The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1981 Page: 6 of 24
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BEYOND THE HEDGES/by Karen Strecker
Then there was the
Aggie with the bugs...
The candle-lit table is set for a
romantic meal a deux. One plate is
filled with vegetables and fried
crickets, bees, and mealworms.
Another plate contains a pizza
topped with cheese and bees.
Wayne Moore, an entomology
graduate student at Texas A & M
University, used the unusual table
setting as an illustration to
accompany his article in a recent
issue of Mother Earth News.
Entitled "Bugs in My Soup," the
story tells of Moore's first
experience with eating insects, and
advocates the use of insects as an
important food source.
To prove his point, Moore and
two other entomology graduate
students, John Mirinda and Ann
Sorenson, recently held an insect-
tasting party. Moore told The
Battalion that about 15 people
were willing to sample the fried
and baked crickets, bees, and
mealworms. "Once we decoratd
them up and told people they were
good, they weren't shy about
eating them," he said. The crickets
were described as tasting like
popcorn, the mealworms like
shoestring potatoes, but the bees
having a slightly bitter taste.
Serafin Fernandez, one of those
sampling the fare, remarked, "I
didn't think much about eating
insects. After all, people eat snails.
They just call them escargot."
SFA fixes labs to
help handicapped
In an attempt to improve
conditions across campus for the
physically impaired, Stephen F.
Austin has begun a project to make
changes in the construction of the
Chemistry building to benefit
handicapped students. The Pine
Log reports that John T. Moore,
instructor of chemistry, and Billy
Hamilton, maintenance coordi-
nator, designed and constructed
special lab units for paraplegics
and quadraplegics.
After a study was conducted
with Wayman Blair, a former
student who is also a paraplegic,
several factors in the construction
of the present chemistry labs were
identified as being impractical for
those who use a wheelchair. Moore
said the problem stems from the
era in which the building was
designed. "Handicapped students
were not taken into consideration
when the building was being
constructed," he said. Two
significant factors found in the
study were the lack of mobility and
the height of laboratory tables.
As a result of the study, a
platform designed to compensate
for height deficiency was built with
Hamilton's assistance. Specifically
designed for a paraplegic, the
platform enables him to perform
any experiments required.
The next step was to design a
way to accomodate the
quadraplegic in the lab. The only
answer was a portable chemistry
lab, but the commercial units on
the market were far too expensive
and would not fit into the extant
chemistry lab rooms. Blair and
Moore again joined Hamilton to
design and construct a portable
chemistry lab that will fulfill all of
the needs of the special student.
Early next month Moore will
address the Texas Academy of
Science on his work with the
platform and the portable lab.
When the lab is finished and all the
problems worked out, Moore said
he hopes the portable lab will not
only benefit the chemistry
department but science and other
academic schools as well.
Parents' events slated
by Jeanne Cooper
and Tom Morgan
Between 300 and 400 parents are
expected to attend this year's
Parents' Day on Saturday.
According to Parent's Day
E, ME
Join us now-before we
become big and famous.
And, that won't be long.
BEOCO—Bunge Edible Oil Corporation—is
celebrating its first birthday. Our name is new, but
we have years of expertise behind us. Having
been an integral part of a major food processing
company, we possess the technologies and
facilities needed to reach our goals. And, we're on
our way to becoming the number one supplier of
shortenings, margarines and oils to the food
processing, food service and baking industries.
Join us. And, from day one, you'll put your
education to work. You'll start off in Production
Management—working closely with top managers.
And, most important, you won't be locked into bits
and pieces of projects. You'll get a meaningful
overview that will enhance your skills and equip
you for increasing responsibilities. You'll also
benefit from the vast resources of our parent
company—the Bunge Corporation—a worldwide
leader in processing, storage and shipping of
agricultural commodities.
Right now, we have three major facilities operating
at peak production. Whether you select Bradley,
Illinois; Ft. Worth, Texas; or Chattanooga,
Tennessee, you'll find a company dedicated to
growth—yours and ours. ' f
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION,
CONTACT YOUR PLACEMENT OFFICE.
Or, write to Ms. L. Fidao, Bunge Edible Oil
Corporation, P.O. Box 192, Kankakee, Illinois
60901. An equal opportunity employer, m/f.
Bunge Edible Oil Corporation
chairman Lynn Lednicky, The
basic idea of Parent's Day is that
parents see what Rice is all about.
If you're paying $5,000 to send
your kid here, you might want to
know what it's like."
Although Parents' Day is
officially Saturday, parents may
participate in several activities
tomorrow, beginning by attending
any of their children's classes. At
7 p.m. Friday, a wine and cheese
reception will be held for faculty
members and parents in the lobby
of Sewall Hall, during which three
student ensembles from the
Shepherd School of Music will
perform. The film strip "A
Walking Tour of the Rice
Campus" will be shown at the
reception, and Sewall Hall Gallery
will be open.
Registration for parents begins
Saturday morning at 8:45 a.m. in
Hamman Hall. President Norman
Hackerman will then open an
assembly there at 9:30 a.m., with a
brief address. Following his
speech, a panel of five students and
two professors will give some of
their observations on life at Rice
before opening up a question-and-
answer session. "We don't have
any particular theme in mind (for
the discussion)," stated Lednicky.
"We like to keep it open."
Kelly urges
networking
by Pat Nieuwenhuizen
Barbara Kelly, editor of the
Women's Information Network
Services Center, opened a weekly
lecture series for AWARE
(Association for Women's
Awreness of the Right to
Equality), last Wednesday with a
presentation on the importance of
networking.
According to Kelly, networking
is "the team-playing men learned
how to do that women are now
learning. It is the connection of
women to women they know, to
women they know."
Occuring on a political,
professional, and personal level,
networking is a tool necessary
when dealing with a system that
still says women don't get along
with each other because they're
competitive, women are just too1
emotional, and women should not
be aggressive.'
Errata
Walter Wells was incorrectly
identified as a TexPIRG candidate
last week in Threshing-It-Out.
Wells was not and is not a
candidate. Also Gordon Goetsch
and Dave Johnson were members
of the award-winning computer
programming team that placed
second at as national meet, instead
of Bob Hood and Dave Capshaw
The Rice Thresher, March 12, 1981, page A6
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Dees, Richard. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1981, newspaper, March 12, 1981; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245466/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.