Alcohol Committee Examines Present Drinking Rules
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Aft ^ 3 1 Biology Department's experimental prairie razed in fire by David Friesenhahn to extinguish the blaze, as they Shanholt/ said that the fall. They use the prairie tor botany Harcombe said it should be Three-fourths of the Rice were hampered by a light breeze witnesses have refused to identify experiments during the spring. available lor use in experiments bs Biology Department's experi- and were concerned that foliage the two boys because they do not Har combe said that the next fall. mental prairie was destroyed in a surrounding the prairie might also want to see them punished for the destruction of the prairie "will fire early Sunday afternoon. catch fire. incident. make conducting botany Chairman ol the Biology Rice University Police officer experiments more difficult." Department Ronald Sass said that Professor of Biology Paul M. S. Shanholt/ said he saw the According to Shanholtz, two However, he noted that the loss, until the prairie grows back.the Harcombe said the Biology fire at about 2:00 p.m. while he was witnesses told him they saw two of the prairie would not present department may have to simpl\ Department uses the prairie as a patrolling the stadium parking lot. boys who live in the neighborhood any immediate problems, since the conduct different types of laboratory for experiments to He then reported it to a dispatcher next to Rice climb the fence department currently has no experiments. He said that as I ires supplement classroom instruction. at Rice Campus Police, who called bordering the prairie. Once inside, e x p e r i m e n t s u n d e r w ay. are a natural part of the prairie's they started a small fire which soon I h e depart m e n t c o n d nets the Houston Fire Department. Although it is hard to estimate ecological cycle, the fire will enable went out of control. They then observational studies ol animal how long it will take lor the prairie biologists to observe the prairie as rode awav on bicycles. behavior on the prairie during the It took firemen twenty minutes to return to its previous state. it begins its cycle anew. INSIDE: • No editorials today, cartoons rule. See page 2 • Zander, Allen, Divine, Petra make for schizo Fine Arts section See pages 3 to 6 • And they lived happily ever Volume 72, Number 34 1HRESHETuesday, March R26 198f Alcohol committee examines present drinking rules by Kimberlee Barrett was to form an advisory committee Due to anticipated legislation composed of both students and which would raise the drinking age professors to study the effects a in Texas to 21. Vice President for higher drinking age will have on Academic Affairs Ronald student life. Stebbings is organizing an ad hoc Professor of Biology Ronald committee which will reconsider Sass will act as chairman of the Rice University's policy on new committee. Other members undergraduate drinking and will include Martin; a s s o c i a t e make policy recommendations to anthropology professor Roderick the administration. Mcintosh; I.ovett co-master (Jerry Proposed Texas legislation .Jump: Dr. Eva Lee, resident would raise the drinking age to 20 associate of Jones college and a effective September 1. 1985. and professor of health and physical then raise it to 21 the following education: and sociology professor September. Stephen Klineberg. who has twice "As it became more obvious that served as an interim master. the drinking laws were likely to Student members of the change to 21 we. Dr. Stebbings and committee are SA President Barry myself, felt that the alcohol policy Nicholson. RPC President Susan on campus would have to be long, Jones College President reviewed," said Director of Harrison I.adimer, a (ISA Student Activities Dr. Patricia representative not yet named, and Martin. an at-large student under 21 to be Martin also said that she and selected by the SA. Stebbings felt the best way to Specifically, the committee will prepare for the proposed change be considering such functions as PBK elects members The Beta of Texas Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has elected several Rice University students to their spring contingent of members. Phi Beta Kappa is a society which seeks to honor outstanding academic Barry Nicholson ---P. Trjzinsi<i achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. schools whiih have adapted :o To be eligible for election, students must have completed a minimum of beer-bike, Willy's Pub. and college ad\isory capacity; it is "not similar situations. 90 semester hours in courses that are demonstrably liberal in content and nights. intended to curtail activities. We're emphasis, and that reflect a breadth of intellectual interest. " The committee will examine ail simply being sensible about "Some other universities ha - e anticipated this ahead of us." The following Rice students have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa: aspects of college life which possible changes." explained involve people drinking who are Stebbings. Stebbings said. Martin cited Name College Major under 21." Stebbings said. As a guideline for dealing with Princeton as an example. Kumar B. Amin Richardson Sociology Stebbings also emphasized that the stricter drinking law. the Sass will guide the committee in Theresa D. Beck Will Rice Managerial Studies this committee exists onlv in an committee will be looking at other its study but Martin suggested that John O. Brooks Richardson Psychology they also contact a lawyer to Kathleen M. Broussard Brown Spanish Melissa G. Burkett Hanszen English consider Rice's legal obligations. Allison D. Byerlev Will Rice Political Science Policy Studies Stebbings concurred. "We don't Charles F. Caldwell Wiess History Political Science Thresher interruptus want to be caught unaware." Susanne M. Cox Brown Managerial Studies Nicholson, representing Tracy K. Edmonson I.ovett Economics/ English Because of Easter break (April 4 through 7) and students' views on the sensitive Robin G. Clifford Brown Electrical Engineering issue, hopes that the committee Belinda R. Goertz Baker Psychology / Spanish general staff malaise, there will be no Threshers next Hsiao-Yi Sylvia Hsu Lovett Biology week, nor Will there be one the Tuesday after break. will remain an open forum for Bobby P. K. Jain Lovett Electrical Eng'g, Managerial Studies student opinion. Kenneth E.Kurtzman Hanszen Economics Therefore, any notices or announcements which H is main concern is with "what's Kristine I.aCroix Will Rice Electrical Engineering need to appear in the Thresher before Friday, April 12, going to occur, if anything, next Huong Thuy L.e Will Rice Biology year" in new campus liquor Yen-Chi Huynh Le Brown Biology must be turned in to the Thresher office by 5 p.m. Thomas Randall Lee Richardson Chemistry today, so that we may include them in this Friday's legislation. David A. McDermott Wiess Mechanical Engineering "My personal opinion is that Beverly L. Miller Jones Anthropology issue. (This is an extension of the normal deadline, next year nothing different should James M. Nelson Baker Electrical Engineering which is Monday at 5 p.m.) We apologize for any happen for nothing will legalh be Andrew P. Ng Lovett Electrical Engineering/ Psychology changed. My main concern is what Sharon E. Nowotny Baker Managerial Studies/ Psychology inconvenience this may cause. will happen next year because, Claudia A. Orengo Hanszen Psychology After today's issue, there will be six more Threshers David E. Park Baker Mathematical Sciences/Economics from past observation, the Paige C. Patton Jones Managerial Studies before graduation. Their scheduled publication dates administration likes to prepare for Duaine W. Pryor Hanszen Mathematics are: things ahead of time. The drinking Daniel P. Putnam Baker Biology March 29 (Friday). age isn't a problem yet." Nicholson Christopher B. Rockwood Wiess Electrical Engineering said, adding that he looked Madeleine L. 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