The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1983 Page: 23 of 24
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bottom of the barrel misclass
To the two Episcopalians, retired:
You've got a lot of nerve
describing your background as a
"high...tradition." After all, the
Anglican Church is justanothercult.
"Episcopalians, retired?" Ha! Let's
not hide behind euphemisms.
Apostate and doubly apostate is
closer to the mark. It's too bad the
True Church no longer burns
heretics like you; a foretaste of the
hell fire you've bargained for might
do you good.
A Roman Catholic
***
To the "Roman Catholic":
I might burn in Hell, but I'm sure I
shall see you there. In the words of Tom
Lehrer, "We will all fry together when
we fry..." —One of the Two
***
Okay folks, our usual film review
team made a recent foray to the 11:00
showing of Behind the Green Door,
expecting a highly stylized filmic
experience chock full of symbolism.
Boy, were we surprised! But more
shocking than the film's content was
the number of people in attendance.
The following is a partial list of the
perverts:
Doug Mischlich, Peter Brehm, Cal
Calhoun, Norm Lindsay, John Ely,
John Mutz, Brad Dourif, Tedd Biggs,
Rob Ilaria, Jeff Counts, Jeff
Matthews, Dave Clemmer, Alan
Janiga, Patrick Spikes, David
Harvey, Nhan Truong, Ed
Brittingham, Howard Shapiro, John
Knox (we didn't actually see him, but
we know he was there), Jack Terry, a
certain music director of an
upcoming musical, the entire SRC
Beer Team, and Lee Chilton (in the
front row, craning his neck).
***
Tuesday, 10:25AM, WRC office:
"Papers make me break out in
hives. I just tell the prof that I'd
rather do something oral for my
grade."
***
It is very popular today to search for
"truth"but quite unpopularto find it.
***
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of
the worst sort. It spoils health,
dismounts the mind, and unmans
men. It reveals secrets, is
quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent,
dangerous, and bad.
William Penn
AII excess is ill, but drunkenness is
just another cruise.
jjk, bpe
A burleycue dancer, a pip
Named Virginia, could peel in a
zip.
But she read science fiction
And died of constriction
Attempting a Moebius strip.
•**
For all those unfortunates who are as
yet unaware why it is dangerous to
abandon a genetic super-genius on a
deserted planet and for those who
already know but wish to have their
memories refreshed, RSFAFA and
WARP will be showing The Wrath
of Khan 3 / 25-27 during Owlcon IV.
•**
Instead of a blanket tax to finance its
incompetency, let the SA spread
sheets under the trees and sell bird
dung as fertilizer.
Anonymous Bosch
***
To the whining 5th year student:
Nobody begged you to stay five
years. If you were so miserable, why
the hell didn't you leave? If the only
purpose your "sheepskin" will serve
is to make your parents happy, then
let me be the first to congratulate you
on your self-appointed martyrdom.
If you really believe a 2.8 GPA from
Rice counts the same in the job
market as a 2.8 from UT, you could
have saved yourself a lot of money
and spared us your boring presence
by transferring years ago.
In another year I will get my own
sheepskin. These past three years
have been the most difficult ones of
my life: emotionally, financially,
physically, and intellectually;
however, I was never refused help by
my fellow students. You've got to
open your mouth and ask someone
to help. Nobody's waiting around to
be your personal Good Samaritan.
As far as a lack of sleep and rotten
food go, I doubt that the conditions
are much better at other colleges so
you lost out there no matter where
you went.
Lastly, you said you lost your self-
respect. That's something you did all
by yourself. Rice can neither give nor
take away self-respect. It comes from
inside you regardless of where you
are or what you do.
I am truly sorry that you blame
five dismal years in college for not
having a bright future. You make it
sound like anything is better than
Rice so you should be happy your
sentence is almost over, but then
again you seem like the type of
person to blame anything or anyone
else for your own inadequacies. —
MB
Dear Thresher: I'm tired of your
pansy, candy-assed, one-sided
interpretation of world and local
events. Why don't you ever show the
liberal side of things? Huh? I know
all you Thresher writers are boning
up for big paying jobs, but that's no
excuse for never giving us the left
wing view.
I want to hear about babies
starving to death in Third World
countries — in suburban USA. I
want to hear how society is too
conservative, and how we ought to
save snail darters instead of being
concerned with financial security.
Money! It's the root of all evil! Who
needs it? Who wants it? It only
weighs down your wallet.
Thresher, oh Thresher. Free me,
free me of the desire for money.
That's not what I want. I want a
dirty, lean-to shack with a Zen wife
and ten pot-bellied children. As long
as I have zucchini, I will be happy.
Thank God for Jerry Brown.
Pointer J. Poindexter, jr.
***
Listen March 26 as KTRU sets back
broadcasting a few more decades
with Romanoff and Juliet live from
Lyle's.
_ A Love and Ecstasy
Ecstasy is for real — now can you
fake it? If you're just trying or
pretending you know it, and even if it
is an illusion it's still fun. I'm giving
up searching for knowledge — man,
that hurts — and besides the more
you learn the stupider and more
confused you get.
According to the law of
duality/dichotomy that rules the
universe, all of us poor, suffering
masses are due for a little or a lot of
ecstasy; so, cheer up — this shit can't
last forever.
•**
Your children have never seen
smallpox and without your help they
never will.
This noble disease once ranged
overthe entire globe. But now, due to
mindless slaughter by heartless
scientists, its habitat has been
reduced to five small research labs
scattered through the United States
and Europe. On the brink of
extinction, this majestic virus
continues its courageous fight for
survival. But it cannot succeed alone
It needs your help
Will you stand idly by and allow
smallpox to go the way of the dodo
and the passenger pigeon? The
Society for the Preservation of
Smallpox needs funds and
volunteers for the establishment of a
smallpox refuge where this gentle
virus can live in peace, without fear
of inoculation. If you can help,
please write:
The Society for the Preservation of
Smallpox
Room 554, Sid Richardson College
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77001
Your children will thank you.
Before We Put You In Charge Of The World's
Most Sophisticated Nuclear Equipment,
We Put You Through The World's
Most Sophisticated Nuclear Training.
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It takes more than 16
months of intensive
training to become a
fully qualified officer in
the Nuclear Navy. You
begin with four months
of leadership training.
Then as a Navy officer
you get a full year of
graduate-level training
unavailable anywhere else at any price.
Navy training is based on more than
1900 reactor-years of experience. Right
now the Navy operates over half the
nuclear reactors in America. And the
Navy's nuclear equipment is the most
sophisticated in the world. That's why
your Navy training is and must be the
most sophisticated in the world.
As an officer in the Nuclear Navy,
you have decision-making authority
immediately. You get important manage-
ment responsibility
fast. Because in the
Navy, as your knowl-
edge grows, so does
your responsibility.
Your training and
experience place you
among the country's
most qualified profes-
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It takes more time
and more effort to
become an officer in the
Nuclear Navy. But the
rewards are greater, too.
The rewards can begin as early as
your junior year in college. Qualify, and
the Navy will pay you approximately
$1000/month while you finish school.
After four years, with regular
promotions and salary increases, you can
be earning as much as $40,500. That's on
top of a benefits package that includes
medical and dental care, and 30 days'
vacation earned every year. More
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So, if you're majoring in math.,
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Cooper, Jeanne. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1983, newspaper, March 11, 1983; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245525/m1/23/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.