The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1995 Page: 3 of 24
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. 1995 3
Charles
Klein
time: A time when
campus sleeps and awaits the
new and returning undergraduates
— certainly not.
A number of students dedicated
large portions of their summers to
make sure that Rice would be a bet-
ter place when stu-
dents returned for the
1995-96academic year.
The Student Associa-
tion, 0-Week<n>ordina-
tors, Rice Program
Council, KTRIJand nu-
merous other organi-
zations had student
representatives hard at
work over the sum-
tner.
Three members of the Student
Association laid the groundwork for
major changes in the upcoming year
at Rice. Internal Vice President
Pavan Pinnamaneni put together an
expanded "Meet Sheet" with color
pictures. The upgrade in size and
color was absorbed by increased ad-
vertising sales.
External Vice President Tony
Fran changed the selling philoso-
phy behind the Silver Saver Card as
he tried to get more businesses on
the card with more student dis-
counts. He succeeded, and now you
can look forward to a two-sided Sil-
ver Saver card that contains deals
from such notable places as Spa-
ghetti Warehouse, the Houston
Astros, the Houston Aeros and both terms of philosophy and change.
Blimpie's and Subway. Tran also The individual O-Week coordi-
J~~'— ' *' ~ * rs also slaved away to make sure
O-Week would be even better
1995-96 possible
Editor's
Notes
designed the cover for the Campus
Directory and put out the Student
Summer Directory.
President Maryana Iskander
teamed up with Sid Richardson Col-
lege O-Week coordina-
tor Caroline Schaeffer to
create the framework for
a Rice Women's Confer-
ence that wit) take place
in early February.**
Iskander also worked
with campus Officials on
the concept o£a Univer-
sal Student II) card for
the future which would
allow Rice students to use their Rice
II) for a number of services. In addi-
tion, she also worked to keep com*
municatioiis open with administra-
tors on various issues that involve
student life from the reconstruction
of Willy's Pub to security to an en-
ergy-saving EPA program.
Glenn Levy, the student director
of O-Week,-put in countless num-
bers of hours to make O-Week a
smoother experience with person-
ally-designed professional-looking
O-Week schedules, memos and the
like. His work did not solely focus on
O-Week though; he also was the
undergraduate representative on the
University Strategic Planning Com-
mittee that looked at how Rice should
approach the upcoming years in
nators
that
( Without all of these
students' hard work,
returning students
would find a u niversity
unprepared to begin the
new year. 9
than last year with professional-look-
ing O-Week handbooksand in-depth
schedules and plans.
Rice Program Council President
Ryan l>evy and Internal Vice Presi-
dent Kari Hoffman put together an-
other RPC calendar while U*vy and
his staff also restructured the RPC
to better serve the student body,
KTRU station manager Andy
Campbell was omnipresent as he
made sure that KTRU could still be
heard throughout the city even with
a very limited staff.
Numerous other students re-
mained at Rice to work in science
labs, Mudd Lib, CoHo, and on the
Scruples play, • .
Without all of these students' hard
work, returning students would find
a university unprepared to begin tile
new-year. Instead, the freshman and
the returning undergraduates can
look forward to a year of new pro-
grams, new suprises and an overall
better Rice University. Hiese are
the unsung heroes of Rice. These
are the ones who work behind fhe
scenes during the summer and lay
the groundwork for the year to come.
Many of them volunteered and de-
6 These are the u nsu ng
heroes of Rice] ,.. Ma ny
of them volunteered and
deserve much more than
just this column in
thanks. ?
serve much more than just this col-
umn in thanks.
Charles Klein is a Sid Richardson
College junior and one of two editors
in chief of the Thresher.
College experience not just academics
Editorial
FROM PAGE 2
emony that is so pretentious that
students for years have streaked and
pranked (lie ceremony in jest and in
the spirit of O-Week, a spirit estab-
lished almost hand in hand with the
establishmentv of the CAllege Sys-
tem.
This incident rnarksthe first time
in recent memory that someone"has
been punished for speaking out at
an assembly at Rice. If we're not
mistaken, every college chanted at
the faculty address on Sunday. In
fact, Hutchinson commented right
after completing his speech that the
chanting had fired him up.
At last year's matriculation, Dr.
Camacho stood-back while students
were chanting and said, "This is
great."
While the clapping and chanting
by Jones College was rude and in-
sensitive to the speakers, the coor-
dinators, had no right to fine the
college for its actions even if a verbal
agreement had been made. Why?
The agreement violates freedom of
speech and represents a fundamen-
tal breakdown at Rice.
Besides, the coordinators ^nd O-
Week in general have broken down
into a bunch of double standards.
One college jacks another before
the deadline, the jacked college
whines and wants the other college
fined, the jacked college retaliates
before the jack deadline and is hor-
rified to find that the other coordina-
tors want to fine them. The cycle
continues. When wilh people open
their eyes to the fact that you cannot
single out one event that is "jack-
free" or impose a "jack1' deadline
because these in themselves arc-
places where students can be irrev-
erent?
You can't say that "respectfulelap-
ping is allowed at mat riculation" and
then not expect a college like Jones
to be "reverent" tfiid rebel against a
stupid agreement by being creative.
It's all or nothing and "all" seems to
have won. Moderation was thrown
out the window from the beginning.
Matriculation should not govern st u-
dent spirit and creativity. If anything,
the students should govern matricu-
lation. After all, the ceremony is for
them, not the faculty,
While the people all tell you that
Rice is a place to expand you mind
and learn about yourself, their ac-
tions are saying something differ-
ent, "Welcome to Hypocrisy Univer-
sity. You have no rights. We will
stifle any attempt at creativity."
(Let's see, we said that , u Jones
was fined $135 which breaks down
to $15 a word ... 15 words at $15 a
word ...)
As the summer of'95 comes to
an end, the campus reawakens to
the sounds of new students pound-
ing the golf paths to .
begin a year filled 'TY^XJY
with lots of fun, lots
of work and lots of TTY ai\j
growing up.
As a co-ad viser at
Jones College this year, I've had the
distinct pleasure of watching 100
freshmen undergo the rituals of 0-
Week,
I've helped some of them plan
their academic schedules this year.
I've sat with them, looking at what
classes they've chosen and helping
them pick out the "right" courses.
I've taken them to divisional advi-
sors and woken them up for place-
ment examinations.
But one thing that 1 want to make
clear hot only to them, but to all the
fill
I®
•;|1
Still
freshmen on campus is that the
mythical "college experience" en-
compasses not only the academic
side but also the fun. the
J extracurricular and the
M personal sides.
Ap Don't get me wrong
— I am not downplaying
the importance of your
academics. After all, this is your fu-
ture we're talking about, right?
So work as hard as you can on
your grades. AHI ask isthat between
cramming for the Big Three or writ-
ing a paper for an academ class, find
an activity that you enjoy.
Should your time at Rice be lim-
ited to classes and the library? Heck,
no! For the vast majority of fresh-
men. you're now living away from
your parents. This means freedom.
Freedom to abandon any or all of
your previous beliefs, freedom to
question any institution you once
had faith in or freedom to control
your life and to point it in the direc-
tion that yog want to go.
Get involved in something you
like or something you believe in. Be
it RSVP, the Thresher, rhe club soc-
cer team. Campus Crusade, what-
ever — just j/ive yourself an oppor-
tunity to grow on the personal level,
outside of classes.
Take classes that you enjoy and
want to take. Don't feel pressured to
take classes to fulfill your major.
Don't let Orientation Week end
after tomorrow. Have a good time at
school and keep meeting new people.
Meet people on the other side of
classes. Heck, meet me.
Tuny Iran is a Will Rice ('allege
senior and one of two sports editors of
the Thresher
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(Disciples of Christ)
1601 Sunset Boulevard
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 526-2561
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RICE STUDENTS
Destiny Sunday School Class
taught by minister LeS-Howatd
focused on topics of concern for young adults
Sunday Morning Worship
including communion for Christians of all denominations
Sunday Snack Supper
free with student i d resuming September 10 f
Informal Sunday Evening Worship
featuring Through the Bible with minister John Cunyus (Baker '84)
Young Adult Fellowship
meets for dinner and study one Saturday evening each month
and for lunch on the last Sunday of each month
9:30 a m
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