The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1997 Page: 5 of 20
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escort after the reception in
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Secretary Albright leaves Farnsworth Pavilion with a crowd traHjng behind.
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ing for 755, give or take a few chairs.
Plus, we have a capacity of 226 in the
chapel, where a capacity crowd
watched it on the Rice cable chan-
nel. There were 2(X) seats reserved
for students, though I know that
more students were seated with the
general admission folks. I would
guess that number to be at least 50,"
Sutton said.
Vice President for Student Af-
fairs Zenaido Camacho cited stu-
dent participation as a key aspect of
Albright's speech. "I was glad that
they set aside room for students so
they could actually participate,"
Camacho said.
Albright made time following her
speech to field questions from the
floor. Six students were given the
chance to address the secretary on
topics such as Chinese-American
relations, NAFTA and the role of
NATO in a post-Cold War world;
Students for the most part were
pleased with Albright. "1 was quite
impressed with Ms. Albright's
speech," Brown College senior Dan
Manchester said. "She lived up to
her reputation for being strong and
assertive — which must be difficult,
considering she is serving a presi-
dent who is often hesitant to take a
stand on certain Issues."
Hanszen College junior Allison
Fine agreed with these sentiments;
"1 found her speech to be intriguing
and colorful, and I was pleased she
spoke at Rice. Increasing Rice stu-
dents' interest in international af-
fairs is a difficult task, yet Secretary
Albright managed to pull a full*
house," Pine said.
President Malcolm Gillis also
found the speech to be top-rate. "I
thought she had a lot to say, and was
very straightforward — very
plainspoken for a diplomat. I thought
she evoked just the right spirit of
bipartisanship.... She was quite re-
laxed and appeared to really enjoy
being on 1 campus.': .Gillis sjpd,
Albright was introduced by
former Ambassador to Israel and
Director of the Baker Institute Ed-
ward Djerejian as well as former
Secretary of State James A. Baker
III. Djerejian initially invited Albright
to speak one year ago, while she was
the United States' ambassador to
the United Nations,
Gillis closed the afternoon with a
short speech that ended with the
presentation of a crystal owl to
Albright. He summarized the feel-
ings of many students by placing
Albright's visit into a larger perspec-
tive. *
'Today's visit by the secretary of
state stands as another single honor
in the life of Rice University, Few of
our peers can boast of both two
Nobel laureates and a major address
by the secretary of state within the
same academic year," Gillis said.
Baker. Institute.
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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian makes introductory remarks: seated, from
left to right, are Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of
State James A. Baker III and President Malcolm Gillis.
1 ovett College junior Melissa Jacobs
was among those who attended
Albright s address in the Grand H.ill
Canada hints at trad* war
against U.S., Hollywood
Canada's deputy Prime Minis-
ter Sheila Copps hinted on Mon-
day at a trade war aimed against
Hollywood and "American cultural
imperialism."
Her remarks reflected a Cana-
dian concern for the cultural, en-
tertainment and governmental
leaders of the United States.
In Canada, 75 percent of prime-
time television, 80 percent of maga-
zines, 96 percent of movie screen
time and 70 percent of radio air
time is devoted to foreign program-
ming, most of which is American.
Copps suggested that Canada
might contest U.S. regulations on
foreign ownership of broadcast
outlets and target alleged copy-
right infringements by the U.S.
She also intimated that Canada
would explore alliances with other
countries that are similarly con-
cerned about Amercan cultural
domination.
Source: Houston Chronicle,
Feb. 11.
Yeltsin's health suffering,
rivals seek to replace him
Boris Yeltsin's heart surgeon,
Dr. Renat Akchurin, said the Rus-
sian president still needs about
two more weeks to recover after
developing pneumonia.
Akchurin performed a success-
ful iqiiintugje bypass surgery on
I he president on Nov. 5, a few
months after Yeltsin sutter e<A a
heart attack while campaigning for
re-election. Only two weeks after
returning to work full-time at the
Kremlin, Yeltsin caught the flu.
then pneumonia. He is now recu-
perating at his country home out-
side Moscow.
During his absence, Yeltsin's
foes have tried to come up with
ways to oust him.
Communist leader Gennady
Zyuganov has called for a consti-
tutional amendment that would
make it easier to replace an ailing
president, lite current constitu-
tion has no mechanism for replac-
ing an ill leader or determining if a
president is incapacitated.
Source: USA Today Online,
Feb. 12.
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