The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1985 Page: 2 of 20
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Whatever happened
to amateur athletics?
Jim Wacker's decision three weeks ago to suspend six star
players from TCU's football squad for accepting cash gifts from
alumni deserves commendation, especially in light of rampant
corruption which has gripped major intercollegiate athletic
teams over the past several years. In fact, Rice's contest with
TCU tomorrow may be one of the few real games between two
teams composed of amateurs the SWC has had over the past
several years, and it serves as a reminder for Rice's coaches and
alums that we should not compromise either our academic or
moral integrity in our attempts to produce a winning football
team.
By suspending six players who had received money from TCU
alumni and by voluntarily notifying the NCAA of recruiting
infractions, Wacker gave up an outside shot at a Cotton Bowl
berth and a national title and may have also lost needed
momentum which could have transformed the Horned Frogs
into a perennial national contender. TCU also faces possible
disciplinary action by the NCAA for recruiting violations. All
this despite Wacker's attempts to run an honest program.
Without Heisman candidate Kenneth Davis and the other
suspended TCU players, TCU was demolished by SMU, the
only SWC team currently on probation, two weeks ago in the
team's conference opener, 56-21. Wacker's decision meant that
TCU had to field a team of amateur student-athletes against a
team of "professional" athletes who had received cars and
money to play for the Mustangs, and the result demonstrated
that fact. In contrast to Wacker's honesty concerning the TCU
violations, SMU covered up its team's violations and players
have tried to retaliate for being put on probation, reporting to
the NCAA possible recruiting violations at four other schools
including TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and UT.
Thus far. Rice has not been associated with any rumors of
recruiting violations; however, undue pressure on the football
program by the Rice community and SWC peer pressure could
encourage overzealous Rice alums or prospective players to try
to buy into the same football success that "professional" college
teams are enjoying. In addition to trying to improve the
standards by which our own athletic program abides, we should
encourage other schools to upgrade the academic and moral
standards of their athletic programs.
Even if we lose every conference game, 1 hope Coach Watson
Brown never faces corruption in the Rice program such as
TCU's Coach Wacker has had to face, and I look forward to
cheering for Rice in an SWC game between two teams composed
of amateurs, but 1 feel I owe to Coach Wacker a standing ovation
tomorrow for setting an example which the whole of modern
intercollegiate athletics would do well to heed.
No pass, no play; no pay, no play: make intercollegiate
athletics what they were meant to be — good, clean fun.
— Scott Snyder
RSVP to please others
Scott Biddy's efforts to start the community service group
Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) are refreshing at a
time when most college students across the nation are avoiding
involvement in community service.
According to a report by the Carnegie Foundation released
last month, "today's graduates are less interested in and less
prepared to exercise their civic responsibilities. Students too
frequently sit passively in class, take safe courses, are
discouraged from risky or interdisciplinary projects and... from
challenging ideas presented to them."
The Carnegie Foundation report concludes, "The most
critical element is to restore to higher education its original
pupose of preparing graduates for a life of involved and
committed citizenship."
Last week Harvard President Derek Bok also criticized the
level of student involvement in community service while voicing
his support for Congressional legislation that will increase
f unding for public service programs. Bok said, "For too many
years we have failed to nourish the supply of civic concern
among our youth. It is high time that we set about to renew the
stock."
If the conclusions that the Carnegie Foundation and Bok have
drawn concerning student involvement in community service are
correct, RSVP represents an integral part of university life and
deserves the full support of the Rice community.
The Thresher commends Scott Biddy for his initiative and
supports him in his efforts with RSVP.
— Scott Snyder
The Rice Thresher, October 11, 1985, page 2
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THRESHING IT OUT
New ID policy to
affect parties, TG's
To the editor:
We have decided to more strictly
enforce Univeristy policy by
requiring ID's at all parties and
T.G.'s. Don't sweat it — bring your
ID.
Your social coordinators
Steve Biackstone
Mike Hogan
Elizabeth Blocher
May Cahili
Jon Scott
Mary Cradock
Joyce Ivy
Keith Rickin
Guy Hardin
Dave Conry
Mike Cherubino
Libby Hoff
Jackie Smith
Vicky Nicandros
Kung distorts
Catholic faith
To the editor:
I write this letter to protest
certain aspects of a speech
delivered last week which conflict
with my Roman Catholic Faith.
Dr. Hans Kung, a liberal Catholic
theologian who has attracted
worldwide attention in many
religious circles, came to Rice
University on Thursday, October
3, to speak on "Prospects for the
Future of Theology and the
Church." He was introduced by
President George Rupp, who
mentioned the visit which Dr.
Kung had to make in 1979 to the
Sacred Congregation for the
Doctrine of the.Faith in Rome to
defend his views on papal
infallibility.
Dr. Kung, an ordained priest of
the Catholic Church, opened his
speech by saying that we already
have enough institutions in society
today, and so instead of creating
new ones, we should concentrate
on "using them better." This
remark was obviously directed at
the Catholic Church, as were other
less tactful ones. This reflects Dr.
Kung's opinion that the Church
today must "compromise" and
accept things in modernity and "to
move ahlead." He said that we have
seen the failure to do so in the
"petrified system" of the Catholic
Church. Thi>- perception of the
Church as an institution which
exists and changes out of human
desire^js, in direct conflict with the
true Catholic doctrine about .(he
Church as an institution
established by the will of God
through His Son Jesus Christ so
that men may come to know Jesus
Christ as our Savior in accepting
His life, teachings and
commandments.
Dr. Kung continued his speech
by making an analogy between the
Copernican revolution in science
as a new paradigm for scientific
inquiry and transformations of
religion or new religions as
different paradigms for theology.
Examples of religious paradigms
given by Dr. Kung were Judaism,
the early Catholic Church, Islam,
the medieval Catholic Church, the
Eastern Orthodox Churches, and
Lutheranism. His treatment here
implied that the medieval Catholic
Church was intrinsically different
from what it was in earlier times.
However, the Church's doctrines
will not change as they originate
from the whole of Sacred
Scriptures and Tradition from the
Apostles and early Doctors of the
Church. Protecting this Deposit of
Faith is the infallibility of the Pope
on matters of faith and morals
granted by Christ working through
the Holy Spirit.
I wish to take particular
exception to two of Dr. Kung's
analyses. The first was his
evaluation of the Council of Trent,
convoked to define and renew the
Church during the rise of
Protestantism. He criticized the
Church for maintaining priestly
celibacy, showing an ignorance of
the value of celibacy as a most pure
consecration of one's life to the
service of God. Dr. Kung also said
that in maintaining the
sacraments, the Church remained
in its medieval paradigm. I answer
that the sacraments have always
been and will remain in the
Catholic Church which has had
and can have only one true
Paradigm, Jesus Christ, who
instituted all of the Church's seven
sacraments. In the Bible, we see
Baptism, Matt. 28: 19-20;
Confession, John 20:22-23;
Eucharist, Matt. 26:26-28, Mark
14:22-24, and Luke 22:19-20;
Confirmation, Acts 8: 14-17;
Marriage, Ephesians 5:31-32; Holy
Orders, Matt. 28:19-20, Luke
22:19, John 20:22-23, Hebrews 5:4;
Anointing of the Sick, James
5:144-15.
The second major problem I had
with Dr. Kung's message was his
treatment of Pope St. Gregory VII
of the eleventh century. He
presented Pope Gregory as having
a political struggle with the kings
of Europe, even deposing one of
them out of an intemperate
ambition for temporal power. He
thus distorted history, ignoring the
fact that the Pope excommuni-
cated King Henry IV of Germany
for failing to recognize the Pope's
proper ecclesiastical power of
apostolic succession, i.e., the
appointment of bishops in the
Chuch. In excommunicating the
king, the Pope took away his
power to rule since the king's
power came from God through the
Church, and thus through the
Pope. This action of the Pope was
in line with his direct power over
spiritual affairs, and his indirect
power over temporal affairs
whenever they have to do with the
salvation of souls.
I object to the manner in which
Dr. Kung has distorted my Roman
Catholic Faith while presenting it
to the Rice community, thus 1 have
felt obligated to denounce his
errors.
Thomas Moore
SRC *7
Protestant at odds
with Kung speech
To the Editor:
I went to hear Hans Kung
address on "Prospects for the
Future of Theology and the
Church" on Thursday night. Kung
gave an interesting lecture on the
history of the Christian Church
and then discussed briefly where he
thinks we are headed, and must
head, in the modern world. He
called for a new paradigm, an age
in which science is performed in an
ethical, responsible context, in
which there is a humane
technology, in which democracy is
utilized to realize social justice.
And he called for peace, created by
an inter-religious dialogue that will
see Threshing it out, page 4
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