Sound Off
THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, January 18, 1968
Students Lacking,
Leaders Needed
It takes leaders. It takes leaders to handle a combined
budget of more than $130,000.
It takes leaders to ably guide 500 to 600 students.
It takes team work, a sense of business management,
and a search for quality.
It takes an above-average student who wants more
than a class-to-dormitory room-to-dining hall-to-class
schedule.
In short, it takes a student interested in A&M, its MSC
committees, and the quality of speakers, entertainers,
equipment and programs.
On January 10, a story first appeared in The Battalion
informing students of the opportunity to apply for chair
manship positions of 13 different MSC program commit
tees and six executive positions.
Since then 15 people have applied. All those qualified
and interested? No.
Only one person has filed for the Town Hall chairman
ship. This committee provides the entire year’s line-up of
entertainment from A1 Hirt to Mantovani, to the Harlem
Globetrotters. The chairman and his staff select what
shows will be available for 50,000 students and local
residents.
Only one person has filed for the Great Issues Com
mittee. The chairman here is responsible for the selection
of national, political and travel figures in the news. He
deals with the “World Around Us” series and the “Hydro
space Fiesta.”
The chairmanship of probably the most important
committee position remains virtually open ■— SCONA.
Other chairmanship positions available include the
Contemporary Arts Committee, the Camera, Chess, Radio,
Bridge, Travel and Dance Committees, Flying Cadets, and
the Political Forum.
These committees are the heart of the extracurricular
program at A&M. Their activities and interest stretch
around the world, hosting groups and men of national
importance.
Let’s first make sure that there is an abundant supply
of capable students for the nominating committee to inter
view and recommend to the MSC Council.
Let’s see if the civilians are really a part of this Uni
versity by showing some interest in positions of leadership
and by applying.
A&M students have been labeled “apathetic” about
almost everything outside their tiny personal world. Let’s
see if some can take an interest in those committees which
will directly affect each student, and this university’s
reputation.
Apply before Feb. 6. Let’s make something happen.
Council Authorizes Changes
In MSC Committee Structure
By DAVE MAYES
Battalion Special Writer
In an effort to strengthen Me
morial Student Center student
programs, the MSC Council Mon
day night combined the Personnel
and Public Relations Committees,
disbanded the Talent Committee
and moved to place Political For
um under single authority.
Difficulties in committee par
ticipation and motivation prompt
ed David E. Gay, executive vice-
president for programs, to recom
mend the combined staffs of Per
sonnel and Public Relations be
made directly responsible to his
office.
Projects for the new staff are
a brochure explaining MSC facili
ties and committees, a publicity
campaign for Freshman Open
House held in September, and a
yearbook of MSC activities.
Talent Committee was discon
tinued due to poor attendance at
its Aggie Talent Show held in
Guion Hall last December. Rob
ert L. Boone, committee advisor,
said, “The lack of interest shown
on campus in the last three years,
plus this year’s failure, certainly
do not justify the spending of
student money for this type of
(See Council, Page 4)
Editor,
The Battalion:
On Wednesday, at the noon
meal, I was confronted with a
statement which I thought was
a total error.
The man at the checkpoint of
the line asked me if I knew that
I could not go through the line
more than once per meal. I re
plied that I did and he proceeded
to tell me that I had been through
twice.
May I make a much needed
suggestion? Now, if these work
ers want to accuse someone of
something, why can’t they pro
duce some evidence? (I can prove
that I hadn’t even been in the
Dining Hall at all that day!)
When the time comes that I
have to lie in order to receive
anything in this world, I shall
admit to it.
In the future, I hope this never
happens to anyone. If it does and
the person knows that he is right
and don’t need to lie in order to
be fed, walk on through and eat!
John Schendel ’71
Editor,
The Battalion:
After the t.u. basketball game
Tuesday night, several teasip
football players plus many more
athletes proceeded to beat up a
fish who was returning to his
car. A couple of Ags finally
showed up after a large crowd
gathered. Later, after the crowd
was dispersed, a car passing in
front of the athletic dorm was
stopped and the mass of teasips
began putting several dents in
the car.
As a result of this “small” in
cident, I feel that some type of
action should be taken by the Stu
dent Senate or students as a
whole. At least an apology is in
order, plus a few property dam
ages.
Tom B. Slocum ’70
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter is about t.u. and
their “fabulous athletes.” After
watching the Aggies beat the Hell
out of t.u., it seems about five
fish were headed back to their
car when several sip “athletes”
jumped them. This occurred in
front of the “athletic” dorm about
two blocks from Gregory Gym.
One fish, wearing glasses, was
hit in the face and had his Gar
rison Hat stolen. The odds were
about 10-1 as there were a good
50 sips there. After hearing “Old
Army Fight” there were approxi
mately 75 Aggies there including
me and my buds. By this time
there was at least 200 sips there,
including a lot of their “athletes.”
No further incidents occurred at
this time, except a few verbal
fights, and the crowd broke up.
After the above incident we
headed back to my car. We got
See Sound Off, Page 3)
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