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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Listen Up the halt forum I Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 17, ISj Read Battalion Classified a, veo “I used to be more lenient when they said their ride was leaving early until I found out some of them lived in Bryan!” IEC Offers Hope The Student Senate's Idea Exchange Conference was just what the title described—a meeting at which Southwest Conference student representatives were able to compare situations in student government, administration - student relations, publications and a few other points that are always good for a few gripes. Among some of the more interesting, if not noteworthy, points brought out were that Baylor’s elections commission runs an average of two elections per week, that candidates for student body president at Arkan sas spend thousands on campaigning because the office is considered a steppingstone to the state governorship, and that TCU is the scene of continuing strife between the stu dent newspaper and virtually every branch of student gov ernment. But aside from trivia-quiz activities such as compar ing student salaries and living conditions, the conference pointed up something pretty basic: that student leaders who are willing to grant that somebody else may have found a better way of doing things, are able to improve students’ conditions at their own schools. This doesn’t sound par ticularly revolutionary, but the simple fact is that no meet ing of the minds for Southwest Conference schools had been arrang’ed for precisely that purpose until A&M’s Student Senate did it. Such exchanges offer hope for continued strehgthening of students’ involvement in their universities. We hope the conference can keep up the good work in future meetings— next time, perhaps, with all member schools participating. Bulletin Board TONIGHT Industrial Education Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the mechanical engineering shops. Hillel Club will meet at 6 p.m. in the Hillel Building. Annual Chanukah party will be held. Fri day night services will be held at 8 p.m. Civil Engineering Wives Club will sponsor a demonstration on party foods at 7:30 p.m. at the Lone Star Gas Co. Guests are welcome. Members are reminded of the Christmas party for friends and families of the C. E. faculty and staff at the Civil Engineering building at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bee County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. American Veterinary Medical Association Student Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. A short business meeting will be held and the remainder of the meeting will be a Christmas social. The Auxiliary has voted to donate $25 to the Aggie Wives’ Council as its Christmas project. WEDNESDAY Beaumont Hometown Club will meet at 7:45 p.m. in room 203 of the YMCA. Christmas activi ties will be discussed. Editor, The Battalion: When one has the courage to rise from the mass of hypocrisy and proclaim the wrongs of so ciety, his case should be exam ined and not condemned before the true facts are known and understood. At Texas A&M a few have finally had the strength to speak out for the student, and yet the majority of the student body has already condemned their action. They have shown a weakness in the system and expressed a need for change, yet the typical “Texas Aggie” has already closed his mind. Don’t you people think ? Don’t put yourselves on a level with a stone; exercise your moral sense and then guided by your con science, make a judgement. You are not being destroyed, your sacred traditions are not in dan ger. You are merely being asked to look at the circumstances and possibly recognize your exploita tion. A&M should not consider itself an entity existing in it self for itself, but should open up — allow political speakers on campus, encourage opinion and needed change, and above all make room for a variation of students, and not merely the “establishment” Aggie. There’s a world outside—wake up, be come involved, and care. Frank Gallant ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: Well, I see once again “right ness, God, country, mom and ap ple pie” have asserted themselves at A&M. I refer to that earth- shattering recommendation Thursday by the Civilian Student Council. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no wild-eyed, Communist extremist bent on destroying democratic (?) processes here. I don’t think or ganizers of the SDS chapter are, either. Just because parts of an organization have caused trouble doesn’t mean the whole organiza tion is bad. That would be like saying the U. S. Senate is com pletely evil, because some mem bers have been corrupt. Most Council members claimed present campus organizations rep resent students well enough. But, let’s face it. Nearly every Coun cil decision has reflected the ad ministration’s viewpoint. What has happened to the students’ voice ? Representing A&M to the outside world as steadfast and unchanging has seemingly closed the administration’s eyes to the fact that this university is changing rapidly. There is a growing liberal element, like it or not. Regarding Mr. Jones’ letter, I wonder where he came into con- Tonight On KBTX 6:00 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:30 News, Weather and Sports Lancer Red Skelton Doris Day That’s Life News, Weather and Sports A Guide to a Swinging Bachelor Alfred Hitchcock THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student ivriters 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 neivspaper. Mail subseriptioi year ; S6.50 sales tax. A The Battalio: Texas >ns 11 3 per full year. All subscriptions idvertising rate furnishei on, 77843. ertising rate Room 217, Services $3.50 per semester; $6 per school ubscriptions subject led on i Building to 3% furnished on request. Address: —~ College Station, bers _ Lindsey, chairman ; Dr, ,11 ; kjr. Arts ; F. S. White, Coll Clark, College of Veterir lege of Agricultur lent 1 David Bower lege of Engineer! Medicin Members of the Student Publications ing; Dr eterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col- s Board College of D: ■e: Jim . Liberal Donald R. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other ?rein are also d-Cli put matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. The Battalion, jblished in Colleg pul Sunday, and Monday, and hi May, and once a week durii student newspaper at Texas A&M Station, Texas dail tid holiday periods, Sep during summer school. daily except Saturday, y periods, September through MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer City Editor Mike Wright News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Dale Foster, Tim Searson, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright The Chicken House at North Gate Free Dorm Delivery Call 846-4111 ME N U 3 PC. CHICKEN 1.00 7 PC. CHICKEN 2.00 Served with hot rolls & french fries ONION RINGS & FRENCH FRIES 30 FRIED PIES 19 tact with SDS. He apparently misread the article in the Dec. 3 Batt. I defy him to find a state ment by an SDS member that the organization plans any pro tests. His suggestion to form the YAF was amusing, considering all present campus organizations are conservative. What purpose would another conservative or ganization serve ? But, thank goodness for Jan Moulden. His column livens up an otherwise drab, colorless pap er. Black America Seminar speak er Daniel Watts said it was time for the white man to come into the 2 0th century. A student commented that A&M probably wouldn’t get there until the 21st. Let’s hope this won’t prove true. Maybe it’s time conservatives woke up to the fact that, sooner or later, the liberals will assert themselves. I hope it will be peacefully. But the choice belongs to those in power. Maybe they should think about it. Terry Quinlan ’72 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: How truly fortunate we Ag gies are to have “big brother” CSC decide just how many voices are needed for civilian gripes. How could we ever decide which organizations are “good” and which are “bad?” No one should ever have to use individual dis cretion—we should just limit the range of choices to two or three or maybe one. CSC is to be given a pat on the back for its truly open-minded approach in judging by the actions of militant SDS groups rather than those that don’t disrupt classes or start cam pus riots. Why should they con sider the SDS organization at the university of Houston? It doesn’t Greyhound Bus Lines 1300 Texas 823-8071 Inexpensive Charter Serv ice for student groups or classes. Group accomodations arranged. Time to Order Your CHRISTMAS CARDS Single or boxed cards, or Special Order from our large selection of Christmas Albums. All cards and Stationery may be personalized. YOUR COMPLETE HALLMARK STORE AGGIEDAND FLOWER & GIFT SHOPPE 209 University Dr., College Station PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS PEANUTS get headlines so it can’t be worth considering. Think of the terrible calamity if SDS were allowed at A&M—^thousands of misguided Aggies would suddenly change from respectable students desir ing a good education to a mob of riotous vagrants. And finally shame on Jan Moulden for look ing at this issue rationally. Why does someone always have to rock the boat? Joe Harrison ’72 |iun irtimuo unibcrfiitp men’s total 329 University Drive 713/846-3706 College Station, Texas 77840 Editor, The Battalion: This letter is to inform you that a civilian body of students at Texas A&M does exist and makes news that is worthy of publication in the Batt. Why is it that the Corps of Cadets is mainly stressed in the news of A&M? They are a min ority of 1,300 out of 13,000 stu dents. Davis-Gary Hall, as well as other civilian dorms, has also decorated the halls for the com ing Christmas season. Yet they receive no publicity. Civilians played a major role in the work on the Bonfire. Yet the center fold picture story of the Bonfire in the Batt was of Corps members. Davis-Gary, along with the oth er dorms, have held contests and have submitted pictures to the Batt for publication. Yet, no pic tures of any dorm contest win ners has ever been printed. All I ask is that you publish a Texas A&M student newspaper and not a Corps of Cadet news paper. Please take pains to try to print this letter in its entirety. Even though I am a civilian. James Lawrence ’70 For the record, the Cadet Corps numbers approximately 2,800. —Ed. For Complete Insurance Service Dial 823-8231 Ray Criswell, Sr.; Ray Criswell, Jr. "Insure Well With Criswell” 2201 S. College Ave., Bryan, Texas onuivi TAX SERVICE 105 S. 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