The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1977 Page: 1 of 20
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Rice Thresher
volume 65, number ttv.
friday, october 28, 1977
Brown recommends different co-ed conversion timetable for Jones and Lovett
by David Butler
Undergraduate Affairs Dean
Katherine Brown has recommen-
ded that Will Rice, Jones, and
Lovett Colleges be converted to
coed status, as proposed by the
Committee of College Masters
and Presidents two weeks ago.
However, Dean Brown has ad-
vised that conversion of Jones
College be delayed for one year,
with only Will Rice becoming
cocd next academic year.
Dean Brown's action differs
from that of the Masters and
Presidents, who wanted Jones
and Will Rice to convert next
year, with Lovett converting in
1979-80. Under her proposal,
both Jones and Lovett will wait
an additional year before be-
coming coed.
The reasons cited for delaying
the change in Jones' status were
the comparatively small majority
favoring conversion in Jones, as
well as the fact that if Jones and
Will Rice converted next year,
Brown College "would be left
for a year with three single-sex
men's Colleges, which seems soc-
ially undesirable," according to
Dean Brown. If Jones' conver-
sion is postponed for a year, she
feels the balance of coed/male/
female colleges would shift from
2-4-2 currently to 3-3-2 next
year to 5-2-1 with both of the
latter arrangements appearing
more desirable than the tempor-
ary imbalance that would be cre-
ated next year. Lovett's conver-
sion will be delayed for several
reasons, including the fact that
Lovett will be acquiring a new
master next year.
Dean Brown's memo to Hack-
erman also proposed that the
coed colleges be allowed to set
their own room assignment poli-
cies, subject to the approval of
their masters. Currently, rules
dictate that male and female
sections of the coed colleges be
separated by exterior doorways
or stairwells. However, Dean
Brown noted, the new policy
would allow the colleges to
accomodate demand for rooms
with as much flexibility as pos-
sible, to maintain high occupan-
cy, and to equalize the waiting
lists for men and women in years
when there is an over-demand
for on-campus housing.
Also included in the proposal
is a recommendation that any
decisions regarding coed colleges
be made on a year-by-year basis,
rather than a fixed period of
time, as was the first "experi-
mental" period for Baker and
Hanszen Colleges. Dean Brown
proposed that the Dean of Un-
dergraduate Affairs submit a re-
port to the President each year
on the status of the Colleges,
"including, whenever appropri-
ate, a recommendation for chan-
ges in the provisions governing
the coed Colleges or a possible
further increase in their num-
ber."
Dean Brown again emphasized
to the Thresher that her recom-
mendation to Hackerrnan is only
a recommendation; Hackerrnan
"will make his own recommen-
dation to the Board, and the
Board's action will be decisive."
She also added that "the recom-
mendation is now under study
by the President, but I have not
yet discussed it with him," since
Hackerrnan has been out of
town.
(The full text of the recommen-
dation appears on page 3 of this
issue.)
Student Association seeks ad volunteers, tables Media Board
Monday's SA meeting saw an
"agreeable" Senate approve two
constitutional amendments and
two of three "affiliate" organiza-
tions, and send the controversial
Media Board proposal back to
committee.
The meeting opened with a re-
port by External Affairs vice
president Joe Lueckenhoff on
the status of the student direc-
tories currently being prepared
by the SA (see Thresher Octo-
ber 13). Lueckenhoff said that
the list of student names and
addresses is ready to send to the
typesetter in Phoenix, and that
the directory could be ready for
sale as early as mid-November.
He asked the senators for help in
"running down advertisers" in
order to approach the break-
even point with production
costs.
President Claude Sisson then
told the Senate that University
Court Chairman Keith Cooper's
resignation, reported to the Se-
nate last month, had not become
official since none of the proper
authorities had received his let-
ter of resignation. Cooper has
agreed to stay on at his post un-
til January 1, following the new
election amendment passed by
the Senate.
That amendment, which will
allow vacancies in campus-wide
offices to be filled by appoint-
ment rather than special elec-
tion if they occur with two
months of the spring general
election, passed unanimously.
Also approved were changes in
the constitution and by-laws to
change SA "dependent" organi-
zations to "affiliate" organiza-
tions. Both changes will become
official in one week unless chal-
lenged with a petition bearing
the signatures of five percent of
the undergraduate student body.
Also passed without dissent
were applications for affiliate
status from the Rice Ballroom
Dance Society and the Rice
Repelling Club. The Rice Mem-
orial College did not fare as
well; after untabling last meet-
ing's motion to approve affiliate
status, the Senate rejected the
request for the second time, on a
10-6 vote.
The Senate then turned to the
major issue of the evening - the
proposal to create a Rice Media
Board. As originally written, the
bill would replace the current
Senate Publications Committee
with the Media Board, composed
of faculty and administration ad-
visors plus student members
elected at large or appointed by
the Committee of Masters and
Presidents and the Senate. The
Board, according to the propo-
sal, would "conduct all hiring
and firing of salaried staff, set-
ting of policy, and making of
other major decisions" for the
Thresher, the Campanile, and
KTRU.
Newly-elected Internal Affairs
VP Chris Bounds, who took over
the Publications Committee
from former Internal VP Marian
Barber, presented the bill to the
Senate, but then moved that the
matter be sent back to commit-
tee. Bounds and Sisson noted
that KTRU is already controlled
by the FM Committee, chaired
by President Hackerrnan, and
that any administrative changes
at the radio station would have
to be approved by the Federal.
Communications Commission.
Bounds also commented that the
bill, viewed by many as an at-
tempt to prevent future prob-
lems with Thresher editor elec-
(continued on page 3)
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by Steve Sullivan
The annual homecoming week-
end is nigh upon us as flocks of
Rice alums gather for assorted
festivities highlighted by the
Rice-Arkansas football game.
The Alumni Association has a
full slate of events for returning
grads, which started with a pre-
view at the Media Center of the
Alumni Art Exhibition II. The
program doesn't really get into
full swing, however, until Friday
night, when the Alumni Assem-
bly and Dinner will occupy the
Grand Hall starting at 7:30pm,
to be followed immediately by
the Homecoming Dance at 9:30.
For those athletically inclined
alumni who aren't too tired
from the night before, Lovett
College will sponsor a three mile
"Fun Run" around the campus
Saturday at 1 lam. The course
starts and finishes at the lawn in
front of Lovett Hall. Then the
alums will be subjected to lunch
at the residential colleges (those
graduated before the college sys-
tem was established in 1957
have been assigned a college).
At 2:00 the Owls, coming off
a good effort last week against
A&M, will face tough opposition
this week in the Arkansas Razor-
backs. In last year's homecoming
game against SMU the Owls
scored three fourth quarter
touchdowns to seize a come-
from-behind win.
Sid Rich throws its annual Ok-
toberfest Saturday night, which
includes cabaret shows and
enough beer to erase memories
of alumni and students alike.
Alumni can rekindle old friend-
ships at one of the many reunion
parties taking place all over the
campus and Houston, with class-
es going as far back as 1927 and
as recent as '73 organizing get-
togethers.
graph Multigraph Cotnp Set 500
typesetting system used to pro-
duce the Thresher met an un-
timely demise. Immediate cause
of death was diagnosed as a fail-
ure of a keyboard interface
board. We would like to thank
Devvitt Graphics and Printing
and Reproduction for allowing
us to use their facilities to bring
ou this belated Thresher.
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