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Brown, SRC conversions to coed not in near future By Dave Collins College President Lisa Shambro all the colleges." Six years ago, Rice had three related, "We asked Dr. Rote noted that as early as 1981, colleges which housed members of Hackerman if and when Brown Dr. William Martin, then both genders. Since then that and Sid Rich would go coed. We Richardson's master, had number has doubled, leaving only had in mind that there were rumors remarked on the possibility of two havens for those seeking of charters or wills that forbade dual-sex conversion for the isolation from the opposite sex. them from going coed. He college. Now students have opened a informed us that that wasn't so." Hackerman also warned against dialog on the subject of converting Hackerman responded, jumping to conclusions. "First, we those colleges to coed status, according to Shambro, "If it does have to digest this most recent though the administration has happen, it will be at least two or conversion, which happened last made no official plans to that three years." year," he stated, referring to effect. Chris Rote, president of all-male opening of Wiess College to At a luncheon with President Richardson College, played down women. "The other two Norman Hackerman last the discussion. "It's not that big a conversions, if they happen, will Wednesday, the college presidents deal," he said. "Lisa asked him come in time, but right now, it's a raised the subject of converting (Hackerman) about it, and he little premature to start thinking Brown and Richardson Colleges to made no definite statement. The about it." coed habitation. As Brown ultimate plan, of course, is coed for An SRC suite: will it soon lose its delightful male ambience? -C. Clay see Presidents, page 6 I 1/ !' V ' ! INSIDE: • Thresher interviews profs about new coach, page 9. • Candide "wimps out", needs rewrite, page 11. • Cagers hang tough, lose nevertheless, page 15. Volume 71, Number IS WRESHEFriday, Ow«mb«r 9R, 1983 New coach speaks to students Merry Xams from HC by Dave Collins Brown College President Lisa Brown then addressed the Watson Brown, Rice's new head Shambro opened the session by problem of finding football players Here are some suggestions that will help everyone enjoy the advantages football coach, dropped in on asking Brown if he thought that who can compete academically at of the Honor System: Monday night's meeting of the Rice should have a universal Rice. He noted, "We want to Student Association Senate minimum standard for admission, recruit nationally. Texas is a great • It is the student's responsibility to know the rules for each exam — the meeting to greet the student body and what he thought that standard state for football players, but you time duration, the allowed reference materials, the time and place to turn it face to face. He presented his should be. He responded that a aren't gonna find all the people you • Self-scheduled exams are to be taken in the room they are distributed in. opinions and predictions to standard should exist, but the need here who meet those While a student is free to leave at any time, the exam is to remain in the administration and the athletic standards." approximately 150 students and a assigned room. The only exception to this policy is a student wishing to type video camera from Arts 327a, deparment have yet to define it. Asked if he had examined the his exam. while answering questions on the "We're working on that," Brown scholastic records of Rice's present • Most professors would appreciate it if you would mark the time and place compatibility of football and informed the crowd. "I think it's a football squad, Brown replied that the test was taken on the cover of the blue book. academics among other subjects. different kind of student who he had not. "I have not looked at • When you are finished with a take-home exam, seal the test and test Brown has become the center of comes to a private university. I their past records. I don't want to booklet by stapling them shut or sealing them in an envelope. a controversy at Rice in understand what kind of student is think about the past. I have not • Try to turn the exam in yourself as early as possible; if you cannot, make connection with the new looking for a degree from Rice. As even looked at the films from this sure whomever you designate to do this for you knows the correct time and place for turning it in. commitment to excellence in far as getting a degree and playing year's games," he said. • Remember to sign the pledge; not signing the pledge does not relieve you athletics recently announced by football goes, I believe you can do Stephen Sokolyk, SA secretary, from the responsibilities of the Honor System. the Board of Governors. His both, because I did." Brown asked Brown why he had taken a • Be circumspect in your conversations so as not to give or receive aid contract reportedly provides for a received a B.S. in geology from job which put him in charge of a inadvertently concerning an exam. package of $1.2 million over six Vanderbilt in 1973. situation which "is, on the surface, These suggestions are provided by the Honor Council. years, funded by the university and He admitted his lack of faith in see Brown, page 6 outside contributions. Through- SATs and similar tests, saying that out the hour allotted him Brown no standardized test can determine demonstrated his sincere belief in the full value or potential of a the possibility of a winning student, and thus should never be More stipends needed for grads football team at Rice with no the sole criterion for admission. compromise of academic Rice currently has no minimum by Brock Wagner The panel then moved to the Treasurer's office will not reveal standards. SAT score requirement. The Rice self-study panel on second item of business, allowing the exact amount of money graduate education held an open the people in attendance to air available for the individual forum last Thursday to discuss the grievances and praise. One of the programs. present and future state of Rice's first criticisms that surfaced was This discussion led to the next checks out graduate programs. Ten people, the lack of leadership within the topic, that of enticing good graduate program. students to come to Rice for by Melbsa Durbin primarily faculty members, attended the meeting. Since administrators have been graduate work. The number of Cashier Edward H. Potter has anything but supportive of the tuition waivers and fellowships has announced his resignation after 17 The first item the panel graduate program, faculty decreased recently, creating some years as an employee of the discussed was the response to the members are the only present difficulties. The faculty would like university. His retirement will take questionnaires which the source of leadership, in the opinion to try aggresively to get the best effect at the end of this month. committee had sent to all of the audience. Some noted that graduate students possible, but Potter began his career at Rice in departments at Rice that have when leadership has appeared, it this is difficult when students are 1966 as a professor of naval graduate programs. So far, the has met with resistance from the uncertain of what funds are science, but retired from the Navy number of responses has been front office. available to them. in 1972 to become cashier. small, but the committee expects more questionnaires to trickle in. Petitioners also claimed that the One panel member suggested During his tenure at Rice, Potter administration has not provided rewarding tuition waivers to each has seen many changes. Individual questionnaires sent necessary encouragement for department on a competitive basis, "Physically, the campus has to the department chairmen, research projects. Thomas Estlc, since there is a ceiling on the changed quite a bit," he recalls, intended to give the committee a chairman of the physics amount of money available. Those "with the addition of many new sense of the overall opinions of the department, exclaimed, "I feel that departments with graduate buildings — Sewall Hall and the department, have not all been if a department is involved in programs ranked higher than new computer science building, to satisfactorily answered. In many research, it is despite the others would receive more of the name a couple." cases, chairmen have submitted university." The solution to the tuition waivers. During the '60s, Potter responses from individual faculty problem, he said, would be a The panel preferred this idea witnessed some of the student members rather than the single, E. H. Potter —C. Clay stronger administration that is over a suggestion to eliminate protests that characterized the collective opinion requested. supportive of the graduate some of the small, "inadequate" period. Though he says Rice The Rice administration The responses to the program. programs. The panel felt that the students are and always have been underwent a major change in 1971 questionnaires sent to the faculty loss of morale that would come "pretty conservative," he can with the arrival of current have been extremely emotional. The third topic discussed was with the elimination of programs remember when protesters set fire president Norman Hackerman, They emphasize the lack of the money available to the would not be worth the small to the Navy ROTC building and according to Potter. He believes administrative and monetary graduate program, which proved savings of money.