The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1971 Page: 5 of 8
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vice-president
internal
vice-president
external affairs
bennett
In order to justify its exist-
ence, student government at
Rice must concern itself with
all areas of student interest.
Concerns which are motivated
other than the benefit of the
ice student should best be left
in other hands. I think this is
particularly true for the stu-
dent serving as Internal Affairs
Vice President. He, if anyone,
must see that student needs are
met. He must see that the sen-
ate forms an interlace between
the eight colleges — not an
'antithesis as many of us have
seen in the past. The senate
must coordinate campus-wide
activities to avoid duplication
of effort. It must effectively
and forcefully communicate stu-
dent views to the faculty, ad-
ministration, and to "the out-
side world."
If you, the student body of
Rice, see fit to elect me to rep-
resent you, I will work to the
best of my ability to do just
that. I will strive continuously
to be current and knowledgable
in areas of student concern. In
kobiyashi
The job of the SA Internal
Vice President is to engender
effective interaction among the
various components of Rice Uni-
versity. — the faculty, the ad-
ministration, the board of trus-
tees, and the student body.
In order to do this job, a
person requires, first all, a
working knowledge of the struc-
ture of relationships among
those components of the uni-
versity. Of course, I don't pre-
tend to know all about this
structure, but as Brown College
treasurer and external vice-
president, as a member of the
SA. Personnel Committee, and
the Under ^graduate Curriculum
Committee and as a person who
is naturally intrigued by "the
way things work," I think I
have run across most of the
basic information during the
past two years, or at least have
learned where I can find it.
Once the internal vice-presi-
dent gains some kind of grasp
of the structure of relationships
in the university, his (or her)
job becomes the coordination of
the student role in that struc-
ture. Coordination of this kind,
however, in order, to be effec-
read
sfockwell-
order to give you an idea of
my goals, the following is a
brief synopsis.
The needs of the off-campus
student must be met. If a stu-
dent does not desire to live in
the relatively plastic structure
of college life, an alternative
must be offered — not a sub-
stitute. Perhaps a student cen-
ter is a step in the right di-
rection.
Personally, I believe that the
college system can and will
work. It needs to be brought
up to date certainly, and pos-
sibly given a shot in the arm.
I think the best thing that
could happen now would be the
implementation of coed col-
leges. Not only would it make
our environment more pleasant,
but more realistic. Here at Rice
we often lose touch with re-
ality. However, with any de-
cision must come a definite com-
mitment. We must not settle for
a goal half-obtained just be-
cause we become discouraged
when the going gets rough.
tive, cannot be the mechanical
operations of the internal vice-
president, acting along; the job
requires a solid core of people
from each college who work
directly with the internal vice
president, meet periodically for
skull sessions about the way
things are going, and active-
ly keep ideas circulating and
activities moving — an exten-
sion, perhaps, of the present
Personnel Committee.
Coordination, unfortunately,
sounds like a rather passive
process, merely organizing what
is already taking place. That,
however, is-not my idea of co-
ordination — if it were, I
wouldn't want the job. To me,
effective coordination must have
both a sense of direction and
of innovation — we must have
a sense of what we want to be-
come and a certain creativity in
deciding how to approach that
goal.
My personal sense of direc-
tion is grounded in the belief
that the internal affair of Rice
University is education — cer-
tainly not just education in the
classroom, not even just the
education of the intellect, but
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stood speechless. Though cer-
tainly not everyone agreed with
me, all 450 of our students stood
and applauded me when I fin-
ished. When no one else could,
I was able through Christ to
demonstrate botih the love and
authority we need.
The former presidents of the
Student Association have been
great guys, but we need some-
one with a real purpose and old
fashioned guts to .get some
things done. You may not agree
with my convictions (have you
ever really examined Jesus
Christ?), but I still hope you
see that we need someone with
some convictions. I won't back
down! Our other Presidents
have had good programs, but
they never had enough author-
ity to push them through the
administration and other chan-
nels. When Christ finished His
Sermon on the Mount, the Bible
adds these words to those chap-
ters—
"and when He had finished
these sayings the people mar-
veled because he spoke as one
having authority and not as the
scribes." With Him as my guide
and with your suggestions, I
plan to give Rice students the
authority we need. But we must
get together. Rice students, I
love you.
Some may come and some may
go.
We'll all surely pass,
When Christ who left us here,
Returns for us at last,
We are but a moment's sun-
light
Fading in the Grass,
Come on People, smile on your
Brother,
Everybody get together,
Try to love one another right
now.
DAVID STOCKWELL
Will Rice '72
I think that judicial reform is
vital. The rules that govern us
must be clear and unambiguous,
commonly understood by all,
and explicitly written. This ap-
plies to the Student Association
constitution as well. I do not
support the recent Sass report.
The jury system would make
the Intercollege Court very un-
manageable and at best make
the judicial process intermin-
able.
Curriculum reform is also a
very pressing issue. Rice vitally
needs an undergraduate major
in Environmental Science. I
also think a Health and Physi-
cal Education major should be
avaiilable to all students.
All in all, whoever serves as
Internal Affairs Vice Presi-
dent will have an unparalleled
opportunity to work for the
good of Rice students. It is with
this objective in mind that I
placed my name in candidacy
for this office.
JOHN BENNETT
Weiss, '73
the kind of education that is
practically synonymous with
being a live human being.
Within this conception of the
internal affairs of Rice, I have
several somewhat more man-
ageable areas of concern. First,
because the lynd of university
we have depends to a great ex-
tent on the kind of people we.
have here, two of my particular
concerns are the admission of
students and the hiring of fac-
ulty. In both areas, a reexam-
ination of criteria seems to be
in order; in addition, there is
room for specific innovations —
recruiting in high schools by
Rice students, bringing in visit-
ing professors could be partially
paid by the colleges while the
university is low on funds,
bringing in experts from the
Houston community to teach
college courses.
The kind of university we
have also depends on the kind
of environment we make avail-
able to the people who' end up
coming here. With respect to the
social environment, the change
which I consider to be most im-
portant and which, through the
newly-appointed university com-
mittee, I have become most in-
volved in is the introduction of
coeducational colleges. With re-
spect to the academic environ-
ment, my main concern is mak-
ing the present system more
flexible so that individuals —
both study's and professors —
can better experiment with the
"formal" part of education: a
quarter system, in which a sum-
mer session would be added and
students and faculty could time
their work at Rice according to
their own particular purposes,
could be a major step in this
direction.
I have tried to present some
of my own opinions and ideas,
but I also realize that the in-
ternal vice presidency is much
larger than the ideas and ac-
tions of one person. It must en-
compass your ideas and your
work as well if it is ever to
be what it can be — an instru-
ment in the development of a
better university. ,f5
KATHY KOBAYASHI
Brown '72
The External Affairs V.P.
has responsibility in four ma-
jor areas. He is a member of
the Senate, which, in the words
of a former President, should
be "a responsible, mature body
which channels well informed
student opinion on University
affairs to the Rice Community
at large, in such a way as to
help direct University policy."
This can be accomplished by
maintaining close contact with
the students at Rice, while seek-
ing a more effective voice with
the administration and on Uni-
versity committees.
Alumni are an important con-
cern of the External V.P. By
creating more involvement and
interaction with them; at Home-
coming, we can develop better
communication. Alumni support
of student activities can be in-
valuable. This could include
plans to fund a student loan
program at Rice. The current
alumni employment program
should be continued and ex-
panded. Also, the Vice-Presi-
dent's involvement with alumni
committees allows another op-
portunity to express student
views to the University.
Other schools have lots to of-
fer us. Our membership in the
National Student Association
makes available a vast amount
of information and student re-
lated services, and right now
turner
The duties of the External
Affairs Vice-President are
aimed at relations between the
Rice Student Body and the
Houston Community in particu-
lar, and the public in general. I
feel that having lived in Hous-
ton all my life that I would be
well qualified to take on this
task.
I have worked in college gov-
ernment since I was a Fresh-
man, three years ago, holding
the positions of Off-Campus
Representative for Lovett Col-
lege for two years, serving on
the SA Presidential Selection
Committee as Lovett College
Representative during the Mas-
terson crisis, and participating
in the Hoffman crisis of last
year as one of the organizers
of the student security.
The experience that I gained
talking to alumni and consid-
ering the reaction of the Hous-
ton community with regard to
student actions during these
two recent crisis will stand me
in good stead should I be
elected. Having lived off-cam-
pus all except my Freshman
year I believe that I know what
students on-campus do and feel
and at the same time have talk-
ed to many Houston citizens
about how they feel concerning
students.
As an officer who deals with
alumni I feel that some prog-
the Houston Council of Colleges
is working on local projects
such at obtaining student dis-
counts at local stores. Confer-
ences and correspondence with
other schools give us invaluable
insight and perspective into our
own problems. Because all stu-
dents .. share common interests
and problems, we must think of
ourselves as part of a student
body far larger than just those
who attend at 6100 Main.
We are also a part of the
Houston Community. Providing
it with better information about
Rice and students is the pur-
pose of the newly developing
Rice Student Speaker Program.
We must take a stand on is-
sues of importance to us, such
as the current support of the
State Landlord - Tenant Act,
which will directly affect many
off-campus students. Finally,
the External Affairs V.P. must
lend recognition and support to
the campus groups involved in
this area, such as the Rice Tu-
toring Project and the Rice So-
ciety for Ecological survival.
Hopefully, you will find some
of these ideas about the office
agreeable. In any case, I sin-
cerely wish that you will let me
hear how you feel about things
at Rice. I'll be listening at each
college in the next few days.
LEIGHTON READ
Baker '73
ress should be made on co-ed
colleges from this position. I
have worked on the original
co-ed college proposal and feel
that this would be beneficial
to the university.
My majors at Rice are Bi-
ology and Economics preparing
for graduate study in Ecology.
The Rice student body has a
reason to be concerned aboxit
the ecology of this area, es-
pecially since we live in an ex-
tremely polluted city. This
would be a good direction for a
person concerned with com-
munity relations to take.
One of the points in need of
greatest consideration is that
the SA budget is limited and
allocation of money is crucial.
Having attended conventions
under SA sponsorship myself I
am doubtful of their benefit to
the university and the amount
of money spent on these paid
vacations for students might be
better used elsewhere.
Programs such as the Hous-
ton Council of Colleges and
REAP should be exploited to
their fullest in the next year.
Joint efforts to bring speakers
to Houston to benefit several
universities would allow more
speakers to come' to Houston
for the same amount of money.
As regards REAP summer jobs
for students are a necessity.
LEIGHTON TURNER
Lovett '72
Jones theatre tryouts scheduled
Through sheer insanity, I
mean, by popular demand,
Jones theatre will again this
year produce an exhibit of that
lofty form of the theatrical
arts, the melodrama. However
this year's production will be
different from all previous
Jones melodramas. It will have
two dashing heros with manly
chests, two darling heroines
with fluttering breasts, and
two dastardly villians on rot-
ten quests, because this year
the show will consist of two
one-act plays, (aside: We've
done all the "good" long ones.)
Tryouts for the show, to be
directed by Keith McGregor,
and produced by Terryellen
Eschen, will be held on Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 2 & 3,
at 7:30 pm, in the Jones com-
mons. The melodrama will open
on April Fool's Day.
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1971, newspaper, February 25, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245101/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.