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Pitman accepts M&P Committee security reforms
In response to suggestions by the
Committee of Masters and
Presidents on how to improve
campus security, Business
Manager H. Russell Pitman has
agreed to the closing of several
campus entrances—one perma-
nently and three from midnight to
6 am every day.
Pitman will also authorize the
purchase of a gasoline-powered
scooter for Campus Police use.
Other proposals by the Master and
Presidents subcommittee on
campus security, such as a $10 or
$15 parking sticker fee to pay for
extra police protection in the
stadium lot, are still under
consideration.
The campus entrances may be
closed within a month, if all goes
well, "We're shooting for
November 15th to implement
this," Pitman said. An
announcement of the exact date
will be made later. In the
meantime. Pitman noted, he is
receptive to suggestions by
students concerning the specifics
of the plan.
Entrance 8, one of the entrances
to the off-campus parking lot, will
be closed permanently. Off-
Campus students with cars will use
only entrance 9. which will be open
at all hours.
Entrance 10, behind Central
Kitchen, and the driveway on the
west end of the Jones College
parking lot will both be closed
from midnight to 6 am.
Affecting the most students will
be the closure of Entrance 7, the
stadium lot entrance, from
midnight to 6. Cars entering or
leaving the stadium lot after
midnight will have to do so
through entrance 9 or the major
"This is the one that's going to
aggravate people the most,"
Pitman stated. "It'll definitely be
an inconvenience."
The Masters and Presidents, as
well as Police Chief Harold
Rhodes, hope that closing some
superfluous entrances will
discourage vandals and thieves
from coming on campus at night.
Pitman said that he understood
that the security subcommittee
suggestion was "in response to
Chief Rhodes' comment that
people up to no good don't like to
get in a dead-end situation where
entrance at Sunset and Main. they can't escape.'
While the subcommittee had
also recommended closing
entrance 12, Pitman said that that
was impossible because the
entrance is often used by Campus
Police cars.
The Campus Police will receive
a gasoline-powered scooter
because electric carts do not stay
charged long enough to be
practical. The Business Manager's
and Campus Police's greatest
concern is that the scooter will he
much easier to steal or vandalize
than a patrol car.
See Security, page 17.
1HRESHER
Volume 67, number II
Thursday, October 18, 1979
Edison Fund will
sponsor conference
Party guidelines imminent
The Student Association, in
cooperation with the School of
Social Sciences and the Charles
Edison Memorial Youth Fund,
will host a conference on "The
Ever-Changing American
Economy" on Friday and
Saturday, November 9 and 10,
1979.
The conference, designed for
students of all majors, is being
funded by gifts from the Houston
business community. The Edison
Fund expects to be able to raise
about $25,000 to pay for the event.
The two-day conference will be
split into five sessions, two of
which include meals in RMC
Grand Ballroom. Topics to be
discussed include "Inflation and
Taxes," "Regulation of
Resources," "Social Respon-
sibility in a Market Economy,"
and "The Changing International
Economic Picture." The fifth
session will be a meeting of several
small discussion groups, consisting
of students, faculty, guest speakers
and Houston businessmen.
Guest speakers will be Allan
Meltzer of Carnegie-Mellon
University, Thomas Moore and
Harold Demsetz of Stanford
University, and Thomas Willet
Claremont Graduate School. Rice
faculty speaker will include Phillip
Bell, Ronadl £dHo, Gaston
Rimlinger and Gordon Smith.
The conference is designed for
approximately 120 studentsj of
which 90 to 100 will be from Rice.
In addition to Rice students,
thirteen private schools in the
midwest and south have been
invited to send representatives.
Among other universities
invited are Emory, Duke,
Washington University, the
University of Chicago, and several
private schools in Texas.
Representatives from these
schools will be housed with Rice
students during the conference.
Attendance to the conference is
by invitation only. Rice students
interested in attending the
conference should sign up in the
SA Office (2nd floor RMC) or in
Sewall 562 between 9 am and 3 pm.
The available positions for Rice
students will be filled on first-come
first-serve basis.
by Rolf Asphaug
After Rice's informal committee
on party guidelines meets
tomorrow morning, the University
should finally have a compre-
hensive set of guidelines for liquor
use and security at all college and
university-wide parties. The
committee will consider a revised
version of proposed guidelines
drawn up by Program Council
Chairman Chris Montgomery and
college social chairmen.
The approved guidelines will
probably include provisions to
tighten up bartending practices so
as to keep unauthorized persons
from taking alcohol. Bartenders
will be instructed not to serve
anyone who is not in control of
himself.
To discourage vandalism and
■excessive rowdiness, a uniformed
Campus Police officer may be
required to be in attendance for all
college or University events where
liquor is served. However, the
campo will be instructed not to
take action unless he is called for
by student officials.
Student bouncers, to "vocally
prevent" partygoers from stealing
alcohol or causing a disturbance
will probably be required. Only if
physical force is needed to eject a
patron will a police officer be
notified.
Another provision in the
guidelines may call for social
chairmen to plan to run out of
liquor before the party is over.
Concern about alcohol use on
campus, sparked by the Casino
Night incident in which allegedly-
drunk patrons scuffled with a
plainclothed policeman, led to
formation of the informal
committee to establish campus
party guidelines.
The committee included
Manager Peter Rudenberg, Rice
Memorial Center Director Marty
Vest, Student Association
President John Cockerman, Jones
College Master Franz Brotzen,
Campus Business Manager H
Russel Pitman, Police Chief
Harold Rhodes, and Proctor Sam
Carrington.
Carrington suggested that
student leaders come up with their
own proposals, because proposals
originating with students would
Montgomery, Willy's Pub probably receive greater respect.
SA questions mandatory
library birthday present
by Greg Holloway
What do you say to a committee
that specifies an appropriate
present for Fondren's 30th
birthday and then tells you to go
get it?
That was the main bone of
contention at Monday's Student
Association meeting. The Fondren
Library Birthday Committee, an
ad-hoc group made up of twelve
faculty members and two students
has asked each college to
appropriate close to $125—or
around $1,000 in all—so that the
Library can purchase new
Three profs receive endowed chairs
Three long-time Rice University
engineering professors have been
named to endowed chairs within
the University's George R. Brown
School of Engineering, President
Norman Hackerman announced
Monday.
Franz. R. Brotzen, a faculty
member since 1954, is named to the
Stanley C. Moore Chair in
Engineering. This professorship is
endowed by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
C. Moore of Midland, Texas.
Moore, chairman emeritus of
Smith International, Inc.,
graduated from Rice in 1937.
Brotzen teaches materials science
and is master of Brown College
Alan J. Chapman, who
graduated from Rice in 1945 and
joined the faculty in 1946, is named
to the Harry C. Cameron Chair in
Engineering. This chair is endowed
by Houston's Harry S. and Isabel
C. Cameron Foundation.
Chapman teaches mechanical
engineering and serves as dean of
the University's George R. Brown
School of Engineering.
James B. Pearson, Jr. who
joined the faculty in 1965, is named
to the J. S. Abercrombie Chair in
Engineering. This professorship is
endowed by Houston's Brown
Foundation, Inc. Pearson teaches
electrical engineering and is a
former chairman of that
department.
"Appointment to an endowed
professorship is a high honor,"
President Hackerman said. At
present, the University has a total
of 45 endowed prefessorships.
Brotzen, a metallurgist of
international repute, was
See Chairs, page 17.
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Dr. Franz R. Brotzen
Dr. James B. Pearson, Jr.
Dr. Alan J. Chapman
furniture for its birthday
celebration November 9. S.A.
Senators would be responsible for
collection from students.
Vice President Tim Stout, acting
president in John Cockerharn's
absence, thought poorly of the
committee's suggestion. "This is
going to be a real big failure," he
said. "We're not going to get a
damned cent from anyone."
The Library has asked for
furniture in lieu of a contribution
to its endowment fund because of
the visibility and permanency of
such a gift. The S.A., on the other
hand, would prefer not to be
involved with a mandatory gift.
They are adopting a wait-and-see
attitude until they speak with the
faculty, who, by the way, have also
been asked to contribute $5 to $10
apiece to match the students'
$1,000 contribution. For the
present. S.A. Senators will
announce that contributions will
be accepted toward the Library's
gift, but will not seek the students'
dollars actively.
Election
scheduled
Elections for Student Associa-
tion Off-Campus Senator will be
held Wednesday, October 24.
Candidates are Brian Cripe and
Helene Kosieracki.
The election for a Senior Honor
Council position has been called
off due to "improper filing
procedures," according to SA
Elections Chairman Bruce Davies.
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Muller, Matthew. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1979, newspaper, October 18, 1979; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245417/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.