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Rice to maintain financial aid levels despite cutbacks
by Christopher Ekren
Despite proposed federal budget
cuts in educational grants and
loans., Rice University will meet its
student's financial aid needs next
year. According to Director of
Financial Aid G. David Hunt,
"Rice intends to meet all student
needs. We will also be in a position
to assist families that don't show
need according to our formula but
1 eel they have a need." In response
to the national cuts, TexPIRG is
circulating a petition attacking the
G. David Hunt
proposed 1983 funding levels.
Hunt outlined the effect of
proposed federal budget cuts on
Rice students. Of paramount
importance to Hunt this year is
"speed in getting an application
completed." Although the
deadline for consideration of
financial aid applications in June
1, applications are being accepted
now.
Said Hunt, "You really have to
watch dates. It is best to get an
application in as soon as possible,
because if it is approved before the
rules are changed, a student could
possibly be eligible under old aid
levels." For example, students
applying for aid before October 1
but after Congress had revised
student loan rules last year were
not subjected to needs tests, while
those who waited until after
October 1 with family incomes
over 30,000 were.
Hunt feels the effect of the
budget cuts on Rice will be
relatively benign because "we don't
rely very heavily on federal
dollars." Noted Hunt, "For 1983-
84, the National Direct Student
Loan program and the Supple-
mentary Educational Opportunity
Grant program will be cut out
completely. Work study funds will
be decreased. There will be
virtually no effect on Rice
students, however."
"Our loans will continue to be
funded by outstanding loans that
are being paid back by students
see TexPIRG, page 7
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Volume 69, number 24 «?A
1HRESHER
Friday, March 19, 1982
INSIDE:
• Petition circulated by angry
Wiessmen, p. 5.
• Theater explodes on campus. See
three previews, p. 8.
• Fuqua, Courville lead Rice to
Invitational win, p. 13.
Arefsu, Isle, Smith, Haymes chosen as new masters
by Robert Morrison
After a surprisingly swift
decision, President Norman
Hackerman announced the
appointments of French Professor
Bernard Ardsu, history Professor
Richard Smith, English Professor
Walter Isle, and space science
Professor Robert Haymes to the
masterships of Bro^tfn, Hanszen,
Jones, and Will Rice Colleges,
respectively.
l ists of suggested names from
the student and master selection
committees were submitted to
Hackerman within the fourteen
days preceding his announcement,
uhich had been expected to come
no later than April 1.
Hackerman cited the surprising
agreement among lists as a reason
for his quick decision. He noted
that there was an overlapping of
iists between the colleges but that
"the preferences were such that it
fit very well."
"I don't think there was any
really serious difference of
opinion. For example, in some
cases students said they had a
preference, and their potential
masters said there were two
places they'd like, and either one
would be just as good as the other.
It just worked out unexpectedly
well in terms of the number of
people involved and the number of
positions to be filled," Hackerman
stated.
All four of the new masters
expressed delight at the news
of their appointments.
Ardsu expressed the desire to
meet and know all the people at
Brown quickly and completely. He
views his position as becoming "a
catalyst to whatever plans, dreams,
and social and cultural
Bernard Ardsu
achievement the students would
like to endow college life with." He
added, "I don't believe in coming
there with some grand,
phil osophical plan, thereby
frustrating their own aspirations."
Smith views his role as one
of "encouraging and nuturing and
suggesting rather than taking a
very active leadership role.
He expressed the desire for
student suggestions so that he
might become a clearinghouse for
student input. "The college is the
students, not the masters, and I'm
very anxious to do as much as I can
within the limits of my position to
develop the potential of the
students as individuals and
collectively," he said.
Smith has opted for a four-year
term as master rather than the
customary five years. Smith
Rice woman raped
Composite of assailant compiled by
Rice Campus Police.
A 5-8 to 5-10 black male in his
early 2Cfs with a slim to medium
build is suspected in the rape of a
Rice girl at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday in
the wooded area between Main
Street and Lot P (Allen
Center/Lovett). According to
the Campus Police, the rape is
the worst crime committed on the
Rice campus in the last seven
years.
If any student sees someone
similar to the composite picture
released by the Campus Police
based on the victim's description
of her assailant, he is encouraged
to notify the campos immediate-
ly. The student should take no
action himself as the suspect is
considered armed and danger-
ous.
reasoned that a four year
commitment "made sense" for him
and his wife and that it would be
compatible with his research
interests and allow him to be most
effective as a master. "It's simply a
personal matter, he said, adding "I
would rather take a four-year term
and serve completely through and
then take a sabbatical after that,
Richard Smith
Walter Isle
than to interrupt a term." He noted
that he has received assurance
from students that a four year term
is fine.
•Hackerman contends that he
has made all of his appointments
for five years but that "the 14th
Amendment of the Constitution
prevents me from enslaving
anybody."
Isle, who will become master of
Jones, stated that he is "excited
about the prospect of being here
for five years." "I think that it's the
best thing that could have
happened to me right now "
As for specific plans for Jones.
Isle commented, "I think those are
see Hackerman. page 7
Masters bring enthusiasm, ideas
by Joan Hope
Thresher reporter Joan Hope
interviewed each of the new
masters this week and asked about
their backgrounds and interests.
The following report details the
new masters' past lives and their
hopes for the coming years on-
campus.
Space physics Professor Robert
Haymes and his wife Jane have
been chosen as master and co-
master of Will Rice College. Said
Haymes, "I think that the college
system is the best thing that Rice
has going for it. It is amazing to me
that more universities have not
adopted it."
Haymes received his B.S., M.S.,
and Ph.D. in'physics from New
York University, completing his
Ph.D. in 1959. His specialty is
gamma ray astronomy, and he has
written numerous journal articles,
as well as a book entitled
Introduction to Space Physics. He
has also completed the rough draft
for a second book.
Haymes has been at Rice since
1964 and has been a Baker
associate since 1975.
Will Rice co-master Jamie
Haymes sculpts and works with
ceramics. She also enjoys cooking
and throwing parties. She has
worked as a high school English
teacher and currently is a part-time
real estate agent, although she is
setting this aside for the co-
mastership.
The Haymes have three
children; Douglas, 13; Lisa,
I 1; and Nancy, 9. Douglas
enjoys Dungeons and Dragons,
video games and H.P. Lovecraft
horror stories.
Lisa enjoys video games,
reading, and is active in Girl
Scouts.
Nancy is also a Girl Scout and
likes to ride bicycles.
Assistant Professor of French
and Italian Bernard Ardsu and his
wife Carolyn have been chosen as
the new master and co-master of
Brown College. Stated Ardsu, "We
were thrilled and elated about the
mutual agreement—we being
interested in Brown, and Brown
being interested in us." The Ardsus
celebrated the appointment
Monday night with a bottle of
Dom Perignon. Commented
Ardsu, "This occasion deserves all
the best."
Ardsu's specialty is comparative
literature, and he is "specifically
interested in the impact of Anglo-
American fiction on the French
speaking world." His forthcoming
book on Kateb Yacine, a North
African nouveau romancier.
examines north/south literary
relationships in Africa and
Europe.
Ardsu graduated from the
University of Montpellier in 1967,
spent a year at the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville, and
received his Ph.D. in comparative
literature from the University of
see Masters, page 6
Student Circee Tapia
killed in car accident
Rice student Circee Tapia died
at midnight Sunday in Hermann
Hospital after an automibile
collision, at University and
Greenbriar.
Tapia, 21, was a Will Rice
sophomore who transferred this
semester from the University of
California at Los Angeles. She was
the daughter of Dr. Richard Tapia.
professor of mathematical
sciences.
The driver of the other car, Kent
Edward Ashburn, struck Tapia at
6 p.m. Sunday evening after
allegedly running a red light.
Ashburn, 20, was arrested on the
charge of involuntary man- Thursday.
slaughter and put in the Houston
City Jail in lieu of a $5000 bond.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
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Grob, Jay. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1982, newspaper, March 19, 1982; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245497/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.