The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1967 Page: 4 of 8
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Rice bio-satellite recently orbited Info™ation and escape
Biosatellite-B, recently orbit-
ed and recovered by a Rice re-
search team, is part of the first
satellite program ever underta-
ken solely for biological re-
search.
Dr. Luolin S. Browning, a
Research Associate in Biology
at Rice, heads the Biosatellite
research program which is stu-
dying the combined effect of
radiation and weightlessness on
living organisms.
The 12,000 Drosophila, com-
monly called vinegar gnats,
used in the project were ideal
because of their size and their
rapid rate of reproduction. Al-
so, more is known about their
hereditary principles than that
of any other organism in the
world.
Dr. Browning, who took over
as principle investigator fol-
lowing the death August 27 of
Dr. Edgar Altenhurg, Professor
Emeritus of Biology, says that
her shift from pure laboratory
science to a space project has
had various unexpected scienti-
fic results.
First it was necessary to
breed a more vigorous strain of
vinegar gnat which will bo
useful in future ground-based
experiments. Secondly, the Bio-
Rice ROTO prof
and many cadets
received honors
Four Rice ROTC cadets were
named Distinguished Military
Students and Lt. Col. John W.
Van AYoerkom, assistant pro-
fessor of military science, was
awarded the Army Commenda-
tion Medal for Meritorius Serv-
ice in ceremonies last month at
Iiamman Hall.
Timothy L. Bratton, F. Mike
Brown, David J. Cohen, and Jeff
R. Gibson, Jr., received the stu-
dent awards for ranking in the
upper third of their ROTC class
and in the upper half of their
academic class. Upon gradua-
tion, they will be offered regu-
lar Army commissions.
Lt. Col. Van Woerkom, an
officer in the Army Corps of
Engineers, received the award
for his service with the Rice
ROTC instructor unit since 1962.
i con t i i! tied from )">ajro 1)
admitting fewer freshmen, mak-
ing Houston girls live at home,
changing the prerequisites for
living off campus to include
sophomores, and creating a
sponsored off-campus housing
project.
Such a project, suggested one
satellite radiation source pro-
duced a low level of radiation
during the entire GO hours of
flight. The effects of this type
of exposure, which differs from
the massive quick-dose that
Rice investigators had been us-
ing, provided a new viewpoint
and new results. Finally, the
College culture programs differ
DR. LUOLIN S. DROWNING
organisms had to be studied for
the unexpected genetic effects
of vibration during the launch
phase.
The Biosatellite project is not
the first to use vinegar flies in
space. They have been sent
aloft for similar research by
Russian experimenters who have
made some of their findings
available to the Western world.
But the Russian experiments
have been carried aloft in pig-
gy-back fashion aboard satel-
lites launched for other primary
purposes. T h e multi-mission
launching of the American Bio-
satellite is the first space mis-
sion attempfcd by any nation
solely for biology experimenta-
tion.
Biosatellite-B, second in a
series sponsored by a $120,0Q0
contract from the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, was launched from
Cape Kennedy September 7 and
recovered from orbit near Ha-
waii September 9 after a 45
hour flight. Biosatellite-A, first
in the series, was launched last
December but was never re-
covered.
Crowded colleges --
of the Jones recommendations
in a letter to master Trenton
Wann about the situation, would
involve the University's spon-
soring and operating an apart-
ment complex.
College System Endangered
As the Jones letter said, this
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Cultural activities have al-
ready gotten under way at all
six colleges, and a lot more are
planned. Wiess, Baker and
Jones are the furthest along in
their plans: Brown, Rice and
Hanszen are "playing it by
ear."
All six will be equally active,
however, and Ron Webb of
Baker urges "less chauvinism"
and more cooperation in devel-
oping college cultural programs,
to avoid duplication of topics
and scheduling-, and to increase
the college's financial leverage
in getting prominent speakers.
Regular Forum Committee
meetings of all six college pro-
gram chairmen have started as
a step towards this coordinaton.
Films
Hanszen and Baker are set-
ting up film laboratories, and
all six colleges will be showing
movies from any of three basic
types. First, informational:
Wiess has already screened an
LSD documentary, and as did
Hanszen a film on last year's
football season.
Second, artistic: Baker will
show a "History of Cinema""
series, and, like Wiess and
Jones, a series of experimental
films.
Third, escapist: at exam time,
Baker and Wiess hope to screen
such items as "King Kong" and
"The Blob."
Jones program chairman Bari
Watkins is aiming at a total
theme of "Social Perceptual
Change" for activities at Jones
this year.
Adventurous
Jones will "show Antonioni's
"L'Avventura" on October 12,
and host Texas folk singer
John Lomax on October 22. Dr.
William Mindak, a specialist on
"Mass Media," will visit from
Austin on December 7.
A three-day rock-n-roll sym-
posium is scheduled for March,
to feature UCLA's pop cul-
turalist Kurt Von Meir, along
with Rice's Louis Mackey and
the Six Pence.
WTiess C o 1 1 e g e, with Lee
would be "to provide for those
girls who did not wish to live
in the college but whose parents
required more severe limitations
than ordinary apartment living
would provide."
In this way, girls such as
those who do not want to par-
ticipate in the college system
or those who wish to cook for
themselves may do so without
damage to the college system.
This damage to the system is
feared by some who see the
possibility of overcrowding in-
advertently creating a college of
freshmen, sophomores and of-
ficers.
At present, the two cabinets
and masters are evaluating the
dilemma, hoping to provide a
temporary solution until a new
women's college can be built.
Horstman as Program Cnair-
man, will have Sir John Glubb
visiting from 12 noon to 3 pm
October 13.
Already planned are the fol-
lowing: a "Student Power" de-
bate in late October, a lecture
on "Biological Research at Rice"
and a discussion of "Texas Civil
Rights Problems" in November,
a symposium on "Underground
Expressionism" early next year,
an exhibit of Total Environ-
ment Art, the Second Annual
Wiess Photography Contest, and
a three-week-long symposium
on insanity during second se-
mester.
Hello Hamlet
Also, Wiess's drama season
began with George Grenias'
"Hello Hamlet" October 5-7,
and may average one produc-
tion per month.
Baker's Culture Chairman,
Ron Webb, began yesterday
the first of his "20th Century
Man" series, dedicated to prag-
matic modem needs, and to fea-
ture advice on such thing's as
buying used cars, and investing
in stocks and the commodities
market.
Dr. Hershlog, of the Univer-
sity of Tel Aviv, will fall into
the "Life Beyond the Hedge"
series, when he speaks at Baker
next week. He will be followed
by a University of Cairo pro-
fessor speaking on the same
subject: the Middle East Crisis.
General Who?
A third series for "General
Subjects" will include Mr. Char-
ynk's February visit as Presi-
dent of COMSAT. Webb also
plans a symposium on "The
Ocean" early next semester.
Baker will start a series of
plays as well when "Don Juan
in Hell," directed by Bill Grove,
opens in late October.
Roger Clark, Hanszen's pro-
gram chairman, plans to con-
tinue the Hanszen Music Series,
and expects Fort Worth Con-
gressman Jim Wright to visit
his college early next semester.
Ricky Trout, in charge of
speakers at Will Rice, expects
Francis Williams of HCCAA
(Houston County Community
Action Association) in mid Nov-
ember and Houston surgeon
Michael DeBakey this Sunday
(October 15), at 3 pm in the
Will Rice commons.
As Brown Speaker Chairman,
Susie Abright has left the fu-
ture open, but arranged Sir
John Glubb's October 13 visit.
He is a scholar of Middle East-
ern culture.
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Hancock, Darrell. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1967, newspaper, October 12, 1967; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245009/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.