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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Ijsten up | What's Happening At The MSC Editor, The Battalion: I don't know if it would be going 1 against the tradition here at Texas A&M, but wouldn’t you think that the kind of season the basketball team is having rates, at least, one yell practice in front of their dormitory? Surely, be fore they leave to the NCAA regionals and then on to the finals. Manuel Iglesias '70 “Maybe you guys had better wear oae just for your own protection—it's one of th' hardships of winning!” Tale Of The Tape Wednesday’s editorial was a classic and regrettable out growth of the notion that “seeing is believing.” The stop- action tape of the Tom Friedman incident which Coach Gene Stallings showed Saturday (see page 5) unquestionably vindicated Tom Buckman and Bill Hobbs from any charges of attacking Friedman; in fact, it appears that their actions in particular, and those of the Aggie football team in gen eral, kept the situation from being any worse than it was. If there is such a thing as awarding an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Heart Award, Buckman should get it. Hobbs deserves similar recognition, because his quick response to a complex situation was in the finest tradition of the All-America. In combat, that sort of response wins medals. What newspapermen saw of the fight, and in the post game showing of the tape at regular speed, didn’t indicate this at all. All of us should have done our best to get Buckman’s and Hobbs’ sides of the story into the first accounts, rather than to let first impressions produce vague descriptions; but The Battalion, as the source closest to the players involved, was particularly obliged to set the record straight. We apologize for the resulting disservice to A&M students. So much for what we didn’t say. What we Did say still goes, with the following exceptions in view of the press conference: • In retrospect, the statement “such circumstances might explain, if not excuse, a fight between keyed-up play ers” just didn’t sum up the situation adequately. We might as well have said the attack on Pearl Harbor might explain, if not excuse. President Roosevelt’s message of Dec. 8, 1941. • The idea that “five feet of space” separated “violent emotions from violent action” unjustly implicated the foot ball players. The “mob intervention” came from non-ath letes on the sides of the base line. The intent of that intervention, by the way, cannot be fully known. The first few students to enter the fray can be seen swinging fists (and one of the hardest hit was Buckman), but it was not evident from the tape that any A&M student kicked Friedman and it would be unjust to assume that every Aggie on the court was trying to do so. The intervention of spectators into activities on the court is wrong, whether it takes the form of throwing ice and turkey eggs or of mobbing a fight between players. The latter is much more spectacular and more violent, and it is more memorable because it happens less frequently. We owe it to our athletes to see that it doesn’t happen again. Editor, The Battalion: On the front page of Friday’s Batt is mentioned a committee writing letters to the Legislature. Wouldn’t it ibe better if the stu dents also wrote letters? What I mean simply is that not only should the committee write letters speaking for the student body as a whole, but also, the students at A&M should write letters to the governor, lieutenant governor, and those members of the Legis lature representing them. Ad dresses and districts of state sen ators and representatives should be printed in the Batt. Students desiring to do so should then write courteous letters to appro priate individuals. Perhaps stu dents at other schools so affected would also write. This method has proven very effective for cer tain groups. This increase in tuition, when added to planned increases in room, board and laundry fees, is simply too much. It goes far be yond our current rate of inflation. If this method is undesirable, perhaps a petition signed by a large number of A&M students would be desirable. In this case, it would be hoped that other schools so affected would do like wise. Incidentally, if this went into effect next year, it would increase my college expenses over the next three years by approxi mately $330. That’s too much. Bill Lockwood ’72 Your idea about publishing legislators’ addresses is a point well taken. We’re working on it. —Ed. Bulletin Board TONIGHT University Women will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Stu dent Center Assembly Room. Purpose is to plan Spring Fash ion Show. WEDNESDAY Psychology Club will me6t at 8 p.m. in room 6 of Nagle Hall. The warden from the Ferguson unit of the TDC will be guest speaker. Dallas Hometown Club will meet at 8:15 p.m. in the lobby of the MSC. Picture will be taken. Class “A” or coat and tie. The Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC. Beginners, intermediates, and regulars are invited to at tend and play for prizes. 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. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school jfear; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 4% sales tax. Advertising: rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Buildir Texas 77843. on. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Arts; F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Donald R. Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student newspaper published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. at Texas A&M is except Saturday Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San 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 matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright SOPHS & JUNIORS ATTENTION Pictures for The Aggieland are being made for Jrs. & Soph’s A-J this week, Feb. 24-28. Your cooperation is necessary for picture to appear in the yearbook. By PAT LAFFERTY Burke MuSgrore, one of the youngest and most dynamic members of the state legislature, will come to the MSC Wednes day to speak on “Narcotics Leg islation,” in another of the Polit ical Forum Noon Series. Violence Commission and served as chief trial counsel at the Nur- emburg war trials. England, and South Africa. Showtime is 8 )>.m. in the MSC Ballroom. Musgrove, the state’s leading expert on narcotics, represented Texas last summer at an Inter national Drug Symposium in Washington and New York spon sored by the U. S. Department of Justice. He has worked with the youth of Texas through the American Legion Boys State and the Attorney General’s Youth Conference. His concern has led him to plan some additional leg islation in the field of drug abuse, including one measure that will provide even stiffer penalties for someone involving a minor in the illegal distribu tion of drugs. Everyone is in vited to the noon lecture in rooms 2-A and 2-B of the MSC. The MSC Chess Committee will discuss strategies involved in the Middle Game Theory at its week ly meeting 7:30 Friday in room 3B of the MSC. In an interesting addition to the noon speaker, Great Issues will bring former advisor to President Johnson, Leon Jawor- ski, to speak on “Does Justice Favor the Accused?” at 8 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom. Jawor- ski was a member of the Presi dent’s Crime Commission and his Tonight On KBTX 6:30 Lancer 7:30 Red Skelton 8:30 CBS Playhouse 10:00 News, Weather & Sports 10:30 It Takes A Thief 11:30 Alfred Hitchcock “A strong, sensitive talent” is how the New York Herald-Trib une describes Town Hall’s Thurs day night performer, Jeffrey Siegel. Siegel is one of the na tion’s most accomplished pian ists. Born into a musical family in Chicago, Siegel graduated from the Juilliard School of Music earning the school’s Roeder Prize for the most outstanding piano graduate. He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Sym phony, the London Philharmonic, and many other groups through out the United States, Canada, Let me once again remind those interested in applying for loans to help finance summer overseas trips to c o nt a c t J. Wayne Stark through the Stu dent Programs Office. Also, nominations for MSC awards will be accepted until March 7. Beirut is a Mediterranean mid point convenient to Egypt, Jor dan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. No. 1 In College Sales Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company 303 College Main 846-82® Two Heads Are Better Than One at Tax Time mumM TAX SERVICE WB S. COULTER AT EE. 87 TH BRYAIM, TEXAS 77 .«i 883-8701 INCOME TAX $5.00 UP ATTENTION New Barbershop hours at College Station Beginning March 1, 1969 MSC Barbershop Don’s Barbershop Northgate Barbershop Will be open Monday thru Friday 8:00 to 5:30 Closed Saturday and Sunday Aggieland Barbershop Varsity Barbershop Will be open Tuesday thru Saturday 8:00 to 5:30 Closed Sunday and Monday Hughes announces new openings on the TECHNICAL STAFF. r~ "5: ***** iS&SK. **** l A iii 11 hiiii>iMwni?rir' , 'i # i 1 Assignments exist for Engineers graduating in 1969 with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HUGHES-FULLERTON Engineering Laboratories assignments range from research to hardware development and operational support of products !§ and systems in the field. Our current activities involve the advanced tech nologies of phased-array frequency scanning radar systems, real-time general purpose computers, displays, data processing, satellite and surface communications systems, surface-to- air missile systems and tactical com mand/control systems. For additional information on the opportunities offered at HUGHES- FULLERTON in Southern California — and to arrange for a personal inter view with our Staff representatives, please contact your College Place ment Office or write: Mr. D. K. Horton, Supervisor, Professional Staffing, HUGHES-FULLERTON, P. O. Box 3310, Fullerton, California 92634. On-campus interviews March 3 HUGHES ■n HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY An equal opportunity employer — M & F / U.S. citizenship is required PEANUTS PEANUTS By Charles M. ev'EW WHEN SHE'S ON STRIKE I V Ne Cent Stati iota, worn 1 TV Hick' it on ment 1248. Stepl (80 den, two-e Statii Sm Roc ifter Roo (40 m We Wh P; Pill Pat Sa\ Aul AC Sj ft Tin Jus othi 220