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Pre-professional worries bring about reorganization by Dave Collins 1984. advising procedure. Students are department to go to, he'll feel more school as in past years to be the A suspicion that Rice is not In a memorandum dated August encouraged to seek advice and comfortable about asking the right motivating force behind the producing students for profes- 24, Stebbings announced that the information from any of the questions," he explained. expansion. "It's not that we're sional schools as efficiently as pre-med advisory committee committee members." doing badly," he elaborated, "but possible has led to a reorganization would consist of six faculty "Each member of the committee in any situation, at any university, of Rice's pre-professional advising members: Drs. Jorge Awapara of represents one of the major there's always room for effort. Beginning this fall, pre- the biochemistry department disciplines supplying medical improvement. medical, pre-law and pre-business (chairman), Stephen D. Baker of students, with Dr. Clark The ad hoc pre-med advisory students will have new faces to physics, W.E. Billups of chemistry, representing everybody else." committee will meet monthly for which to turn for counseling. Susan L. Clark of German and Stebbings told the Thresher one year, with two or three Dr. Ronald Stebbings, Rice's Russian, Kathleen S. Matthews of Ostensibly, "everybody else" organizational meetings in dean of undergraduate affairs, biochemistry, and Roger L. Storck includes engineering, liberal arts, September. During that time it recently announced the establish- of biology. Each member will and humanities majors. will, according to Stebbings, ment of a new pre-med advisory perform the same function Stebbings was optimistic that "appraise the situation and see committee and the appointment of undertaken by current Pre-Med the expanded program would what it ought to do." Accounting Professor Stephen A. Advisor Awapara. make counseling more accessible After the committee has Zeff to the new position of pre- According to the memo, "The to pre-meds seeking information Dr. Stephen A. Zeff — F. Weller convened for a year on a trial basis, business advisor. Stebbings also Committee is charged with the task on medical school curricula and Stebbings considered the Stebbings will call for a review of mentioned that a new pre-law of identifying and implementing entrance requirements. "If a "suspicion" that Rice has not its performance, including analysis advisor will be named by spring possible improvements in the student has someone in his own placed as many students in medical see New, pane 7 INSIDE... •Honor Council election statements, see page 3. •Cooper premieres new symphony, see page 9. •Five ways to help the 1HRESHEFriday. SeptembeRr 16, 1983 Volume 71, Number 5 football team, see page 13. Sid Rich takes time out on meals after food fight by Patty Cleary reopened Monday night after concern that an innocent person people perceive it (being a college knew well in advance that the food A seemingly premeditated food being closed the entire weekend, will suffer injury eventually. "It master) as an enjoyable experience fight would occur, and the issue of fight disrupted dinner in the Sid emphasized that the closing of the would be wrong," he asserted, "to and as a service to the university whether the incident should be Richardson College commons last commons for six meals was in no suppose that Sid is wrong or even community. Students must seen as a deliberate affront to the Friday, September 9. In the way an indictment of Richardson responsible for all the problems. understand that I'm going to make master of Richardson College, Dr. aftermath of the battle, SRC College. "In part," he declared, "it Above all, this wasn't something mistakes and that masters are, too. John Clark. student officials and Co-master was simply bad timing on the part directed against Sid. You can't put That's the result of making a large Further opportunity for Kit Clark asked the university of Sid to have a food fight. Right a food fight in the same category number of decisions. Things may discussion of the situation came administration to halt regular meal now the administration and with throwing beds off the top of a not always turn out right, but the Monday night after Stebbings's service at Richardson commons masters are very concerned about building. The things I want to intentions are good. talk. "By and large," said temporarily. certain types of behavior accepted address most are those that are "Don't view this action as the Stebbings. "there was a ver\ According to Dean of as common practice. While it's a potentially dangerous to others." administration being 'hard-line'. positive response." Undergraduate Affairs Ronaid minority of people who infringe on Stebbings further explained, "I Rather, it's the administration Senior Greg Smith, the SRC Stebbings, the Rice community the rights of the majority, you can value the college system wanting to marshal the Chief Justice, postulated that the should view the halt in meal service certainly say you've got to stop and enormously. Anything that tends cooperation of students. entire affair has had a positive as an expression of the draw the line somewhere." to undermine that system needs to Somehow, individuals have got to effect on the college's welfare. administration's growing concern Citing incidents involving be dealt with. In my opinion, the take responsibility for actions. I "When we made the decision (to for students' safety. wooden planks, beds and college system is still an view it not so much as a close the commons)," Smith Stebbings, speaking to SRC refrigerators projected from experiment, and one that other punishment but as an attention- explained, "we knew it wouldn't be members when the commons college roofs, Stebbings expressed universities envy. It will only getter; an opportunity to get Sid to a popular one. But we wanted succeed if we work hard and have sit down and take a look at things," everyone to think about Sid and the goodwill of the majority of he affirmed. about the college's spirit. The Rice loses star Owl students. That moment for self- college meeting helped, and Dean Stebbings expressed concern for examination came Sunday, when Stebbings gave a great talk. I think by Rebecca M. Monroy ago. Though her age was not the effect of such behavior on SRC members held a closed, all- the atmosphere in the college is Word of the Rice football team's known precisely, LaBorde freshmen. He explained, "I don't college meeting. Richardson very upbeat now." fourth-quarter loss Saturday has estimated that Annie was about 18 want freshmen to be persuaded Secretary Chin Ming described the Co-master Kit Clark agreed surely spread far beyond the years old when she died. Since that the administration condones meeting as a chance to clear up with Smith's appraisal, adding, "1 hedges. But Rice suffered a far Great Horned owls generally live this type of behavior. I'm not a errors in people's understanding of hope our college will progress in a deeper, less publicized loss earlier about twenty years in captivity, disciplinarian, and masters aren't the situation. "Many people went more positive direction. I think that day. Greg LaBorde, one of the Annie's caretakers believe that her disciplinarians either." away well satisfied," he said. everyone is hopeful that that's two trainers for the Owls' mascots, death was due to old age. The Stebbings said he believes that Among the issues discussed at what will happen." discovered Annie the Owl dead in attending veterinarian aspirated the continuance of potentially the meeting were SRC President Smith, Clark, Rote and SRC" her cage Saturday afternoon. her crop in an attempt to find the harmful behavior could Chris Rote's failure to include his Head waiter Dave Cleinmer LaBorde and fellow trainer Chip cause of death, but no foreign undermine the college system. Cabinet in the decision to close the decided to close the commons Pratt had noticed that Annie had materials were found, leading to "The system survives because good commons, the claim that Rote see SRC, page 7 an eye condition the night before, the assumption of natural death. but upon examination they found that it did not really bother her. Annie's companion Sammy Nonetheless, both agreed that she seems as of this writing to be going should receive some medical through a period of shock and disorientation because of Annie's passing, according to LaBorde. On Sunday, the trainers found that one of Sammy's eyes was dilated and rolling; they took her to an emergency clinic, where the veterinarian diagnosed that she had possibly suffered a concussion from flying wildly about her cage. Sammy received steroids and antibiotics to ward off infections from the proximity of Annie's corpse. The veterinarian predicted that Sammy's condition would improve with time, rest, and relaxation. Lonesome mascot —M. Gladu attention. Unfortunately, Annie According to LaBorde, both died before they could have her owls were donated, so if Rice were : J 3 examined. to obtain another owl to take PHYSICAL PLANT ATROCITY OF THE WEEK: Rice spent more than the cost of continuing the recently cancelled late- A Houston couple donated Annie's place, it would probably breakfast option landscaping Will Rice quad, only to immediately rip out the new vegetation for long-planned Annie to the university 10 years come from a donation plumbing improvements. The work was supposed to have been completed two weeks ago p \A/e||er Self-study chance for input Once every ten years, the student body at Rice has a unique opportunity to participate in a review of the basic policies and beliefs that guide Rice's administration.

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