The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1976 Page: 1 of 16
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Athletics Review Committee members
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Ralph O'Connor
Troy Squires
W.G. Characklis
Catherine Hannah
Richard Chapman
Ira Gruber
John Anderson
Pro-athletic sentiment dominates open meeting
by BARRY JONES
The University Athletics
Review Committee held an
open meeting in Sewall Hall
Monday night. The purpose of
the meeting was to field
questions and suggestions
from members of the Rice
community. The committee
was formed by Dr. Hacker-
man. Most people have
assumed that the underlying
motive was financial: can Rice
afford to compete? At the
meeting, it was never made
clear whether that was the
committee's purpose, or
whether the question was if
Rice should have an athletic
program at all, even a
profitable one.
The committee has studied
sample budgets from several
schools, some of which have
dropped athletics, some of
which have cut back and even
one that conducted a non-
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volume 63, number 44
SA concurs with report, approves Pierce
by KIM D. BROWN
The Student Association
Senate Monday night
approved the last of the
elections which were held
February 17, after a series of
procedural delays. The
election for Thresher
Business Manager was
approved unanimously, but
SA President Wayne Hale, to
dispell any suspicions, added,
"This is not a rubber stamp."
In a more serious vein,
Connie Senior, chairperson of
the Election Committee,
presented the report of the
investigation of the RPC
Presidential election, recom-
mending (as did the initial
report rejected last Monday by
the Senate) that Ed Pierce be
reprimanded for violating the
election rules. Briefly, the
report said that two of the
allegations against Pierce
were untrue (electioneering
within 50 feet of the poll at Sid
Rich, and overspending the
$25 limit), while two other
charges proved to be true.
The report stated there were
clear election rule violations at
Jones (stuffing the mailboxes
with campaing material—a
violation of Rule #3), and at
Wiess. Senior reported that the
investigations showed the
Wiess worker for Pierce's
campaign had apparently
approached at least one voter
at the poll and had distributed
Pierce stickers well within the
50-foot limit.
The committee made two
recommendations to the
Senate: that Pierce be
reprimanded for violations of
the rules, and that a greater
effort be made to ensure that
all candidates aware of the
rules before campaigning
begins. The report commended
Pierce for his attempts to
correct the situation after he
realized he had violated the
rules.
The Senate voted, with little
discussion, to accept the report
and approve the election.
There was some question as to
whether Pierce should take
office immediately, since the
matter is subject to appeal to
the University Court for
another week. SA Parliament-
arian Donna Boyce advised
Hale that, in contrast to his
decision last week that the
elections could not be
approved while still subject to
appeal, the new decision could
be approved before the appeal
deadline had passed.
After the vote by the Senate,
Hanszen representatives Jon
Deuchler and Sherlene
Peterson, who had previously
stated that Hanszen would not
have any part of approving a
mere reprimand for election
rule violations, walked out of
the meeting in protest.
In other business, Hale noted
since no petitions had been
received in the Campanile
Business Manager race, the
Senate would have to extend
the filing deadline another >
week. The TexPIRG funding
referendum, which was to be
held the same day as the
Business Manager election,
will be delayed only if someone
files for the Campanile
position.
* Hale also announced that an
increase of $158 in room and
board charges was recently
approved for next year, and
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revenue program.
One of the more pervasive
topics was the "sheltered
program." a major which is
open only to varsity athletes
and which might be below
normal university standards.
The Commerce Department
Rice's entry in the sheltered
program field, is currently
being phased out. The
consensus was that Rice
should not operate under an
academic double standard;
also, the athlete should not be
herded into a program he
didn't particularly care for just
to keep his eligibility up. It was
also suggested that Rice turns
off many recruits because
there is no actual business
school. The idea that it would
be possible to have a business
school that would not be a joke
was a concept that eluded ^
many at the meeting.
admissions j "ooedures for
athletes were questioned. It
was brought to attention that
scholarship athletes do not
have to take the Scholastic
Aptitude Test before being
admitted. The impression
given by this statement was
that the "jocks" are incapable
of passing the test, an
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Dance includes open bar
Rondelet: zenith of
Rice's social season
by LORETTA MAULDIN
Rice may never be known as
the social mecca of the
southwest, but once a year we
do make an attempt to see how
the other half, the party
schools, live. This annual
extravaganza, Rondelet
weekend, will take place this
year April 1-4.
The weekend festivities
begin Thursday, April 1 with a
Lovett movie, "Bedtime for
Bonzo," starring Ronald
Reagan. The Rice Chorale
presents their spring concert
that evening, also.
Friday starts off with a
TGIF at 4:30 in front of Lovett
Hall; dinner will then be
served at 6pm as an all-school
picnic. After dinner, there will
be a carnival in the quad, a
spades tournament at Baker,
and an outdoor concert movie
(place to be announced). Then,
at 9pm, there will be a street
dance featuring Lionhart, the
group that performed at the
homecoming dance.
Saturday at 2pm is the big
event, the Beer-Bike Race at
the stadium parking lot. The
race goes something like this—
one beer drinker chugs 24 oz.
(12 oz. for the women's
competition) of warm, flat
beer. As soon as he finishes, a
bike rider begins two laps (one
for the women). As he comes
inter'the pit after the second
lap, another chugger begins.
The process continues until 10
chuggers and 10 riders have
finished. If you think you
might be interested in this,
contact the beer-bike captain
from your college.
The Rondelet formal is
Saturday night from 9pm-
2am in the Grand Ballroom of
the Astroworld Hotel. (For
those of you who went last
year, this year's choice is
about four times the size of last
year's ballroom.) The band
will be America '76, an 8-
piece group with keyboards
and brass, plus an OPEN
BAR and a shuttle bus from
the hotel to the RMC. Tickets
are only $10 per couple (you
could drink your money's
worth in just an hour or so) and
are available now from the
social coordinator of your
college and the SA office.
Tuxes are optional.
Sunday is for recuperation.
Sunday afternoon brings a
new idea, the Rally. More
details on this later.
Sunday evening is the
Songfest. This year there will
be two areas of competition.
First is the Choral Music
Category. This will be judged
by the Shepherd School
personnel on the basis of
musical excellence. Second is
the novelty act category. This
will be judged by the college
presidents on the basis of
entertainment and audience
response. If you ar,e interested
in participating in your
college's chorus, contact the
leader or your college
president. If you are interested
in the novelty act category,
either get one together with
your friends or talk to your so-
cial coordinator. (To be eligible
to win, groups must consist of
members of a single college.)
Then, in addition, the
Program Council will present
talented Rice people you may
never get to hear otherwise. If
you would like to contribute
your talent to this part of the
show, contact me at 526-5707.
One final word—a weekend
like this takes a lot of time,
money, and effort. The
Program Council needs help
on this—to sell tickets at the
carnival, to sell beer and
concessions, set up the
carnival booths, man the
booths, supervise the
spades tournament, move
risers, help the band set up,
clean up, help with the beer-
bike race, supervise the road
rally, and help with the
Songfest. If you can spare us a
little time that weekend,
contact the RPC or your social
coordinator.
One more thing. This has
been a sketchy outline of the
planned events—anything is
subject to change. But rather
than wait until the week
before, surely everyone would
like to know what will
probably go on. There will be
more publicity out as details
become concrete. And if you
have any questions, ideas,
objections, or comments,
please let me or your social
coordinator, know soon. But
above all, we need your help!
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1976, newspaper, March 18, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245284/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.