Faculty reaction mixed on South Africa question

by Spencer Greene R e c e n t n e w s t h a t t h e University's Board of Governors will be considering South-Afr icarelated investments prompted a mixed reaction f rom Rice faculty members last week. Professors w h o spoke to the Thresher expressed a general air of caution, many describing the issue as "complex" and declining fur ther comment without detailed study of the subject. Several, however, were willing to share their personal views. Professor of Sociology Stephen Klineberg supported the idea of d i s i n v e s t m e n t as a p o l i t i c a l statement. "A crisis is upon us." Klineberg told the Thresher . "It is of real Stephen Klineberg