The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1989 Page: 8 of 16
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8 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER
N ewsbriefs
Watson Fellowships
awarded to students
Lovett College senior Kevin
MacDonald and Will Rice College
senior Lynda Park have been
awarded Watson Fellowships for
1989-90.
MacDonald plans to spend his
year in West Africa visiting muse-
ums, key archaeological sites, a na-
ture park and traditional townships,
studying West African prehistory.
Lynda Park plans to travel in
South Korea to collect folktales, both
oral and written, concentrating par-
ticularly on the issue of changing
gender roles in a newly-industrial-
ized nation.
Students who are currently jun-
iors and planning to graduate in May
1990 are urged to attend an informa-
tional meeting about Watson Fellow-
ships to be held Tuesday, April 11,
1989 at 7 p.m. in Sewall Hall 301.
A panel of the two 1989 Rice win-
ners and members of the Committee
on Scholarships and Awards will
discuss application procedures.
The application deadline for next
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RICE
CONFERENCE ON
"THE ENCOUNTER OF RELIGIONS IN CHINA1'
Saturday, April 1, 1989
7:30 PM Ancient Chinese Religion, Confucianism
Benjamin Schwartz, Harvard University
Wei ming Tu, Harvard University
Chapel, Rice Memorial Center
Sunday, April 2,1989
2:00 PM Taoism, Buddhism
Livia Kohn, Boston University
Lewis Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley
Chapel, Rice Memorial Center
8:00 PM World Religions and the Politics of Peace,"
Hans Kung, Tubingen
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Reception following lecture for Dr. Hans Kung and Dr. Julia Ching
Rice Memorial Center
Monday, April 3, 1989
10:00 AM Christianity
Wei ming Tu, Harvard University
Whalen Lai, University of California, Davis
David Mungello, Coe College
Main Chapel at A.D. Bruce Religion Center, University of Houston
3:00 PM Robert Neville, Boston University
Chapel, Rice Memorial Center
8:00 PM Aloysius Jin, Catholic Bishop in Shanghai
Zhao Fusan, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Sponsored by Rice University, Lilly Endowment, Inc., Houston Baptist University, Houston Graduate School of
Theology, Institute of Religion and University of Houston
(Department of Religious Studies)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE
year's $13,000 stipend will be Friday,
September 29,1989.
Weekend volunteer
activities held
The RSVP Community Service
Triathlon will be held Saturday, April
8. Volunteers will repair and paint
three houses in the Heights area,
clean up an area of Hermann Park,
and work at the Houston Food Bank.
Contact the RSVP office for more
information at 527-4970.
The Premedical Society will spon-
sor a Car Wash for Charity Saturday,
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sid
Richardson parking lot Proceeds
will be donated to the Crecen Outpa-
tient Clinic, a public clinic in the
Bellaire area.
Also on Saturday, the Save the
Children Relay will be held in the
Track Stadium. Fifty teams from the
Houston area will be running for 24
hours to raise money for charity.
Alumni sponsor
lecture courses
The Best of Rice: An Intellectual
Homecoming," co-sponsored by the
Association of Rice Alumni and the
Office of Continuing Studies and
Special Programs, will offer a new
series of lectures and events April 2
through 7.
Participants may choose one of
two non-credit lecture courses:
"Critical Moments in Modern His-
tory" or "Reflections on the Human
Spirit."
For more information, call 520-
6022.
Speech team wins
Rice's Speech and Debate Team
traveled to St. Louis, Missouri over
spring break to compete in the Pi
Kappa Delta National Tournament.
Senior Eb Keshavarz, sophomore
Anderson Brandao, sophomore Ter-
esa Schiller, and freshman Iisa Bell
won several awards.
Keshavarz won "Excellent" in
Impromptu and Extemporaneous
Speaking. Brandao won "Superior"
in Extemporaneous and "Excellent"
in Impromptu. Bell won "Superior"
in Extemporaneous.
The team next travels to the Na-
tional Tournament in Fargo, South
Dakota.
New College course
offered next year
A new College course entitled
History of Student Life at Rice will be
offered for the 1989-90 school year.
The course is designed to foster an
interest in the history of student life
at Rice as the university approaches
the 100th anniversary of its charter.
Students are encouraged to en-
roll for both semesters and will re-
ceive two hours of credit per semes-
ter in distribution category II.3. The
class will meet two hours a week, in
the evening, and will devote addi-
tional time to research and writing.
Due to the special nature of the
course, interested students should
submit the following to Dr. Patricia
"Martin, Office of Student Advising,
Ley Student Center, by 5pm, Mon-
day, April 10: a transcript, a writing
sample and a 1-2 page proposal on the
subject(s) you would like to re-
SC2TCh.
A maximum of twenty students
will be admitted to the course.
Those admitted will be notified by
April 18. To see a course syllabus or
to discuss tne course more fully,
contact Dr. Martin in Student Advis-
ing or at x4060.
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1989, newspaper, March 31, 1989; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245718/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.