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Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1975 Seminar focuses Blackmail on student writing By JERRY NEEDHAM City Editor The recent actions taken by the Bryan Council in the utility rate proceedings with College Station indicate a lack of total understanding of the situation existing here in Brazos County. Bryan’s actions can be called nothing but blackmail. Bryan officials, in effect, delivered an ultimatum demanding an almost unconditional surrender. The choices offered were to accept Bryan’s offers or to go to court. From all indications, Bryan’s demands for an increase would not have held up in court. College Station spends $3.5 million a year purchasing electricity from Bryan. Most of this money is redistributed and circulated in Bryan and Brazos County. This is a tremendous economic boon in almost anyone’s book. If College Station officials are antagonized into resorting to other sources for utilities (such as Gulf States Utilities), that $3.5 million would be leaving this region of Texas. The Bryan Council does not seem to understand the implications of such an action. This writer is not advocating that Bryan should sell utilities below cost to College Station just to preserve a sizable economic input into their community. Bryan officials however, should show a willingness to submit the matter to an impartial arbitrator if College Station officials favor that course of action. The recent surrender of College Station to terms dictated by Bryan might lead Bryan to believe College Station is a pushover. This writer urges the College Station City Council to stand up for their rights. Bryan’s position of treating the city of College Station as a single family residence in Bryan is unfair. If Bryan wants to do it this way they should be required to provide the same services to College Station that they provide their own residents. These responsibilities include instal ling and maintaining transmission lines, reading meters, collecting fees, and suffering losses for those who don t pay. Bryan has overshadowed its sister city to the south for many de cades, but now College Station is becoming a city in its own right. Bryan is in the driver’s seat now, but who’s to say what the situation will be in 10 or 20 years. It appears Bryan officials intend to subjugate College Station to its will at all costs — even friendship. A cooperating and friendly attitude should be preserved between the cities, but College Station should not bear the complete burden of preserving this goodwill. Time will tell who has won and who has been left behind. Students today face an unparal leled crisis in writing despite a grea ter need than ever to communicate effectively, says a TAMU English professor. TAMU is the host of an institute in Dallas this week that may lead to some solutions. Dr. Forrest Burt, TAMU as sociate professor and institute direc tor, reports that what started out as a regional meeting on the teaching of writing has reached national proportions because of the wide in terest in writing skills. Although the July 21-25 institute is limited to 75 persons, representa tives will be there from 15 states. Texas institutions to be represented include Southern Methodist Uni versity, El Centro, Mountain View Community College, Tarrant County Junior College, Ranger Junior College, San Antonio Col lege, University of Houston and Turner High School in Carrollton. During the six-hours-a-day work shop, participants will seek possible solutions in writing instruction by becoming writing students them selves. Three well-known figures will criticize the teachers’ work. They are James Kinneavy of the Univer sity of Texas, Peter Elbow of Everg reen State College in Washington and Lou Kelly oflowa State Univer sity. Moderating the workshop will be Dr. Elizabeth Wooten of the Mod ern Language Association and As sociation of Departments of English in New York. The institute is being held at the Space research may aid earth’s energy problems CAPE CANAVERAL — The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project may yield valuable information about applying space technology to the earth’s energy and environmental problems, according to U.S. Rep. Olin E. Teague, D-Tex. However, original plans for the joint U.S.-Soviet space mission did not include the 27 experiments car ried out by the Apollo-Soyuz crews. Half of the experiments were re quested by the Defense Dt;parJ r ment. “We wanted to be sure we had more than a $250 million handshake in space,” Teague said. “One project, for example, will teach us more about the way crystal formations are affected under zero . gravity conditions,” Teague said. NASA (National Space and Aeronautics Administration) scien tists believe that if certain assump tions prove true, the crystal exper iment could lead to accelerated ways to converting certain materials in space or space-like environments to produce greater yields of usable fuel. ,, u j .Teague said thaj the Apollo energy experiments may result in a - renewed interest in the entire space program as a vital research tool. He noted that the House last April authorized the first budget in crease for NASA programs since 1966. Teague said that while the in crease from $3.3 billion to $3.6 bill ion is small, “It is encouraging to see a reversal in the downward trend which has plagued the space prog ram for ten years.” Teague said the space program has resulted in many practical technological advancements such as weather and cqmmunications satel lites and has made significant con tributions to the medical field. For example, the development of pacesetters for coronary patients came from space research. ‘Texas Monthly’ features projects TAMU, particularly its research program, is featured in the August issue of “Texas Monthly.” The nine-page cover story writ ten by James Fallows is entitled “Super Hero! How the Aggies Are Going to Save the World. Special emphasis is given to the programs being conducted by the Food Protein Research and De velopment Center. Included are the Center’s glandless cottonseed, coconut and peanut projects, which hold promise as major low-cost sources to offset worldwide protein shortages. Coverage also is given to numerous other projects in agricul ture, engineering and oceanog raphy. The writer for the Austin-based Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the university administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Editorial policy is determined by the editor. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday,- Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school year; $10.50 per full year. 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MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Gary Halter; Dr. John Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Tom Dawsey, and Jerri Ward. Director of Student Publication: Gael L. Cooper. .ger: Ph illips, Jeff Dunn, Editor Sports Editor City Editor . . . Campus Editor Photo Editor . . .James Breedlove Mike Bruton . .Jerry Needham . Karla Mouitsen Tom fCayser epre; New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. OPEN DAILY ^DOO/p Z/V/at^ JF’ooItls 1907 TEXAS COLLEGE STATION AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry offers Student ID Discounts! 15% off of $ 50 00 or more 10% off of under $ 50 00 CASH PURCHASE ONLY 212 N. MAIN 822-3119 DOWNTOWN BRYAN TAMU Research and Development Center in Dallas. Sensing a need for help in student writing, Dr. Burt and other plan ners began preparing an institute of regional scope for Dallas and Fort Worth. Before all was done, how ever, it became apparent that this was an issue of nationwide atten tion. 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