To open in May Committee urges summer school program for Rice by TED ANDREWS cost undergraduate students The committee suggest that dates," the committee's report the University of Houston and GARY BREWTON $100 per credit hour, the a summer school be estab- states. Summer School, but to offer a The Ad Hoc Committee on committee suggests in their lished to provide students with A summer program would few well-chosen courses of Undergraduate Summer report. Graduate students more flexibility in planning also permit efficient usage of interest to a wide variety of Programs will recommend to would be charged $125 per their degree programs. the Rice campus and its people. President Norman Hacker- credit hour. All students would "Students could use a summer facilities. With the facilities The summer program will be man within the next two weeks be charged an additional $50 school to 'make up' missed being better utilized, Rice "experimental" but not that Rice initiate a limited fee for registration. courses, to 'get ahead' so that instruction would be available "overly ambitious." One of the summer school program. The Financial aid was one of the their normal academic loads to a wider audience. The main hazards of the program program should begin in May committee's most difficult are lighter and even to committee doesn't intend to will be to avoid upsetting the 1976 with students free to take problems. They suggested, advance their graduation offer a school on the scale of (continued on page 2) a maximum of 4 courses. however, that "financial aid The committee was chaired coverage be extended to the by Ken Kennedy of the Math Rice Summer School through Sci department and included an increase in the student loan both the faculty and students. fund and an increase in the The basic plan formulated by annual student indebtedness the committee calls for, the ceiling for students who use Thresher has learned, "two the summer school to six week terms in which accelerate their graduation the courses proposed and designed dates." An accelerated student by individual academic would have to be a "full time" departments are offered." student, i.e., he must take four Summer school courses will courses during the two summer terms, which, in combination, would equal a „ ace Slater wins, complete semester. apathy second Current students at Rice, as well as incoming freshman in SA race and graduate students, would Apathy ran a close second in be admitted automatically. volume 63, number 13 monday, october 6, 1975 last Friday's campus-wide Visiting students would be allowed to enroll if they submit thresher elections for SA Secretary- Treasurer. Calvin Dale Slater, a letter "requesting admission running unopposed, won the and outlining a proposed UT committee boycott working post with 288 of the 472 votes course, a transcript, and a by GARY BREWTON However, John Durbin, Committee drew protest from cast. letter from his 'home' Student and faculty protest council secretary, said that the academic deans. In a letter Write-in candidates drew university's registrar indi- over the appointment of Rogers' explanantions were to Regents Chairman Allan 162 votes; 22 votes abstained. cating that the courses taken Lorene Rogers as President of "trivia...There is no doubt that Shivers released last week, the As expected, only about 20% of at Rice will be accepted for the University of Texas at a quorum would have been met deans urged the Regents to Rice students voted in this credit." Standard forms are to Austin took a more concrete at this meeting had the change the presidential special election. be distributed with summer turn this past week as faculty members not been boycotting selection process to "restore Slater takes office upon school brochures to regularize continued their boycott of UT her presidency." the right of faculty and Senate approval of the election admission and credit pro- University Council and An "evacuation" of the students to participate in the results. The election was cedures. Presently the committee meetings. campus by graduate students selection of the president in forced by the resignation of admission of visiting students As a result, the University and teaching assistants was accordance with good, Stephanie Knight earlier this is handled by the Dean of Council could do no business ineffective Friday. According academic tradition and the year. Undergraduate Affairs. at its Monday meeting—it to one observer for the spirit of the former provisions lacked a quorum. Only 22 of Thresher on the scene, the of the Regents' rules." The the required 48 were present. evacuation's effects were letter goes on to cite the "doubt Since faculty comprise a impossible to detect. A "teach- and turmoil" which resulted majority of the Coucil, their out" by graduate students and from the Regents appointing a boycott shuts down the teaching assistants drew some president "without reaching Council, the official policy- 200 of the 1700 TA's and their accomodation with the elected making body outside the classes outdoors Wednesday. committee." administration at UT. Moreover, opposition to the Shivers replied only that he Rogers blamed the lack of Regents' actions September 12 might appoint a committee at quorum on conflicting in appointing Rogers against the next Regents meeting to University events, including a the recommendation of the study the possibility of symposium on the arts. Faculty-Student Advisory changing the process. Rice student loses in school board bid by TED ANDREWS Houston. "Most of the meetings for the past four Rice University sophomore advertising was done through years. His campaign was Morris Phillip Konstantin, a those signs on wheels that you based in part on emphasis and resident of Pasadena, failed in see in the shopping centers. financial support to learning his bid to gain a seat on the There was little advertising. I disabilities remediation; girls', Pasadena school board in last mentioned it on my radio show elementary, and lifetime Saturday's election. Kon- (a public service effort of sports; academic counseling; stantin received 176 votes out KIKK, KULF, and KYND) board-teacher communi- the 2800 cast, about 6%. and it was well covered by the cations; vocational counsel- (Lamar Winebrenner, deacon local paper. Being a member of ing; and practical skills. He of Pasadena's First Baptist the Jaycees gave me a lot of also said, "High school Church, was elected with 36% access to politic^] 'groups. I football needs less emphasis." of the votes.) spoke to the local parents Konstantin feels that the Konstantin has long been groups, League of Women main bloc against his political active in Pasadena politics. Voters, and senior citizens advancement is his age. "The "Two years ago I ran for the clubs." average age of the school city council and received 12% Even that amount of board voter here is 45." With of the votes. But I think getting advertising failed to affect the the conservative bent of the the 6% in the School Board voter turnout. "Historically, town the liberal forces are race was a fairly good school board elections are often outnumbered. "A lot of response. Many of the local poorly attended. This year we people probably would've il I churches here are very had only 2800 out of 80,000 voted for me, but they politically oriented and voters. In the last mayor's probably decided to vote for oftentimes their deacons will election here we only had someone with more chance of be involved in the elections," 13,000 voters." winning." Konstantin says. Konstantin cited as his Konstantin doesn't claim to Konstantin's percentage of qualifications the fact that he be a wild-eved radical; in the vote was also remarkable is an undergraduate at Rice, Pasadena, though, people due to the fact that Pasadena former Pasadena Jaycees often think of him as such. is not bombarded with Director, member of the "But when they listen to what television and radio spots for Pasadena Library Board, and I have to say they usually end the different candidates like had attended school board up agreeing with me," he says. the rice thresher editorial This fall, as he promised, President Hackerman has appointed a committee to study the role of intercollegiate athletics at Rice. That long-awaited study, though, may turn out to be more a whitewash than the sincere evaluation the program needs if President Hackerman's appointments to the committee which he announced September 25 are any indication. At his "State of the University" address, Hackerman announced that Catherine Hannah, an alumnigovernor, would 0BY chair the committee. She is, we feel, an excellent appointment. The other four governors named to the committee, however, may throw off the results of that evaluation. Hackerman has appointed Ralph O'Connor and Theodore Law, both of whom Hackerman says he believes are predisposed in favor of the existing athletic program. The two other governors, whom Hackerman calls "objective", are Frank Ryan WDriAAfl£fl£' and Richard Chapman. Both are Rice Ph.D.'s; and in case you didn't notice, both are former Rice football stars. V Though we do not wish to question the fairness of Chapman I WOULD IKY TOR STRICTER CONTROLS, BUT HE'S PERSUADED ME THE THING IS LOADED...' and Ryan (or their sincere efforts to be fair), the assertion that they are objective is ludicrous. Two students and two faculty, yet to be named, will complete the committee. Of the nine members, however, four appear to Summer school... have a definite bias. Under such circumstances, charges that the committee is "stacked" are inevitable, and may be all too true. (continued from page 1) recovery" basis, with little or will, under the committee's President Hackerman owes the Rice community an normal operation of the no implicit borrowing from plan, be administered by a explanation.