The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1989 Page: 3 of 20
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1989
Petitions for
campus-wide
elections due
Petitions are now available in the Student
Association Office for the following positions:
• 3 Honor Council at-large positions
•3 Sophomore Honor Council Representa-
tives
• 3 Junior Honor Council Representatives
•4 Senior Honor Council Representatives
• RFC President
• RPC External Vice President
• RPC Internal Vice President
• RPC Secretary
• RPC Treasurer
• Student Association President
• SA External Vice President
• SA Internal Vice President
• SA Secretary
• SA Treasurer
• Campanile Editor
• Thresher Editor
• University Court Chairman
• 2 University Council Representatives.
The University Council consists of twelve
members. Nine members are faculty mem-
bers, one is a graduate student and the other
two are undergraduate representatives.
The Council makes decisions on academic
issues such as new majors and the Academic
Calendar.
All petitions must be completed and re-
turned to the SA Office by 3 p.m. February 17.
Absolutely no late petitions will be accepted.
Thresher Statements of no longer than 250
words are due in the Thresher office by 4 p.m.
Tuesday February 21.
The General Election will be held February
28. If you have any questions or concerns
please contact Lisa Thompson at ext. 4079 or
526-6802.
Lisa J. Thompson
SA Secretary
Ri&Thresher
Patrick McGarrity, Joel Sendck
Editors-in-Chief
Ray Letulle Business Manager
NEWS Anu Bajaj, Sue Yom Editors
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Carr, Leslie Raneri, Jim Kelly, Katy Feibleman, Karl
Kilbom, Bill Mark
FINE ARTS Jen Cooper Editor
Greg Kahn Assistant Editor
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Stambler, Margaret Jelinek, Tania van den Houten,
Doug Collins, Eric Salituro, P. Kellach Waddle,
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SPORTS Wes Gere Editor
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Robbie Hart, David Cumberland, Harris Senturia,
Robert Szafranski, Tania van den Houten, Frank
Lavelle
BACK PAGE Jeff Solochek Editor
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PRODUCTION Harold Turner Manager
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Deborah Houk, Ed Stewart
PHOTOGRAPHY James Yao Editor
Mike "Dingbat" Gladu, Lawrence Cowsar, Mike
Childs, Nguyet Vo, Walt Duffey
OP/ED Steve Lait, Cartoonist
Sarah Leedy, Editor of Considerable Opinion
Mike Raphael, Michele Wucker, Senior Editors
BUSINESS
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CIRCULATION
David Smith, Scott Braunhardt
PHONE: 527-4801
© COPYRIGHT 1989
The Rice Thresher, tie official student newspaper at Rice University
since 1916, is published each Friday dixing the school year, except
during examination periods and holidays, by the students ol Rice
University. Editorial and businessoflfces are located on tie second Door
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TRUDEAU
...ANP A NATIONAL SURVEY,
C0MMIS6I0NEP ESPECIALLY
FOR THE TOBACCO INPU5 -
TRY, FOUNP THAT A \
MAJORITY OF AMERI-
CANS DO NOT SUPPORT
MORE RESTRICTIVE
ANTI-SMOKING
r MEASURES!
%
YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE
BASSO PROF UNPO OF PEAR
OLD PAP, RECENTLY ANOINTEP
COMMUNICATIONS PIREODR FOR
THE R.J. REYNOLDS COMPANY'
YOU KNOW, PAP, THIS
POLL CONTRAPICTS
EVERY OTHER SURVEY
IN RECENT YEARS. MINP
IF I TAKE- A LOOK?
P0 YOU FAVOR
GESTAPO-STYLE
POUCB TACTICS
TO PREVENT
SMOKING IN
PUBLICV
OH, SURE,
WE COULD
QUIBBLE
OVER
WORDING...
!-3o
... ANP THE CONTROVERSIAL
FINPINGS ABOUT TOBACCO
USE SHOULD NOT BE USED
TO DEPRIVE SMOKERS OF
THEIR. RJGHTS AS CITIZENS!"
be my guest!
FOR, LISTENERS MO PONT KNOW,
ISHOULP EXPLAIN THAT THE MOW
"CONTROVERSIAL" 15 A TOBACCO
INPUSTRY COPE UJORD FOR ANY
WIPED/ ACCEPTED VIEW THAT IS
NOT IN THE INDUSTRY'S BEST
-/ INTERESTS/
FOR INSTANCE, THE
FACT THAT NICO-
TINE IS AS APPI C-
UVEAS HEROIN
!S"CONTROVER-
THANKS,
PAP!
of course.
as is ihe
claim that
passive
sm0kjn6 is
anp the
390,000
peaths
a year ?
all of them
controver-
sial1 peeply
disputed1
sial;'rj6ht, pap?
WE SAY ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH! PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF BEING ASSAULT-
ED AND HARASSED AND
TAXED JUST BECAUSE
. THEY LIKE TO \
^ SMOKE!/
SMOKERS HAVE RJGHT5, TOO!
ANP ONE OF THEM IS THE RIGHT
TO SMOKE PEL/VERY SYSTEMS
WITH CONTROVERSIAL IN ORE -
DIENTS THAT MAY
OR MAY NOT
BE RELATED ,
TO LUNG ( y v ((0$
CANCER! V.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
INCREDULOUS LISTEN-
ERS, I SHOULP TELL-
YOU THAT DAD MAN -
A6EP TO SAY
THAT WITH A
STRAIGHT
FACS!_/
PAMN
STRAIGHT!
excuse me.
make that a
pamn straight
face!
/
its
actually
not that
harp.
THE FACT IS, MARK, WHEN
YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT
THESE FIGURES, THEY JUST
DON'T HOLD UPAS SCARE
STATISTICS!
FOR. INSTANCE, THE BILLIONS IN
"LOST"PROPUCTIVITY! HOW DO
WE KNOW THAT ALL THE SMOK-
ERS WHO GOT SICK WOULDN'T
HAVE GOTTEN SICK ANYWAY?
LOOK AT ME. AFTER 30 YEARS
OF SMOKING, I HAVEN'T
MISSED A SINGLE PAY
OF WORK OWING TO
SMOKJNG -RELATED
ILLNESS!
pad, you
had a
heart
attack1
/
okay, soi
miss5pa
week. ten
pays, tops'
PAP, ONE OF THE FINPINGS
THE INPUSTRY LIKES TO CALL
"CONTROVERSIAL1 IS THE FACT
THAT THE NICOTINE IN TO-
BACCO IS APPICTIVE.
AS I UNDERSTAND FT,
YOUR POSITION IS THAT
IF IT WERE TRULY APPIC-
TIVE, THERE WOULPNT BE
' SO MANY FOR-
MER SMOKERS
ANP YET IF IT'S NOT APPIC-
TIVE, WHY DO 90% OF ALL-
SMOKERS TODAY SAY THEY
WOULD UKE TO QUIT? PAD?
■\d? right here. i
- cough j just went out '
pad7 for a smoke. \
MARK, THE MESSAGE OF
R.J. REYNOLDS AND THE
REST OF THE TOBACCO
] INDUSTRY IS THAT
1 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
IAJTTH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING
MORE ANP MORE RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO HARASS OS,
SMOKERS HAVE TO STAND UP
FOR THEIR RIGHTS! \
SMOKERS ARE BEING DISCRIMI-
NATED AGAINST, SHUNNED, SPAT
UPON, VERBALLY ANP PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTS?! MYGOP>COHERE IS THE
DECENCY* HAVENT THE/SUFFERED
APPARENl
LY NOT.
CP
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1989, newspaper, February 3, 1989; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245712/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.