Election reinstalls "Evil Empiresays Julian Bond by Spencer Greene attitudes. The Reagan Administra- incumbent President ol the United those who believe that government majorities ot Americans from Civil rights activist Julian Bond tion, said Bond, directly opposes States assembled a massive ought to help those who cannot every section South. East. attacked Ronald Reagan's record equality of opportunity among coalition of the comfortable, the help themselves. Midwest and West of the United on social issues in an address in the ethnic groups, men and women, callous and the smug, who closed Fifty-eight percent of the voters States. But personal income, Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial and various economic classes. their hearts, their minds, to the from 18 to 29, 58 percent of those unlike education or age, did make Center last Wednesday evening. Following are some excerpts claims and calls to conscience and between 30 and 44. 60 percent of a great difference in presidential Senator Bond's speech, entitled from from Senator Bond's cast their votes for four more years those between 45 and 49 [sic], and choice. The more money a voter New Directions for the 1980s, address: of less-lor-t he-many and more-for- 63 percent of those aged 60 or older, made, the more likely the voter was was the first in this year's On the sixth day of November, t he-few. voted for the oldest ideas held by to want President Reagan in office President's Lecture Series. there is no doubt in anyone's mind, The inexorable exit polls and the oldest man ever to be the again. Only 46 percent of those Bond, a Democratic Georgia the evil empire was reinstalled in other surveys taken before and President of the United States. Americans who made less than State Senator, termed Reagan's office for another four years. after the damage had been done Seventy-three percent of the SI2,000 a year voted for President first four years in office an "evil While more than nine out of every demonstrate a dangerous racial white Protestants, 55 percent of Reagan, but 57 percent of those empire. " He supported this claim ten black voters, while two-thirds and class stratification in the the Catholics, 80 percent of the who made between $25,000 with comparative statistics and of the Hispanics and two-thirds of American electorate and promise white born-again Christians, chose and $34,000, 67 percent of lists of administrative actions and Jews were voting for change, the immense hard times ahead for President Reagan, as did clear see Bond, page 4 INSIDE: • Owlook gets a temporary new home, see page 2 • Campus theater out the ass, see pages 7-9 12 • Gay rights outside the THRESHER hedges, see pages 10. 11 Volume 72, Number 13 Friday, November 16 1084 Final Self-Study report out by David Friesenhahn Rice to evaluate the effectiveness steering committee of the study, After months of dissecting the of its past policies. The findings are says that the findings reveal the operations of the university, the to be used to chart the future continued strength of undergrad- 1984 Self-Study Program has direction of the school. uate education at Rice. Says released its final report to the Rice Nine fact-finding panels, Gordon, "On the undergraduate community. composed of staff, faculty, and education level, what sticks out is The report praises Rice for students, have collected that undergraduate education at pursuing sound fiscal policies over information on various aspects of Rice is a very fine experience. The the past decade and for Rice, ranging from administrative mix of bright young people, small innovations within certain services to student life. The classes, student life and the Honor departments. However, the report findings and final recommenda- Code create an atmosphere for warns that there is a perception in tions of the panels were compiled learning that is almost unique." the Rice community that the in a summary report during In addition. Gordon says that university lacks a clear vision for August of this year. In recent the report is optimistic about the the future and that poor planning weeks, the Provost's Office has prospects of improving graduate hinders its stated goal of made the report available to the education as well. Says Gordon. developing a level of undergra- Rice community. "The conditions are right at Rice to duate education not to be excelled A Committee on Goals and raise some areas of graduate J by any institution in the nation. Objectives will use the Self-Study eduaction to national or even Conducted under the auspices of findings to propose ten-year goals international prominence." the Southern Association of for the university. The report will The Self-Study identifies lour Colleges and Schools (S.A.C.S.). also serve as a resource for the stengths from which the university of which Rice is a member, the President and the Board of benefitted in the past decade. First, study is a part of the university's Governors in decisionmaking. individuals in some departments process of reaccredidation. Every Vice-President and Provost developed new programs and ten years, the S.A.C.S. requires William Gordon, who chaired the centers, such as the Computer Science Program and the Rice Engineering Design and Herring dedication Development Institute (REDDI). Second, fiscal reforms put the university on firmer financial footing. Third, spurred by the Brown Challenge, the university's endowment grew. Finally, Rice created two new schools in response to the needs of already established departments: the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of ""Sc. Administration and the Shepherd ' \* School of Music. f r 1 "IE I! However, the report warns that Unimaginable craziness reigns as alumni visit, student monarchs are a lack of vision and weaknesses in elected, and SMU demolishes the Owls (with some help from the refs) at last see Lack, page 6 week's Homecoming game. —S. Buchanan College judicial system probed by David Friesenhahn The committee will have several The committee will he The Student Association senate specific tasks. First, it will trace the composed of five members. 1 he passed a bill Monday creating a normal progress of cases through Internal Vice President of the SA committee to review the Rice the appeals process. The and a designated SA senator will judicial system. The action came in committee will also review the interview the candidates. Two Luxurious lounge area graces newly-•dedicated Herring Hall. —P. Truzinski response to criticism by the Self- rules governing judicial procedure members of the committee will be total investment of $10 million, Rice University dedicated Study and others that judicial and study past cases. Second, it is members of the senate. In honors the memory of Robert R. Herring Hall, home of the Jesse H. officials and students do not to find better ways to ed ucate court addition, the SA President and Herring, a member of the Rice Internal Vice President will serve Jones Graduate School of understand the rules governing the members and students as to how Board of Governors since 1968 and the judicial system works. Third, as ex-officio members on the Administration, at 4 p.m. on court system and that the courts its chairman from May, 1979 until are often inconsistent in enforcing the committee will make proposals committee. The members of the Friday, November 9. his death in October, 1981. rules. to the senate about possible committee will choose a chairman Josephine E. Abercrombie, vice Herring was chairman and chief The Judicial Review Commmit- changes in the structure of the from their ranks. chairman of the university's Board executive of the Houston Natural tee is to be an ad hoc committ.ee court as well as in its policies and The committee will report to the of Governors and chairman of its Gas Corporation. His widow, formed by the SA senate. The procedures. Finally, it will advise senate at SA meetings and will Buildings and Grounds Commit- Joanne Herring, and his son, purpose of the committee is to the senate about constitutional prepare a full report of its findings Randolph W. Herring, spoke at tee, presided over the ceremonies. studyr the fairness and the changes that might be necessary to by February. 1985. The building, constituting a the dedication on his behalf. effectiveness of the judicial system. put reforms into effect. see Court. page 5 Owlook spatially displaced I'VEHEVEH.SEEM SUCH KCK3POF VOTtS! Without a doubt, rankings of sports teams are inherently inaccurate it wke TO gkww (our own Thresher polls being the only exception to this rule). Let's face it uketm r when you deal with human beings, you're talking Mr. Uncertainty. A touchdown here, a fumble there, a win here, a loss there — what's it all add up to? A meaningless thing called a record. So one team is 1-8 and another's 9-1, my grandmother's rugby team is 10-2. It's meaningless until you look at the schedule. The long and short of it is that these records do have a big effect on the guys who do the football rankings. Week in, week out, they put the teams with the best records up at the top and just filter down until they get 20. How hard is that? A moron could do the AP rankings. And that's another thing that bothers me — the Associated Press. Just who are they associated with? Commie pinko journalists? All 1 know is my phone isn't ringing off the hook with invitations to bigtime sports journalist get-togethers.