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Lane accepts chancellor position in Colorado Springs
by Brett Holt
Professor Neal F. Lane of the
department of physics will leave
Rice this summer to accept the
position of chancellor at the
University of Colorado's Colorado
Springs campus.
Lane, who has been a Rice
faculty member since 1966, served
a term as department chairman
two years ago. As he currently has
no major administrative duties,
there will be little reshuffling
within the department. Lane's area
of specialty is theoretical physics,
and he hopes the department can
find another professor in that area
when he leaves.
The Colorado Springs campus
has around 6,000 students with a
variety of majors. For about three
years, the UC system has
concentrated on expanding its
engineering program. As Lane
described it, "My job is to try to
keep the university balanced while
allowing it to grow." The
chancellor, the chief executive
officer on campus, is also expected
to encourage support and funding
from government and local
industry.
Dr. Neal Lane
-P. Truzinski
Lane emphasized that he will
leave Rice with only the best
feelings, commenting, "Rice is very
near to my heart." Rice is the only
institution at which he has worked.
Lane further noted that his
daughter graduated from Rice two.
years ago, his son currently
attends, and his wife is a systems
programmer at Rice's Institute for
Computer Services and Applica-
tions.
During his tenure in Rice's
physics department. Lane has seen
enormous developments in some
reas of the discipline, particularly
experimental high-energy physics,
atomic physics, and surface
physics. Throughout this time, the
department has maintained a
position of excellence.
Lane believes the physics
department can continue in its
high stature. Though in a small
university it is often difficult to
cover all important areas
adequately. Lane cited an excellent
faculty and consistently good
teaching in Rice's favor. He noted,
however, "Rice needs to recognize
the importance of graduate
see Lane, page 7
THRESHER
Volume 71, Number 24
Friday, March 23, 1984
INSIDE:
• Kazoo crew true blue to new hue
and vou-know-who, see page 7
• To see or not to see Shakes-"
peare, see page 12.
• Owls remember The Summit, pull
Cougar-coup, see page 16.
Lu to head RPC; Havlak gains Thresher editor spot
by Dave Collins
The student body elected seven
more from its ranks to positions of
power Tuesday. The elections for
three Student Association offices,
four Rice Program Council
offices, and a senior Honor
Council position were decided this
week after a three-week delay due
to a lack of petitions. The race for
the editorship of the Rice Thresher
was re-run due to a tie in the
February 28 election.
In the SA races. Baker College
sophomore Terry Hildebrandt
defeated Deb Mabery, Anudeep
Jain and David Phillips. The
election chairmen had to count the
second place votes for Hildebrandt
and Mabery to determine the
winner, since no candidate had a
majority of the first place votes.
Hildebrandt gathered 404 first and
second place votes to Mabery's
272.
Beth Little soundly defeated
Will Rice sophomore Heather
Fitch in the race for SA treasurer
by a 506-to-226 margin. The race
for external vice president remains
undecided, as Richardson
sophomore Neal Quimby and Will
Rice sophomore Doug Sparke led
with 341 and 329 votes,
respectively, after the second
round of ballot-counting. The
margin of 12 was not sufficient to
establish a victor, since there were
17 discrepancies between
signatures and votes. James
Tammaro and Theresa Colosi
were eliminated after the first
round.
The Rice Program Council has a
new president, secretary and
treasurer, but not a new vice
president. Kathy Lu, a sophomore
at Brown College, won the
presidential race, defeating Marc
Cram and Bob Brewer after two
rounds. Lu garnered 425 votes to
Cram's 384; Brewer did not survive
the first round. Richardson junior
Kyle Self, having run unopposed,
will become the new secretary.
Baker junior Chris Taylor defeated
Diane Hardesty 391 to 307 to
become the new treasurer.
Three of the four candidates for
RPC vice president will compete^in
a runoff. No candidate could
establish a majority of the votes.
The top three are Wiess junior
Patti Baron, Baker sophomore Liz
Barton, and Lovett freshman
Crystal Davis, who eliminated
Lovett junior Jim Skelly.
Duaine W. Pryor of Hanszen
College took the last available
senior seat on the Honor Council
by running unopposed.
Baker sophomore Paul Havlak
emerged victorious in the election
for editor of the Thresher. Havlak,
an associate editor and former
news editor, collected 496 votes to
388 for assistant sports editor
Steve Mollenkamp, a junior at
Lovett.
As of this writing, the SA will
hold the elections for the at-large
positions on the Honor Council
and the editorship of the
Campanile on April 3. The
Thresher will attempt to print
campaign statements for those
candidates in a special, non-
satirical issue March 30.
Statements are due to the Thresher
office by 5 p.m. on Monday,
March 26.
Rice adds 45 Phibates
The Beta of Texas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently elected 45 Rice
students as its spring 1984 contingent of members. Phi Beta Kappa
chooses its members on the basis of outstanding academic achievement in
the liberal arts and sciences. To be eligible for election, students must
have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours in courses that are
demonstrably liberal in content and emphasis, and that reflect a breadth
of intellectual interest. After an initiation ceremony on May 13, the
following students will become new members:
Wade, Hirsch receive Watson honors
by Melissa Cox
Seniors Sam Hirsch of Jones
College and Harry Wade of
Richardson College have won
Thomas J. Watson Fellowships
worth $10,000 each. Hirsch and
Wade are among 70 graduating
seniors selected from candidates
submitted by 50 private colleges
and universities in the U.S.
Hirsch, a political science and
economics major, will study the
nuclear disarmament movement
from a European vantage point.
By working in London with the
staff of END Journal, he hopes to
have access to the various elements
of the movement throughout
Europe. Hirsch will depart for
Europe in June and in July plans to
attend an activists' conference in
Italy. "At this meeting I hope to
make the contacts necessary to
visit other countries," Hirsch
commented. "I do have strong
convictions about the movement,
and I'm generally supportive of the
work they're doing."
Also heading for Europe, Wade,
an English and philosophy major,
wants to expand his knowledge of
experimental filmmaking and
modern art. He proposes to take a
participatory role in artistic
endeavors occurring in London
and Paris. As he stated in his
application, "I hope to test my
ideas about art by doing art with
those who know."
Hirsch plans to pursue a career
in the public interest as a legislator,
policy analyst or community
organizer. Wade hopes to teach at*
the university level after earning a
Ph.D. degree combining literature,
art, philosophy, and the visual
arts.
Traditionally, at least one Rice
student each year receives a
Watson award. This year marks
the first time in several years that
the Watson Foundation has
chosen two Rice students for the
fellowships.
Who's out of place?
Left to right: Dr. Robert Patten, James Michener, Mark Meiches, James A.
Elkins III, Mrs. Michener, Tracy Winn, and fashion editor Mark Mitchell. Taken
outside Cohen House after lunch Wednesday —P. Truzinski
Glenn David Adams SRC
Jonathan Baron 'tyill Rice
Kathleen Mary Batho Hanszen
Milo Mark Benningfield Wiess
Carolyn Martin Brandt Jones
Charles David Callahan 11 Lovett
Kathleen Lisabeth Chaves Brown
Jeanne Elizabeth Cooper Lovett
Mieu-Hong Dang Will Rice
Joseph B. Davidson 11 Lovett
Michael Kenneth Dishart Will Rice
Luca Dona Viscardini Jones
Susan Amelia Eicher Hanszen
Karen M. Garman Baker
Julia Jeffreys Gill Will Rice
John Patrick Giltner Will Rice
Stella Grigorian Hanszen
John Peter Halvorsen II SRC
Anudeep Jain SRC
Bradley Phillip Katz Wiess
Vivek S. Kavadi Lovett
Debra Frances Kirsch Hanszen
John Howefll Knox Baker
Annette Mahoney Will Rice
Lisa Kay Mao Brown
David I. McCooev Wiess
Colin Michael McDonough Baker
Robert John Morrison Jones
Basil Paul Nichols Jones
Carol Dianne Nolting Baker
Shannon Kathleen Orr Brown
Kevin R. Payne Wiess
Catherine Elizabeth Plummer Lovett
Sandeep Pombra Hanszen
Matthew William Prucka Wiess
Andrea Lynn Richardson Brown
Donna Elizabeth Roth Baker
Catherine Marie Samuelsen Brown
Richard Thomas Simoni, Jr. SRC
John Frederick Simonson Wiess
Gregory Lamar Smith SRC
Roxanne Patricia Springer Baker
Mindy Vanderford Hanszen
Douglas Bennett Williams Will Rice
Welli Yeh Lovett
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Mitchell, Mark M. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1984, newspaper, March 23, 1984; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245556/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.