again records are not so bad Good for you, John. in the Bayou City, where this Houston audiences will love it. time) have something to say. Here after all. The Road Warrior is not a But the way John Cage puts it, it very good Bad Movie. The musical tale of one of its native Bring lots of margaritas and goes: sounds like a permanent opening credits for The World daughters will premiere, Ninfa?s nachos." condition: I never have anything According to Garp make no to say. Which is patently untrue, at success is only a matter of time. As Nachos are available at the •"Nuclear war is bad !• Very bad! sense whatsoever unless the movie least in my case, as I have just many as 100,000 Houstonians may concession stand of Miller The heat from a nuclear is enough is seen as an homage to the late shown you. It is too easy to say crowd to Miller Outdoor Theatre Theatre, where Ninfa! will play to melt your eyeballs! There is no John Lennon. People should There is nothing to say, and to in Hermann Park for the spectacle, nightly (except Sunday) July 12- escape. Doctors and nurses will be discuss the problems in their and most of that audience is 24. BYO margaritas. among the first to go. Disease will relationships more openly, but tact see Designs, page 8 virtually guaranteed. An original —Joseph Halcyon ransack the land." (May 10, 1982) The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 6 Movies From summer doldrums comes boredom, E.T., Diner or even amusing. Poltergeist has some Once again, the intrepid film critics o/The seen, both for its powerful futuristic screen Diner suprises, but there is never much tension and Rice Thresher have journeyed into design and for the reassuring reiteration that Written and directed by no horror. movieland watching a lot of bad movies so human values can survive. Barry Le Vinson you don't have to. As usual, they graded the Rating: 2 Rating: 4 films for overall quality (like Rice grades, a — MKG Baltimore. Christmas, 1959. Back — RHD /+ is very good; a 5- is very, very bad). together again, in that unfathomable void Fighting off boredom and eye strain, staffers Rocky III between college and the real world, are six E.T. Richard Dees, Michele Gillespie, Jay Grob Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone buddies who hang out at The Diner: and John Heaner filed these reports: Screenplay by Melissa Mathison Directed by Sylvester Stallone Directed by Steven Spielberg

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . If vou still believe in the Great American Thanks to a massive media hype, Steve Written by Jack B. Sowards Dream, Rocky III is the film to see. Written Spielberg's summer extravaganza E. T.: The Directed by Nicholas Meyer and directed by its star, Sylvester Stallone, Extra-Terrestrial will be the biggest hit of the movie transforms the original offbeat the year, placing it in the same dubious Trekkies, breathe a sigh: your old heroes and innocent Rocky into a super-energized category with the likes of Raiders of the Lost are back. A little older, a little grayer, world of success where the pummeling of Ark and the Star Wars series. And E.T. is without too much new paunch. Star Trek II, bodies determines one's fate as well as unquestionably a nice film—the kind you unlike the celluloid, disaster Star Trek I morals and values. Can our hero survive the want to take your kids to see. Two years has the flavor and feel of one of the better ravages of fame and fortune and still charm ago, no one would have dared produce a film episodes of the old series (but let's face it: us with his slurred words and shy smile? with no sex and no violence and expect it to Trouble with Tribbles this ain't). Though Stallone makes a gallant effort, the sell. But Spielberg pulls it off in grand style. answer is a resounding "No." The Wrath of Khan is a sequel to one of In the tradition of the old Disney specials, the old episodes in which then-Captain Rocky Balboa, after knocking out Apollo this is the (as they say) "heart-warming tale" James T. Kirk (William Shatner) left the Creed (Carl Weathers) in Rocky II, is now of a boy and his encounter with an alien Wm * v' genetically-superior Khan (Ricardo champ, replete with mansion, ugly- accidentally stranded on Earth. Spielberg's Montalban) and his band of genetically- duckling-turned-swan wife Adrian (Talia The Gang: (l-r) Shrevie, Boogie, Fenwick, Eddie, and Billy is a world where love conquers all, and the superior followers on a nice little planet to Shire), an adorable little son, and film teaches morals often ignored in our • Eddie (Steve Guttenberg). Engaged to be try to eke out some form of existence. Well, advertising contracts galore. When not paranoid, self-centered world: Strange married. Administers pass-fail quiz to his things didn't work out too well, and Khan defending his title. Rocky glides in and out things aren't necessarily bad things. fiancee on The Topic, the Baltimore Colts. has vowed revenge on Kirk (who's still an of limos, endorsing some quintessential Friendliness counts, and Love is the answer. product with his familiar puppy dog eyes, • Boogie (Mickey Rourke). Professes to admiral despite his idiocy in Star Trek I). Spielberg likes his special effects (though There are some potentially interesting and returns home to his wife and kid. legal academia while seducing broads he meets in his job as a hairdresser. Gets laid a his penchant for bright lights shows up twists: Kirk's mid-life crisis, his discovery of But life isn't all apple-pie and no hard again), and the manipulations of the robot an old love and a bastard son, and of course knocks. Brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young) lot, gambles a lot, loses a lot. Even enjoys a stake over his sexual exploits. that is E.T. are well-done and delightful. Spock's rather gratuitous death. (It's really a accuses Rocky of stinginess. Mick (Burgess Basically, Spielberg has the expertise of a • Fenwick (Kevin Bacon). Rich kid/drop bit disappointing.) For Leonard Nimoy's Meredith) claims that all of Rocky's fights great filmmaker and the mind of a 10-year- out/drunkard/College Bowl genius. sake, I hope Spock stays dead, but the movie since the title were rigged and then he suffers old. That makes the film cute and • Shrevie (Timothy Daly). His marriage is implies a possible resurrection, and the a heart attack seconds before Rocky's title entertaining, but rather shallow. You can on the rocks because his mind is on the vinyl. "Save Spock" campaigners are already out defense against Clubber Lang (Mr. T). feel him manipulating your emotions. Seriously. Gets his thrills from knowing in full force at the screening. Suddenly Rocky can't get his act together, Personally, I rather resented it when 1 felt everything about single-plays; very touchy By going back to the old Star Trek everything goes wrong despite all his the sniffles coming on and 1 knew exactly about his record collection. Dreams that his formula, The Wrath of Khan does what contributions to worthy charities. But what Spielberg had done to make me feel wife will someday ask him what's on the everyone who liked the series hoped the first Apollo Creed shows up, ready to do battle that way. But he still managed to manipulate flipside. movie would do. Of course, it has all the on Rocky's side of the ring. Hope springs me anyway. eternal. • Billy (Daniel Stern). Knocked up a local faults and problems of the series. But now, Rating: I- TV exec. Now he wants to do it up right; she maybe, they can go on to better things. Everything about this film is blaring. — RHD Rating: 2 Though nostalgia strikes once upon hearing doesn't. An unborn fetus' life hangs in — RHD the original theme from Rocky, AM hit Eye balance. of the Tiger prevails. Heavy use of montage Not much of a plot. But with these guys, The Thing sequences quicken the pace and slow motion who needs one? Blade Runner Screenplay by Bill Lancaster fighting sequences show plenty of blood and Rating: I- Screenplay by Hampton Fancher Directed by John Carpenter and David Peoples violence. Clubber Lang deserves respect if —JRH Directed by Ridley Scott Before seeing The Thing, consider these two questions: 1) Do 1 usually like to be Blade Runner deserves credit for its terrorized at the movies by unimaginably fascinating and provoking screen design, but disgusting creatures and intense human the story itself leaves a little to be desired. paranoia? and 2)Can I accept the once mild- The screenplay by Hampton Fancher and mannered Kurt The Computer Who Wore David Peoples drops us into the city of Los Tennis Shoes Russell as one of toughest, Angeles in 2020 where streets swarm with a bravest, level-headed heroes ever devised for befuddling mixture of ethnicities, the silver screen? predominantly Oriental. One immediately If the answer to both those questions is a smells the filth and stench of the place resounding yes, pack your car, taking special through the power of visual effects and then care to leave the kids at home and go to this we switch to a new perspective from a much movie. Because that's about all you are higher vantage point. Here, impressive high going to see. rises tower over the stew of forgotten The Thing is director John Carpenter's (of humanity far below, and flying car-like Escape From New York fame) remake of the vehicles zip through the ultra-modern dazzle 1951 film of the same name. Astrange entity of. billboards and haze. , from outer space which survives by invading Within this amazing world of neon-lit the body of a life form (human or animal) slums and super-technology, we have and assuming that life form's appearance Harrison Ford, a "blade runner." A fancy attacks the small Antarctic research station name for combination detective and hitman, on which Russell and several other men are blade runners track down artificial stationed. It is impossible to tell which men humans—"replicants,"—and destroy them. have actually been invaded until the entity This isn't easy because replicants have been searches for more bodies to inhabit. This is genetically engineered to look like real where the gore comes in, as the inhabited people. In fact, replicants have become so With a suit of new clothes, Rocky taunts his new rival, Clubber Lang. body explodes into all sorts of indescribably realistic that they even experience real horrid special effects, and attacks anything human emotions. only for his shock value and Apollo Creed Poltergeist oearby. Harrison Ford must kill four particularly sports a terrific physique. Adrian holds the Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, The movie drones on in this fashion for dangerous replicants who ruthlessly audience's attention for one brief compelling Michael Grais, and Mark Victor about two hours as Russell's colleagues slaughter real humans. Though Ford doesn't scene before returning to the role of Directed by Tobe Hooper gradually become fewer, and our hero tries have much to say, he does manage to fall in wallpaper wife. And Rocky, no longer vainly to stop The Thing's attacks. But after love with a beautiful replicant and live innocent and appealing, reaches down into Poltergeist, in case you were wondering, is the first disgusting explosion from a once- through a series of potentially lethal scenes. the depths of his suave, debonair self to see if German for "noisy spirit." And the spirits of calm-looking man and Russell's first tough- Super android Rutger Hauer rounds out the he can again emerge a winner. Poltergeist certainly produce lots of noise— guy line, the film progresses very little, the chase 'em, fight 'em, kill 'em aspects of the Unfortunately, despite the all-American- and wind and light. (For some reason, explosions become routine and film with a truly compelling scene where he good-guy-gets-everything theme, I just can't Spielberg seems to think that bright lights monotonous, and the movie is really rather shows Ford the meaning of freedom. buy it. are used by all mysterious forces.) But they boring. Despite a good deal of seemingly senseless aren't particularly scary. The mumbo- Rating: 3- violence, predictable acting by Ford, and a Rating: 2- jumbo of poltergeists and inner space and -JAG chiding tone, Blade Runner deserves to be -MKG graveyards is not convincing or interesting see Summer, page 8 The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 7 Movies Summer movies offer no relief from the heat of the night... c ontinued from page 7 show for "family audiences." But Temple movies. While Little doesn't really bear up to the task. has been doing recently and Annie where Spielberg's E T. charms, Orphan Annie (Aileen Quinn) Finney shows he's still a good actor includes a few interesting quirks: a Screenplay by Carol Sobieski Annie merely bores. waits cheerfully for her parents to (but he's already shown that in wife whose life consists of Directed by John Husto Adapted from the Broadway find her, she sings to her friends better films). Carol Burnett as the producing a few babies for her musical, Annie is handicapped and to cold-hearted businessman drunken keeper of the orphanage husband before moving on, an Another "heart-warming" tale with a predictable plot and Daddy Warbucks (Albert Finney). is only mildly amusing. actress / lover who celebrates a new of children befriending unlikely director John Huston's apparent Unfortunately, the songs aren't Little Orphan Annie is a contract by drinking champagne companions, Annie is another desire to evoke the old Shirley memorable and Quinn's voice depression-era comic strip and the with aspjrin ("Champagne gives movie lives up to that era. But the me headaches," she explains), and thought that Daddy Warbucks a smart-mouth kid with a big nose Designs for Living/ by Ronald Ehmke spends so much money on ("Are we getting divorced again, worthless extravaganzas for Annie dad?" he asks). continued from page 8 political Thought (SSPT). It got Don't get me wrong: melted when millions of people are Rating: 2- leave it just at that. so bad for a while there that the eyeballs and jobless millions are starving in the streets stole away —RHD There are times when no one has most Serious SSPT in the land was not good, not good at all. But they what little sympathy I had for the anything to say. 1976 was such a coming from the Phil Donahue sure beat the hell out of painted fire show. time. Late in 1975, when there was show. And then he deserted us and hydrants. Rating: J+ The Road Warrior still a little left to say, the nation's married Mario Thomas. And even the painted fire — RHD Screenplay by Terry Haves leaders realized that pretty soon Then Simon got back together and George Miller hydrants wouldn't have been so Author! Author! there would be nothing left to talk with Garfunkel, and we had The Directed by George Miller bad (I guess), if there really had Screenplay by Israel Horovitz about, and so they dreamed up the Mr. Bill Show, and the Hostage Bicentennial. been nothing to say and nothing to Directed by Arthur Hiller Road Warrior is a silly movie, Crisis, and video games, and John do during the grey period. To say Surely you remember the about a loner trying to get by in a Anderson, and so on. "I have nothing to say" when there Bicentennial: A1 Pacino is a good actor, and I post-holocaust world ruled by I think the Hostage Crisis was really is something to say is a sad guess he wants to prove he really is thugs and motorcycle gangs. There *the television commercials! the turning point here, because thing indeed. I would say capable of playing many roles. So are lots of car chases, crash scenes, •the fireworks! shortly after that we had something about it here and now •the painted fire hydrants! now he deftly portrays the father of and deaths. But Road Warrior Afghanistan, and then Poland, if...well, if it were my day, which it does get a little above Gumball and then El Salvador, and then of isn't, and if I have something to a band of errant children in a and so on. It was a grim time. Of situation comedy worthy of Rally. Max (Mel Gibson) is almost course the Falklands, which say, which I don't. As I said. a classic Western hero: a quiet course. The Mary Tyler Moore temporarily brought us back to television, Author! Author! But a And now I want you all to have a renegade living outside society Show was still on the air, and that John Cage: We have nothing to more apt title would be Kramer vs. very good day, and a very good who is needed by that society in was okay, but pretty much the rest fight about, and we are fighting Kramer Meets The Goodbye Girl. summer, and eat lots of leafy order for civilization to survive. of the year was wasted. about it. Another of the rash of "heart- And then of course there were vegetables and other healthy warmers" this summer, Author! And ultimately, he is merely used the grey months of 1977, 1978, and And now, in the early Eighties, vegetables and other healthy Author! has the look, taste and feel by society to decoy the bad guys. 1979. During this period the the outlook is bright: nuclear war, foods, and listen to the radio as of a Neil Simon version of the Set in the desolate desert, Road supposed lacx oi tnings to say rampant militarism, persecution of much as you possibly can, and Dustin Hoffman-Meryl Streep Warrior becomes another new encouraged the development of minorities, economic disaster, don't urinate in public swimming film. With Marsha Mason and attempt to resurrect the spirit of various grassroots reactionary unemployment, and so on and so pools. Richard Dreyfuss, it would have the Western. In fact, it may be one movements (you know the ones: on. This makes for pleasant That is all. been written by him. That's what of the better movies made in recent the people who play Eagles records surprises on days like today, when you get here, so don't expect any years with more than 50 violent backwards to pick out lines about I have nothing to say. It is not that Yours truly, more. deaths. Satan-worshipping) while it there is nothing to say: rather, Billy Weathertree Author! Author! is, however, Rating: 3 discouraged Serious Socio- today is just not my day. Concerned Citizen better than most of the stuff Simon —RH&

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Films The Collector's Eye. A selection of works collected by Miss Ima Hogg over the course of a half century, including American Francois Truffaut's Antoine Doinel 5Vr/er.The saga of Antoine decorative arts, Southwest American Indian art, and twentieth Doinel continues in the last three of five films being shown this century European works on paper. The exhibition celebrates the summer. Stolen Kisses shows on July 9, Bed and Board on July 15, centennial of her birth. Museum of Fine Arts, Blaffer Gallery, July 2 and Love on the Run, using clips from all the previous films, - August 29. completes the series on July 23. All films are in French with titles. Media Center, 7:30 and 10 p.m. except Bed an d Board, which shows only at 7:30 p.m. Charles Simonds: Circles and Towers Growing. The most comprehensive exhibition to date of Charles Simonds' miniature clay brick dwellings for an imaginary race of "Little People." Knife in the Head. This "political mystery thriller" expresses the Simonds has been creating these dwellings for the past decade, bewilderment of modern man. Directed by Reinhard Hauff. Media painstakingly constructing hundreds of them in this country and Center, Friday, July 16, 7:30 and 10 p.m. abroad from small, unfired clay bricks. Photo documentation of projects will be on view in Gallery III. Contemporary Arts Museum, Perspectives Gallery, through August 15.

Allegro Non Troppo. Co-sponsored by HSO as part of its summer Theater festival schedule, this film is an imaginative send-up of Disney's Fantasia. Directed by celebrated Italian animator Bruno Bozetto. The Unexpected Guest. The Alley presents its annual Agatha Media Center, Saturday, July 10, 7:30 and 10 p.m. L Christie mystery. Beginning July 15 at the Alley Theatre. For ticket and performance information, call 228-8421.

Stravinsky, Stravinsky-Picasso, and Stravinsky-Portrait. Also co- sponsored by HSO, these three documentaries trace the life of this Sleeping Beauty and Magic Theatre. The Children's Theatre important composer. Interviews with Stravinsky are included. Festival of Houston introduces a "new generation" of children's Media Center, Thursday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. plays this summer. The musical fantasy Sleeping Beauty combines song, dance, and comedy to enliven an old fairy tale; the show will run through July 16. Magic Theatre deals with everyday problems such as anger, fear, and jealousy without being condescending; Museums utilization of acting, song, and mime by members of the UH mime troupe helps to create a show equally endearing to adults and J. M. W. Turner Watercolors from the British Museum. Eighty-eight children. Performance dates are July 21 - August 6. Mondays - works selected from more than 19,000 drawings and watercolors Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Lyndall Finley bequeathed to Great Britain by Turner. Turner is considered by Wortham Theatre on UH Central Campus. For information and many art historians to be Great Britain's greatest artist. Museum of reservations, call 749-3450. Fine Arts, Wiess Gallery, through July 18.

Music Chinese Art at Yale. An exhibition of 75 works from the Yale University Art Gallery, including examples of the gallery's Houston Symphony Orchestra. As part of its second annual summer significant holdings of early Chinese bronzes, jades, ceramics, festival, HSO is presenting a trio of great composers—Haydn, paintings, and objects dating from the late Shang dynasty (14th - \aiii Stravinsky, and Ravel. Five of the eleven concerts will be held at 12th centuries, B.C.) through the Ch'ing dynasty (1644 - 1912). Htamman Hall; the first, an all-Stravinsky evening, will feature Chu Lu( Bamboo, Ming Dynasty M useum of Fine Arts, Masterson Study Gallery, through August 22. Rice's John Heaner narrating L'Histoire du soldat. For ticket in Chinese Art at Yale information, call 227-ARTS; for concert information, call 224-4240.

The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 8 THE RICi THRESHER/SPORTS Owls travel to Puerto Rico to play national team by Steve Bailey get a huge jump on other The Rice women's basketball Southwest Conference competi- team will make an unprecedented tion by playing her four freshmen, seven-day post-season trip she intends to win. Says Tucker, through Puerto Rico this week, "They're paying our way down playing four exhibition games inas there (food and transportation) to many days against the Puerto provide competition. I'd be a fool Rican National Team. Linda not to play Pat and Goya. Tucker will be coaching the best Evrybody will play—that's the squad of her career, as the entire purpose of this trip." Owl team, including graduated Indeed, Kreiger and Quails own seniors Pat Krieger and Goya the record books at Rice, and this Quails, as well as four incoming trip will be their farewell freshmen that represent the appearance. Both suffered injuries strongest recruiting in Rice near the end of the spring season, history, will take the court to the and were disappointed to end their challenge of the Puerto Ricans. careers without a state Since Rice is switching to the championship. This jaunt over the NCAA from the AIAW this fall, island will provide a chance to turn the NCAA rules that prohibit post- sour memories into sweet ones. season play do not apply to Rice. Tucker is enthusiastic about the From left to right: (First row) Kathy Landry, Felicia Cavillini, Kathy Barnard, Paige Hershey, Valerie Ziegler, (Second The AIAW does have some squad that will remain for regular restrictions on post-season play, as season competition, as well. row), Pennie Goff, Lorraine Schunck, Ann Fisher, Katie Osten, Goya Quails, Sandra Tilden, Jennifer Stone, Pat Krieger well as restrictions on competition "Pennie Goffs incredible. Her (third row) Trainer Micki McCauley, Coach Linda Tucker, Manager Jean Hobart M. Sass by graduated seniors, but they shooting has really improved since talent. Six-footers Sandra Tilden of the team by their sophomore they will with the men's, since we're cleared the way for Rice at the season. Jennifer Stone has and Ann Fisher, 5-11 Renee years. I'm very pleased with the not as well established," notes Tucker's request. It is unlikely that been working on the weights, and Spence, and 5-7 point guard Kathy talent we have." Tucker. "We got the money the the NCAA would ever approve she is really strong now. They all Landry join the Rice teamfortheir The Owls started practice a only way we know how - work such a trip. "We're fortunate that have been on weights all spring and inaugural Southwest Conference month ago, and the freshmen hard." we're under the deadline," says it's helped tremendously." season. Tucker will lose four joined the team three weeks ago. The Owls returns to the States Tucker. Rice will replace their two players at the end of next season, Everyone is very serious about July 13 for a long-awaited Though the trip poses an seniors with four freshmen, and so she recruited with that in mind. doing well against PR, but no one obvious opportunity for Tucker to Tucker recruited height as well as "The freshmen will be the nucleus is certain as to how good they are. Tucker has learned that many of TtTTTTTTPI their players go to school on the mainland and play college ball. Tucker received an invitation to Breckwoldt resigns swim post play the Puerto Ricans after visiting women's track coach assistant business manager for the as both swimmers and people, Victor Lopez and his family on the athletic department until this year, especially since Rice should have island last summer. While she was said no single factor totally the best swim teams next year it there she met the coach of the influenced his decision. "It was a has ever had." Breckwoldt's men's national team, who asked if combination of opportunity, of women have finished eighth, tenth she would be interested in bringing things I wanted to do, and and eleventh nationally in Division the team down for an exhibition frustration and anguish with the II in the past three years, and he series. She gladly accepted. university," he said. feels that with the addition of six Rice will stay at the Sacred Among Breckwoldt's biggests new swimmers next year, the team Heart University in San Juan, and complaints was the overall will be Rice's strongest ever. play games in four Puerto Rican condition of the Rice Pool. "The However, Breckwoldt does not towns. Though travelling, lodging Linda Tucker tile is falling off the deck. The pool feel that his departure will and food are provided by the PR is overworked and under taken adversely affect the program. "The team on this trip, the Rice squad vacation. They have already care of. Both the physical swimmers will get good coaching had to raise the money themselves announced their spring schedule, education department and the without me," he said, adding " and for the air fare, by nailing numbers which includes matches with many Fred Breckwoldt athletic department have tried to I don't think it will stop any of the on the seats in Rice Stadium, former AIAW foes such as get the pool repaired, but the freshmen from coming to Rice which was 16 days of tedious work by Jay Grob Southwestern and Hardin- University turned down their because my swimmers have always for Tucker and the team. "No one's Rice swim coach Fred Simmons, as well as the team's first requests. I just hope the university believed that their education was gonna come along and drop $5000- Breckwoldt, who directed the Owl SWC schedule, which will be only will support the program more in the most important thing." 7000 on the women's program like swim program for t he last 16 years, nine games. the future." announced his resignation from The athletic department, in the university late in June. Breckwoldt expressed regret searching for a new coach, has COLLEGIATE CLEANERS Breckwoldt plans to move to over leaving his powerf ul women's labeled the job as a part-time I Austin, where he will teach biology swim team which has produced 25 position. No candidates have Students 10% Discount on at St. Stevens School. The search -Ail-Americans since its inception surfaced as favorites for the spot, Drycleaning and Alterations although Assistant Swim Coach for a replacement has begun, but in 1976, his non-scholarship men's 2430 Rice Blvd. 523-5887 no appointment has been made as team and the Rice community in Kris Wingeroth, who served in that yet. ** general. "I hate leaving the kids capacity last year without pay, Straight up the street in the village may be the front runner. Breckwoldt, who also served as who have always been tremendous

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The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 9 Blumentritt, Rudd team to capture AIAW doubles

Junior Trade Blumentritt and consecutive victories at the cross with one another on the court sophomore Susan Rudd became national tourney and three because both knows that the other Rice's first two women tennis All- consecutive at the regional one is doing her best." Americans when the duo captured competition. Because of the split this year the AIAW national doubles Said Coach Paul Blankenship, between the NCAA and the championship in Iowa City, Iowa "There were times during the year AIAW, Blankenship pointed out in June. The pair defeated the team when they played as well as they that some of the toughest teams in of Breed and Grummel from the did at the nationals, but not in so the country, particularly some University of California at many matches back-to-back." California squads, did not play in Berkeley 7-5, 6-4 to take the title. Blankenship outlined three the AIAW tournament. However, The second-seeded team in the factors that he feels brought so Blankenship regards Blumentritt tournament, Blumentritt and much success to Blumentritt and and Rudd as one of the top eight Rudd captured victories over top Rudd: Intimidation of the teams in the country regardless. teams from South Florida opponent when serving, powerful "Tracie and Susan can play with (Rozwadowski and Maggil, 6-2, 6- returns of service, and general anyone and I would not hesitate to 2), Texas (Johansen and McKeen, ability around the net. put them on the court against any Tracie Blumentritt Susan Rudd 6-3, 6-2) and Alabama (Denta and Additionally, Blankenship said, doubles team." Steyn, 7-5, 7-6) before winning the "Trade and Susan blend together title. The victory brought extremely well. They get along well BASKETBALL Blumentritt and Rudd's winning on the court and are close friends streak to seven, with four off the court. And they don't get Pistons select Owl star Pierce TRACK interest in Ricky. I'm glad to see by Steve Moniaci that he is going to Detroit and I Rice takes sixth place Former Rice eager Ricky Pierce think he has an excellent chance to became the 18th collegiate player do very well there." The Rice women's track squad, drafted when the Detroit Pistons Earlier in the year, Pierce had led by Disa Lewis and Lisa made him their second choice in expressed the desire to remain in Ferdinand, placed sixth among 62 the first round of the National Houston as a Rocket. As late as the schools competing in the national Basketball Association draft, held morning of the draft that AIAW Division II track and field June 29 in New York. Pierce was possibility looked promising. championships in Clarksville, also the third of four Southwest However, Rocket Coach Del Tennessee just after classes ended Conference players taken in the Harris dashed Pierce's hopes when in April. The Owls finished with 33 first round. he "announced the selection of points in the meet, which was won Pierce was obviously very happy Baylor's Terry Teagle. to be chosen in the first round and by South Carolina State with 87. Ricky Pierce Along with Pierce and Teagle, Eight individual Owls garnered to be going to the Detroit Pistons. other SWC players drafted in the All-American status by finishing in Said Pierce, "They talked to me all interested enough in Pierce to first round were LaSalle the top six spots in six individual year long so I knew they were very make him a first round selection. Thompson of Texas by Kansas and three relay events. Ferdinand interested. They've got some good "Portland, Houston, Indiana, and City and Rob Williams of Houston topped all scorers for the Owls, young players and I just want to go Detroit all expressed a lot of by Denver. grabbing second place in the high up there and do the best I can." jump with a leap of 5-9 and sixth in The Pistons also drafted BASKETBALL the heptathalon. Lewis followed Wichita State forward Cliff closely with a second place in the Livingston earlier in the first 1500 meters in 4:26.2 and an eighth round. Both Pierce and Livingston place finish in the heptathalon. were selected to the all-tournament Suitts names Hudson l.aura E. Wright, who did not team at the Rainbow Classic in Lisa Ferdinand repeat last year's top finish in the Hawaii last year. The two will now prior to that held a similar position 400 meter dash, nevertheless team with last year's rookie Head Basketball Coach Tommy at Alabama for five years. While at finished third in that event with a 5-7 in the high jump, and relay sensations, Isiah Thomas and Suitts announced in June the Alabama, the Tide twice went to personal record 54.62. Also runners Susan Conte, Jodi Kelly Tripucka, in Detroit. hiring of Wendell Hudson, 31, as the NCAA playoffs, twice played grabbing All-American honors for Radziewicz, Alecia Abraham , and Rice head coach Tommy Suitts an assistant basketball coach. in the NIT and twice captured R ice were Pennie Goff, who soared Lisa Myers. felt that there were four teams Hudson, who replaces Alabama- Southeastern Conference titles. bound Silas McKinnie, will handle A star performer himself while both recruiting and coaching for at Alabama, Hudson twice paced the Owls. the Southeastern Conference in For the past three years, Hudson scoring, made several All-America served as an assistant at the teams and was a second round University of North Alabama and draft choice of the Chicago Bulls. New in Rice Village.... 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The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 10 KTRU receives first FCC inspection, replaces 2 tubes by Dave Collins not available, stressed that he was Third Class operator to fill the began his shift early Sunday, May until June 1 to ask an electronics The Federal Communications there to help, and "not to slap position. 30, the meters indicating company in Dallas to send four Commission recently inspected anyone's wrists." Other problems KTRU still awaits an official transmitter plate current and new tubes, two to be kept as spare KTRU-FM, the Rice University he noted include incorrect citation from the FCC that states voltage suddenly read "0." parts. Sent by air freight at a cost radio station, for the first time in operating log procedures on the the violations and the deadline for Erickson called Williamson, who to KTRU of $500, the the station's 11-year history. The part of disc jockeys, and the their correction. discovered that the transmitter replacements arrived June 2 at 11 station received notice of several inavailability of a chief operator Earlier this summer KTRU's tubes, located atop Richardson p.m. and were quickly installed. violations, all relatively easy to with at least a Second Class transmitter failed, forcing the College, had blown. KTRU resumed its regular correct. operating license. Recent FCC station off the air for four days. Because of the Memorial Day broadcast schedule the next The FCC inspector examined legislation, however, will allow a When disc jockey Kent Erickson holiday, Williamson had to wait morning. KTRU's equipment and paper- work with Station Manager and acting Chief Engineer Paul Houston vies for Rice encore of Super Bowl Williamson for over two hours, and came up with the following by Steve Moniaci Miami (Orange Bowl) and be ready to host the 1985 game. the 16 Super Bowl Sundays. violations: Rice Stadium may once again Houston. Originally, the league The Houston delegation to New The attraction to hold the game 1. Failure to schedule tests of the become the site of the National planned to announce the site at the York was only one of two that did is centered around finances. Last Emergency Broadcast System, Football League's January end of those meetings, but due to not include the city's mayor, year, the city of Detroit added required weekly; extravaganza, the Super Bowl, in the large number of cities involved consisting of Councilman Jim almost $63 million dollars to its 2. Failure to calibrate meters, 1985 or 1986. The 72,000 seat league officials decided the city Greenwood and Rice Athletic hurting economy due to the game. also required on a weekly basis; stadium hosted the event in 1974 would not be announced until after Director Augie Erfurth. The two According to Erfurth, the game 3. Inconsistencies between when the Miami Dolphins the league held a special meeting hoped to convince NFL officials would also provide about $200,000 power meters at the transmitter defeated the Minnesota Vikings October 19. that problems surrounding the to Rice in stadium rental, parking site and in the station, resulting for the championship. 1974 game, most notably the and concessions. "The real gain to Sources close to the NFL from violation 2; The NFL heard presentations condition of Houston's training Rice is the exposure the Super speculate that NFL Commisioner 4. Failure to provide proof of from ten cities vying for the game, facilities, had been eradicated. Bowl would bring to Rice. There is Pete Rozelle may be favoring San transmitter performance, an including Houston, at its annual Among Erfurth's and Green- no way we can guage how much Francisco since that city has never annual engineering paperwork meetings in New York during the wood's arsenal of evidence were it's worth to have the name Rice hosted the game previously. duty. The last such proof was first week in June. Among the expanded facilities at both Rice University and Rice Stadium Additonally, San Francisco presented in 1979. favorites for the game are San and the Houston Oilers' training associated with all the facets of the Mayor Diane Fernstein, a member game. It would be a great boost to The inspector, whose name is Francisco (Candlestick Park), site, but also the fact that it has of the San Francisco presentation only rained in Houston on three of the university," he added. group, is considered a strong lobbyist for her city. 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The Rice Thresher, July 7, 1982, page 11 Illinois is a great place to raise a daughter misclass: You can stick your 9 to 5 livin' and Ma'ri'o for Governor! Vote for the The Rice People's Calendar, also Attention out-of-town freshlings: your collar and your tie; You can man who: known as the Rice Calendar in David Southwell is a terrible DJ. You now have a new favorite stick your moral standards cuz it's • Won't send the police knocking Solidarity with the People's He plays the same damn songs baseball team: our own Houston all a dirty lie. You can stick your on your door in the middle of the Worldwide Struggle against every shift. Those who listen Astros. Admittedly, they have golden handshake, stick your silly night, unless you're Steve Garvey. I mperialism, will not appear in this during his shift (1-4 am Monday fallen on some hard times this rules...and all the other [*] they • Won't promise to bury the issue due to budget cuts at the mornings on KTRU, and this is season, but every team suffers teach the kids in school; cuz I ain't nation's nuclear waste in Texas. National Endowment for the not an endorsement) will note the through cursed years. They are no fool!! • Will invite Kathy Whitmire to Humanities. So don't expect to irritating frequency of the Tubes, certainly better than their record. *** the Governor's meeting with Texas find out what's at the River Oaks Nina Hagen, 999, and the You'll be glad you became an Ed. note: Sorry about that little mayors. from us! Boomtown Rats, to name a few. Astro fan next season, when Mr. J. asterisk in the brackets, but this is • Won't make an ass of himself in *** Not that these artists are bad in Sambito and Mr. J. R. Richard the summer edition, the kiddie front of the rest of the country. And now this musical message themselves, but Southwell plays return to the Houston pitching edition, the Future of Rice and • Will support equal rights, ERA from Mr. J. K. Carrasco to Gen. the same songs by these people staff. Humankind As We Know It issue. II, Title IX, and anything else that Galtieri: every time. One would think he'd *** "Don't let a woman make a fool / just can't go around printing such will make us all first-class citizens. be bored with it by now. Do you remember about six to out of you *•* filthy language in such a clean issue Vote for the human being for eight months ago when Ronnie of our filthy campus rag! Sorry. Like I let a woman make a fool Hey, what's this large breast doing once! Ma'ri'o! Ma'ri'o*** ! Ma'ri'o! pleaded for time to let his —sib out of me." in the middle of the road? economic program work? * * * For sale: Stereo w/ Send in your application now for For sale: 4'/:' refrigerator-freezer, AM/FM receiver the 1982 World Donkey Kong lots of room inside. Asking $30-40. 8-track cassette Cup, to be held in the outfield at second-class citizen misclass; Call 526-5771. Turntable Shea Stadium, New York City. **• Nancy, has it ever occurred to watch it beat the crap outta other Dear, dear summer school Speakers with extra long wires Co-sponsored by Ma'ri'o and you that a couple of guys, one teams. This is the gratification that students at Rice with lots of Good condition. $75. Call 526- Dave "Kong" Kingman. Come and married, one with a girlfriend, a sports/an receives for supporting money: 5771. get your dong konkeyed! wouldn't drive to that hell-hole Ft. a team. *** »»» Now you can help make HAIR — A unique musical "And the pitch in to Garvey...oh Worth, stay in the place for three And when the sports coverage in Reagonomics work and get some experience comes to Rice! The fun dear, oh dear, the ball hit him in days, haggle with uncaring SIDs the Thresher improved, it wasn't "great" music, with just one begins with auditions August 30 & the head! He appears to be dead! and other officials who can't just the women who benefitted, but opening of your purse or wallet! believe Rice sent some reporters all varsity athletes. This is not a 31. Hanszen Colleg*** e commons. Well, I guess that ends the I'm a Rice student from a lower consecutive game streak...this is a (so we must be imposters, or causist [sic] attitude, it's an middle class family, and I hate to Hey, Nancy, the Houston Post is worse, perverts), just because we attitude of fairness. You see, we great day for baseball, fans!" part with thesfe albums, but I will getting to be a little causist [sic], are causist [sic]? What does that can afford to be fair—we don't *** for $2.50. Or you can bargain with wouldn't you say? Did you see that Hey freshmen men! Don't fall for word mean, anyway? I can't find it have to sell any papers. me, if you think it's safe. big article in the Sunday edition? the old Brown scam! They're in Random House. Apparently, you do have to sell Gary Wright — IJght of smiles. Why, they should have run owned by Mainway Products, the You see, we are sports fans. We some papers. Heart (\)—Dreamboat Annie. another feature on Ricky Pierce, makers of Bag o' Glass! like to pick a team, follow it, and Andrew Gold— What's wrong instead! He's so much more with this picture. (You figure it interesting than the women's out!) Firefall — Elan. Dr, Hook— team's consistency, dominance, in memory of Skelvino—short, stumpy misclass Best of Dr. Hook. Alice Cooper— and winning record. Editor's note: The following "I'm sorry we kept you waiting, but Boy: "He had nice bulges." Greatest Hits. K-tel 1975 double *** misclasses are reruns and best ofs, I don't believe we have." Girl: "No, we looked at his thighs." Personal to Dan: Sorry, buddy, album (Lots of good songs from along with some occassional new —Dr. Holt, Pub Board meeting 9:36 pm, 3/6 but Skelvino seems to have flown material that didn't make it the *** the 70's!) Neil Sedaka—Sedaka's Editor's note: I don't really back. (Bov. is he ever!) Helen the coop! I'm in charge now, and first time for some reason. Now, "But I don't want to be a P.E. Reddv—Greatest Hits and Love boy, are things going to be for your reading pleasure, please major. I still have ambition; I'm understand this one, but I ran it different! No more lackadaisical just stupid." because I figure it's some sort of song for Jeffrey. Abba—Arrival. enjoy a special section of secret code between women. —sib Wings (and Paaaaaaul McCartney attitude. No more personal hurt. misclasses in honor of our dear, *** *** w/ Linda!)—Speed of Sound No more school-wide ridicule. departed friend, Skelvino "Brick" "Don't worry. It's dark enough so your face won't look bad." "Stan's just trying to get me to (includes "Silly love songs"). We're all on the same team now, Thompson. —sib friend. **« —Alexandra to Carol, 9:16 pm wear this %& S ft 11:03 — PS 11 Dr. Wang, Masc 340

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