The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1976 Page: 1 of 16
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Capable, efficient Senate busily tackles work
by KIM D. BROWN
In a surprisingly harmoni-
ous session, the new Student
Association Senate, under the
capable leadership of
President Bruce Marcus,
rubber-stamped a number of
recommendations Monday
night, disposing of the agenda
items in near-record time.
The first item under old
business was, as has been the
case in the last four meetings,
the Thresher financial
statement. This time, however,
the Thresher business staff
showed up to explain the
report to the Senators, who
had shown slight discomfort
over the attempted expla-
nation of the document by
erstwhile SA Secretary-
Treasurer Calvin Dale Slater.
Janet Doty, business manager
for the campus publication,
offered an involved expla-
nation of what the "Trial
Balance" document meant,
saying that it did not show
that income had equalled
expenditures, only that she
could add all the accounts
correctly, and could make the
assets column total match that
of the liabilities. Doty,
accompanied for moral
support by Ad Manager Jim
Carroll, went on to explain
that the other portion of the
report, the income statement
(which Slater never got around
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On the inside . . .
The Thresher explores the inner depths of campus figure
Wayne Hale in an exclusive interview with the former SA
president, page 4.
Oil exec ends lecture series
Shell Oil Company execu-
tive Harry Bridges will give
the last President's lecture in
Rice University's 1975-76
Public Lecture Series at 8pm,
Wednesday, April 14, in
Hamman Hall. His topic is
"Some Views on America's
Future."
Bridges joined the Royal
Dutch/Shell Group in 1937,
after graduating from
England's Durham Univer-
Bible verse-
Revelation 5:4:
"I wept bitterly because
no one could be found
worthy to open or examine
the scroll."
Thought for the Day-
Today is the first day of the
rest of your life.
sity. During his first ten years
of group sevice, he worked as
an exploration geophysicist in
a number of the world's
jungles and deserts.
During the next few years he
assumed increasing manage-
ment responsibilities with
companies of the Royal
Dutch/Shell Group in
Holland, Indonesia, New
York, Qatar in the Arabian
Gulf, and London.
Bridges was appointed
president of Shell Canada
Limited in 1968, a position he
held until September, 1970,
when he became executive vice-
president, chief operating
officer, and company director
of Shell Oil Company. He
assumed his current position
as president and chief
executive officer of Shell Oil
Company in July, 1971.
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Wiretapping
discussed with
ACLU tonight
Morton H. Halperin, former
staff member of the National
Security Council and himself a
victim of federal wiretapping,
will speak to the American
Civil Liberties Union and the
public at 7:30pm tonight in the
R Room above the football
stadium. The talk, open to
students, is free.
Halperin currently heads
the Project on National
Security and Civil Liberties of
the National ACLU Found-
ation. From 1961 to 1966 he
was a colleague of Henry
Kissinger at Harvard, and
from 1966 to 1969 worked in
the Department of Defense.
Halperin opposes wiretaps
as being costly, useless, and an
invasion of privacy. As an
example, he cites his own
experience, his phone having
been tapped for 21 months,
during which time 40% of the
conversations were of his wife
with friends and 25% more of
his wife and himself.
"Watergate has made us
aware of the extent and the
dangers of wiretapping in
Washington," Houston ACLU
chairperson Gerald Birnberg
says.
"Wiretaps not under control
of the courts and obedient to
the Bill of Rights," Birnberg
says, "Are almost certain to be
abused. They threaten every
businessman with having
confidential matters leaked to
his competitors. Any political
party out of office, whether it be
the Republicans or the
Socialist Worker Party, may
find itself victimized by
wiretaps. Even the bedroom
conversations of husband and
wife are not immune from the
wiretappers' frenzy," he
suggests.
to distributing) would be more
helpful to the Senators. Later
in her office, Doty expressed
regrets that the Senators never
saw the only part of the report
that would do them any good.
As the meeting moved
along, Wiess Senator Ted
Andrews and Waldo Maffei,
SA Vice-President responsible
for internal affairs, proudly
announced their recommenda-
tions for the University
committee on ROTC. Their
recommendations will be
forwarded to President
Norman Hackerman for
eventual action.
Next on the agenda was the
application of the Rice
Libertarian Association for
membership as an SA
dependent organization. A
Libertarian in the audience,
one of the six at Rice by his
estimation, stated that the
organization is a wholesome,
patriotic outfit, dedicated to a
"pro-free market and pro-civil
liberties stand." He said the
Rice group would be associ-
ated with a national
Libertarian Youth Alliance.
The Senators grunted their
satisfaction with applicant's
ideology, and passed the
application without dissent.
(The Rice Libertarian Associ-
ation will meet tonight at
8:30pm in Sewall 352.)
The Senators were then
asked by a representative of
the National Cancer Society's
stop smoking campaign to
pledge support for a campus-
wide fall attack on cigarette
smoking. She said the Cancer
Society wanted to start small
groups which would discuss
the best way to stop smoking.
One Senator expressed some
concern that a similar
program of "self-help" should
be started for Rice students
known to be abusing
themselves by smoking
marijuana. Hearing no
motion, President Marcus
thanked the representative
and invited her back to "try
again at the next meeting."
RPC President Ed Pierce,
working happily after a long-
delayed election victory, took
the floor to report on the
workshop held last weekend
on how to coordinate activities
and programming. He
explained the difference
between current haphazard
planning system and a more
modern "time flow program-
ming" system he hopes to
initiate, which will haveevents
"building to a theme" and
more evenly spaced out
through the year. As Pierce
rambled through an appeal for
assistance and input from the
Senators, two dogs belonging
to two unidentified Senators
make torrid love in the aisle of
the room, and soon mild-
mannered Marcus found
himself brandishing his gavel
at Pierce's back.
Pierce, taking the hint,
wrapped up his presentation
with an announcement of
tonight's meeting of the
college film chairmen at Sid
Rich. Marcus appealed to the
Senators for a move to
adjourn, and without dissent
the Senate dispersed to their
respective colleges, bearing
the glad tidings of responsible,
well-informed student govern-
ment.
People you should know
"People you should know" will be a regular feature of The Nice
Thresher, introducing students to faculty and staff with whom
they may have occasional dealings. This is the first of the series.
* *
Mrs. Bonnie Heliums may be one of the least-known people
around campus. Yet, in her position as Director of Student
Activities and Personal Counselor, she performs many important
functions. From her office in the Cloisters of the Rice Memorial
Center, she acts as liason between the administration and
student organizations. In addition, she counsels students with
personal problems, such as pregnancy and drug abuse. She's
always got an open office, a pot of coffee, and a reassuring
smile for students who "just need somebody to talk to." If you're
ever in trouble and don't know where to turn, try Mrs. Heliums
(x2435)—you're sure to come back feeling a lot more normal.
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1976, newspaper, April 1, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245288/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.