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6 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1991 THE RICE THRESHER
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Kennedy Chosen for
National Advisory
Post
Ken Kennedy, Rice professor of
computer science, has accepted an
invitation to serve as an expert assist-
ing a newly created panel of the
President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST).
Kennedy was selected for the
panel on High Performance Com-
puting and Communications which
was officially formed last week. The
panel will be responsible for advis-
ing the federal government on re-
search programs in massive parallel
computing, the development of com-
puter architecture for supercomput-
ers, and the creation of a national
educational compter network.
Kennedy is a member of the Na-
tional Academy of Engineering and
has testified before the House Sub-
committee on Science, Technology
and Research.
U.S. News: Rice
15th Best
Following on the heels of the "best
buy" status in Money magazine, U.S.
News and World Report magazine
ranked Rice as the 15th best school in
the nation. Rice moves up one notch
from last year's 16th place showing.
The article ranked Rice as the 2nd
Rice sponsors Academic
Advising, Law fairs
by Thresher staff
The Office of Academic Advising
will sponsor a Study Abroad Fair on
September 30 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
and the Prelaw Advisor's Office will
sponsor a Law Fair on October 3
from 12 to 3:30 p.m.
The Study Abroad Fair will have
information on all programs and ex-
changes available to Rice students.
Students who have previously stud-
ied abroad will be there to answer
questions and discuss their experi-
ences with these programs.
"The purpose of the fair is to make
more Rice students think about
studying abroad and to make it more
efficient for the program directors in
that they can all come on the same
day," Director of Academic Advising
Pat Martin said.
Rice students can travel abroad
through several different types of
programs. Four that will be discussed
at the fair include: Rice programs,
direct exchanges with other univer-
sities, consortiums with other schools
and the Council on International
Educational Exchange which enables
students to work abroad for a set
period of time.
This semester, nearly fifty Rice
students are studying abroad and
about twenty students will leave for
the spring semester.
"Forthose students who go, nearly
100 per cent say that it was the best
experience of their college career,"
Martin said.
The deadline for submitting appli-
cations for most programs to study
abroad for Spring 1991 is in early
November.
The Law Fair will feature admis-
sions representatives from 45 law
schools from across the county, in-
cluding all Texas schools. New York
University, Stanford, Harvard, Co-
lumbia, Georgetown, Notre Dame
and Boston University are just a few
of the other schools which will be
represented at the fair.
"We were invited to participate in
the Texas Caravan - a tour in which
law school admissions representa-
tives travel to major Texas universi-
ties for a week. Rice is the smallest of
the schools. [The admissions repre-
sentatives] really want to come to
Rice to talk to Rice students," Pre-law
Adviser Patricia Bass said.
This is the fifth year Rice has held
a Law Fair. Bass stressed that, be-
cause law school tends to be more
and more competitive each year, and
since the LSAT will be scored differ-
ently this year, it is especially impor-
tant that all students interested in
going to law school attend.
"This year the LSAT has a new
scoring system. None of us [at Aca-
demic Advising] really know what
the new system is so it is important to
come and talk to the people on the
law schools' admissions boards," Bass
said.
Lovet:t; Presents
Friday, September 27
Venus in Furs Global Village
free • 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. • free
"best buy" following behind the Uni-
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. The Sept. 30 issue of U.S. News
that features the report on "America's
Best Colleges" is currently available
on newstands
Honor Council to
Select Ombudsmen
Any student interested in inter-
viewing for a position as an Honor
Council Ombudsman should sign up
on a list posted in his/her college.
The ombudsman serves as a link
between the accused and the Coun-
cil as well as ensures that all proce-
dures are followed correctly. The
sign-up ends October 1.
Houston Job Outlook
on Rebound for '92
A recent survey concluded that
the job market in Houston as well as
other Texas cities will greatly improve
in 1992 according to a study by the
Rice Career Services Center and J.E.
Stone & Associates Inc. Engineer-
ing and technical fields will see the
biggest boost followed by sales,
marketing, and clerical.
The report was based on the first
annual Employee Benefits and Man-
agement Development Survey of
companies based in Houston as well
as Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and
San Antonio. In Houston, forty-two
percent of the respondents expected
an overall growth in hiring trends for
1992 over the previous year.
Berryhill Named
Director of News &
Publishing
Michael Berryhill, formerly fine
arts editor of the Houston Chronicle,
has been named executive director
of Rice's Office of News & Publica-
tions. Berryhill will oversee the
university's expanding activities in
media relations, publications, and
periodicals.
Before joining the Chronicle,
Berryhill was a free-lance writer and
editorial conultant for a number of
local and out-of-state journals. He
served as editor of Houstonian
magazine, associate editor of D
Magazine, and senior editor of
Houston City magazine.
His free-lance articles have ap-
peared in a number of prestigious
publications including The New York
Times Magazine, Harper's, Journal of
art, Sports Illustrated, Vogue, and
Quill.
Rice on T.V.
Rice University, recently ranked
as the "Best College Buy" by Money
magazine, will soon be the star of a
television version of the article. The
ilm was shot at Rice on Sept. 19 and
will appear on an unspecified net-
work sometime after Oct. 16.
The program will include stories
on the top ten "Best Buys," but will
focus on Rice. The film crews inter-
viewed various administrators in-
cluding President George Rupp as
well as various faculty and students.
Newsbriejs compiled by Sam Cole.
Mayhem, mystery across country
Universities find controversy with homosexuality, multiculturalism
by Mark David Schoenhals
and HenryWiltshireMahncke
Master and co-Master Mayhem
Wellesley College in Massachu-
setts appointed black lesbian Mich-
elle Porche to the equivalent of col-
lege master. Porche's live-in partner,
a white woman, will serve as co-
master.
Although the original opening for
master was at a freshwoman dorm,
Wellesley asked the master of an
upperclasswoman dorm to leave so
that Porche could be placed where
she would not unduly disturb fresh-
women.
The President of the College and
the Dean of Students stated that
freshwomen, many of whom come
from intolerantenvironments, should
not be exposed to all of Wellesley's
inclusiveness at once. Reverend
Irene Monroe, another openly les-
bian master, encouraged patience
with the administration, which she
describes as "on the vanguard...by
hiring lesbian" masters.
Students supporting the decision
say it allows lesbians a position on
campus traditionally denied to them.
Critics claim that Wellesley has no
responsibility to coddle homophobic
freshwomen.
Furthermore, they argue that
Porche's involvement in an inter-ra-
cial relationship colored the college's
choice not to expose freshwomen to
her.
Source: The Wellesley News
Multicultural Mayhem
After a year of deliberation, an ad
hoc committee on multiculturalism
at the University of Texas proposed
mandatory courses in
multiculturalism. Beginning next
year, entering students will be re-
quired to complete three hours of
such courses; in 1996, the require-
ment will be increased to six hours.
While controversy remains over
what exactly a multicultural course
is, Student Association publicity di-
rector Simon Shostak said "The name
explains itself.lt would...teach you
about a culture that you didn't grow
up in."
In its report, the committee de-
fines multicultural education to be
"an approach...that acknowledges
the need for people to exist interde-
pendently in a culturally pluralistic
world, and seeks to foster under-
standing of the differences and
similarities of diverse groups."
Although student leaders at-
tribute the recommendation to stu-
dent initiative, not all students agree
with it Tony Wilkins, chairman of
Students Advocating Valid Educa-
tion, decried the report because it
would "exclude learning about gov-
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ernment or history to learn about
multiculturalism." Although the
committee's recommendation
"should pass" the University Coun-
cil, UT President William
Cunningham "has the ultimate right
to say yes or no."
Source: The Daily Texan
Mystery: Racism or Sexism?
Darren Fulcher was elected the
first black student body president last
spring at the University of Kansas, on
a campus of 26,436 students, only 2.5
percent of which are minority stu-
dents. This fall, he was removed from
office following news that he was
taken to court for striking his former
girlfriend last February.
Although the student newspaper
was aware of the assault last year, it
neglected to report the story. This
year's editor published the account,
defending her pursuit of the story by
saying "The point is our student body
president was charged with battery.
That says something about the kind
of person he is. It's still an issue and
it's still relevant"
Women'sgroupswhich supported
Fulcher's campaign disavowed him
upon learning of the assault Black
groups charge the incident is only an
issue because of Fulcher's race.
Fulcher himself argues he was
dismissed because of "white back-
lash", which "gave the student senate
a reason to attack [him]." He plans to
appeal the ouster.
Senior student senator Jason
Mcintosh summarized the difficulty
many students faced in addressing
the situation: "There really is a lot of
anxiety now surfacing over the term
'diversity.' People are so afraid to say
anything because they don't want to
be called racists. Nobody has given
us a road map."
Source: The New York Times
Moronic Mayhem
Six Baylor football recruits failed
to meet the requirements set by
NCAA Proposition 48. While three
will be unable to play college football
at all, the other three must delay
starting football for one to two years.
Proposition 48 requires recruits to
have a grade point average of 2.0 in
twelve core high-school courses and
to score at least 700 on the SAT or 12
on the ACT.
Three of the six will attend junior
colleges to raise their GPA's, making
them eligible for Baylor football in
their junior year. The other three will
enroll at Baylor but will be ineligible
to play football at all. The Southwest
Conference prohibits member
schools from accepting athletes who
do not meet the standards of Propo-
sition 48.
Baylor officials expect the provi-
sions of Proposition 48 to be made
more rigid in coming years and be-
lieve this would cut the number of
eligible recruits by half.
There's hope for Rice yet
Source: The Baylor lMriat
Mailbox Mayhem
An unusually large freshman class
at Vanderbilt University in Tennes-
see has caused the postal service
there to institute the here-to-fore un-
heard of measure of mailbox sharing.
Students are displeased with the
potentials for abuse. Reports of mail
theft, credit card abuse, and just plain
carelessness have plagued the new
system.
However, the freshman are not
completely to blame. Apparently,
many graduates maintain their mail-
boxes as a status symbol, thus exac-
erbating this shortage.
Source: The Vanderbilt Hustler
Malappropriate Means and
Mayhem
The Gay and Lesbian student
group at the University of Notre
Dame issued a memo to dormitory
presidents requesting that each hall
declare itself a "Safe Haven" for ho-
mosexual students.
Two of the first three dorms con-
sidering the proposal decided against
the suggestion.
A "Safe Haven" hall, according to
the memo, would affirm "the rights
of its gay residents to be welcome
and comfortable...to live openly...with
less fear in their lives."
Those opposed to the resolution
agreed that it was an ineffective
means to a legitimate goal, saying
"Stating a statement is not going to
change anything." They accused the
group of using the hall government
to bypass the university's Student
Affairs bureaucracy.
Currently the Gay and lesbian
student group is not recognized by
the university administration, nor is
it allowed to meet on campus.
When the group advertises in The
Observer, an independent campus
newspaper, it may not "imply either
through content or format that [it] is
an organization."
Furthermore, the group alleges
the University "has denied employ-
ment to prospective employees be-
cause they were either gay or les-
bian."
Source: The Observer
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Zitterkopf, Ann & Howe, Harlan. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1991, newspaper, September 27, 1991; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245791/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.