The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1981 Page: 5 of 20
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Rain bursts through Anderson roof
by Matt Leslie
Torrential rains last Thursday
afternoon brought about a
spectacular if short-lived indoor
waterfall in recently renovated
Anderson Hall. Apparently,
rainwater built up to an
unusually high level on a portion
of flat roof and found its way
through into the attic. It
accumulated until the ceiling
below split from the weight and a
huge volume of water cascaded
down two stories to the floor
beneath one of the building's two
glass towers.
"It was caused by a
combination of incredibly heavy
rain and a drain not working
properly," explained Peter
Rowe, director of the Rice
School of Architecture and an
associate professor. Rowe, who
was there when the break
occurred, added "Fortunately, it
was in the afternoon when people
were here, and a collective
mopping effort averted any
serious damage."
The new construction in the
building did not allow the water
to build up, according to Rowe.
Maintenance personnel mop up flood
Rather, a clogged roof-drain on
part of the building's original
structure forced the leak.
"Frankly, we're having no
more than the usual shakedown
problems with the new building.
This is the first time we've had a
building designed specifically for
debris. —M. (jladu
architecture and we're very
pleased with it," said Rowe.
Repairs are forthcoming, and
other than minor damage to the
plaster ceiling and sand bags
placed across the entrance to
channel any future waterfalls
directly out the door, there is
little evidence of the break.
Computer
controller
criticized...
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Houston. According to him, for
that particular computing center
the total billable CPU time was
15 hours. While the Rice system
uses only 12 percent of all CPU
time available, competitive
systems using ITEL AS/6
computers have usage rates up to
60 percent.
The contention that ICSA is
underutilizing its computer
destroys the economic lynchpin of
Ms. Huston's argument. Even if
the system was running at peak
capacity, several faculty members
argue that business accounts
should be dropped so as to provide
more room for students and
faculty. Said one "The university
should recognize that the
computer is an indispensable
resource whose use is as important
to the well being of the school as
the use of the .library. Computer
use should be encouraged by lower
rates. More internal funding will
make our students mopre familiar
with modern computing practices
and help researchers do a better
job.
Hicks listens over lunch...
continued from page 1
before dinner and the headwaiter
would then run them through the
computer. This method has been
criticized by students and
head waiters since it ties the
headwaiter to the machine, and
keeps him or her from being able to
deal with other problems that
could arise.
Lovett member Shane Phelps
argued that the headwaiters know
everyone who should be legally
eating supper and that they should
not have to do the extra work
involved in validating ID's.
Frey complained that he felt
extremely hesitant in giving up his
ID to the headwaiter and possibly
losing it. He said plainly, "1 don't
like the idea of giving my card to
someone else."
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Lopez, Cooke, Simons
receive space awards
The Houston-based Space
Foundation will award a total of
$12,000 at its Research Awards
Dinner October 27. The Space
Foundation, founded in 1979, is a
non-profit, educational, and
research foundation that directs
private funds to promising
research on the economic
development of space.
Ramon Lopez will receive a
$2,000 Space Industrialization
Fellowship for his analysis of the
impact of argon propulsion upon
the upper atmosphere. David
Cooke will receive a $5,000
National Prize for his thesis on a
self-consistent computer model for
the solar power satellite-plasma
interaction. Sedgwick Simons will
also receive $5,000 for his
dissertation on the phototron, a
device that converts sunlight into
microwave beams. Omni editor
and writer Ben Bova will present
the awards.
Rice President Norman
Hackerman is a member of the
foundation's Board of Directors,
and Dr. Alex Dessler, chairman of
the astronomy and space physics
department, and Dr. John
Freeman, director of solar
powered satellite research, are
members of the Scientific
Advisory Council.
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Davies, Bruce. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1981, newspaper, October 15, 1981; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245482/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.