The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1970 Page: 3 of 8
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Mauldin asks for write-ins
SCB Mural Contest
to the Editor:
I will be running a write-in
campaign for Thresher editor.
I have worked this past year
with the Thresher and have been
associated with newspapers for
over nine years, both as a writer,
editor, and publisher. I am very
familiar with the details and
technicalities of editing a paper.
In regard to the Thresher I
would like to see the following
ideas introduced.
(1) I would like to see the
Thresher became a Rice news-
paper. This may be done by
having more feature articles.
Definite areas in the Univer-
sity, such as SCEP, CUE, cur-
riculum, and student Senate in-
vestigations should receive more
space. I would continue the
"opinion articles" in the paper,
but believe that facts and news
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related to the student exper-
ience should have more space
than is now given. These arti-
cles should be worked on by
individuals concerned with that
area.
(2) The sports section has
been good and I would like to
see this section grow, with
more "inside" articles.
(3) A stronger editorial pol-
icy which offers constructive
criticism and viewpoints, and
makes suggestions relevant to
University problems.
(4) In order to keep the
Thresher from becoming a one
man paper, I would continue
the practice of selecting co-edi-
tors from different segments of
the student body. This eases the
tremendous workload, provides
a broader basis for construc-
tive thought, and has worked
quite well this year.
(5) A column for news items
too small for an article should
be started. This would be an
excellent place to also air small
gripes and questions.
I have already been talking
to several people about working
with the Thresher, as a new
staff will not have much time
to become oi*iented to the pro-
cedures (due to the postpone-
ment of the original elections).
I feel that I could now organize
a very good staff, capable of
putting out a good Thresher at
the beginning of next year. To
vote for me, SA members must
write in my name and circle it.
JOHN MAULDIN
Will Rice '71
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As a major phase of the Stu-
dent Center Board's improve-
ment campaign for Sammy's,
the S.C.B. will stage a competi-
tion for the design of a mural
to be executed on the white,
folding wall in Sammy's. The
intention is to hold a competi-
tion every Spring for a new
mural design, giving* birth to a
tradition which will add a live-
ly note to the rather bleak at-
mosphere in Sammy's. The se-
lection of the design will be en-
trusted to a jury composed of
students, faculty, and staff
members from the School of Ar-
chitecture, the Department of
Fine Arts, and the Institute for
the Arts.
Description and Restrictions
The white wall in Sammy's is
a massive forty-two feet, four
inches long by eighteen feet in
height, divided into four pan-
els, each ten feet, seven inches
long and eighteen feet high. Be-
cause of physical and financial
limitations, it is necessary to
impose several restrictions in
the design process:
(1) since the wall retracts,
the mural cannot project at all
from the surface; it is essential
that the design be two dimen-
sional, fitting flat onto the wall;
(2) the design must be ex-
ecuted in acrylic paint;
(3) entries must be executed
to scale (Vi inch to the foot)
and submited by April 6, at
either the S.C.B. office or the
information desk in the RMC;
(4) the competition winner
will have one month, from the
date of the jury's announcement
of the selection, to execute the
mural in Sammy's, (the SCB
will supply the necessary ma-
tetrials).
Cash Award
This year the jury, cordinated
by Professor John O'Neil of the
Fine Arts Department, will
award a commission fee of fifty
dollars ($50) to the competition
winner. The cash prize will be
preseted following the compe-
tition of the .actual mural ex-
ecution. However, if the jury
feels that none of the designs
submitted are worthy of: execu-
tion, no winner will be selected
and no prize will be awarded.
The Student Center Board
hopes that the annual design
competitions, combined with its
present Sammy's Committee (to
improve food, etc.), will create
the type of atmosphere a stu-
dent center should have. So to
any Rice student, be he artist,
as piling artist, or just a guy in
need of fifty dollars and with a
hankering to get his "creation"
exhibited for a year in Sam-
my's, the invitation is out —
enter the mural contest and de-
sign your way to fame and for-
tune.
Showcase-premiers light, music
By GAIL MILLER
Playwright's .Showcase (that,
struggling little theatre over
at the Autry House) has an-
nounced a rather strange pro-
. gram for this coming week-end.
Called "Two Adventures in
Music and Sculpture," the pro-
gram was described by Show-
case Director Ro&er S. Glade as
"an experimental marriage of
a new music concert and a light
sculpture exhibition" presenting
new works by a local composer,
Yvar Mikhashoff, and pieces
by students at the Media Cen-
ter.
"I really can't describe the
music," Glade commented, "Ex-
cept to say that if you bring
a poem we'll let you in for half
price." Glade indicated that ap-
parently the original poetry
will be read or sung as part of
an improvisational piece sched-
uled for the concert.
Composer Mikhashoff has as-
sembled a group of professional
musicians for the event which
Playwright's Showcase is prom-
ising will be something Hous-
ton's never seen before.
Most of the light sculpture
will be imported from the far
reaches of the Rice Art Barn
(and nearby Art Shack) to
Autry House for the occasion.
Led by their instructor, A1
Cheney, Rice students will dis-
play recent adventures in light,
plexiglass, and live turtles.
Contributing artists include
Mike Ettredge ("Light Piano")
Carl Wester and Paul Wahler
(light boxes), Raymond Yin.
("Roller Scroll"), Hugh Brown
and Tom Brown- ("Flex Ionic
Column" and "Kinetic Turtle
Sculpture"), Elizabeth Weed-
man ("Optic Over Screen"),
Mike Managan ("U-V Blocks"),
as well as pieces by Christi
Oliver and Alain C. Perrot.
Capping thes exhibition will
be "Accelerator VII" a flour-
escent kinetic sculpture by A1
Chenecy himself.
Glade was enthusiastic about
the prospects saying "It's al-
ways exciting when you can
premiere works by so many
artists in two vastly different
media simultancousiy."
The show will be held this Fri-
day and Saturday only at 8:30
pm—a half hour later than most
Showcase performances. (" I
told you everything would be
different," Glade cracked), and
reservations are available by
calling The Autry House at 524-
3168. Price of admission is
$1.50 without a poem and $.75
with a poem.
Rice aquanauts
The Rice swimming team ha-
continued to grow and improve
despite the lack of scholarships.
This year's team, coached by
Fred Breckwoldt and captained
by Allen Stark and Alberto
Durant, has already shattered
six school records. Early in the
year, Alberto (Chicho) Durant
set new marks in both the 500
and 1000 yard freestyle, and
was selected to represent his
home country, Peru, in the
South American National meet.
Freshman John Allen, another
hopeful for conference awards,
has lowered the time for the
200 breaststroke and the 200
individual medley. Returning
sophomore letterman Brad Root
just recently broke the 200 back-
stroke record and assisted John
Allen, Allen Stark and Alberto
Durant in breaking the existing
400 Medley record. Rice also has
a strong Free Relay consisting
of Roy Brabham, Craig Roberts.
Brad Root and Alberto Durant.
Although the present record
is poor, it is encouraging that
the Rice swimmers have never
been beaten by another non-
scholarship team and will lose
only one member to graduation.
Bright spots so far have been
the highest score of the year
against defending conference
champion SMU and a hotly
contested meet with the Texas
Aggies. Rice hopes to better
its sixth place finish of last
year in the upcoming conference
meet on March 12, 13, and 14.
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Murray, Jack. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1970, newspaper, March 12, 1970; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245079/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.