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Reagan, Republicans sweep Rice
by Patty Cleary
Republican Ronald Reagan
swept Rice precinct 361 garnering
353 votes (44.2 percent) over
Democrat Jimmy Carter, 266
votes (33.2 percent), Independent
John Anderson, 134 (16.8
percent), and Libertarian Ed
Clark, 45 (5.6 percent).
Meanwhile, Democrats won
only eight of the 32 races in the
precinct as Rice voters showed
their general preference for
Republicans. Only Mike Andrews
(U.S. representative, District 22),
Paul Colbert (State representative,
District 80), Jim Nugent (Railroad
Commission), Buddy 1 emple
(Railroad Commission), Mike
Driscoll (County Attorney),
Jack Heard (Sheriff), Carl Smith
(County tax assessor-collector),
and Tom Bass (County
commissioner, Precinct 1).
In the presidential race, neither
Reagan nor
In the presidential race, neither
Reagan nor
In the presidential race, neither
Reagan nor Carter fared as well in
Rice precinct 361 as they did in
Harris County or statewide. In
Harris County, Reagan drew 58
percent of the vote as opposed to
37.9 percent. Anderson received
only 3.1 percent of the county vote
and Clark 0.8 percent. The
statewide vote results showed
Reagan with 56 percent, Carter
with 41 percent, Anderson with 2
percent and Clark with 1 percent.
In the race for U.S.
representative, District 22,
Andrews won the Rice precinct
with 60 percent of the vote to
Republican Ron Paul's 39 percent
and Independent Vaudie Nance's
17 percent. But in this race, the
final outcome did not mirror
Rice's vote as Paul edged Andrews
drawing 46.9 percent of the vote to
Andrews' 42.3 percent.
Rice voters selected Temple with
53.3 percent to Republican Hank
Grover's 46.7 percent for a full
term on the Texas Railroad
Commission. These results were
almost identical to Harris County
results as Grover pulled 53.8
see Nugent, page 5
Presidential race
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40
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10
Rice students vote. —R. Dees
Reagan Carter Anderson Clark Undecided
SI Precinct 361 election results
_j Precinct 361 poll results from Oct. 19-21
1NRESHER
Volume 68, number 14
Thursday, November 6, 1980
INSIDE:
• Record bonanza: Everything....
p. 10-11.
• Owls wins again, p. 13.
• Precinct 361 results, p. 5.
• The king is dead. Requiem to a
by-gone era, p. 2.
Health inspector orders end to family-style dining
by Jeanne Cooper
The family-style serving of
dinner in colleges must be
discontinued by January 5, 1981,
to comply with a Houston Health
Department recommendation
made November 4. Health
Inspector Roger Gibson found the
style of serving, used by the
residential colleges for twenty
years, to be in violation of Food
Ordinance Section 19-21, Item 2
during an inspection this Monday
and Tuesday.
The ordinance states: "At all
times, including while being
stored, prepared, displayed,
served, or transported, food shall
be protected from potential
contamination by all agents,
including dust, insects, rodents,
unclean equipment and utensils,
unnecessary handling, coughs and
sneezes, flooding, draining, and
overhead leakage or overhead
drippage from condensation."
Gibson felt the passing of food
around the table created the
possibility of contamination by
exposing it to "unnecessary
handling" or "coughs and sneezes."
Lunch and breakfast serving is
apparently acceptable, since food
in line is protected by "sneeze
guards" (clear plastic sheets under
which the student selects his food)
and since only food service
employees and the student himself
actually handle the food.
Director of Food and Housing
Marion Hicks announced the
Health Department's decision at
a meeting of the Committee of
College Masters last night to
mixed reaction by the masters
and co-masters. According to
Patricia Martin, Sid Richardson
co-master, "It was fifty-fifty
between those who thought a
cafeteria-style dinner could offer
amenities, such as greater choice
and hotter food, while still
retaining some of the gracious
aspects (of family-style serving)
Four vie for Watson Fellowships
Watson nominees Lisa Hardaway, David Hou, Liz Israel, and Mario Mateo
by David Keen
Four Rice students, with
planned projects ranging from the
study of ballet in China and Japan
to a pilgrimage in Spain, were
selected as the Rice nominees for
the Watson Fellowships from
among 19 applicants by the
Committee on Scholarships and
Awards this week. The nominees
were Lisa Hardaway of Brown
Collge, David Hou and Liz Israel
of Jones, and Mario Mateo of Will
Rice. The Watson Foundation
will make its final decision on the
$10,000 fellowships in early
March.
Hardaway wants to retrace a
medieval pilgrimage to a shrine in
Spain as her Watson topic. Hou
will look into the ballet trends of
China and Japan if he wins the
award. Israel will take a grand
tour of Europe visiting publishing
companies and researching the
various developments of book
binding. Mateo plans to study
dwarf novea in the Southern
Hemisphere should he receive the
fellowship.
Hardaway, a music major,
hopes to win a Watson fellowship
so that she can make a pilgrimage
on foot to the shrine of Santiago
do Compostela in Spain, which is
said to contain the relics of St.
James.
The pilgrimage to Compostela
was a popuar event in the Middle
Ages, Hardaway said. Her
proposed journey would be a re-
treading of the paths trodden by
earlier pilgrims. Hardaway said
the medieval pilgrimage was
instrumental in broadening the
horizons of pilgrims, (who spent
their normal working lives in the
fields of their local feudal lords,)
and in promoting a sharing of
cultures and artistic traditions in
—B. Davies and L. Rohwer
the medieval world.
see h our, page 6
such as real silver and a longer
period to eat, and those who
thought cafeteria-style serving
would ruin the spirit of the college
and who wanted a better
alternative."
Other alternatives to family-
style serving discussed by the
committee included buffet serving
and banquet style, in which an
"authorized handler" serves all the
students in one area (also known as
"tableside service.") The
committee considered the
possibility that a student could be
designated an authorized food
handler for a certain period of
time, alternating with other
students, much like freshman
serving currently employed by
several colleges.
The legitimacy of student
handlers, however, has not yet
been determined. Will Rice Co-
Master Gerry Jump, Wiess Co-
Master Judy Winningham, and
Martin will be collecting college
opinions and will most likely meet
with Hicks and a health inspector
before the committee's next
meeting to discuss the options.
Since family-style serving must be
discontinued, "we're going to
explore this with a positive
attitude," Martin commented.
Inspector Gibson also reported
several other violations which will
have significant impact,
particularly on the food and housing
budget, With the exception of
Marion Hicks —B. Davies
Jones and Brown, every college
must have 4 foot by 4 foot
vestibules built around bathrooms
located in its commons by
September 1, 1981. Hicks
explained, "As a private
institution, we're treated just like a
private restaurant, and must
comply with the same rules."
Jones, Lovett, and Will Rice
were cited for improper ceiling tiles
in food preparation, kitchen, and
washing areas. Under Food
Ordinance Section 19-21, Item 23.
the tiles must be "light-colored,
smooth, non-absorbent, and easily
cleaned." Baker was cited for a
similar ordinance pertaining to
floor tiles; Rice must change the
floor to a "lighter, more reflective
see Masters, page 5
Spring break eliminated for '81 -'83
by Michael Trachtenberg
Rice students will get two extra
days off during the Christmas
break in the 1981-82 and 1982-83
school years, but will have no
spring break, the University
Council decided last_ week.
Undergraduate University
Councilman Andrea Zaricznyji
informed the Student Association
Senate of the council's decision at
the senate's meeting Monday.
Although no formal action was
taken, members of the senate
asked that the proposed calender
changes be reconsidered with
greater representation being given
to student opinions.
Zaricznyj reported that the
council had made the changes with
four goals in mind: to give the
registrar more time over Christmas
break to decide on the fate of those
on scholastic probation and to
inform the students concerned of
that decision, to cut Physical Plant
cost, to allow senior finals to be
concurrent with underclassman
finals, and to preserve the present
situation where Rice students
finish the spring semester a week
before other students in Texas.
There were other options
available which could have
achieved these goals, Zaricznyj
reported. But she said the
University Council had acted in
the belief that, if the semester had
to be shortened, students would
still prefer to keep the week-long
holiday at midterm.
The Student Core Curriculum
Committee has picked Bill Pribyl
and Beth Little as co-chairman and
has asked each of the 16 members
to submit a proposal on the core
curriculum in two weeks, reported
Internal Vice President Lynn
Lednicky. The committee will
discuss distribution system next
Monday at 7 p.m.
External Vice President Bernie
Allard told the senators that the
student directory "will be out before
Thanksgiving." Allard said the
directory is presently at Printing
see Directories, page 5
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Dees, Richard. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1980, newspaper, November 6, 1980; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245454/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.