The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978 Page: 8 of 16
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OCS program explores
past, present of Texas
How do you sort through the
dusty old myths and find the
"real" Texas? Starting the
week of Marcte20, the Office of
Continuing Studies will guide
you along the cattle trails and
the interstates of the Lone Star
State in its "Living Texas"
series.
Offered in three sessions,
the five-part courses will
explore various aspects of
Texas history and geography.
The classes will be taught at
Rice and at the Kinkaid School
by Rice faculty members and
various guest speakers.
Tuition for any three mini-
courses is $50 for the general
public while Rice students,
faculty and staff can attend
for only a $25 charge.
Registration information can
be obtained from the Office of
Continuing Studies, x4011.
The last project of this
nature was a Bicentennial
Program which won second
place in a regional competition
of bicentennial projects
sponsored by the Council for
the Advancement and Support
of Education. That series
attracted over 1400 partici-
pants, and program director
Patsy's Secretarial
Service
Specializing in
Dissertations, Theses,
and Class Papers,
including equations,
statistical and legal.
Same day service.
IBM correcting
Selectric II
644-2252 or 944-3456
Mary Mclntire expects about
the same number to sign up for
this offering.
Some of the lecturers and
topics they will cover are the
Mythical Doc. C., Gilbert
Cuthbertson, discussing
modern Texas politics; Rice
biologist Frank Fischer will
discuss the "Texas Wild";
archi prof Peter Papademetria
will focus on Texas archi-
tecture; and Rice board
member William Kirkland will
talk about banking and
international trade.
Outside experts include
Lonn Taylor of the Dallas
Historical Society who will
cover accounts of early
Texans; Tuffley Ellis, Director
of the Texas State Historical
Association, who will lecture
on the various ethnic groups of
Texas; John Davis, Chairman
of Research at the Institute of
Texas Culture will tell the
tales of the Texas Rangers;
and Garvin Berry of KTRK
will ask, "Is anyone running
metropolitan Houston?"
Continuing Studies "Living Texas" series focuses on a variety of Texas experiences.—geoff winningham
Birds return for short stay
While it seems Rice escaped
the brunt of the bird invasion,
some of the birds returned to
the Rice campus last
Wednesday. Only about 50,000
to 100,000 have been roosting
at night around the Rice
Memorial Center and in the
trees between the RMC and
Wiess parking lot. This
compares with the million or
more which have roosted on
campus in the past few years.
Rice's program to control
the birds with tree trimming
and most recently the use of
commercial defoliant still
appears to have been
successful. Heidi Good, a
Biology graduate student who
has been working with the
project since its inception, is at
Moonies here to counter bad press
Among the more successful
religious movements in this
country in ability to gain
converts and plenty of
attention has been the
Unification Church, or, as it is
popularly known, the Church
of Rev. Moon. The Korean
messianic figure and his
followers have been at the
center of controversy for
several years because of their
recruiting techniques and
heretical views. The Unifica-
tion Church is making an
attempt to counteract the
negative image it has been
given in the press, so it has
been sending speakers around
the country to inform people as
to what the movement is
actually doing.
Next Wednesday night at
7:30. the Rice Program Council
is sponsoring a talk by Dan
Fefferman, National Missions
Coordinator for the Unifica-
tion Church of America.
Fefferman is a graduate in
political science from the
University of California at
Berkeley and has been
involved in the movement for
ten years. He Will speak as an
insider about the Church and
give examples of the ways the
The Graduate School
, of Business
at the
University of Texas at Austin
will have a representative at Rice
on Thursday, Feb. 23
to discuss M.B.A., M. Prof. Acco.,
and Ph.D. in Business
with all interested students.
To arrange for an interview contact the
Rice Placement Office
527-4055
These programs are open to
all undergraduate majors.
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Church feels it has been
maligned. Following his talk,
there will be what should be an
interesting question and
answer session.
The Unification Church is
an intriguing subject of.
academic interest as
phenomena of religious*
political, cultural and social
dimensions. The talk does not
involve recruiting or request-
ing of donations, but is simply
intended as informational,
educational and entertaining.
The lecture will be held at the
Chemistry Lecture Hall, and
there is no admission charge.
Everyone is encouraged to
come with questions ready.
Again, that's at 7:30 p.m. next
Wednesday, February 22.
a loss to explain why some of
the birds have returned—
especially this late in the
winter. The roost near Texas
A&M campus which has had
as many as 5 million birds in
past yeas, like the Rice roost
this year, also has not
materialized. In the past, the
two roosts have been shown
to be related.
Heidi observes also the birds
showing up at Rice now light
in the old baseball field
between the Gym and Wiess
before moving off to a roost
perhaps near Hermann Park.
This contrasts with the past
lighting of the birds in the field
between the stadium and the
RMC before moving to roost
on campus. Thus they may
not even be the same group of
birds.
The campus thus far seems
to have simply gotten some of
the overflow from the group
lighting by the gym. The trees
near Jones College or the
President's house have so far
been ignored. No one has
checked the super roost at
Manor Lake in south Houston,
as far as Heidi knows, to see of
it is even there this year.
Maybe it is simply the
weather.
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978, newspaper, February 16, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245361/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.