Lack of leadership hurting International Students
BATT NEWS ANALYSIS
By CLIFF LEWIS
The International Student Associ-
Jation, bom in a hot burst of interest
three semesters ag-o, is growing: cold,
r Rigor mortis may set in tomorrow if
their disorganization continues.
The enormous numbers of foreign
students that come to TAMU because
of its low cost, for the most part live
together in groups. Once they were
put together by the Housing Office,
but now they stay together because
they want to, thus perpetuating the
stagnation of cultural enclaves.
This and the fact that the univer
sity has no set policy on the encultura-
tion of international students stirred
the organization into being in the Fall
of 1972. Under the able leadership of
Friedrich Mach, for a year the or
ganization functioned through various
activities involving problems of inter
national students on campus.
BUT NOW? “Well now, you’re
talking about an organization that’s
practically non-existent,” Colonel Gil
bert Mayeaux, faculty sponsor of the
ISA, began rapidly rambling. “The vari
ous groups involved get along fine as
long as they stay in their own comers.
Right now we are to the place where
our primary decision is, are we gonna
do something or not?”
Charles Homstein, foreign student
adviser, says “just going to school
here” will bring the various groups
sufficiently together, yet the ISA was
formed with the idea that a deeper
involvement was needed.
The many nationalities are effec
tive in their own individual groups,
but contribute little collectively, ac
cording to a written statement by Sid
Pandey, Indian delegate to the ISA.
Leadership is crucial to the organiza
tion, he says.
The current president, Shayan
Hasan, is under vast criticism. He
believes, however, that pointing fin
gers is more harmful than helpful to
the organization and its problems. He
is not happy that it has always been
“run by only a handful.” He also said
many other things off the record.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO tre
mendous momentum to get the ISA
rolling, there are enough interested
students around to give it hope.
Lalit Kishore Misra, head of the
Indian student organization, wants to
get the students of India, Pakistan,
and Bangla-Desh together in one group.
“This would be an example to the
other international groups to get to
gether.
“The purpose of the ISA should be
two-fold,” Misra continued. “One, to
gather the international students. Two,
to project their cultures among them
selves and to the American students.”
At TAMU, where every major cus
tom and language is represented, there
is an enormous cultural potential being
wasted. Until something on a scale
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Vol. 67 No. 350
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 19, 1974
appropriate for this potential is done,
the intemationaal students may only
be visible when they meet at the
Lutheran Student Center to play ping-
pong.
★ ★ ★
THE INTERNATIONAL STU
DENT ASSOCIATION will elect offi
cers on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30
p.m. in Room 203 of the Zachry Engi
neering Center. The five - member
executive committee will be elected by
delegates from each of the countries
represented at TAMU.
Foreign students who are not part
of any national club are asked to meet
with their countrymen and select a
delegate from among themselves. Only
one delegate from each country will
be allowed to vote in the election.
To run for an office the candidate
must also be the official delegate from
his country.
Both delegates and candidates must
register by noon Tuesday, Feb. 26, in
the office of the Foreign Student Ad
visor in Room 302 of the YMCA
Building.
MSC worries about
WASHINGTON UP) — The
Army private who flew a stolen
helicopter onto the White House
lawn Sunday was returned to the
Walter Reed Army Hospital’s psy
chiatric center Monday after fed
eral charges against him were
dropped.
However, authorities said, Pfc.
Robert Kenneth Preston still
faces possible prosecution for vio
lating military regulations, includ
ing the charge of theft of govern
ment property.
Preston, a 20-year-old flight
school wash-out, remained mute
Monday during his brief appear
ance in DC Superior Court. A
U.S. attorney explained that the
government did not wish to press
charges because Preston was vol
untarily returning to the Army.
The youthful-looking private,
dressed in neat green Army fa
tigues, was immediately turned
over to military authorities and
hustled away in a sedan to the
psychiatric center for further
study.
Asked by reporters what
prompted his wild, unpredictable
aerial ride, Preston declined
comment.
But asked if the ride was
prompted because he was mad
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over flunking out of Army flight
school, Preston replied, “could
be.”
Preston was arrested amid a
storm of gunfire as he brought
the military helicopter down on
the White House lawn Sunday
about 2 a.m.
His aerial sojourn began two
hours earlier when he stole an
Army UH-1B “Huey” helicopter
from the airfield at Ft. Meade,
Md., about 25 miles north of
Washington, authorities said.
Preston, who was a helicopter
flight mechanic with considerable
flying time, began buzzing homes
and cars along the Baltimore-
Washington Parkway.
He was immediately pursued
by Maryland State Police in two
helicopters. An hour after he
ventured into restricted air space
between the Washington monu
ment and the Capitol, he lurched
forward onto the White House
lawn as security guards began fir
ing shotguns at the chopper.
Preston was treated for minor
shotgun wounds and sent to the
psychiatric center for evaluation.
President Nixon, who was in
Key Biscayne, Fla., did not wit
ness the incident.
Preston, a native of Panama
City, Fla., washed out of the
Army’s helicopter pilot school at
Ft. Walters, Texas in 1973 after
amassing 157 hours of flying time.
His dismissal came because of his
“deficiency in the instrument
phase,” authorities said.
censorship, liquor
Impeachment
SCONA
Weather
Fair and mild today and
Wednesday. Slightly
warmer Wednesday.
High Tuesday 67°.
Remember: You saw it
first in The Batt.
By MARY RUSSO
Staff Writer
Liquor on campus and censorship weren’t
specifically mentioned, but the talk was
mostly about those subjects during the
Memorial Student Center Council meeting
Monday evening.
Two committees, Arts films and Dance,
were brought before the Council concern
ing problems facing the two groups.
Arts films has been advised by MSC
director J. W. Stark that two of the films,
“Luminous Procuress,” scheduled for March
8, and “Pink Flamingos,” scheduled for
April 26, had best not be shown. A number
of complaints have been registered against
the committee. Tim Manning, Arts films
chairman, said a great deal of the prob
lem is the type of* films being shown.
Dance committee faces a $400 deficit
and Claims the reason the committee’s
dances tend to fail is the competition of
fered by clubs which offer both liquor and
dancing. A dance at Lakeview Club was
suggested, but objections were raised about
controlling entrance of patrons. Council
members proposed that if liquor were
served during social events on campus, a
greater number of students would probably
stay on campus.
Last semester a resolution was passed
by the Student Senate for open sale of
liquor on campus. The resolution was
turned down by the Board of Directors in
accordance to a state ruling on liquor on
state property.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE
asked for $800 more funding so that it
could handle “Black Awareness Week,” the
last week of March. Council Comptroller
David White said that the budget was too
tight to give the requested additional mon
ey. Don Webb, president, pointed out that
there remained a considerable amount
(about $400) in the Fall Freshman Open
House Account. Tacking on $300 more to
this amount is also possible, added Webb.
The council granted the additional funding
as proposed by Webb.
The constitutional revision to . have the
voting Council composed of a president;
three vice-presidents for programming, ad
ministration and finance; directors of proj
ects, operations and public relations; the
student senate president; two Directorate
committee chairmen; two former students;
and five faculty members was passed. The
revision cuts two student votes from the
council. Applications are now being ac
cepted for the v-p of finance and the three
directors positions. Applications will be
accepted until 5 p.m. Tuesday.
THE SPRING LEADERSHIP TRIP
was discussed. Several Former Students
have offered to pay for meals for the 60
people attending, with an Aggie-ex host
ing the party in his home for an 11 p.m.
dinner.
Three speakers were approved for Po
litical Forum representatives. They are
Buck Woods, general counsel for the Com
mon Cause of Texas; Edward Peck, special
assistant to the under-secretary of political
affairs; and David Morrison, economic of
ficer, Arab-Israel desk, Department of
State.
Several committee chairmen were ap
proved. They include: Patricia Wilkinson,
travel; Larry Herring, outdoor recreation;
Phil Schraub, dance; David Gent, radio;
Joe Lamm, camera; Mark Rankin, Great
Issues; John Nelson, Political Forum;
Robert Wooten, Black Awareness; and
Kathy Rodenberger, Arts.
Local student voters sought
Student Government voter reg
istration drive for county and
city elections will be Feb. 26 and
27 on campus.
Pam Jewell, head of the drive,
Resident artists boost fine arts
Foster one of three scheduled this term]
By BRAD ELLIS
Staff Writer
A technological attitude toward art was
the preconception artist Don Foster had of
the cultural atmosphere at TAMU.
Foster is here as part of the Environ
mental Design Department’s artist-in-resi
dence program, which exposes those stu
dents to practicing and respected artists
working among and with them. The pro
gram is part of wide-ranging efforts by
TAMU to promote the pursuit of the fine -
arts on campus.
According to Graham Horsley, member
of the Environmental Design faculty, these
programs reveal the spirit of the recently
formed University Committee on Fine Arts,
established by President Jack K. Williams
and Vice President for Academic Affairs
John C. Calhoun, Jr.
A sculptor, Foster has done recent work
involving neon light tubes. Two of his
works are on display in the Architecture
Bldg, lobby.
He will speak to the university Wednes
day night in the Architecture Bldg, audi
torium presenting ‘Chan Kom, Big Balloon,
Rodney’s Dog and the Calf Fight,” a lecture
about the Mayan village of Chan Kom in
the Eastern Yucatan.
He mentioned that the Mayans had the
concept of zero from very early on, and
demonstrated their numerological concern
by building their temples as coded monu
ments to the order of the universe.
Foster said in discussion Friday that
in order to do something successful about
the laws of chance, one must know some
thing about structure. He said people
should be open to new forms of experience
without particular care for the context of
them, realizing that things can happen in
different ways.
In his commissioned work for public
places, Foster observes the need for deco
rative relief from workday surroundings.
Imaginative and exciting art enriches a
problem solver’s experience even if he dis
likes the works intensely.
In his relations with students Foster
feels they all work together rather than a
“me and them” situation existing. Monday
afternoon students of an ED 104 class par
ticipated with Foster in his first film, shot
in Super 8 on the roof of the old hospital,
where his studio is. The film plays with
concepts of space and motion, as students
change position within the frame in rigid
stop-motion.
Foster hit upon his film idea while ex
ploring the building to find a nook he could
be comfortable in. His search took him
from the basement to the roof, before
settling on a second floor room. His studio
contains most of the things he needs around
him in his everyday work, as he views
architecture as the design of feedback ma
chines with which people can work effec
tively, having all their necessary facilities
located handily around themselves.
As he views the regular world apart
from many preconceptions, Foster feels an
artist is looked on as a sort of outsider by
people who cannot safely categorize him
and thereby comfortably predict the person.
Man has a desire to create in some way,
and people are somewhat frustrated indi
vidually if they cannot. When basic needs
are not met, Foster wonders how people
concern themselves with the natural work
ings of things. Artists sometimes appear
above worrying about basic needs as they
travel about seeking experiences to use as
input for artistic works.
Foster is joined by Houston printmaker
Dick Wray participating in this semester’s
program of three resident artists. Wray
is particularly interested in a computer art
program he is experimenting with at
TAMU.
said they were trying to get per
sons to register in Bryan and
College Station.
“Many students don’t realize
how much the city council affects
them in issues such as telephone
rates and bike paths,” said Jew
ell.
Jewell noted that once students
register in Brazos County they
can no longer vote in their own
county or city elections.
There is a March 2 deadline for
voter registration for voting in
upcoming College Station elec
tions. Requirements to vote in
clude being 18 years old within
(See LOCAL, page 3)
Stadelman tenure
subtly approved
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Staff Writer
Even though very few people
seem to know very much about it,
Dr. Bonnie Stadelman, assistant
professor of history, has been
granted tenure.
Vice President for Academic
Affairs Dr. John C. Calhoun said,
“It is not our custom or policy to
issue news releases on person
nel matters. We don’t think it is
fair to our people.
“If they want to give out infor-
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Don Foster checks everything out as he and
some environmental design students shoot a film experimenting with space-
time relationships, on the roof of the old hospital building. (Photos by Steve
Ueckert)
mation on matters they can do so
themselves,” continued Calhoun,
“but we try to protect the indiv
idual faculty member.”
Calhoun did confirm that he
sent a “favorable” letter to Sta
delman concerning her employ
ment.
Stadelman had been denied ten
ure in the fall of 1972 after six
years of service to the University.
In April, 1973, Stadelman filed a
suit with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission on the
basis of sex discrimination.
Around the middle of January,
the EEOC ruled there was a pos
sible case of sex discrimination
at TAMU in connection with
Stadelman.
A little over three weeks later,
Stadelman was notified of a re
versal in her employment decision.
“I got a letter from Dr. Calhoun
this morning (Feb. 13),” said
Stadelman. “It just said they
(See STADELMAN, page 4)
Monday fire
wipes out
nightspot
Fire totally destroyed Archie’s
nightclub at 706 N. Texas Ave.
early Monday morning.
The three story brick structure,
formerly known as WC’s, caught
fire in the early morning hours
and was reported to the Bryan
Fire Department at 4:40 a.m.
During the course of the blaze,
traffic was detoured off of N.
Texas Avenue. The fire was
brought under control about 6
a.m. according to a fire depart
ment spokesman. Fire trucks left
the scene about 8 a.m.
Exact cause of the blaze is not
yet known but it is believed that
the blaze started in the top floor
of the attic.
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