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Castillo on revenue sharing: "not enough to go around" by W. DURWOOD KAY program, Houston received 14 million dollars worth of federal He reported further that Fed- spend the money on capital im- and FORREST JOHNSON million dollars to help get the services cut. These were most- eral grants have been cut "vir- provements (streets, sewers, Leonel Castillo, city comp- federal government "off the ly social welfare and pollution tually across the board." etc.). These are important, but troller of accounts, gave a lec- (backs and out of the pockets" programs, trimmed, frozen, or To make things worse, the the poor can't eat concrete, es- ture here on the Thursday be- of local government. Next, we cut completely—largely without cuts were arbitrary and unex- pecially with no teeth. fore break. The Comptroller got a thick book of instructions consent of Congress. pected. No one knew if they'd The hope was raised, how- keeps Houston's books and re- on how to spend it. (Mr. Cas- Mr. Castillo answered the get their pay. One dental pro- ever, that community groups ports the balance to the Mayor tillo shrugged — "I have never Nixon claim that the cuts were gram pulled a lot of poor peo- would pressure the city to re- and City Council. Thus, Cas- heard of a program involving meant to "trim the fat off" of ple's teeth, but never got the consider the plans for the tillo has had a lot of contact federal funds without some some programs by saying, "You money to replace them. money. Unless this happens, or with Federal revenue sharing. kind of control from Washing- don't trim fat by slashing away Instead of continuing federal more cash arrives from the Fed- Under the revenue sharing ton.") We also had 40 or 50 wildly with a butcher's knife." services, Houston is planning to eral Government, there is lit- tle hope for obtaining suffi- cient funds to maintain Hous- ton social services. Castillo is not, in principle, opposed to revenue sharing, but, the rice thresher as he said with a twinge of mournfulness in his voice, "ev- volume 60, number 23 thursday, march 8, 1973 eryone thought there would be more revenue to share". Rice Recycling Center to open tomorrow The formal opening of the pounds of aluminum, steel and delivered to Houston companies phone books, etc.) be bundled Rice Recycling Center will take bimetal cans and 500 pounds of who buy waste; paper is bought or sacked, that aluminum cans place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on glass. The materials are picked by Ed Sacks Co., Delta Paper be separated from other kinds Friday, March 9. Beer will be up from collection points on Stock Corp. and Mustang Waste and that clear glass be sepa- served and guests will have a campus. The center, which is Paper Co. Cans go to Reynolds rated from colored. chance to be part of the solu- open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sun- Aluminum Co. and Continental To get to the Recycling Cen- tion to the solid waste disposal days, is also intended for use Can Co., Inc. Glass is sold to ter, take the Stockton Street problem — their empties will be by people living near the cam- Anchor-Hocking Corp. recycled. pus. entrance to the Rice campus The materials are delivered (off of University Blvd.) and President Norman Hacker- Most Rice students remember in a truck provided by the turn onto the shell road be- man and Craig Collins, S. A. to toss their soft-drink cans in University. So far, the volun- tween the Rice Media Center External Affairs Vice President, the collection barrels beside teers have made $50 on their and the Jake Hess Tennis Sta- will cut the ribbon on the Re- each vending machine. The recycled goods, money which dium. Just before reaching the cycling Center. State Senator brightly -colored collection box- they plan to use for a can old football stadium, turn left Bob Gammage and State Rep- es built by B&G for each col- crusher. onto another shell road. The Re- Bela Ugrin resentative Joe Pentony, both lege are usually full of old cycling Center is the one-story Leonel Castillo of whose districts include the newspapers. The Center asks that paper (newspapers, magazines, old metal building on the left. Copyright, 1973, The Houston Post Rice campus, are expected to be "The value of the recycling present, as well as Houston center is more than recycling- Comptroller Leonel Castillo. city waste," Collins says. "It The Recycling Center has makes more individuals aware More on 'Move Rice' proposal been in operation since Novem- ot' what each of us must do." by JEFF OCHSNER if it didn't have such a pretty the planning, it might be iso- ber 1972. Each week, it proces- The material collected by the Rarely if ever has an idea campus. A new campus wouldn't lated. Cannady responds to ses approximately two tons of 15 Rice student volunteers engendered so much controver- have any trees." This is the these questions with several an- newspapers and magazines, 700 who work with the center is sy as the proposal to sell Rice most common criticism of the swers. First, he note the rela- University which was recently Cannady proposal. It rests on tive isolation of the existing presented in the Rice Thresher. the underlying: assumption that campus and its dependence on. Associate Professor William T. the existing campus is the best Houston freeways. Students al- Cannady of the School of Archi- of all possible worlds. Can- ready travel long distances to tecture has been contacted by nady has commented, "Isn't it cultural and commercial facil- students from several parts of strange how people immediate- ities such as Galleria and the University with questions ly assume that relocation will Sharpstown. Further, a n e w and criticism. I, as co-author produce a poorer environment. campus in one of those new of the Thresher article have Without thinking, the implicit towns, such as the Woodlands, also met a barrage of ques- assumption is that a new cam- could be located in or near the tions. This article will attempt pus can't be'better looking." town center. A far better in- to deal with the points many One might also added that terphase with cultural and students and faculty have the existing campus suffers commercial facilities might be raised. from s e v e r e environmental achieved than exists between Tuition cut problems due to poor drainage, Rice and Main or Rice and the Village. The Cannady proposal to sell the problem of dying birds in January and February, and Rice University was based on In response to questions con- from the severe Houston smog. several ideas. First among cerning faculty housing, Can- A move to the wooded area these was the fact of Rice's cur- nady notes that most current north of Houston would prob- rent financial squeeze. In Can- faculty are underhoused. This ably result in a more heavily nady's initial article in the could be solved by moving to forested campus. Such a loca- Faculty Club Forum in High Em- the Woodlands with the cam- tion for the campus would be prise, he showed that Rice could pus. A n'Cw town also promises in the hills (no drainage prob- realize a profit of $60 to $90 better elementary schools and lem), among statuesque pines million by sale and relocation. high schools for faculty child- and away from bird migration This money, when added to ex- ren. isting endowment funds, could routes. If the new campus facilities were some kiml of allow tuition to be cut to about New housing megastrueture, they would take $250 per term, considerably be- Housing for. off-campus stu- up less space than the current low the current $1100. As a dents poses another problem. individual building situation, second issue, Cannady raised At present most off-campus thereby leaving more land in the point that operational ex- students live in the Montrose its natural state. penses could be cut in a new area. If present trends con- physical plant. Further, he Down with Byzantine tinue, land values will eventual- ly rise to the point where it pointed out existing circulation An objection has also been will be feasible to destroy ex- problems and inappropriate' raised to the the fact that new isting apartment structures to open space systems. Finally, a buildings would all be "mod- build either townhouses or new campus would allow flex- ern". Admittedly a new campus small office or commercial ibility to be built-in so that it would not attempt to reproduce structures. In the future most might better respond to chang- the kind of Italianate Byzan- off-campus students will be ing educational needs in the tine of Lovett Hall, but that looking elsewhere for housing future. doesn't mean it wouldn't be at- anyway. A second point is that Questions about the Cannady tractive. Further, much of the a new campus might encourage proposal have generally cen- existing architecture, built in many students who currently tered on two areas. The first the days before air condition- move off due to poor facili- are criticisms on how a new ing, is inappropriate to Hous- ties to stay on-campus. A new campus would look. The second ton and has not responded well campus might also allow for deal with problems of reloca- to air conditioning installation, new types of housing to be tion.