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Bigger, better Oktoberfest to open homecoming weekend
by EMILY COFFMAN
Richardson College brings
back its annual Oktoberfest this
Friday as part of the 1974
Homecoming weekend. This
year in addition to the SRC fes-
tivities, Central Kitchen has
arranged a German dinner for
the colleges, and Richardson
promises a complimentary keg
for each commons.
Because of the dinner ar-
rangement, there will be no
major metl at the Fest, but car-
nival booths in the commons
will feature such favorites as
Bavarian crepes, barbequed
knackwurst, and hot pretzels.
And the beer will be back — 30
kegs of Lone Star.
The Fest will feature more
entertainment this year. In the
commons, members of the Rice
Players will be performing a
cabaret floor show every hour.
Between their acts, the SRC
stage band will be playing Ger-
man oompah music. Since the
kegs will be located downstairs,
beer by the glass will be available
for people watching the shows.
Several game booths will be
set up at the carnival, too, for
people who prefer to amuse
themselves.
HOMECOMING EVENTS
Saturday, October 26
8:30am—Hamman Hall—Registration, ticket sales, and dis-
tribution of early registration packets.
9:15am—Willy's Statue—Wreath laying ceremonies performed
by the Class of 1949.
9:30am—Hamman Hall—General Assembly; Lecture by Dr.
Harold Hyman, "Watergate and Impeachment History:
Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon."
11:30am—Residential Colleges—Lunch
1:45pm—Chem Lec Hall—"Undergraduate Education at Rice,"
a lecture/discussion presented by the 1974 Brown Teach-
ing Award winners and the Dean of Undergraduate Affairs.
4:00pm—RMC Courtyard—Cocktail Hour with a cash bar
held in honor of senior faculty.
5:00pm—RMC Grand Hall—Pre-Game Buffet. $5.25 at door.
7:30pm—Rice Stadium—Rice Owls vs. the University of Texas
Longhorns. (MOB will perform at half-time.)
Special Events
4: OOpmFriday—Thresher Editors and Staffers' Reunion—at
Scardino Printing Company.
11:30am Saturday—Class of 1924 to receive 50-year pins in
special Cohen House luncheon.
Class Reunions: .1924, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1949,
1954, 1959, 1964, 1969. Various times and places.
Barbara Jordan to speak Weds.
House Judiciary Committee
investigating the impeachment
of former President Richard M.
Nixon. Representative Jordan
has recently returned from a trip
to Communist China and she is
currently' running for re-election
this November.
This is the first speaker the
Rice Program Council has spon-
sored on campus this year. The
RPC also plans bringing other
speakers later this year, notably
Gene Roddenberry in January.
Houston Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan will appear at
Hamman Hall on Wednesday,
Oct. 30 at 7:30pm to give a
short talk and answer questions
from the floor. She will prob-
ably cover her experiences on
the House Judiciary Committee.
Her speech is sponsored by the
Forum Committee of the Rice
Program Council.
Ms. Jordan came to national
prominence as a member of the
in the basement, along with
the beer, the rock group Six
Pack will entertain all those who
haven't yet developed a taste for
oompah, and for those who
want to be near the beer.
This year's Oktoberfest
promises to be the best ever,
though at this point, it also
looks rather non-profitable.
Planners estimate at least a
$1000 loss, so they want the big-
gest crowd ever to enjoy the big
bash. To that end, UT people
have also been invited.
The Fest will run from 8pm
to lam. Tickets are $1 with Rice
ID, $1.50 for others. They may
be purchased at the SRC office
or from any of the following:
John Blagg, Billy Collier, Joe
McHugh, David Ramos, Bruce
Marcus, Paul Reinhardt, or Phil
Watson.
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volume 62, number 11
thursday, october 24, 1974
Senate approves Standing Committee changes
by RON MILLER
The SA Senate gave final ap-
proval Monday night to a bylaw
change designed to increase the
efficiency of the selection pro-
cess used by University standing
committees. Two weeks after
hearing Baker president Bill
Lee's report on the committee
he had headed to investigate dis-
satisfaction with the process, the
Senate adopted Lee's proposed
changes, hoping to prevent fu-
ture irregularities.
The new provision is for six
subcommittees to interview ap-
plicants for the standing com-
mittees, beginning in January so
that the interviewers are from
the experienced Senate members
rather than the incoming Senate.
Each subcommittee will be com-
prised of two senators and the
current undergraduate members
of the committees for which it is
interviewing.
After hearing all applicants,
the subcommittees will rank
them according to preference,
giving reasons for the order of
ranking. The internal affairs vice-
president will then receive the
lists, and in cooperation with the
subcommittees, trim the number
ot applicants to four or less.
These final lists, including com-
ments on each applicant's quali-
fications, will be submitted to
the President of the University
for final selection.
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Arts, craftsccourses offered
American ait history, and how
Rice students who have
grown weary of a constant diet
of differential and integral calcu-
lus, or thermodynamics and heat
engines wtt\ be tempted by a
new series of courses which
involve neither homework,
exams, nor computer scheduling.
Starting this week, Palmer
Montessori School, which is
located across from Rice Sta-
dium, is beginning a year round
series of avocational courses for
adults (if you can vote, you can
quilt) which will feature promi-
nent area teachers. During the
coming year, you may look for-
ward to wine tasting, chafing
dish cookery, ceramics, needle-
work, yoga, tas form prepara-
tion, quilting, contemporary
to stretch your budget to in-
clude avocational courses. The
classes will be held at night on
the second floor oi the school
building at 5510 Greenbriar.
(The walk is shorter than the
one to Kay's.)
The purpose of this under-
taking is twofold: first, to pro-
vide funds for school remod-
eling; second to provide resi-
dents of the Rice area with a
first class community program.
Classes are filled on a first
come-first serve basis, so check
the schedule, then rush your
check (or cash) to the Palmer
office at 5510 Greenbriar. For
further information, call
Courtney Steves at 522-8362.
Scholarships to be re-evaluated
by DEBBIE DAVIES
Thousands of college students
from middle-income families will
become eligible for aid next year
under new guidelines adopted by
colleges and universities around
the country.
The College Scholarship
Service «(CSS) in Princeton, NJ,
uses the Bureau of Labor Stat-
istics budget standards to deter-
mine financial need. These
standards have recently been
updated to reflect inflationary
cost-of-living increases. In view
of this update, the CSS will
establish new guidelines for aid
eligibility. Many students pre-
viously disqualified because their
families were considered able to
afford a college education thus
may find themselves at the re-
ceiving end of an unexpected
windfall.
But the change could pose a
dilemna for those colleges and
financial aid offices which fol-
low the CSS standards: how to
spread assistance dollars among
more students, since the overall
amount of assistance is unlikely
to increase dramatically.
The change will mainly affect
middle and low income families,
who feel the greatest pressure
from inflation.
For instance, under current
formulas, a family with an "ad-
justed" income of $12,000 a
year and one child is expected to
contribute $2,080 a year toward
college costs. Under the revised
formula, the family will be ex-
pected to contribute $1,290.
Thus, if the son or daughter is
attending a college costing
$1,800 a year in tuition and
other expenses, the family will
be newly eligible for assistance.
Other families already receiving
aid might be eligible for an
increase.
Just what impact will this
have on the Rice community as
a whole? Mrs. Dorothy Bell,
Director of Financial Aid points
out that, "Rice-sponsored Na-
tional Merit stipends are deter-
mined by the CSS need analysis.
If a student does not file a PCS,
or the PCS does not determine
need, then the student receives
an honorary (minimum) Nation-
al Merit scholarship. If the stu-
dent is not a Merit scholar, then
need is met through other forms
of aid, the amount to be deter-
mined by the policy of the Uni-
versity or the guidelines of tne
CSS." As for the question of
resources, she said, "I would
anticipate that we would still be
able to meet the needs of the
students."
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1974, newspaper, October 24, 1974; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245206/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.