The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1973 Page: 2 of 12
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Female athletes indignant; demand more attention
To the editor:
We feel that there is a tre-
mendous lack of respect ac-
corded the women's extramural
athletic program at Rice, and
the time has come to do some-
thing about it. Due to the con-
descending attitude of the ath-
letic department towards wom-
en's sports, the University has
left undeveloped some great
potential.
The men's athletic program
(extramural), consisting o f
eight sports, has a budget of
over $'l,4d0,000; women's ath-
letics, with three teams, is sup-
posed to operate on a budget
of $500. This is disproportion-
ate to both the number of
women attending the University
and to the number of interested
students. None of the money is
for scholarships (obviously),
yet over thirty people came
out for volleyball alone. Inter-
est is not lacking. Because of
insufficient equipment (5 balls,
1 court), coaching (1 unpaid
coach and 1 unpaid advising
Shocked by results
Psychologists find Klan racist
coach, neither of whom were
relieved of other duties that
they might have more time to
coach), funds (transportation
was provided courtesy of play-
ers and coach), and, most im-
portantly, the support of the
athletic department, the team
finished the season with only
eight players.
Now that volleyball is over,
most of the budget has been
spent and there will probably
be no basketball or tennis teams
this year, although many fine
players are available. This Uni-
versity needs the women's pro-
gram; will anyone try to sup-
port it?
The Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare is now
beginning to investigate wom-
en's athletic programs across
the nation. Hopefully, they will
investigate the program at Rice
before it is crushed into non-
existence.
Respectfully submitted,
Melanie Ehni
Teresa Escobar
crooked Republicans. This is the
idea with which this paper is
being written: an ideal of ob-
jectivity in an unobjective land.
We must rhetoric with reason;
we must displace the dema-
gogues with democracy, or
something. This, we shall try
to do.
The central question with
which we will deal is this: are
all whites racist, or only the
overwhelming majority? This
question was raised by a study
made by Aron and Aron and
Aron. In an encounter group
consisting of both black and
white individuals, there were
repeated attempts by one of the
black members to assert him-
self as a leader by such quaint
techniques as taking knives,
whips, and chains (phallic sym-
bols, one wonders?) and strik-
ing other members of the group
with them. Although this was
clearly little more than an at-
tention - getting device, the
To the Rice community:
Unfortunately, a misunder-
standing with the publishers of
Readings for an Introductory
Psychology resulted in the fail-
ure of the following article to
appear in that text (used by
Psychology 201). The instruc-
tors wish to have it printed
here so that all students will
have access to it; the informa-
tion will be covered on the final
examination.
Are All Honkies Racists?
Leon Bullshotsky
Marvin Rosengoldenstein
Timc-s are difficult in our
torn society. One wonders
whether there are any objective,
r..m-partisan people left in
Amerika, this Fascist, racist
rathule of a country. Clearly,
it is the job of the scientist,
nr for that matter even the
psychologist, to try to inject
some objectivity and non-par-
tisanship into this land run, by
shootin' blind
Week-old esoterica
by STEVE JACKSON
That headline is a flat lie. Very little of this stuff should have
<.:ono in last week. Most of it is older.
For openers, we will take a leaf from his own book, awarding
Lynn Ashby the Dr. Gonza Journalistic Weird Award. Ashby not
only reads the Thresher, but quotes it; he deserves whatever he
g<-ts. He is also invited to the next staff party; that should teach
him to kid about hi-brownies.
The Perceptive Little Fellow prize goes to Danny Robbins,
who is some sort of columnist on the UT Daily Texan, for re-
ferring to the Thresher as the "poor man's National Lampoon."
Robbins ran up a hefty phone bill one afternoon, trying frantical-
ly to got some information out of us on the Ed Collins affair, and
thereafter set some kind of record by misquoting three different
people.
Naturally, the Nix on You Diplomatic Derby goes to Big A1
for his coolness in the clutch. The Is the Con over Yet Coaches'
Cap is not being awarded for reasons of national insecurity.
The Don't Crush That Dwarf award goes to those Cunning
Runts, the world's shortest basketball team, who are hereby chal-
lenged to put on an * exhibition match against the Rice varsity.
The Owls will play one-handed.
The Gremlin Grope Award, naturally, goes to last week's
front page, with two misidentified photos. David Maynard took the
shot of Officer Davidson; Charlie Pau did the other. The There
Ain't No Justice crying towel goes to Bill Fulton, who really did
take some pictures. They didn't get in.
Inspiration of the Month: The Houston Oilers, who lost Coach
Pete but nevertheless went on to win their first victory in forty-
,-evcn years. Isn't life wonderful?
whites typically over - reacted,
shouting obvious racist state-
ments like "Stop that you
fiend!" and "Ouch, cut it out!"
as well as more graphic ex-
clamations. Some even left the
group, never to return. Among
these, surprisingly, were Aron
and Aron, as well as Aron. The
paper was completed by the at-
tention-seeking individual and,
incidentally, won the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction. At any rate,
we ask ourselves, were these
racist outbursts indigenous to
all whites, or only most?
To ascertain the answer we
borrowed Stanley Milgram's
technique of duping stupid lay-
continued on Page 3)
Little Brown Jugs predict win
To the Editor:
November has arrived, and
while same Brown women have
turned their non-weanie
thoughts to important (?)
events like the Brown-Jones
Formal, for many jocks over
here, the highlight of the month,
even of the fall semester, is the
arrival of powderpuff football.
This year promises to be even
more of a thrill with four teams
competing in two week-ends of
flag football. (The word flag
is not to imply that powder-
puff is a non-contact sport. Ask
someone who's seen the game!)
With rumors about all the
teams circulating around jock
circles, we felt that a pre-game
analysis of the Brown Jugs
might be in order, just to give
a little warning to the poor un-
fortunates in the other colleges.
Ernie (Da Coach) Janik and
his assistants, David Allen and
Bill Shadrack, have transformed
the mild-mannered, sophisticated
Suzy Co-eds of Brown into
vicious, bone-crunching foot-
ball jocks. Defensively, we're in
excellent shape with returning
professionals like Germaine
(Ragin' Cajun) Bagot and Liz
Meismiller at linebacker, Jenny
(Continued on Page 9)
Pre-Meds: thanks for the blood
To the Rice community:
On behalf of myself and the
Rice Pre-Med Society I want
to take this opportunity to
thank everyone who supported
our blood drive last week and
made it a big success. Between
9am on Weclnesady, when Elisa
Ribelles and Daphne Dean
came into the RMC to make
their donations, and 4:55pm on
Friday when Vaughan Waters
left, the V. A. Hospital tech-
nicians collected units of blood
from 217 Rice people. These 217
people belong to an elite hu-
manitarian group, because on
a national level it is estimated
that only 2.5% of those eligible
to donate blood do so. I term
the blood drive here a success
because over 10% of the eli-
gible Rice community donated
blood. I would also like to thank
those students who came to do-
nate blood but were unable to
do so for various medical rea-
sons. The kind thoughts were
appreciated.
The VA Hospital was very
happy with the turnout. Much
of the blood obtained here has
already been administered to
patients. Those students and
faculty who have never pre-
viously donated blood to the
VA Hospital should receive a
card from them in the next
few weeks acknowledging the
donation and stating the donor's
blood type. •
I would also like to thank
the members of the Rice Pre-
Med Society who helped with
the publicity and worked at the
blood drive. My special thanks
go to Mrs. Reba Laughter,
Karen Shannon, Chuck Zelnick,
and Barbara Morris who hand-
led various facets of publicity
and media preparation.
Once again, sincere thanks to
everyone who made the blood
drive a success!!
Sincerely,
Philip Samuels
President, Rice
Pre-Med Society
Opinion
4Government by crisis' must end
4|_ ^ STEVE JACKSON
1*1 01 Editor
^hroeRoP YVINTON W. BUCKLEY III
inrt^ani?! Business Manager
H. David Danglo Managing Editor Ralph Umbarger Calendar Editor
Forrest Johnson Assistant Editor Bill Bell Sports Editor
Gary Brewton Assistant Editor Bill Fulton Head Photographer
Barry Dale Advertising Manager Ruthie Melton .... Circulation Manager
Editorial staff: Forest Davenport, Joel Rennie, Linda Stephens
Bushier : Kath.v Ford, Sue Galyoan, Virginia Joe, Frank P res lor. Joel Rennie,
.Malcolm Waddell.
News: Dana Blankenhorn, Cathe Krause, Robert Margolis, Tricia Regan, Wendy
Nordstrom, Mark Onak, Joel Rennie, Lee Sowers, Linda Stephens, Carl Tre-
ltaven.
1 in" Arts: Alexi Poni field, Susan Buzek, Kate Jones, Joel Rennie, Don Shewey,
Nancy Taulienslag, Thomas Zimmerman.
Sports: Beth Glasser, T. G. Kahuna, Hal Morris.
Photography: Steve Cole, Lauri Laufman, Mickey Meier, Shannon Vale, Roland
Wong.
Production: Karen Brady. Tim Cooper, Susie Fields. Lois Hejtmancik, Cathe
Krause, Mark Linimon, Martha Mayberry, Dan Miller, Joel Rennie, Terry
Trant, Tom Whittaker.
The Rice Thresher, official student newspaper of Rice University, is pub-
lished weekly on Thursday except during holidays and examination periods by
students of Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001, telephone 528-4141 X221 or
645. The opinions herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writers.
Obviously.
by JIM ASKER and JEFF GIBBS
The landslide that one year ago this week
re-elected Richard Nixon President of the United
States has given way to a tidal wave of criticism
of his scandalous administration. It has reached
the point now that nothing can be done by this
man to restore public confidence in his Presidency.
The nation is simply not prepared for three
more years of government by crisis. When asked
to express their confidence in the Nixon govern-
ment in the latest Gallup poll, 55% of Americans
had "not very much" or "none at all".
True to form, Nixon has once again lashed
out at the press as the cause of his crisis of
confidence. But no one is buying this line this
time around. Journalists and editors who have
been conspicuous in their support of Nixon are
calling for his resignation or removal. The latest
development of the "missing" tapes touched off
a torrent of resignation editorials even from
such pro-Nixon papers as The Detroit News. Con-
servative commentators like Joseph Alsop and
Howard K. Smith have joined in the cries to
de-elect the President.
Nixon's attack on the press has been severe-
ly criticized fiby a public that is aware that, were
it not for a vigorous and resourceful press, many
serious improperties and malfeasances might have
gone unnoticed. Even Dolph Briscoe, mild-man-
nered Governor of Texas, has said Nixon's assault
on media may "crack the very foundations of
our democracy."
Even more telling is dwindling support in
his own party. Republican Senator Edward
Brooke has called for resignation. Conservatives
Goldwater and Dominick are quite vocal in thejj
dissatisfaction with the Administration. Scores
of Congressmen are saying Nixon is through
politically.
Every action the President takes is suspect.
Vice Presidential nominee Ford appears to be
an Edsel. Attorney General-designate Saxbe is
being lambasted for having suggested the tapes
be destroyed1. A legitimate and sensible troop
alert during the Middle East crisis: struck many
as a cheap public relations maneuver. To more
than a few people each Presidential act s,eems
to be part of a program of making the world
safe for hypocrisy.
The Administration itself is disappointed in
its Chief Executive. Resignations by long-time
public servants in the Departments of Justice
and State and the extremely low morale in
government make this clear.
- Impeachment and removal from office is
being actively considered, as a means of restoring
the public faith in the Government. But, ironical-
ly, the public is scared of the "trauma" or "tear-
ing apart of the nation" this might bring. If one
looks at the Andrew Johnson impeachment, he
will see this fear is unfounded historically; the
system is designed to weather, indeed profit
from, such strains.
"For a President to function effectively he
must be free from the burden of proof of justify-
ing his every action. Nixon must face this sort
of skepticism constantly if he chooses to con-
tinue in office. He has made his contribution to
the nation's welfare, largely in foreign affairs,
and history will remember him for it. Now the
greatest contribution he could make would be
to help restore the faith of the country in the
Presidency by resigning—before he is kicked out
of office. ■<
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