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Colleges and universities are ac-
cepting a larger percentage of their
freshman class from the pool of early
applicants. By Christmas, Harvard
University. Princeton University and
M assachuset t s I nstitu te of Tech not -
ogy had already sen! out enough
letters of acceptance to fill about half
of next fall's freshman classes The
consequence is greater competit ion
among applicants in the spring for
the smaller nuniber of' regular deci-
sion spots
This year, record numbers of stu
dents applied early, in order lo "beat
the odds."
At the Kaplan Fducation C'enters,
the number of sophomores signing
up to take SAT preparation courses
jumped50percent in lWSover 11)94.
Although only 15 percent uf.all
schools offer the early action or early
decision options, nearly all of the
most selective schools do. Stanford
I 'Diversity instituted a bindingearly
admission policy this year because
according to Dean of Undergradu-
ate Admissions James Montoya,
Stanford was losing exceptional stu-
dents to other comparable schools
who did have the early decision pro-
gram.
According to Carl Bewig, direc-
tor of college counseling at Andover.
some colleges use early admissions
to show how selective they are. Be-
cause most early decision aeceptan
ces are binding, the "yields" or the
number ol those accepted who ma
triculate, are high
Those who oppose this trend feel
that the long term implications are
troubling, especially for those who
need financial aid because they can
not "shop" lor the best, deal in col-
leges.
"Soine would argue thai the eaii>
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programs are for the wealthy," Bewig
said. "For kids who really need to
compare and weigh, for whom
allowability is as important as ad-
missibility in the process, the early
programs are not an option "
Source: Newsweek Magazine,
April 29
Fondren Library ranks 104th
in North Amorlea.
Fondren Library ranked 104th out
of all research libraries in the United
States arid Canada in the 1994-95
j^ssue of the Chronicle of Higher
Fducation
Fondren houses a total of
1,864,335volumes, including 55.232
added in the 1994-95 school year.
The total expenditure for that year
was $9,120,875,
The top 10 schools spent over
S20 million in the same period.
1 larvard I University's library includes
over 13 million volumes and its total
expenditures were close to $(>8.5
million
Tire top 10, in order, were
Harvard, University of California at
Berkeley, University of California at
I os Angeles, Vale University, Uni-
versity of Illinois at Urbana-
Charnpaign, University of Toronto,
Columbia University, University of
Michigan, Stanford University and
University of Texas.
The rankings are based on an
index developed by the Association
of Research Libraries to measure
the relative size of university librar-
ies. lTte index takes into account
several factors: the number of vol
times held, number of volumes
added during the previous fiscal
year, number of current serials, to-
tal operating expenditures, and'size
of permanent staff.
Soura>: The Chronicle of Higher
Fducation. May .7.
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lousing,
rsaredi-
it the issue. Jacks, some
. involve advisers more
than new students. While other co-
ordinators do not attach the same
severity to jacks, they said that jacks
can hinder relationships between the
colleges. •
College masters hold varying
opinions. The final decisive action to
change the way jacks are handled
must, come from the students, most
masters agreed.
According to Hanszen College
Master Lisa Bryan, jacks can be
harmful to Rice's custodial staff. One
result of jacks is that custodians "get
treated as if they were invisible. Jacks
present the biggest problems for the
people who must clean up," Bryan
said.
Bryan said that she actually likes
jacks "if they are funny, clever prac-
tical jokes that don't hurt anyone or
destroy property," but stressed that
her husband, Dennis Huston, also a
master at Hanszen, is vehemently
against jacks in any form.
In straw polls taken during cabi-
net meetings, Baker and Brown col-
leges expressed that they have ex-
perienced problems with O-Week
jacks in the past, but want to keep
jacks in some form.
The opinion at Hanszen is that
building college unity is the purpose
of jacks, and that jacks of late have
not been very creative, and that the
griefs of jacks did not overcome the
benefits during 0-Week 1995- The
consensus at Sid Richardson Col-
lege was that the ideal jack involves
freshmen in the planning and ac-
tion, and ends with the college cheer
Jones College coordinators want
to keep jacks, but admit that there
are problems with them. "The ma-
jority of coordinators want to keep
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jacks in some form, but realize that
some forms of jacks contribute noth-
ing to the freshman experience,"
Jones O-Week Coordinator Robert
Koslow said.
"Now colleges will have to be
more creative in order to get other
colleges' goats — the way jacks used
to be," Koslow said.
"Renegade advisers who act with
out consulting coordinators are usu-
ally the ones who are responsible for
the more destructive jacks." Koslow
said.
— Chuck Whitten and Nicole Gerardo
contributed to this story.
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Nanoscale science building
On April 30, ground was broken
for the construction of the new Cen-
ter for Nanoscale Science and Tech-
nology building. Explosive pyrotech-
nics triggered by a nanoscale car-
bon structure were employed to
break ground.
The building is part of the
nanoscale science and technology
initiative, a commitment to a new
facility, endowed faculty chairs and
equipment for research in the field.
A $32.3 million campaign is under-
way to support the initiative.
The lbur-story building will stand
on the northwest side of campus, at
the corner of Campanile Road and
Alumni Drive. Construction will be-
gin immediately and is expected to
be completed in the fall of 1997. Hie
building will house undergraduate
labs, classrooms, conference space,
an advanced research laboratory
and Chemistry Department faculty
offices.
Youngblood sentence dolay
The sentencing hearing for
Will Rice College junior Alberto
Youngblood, who was found gtailty
in I )ecember of setting fire to Willy's
Pub on April 6, 1995, has begn post-
poned.
According to Assistant U.S. At-
torney Andrew Bobb, the hearing
was delayed because a pre-sentenc-
ing report was not ready for the
hearing on April 12. The hearing
was rescheduled for May 29,9:45 a.m.
According to Bobb, Youngblood
could receive up to a 20-year prison
term and a fine of up to $2,3 million,
the amount of damage caused to
Willy's Pub and the rest of the Stu
dent Center by the fire.
Youngblood will probably not re
ceive the maxiumum penalty, bui
will be sentenced according to fed-
eral sentencing guidelines, Bobb
said.
— by George Hatoun
Symonds Lab: future classroom
lire Gardiner Symonds Teach
ing Laboratory, dedicated on May 2,
is located on the second floor of
Fondren Library. It features a "cap-'
ture ready" environment.designed
to hold about 20 students and has
two large-screen projectors, 14
Macintosh workstations, a sophisti-
cated sound system and cable and
Internet links. 'Hie lab also haswideo
lines to the Texas Medical Center
and satellite downlinks,
The lab, the brainchild of Vice
President for Information Technol-
ogy Tony (lorry, was designed by
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Mark Wamble.
Associate Professor of French stud-
ies and History Daniel Sherman,
among the first to use the lab, said,
"It appealed to all of us because |the
lab] challenged traditional (class-
room) authority relationships."
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Beard, Marty & Rao, Vivek. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1996, newspaper, May 17, 1996; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246542/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.