The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1984 Page: 4 of 20
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THRESHING IT OUT
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available on the premises. When a minor
accident occurs and the staff cannot even
provide a Remedy as basic as ice. this raises
some seridus questions about the safety of
after-hours\ gym exercise. The story is
frivolous, bilit the message is earnest. Next
time, let's have the staff and supplies
necessary to help our ailing protagonist.
Even if he doesn't have freckles.
Ned Hibberd
Sid Rich '88
RMC director and staff
thank Rays for support
To the editor:
T he Rice Memorial Center would like to
thank the I avlor Ray family for its service to
the University. Each year, the Ray family
donates the chrysanthemums for
Homecoming and the poinsettas for
Christmas to decorate the patio. The Ray
family also donated the patio itself and all
the patio furniture. Unfortunately, in the
past, this patio furniture has disappeared.
This year the patio furniture is being
replaced thanks again to the generous
contributions of the Ray family. Please
enjoy the furniture, but leave it on the patio
for the whole Rice community to enjoy also!
Marty Vest
and the RMC staff
Homosexuals Anony-
mous offers assistance
To the editor:
Except for the mention in this sentence, I
will not comment on the referendum coming
up in January concerning gay rights. 1 would
like to comment on some of the
presuppositions in two letters in the last
Doonesbury
issue of the Thresher and to provide some
information to the Rice community. I do not
claim to know what myriad of influences
lead to a certain sexual orientation, and I
personally believe that few people choose
their sexual orientation in the same sense as
they choose a career. But no matter what
sexual orientation I have, heterosexual or
homosexual, 1 nevertheless choose my
actions and choose how I deal with my
sexuality.
Homosexuals Anonymous is an
organization of men and women struggling
with homosexual feelings who have chosen
to move away from homosexuality. The
members feel as if the practice of
homosexuality is not ultimately the
direction in which their lives should go and
help each other live in freedom from
homosexuality. Membership is, of course,
confidential. Eor more information one
may caTl 926-6308 (listed under
Homosexuals Anonymous in information)
or listen to K.SBJ, 88.1 FM, tonight, Friday
night, at midnight.
Garrett Biehle
Lovett '85
Oxfam America helps
the needy worldwide
To the editor:
The famine in Africa continues to make
sad news during this holiday season —
Sargent's editorial cartoon in the November
30 Thresher was yet another reminder of
this. But one can help. Organizations exist
— Oxfam springs readily to mind — which
not only provide emergency relief aid but
also develop projects to help people to help
themselves to prevent future famines. Rice
no longer has an Oxfam chapter, but anyone
who wants to help — or find out more about
Oxfam — can write them at:
Oxfam America
115 Broadway
Boston, MD 02116
Sharon M. Tuttle
Baker '84
Rice scholar says 3.5
GPA requirement OK
To the editor:
This letter concerns your editorial in last
week's Thresher about no-need merit
scholarships.
First, I'm not sure if by "University
scholars" you meant the freshmen, myself
included, who are William Marsh Rice
Scholars. Our full-tuition scholarships are
contingent upon our maintaining a 3.5
GPA. Unfortunately, we do not receive full
room and board like "University scholars."
What angered me most, though, was the
use of the term "wiener" to describe people
who must keep a 3.5 in order to keep their
scholarships. If you mean that we must
study hard, you are correct, but to get the
scholarship we must have had to study hard
in the first place. However, we were selected
on the basis of our leadership and extra-
curricular activities as well, which we should
be able to continue here, once we adjust to
the more rigorous academic environment.
In addition, I don't think money spent on
no-need scholarships is wasted. I realize that
financial aid based on need is very
important, and I think Rice should allocate
as much money as possible for this purpose.
Nevertheless, merit-based, no-need
scholarships are important, too. They help
attract middle-class students who, for
example, didn't get enough financial aid to
afford an out-of-state private school and
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were deemed ineligible for financial aid at
Rice (but still could not afford to come here
without Rice's merit scholarship offer). If
Rice won't offer competitive amounts of no-
need scholarship money, then students will
go where they can get it — e.g., U.T.
There are quite a few students here who
did not receive any financial aid from Rice
and wouldn't have been able to afford to
come here were it not for the no-need
scholarships.
Patricia Mazon
Brown '88
Ed. note:" University Scholars "do exist, and
do receive full scholarships Jor all expenses,
which conies to about $10,000 a year.
—phh
Lynn agrees 3.5 bad,
still favors merit grants
To the editor:
Although Paul Havlak's editorial
concerning the University Scholars program
raised some interesting questions about
Rice's aspirations in the academic
community, I do have to disagree with the
basic thesis of the piece: that the funds used
for this program could be better spent on
need-based financial aid.
1 will never dispute the fact that financial
aid should be one of the University's
priorities, and Rice does, quite frequently,
have a more realistic view of a family's
ability to finance an education than do most
other equally prestigious institutions. On
this level. Rice is already more attractive
than schools as or more renowned.
However, pointing out the fact that
equally prestigious schools do not offer
academic scholarships, do not "stoop to
buying scholars" as Mr. Havlak phrased it,
is quite irrelevant at Rice. Schools
comparable to Rice infrequently give
athletic scholarships.
If we, as a university, are willing to give
financial assistance as well as lowering our
admissions standards so that people can
play football or swim here, does it not seem
sensible that we should give financial
rewards for performing well in the
classroom? Shouldn't emphasis on academic
excellence come first?
In other words, can we truly say that the
money is ill-spent on this program without
first examining other programs? Should we
not first compare our programs before we
compare against other schools?
However, the editorial in question was not
totally without redemption. Perhaps the
requirement of a 3.5 grade point average for
renewal of a University Scholarship is
excessive. 1 quite agree with Mr. Havlak that
an over-emphasis on output can hamper
academic creativity.
Juliana C. Lynn
Wiess '88
Middle class needs aid
despite what forms say
To the editor:
I take strong exception to Paul Havlak's
opinion, stated in the November 30 issue of
the Thresher, that no-need scholarships are
unmerited. Speaking for many people whose
parents happen to make over $50,000a year,
I must say it shows a very narrow-minded
view of the reason scholarships exist at all.
First of all, I must say I realize the
importance of need-based scholarships,
because the most tragic situation I can
imagine is one of a brilliant person, or one
who has a certain special talent, being
deprived of his college education because he
does not have enough money to attend. It is
also true, noetheless, that what we are
talking about here is a scholarship.
something given for excellence in scholastic
abilities. Should these always be awarded to
poor smart people? 1 submit that money is
one of the most valued rewards in our
society, for better or worse, and non-need-
based scholarships are a great incentive to
do better in school, especially for those who
already have the credentials to get into any
school they wish.
see Threshing, page 6
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