Synergist Buckminster Fuller to speak here Tuesday Richard Buckminster Fuller, tems.' has also been the recipient of low in Residence" at the Uni- in an informal seminar-discus- described by some as a vision- Fuller is best known archi- over 20 professional awards versity Science Center in sion with interested faculty ary and others as a crackpot, tecturally for the invention of from architectural and design- Philadelphia. and students on Tuesday, March and by himself as a "fairly the geodesic dome, a spherical ers' institutes and one from During his stay in Houston, 19. The discussion will ho ar- low average man," will be the structure like that Fuller used the Queen of England. He is Fuller will also be the guest ranged by Fuller's University last speaker in the 1973-74 in the United States Pavilion currently Distinguished Univer- speaker at the spring dinner hosts, Associate Professors President's Lecture Series. at Mont^^'s Expo '67 — or sity Professor at Southern Il- meeting of the Rice Univer- Adele and Antonio de Souza The renowned engineer, ar- like the one constructed here linois University in Edwards- sity Associates on . Monday, Santos of the School of Archi- chitect, and philosopher will last year by two Rice archis. ville. He is also a "World Fel- March 18, and will participate tecture. discuss "Humans in the Uni- "Fuller has spent the last verse" at 8pm Tuesday, March 45 years in the 21st century vote YES 19, in the Rice Memorial Cen- and he's been sending bulletins ter Grand Hall. He will be back ever since," says one of introduced by David A. Crane, his biographers. A university Dean of the School of Archi- president called Fuller "one of tecture. The lecture is open to the creative giants of the cen- the public without charge. tury who has shown us that the Fuller deals fundamentally technologist, the humanist, and the rice thresher with one broad issue—the qua- the policy analyst can live volume 61, number 23 thursday, march 7, 197 I lity and future of human life. and work together; indeed He says: "The possibility of the they can be personified in one next week good life for any man depends man." on the possibility of realizing Fuller, born in 1895, at- it for all man. This is the func- tended Harvard from 1913 to tion of the society's ability to 1915 without graduating. He Streakers grin and bare it turn the energies of the uni- was dismissed twice for "lack by GARY BREWTON groups of nude students have dormitories. At a later event, verse to human advantage." of sustained interest in the Although streaking, or run- been seen merrily sprinting their 500 students came out to Much of Fuller's philosophy processes within the Univer- ning in the nude, has been way across campus. watch and cheer streakers, is based on "synergy," which sity." Since then he has re- popular on many campuses for The pastime has become an joining arms to prevent secur- he defines as "the behavior of ceived 26 honorary doctorates several months, until recently almost nightly affair, —but as ity guards from apprehending all systems, unpredicted by the for his work in the arts, sci- no one at Rice paid much at- of yet no one has been brave several persons who were dis- behavior of parts or subsys- ences, and humanities. Fuller tention. Now, however, several enough to strip and streak dur- robing in a fountain there. The ing the day. events have become so com- The new sport is usually a monplace that the Mustang group activity, so far dominated Band comes out to play. Nat- by males. Tennis shoes and an urally, one of the selections occasional ski mask are the was "the Stripper." rule, although some streakers Keep on streakin' run barefoot. Texas Tech students, not to One of the first schools to be outdone, have taken up become notorious for its streak- streaking in broad daylight. ing was the University of One student there made a run Maryland, where 125 males and from the Administration Build- females ran around a dining ing to the Journalism Build- hall au naturel, cheered on by nig at 2pm last Wednesday. other students with fireworks, Another student streaked shouts, and music. through the brightly-lit lobby Florida State University of one of the girl's dorms as students streaked to fame a large crowd of breathless fe- through Tallahassee's rush hour males watched. Residents of traffic. one dormitoi'y have s t a r t e d The strippers wearing T-shirts with the cap- At SMU, one student was ar- tion, "Keep on Streakin'," and rested and fined $27.50 for depicting the school mascot, a John Cook disorderly conduct after streak- mustachioed cowboy, in the Not a streak, but a stroll; Lovett's "Nocturnal Emissions" return home Thursday morning. ing around one of the women's buff. A few days ago, 250 Tech students noted after a cam- Students hear 'Sissy' on Texas issues pus security officer drew his gun to "arrest" a streaker. by JOHN ANDERSON primary runoff by Briscoe, ask- she noted. "One is an East Tex- hear is Briscoe defending the UT Austin has had its share Citing "broken promises" And ed rhetorically, "Why am I run- an who was indicted some Highway Trust Fund. A public of streakers, too, including sev- poor leadership on the part of nng for governor ? I am running years ago on charges of drilling utilities commission ?—why he eral during the daytime. One Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe, so the people can have a real slant wells. Another is a former says that isn't even necessary, Austin man has offered to do- Frances "Sissy" Farenthold choice. Think of what four more Texas Railroad Commissioner although Texas is the only state brought her gubernatorial cam- years of Briscoe means. I don't who retired from office under in the nation without such a nate $200 to charity if a group paign to Rice Tuesday night. believe that Texas can stand a cloud." regulatory body." of Jester center residents can successfully c o m p 1 e t e six Speaking before a mostly en- four long years of inaction." Also under attack was Bris- "And the number one prob- thusiastic crowd of about 150 Challenging the caliber of coe's part in seeking (and ob- lem facing the state, the issue streaks around the building. people at the RMC, Ms. Farent- gubernatorial appointments, Ms. taining) a stay on a lower fed- of public school financing, he Also, the Business School's hold lashed out at Briscoe, Farenthold cited Briscoe's ap- eral court order which would ignores. The schools in many Student Advisory Council has whom she described as "inept" pointees to the Interstate Oil have banned multi - member districts are strapped down anil volunteered to sponsor a and "unresponsive." Compact Commission. "Seven of legislative districts as uncon- in shambles. There's a surplus "S treake r Queen" contest Ms. Farenthold, who was de- those commissioners from Tex- stitutional and instead institut- of $300 million in the state against Texas Tech. The win- feated in the 1972 Democratic as are registered oil lobbyists," ed a system of single member treasury, which could be used to ner will be the first female to districts statewide. "Why, Bris- help alleviate the problem. But streak across either of the cam- coe's so weak he just gave in to still Briscoe does nothing. He puses, winning $600 for her Thresher changes pressure from the Tarrant has been urged by all sorts of efforts. Beginning this week, the photographs — eventually — County (Fort Worth) delega- groups to call a special session UT police are now reported Thresher will look and feel more pages each week. tion." of the legislature to deal with using cameras to trap streak- slightly different. This issue was the financing problem. But he ers.- The slightly smaller page Again and again, Ms. Farent- printed on a rotary offset press does not move." As usual, the Aggies have size was dictated by the paper hold returned to the same rather than the flat-bed letter- their own way of doing things. shortage. Offset paper in this theme: "the unresponsive re- By now, Ms. Farenthold had press units the Thresher has size, unlike the larger 17" stock presentation which Dolph Bris- begun to warm to her audience. Seven Aggies streaked across used for the last 40 years. used until now, will remain coe gives this state." Ms. Far- She seemed less tired, her voice the campus there last week, Although precipitated by re- readily available at reasonable enthold noted that, "the things growing stronger, her eyes each carrying a pair of gym cent price increases which made prices. Briscoe talked of in his 1972 brightening. "You know," she shorts "in case of a tragedy." letterpress economically unfeas- campaign ... he hasn't even said, "sometimes I think there's However, the next morning ible, the change should repre- Next year's Thresher will proposed those issues to the a sign on that door across from they were feeling remorseful sent a definite improvement in need several people with ex- legislature." the state capital that says, about the incident, and so the long run. The offset method perience on offset newspapers. "Briscoe said he was for a 'Governor's Mansion — Vacan- wrote a letter to the editor of printing, although more Interested students are invit- Budget Commission. Well, that cy.' " apologizing for their mis- time-consuming, is cheaper and ed to contact the Thresher at got lost.