The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1973 Page: 4 of 10
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Beyond the hedges
Summer developments: Astroturf and an Ag death ray
by GARY BREWTON
When is the best time for
school administrators to in-
stitute major changes in policy,
spend large sums of money, and
in general do those things
which arouse the student popu-
lation? During the summer, of
course, when few are around to
complain. While the Astroturf
was being replaced in the Rice
Stadium, here are some of the
things which were going on at
other schools:
At the University of Houston,
school traffic and safety offi-
cials were forced to amend pro-
posed plans to search patrons
of Hofheinz Pavilion for al-
leged contraband. Students had
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objected that there were neither
warrants nor probable cause for
the searches, which had been
proclaimed by large signs at the
door reading, "Hofheinz Pavil-
ion entrance is predicated upon
the privilege on the part of the
management to seek out con-
traband items from persons so
entei'ing."
Also at UH security had pro-
posed using officers to walk the
floors of dormitories. One un-
favorable incident was reported
in which an officer ordered two
female residents, visiting one of
the girls' brother, also a resi-
dent, to return to their rooms.
The officer later entered the
room and talked to the girls
without a student adviser be-
ing present, a violation of regu-
lations.
In Austin, students at the
I'niversity of Texas opposed
plans for improvements on the
west mall, part of which in-
volved construction of another
fountain. Work had already be-
gun on the project, which was
to cost several hundred thou-
sand dollars.
Students at UT were asked
to cut. back on the use of elec-
tric toothbrushes, hairdryers,
and elevators in an attempt to
reduce power consumption at
that school. Also, the ther-
mostats in classrooms were
raised from 75 to 78 in another
economy move.
One student at UT spent his
■summer impersonating a man-
nequin in a local store's dis-
j ; window. When a local TV
r-'ntion did a man-on-tlie-street
stwsimm'Sim
:;! works of graphic art—etchings, lithographs,—
by leading 20th century artists:
P;:bh Picasso Johnny Fricdlacndcr Marc Chagall
Suhador Dali, Alexander Calder Joan Miro
Georges Rouauit Victor Vasarely and others.
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report of his act, 75% of the
people interviewed reported that
the student was a fake.
At Texas Tech, a large group
of student life administrators,
all under 30, resigned after
claiming indifference, lack of
funds, and an unwillingness on
the part of many administra-
tors to find out the interests of
students.
Speaking about the devalued
dollar, students at Texas A&M
in the entrepreneurial science
program were buying dollar
bills from the federal reserve
system at the going rate of $10
per ton. Unfortunately for the
Aggies, the bills had been quite
efficiently cut into small pieces
by a paper shredder at one of
the banks. Their idea is to make
something valuable out of some-
thing worthless using every
bit of ingenuity they possess.
To remind them of their op-
portunities, a set of "Clackers"
hangs from the ceiling of the
classroom, a symbol for the 47
tons of the once-popular toy
which are now available at
practically no cost.
On the macabre side of
things, the National Archives
has purchased the emergency
roo m equipment at Parkland
Hospital in Dallas which was
used in a futile attempt to save
President Kennedy's life ten
years ago. The equipment,
which includes a stretcher table,
respirator, electrocardiae ma-
chine, and assorted surgical
equipment, may eventually be
put on public display.
The FDA has proposed regu-
lations to increase the safety of
bicycles sold in the United
States, although the measures
would add approximately five
dollars to the purchase price of
new bicycles. The requirements
include front, rear, and s i d e
reflectors, non-slip pedals, and
brakes which would be able to
stop within 15 feet at 15 miles
per hour. Also, the rules would
prohibit front-only brakes, dan-
gerous protrusions, and high-
rise handlebars more than 16
incles above the seat. Hopefully
the new regulations would
significantly reduce the 38,000
bike-auto collisions which oc-
cur each year.
A beer shortage on top of all
the other shortages may prove
to be the straw which breaks the
camel's back for many Texans.
Liquor store owners in Lub-
bock report that there'may be
no Coors in bottles until the
end of the year due to problems
with the glass bottles at the
brewery. The shortage is re-
portedly due to the volume of
sales, which has exceeded the
capacity of the brewery. Re-
portedly, Coors is still avail-
able on tap at most bars in the
panhandle.
The Aggies have also come
up with a machine which uses
microwaves to sterilize the soil.
Called the Zapper, the machine
resembles a combine, being 22
feet long, 8 feet wide, and about
10 feet tall. The cost of treat-
ment runs about $15 per acre,
but the cost is expected to de-
crease as the technology be-
comes more widely available.
Finally, the Houston Police
Department has reported that
its operation will change very
little as a result of the Supreme
Court's new ruling on obscenity
laws. Cant. James Albright of
the HPD vice squad declared
that "Even if someone we ar-
rest is found innocent by a
jury, if he continues to show
or sell other material, we will
go right back to get the mate-
rial and arrest him again." Sev-
eral local theater owners have
expressed their feeling that the
high court's riding will be soon
overturned, but in the mean-
time they expect little difficul-
ty with Houston police.
Brisks!! to study counseling methods
Rice's Dr. Linda Driskill will
examine the counseling tech-
niques used by family planning
and health care agencies under
a fellowship funded by the Na-
tional Endowment for the
Humanities through the Insti-
tute on Human Values in Medi-
cine, Philadelphia. She will re-
ceive $1,000 for six months
while taking interdisciplinary
courses at Rice, Baylor College
of Medicine and the University
of Texas School of Public
Health.
"I'm interested in rhetoric —
how people communicate," says
Dr. Driskill, director of the
Rice Experimental Program in
Composition. "I wish to apply
specialized study to a public
concern."
She notes that a recent sur-
vey revealed that while almost
all mothers admitted to Ben
Taub Hospital for deliveries of
babies at the end of unplanned
pregnancies were familiar with
birth control measures, very
few had ever used any con-
traceptives. She says, "This
means that our counseling pro-
cedures are not working and
we must design more effective
ones."
Dr. Driskill holds B.A. (1901),
M.A. (19(58) and Ph.D. (1070)
degrees in English from Rice
and has lectured in the English
Department since 1970.
200 Christian
Science youth
to convene here
About. 200- Christian Science
youth will meet here this week-
end.
Registration will be in Ham-
man Hall at 7:30pm Friday and
from 7 to 8:30am on Saturday.
There will be a registration fee
of $3.00.
There will be meetings and
addresses starting at 9am on
Saturday and ending with a
final meeting at 4pm on Sun-
day.
All interested students and
faculty members are invited to
attend.
For further information, con-
tact Michael Peck, 292 WRC
52(5-0886.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1973, newspaper, September 6, 1973; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245168/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.