ptudent services fee allocations topic of Senate meeting
By VICKIE ASHWILL
■gBtudent services fee allocations
for 1974 will be discussed in the
Student Senate Wednesday in the
first of a series of annual pre
sentations.
pPresently students pay $2.20 to
student services fee per semester
credit hour up to a maximum of
$1&. The fee is required of all
students and covers the services at
the Memorial Student Center and
the Intramural program.
■Student Services fees also en
title the student to receive The
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Battalion, admission to all athletic
events under the auspices of the
athletic department, Town Hall
programs and the Great Issues
and Recital Series.
“I’m hopeful that the fees can
be held at the present level,” said
David White, Student Government
treasurer.
White, also chairman of the
Student Services Fee Allocation
Committee, said that TAMU stu
dents seem to have more voice
in student services fees allocations
than any other university he had
contacted.
“Most schools can only recom
mend,” said White. “For the past
three years the administration
has basically accepted our recom
mendations.” The breakdown of
the 1973 student services fee per
person is as follows:
Out of the total $19 fee,, $4.83
goes to the athletic department,
42 cents to intramurals, 38 cents
to Great Issues, 26 cents to Poli
tical Forum, $5.62 to Student Pro
grams and 92 cents to Town Hall.
The shuttle bus system receives
$1.19 out of each $19, 26 cents to
Student Government, 13 cents to
student handbook, 44 cents to the
student lawyer, $1.28 to student
publications, $1.25 to the Univer
sity Center and $1.02 to the re
serve fund.
When asked if user fees for ath
letics were being considered,
White said if his committee de
cides to recommend user fees they
will do it, but they haven’t de
cided yet.
“This Wednesday we (the Stu
dent Service Fees Allocation Com
mittee) just want to explain to the
senators what is happening,” said
White. “The entire proposal will
be presented to the Senate at the
Jan. 30 meeting and voted on
Feb. 6.”
This week a series of public
hearings discussing the 1974 allo
cations will be held in Room 501
of the Rudder Tower on the fol
lowing dates:
7:30
Tuesday
MSC Programs
8:00 University Center
8:30 Shuttle Bus
Thursday
7:30 Student Publications
8:00 Health Center
8:30 Student Lawyer
9:00 Student Government
Representatives from each or
ganization will be there to ex
plain their request to the commit
tee.
Anyone with questions is re
quested to contact White at the
Student Government Office at
845-3051.
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TUESDAY—Mostly cloudy to
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Tonight’s low 48° and tomor
row’s high 63°.
Vol. 67 No. 334
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, January 22, 1974
Saigon claims U.S.
in China clash
| MOVING IN on a hectic first day isn’t so bad with a
little help, as these two coeds show with a newly rented
refrigerator. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
"arty pregnancy
leave overturned
SAIGON — The United States
twice turned down requests from
South Vietnam for help in its na
val battle with China over the
Paracel Islands but did fly recon
naissance missions over the area,
official Saigon sources said Mon
day.
A spokesman for the Defense
Department in Washington de
nied the report, saying there were
no requests for help and no recon
naissance flights were provided.
The Saigon sources also said
an American civilian is missing
on one of the islands that were
overrun by Chinese forces Sun
day.
The American was not immedi
ately identified but was said to be
a former U. S. Marine officer who
handled liaison between the U. S.
consulate in Da Nang and the
South Vietnamese navy.
U. S. Embassy officials were
not immediately available for
comment.
South Vietnam conceded mili
tary victory this weekend to China
in the dispute over the islands
and is now seeking an emergency
meeting of the United Nations
Security Council to present its
case on a diplomatic level.
At the United Nations in New
York, President Gonzalo Facio
of the Security Council said he
has received a request from South
Vietnam for a meeting of the
council on Chinese “acts of war.”
Facio, Costa Rica’s foreign min
ister, said he expected to call a
meeting for Tuesday or Wednes
day. But China opposed the meet
ing and doubt was expressed in
diplomatic circles that South Viet
nam could line up the necessary
nine votes needed to put the issue
on the agenda of the Security
Council.
China has effective control of
the barren but strategic Coral
Islands, 250 miles east of Viet
nam and 175 miles south of the
Chinese island of Hainan.
Interest in the islands is be
lieved to be spurred by the pos
sibility of finding oil under the
South China Sea.
Saigon sources said that Am
erican planes flew reconnaissance
missions over the islands Monday
at the request of the South Viet
namese government.
According to the South Viet
namese sources, U. S. authorities
twice turned down requests for the
U. S. 7th Fleet to furnish rescue
vessels or helicopters in a search
for a South Vietnamese patrol
boat escort that apparently was
sunk with 82 crewmen aboard.
The requests were reportedly
made at meetings between U. S.
Ambassador Graham A. Martin
and South Vietnamese Foreign
Minister Vuong Van Bac on Sat
urday and Sunday during the
height of the sea battle.
Up to 150 South Vietnamese
troops are reported missing after
a Red Chinese amphibious force
of up to 500 men backed my MIG
bombers overran three of the is
lands in the archipelago.
China said in a broadcast it
had captured personnel from the
South Vietnamese side and that
they “will be repatriated at an ap
propriate time.” It did not say
how many were captured nor did
it make any mention of the Amer
ican.
The location of the U. S. 7th
Fleet at the time was not dis
closed.
WASHINGTON <A>) _ The
Supreme Court Monday struck
gtlown mandatory maternity leave
regulations that force public
lichool teachers to leave their jobs
Bn the early months of pregnancy.
The 7 to 2 decision said regu-
Ijations that take no account of
the individual’s ability to work
I violate the 14th Amendment’s
guarantee of due process of law.
At the same time, the court
ipeserved judgment on whether it
would permit the school boards
; to establish a firm date during
f'the last few weeks of pregnancy”
n which all teachers would have
take maternity leave.
The pregnancy case stemmed
fom regulations in Chesterfield
bunty, Va., where teachers are
equired to leave their jobs dur
ing the fourth month of preg-
Inancy and in Cleveland where
hey are required to leave during
the fourth month.
Similar regulations exist in
thousands of school districts
•throughout the nation.
“Neither the necessity for con
tinuity of instruction nor the
state interest in keeping physi
cally unfit teachers out of the
classroom can justify the sweep-
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
ing mandatory leave regulations
that the Cleveland and Chester
field County school boards have
adopted,” wrote Justice Potter
Stewart for the majority.
Chief Justice Warren E. Bur
ger and Justice William H.
Rehnquist dissented.
In other action the court:
—Held unanimously that the
San Francisco unified school
district denied equal educational
opportunity to Chinese-speaking
children by failing to help them
overcome the barrier of English
language instruction.
—Agreed to decide whether
prison authorities must guaran
tee inmates legal representation
in disciplinary hearings.
—Agreed to review a lower
court decision on state inspection
powers which 12 states claim will
cripple their air pollution control
programs.
The pollution case came as a
challenge to a ruling by the Colo
rado state court of appeals involv
ing air pollution tests made at
plants of the Western Alfalfa
Corp. by the State Air Pollution
Variance Board.
The state cpurt said inspectors
needed a warrant or permissian
to take the air pollution test.
Colorado Atty. Gen. John P.
Moore said there was no threat
to privacy.
Guitarist returns
for concert tonight
Celebrated classical guitarist
Frederic Hand returns to Texas
A&M tonight to perform music
written as early as 1603 and as
recently as the 1960s.
Hand appears in the University
Center Theater tonight at 8 p.m.
at the invitation of Town Hall’s
Young Artist Series. Students
with activity cards and persons
with Town Hall season tickets
will be admitted free. Tickets for
students’ dates and the general
public are on sale in the Univer
sity Center box office for $1.50
and $2.50.
Hand appeared at A&M last
year in a well-received perform
ance.
Hand’s first set will feature an
improvisation in which he illus
trates that different kinds of mu
sic, such as jazz, rock and classi
cal, all have a common ground.
Hand will also perform a medley
of Latin American music, some
17th century music composed for
the lute (the predecessor of the
guitar), and music of his own,
including a three part “Homage”
to Martin Luther King, Jr., and
composers Sir Ralph Vaughn-Wil-
liams and John Dowland.
Hand is 26 years old, has stud
ied guitar since he was nine, and
has played for the New York
City Opera and Ballet, the New
York Shakespeare Festival, the
Little Orchestra Society and John
Osborne’s Broadway play, “A Pa
triot for Me.”
Hand has composed and per
formed music for several films,
including the award-winning
“Match.” He has been recognized
by “Music America” as one of the
1970s most gifted performers.
Frederic Hand
Shuttle bus
routes change
for new term
Students riding the familiar
shuttle buses during the first few
days of classes may have noticed
changes in the spring semester
routes.
Three of the four routes were
changed to serve larger areas and
more students.
Route 1 is the only route which
remains the same, serving Planta
tion Oaks, Travis House, Barce
lona and Tanglewood apartment
areas with a route frequency of
10 minutes.
Route 2 now provides service
Monaco I, II and A, University
Terrace, Parkway, Southwest Vil
lage, West Knoll, Holicks and
Scandia apartments. The campus
turnaround is G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Route 3 was extended north to
the Fairway apartment area.
From College Main, the Univer
sity-operated buses will go out on
Old College Road, North Avenue,
College Avenue to Ehlinger and
return. They will enter and de
part the campus by Spence and
Ireland.
Route 4 will now service College
View, Hensel, Casa del Sol, Boy-
ett and First Street apartment
areas. These buses will also use
the Ireland Street stop on cam
pus.
Buses on routes 2, 3 and 4
operate at a frequency of 2 0 min
utes.
Service on regular school days
begins a 7 a. m. with the last bus
leaving the campus at 5.40 p. m.
The station wagon night service
begins at 6 p. m. and continues
(See SHUTTLE BUS, page 2)
Silver Taps
set for tivo
Because of a schedule conflict
with Town Hall, Silver Taps for
Patricia A. Ward and Wayne
Hanawa will not be held tonight.
It is tentatively scheduled for
Wednesday evening.
Hanawa, an 18-year-old agron
omy major from San Benito, was
killed Dec. 4 in a one-car acci
dent in his home town. Survivors
include his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hanawa, and three broth
ers.
Ward, daughter of Joyce F.
Ward, was killed Jan. 15 in an
auto accident on Highway 6, ap
proximately seven miles north of
Calvert, according to Department
of Public Safety Personnel.
She was a sophomore zoology
.major from Irving.
LONG LINES were common throughout the day at
Sbisa Dining Hall, but the problem was compounded at
lunch while students waited for their self-destructing
meal stickers. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)
Applications sought for posts
on MSC Directorate, Council
All student offices of the TAMU Me
morial Student Center Directorate and
Council are now being filled for the 1974-
75 school year.
The Nominating Committee will inter
view candidates for Council and Direc
torate Committee positions after Jan. 25,
according to Keith Tyler, vice president
of Great Issues and chairman of the
Nominating Committee.
Positions open include president, exec
utive vice presidents of committees and
projects; and Town Hall and Aggie Cin
ema chairman. These positions must be
applied for before Jan. 25.
Position? for vice presidents of issues,
programs, operation and recreation must
be applied for before Jan. 30.
Offices of chairmen are open for Com
mittees of Arts, Basement, Black Aware
ness, Camera, Cepheid Variable, Dance,
Great Issues, Host Fashion, New Tradi
tion Singers, Outdoor Recreation, Polit
ical Forum, Radio Recreation, SCONA,
Travel and Free University. Application
deadline for these offices is Feb. 6.
All applicants must have no less than
90 days experience on a MSC committee
and must not be on scholastic or conduct
probation. Grade requirements for all
chairmen are an overall GPR of at least
2.4 and at least a 2.4 average for the
semester previous to applying for the
office. All applicants for vice president
positions must have a 2.25 overall GPR
and the same previous to applying for
the office.
The MSC Council is the governing
body of the Directorate, members of the
council oversee and pass policy on any
thing coming before the council that
might affect the organization.
All new officers will be trained during
the spring semester to fill their duties
in the 1974-75 school year and will be
installed at the Directorate’s annual
awards banquet in March.
A ROUTINE JUMPSTART for a stranded vehicle led to a complex traffic snarl Mon
day afternoon at the intersection of University Drive and College Main.