The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 25, Ed. 1 Monday, February 20, 1978 Page: 8 of 8
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Junior Honor Council
James
In light of the fact I am one
of three nominated for three
positions on the Honor
Council, it is apparent this
statement as a campaign
medium is senseless. I hope,
however, that those who do
take the time to read the
following will realize the same
disheartenment and anger I
feel concerning the farce made
of our Student Association
elections as well as the general
disinterest in university
affairs.
It requires only casual
attention to the state of the
R.P.C., the S.A. and any
number of committees or
organizations to see the
problem of lack of participa-
tion, but it takes a little
thought and enlightenment to
realize the accute nature and
magnitude of the problem
which troubles them all.
Having been an ombuds-
man for two years, I am
particularly concerned with
the dramatic consequences
which can occur when less
than sincere care and
vigilance is devoted to the
maintainence of the Honor
System. In the case of the
Honor Council, it should be
no less than obvious that the
very existence of our system
rests on the attitudes and
character of those involved in
its continued existence. To
clarify this point, it should be
recognized that honor can in
no way be regulated or
directed, least of all by a group
of thirteen which most people
will never meet. If mere control
or regimentation was the
council's duty, present
attitudes and concern as
demonstrated in these
elections would pose no
problem. From the outset,
however, the council's
concern is not the honor of
those bound by the system.
Requirements for admission
are based not only on
academic excellence but
solidity of character as
exemplified in the signing of
the matriculation pledge, as
well.
In swearing to uphold the
Honor System, the student
infers the quality of personnal
honor necessary to complete
the object of this university.
The purpose of the council
then is a practical one. It is the
reconciliation of the idea of
honor with the human
condition. That is, our system
is not perfect nor are those
sworn to uphold it. It is the
essential job of the Honor
Council to maintain the
system so as to provide its
benefits while accounting and
dealing with its imperfections.
Clearly this reconciliatory
process demands a great
measure of wisdom and
apperception, or at the very
Hill
David
/ Thresher
Butier/Editor.
It is a bit disappointing to
me that I am a candidate in an
election in which only three
candidates have filed for the
three available positions.
During my experience as
Sophomore Honor Council
Representative, I have grown
to harbor a great deal of
respect for the inner
operations of the Honor
Council and the traditional
high standard it seeks to
uphold. I feel that the Council
is an institution which needs
more student interest. Most
Rice people believe that our
Honor System works, and that
it works infinitely better than
similar systems at other
schools. This belief of ours is a
virtue, for without it the Rice
Honor System would soon be
reduced to a mere token threat
GRADUATING SENIORS
AND
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Orders For
Academic Regalia
Are Now Being Taken
in the
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of the
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least, plenty of common sense
guilded by sincere concern. It
is the council member who
must possess the character
and desire to facilitate this
meeting of the idealistic with
the pragmatic. Any aspira-
tions of this university to
maintain the system of honor
as we know it lies squarely on
the vigilance with which the
students regard the council
and its purpose through the
election process. It is this
to those with faltering probity.
But apparently most Rice
people are too content to
expound on the System's
virtues and shun the
opportunity to become a
working part of it. Not only
does the Honor System need
your positive words and
vigilance which is so sorely
lacking.
It is possible the problem
will not become important to
any one in particular until
that one person is expelled by
a group of thirteen who were
empowered because they cared
more for their transcripts than
any high and mighty ideas of
honor. Just as these ideas
would no longer be so distant
to that one, the must not be to
us.
feelings, it needs your positive
actions as well.
As a Junior Representative,
I will do my best to use fair
judgment during trials, and
will work to uphold the
traditions which have made
the Honor System successful
in the past.
notes and notices
mm
S.L.O.B. — The SLOB Campanile photos will be taken this
Thursday, February 23, at 12:10pm in front of Willy's statue.
All SLOBs who can make it are asked to wear their official
society garment.
the rice people's calendar
monday the twentieth
7-9pm. rmc Grand Hall. SA Election Rally; also broadcast on
ktru, followed by a call-in question and answer program on
the referendum. 527-4050.
7:30pm. SH303. Russian film: Father Sergius, adapted from th
the Tolstoi play. Silent. Free.
8pm. Houston Grand Opera: Falstaff.
8:30pm. Hamman Hall. Shepherd School of Music: The
Montagnana Trio.
tuesday the twenty-first
5:30pm. BSU: 6530 Fannin. Supper for $1, followed by program.
7:30pm. SH352. A Baha'i Fireside.
7:30pm. Media Center. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956). $1.50.
8pm, I think. Jones Hall. Falstaff.
Wednesday the twenty-second
2-4:30pm. Fondren Library. Rice Debate Society bake sale.
7:30pm. Media Center. Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1949). $1.50.
In Italian, with subtitles.
7:30pm. SH307 Baha'i Religious Lecture series: Don Erickson,
on the Baha'i faith.
PHILIP PARKER
Editor
STEVE SETSER
Business Manager
Becky Bonar
Advertising Manager
This issue was produced by: (other than the above) Steve Sullivan, Associate
Editor; Mark Linimon; halfofBacWage Editor; David Butler, Assistant Editor;
Walter Underwood, Photog Editor; Greg LeRoy, Fine Arts Editor; Bill Studabaker,
Production Manager, Dale Charletta, Artsy stuff; Cathy Egan, megatypesetting;
Bill Barron and Martha Espinosa, Circulation; Grungy, rbep. David Gutierrez, and
whoever else was standing around, Production; and Barry L. Jones (AE-R), who
ran things while Phil was out of town. Several other people came by and did things
too. Billy the Mountain appeared courtesy of Frank Zappa.
•The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper at Rice University, is published weekly on
Thursdays blah blah blah phone 527-4801 or -4802. Blah blah advertising blah blah 524-0311.
Blah blah 2nd floor RMC, Box 1892, Houston 77001. Blah subscription blah $10 per blah. The
opinions expressed herein were not necessarily those of anyone except the writer, which was the
whole purpose of having an election issue, now wasn't it.
Obviously.
©Copyright 1978, The Rice Thresher. All rights reserved.
and who cares if it ain't format. . .
Steve Sullivan
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 25, Ed. 1 Monday, February 20, 1978, newspaper, February 20, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245362/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.