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Weekend crammed with events
Bikers gear up
event begins at
for the Twentieth Annual Beer-Bike race this Saturday. The women's
2:30 with the men starting at about 3:15. —waiter underwood
Those things in the stadium
lot that look like a carnival are
in fact a carnival. The
carnival opened Tuesday
night and will close at
midnight Sunday. The RPC
receives 10% of the gross plus
$10 per ride. The proceeds will
be used by the RPC to help
defray the expenses of
Rondelet. Rice students can
also get into the carnival a la
cheapo. Coupons for the rides
cost 25<P apiece, but coupon
booklets with 40 coupons,
usually sold for $8.00, can be
bought from the college social
chairman for $4.00.
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Thresher
volume 64, number 41
thursday, march 31, 1977
Ponders future of US
Connally explores 'public interest'
by Jeanmarie Amend
Speaking Tuesday evening
in the Grand Hall of the RMC,
John B. Connally addressed
two key issues—agriculture
and energy—in his lecture
entitled "Politics and Public
Interest."
"Largely responsible for the
progress we've made as a
society, and, what has set us
apart from all of mankind,
particularly in the field of
energy, is the inventiveness
and creativity of people
working in the public
interest," Connally said.
"What is the public
interest?" Connally asked.
"What is being discovered in
the laboratory today...
affecting the technology of
tomorrow and the next twenty
years."
He continued, "One
manifestation of this...with
enormous impact is in the field
Yogurt proves popular
by Kiin D. Brown
"I'm a yogurt eater myself,
and I appreciate good yogurt,"
explains Joyce Rubash when
describing her latest culinary
experiment. Serving yogurt—
14 flavors of it—proved far
more popular among the
students than anybody at
Food Service had anticipated.
The experimental program,
under which students can
substitute yogurt for a
breakfast or lunch entree,
caught on so well that the
warehouse ran out quickly and
had to be replenished. Rubash
noticed that the yogurt craze
caught on quickly at Jones,
but rapidly spread to all the
colleges. Currently, approx-
mately a third of the students
eating at the colleges are
opting for yogurt each meal.
The flavors requested most
often so far have been
strawberry, blueberry and
raspberry. "A lot of people
won't touch that prune whip,"
says Kubash, "but they ought
to. It's better than it sounds."
Her personal preference is
lemon.
The brand of yogurt offered,
Dannon's, is one of the better
brands on the market—all
natural, no artificial coloring
or flavor additives. Although
Food Service is presently
offering servings of yogurt to
off-campus diners at a bargain
rate of 50<P, Rubash says the
price of the yogurt falls
somewhere between the price
of a serving of ravioli and a
couple of hamburgers, two
popular lunch offerings. If the
popularity of the program
continues to grow, it is
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of agriculture. Twenty years
ago one farmer provided food
for fifteen people; today he
produces enough for fifty-two
persons."
"Our progress is a direct
result of commitment to funds
for research and develop-
ment," Connally said.
By reducing funds from 3%
of the Gross National Product
to 2.4% for research and
development, Connally said
the U.S. is "not laying
foundations for new services
and products. This is a matter
of extreme importance."
Connally also regarded
energy as a factor crucial to
the 'public interest.'
"Our standard of living
enables us to enjoy the fruits of
creativity," he said. "Critical...
to sustenance of our way of life
£ (continued on page 3)
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Although the carnival will
be standing during Saturday's
beer-bike extravaganza, they
will in no way interfere with
the race because all of the
trucks and rides have been
kept at least 20 yards from the
beer-bike track. Some bikers
are hopeful that the carnival
will help the race by blocking
the wind that usually slows
down the bikers.
The other events scheduled
for this weekend are:
Thursday:
7:30 Colossus, Sci-Fi flick,
301 Sewall Hall.
8:00pm at the Carnival, hot
dog eating contest, call 526-
6854
9-12pm Willy's Pub, Shoes.
9:30pm Colossus again.
Friday:
3pm: Baseball vs. Texas
A&M. Coors beer, 25<F set up on
the field by the tennis courts.
5pm: All-school picnic, same
place, courtesy Joyce Rubash.
6:45-9:45pm: Starcrost,
once again by the tennis
courts.
9:50pm: If you've nothing
better to do, try the carnival.
Saturday:
lpm: Baseball vs Texas
A&M, doubleheader.
2pm: Beer-Bike Race in the
stadium lot.
9-10pm: Champagne and
Cake Reception at the
Emerald Room at the
Shamrock Hilton.
10pm-2am: Dance—Cen-
tral Expressway, open bar.
Tickets available from the
college Social Chairman, at
the SA office, or at the door if
you like to live dangerously,
$12 per couple.
Sunday:
3:30pm:
RMC.
Songfeat at the
SA calls new election
The SA Senate quickly
approved their only listed
point of old business at
Monday night's meeting, only
to contimue discussion on a
University Court ruling and
the new business for an
additional two hours.
Recommendations for
student members to the
Committee on Examinations
and Standings and the
Committee on Religious
Activities rapidly approved by
the Senate will be sent to Dr.
Hackerman for final selection.
After lengthy deliberation,
the Senate approved the
University Court's recommen-
dation to hold a new election
for Thresher editor. They
then agreed on next Tuesday,
April 5, as the new election
date. The motion for a new
election passed 16 to 3.
The Senate then moved on to
the first order of new business:
forming a Financial Commit-
tee to look over the finances of
the SA organizations
receiving a share of the
blanket tax (Campanile,
Thresher, KTRU, and RPC).
President Sisson asked for
volunteers with accounting
experience to serve on the
committee.
The Publications commit-
tee members were then
selected by Sisson. This body
has duties in conjuction with
Thresher and Campanile
activities. Internal Affairs VP
Marian Barber will chair the
committee, with Senators
Danny Cohen, Barbara
Ladner, Hal Marcus, and
Carla McFarland also chosen
to serve for the upcoming year.
Businessman Skip Lahsek
then spoke to the Senate
concerning "Job Interview
Seminar Sessions" he would
like to start at Rice and the
University of Houston.
According to Lahsek, the
programs would help students
"define and orient themselves
to the job market." He
requested that the Senate
"endorse the concept of . the
idea", and help him arrange
on-campus facilities for the
sessions. The cost of the
seminar will be $25 per
student; the SA will receive
10% of what the program
grosses. The Senate passed the
motion to suoport the program
14-0-3.
The final item on the agenda
was entitled "Goals for Next
Year". Sisson then cited six
major problems he perceives
as pertaining to the Univer-
sity, and suggested that the
Senate might wish to divide
into sub-committees to
facilitate in-depth study of
these problems so as to some
up with "concrete suggestions
we can lobby for next year."
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University-wide
special election
for Thresher Editor:
Tuesday, April 5, 1977
Polls open 9am-7pm
in the Colleges
and the RMC
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Carnivol lights up stadium parking lot until Sunday.
-waiter underwood
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McFarland, Carla. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977, newspaper, March 31, 1977; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245332/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.