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:Jan Moulden Why Limit Resolution To One ‘Chaotic’ Group? ‘If a guy felt that he might get too sick to attend £lass before the holidays, how many days of this illness would sound about right?” The resolution passed by the Civilian Student Council Thurs day recommending that any or ganization (such as the Students for a Democratic Society) which has a reputation for “violent and chaotic” activity be barred from Texas A&M is one of the most farsighted actions ever taken on this campus. The possibilities, if this reso lution is adopted by the admin istration, are so far reaching as to break the bonds of traditional thought. Not only would such a policy keep SDS and other such organ ization off campus, but it could be used to get rid of many of the organizations presently on campus which have a violent and chaotic reputation. UNDER THIS resolution, the first group that would have to go is the Corps of Cadets. The Corps is a direct arm of the mili tary and the military's business is to fight wars. Now, it is im possible to think of anything more violent or chaotic than a truely humane effort to end vio lence and chaos. The second most violent and chaotic activity on campus is football. Seeing supposedly edu cated men rushing madly around on the grass, knocking hell out of each other, is more than a hater of violence and chaos can stomach. The resolution could be used to disband the football team in preference to a checker or canasta team. dent Senate (there have been many heated and disorganized discussions at its meetings), the American Association of Uni versity Professors (everyone knows that professors are vio lent and chaotic), and the ad ministration (which was a focal point for a student demonstra tion about two years ago). ON THE OTHER hand, con sidering the past few months, maybe this organization could be exempted. One of the weak points in the resolution is its failure to speci fy whether certain organizations should be exempted if their vio lence and chaos has as an ob ject animals, rather than people or property. However, it is probably better to leave the reso lution vague so that it can be all-inclusive. I LISTEN UP I Lhhhb the hatt fonint war. Unfortunately, considering the political power weilded by the Corps on campus, there is the possibility that the civilian reso lution will not be accepted. It is likely that the Corps will see the resolution as some kind of conspiracy, rather than as a Thereby the College of Vet erinary Medicine could be includ ed. It is well known that mad men in white suits have been loosed on this campus to cut and probe and generally do violence to animals. This practice should be stopped and the tool to do the job has now been created. OTHER organizations which should be eliminated are the Stu- Editor, other United States Senators and The Battalion: I read with shock the article in the Dec. 3 issue of The Bat talion concerning the planned formation of an SDS chapter at Texas A&M. I submit that the danger of socialist radicalism has finally come upon our cam pus. I am not against the organ ization of the chapter, for each person has a right to his belief or disbelief as guaranteed in the Constitution. I do, however, sub mit that now is the time for Aggies to let these people know exactly how far their right to protest extends and when such protest becomes neither right nor lawful. I submit further that Aggies not be misled by the proposed objectives of this or ganization, as I have personal experience with the SDS and have come to regard all of their objectives with distrust. I fur ther submit that any student who wishes to join an organization with the “power” that Mr. Foye so badly desires, but with the responsibility that should go with such power, contact me in Dorm 21, room 213, concerning the formation of a chapter of the Young Americans for Free dom. This organization has been personally endorsed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Gov ernor Ronald Reagan of Cali fornia, Barry Goldwater, Texas Senator John Tower, and several prominent conservative states men. We will then hope to proceed with formation of a Y.A.F. chap ter in the belief that all who desire responsible action in the statement of student goals to the administration, but do not care for the devious and dubious methods which have previously been displayed by the SDS across the nation, will seriously consider joining us. Respectfully yours, Charles Jones ON OTHER CAMPUSES UNITY PARTY (Continued From Page 1) The council meets for the first time in the Memorial Student Center Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. The major goal of the council is to “unify the campus,” Brown noted. It was formed to help students with their problems and plan ac tivities for the freshmen class.” “Freshmen are needed to work on the different committees to plan a Fish Weekend Feb. 23-24, which will take the place of the scheduled fish dance the same weekend,” Brown said. Planned activities include an in formal dance Friday night, a steak-fry Saturday afternoon, and a formal dance that night, Brown noted. By MONTY STANLEY Someone must have heard the Aggie moans about the barbaric ruthlessness of that masochistic A&M hangup, the Blind Date. The editors of Princeton Univer sity’s student newspaper have published a book containing brief biographies and snapshops of 1,500 coeds at eight exclusive women’s colleges. The book is priced at $2 and has as its ulti mate purpose ‘to spell the de mise, the defeat, the absolute abolition of that atrocious an achronism, the blind date.’ ★ ★ ★ The University of Minnesota— the place where a University Police squad car was blown up last week — has had many stu dent objections to recommenda tions to increase the police force. The statistics, however, show that the present force has at least been busy at something. During 1967, the Minnesota KK’s handled 82 assaults, 343 auto vandalism and theft cases, 66 sex offenses, and 11 armed robberies. ★ ★ ★ Here’s a good example of con vergent evolution. At Washing ton State University, one of the favorite dormitory pastimes will THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per sei year. 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Wright ARTIST SHOWCASE PRESENTS Ok. ^JJ^oudton C^hcuriber f-^layerd A WOODWIND QUINTET December 16 MSC Ballroom 8:00 p.m. NO RESERVED SEATS Admission: Student Activity Card Rotary or Town Hall Season Ticket Single Admission: Adults $2.00, Students $1.00 Tickets on sale in Student Program Office, MSC be familiar to Aggies. It’s hall hockey, only played with mops and a tennis ball rather than the familiar brooms and taped can of shoe polish. Another popu lar game on the WSU indoor sports schedule is handball, play ed with rules pretty much like the court game’s, except that the ball is hit between the hall walls by two players and is only al lowed to hit the floor once be tween players. One of the most popular WSU games, however, is called “waxer riding.” One of the janitor’s floor waxers is sim ply brought upstairs and plugged in. Each contestant then sees how long he can ride the ma chine before being thrown off. ★ ★ ★ Students at North Texas are scheduled to return to classes after Christmas holidays on Jan. 3, while cross-town TWU starts theirs on the 6th, like A&M. NTSU’s student senate is urging a boycott of classes on the 3rd and 4th. ★ ★ ★ The event of the week was held by Lamar Tech’s Psychology Club last Sunday. It was a “bar becued goat and chicken party” held in honor of Sigmund Freud’s birthday. Holy oral fixations! Finally, the resolution could be used to disband the Civilian Student Council (because re ports have it that one member has privately confided that he would like to beat the hell out of those SDS guys). Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, December 13,11 (EJnSuMna For Complete Insurance Service Dial 823-8231 Ray Criswell, Sr.; Ray Criswell, Jr. “Insure Well With Criswell” 2201 S. 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