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Rice celebrates Einstein's 100th birthday Rice University will mark the Einstein was born in Ulm, the world," said Bochner. purview what is really essential Dr. Bochner's lecture is open 100th birthday of Albert Germany on March 14, 1879. In America, the New York to the context, not only to the public free of charge. It is Einstein with a special lecture "It is hard to believe the Times began to report his neutrally so, but also in the one of the Provost's Lectures at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 storm that broke loose around movements and theories on hierarchical order of its which present Rice faculty in Sewall Hall 301. him in Berlin, where I also gravitation," Bochner components," Bochner said. members in discussions of their Dr. Salomon Bochner, lived, after WWI in late 1919, explained. In 1931, Einstein Bochner will point out in particular research interest. Rice's Edgar Odell Lovett when his theory of relativity came to teach at Princeton. his lecture that it was actually While Einstein was a Professor of Mathematics and began to be talked about, "Einstein was what I venture Poincare who found the member of the Institute for member of the National everywhere, anywhere, to call an essentialist. He had a famous formula about E but Advanced Study at Princeton Academy of Sciences, will talk anytime; in academic halls and drive and capacity to single out, that Einstein gave the theory a University, Dr. Bochner was on on "Albert Einstein—How He in beerhalls. The waves of the in any scientific situation under universal interpretation. the mathematics faculty there. Was and What He Did." storm spread quickly all over THE RICE THRESHER Volume LXVI, No. 26 Rice University, Houston Texas Thursday, March 8, 1979 Expose at Will Rice prompts action Will Rice has the smallest kitchen and to converting the two and a half weeks, are quite committee members did outgoing president, Jim kitchen of the eight colleges at lower commons area into a disturbing. volunteer their own enigmatic Lancaster, and incoming Rice, and also has gone quite more useable space. In light of Although none of the opinions on the subject. president, Chris Kilgore, some time without needed this, the preliminary results of committee members inter- Andrew Galloway, newly- declined either to confirm or major physical improvements the study, which is not to be viewed would elaborate on the elected treasurer of Will Rice, deny Galloway's statement. and renovation. These two released in full for yet another secret results, some of the expressed pleasure at what he The Master of Will Rice facts have prompted Russ called "...having $300,000 to College, Dr. Armeniades, did Pitman, Manager of Campus work with to follow up say when pressed on the point Business Affairs, to give top Vote Tuesday, March 13 prospects of supplementary that "...off the record, Andrew priority to Will Rice income to the budget from was not far from the truth." concerning the allocation of Because of various diffi- S.A. Senate there will be two The most interesting comment this year's allotted remodeling short-term developmental culties there will be yet another separate raced to accomodate leases." However, both continued on page 4 and physical improvements election this Tuesday. On the the newly received petitions. funds. ballot, or in this case ballots, This is so they will not Although the final amount will be several important issues interefere with the original Phi Beta Kappas elected Will Rice will receive has not to be decided by the student Honor Council race which is been firmly set at this point, the body. being reheld because of The following students were This election is an honor probable figure is in the range excessive improper voting. elected by the Beta of Texas First and most important is a given in recognition of ot $300,000 to $350,000. The new candidates are John Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa as proposal to increase college outstanding excellence in However, in the wake of the Hunnell of Wiess for Secretary- the Spring Contingent of liberal studies at Rice dues from twenty-five to thirty- recent disclosure of the large Treasurer of the S.A.; Thomas Members-in-Course of the University. amount of profits accumulated five dpllars. In order to pass, Scales of Sid Rich for RPC Class of 1979. the increase requires the by the Campus Store over the Vice President; Marcia Haynes Mech E/ Math Sci years, a special select approval of 60% of the votes Michael Bruce Allen of Brown College for RPC Beha Sci/Soci committee of members of the cast. In addition, 35% of all Secretary-Treasurer; Cary Steven Marc Bosse Econ/ Poli Sci Will Rice Diet (the governing students must vote. More Drott for Honor Council fifth- Mark Edward Brennan body of Will Rice) and the information on this issue may year representative; Jeanmarie Thomas Edward Brown Poli Sci/Psyc student representatives of be found in Ann Gifford's Amend of Jones and Thomas Trena Rose Brown Latin American Managerial certain university governing editorial on page 10. Kobayashi of Sid Rich both for Studies bodies was empowered three There will also be a request Honor Council Senior Reps. Jane Elizabeth Carmichael English Fine Arts weeks ago to ascertain the for a 25c blacket tax increase In the Honor Council races, Daniel Jonathan Cohen Elec Engi actual breakdown of the by the Honor Council to cover please vote only for the class Marcy Lynne Dodd Engl/Hist planned expenditures of Will printing expenses. that represents you. Bollots Bruce Wall Dunlevie James Robert Eggert Ling / Phys Rice's $300,000-plus. The Confusion is bound to occur received with votes in more Robert Lynn Einkauf Elec Engi/Math Sci money ostensibly was to go over the Honor Council than one race will have to be Lawrence Jude Fossi Engl/Hist mainly toward enlarging the Election. As decided by the thrown out. James Eric Fowler Engl/Poli Sci Michael Sammie Goldberg Lega/Poli Sci Rice engineering faculty receives honor James David Honeycutt Hist/Poli Sci Robert Neil Jenkins Elec Engi Two distinguished Rice especially in inelastic behavior that can be conferred on an Cynthia Kay Johnson Biology University engineers have been and soil-structure interaction." engineer and honors those who Mark Griffin Johnson Elec Engi elected to the National Veletsos has been a member of have made important Kevin Thomas Kean Elec Engi Academy of Engineering, it Rice's civil engineering faculty contributions to engineering Helen Christine Kegel Chem Engi was announced today in since 1964. theory and practice or who Thomas Joseph Kosco Materials Sci/Russian Washington, D.C., by In announcing the election of have demonstrated unusual Griff Calicutt Lee, III Elec Engi Courtland D. Perkins, Allen and Veletsos, Academy accomplishments in the Victor Herbert Lewitt Econ,/ Psyc academy president. President Perkins stressed that pioneering of new and Steven Leo Lytinen Elec Engi/Math Sci Herbert Allen, immediate "election to the Academy is the developing fields of tech- Ronald Eugene Marusak Mech Engi past chairman of the Rice highest professional distinction nology." John Slaton McKillop Chem Engi/Chem University Board of Governors Robert Taylor Means, Jr. Biochemistry and a 1929 graduate of the Douglas Ray Merritt Mech Engi University, was elected to the r*m Alan Scott Miller Hist/ Econ academy for his achievements William Calvin Mover Elec/Engi in "pioneering and develop- Collyn Ann Peddie Art & Art Hist/Poli Sci/Lega ment of technology and Thomas Charles Potempa Math Sci equipment basic to the safety John Howard Rex Biochemistry and efficiency of the oil well James Allen Rice Math/Phys drilling and producing Richard Rederick Roesler Phys industry." Allen is the former Samuel H. Schreiber Math/ Phys chairman of the board of Robert James Schwartz Elec Engi/Math Sci Houston-based Cameron Iron Robert Charles Skocpol Chem Engi Works. Sharilyn Kay Stanley Jean Marie Sullivan Biol/Germ Dr. Anestis S. Veletsos, Mech Engi Rice's Brown and Root Mario Sznol Karen Lynn Wagonner Biochemistry Professor of Engineering, was Biology chosen by the academy for his Richard Nathaniel Watts Timary Susan Weinfeld Physics "contributions to advancement Math Sci in structural dynamics and Michael David Willcutts Dr. Anestis S. Veletsos Herbert Allen Alice Mae Young Bioc Hist earthquake engineering. Phvsics The Rice Thresher, March 8, 1979, Page 2 SRC 457 comedy where everything to see"; marriage vows; your grows thirsty after noon meals. For starters, let's apply these Wetback means something. Okay? last words—all are equal. Slip a Those are basically the rules. rules to the phenomenon of First, let's take Freud Everything is significant. Slip a little more Castaneda in and I can already hear them saying, "visual pranks." Like when seriously for a change and little Casta neda into it and then with a little imagination, you "You can't do that! You can't you're walking around and you agree that there really aren't agree that significance is can link yourself to the cadet in do that!" You can believe think you see a cactus but it's any "accidents." Take that and meaningless. No one thing is New York City who also plans whatever you wish to believe. not a cactus—it's a trash can. generalize the hell out of it until more important than any other to watch Fantasy Island next Supposedly we're special Right? And you go, "Hey, you get the picture of hopeless thing. Putting in a new week. Just a little more and you because the Cosmic Muffin wow, man, I thought that was a units helplessly driven by shoelace; feeding the parking can become one with the beetle gave us something he didn't cactus." Then everyone gives insticts and "the void" in a meter; going to Montrose "just near Mao's gravesite who also give anybody else.