The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1984 Page: 3 of 20
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BEYOND THE HEDGES/by Scheleen Johnson
Cadet death spurs
grand jury inquiry
Thursday, August 30 a member
of the Texas A&M Corps of
Cadets died at St. Joseph Hospital
in Bryan. Bruce Dean Godrich
collapsed after an off-hours
exercise session — affectionately
known at A&M as a "crap-out" —
at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
University Spokesman Lane
Stephenson stated in an article in
the A&M Battalion that Goodrich
and another sophomore transfer
student had participated in a
"motivational run" conducted by
three junior-level cadets in their
company. The five cadets
performed push-ups and sit-ups in
addition to the running, he said.
Goodrich collapsed once during
the early-morning run, but was
prompted to continue. He
collapsed again when he returned
to his dormitory room. When
attempts to revive the cadet proved
unsuccessful the university police
were called in and he was placed on
a life-support system at nearby St.
Joseph Hospital around 4 a.m.
Dr. Claude Goswick, Director
of the A.D. Beutel Health Center,
said Goodrich was treated at the
center the day before his death for
an upper respiratory system
infection. Goodrich was routinely
treated with erythromycin (an
antibiotic) and a decongestant
antihistamine, but the medication
would not have contributed to his
collapse, Goswick said.
Results of an autopsy show that
Goodrich, who had transferred
from Webster, New York, only
days before, died of heat stroke. "It
happened; it was an accident,"said
A&M Cadet Commander Chuck
Rollins. He continued, "It's
regrettable. The fellows who took
this guy on the run violated corps
policy, and they showed a lack of
judgment. But we're going to push
on... we're going to try to make
something good come out of this."
According to the Battalion, the
Brazos County Grand Jury will
hear testimony September 13 to
decide whether to bring criminal
charges against the three junior-
level cadets involved. They could
faces charges ranging from
involuntary manslaughter (a third-
degree felony) to criminally
negligent homicide (a Class A
misdemeanor).
College president
refuses sfelary hike
While most university officials
complain about being underpaid,
the University of North Carolina's
School Board of Governors is
having a tough time persuading
UNC-Chapel Hill President
William Friday to accept a twenty-
nine percent raise.
According to the Chronicle of
Higher Education, the board
granted the large increase because
Friday has either turned down
previous raises or has insisted on
lowering the board's proposed
percentage of increase. Friday had
requested the same ten percent
increase that was given to the
system's other employees.
President Friday said
institutions should "stay in step
with the people of the state." If
Friday accepts the increase, his
annual pay will be $115,000.
Baylor: new party
school of SWC?
Baylor University President
Herbert Reynolds told writers for
the school's student newspaper
that "the development of social
activities involving the entire
student body is one of Baylor's
major goals for the 1980s."
According to the Lariat, Baylor
has about 9,000 undergraduates
and 15 student social organiza-
tions, but only about 2,000
students are involved in
fraternities and sororities.
THRESHING IT OUT
Reagan spiel dulls
political appetite
To the editor:
We have cable TV at our
apartment, but don't envy us yet.
Today I was frying up some dinner
when I heard Our President
speaking soft but loud on the tube.
Of course, it was the infamous
Reagan Compaign commercial
which I had seen clips of on various
news programs but had never
managed to capture in its entirety.
Well (no pun intended), this
landmark of subliminal influence
soared across the American
airwaves for what I suppose must
have gone on for thirty full
minutes. Now let us assume that 1
have no right to complain if I don't
like Ron; certainly millions of
Americans (i.e. Republicans, as
opposed to us despairing, defeatist
Democrats) had their days made
by this phosphorous frontage of
the latest Man-of-Men. Let us
assume that if my dinner suddenly
lost its appeal I could simply
change channels and watch, say,
Dangermouse. Not so easy! I was
on 5, so I knocked it over to 13.
Guess what? The same ugly thing
was going on, with a time lapse of
about five seconds. Some
projectionist should get his watch
checked; the other three channels
were fully synchronized. 1 am
talking about the book that named
our year. Half of the channels 1
chose were projecting His solemn
and breathtaking image. Now my
dinner was already ruined; so 1 had
the leisure to do a little channel
scanning. NBC, CBS, and at least
three cable channels (5, 6 and 17)
were culprits. The Campaign
Commercial was over before I had
time to scan half the channels, so
let us not be unduly biased towards
just those five 1 have mentioned. If
a group of men have vandalized a
national monument (the American
conscience) and only five are
caught, we should keep in mind
that a sickness has spread beyond
just those five.
This is 1984, election year. The
Republicans and the Democrats
have not yet begun to fight, but
they are slinging a great deal of
mud across the trenches as a
warning. 1 cannot begin to
calculate the cost of this most
recent onslaught by the Reagan
Forces in terms of money, but a
half hour of prime time TV on at
least five channels could probably
put a few thousand of us through
school. Money, however, is not the
cost that concerns me. These early-
September warning shots should
be more of a warning to us, the
people, than to the Democrats in
see Threshing, page 4
"We ought to just have lots of
dating going on on ur campus,"
Reynolds stated. "I don't like to
think about students being in their
dorm or apartment on Friday
nights or Saturday nights with
nothing to do." He would like to
see the campus provide enjoyable
activities to "bring the young men
and young women together so that
there's an opportunity for dating."
Reynolds went on to say that as
BLOOM COUNTY
a Baptist institution, Baylor
cannot sponsor dances, but if
students have ideas about social
activities "we sure want the dean of
men and dean of women to know
about this."
Reynolds'attempt to encourage
social activities may be somewhat
enfeebled by this and many other
Baylor regulations. Besides the
fact that no dancing is allowed at
any on-campus party, no alcohol is
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Havlak, Paul. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1984, newspaper, September 14, 1984; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245567/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.