The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1969 Page: 3 of 10
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Senate discusses goal orientation
By JOHN MAULDIN
SA President Lee Horstman
adjourned last Tuesday's SA
meeting after 15 minutes and
immediately asked the Senate
to remain for a discussion per-
iod in which the goal and poli-
cies of the SA would be discuss-
ed.
Horstman started the period
by stating that it is now time
for the Senate to start con-
sidering what will be its main
priorities during the coming
year.
The first idea mentioned was
that of incorporating the Stu-
dent Association. Horstman said
many benefits can be realized
by the student body, such as,
the improvement of student
services while lowering prices;
more student jobs; legal shelter
for the editors of student pub-
lications; a financially re-
sponsible framework for stu-
dent ideas; and the business
training and experience for the
students. It was noted that the
variety of situations the corp-
oration could handle would be
limited only by the student in-
terest.
By far the most important
of the services that the corp-
oration could perform would
be in the establishment of an
off-campus college or housing
facility. This would ease the
housing shortage, (also lower
rents), could be used as an
experimental community center,
and give the corporation col-
lateral for future loans. The
rent would pay for the building
itself. The idea of a student
corporation was placed into a
committee headed by Will Rice
Senator Dan King1.
Ann Ross, SA Senator-at-
Large, suggested that the Sen-
ate might also look into the
possibility of additional coed
housing and overcrowding. The
idea of trying to fonn an in-
vestigative group to look into
the university expenditures and
priorities and offer constructive
ideas to the board in this area
was talked about. The idea of
university policy, both short-
range and long-range, and how
the Senate could help shape
the course of the school was
discussed. Horstman mentioned
that this is basically what the
CUE committee is for, and
suggested that any work done
by the Senate be done in con-
junction with CUE. Horstman
ended the discussion by asking
the members to come to the
next meeting with definite
ideas and suggestions. Horst-
man said later that with work
this could be the beginning of
an important era in Rice stu-
dent history.
In the regular Senate meet-
ing, the unofficial results of
the elections were announced.
Leighton Read beat Russ Jones
in the preferential ballot by a
vote of 91 to 89. Ted Farmer
won 316 to 257 over Rodney
Crowl. Buff Waters was elect-
ed to the Honor Council with
11 votes.
Michael Managan interrupted
the meeting and presented the
Senate with a letter stating that
Bennet Fallc according to the
Constitution, was no longer SA
vice-president and therefore he
had illegally spent student
funds. The apparent trouble
arises from the fact that Falk
has been absent from Senate
meetings twice in a row. Falk
was said to have a class at
this time. The Senate expects
to have a written statement
from Falk concerning this be-
fore they take definite action.
The SCEP budget was ap-
proved at $1000. Don Wilson
outlined his budget and stated
his proposals for the committee.
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CBS-News White House Cor-
respondent, Dan Rather will
speak tomorrow at 2:30 pm in
Hamman Hall. His visit is
sponsored by the Rice Young
Democrats club.
Webb: Yearbook is incomplete
To the Editor:
Such superb photography and
excellent layout and design as
the Campanile displayed must
be complimented; that was truly
well done.
It" was also very refreshing
to see some of the often under-
played aspects of campus life
portrayed—such an effort must
be described as a genuine effort
at making the Campanile more
representative of Rice students
and their activities.
Unfortunately, the editors
devoted too much time to being
graphically exciting and to be-
ing aware of these less-pub-
licized events of campus life.
Excellent photography is to be
commended, but excellent pho-
tography can also (with per-
haps a little more effort) be
found of the Rice community as
it really is: pepole, students and
teachers, living, working and
playing together. Rooftops and
trees provide nice photographic
textures but for the money I
paid, I'd rather see the faces
of my friends. Perhaps the all-
but-defunct Janus is the place
for a photo gallery.
Whether the editors wish to
acknowledge it or not, the Rev-
olution has not so" swept up the
Wiess modernizes open house
After a careful study by an
appointed committee, the Wiess
College Cabinet adopted a new
set of open house rules designed
to place greater emphasis on
individual responsibility. The
new rules were overwhelmingly
approved by a college referen-
dum and became effective im-
mediately.
The new rules consist mainly
of the old rules with various
passages deleted or altered.
Registration of all female
guests on a sign-in sheet is still
required, but guests are now
free to visit any of the rooms
rather than just the rooms into
which they have signed. College
members are now left to their
own responsibility, and at-
tempts at pseudo-pENfental fe'up-c
ervision such as checking of the
rooms and restrictions requiring
unlocked doors and lights on are
no longer required.
Similarly, a rule requiring a
sign on the door of the host is
now an optional convenience.
Female guests are free to come
and go in the college as long-
as they are there within open
house hours. Finally, the Wiess
College Court was given greater
discretion in assessing penal-
ties for rules violations. These
few simple changes were made
with the conviction that college
students are responsible for and
capable of supervising their
own actions, and that it is not
the function of college^govern-
ment to attempt to dictate strict
social guidelines.
Rice student body that all else
is forgotten. Abou 110 partici-
pate in major intercollegiate
athletics and nearly half of
the male students enter in-
tramural contests. Large social
events are less popular, but still
command enough atendance and
interest to be. "large" and to
provide events and incidents for
remembrances. And strangely
enough, the major portion of
student life at Rice was en-
tirely missing: after all, some-
one must have gone to classes
and studied some interesting
topics under some interesting-
professors, who shall forever be
inde'ntified merely at "left of
crab."
Pei'haps the basic philosophy
of the yearbook is not agreed
upon, but my own idea sees it
as a bound (and hence, pre-
servable and permanent) col-
lection of those things which
made the school year what it
was. Rondelet is Rondelet, but
it's not: the people and places
are different (amazingly, the
beer-bike race, which is prob-
ably less changing than even
the parties, received lots of cov-
erage). Football is football, but
it's not: in 1968 we didn't win
a game.
Certainly the personal preju-
dices of the editor must be al-
lowed some free rein, but after
all, the book is not the culmi-
nation of his work only. Our
money paid for it.
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Murray, Jack. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1969, newspaper, October 23, 1969; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245065/m1/3/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.