The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1981 Page: 7 of 24
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Volunteers for Youth suffering problems in manpower
by Joan Hope
The Rice chapter of Volunteers
for Youth is undergoing several
problems that are severe enough to
threaten the program's existence.
The problems stem from a lack of
interest in membership and
possible irresponsibilities among
current members.
Sponsored by the NCAA, VFY
works to establish one-to-one
relationships between student
athletes and junior high school-age
youth. Although national in scope,
the organization is entirely
student-run; five student directors
conduct the program at Rice.
In Rice's program, Houston
area youth chosen by counselors at
Pershing Jr. High are matched up
with a "Big Brother" or "Big
Sister." Students participating in
VFY are encouraged to spend
College elections tallied
Results of elections in the
colleges this week:
Will Rice, March 10
President Robert Garland
Senior reps Steve Kaplan
Scott Granet
Junior reps Jim Anderson
Anderson nears
finish...
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The building will also contain
offices, an exhibit hall for
architectural displays, and a jury
room for students to present their
projects. There will be one lecture
hall which will seat approximately
40 students, and two classrooms
which will accomodate around 25
students. Classes that are not
directly related to architecture may
still use this classroom space.
The large glass dome projecting
from the roof facing the main
quadrangle is "primarily for
decorative purposes," according to
Cannady. The dome will contain
different colorecrtights.
The planned cost for the
building's construction is said to be
within the budget. "The project is
on-budget and on-time," said
Cannady.
Sophomore reps
Programs Chmn.
Wiess, March 10
President
External VP
Secretary
Chief Justice
Social VP
Treasurer
Sophomore reps
Off-campus reps
SA senator
Food rep
Lovett, March 10
President
VP
Secretary
Chief Justice
John Boomer
Melissa Geiger
Dan Lutes
Jeff Mischka
Matt Petersen
Tom Gill
Bob Canby
Runoff
Runoff
Runoff
Rick Reidy
Jeff Page
Dan Piatt
Bob Gallinaro
Jay Barksdale
Dave Vanderslice
Doug Gardner
Dave Phillips
Russ Coleman
Brian Kubena
Mark Bolam
Jay Herbert
about 15 hours a month with the
children; currently about 13
children have a Rice "Big
Brothers/Sister." A "Big Brother"
for the past two years, Kent Killion
praises the program, "You just
spend time with them. It's a way of
communication. It's great."
A lack of interest and a failure
by some students to keep their
commitments has caused some
problems, however. The children,
most of whom come from single
parent homes, are often already
suffering from feelings that they
are unwanted or inferior. Lack of
commitment on an athlete's part
unfortunately can only serve to
reinforce such feelings.
The directors of VFY would like
to have volunteers ready when the
children are recommended to the
program. Although the program is
not intended solely for NCAA
athletes, athletes are given priority
because of the program's
sponsorship and because the
children and their parents are
informed that the match will
probably be with an athlete.
However, the program has had
some successful matches with non-
athletes, and more are expected in
the future.
Although the directors feel that
the rewards of the program have
Health plans revealed...
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mended that the current student
health and psychiatric services,
which are paid for by their student
health fee, be extended t6 spouses
of Rice students if the spouse pays
the student health fee.
Van Helden was less sanguine °
Discount drops to 5%...
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rewriting of the article," said
University Court Chairman Paul
Check, "but they (the S A) may use
them if they decide to rewrite it."
Student discounts at the
Campus Store will drop to 5
percent effective July 1. Campus
Store Board member Jay Oliphant
said the board estimated that the
Campus Store would lose some
$40,000 this year, which would be
partially made up by $30,000 in
interest from money accumulated
from past years that has since been
invested. The board felt that a net
loss of $10,000 was not acceptable,
but agreed to reconsider if final
figures for the year are more
favorable, Oliphant said.
A report on possible Freshman
Orientation Week reforms from
Hanszen Senator John Elder
reveal that, at least for the coming
fall, freshmen will arrive on
Tuesday rather than Sunday.
Upperclassmen will still be barred
from their rooms until the Sunday
before classes begin.
President Norman Hackerman
appeared to be against asking an
extra $22 for room and board to
enable students to move in on
Thursday, the report continued.
Eventually, a motion was narrowly
approved to include a poll
concerning the problem which will
also be on the March 17 ballot.
Openings on the Campus Store,
Pub Control, and Parking Appeals
Boards were also announcd. The
filing deadline is March 27.
The meeting was closed to
discuss both the Mentor
recognition award and the recent
audit of the 1979-80 Campanile
financial records.
The Mentor award is given by
the outgoing SA administration to
a member of the Rice faculty or
staff in recognition of
"extraordinary service to the
student body."
regarding Rice's student health
proper and emergency arrange-
ments. He said, "Our case
load has been dropping constantly
ov$r the last four years. Obviously,
students are not getting less sick.
They are going to the health service
less. We are still examining several
alternatives to our present health
care and emergency services."
Among the remaining problems
the committee hopes to address is
the issue of providing health
service to the children of students.
Said Van Helden, "Baylor would
have to supply child psychologists
in addition to its normal
contingent, we would have to re-
orient our services to childhood
diseases." Van Helden emphasized
that care of very young children
tends to be a twenty-four hour
affair, and that the current service
is open only during the day.
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thus far outweighed the problems,
they also feel that the program
must be discontinued if the
problems of the children involved
are being intensified rather than
lessened. Encouraging any
feedback about VFY, the directors
ask that anyone with questions,
suggestions, or comments call
Lamont Jefferson (526-7673),
Kent Killion (526-2405), Pat
Krieger (526-6843), Betty Jo
Matthews (527-8984), or Joy
Melton (664-1H6).
TexPIRG renovated...
TexPIRG officers-elect Simorison, Sokolyk, Boarnet
—B. Davies
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TexPIRG has accumulated
approximately $6,000 over the
past year because of decreased
spending and because the group
no longer has to support the salary
of an acting State Director who
once supervised all of the
TexPIRG chapters. Roughly 90
percent of each student's two
dollars went towards that salary,
the rest was to be used for
activities.
The committee decided to begin
dispersing these funds by giving
$1000 to an already existing
"emergency loan" fund which is
under the auspicies of the Director
of Student Activities Bonnie
Heliums. The money will stay in
the fund with the condition that
TexPIRG can still opt to use the
money to fund large projects if
they should decide to. The other
$5000 will remain in the TexPIRG
budget until a decision is reached
by the new TexPIRG officials as to
appropriate use of the funds.
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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/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.