Anticipating a large crowd, Ave arrived early, selecting a good seat and sett l ing back to watch the influx. We had expected the usual pre-lecture boredom, and were prepared to twiddle the thumbs while the minutes dragged. A f t e r an infinity, Dr. Milburn of the German Depar tment rose to introduce Leary. 'The music dwindled to a background suggestion and the house lights, which had been wav...

Bycatch (the unintentional catch of non-target species or sizes) is consistently ranked as one of the greatest threats to marine fish populations; yet species-specific rates of bycatch survival are rarely considered in risk assessments. Regulations often require that bycatch of threatened species be released; but, if animals are already dead, their release serves no conservation purpose. We exa...

Dr. Class' resignation, which was precipitated, according to his prepared, statement, by "a growing conflict of philosophy between the President (Pitzer) and myself with respect to the practices and policies to be followed in the best interest of Jones College," will take effect at the end of this semester. Dr. Vandiver will serve as Master of Jones for the second semester tefore he assumes dut...

The special election which was called for Monday, November 4, has been postponed unt i l Tuesday, November 12, It was made known today. T h e elect ion was for the purpose ot fi l l ing the position of Assis tant Busine s s Manager of the Threshe r and to consider a proposed amendment to the const i tut ion of the Student ' s Association. The decision to postpone the election a week was made in...

There has been an increasing concern about shark overexploitation in the last decade, especially for open ocean shark species, where there is a paucity of data about their life histories and population dynamics. Little is known regarding the population structure of the pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus. Though an earlier study using mtDNA control region data, showed evidence for differe...

These activities aims to increase the capacity of farmer groups and expand job opportunities. An empowerment assessment was carried out on Sri Rejeki group located in Gembong Village, Bojongsari District, Purbalingga Regency, August 2021-February 2022. The approach method used is participatory mentoring, by facilitating needs rice seed business, which includes: obtaining business recommendation...

by David Friesenhahn Lovet t Col lege s o p h o m o r e Grady Gibbs will be tried in the University Court for his actions at a November 12 meeting of the Central American Peace Forum. University Cour t Chairman David Dankworth said Proctor E.C. Holt submitted the case to the court after members of the Peace Forum lodged a complaint with him Wednesday about Gibbs's alleged antisocial behavior at...

Deep-Sea in-situ radioactivity measurements were initiated in 1964 for investigation of sunken USN atomic power submarine Thresher by using Geiger counters (Wakelin, 1964). Since then, in-situ radioactivity monitoring utilizing a towed-fish and/or remote sea bottom stations has been carried out in various countries. But they are mainly used for surveys of artificial radio activities to evaluate...

Of the 10,453 nominees, Rice students awarded grants: for graduate study were Mary Anne Anne Boone from Dallas, Modern European History; Benjamin F. Gibson from Lufkin, Physics; James E. Gunn from San Antonio, Astrophysics:; Thomas H. Mayor from Houston, Economics; George A. Neece from Pine Bluff, Ark., Chemistry; Kathryn Pulley from Houston, English; and Diana Thomas from Mexico City, Linguist...