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NEWS
THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1992 7
Honor Council may move office
by Jill Salomon
The Honor Council will decide
next week whether to give its Rice
Memorial Center office to the ex-
panding Counseling Center currently
located in Lovett Hall The move will
give Danielle McWilliams, Residence
Life Counselor, a permanent office.
"The Counseling Center needs
more room and [McWilliams] could
serve more students if she were lo-
cated in the RMC," Associate Dean
of Student Affairs Robert Sanborn
said.
Currently, even though
McWilliams is a full time employee,
she can only use her office in Lovett
Hall for part of the time each day due
to fact that the Counseling Center
has hired several new counselors
over the past semester.
"The Counseling Center has made
many strides to improve the center,
but as a result, I have to work half-
time in my office and find a place to
work the other half-time somewhere
else," McWilliams said.
Both McWilliams and Sanborn,
however, are quick to point out that
no one is going to take away the
Honor Council's space unless the
Council agrees.
"It's up to the Honor Council.
We're not forcing them," Sanborn
said.
If the Honor Council were to move,
their new office would be located in a
larger room in the Chemistry build-
"If someone sees a
person going into the
Chemistry building at
odd hours, it will be
pretty obvious where
they're going."
—Wendy Burk
ing. According to Wendy Burk,
Honor Council chair, the Council is
still considering whether or not to
move.
"Having more space is certainly a
plus, but being in the RMC is much
more central to students," Burk said.
Another concern of the Council is
the greater access they would have
to their office if it were located in the
Chemistry building.
"In tenns of access, the Chemis-
try building would be better. As it is
now, when the RMC is officially
closed, we cant get into our office.
The Chemistry building has 24-hour
access," Burk said.
Burk also worried that the
Chemistry building would under-
mine confidentiality for students go-
ing to triaL
"If someone is coming up to the
Honor Council office and someone
sees them, that person could just as
easily be going to Career Services. If
someone sees a person going into
the Chemistry building at odd hours,
it will be pretty obvious where they're
going," Burk said.
Burk also pointed out that it would
be possible to hold trials in the new
office. The Council's present office is
too small to hold trials in, and the
council has to search for a room to
hold each triaL
"They're also telling us that space
is very tight in the RMC. Eventually
well probably have to move anyway,"
Burk said.
SA Business
The Student Association Senate met Monday evening, February 3,
1992, in the Baker College Outer Commons. The following items
were discussed:
Book Co-op Checks should be going out this week. The checks will
not list the books which sold; if you would like to know this informa-
tion, please check in the Student Organizations Office
A Referendum from U-Blue requesting a blanket tax increase from
$1.00 per student peryear to $2.00 per student per year was approved.
The referendum will appear on the ballot of the General Election on
Feb. 18.
University Standing Committee Applications are now available
on the door of the Student Organizations Office. Petitions will be due
by 3 p.m. on Feb. 18.
Proposed Constitutional Changes were discussed and will be put
into a finalized form to be presented to the Senate on Monday night
A Newcomer's Guide Meeting will be Monday night at 6 p.m. at
Marco's.
The Curriculum Committee is recommending that Managerial
Studies be turned into a second major as well as revising the required
course list
The Entrepreneur's Club had revisions in its constitution approved.
The next meeeting will be Monday night, Feb. 10, at Brown College.
—compiled by Jonathan Briggs
Joint Ventures offers off-campus internships for liberal arts majors
by Sam Cole
Career Services' Joint Venture
Program has placed about 70 stu-
dents in internships around Houston
this spring. Currently a total of 95
employers offer internships through
the program, which celebrates its
tenth anniversary this year.
"We have people working in ev-
erything from accounting positions
to advertising to some of the muse-
ums. We have people working in non-
profit agencies, environmental agen-
cies, in a hotel, oil companies, TV
stations, everything. We have a re-
ally broad range, a lot of international
work, law firms, somebody working
at the GOP convention," said Cheryl
Matherly, director of the program
and assistant director of the Career
Services Office.
In conjunction with their intern-
ships, students may also sign up for a
3 credit-hour class entitled HUMA
301—Introduction to Business. "It's
Liz Henshaw, quality program manager for IBM, speaks to students enrolled in HUMA 301—Introduction to Business.
a broad overview of basic business
and business terminology for all lib-
eral arts majors. No matter what job
you go into, it's the kind of stuff you
have to know in order to be taken
seriously in the work market," said
Matherly.
Jobs through Joint Venture are
not designed to be standard part-
time jobs. The internships are con-
structed so that each intern has a
project to complete. Additionally,
every intern has a mentor at his or
her place of work The mentor meets
weekly with the intern and discusses
aspects of the field, the business, or
the intern's career path. Students put
in 10-15 hours of work per week at
their internships.
This class meets once a week for
two hours. The first hour of class is
devoted to exploring different career
areas. Speakers from diverse fields
come in and talk about different ca-
reers. " It's really informative because
we have a lot of different
speakers... and that may change your
mind about the field [you want a
career in]," said Eric Hahn, who is
working for Goswick & Associates.
"We use Business Week as a text in
the class, and we talk about current
business issues out of there," said
Matherly. "For example, this week
the cover story was on what Ameri-
can business can learn from the Japa-
nese, so we're talking about basic
terminology related to the Japanese
work market"
Students can also use a job
through the Joint Venture program
as the work/study portion of their
financial aid package. According to
Matherly, some of the non-profit
companies "have worked out a deal
with the Financial Aid Office where
they will take people for work/study
positions. [For] people who are work/
study qualified and are trying to find
a different way to be able to meet that
need, there's a lot [of jobs] in the non-
profit area where [the companies]
will use that as an option."
Matherly encouraged students to
enroll in the program. The number
one thing that people get out of it ..is
professional experience in a particu-
lar area. The second thing that a lot of
people get is that they become more
focused on career areas they think
they might like or dislike.That comes
through working in their internship,
talking with their professionals and
also it comes through hearing speak-
ers in class. The third thing that they
get is that they begin to develop con-
tacts in the business community,
which is really important," she said.
"A lot of these internship sites will
end up hiring people permanently
after graduation. Those that don't,
students can use them as a point of
contact to find other jobs later on,"
said Matherly.
People who are thinking of doing
internships next fall should apply in
the Career Services Office by the end
of March.
Council member Jackson-Lee to speak about Black issues
by Lawrencina Mason
Houston City Council member
Sheila Jackson-Lee will be the key-
note speaker for the Black History
Banquet on Feb. 15 sponsored by the
Rice Black Student Union in cel-
ebration of Black History Month.
Jackson-Lee will discuss issues in-
volving the Black community in a
speech entitled "Have We Overcome
& Where Do We Go From Here?" In
addition, the Black Student Union
Gospel Choir will sing with Rice
studentsTrecia Elahee.Trisha Elliott
and Alan Green.
The banquet will be the culmina-
tion of a month of student activities in
recognition of Black History Month.
"For one month, all Americans focus
attention of the contributions of a
group largely excluded from
History's text," said Shawn Young,
vice-president of the BSU. "In doing
so, we learn more about this nation's
diverse heritage."
The events began Feb. 3 with a
reading and booksigning by Rice
professor Lucie Fultz from her book
Double Stitch, a collection of poems
and essays by Maya Angelou, Alice
Walker,and SoniaSonchez. Nextwas
the BSU-spon sored "An Evening of
Song and Poetry" at the Coffeehouse
on Feb. 5, including performances
from the Black Student Union Gospel
Choir, "G" Men, Angelena Baines,
Wendy McGehee, and Green. A few
students also read poetry by such
authors as Maya Angelou and Gil
Scott Heron.
"The BSU is trying to do more
things on campus to make everyone
more aware of Black History Month,
and if s important These events are
not just for Blacks, butfor everyone,"
said Alisha Bell
BSU will show the documentaries
"Hands that Picked Cotton" and
"Race against Prime Tune" on Feb. 13
at 8 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room,
and hold aforum about Martin Luther
King and Malcolm X Feb. 20 at the
same time and place. For information
on these activities and the banquet,
contact the Office of Minority Affairs
at 285-5124 dining the day and 630-
9247 in the evening. Tickets for the
banquet are $8.00 in advance and
$10.00 at the door.
Fultz's book is now in its second
publication and is on sale at the Rice
Campus Bookstore.
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Sid freshman Angelena Baines opens Black History Month with a solo performance at the Coffeehouse Feb. 5.
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