The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1970 Page: 6 of 6
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Herbert kicks off sei-fi seminars
Frank Herbert, author of
Dune, Santaroga Barrier, and
The Eves of Heisenberg will
speak Friday evening in the
Chem Lecture Hall at 7:30 as
the first lecturer in Will Rice
College's Science Fiction Semi-
nars.
Herbert has studied such di-
verse sciences as psychology,
undersea geology, navigation,
and jungle botany. If we can
judge from Dune, Herbert is
also an accomplished ecologist
and student of religion. Pub-
lished in l'JGG, Dune won both
the Hugo and Nebula Awards
rice people's calendar '
thursdny, the 26th.
In 1010, the Grand Canyon was estab-
lished as a National Park. Si^ch.
A great day for birthdays: Betty But-
ton is 49; Jackie Gleason, 54; I5uf-
falo Hill. 124 and Victor Huno would
hnve been 16S.
Spm. Media lildw. Film: "Troublemak-
ers."
*i>m. 30.'! Chem. Victor Lange from
Princeton speakes on "Forms of Mod-
ern European Prose."
.S :30pm. Fondren Lee. Lounge. Dean
Jules lirody of Queens College speaks
<>n the "Relevance of the humanities."
i!6t!i thru 2Hth. "The Devils," Ham-
man Hall 8pm. "Romanoff and
Juliet" at Channing Hall of the
First Unitarian Church, 5210 Fan-
nin, 8:30pm. \
friday, the 27th.
7:30pm. Chem Lee. Seience Fiction
Symposium with Mr. Frank Herbert.
Spm. Media Kldg. Films: "World of
notes and notices
A&M Tickets — If you have
been unfortunate enough to lose
out on the Aggie game ticket
deal, don't give up hope (yet).
One thousand general admission
tickets will go on sale at 5:30
Tuesday at the gym in College
Station. If you get there after
5:30, forget it. There's gonna
• be thousands of screaming Ag-
gies trying to be first in that
line.
* * *
Lange — Dr. Victor Lange,
Woodhull Professor of Modern
Languages at Princeton and
recognized authority on the
writings of Goethe, will lecture
on "Forms of Modern European
Fiction" tonight at 8 pm in 303
Chem Bldg. Dr. Lange is a
PBK visiting scholar to the Rice
Germanics Department this
year.
10% Student Discount
Rice Cleaners
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ENTERED AS
FIRST CLASS POSTAGE
for best sci-fi novel of the
year, and received praise from
Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A.
Heinlein.
Herbert is presently em-
ployed by the Seattle Post-In-
telligencer as Higher Education
Editor. One of his first assign-
ments with the Post-Intelligenc-
er was a trip to Vietnam. He
describes the attempts at po-
litical solution there as rivaling
even science fiction.
Herbert hasn't specified his
lecture topic, but will probably
touch on his experiences in Vi-
etnam, prophet-necessity in our
Apu" & "Koumko Mystery."
8pm. Ctillen Aud. UH Kathak Dancers
of India.
Saturday, the 28th.
7 :30am.-6pm. UMC Grand Hall. College
Hoard lOxams. 800.
12:10pm. Rice vs. the TCU Horney
Frogs. Gotta Have it! (Other games
are A&M at Baylor, on TV ; Tech at
SMU and Texas at Arkansas.) Bring
a sign for TV.
2:30pm. Freshman game. Rice Owlets
vs. Lon Morris J. C.
3pm. Rice Pool. Rice-Tech Swim Meet.
3pm. Museum of Fine Arts. Film: "The
Horse with the Flying Tail."
Npm. Coliseum, "The Temptations."
leapday the 29th.
Iieth Ramey's 5 ',{> Birthday.
Sunday, the 1st.
12:30pm. KTRK-TV (13) Rice: Spec-
trum '70. "Fluorine in Your Future."
A discussion by Drs. Margrave and
Tennis — In the 1969 TJSLTA
version of the US Men's Ten-
nis Rankings, three Rice stand-
outs made the top twenty. For-
mer Owl star Butch Seewagen
is No. 11, and current stars Zan
Guerry and Mike Estep are 12
and 13 (appropriate number for
our hard-luck kid).
* * *
MONEY — Have any of those
snapshots lying around that
someone would just die if they
saw in the yearbook? Have a
photograph of yourself that
you want everyone to see ? En-
ter it in the Campanile Snap-
shot Contest and win. A $20
first prize, thre $10 second
prizes. 20 March 1970 deadline.
You'll be glad you did!
* * *
Bill of Rights — Next Wed-
nesday at 7 pm in the Baker
Commons Bill Ballew and Joel
Coolidge of the Texas Bill of
Rights Foundation will present,
a program on that organization.
Astroturf—
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is an eminently available alter-
native which will make more
money faster without involving
such an initial expense. If they
are not, it's high time for the
track team to quit having to
dicker over getting Kool-Aid
after practice, it's high time
for a new basketball arena and
a new baseball field, and it's
high time for us to enable all
the minor sports to be com-
petitive. -CHIP MATTHEWS
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You Can Pay More
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social organization, or the pow-
er tool (use-a-bigger-engine)
approach to technology.
Admission is 50c with Rice
ID, $1 without.
Lagow, (Baker alumnus) from the
Rice Chemistry Dept., on their di-
rect fluoridation techniques.
5pm. Meeting of the GAY LIBERA-
TION FRONT, Space City News,
1217 Wichita. '
7pm. RMC Grand Hall, Movie.
8pm. Hamman Hall. Chamber Orches-
tra, a Russian Program.
monday, the 2nd.
February the 17th is still coming. Ask-
Pat Baum.
7:45pm. Astro Horsey Barn. Charley
pride.
tuesday, the 3rd.
6pm. Rollie White Coliseum. Owlets
vs. Fish.
Hpm. Same hole. Rice closes out a
great basketball season against the
tough Aggies. Come and be ready to
out-scream the Farmers. We want
our marbles. Carley for cheerleader,
(other games: Arkansas at TCU;
SMU at Texas ; Baylor at Tech.)
Wednesday, the 4th.
Sophomore Major forms sent by Regis-
trar.
WRC College Elections.
thursday, the 5th.
7:45pm. Astrodeo. Bobby Goldsboro.
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Murray, Jack. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1970, newspaper, February 26, 1970; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245077/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.