The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 2, Ed. 1 Monday, June 30, 1980 Page: 1 of 16
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Ballantyne becomes Director of Admissions
by Anita Gonzalez
Marina Ballantyne will assume
duties as Director of Admissions, a
post left vacant for almost six
years, July 1. She will take over the
daily operation of the admissions
office from Assistant to the
President for Admissions and
Director of Academic Records
Richard Stabell.
Stabell, who has run the
admissions office since 1972,
explained, "When I came here, I
was given responsibility for the
admissions, J4fl#neial aid,-
the immediate attention was the
admissions office because it was a
time when applications were
declining, the quallity of
applicants were declining, and the
response of students to our offer of
admission was not very good.
About two and a half years into my
stay here, the director of
admissions left to take another
position and [President Norman]
Hackerman asked if I would
double-up in what I was doing and
be responsible for the day-to-day
operation of admissions. It's a lot
registrar, and career placement of work and I now have someone
offices. The office fMefcrneddfein capable of doing much
of what I've been doing. So, if I can
work this out and appoint her
[Ballantyne] as the Director of
Admissions then a lot of
responsibilies I have will be
shifted."
Ballantyne, a graduate of
Stanford University, first taught at
St. John's Episcopal School before
joining the Rice admissions staff in
1977.
According to Stabell,
Ballantyne is the only applicant
and shoud not have any difficulty
receiving approval from various
administsrative offices including
the university business office and
Affirmative Action. Ballantyne
was out of town on vacation and
unavailable for comment.
Stabell doesn't expect drastic
changes in the admissions policy
because of the new director, and he
believes Ballantyne will remain
director for at least a few years.
"Every position at the
administrative level, except for
the deans, which are sort of
faculty/ administrative positions,
is subject to renewal annually. So it
could be a one-year appointment.
It could be indefinite. I would hope
it would go on, but that remains to
be seen. Still I wouldn't offer the
job to someone that I didn't think
had the potential of doing well and
staying for more than just a trial
period."
Stabell feels that during his eight
years at Rice the quality of
students has improved. He points
out that in 1972 there were only
1600 applicants for the almost 500
freshman class opennings. This
year, an all-time high of over 2800
applications were received. Stabell
also noted higher standarized test
scores of entering freshmen as an
example of the increased student
quality.
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Volume 68, numi^r
THRESHER
Monday, June 30, 1980
INSIDE:
• A look at Rice's future:
what's up for the 80's, p. 8.
• A couple of retired reviewers
look at the summer movies,
p.4.
• The Athletic Department
juggles coaches, p. 12.
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Plans revltallzatlon
USC's Dye to direct MOB
by David Butler
California band director
Kenneth Dye will succeed the
retiring Bert Roth as director of
Rice's Marching Owl Band
(MOB). Dye, a former arranger
and assistant director of the USC
Trojan band and currently band
director at Artesia High School in
Los Angeles, will assume the post
July 1, Shepherd School of Music
Dean Allan Ross announced last
week.
Dye will be taking over the
responsibilities of both Roth and
Ken Dye
L. Rohwer
MOB business manager Dr. Tom
Revely. While his appointment is
technically to a part-time post,
Ross points out that "he will have
no other job." Both Roth, who was
originally director of the Waltrip
High School band and then
principal of Wainwright
Elementary School, and Reveley
an accounting professor at the
University of Houston, held jobs
outside of their MOB positions.
Reveley, a 15-year MOB veteran
(he joined while a student), will
continue to work with Dye
through the fall semester to incure
a smooth change of command.
In discussing Dye's selection,
Ross emphasized the role of band
members in the selection process.
"A committee of MOB members
sorted the applications, and they
and I called around to find out
more about the applicants.
Eventually, Ken Dye's name
surfaced." Dye, was flown to
Houston "and met everyone and
his dog." Reaction from the band
members was positive enough that
Dye was offered the post.
Dye arrived in Houston briefly
last week to begin orchestrating
the transition. Both Dye and Ross
emphasized that while some
aspects of the band program may
change over time, the MOB's focus
on satirical halftime shows will
not.
"Bert always thought the main
emphasis of the band should be
fun, a pressure release for the
students.. That's exactly the way I
see it," Dye said. "I think the
scripts will hang in there; I think
the subject matter will stay the
same."
But at the same time, Dye
see MOB director, page 14
sir
Workers dear out Anderson Hall interior
-Laura Rohwoi
Anderson construction begins
by Kevin Golden
Construction to remodel and
expand the architecture building,
Anderson Hall, has begun and,
according to construction
superintendent Cecil Stinson, is on
schedule. Construction workers
are presently clearing out the last
of the old structure's interior and
Chem building safety improves
Some action has been taken to
correct the lack of safety
equipment and the poor safety
conditions in the chemistry
building, according to chemistry
professor Barrie A. Sosinsky (see
Thresher, May 16, 1980).
Sonsinsky, who made a formal
complaint to President Norman
Hackerman and the unorganized
University Safety Committee, and
that he was pleased with the
progress that has occured. He
noted that the safety cabinets
which were to have been stored
with fire blankets, rubber gloves,
and oxygen masks almost four
months ago, were finally filled.
Sosinsky said that work is also
being dortb on the leaky fume
hoods.
Sonsinsky also saw the
appointment of chemist John
Margrave to the University Safety
Committee as a positive step.
Margrave is the Vice President for
Advanced Studies and Research.
Margrave felt he was appointed
because he deals with grants and
contracts which often require the
use of safety equipment. He added
that while any past delay of action
from the safety committee was
unavoidable, he would try to
remedy the problem.
A clear cut problem once
identified should be handled,"
replied Margrave. He concluded
that the question of who should
pay to have the problem fixed
should not slow down the process,
down the process.
Hackerman had said that each
professor should pay for his own
safety equipment from his grant
money, while several professors
insisted it was the university's
responsibility to provide it.
One set back occured in the
second week of June when a first
aid kit placed in the safety cabinets
was stolen along with a $800
typewriter from a second-floor
office in the building.
Sosinsky now agrees with
Hackerman, who had warned of
such a possibility, that some
precautions should be taken with
the cabinets.
"Something should be done to
make sure they're used only when
they need to be used," stated
Sonsinsky. He suggested the use of
an emergency alarm that would
have to be pressed before the
cabinets could be opened.
FIRST AID BJSTATION
are assembling forms for the
pouring of the new foundation. If
all goes according to plan, the
building will be ready for studio
work by March 1981.
While construction continues,
the architecture department will
operate from the basement of
Fondren Library. During the
school year, architecture students
will be scattered throughout
campus filling college basements
and empty gymnasium class-
rooms.
Architecture school dean O.
Jack Mitchell, back in Houston
after a year's sabbatical in
England, commented that while
there will be some complaints and
sacrifices because of the lack of
space, the three-million-doUar
investment in the Anderson
renovation will provide many
returns. He also hoped that the
structure will give recognition to
Rice on an international scale.
"Anderson Hall provided little
social space for the students to
exchange ideas," Mitchell noted.
"The new wing will have
exhibition/jury space which will
eliminate this problem and
improve the school."
During his year abroad,
Mitchell had the chance to visit
the architects of the Anderson Hall
renovation, Wilford and Stirling
of London. Architect Sterling was
awarded the Gold Medal from the
see Architecture, page 14
Hanszen gets fire doors
to meet safety standards
Safety cabinet
-L. Rohwer
A little-known stipulation in city
fire ordinances has saved the
university some $26,000 by
allowing the university to build a
series of fire doors in Hariszen
College instead of stairwell to the
fifth floor.
The stairwell was to have been
built to provide a second exit for
Hanszen residents of rooms 511
and 512and would have cost
$32,000. Fire ordinances require
two exits for every floor in
buildings over four stories and
housing over 100 residents. (See
Thresher, March 13, 1980)
Hanszen had been without a
second exit since the Hanszen
renovation in 1975.
However, a clause in that
ordinance gives alternatives to
buildings in which less than ten
people live above the fourth floor,
Hanszen Master Dennis Huston
said.
One of those alternatives is to
build fire doors. The doors, which
will be made of thick sheet rock,
will cost only about $6000,
according to retiring Campus
Business Manager -Russ Pitman.
They should be installed this
summer.
see Summer work, pave 14
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