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Cooper proposes affiliation with internship program
by Patty Cleary
Dean of Social Sciences Joseph
Cooper recently submitted a
proposal on Rice's affiliation with
American University's Washing-
ton D.C. internship program to the
Committee on Examinations and
Standings. Under Cooper's
proposal, Rice students who
participate in the visiting-student
program would receive a
semester's credit in political
science.
Although this is Rice's first year
of participation in the AU
program, Cooper believes that the
program offers a unique
opportunity for political science
majors. The program consists of a
seminar with faculty members and
public figures that meets three to
five times weekly, a research
project and paper under the
direction of a seminar leader, and
an internship. The third leg of the
triad, the internship, is usually in a
congressional office or in an
executive branch office.
The political science department
retains the right to read and grade
the semester research project and
paper. Students work one day each
week on the project in consultation
with an AU faculty member.
Cooper will encourage students to
begin work on these projects with
the help of Rice faculty before they
leave for Washington.
Cooper noted, "The program is
also divided into four distinct areas
of study such as American national
government and politics, public
administration, foreign policy, and
urban politics. Students must
apply to specific divisions."
After the political science
department voted unanimously 10
participate in the program, Cooper
appointed political science
professor Robert Stein as Rice's
institutional representative. He
also sent the memorandum to the
Dean Joseph Cooper
committee which explains the
program and enumerates the
advantages of formal association.
"The rationale for affiliation,"
he continued, uis to insure a
specified number of Rice students
admission to the program each
semester and to allow us to receive
some scholarship funds
distrubuted by the program."
Cooper commented, "The
benefit of affiliating is that AU will
guarantee us that it will accept our
established quota of students. This
quota identifies the number they
guarantee to admit, though they
will try to admit as many as we
recommend." Cooper plans to
recommend that the Rice quota be
set at two students per semester.
Tuition for the one-semester
program is $3000, considerably
more than the cost of a Rice
semester. For this reason, Cooper
explained. AU has offered Rice
several $1,000 scholarships for
program participants.
Cooper explained that two Rice
students who plan to attend
American University (AU) next
fall must apply to the Committee
on Examinations and Standings
for course credit on an individual
basis. "I would like to place Rice
participation in the Washington
Semester program on a more
formal and automatic basis," he
stated.
Rice will make the initial
selections of students who apply to
AU's program. Candidates must
be political science majors with a
3.0 overall GPA and a 3.0 GPA in
political science courses. They
must also have had introductory
courses at Rice in their chosen field
of program study.
If Examinations and Standings
approves Cooper's proposal, it will
be sent to the University Council
and faculty for affiliation
approval.
1HRESHER
Volume 70, Number 25
Friday, March 25, 1983
INSIDE:
• This is spring theatre week,
see Rice Players' Bodies, p. 7
• But wait, there's even more!
see Tabletop's Chicago, p. 8
• And yet another? How merry!
see Baker Shake's Wives, p. 9
Honor Council seeks constitution changes
by Paul Havlak
The Student Association senate
has approved the Honor Council's
request for a referendum on
changes in the Council's
membership.
The first of the changes would
increase the size of the Council
from 13 to 16 , adding three
at-large members, who could be
members of any non-freshman
undergraduate or graduate class,
and eliminating one of the two
fifth-year representatives in favor
of a third sophomore member.
Senior, junior, and Class 1
graduate positions would not be
affected.
The second change would create
the office of internal vice-chairman
on the Council. The interna! vice-
chairman would assume some of
the organizational duties now
performed by the chairman and
vice-chairman.
The referendum will be held on
March 29. If it passes, the deadline
for submission of Thresher
statements for all the new positions,
will be April 10, and the filing
deadline April 15. The election for
sophomore representative would
Tom Pajewski —C. Reining
then be on April 18, followed by
the election for the at-large places
on April 21.
Honor Council chairman Tom
Pajewski explained the rationale
behind the changes at the meeting,
"There has been a rather
significant increase in the last
couple of years in the number of
violations the Council is required
to deal with. We have sometimes
had to have multiple hearings on a
weekend, which is really a strain on
the Council. The new members
would give us a larger pool of
people to draw on."
Pajewski noted, "Based on my
experience on the Council, there is
no stereotyping of members by
class, and there is a tremendous
mix within each class." The
sophomore representation is being
expanded partly because they
usually get a good turnout to that
spot.
According to Pajewski, the
University Council ad hoc
committee on the Honor System
recommended an increase in the
size of tlj£ Honor Council to 18
members, Sut the Council decided
to change the composition from
that suggested, thus (he 3 at-large
members.
SA asks for RMC study committee
by Chris Ekren
The Rice Student Association
Senate has called for the
establishment of a committee to
study the possibility of an
expansion to the Rice Memorial
Center. The SA resolution,
prepared by past-president Mary
Ellen Trunko and sponsored by
outgoing internal affairs vice
president Chris Claunch, is an
outgrowth of a Senate report
compiled earlier this year which
favored an RMC expansion.
Commented Trunko, "The
resolution has been sent to
President Hackerman. After he
acts on it, the SA will probably
compile a second report using the
suggestions students make to their
SA reps as raw material. Until
now, the expansion has been
primarily an SA project. We hope
to increase input from faculty, the
administration and RMC users."
The SA has not considered any
.specific proposals for expansion
Front lobby of Rice Memorial Center
yet, and the architectural layout of
a prospective addition depends on
Hackerman's location of a donor
for the expansion.
"Hackerman professes to be for
the expansion," Trunko said, "but
Gladu
there arc a lot of conflicting
demands for university money. It
is a question of priorities."
The proposed expansion is
intended to alleviate the lack of
see RMC. page 6
Pajewski cited the significant
recent decline in the number of
fifth-year students and the
difficulty these past few years in
filling both of their positions on
the council as reasons for reducing
their representation.
The new composition of the
Council would be closer in line
with that of the University, he said.
"We've found that a fair number of
officers start as underclassmen
There are advantages to the system
in having a balanced mix; in
addition, having underclassmen
puts the Council in a better
position of having experienced
members."
Registrar's deadlines
Today is the deadline for
submitting course drop slips to
the office of the registrar.
Those who wish to convert a
pass/fail credit into a number
grade must also notify the
registrar before 5 p.m. today.
According to Pajewski, having
the at-large positions will make it
more possible for people interested
in the Council to participate
regardless of their class. Having
those elections after the others
would also allow students who had
been missed the eailier deadlines to
stil! have an opportunity to run
see HC. page 5
Frederickson lectures
by Sumit Nanda
Dr. Donald Frederickson,
former director of the National
Institute of Health, spoke Tuesday
night on "The Troubled Triangle:
Science, Policy and Academic
Research in America." Frederick-
son demonstrated the decline in
growth of federal spending for
scientific research and develop-
ment over the past thirty years.
Frederickson explained that
although the budget tor research
and development under the
Reagan administration has risen
from $37.6 billion in 1982 to $40.1
billion in 1983, much of the growth
has been channeled to defense
research. Only a small increase has
been anticipated for funds
allocated to health research.
Frederickson pointed out that
the land-grant colleges established
at the end of the Civil War formed
the first major move by the federal
government to support education
through public funds. Agricultural
research began at these colleges
and Frederickson believes that the
direction of agricultural research
has changed little over the past
century.
"The support for agricultural
research," he said, "is
anachronistic." He mentioned that
America became a maior
industrial power by 1900 not
through the accomplishments of
u.iiversity research but primarilv
Donald Prederickson —C. Reining
through individual initiative and
ingenuity.
"The validity of a separate
department of research was
decided in the late 1800s. Whereas
the private institutions and
industry had carried out much of
the research activity prior to
World War II, the support of
scientific research and develop-
ment in universities grew
tremendously during t h e
see Feds, page 5
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