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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, April 18, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “Does not seeing it really make it taste better?” That Was The Day That Was Random thoughts while mulling over a day that began with a special Election Commission meeting at 12:15 a.m. and ended with the Student Senate vacating the library just before it was locked for the night: Yesterday’s story on that Commission meeting didn’t include quotes from Student Senate Vice-President David Maddox, who appeared by virtue of a proxy before the group; and this omission probably produced an inaccurate picture of the situation. Maddox pointed out that University Regulations say Student Senate officers “must have a minimum overall grade point ratio of 1.5,” and that another section excluding transfer grades from the “grade point ratio” does not necessarily apply. No precedents could be found for the particular situation, and an advisory opinion from Dean James P. Hannigan termed the grades of Senate presidential candidate A1 Reinert sufficient “for election purposes.” The point is, there seems an adequate case for the type of judgment call the Commission made, considering the vagueness of the rules, the lack of precedent and other factors. But it was unfortunate—and a little scary—that the voting on this “judgment call” seemed, to a great extent, to be based on pro- and anti-Reinert sentiments. It’s scary because for a few minutes, while 1 much of the campus slept, a few Commissioners'were in a position to substitute personal preference for judgment. (It should be noted that Commis sion vice-president Tommy Henderson, who made the dis qualification report in the same “strict-construction” ap proach by which he consistently had judged cases during the year, was to all indications acting in good faith and without political motivation.) At any rate, there is need for an improvement in the system to prevent this sort of thing from happening. Possibly the proposed creation of a separate “Polls Committee” and a revised Election Commission (the latter to be mainly judicial) is a step in that direction. We would, of course, recommend rephrasing of any University Regulations that aren’t specific enough to avoid these sticky situations. By MONTY STANLEY A coed at the University of Oklahoma put a quarter into a stamp machine at an automated post office on a street comer. She pulled out the penny stamp which came first, then reached for the six-cent stamps follow ing 1 , which, to her amazement, kept coming and coming. “They just didn’t stop coming out. I just turned red and wound them up. It was real windy and I had my arms full of books.” Accord ing to the Oklahoma Daily, the young lady hit the machine and punched buttons till it finally stopped. While a staring crowd gathered around, she took the $80 worth of six-cent stamps back to her room and called the post office. ★ ★ ★ Texas Tech’s latest addition to its rodeo is a calf-dressing con test. Teams are • made up of two girls who dress the calf and two boys who hold the calf while they do it, then push or pull it across the finish line. ★ ★ ★ Two coeds at TCU entered the “Sigma Phi Epsilon Big Red Sports Car Rally” just for the heck of it and won first-place trophies in their division and on the overall level. Their finely tuned competition machine — a ’68 Buick Skylark sedan. ★ ★ ★ Remember the news about the school-owned and operated radio station at East New Mexico State ? The station is reported progressing very well, and the immediate funds will be raised by the dormitories on campus. Seriously, doesn’t the idea of a student-supported station play ing student - oriented music sound cool ? Or is it like a dance weekend at A&M. (“Yeah, that’s what we need— something to do around here.” Then when it comes up, nobody cares enough to go) ? ★ ★ ★ A Hardin-Simmons columnist reports that when girls at Vassar College gained the rights to have male vistors on a 24-hour basis, their president greeted the announcement with these words of caution: “I will say to you very frankly that we cannot afford the presumptions that every young man with an eager desire to know a Vassar girl better can come here with a bed roll and set himself up in your rooms.” ★ ★ ★ Washington State University’s columnist’s comment concerning the athletes at their rival school, the University of Idaho: “It’s 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 arrange?nent with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. 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 B. Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student n published in College Station, T Sunday, and Monday, and holida; May, and once a week during si MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year ; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 4% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Boom 217, Services Building, College Station. Texas 77843. school 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 spontam origin published herein. Bights of republicatr also reser paic origin published matter herein are Second-Cli on of all peou othe ved. ass postage paid at College Station, Texas. at Texas A&M is student newspaper Station, Texas daily except Saturday, y periods, September through iol. summer schoc Bepresented nationally by National Educational Advertising ices, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Servici Franc EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlesbrooke, Dave Berry Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographers Bob Stump, Bop Peek Sports Photographer Mike Wright IT’S HERE NOW! FIBST CAB OF THE 70’s DT 1960 PBICES —1970 MAVEBICK. $1995.00 SEE IT NOW CADE MOTOR COMPANY 1309 Texas Ave. — Open Evenings 17th & 18th Til 8:00 — 823-0044 not that they’re stupid. Most of the Idaho athletes are capable of blowing music out of an oca rina or carving peach pits into watch fobs, but that’s the extent of it.” ★ ★ ★ While various other schools across the nation celebrated April Fool’s Day somewhat like A&M, with overthrown news paper staffs, student govern ments, and cafeterias, students at WSU preferred to do their celebrating in a different way. It was reported that “certain elements” formed a nudist camp in the elaborate tunnel system under the campus. ★ ★ ★ Like girls who have been around? A coed at the Univer sity of the Americas, in Mexico, has been a barker on the car nival circuit, peddled Good Hu mor ice cream, hitch-hiked across Europe, acted in the movies, and worked on a Yugoslav freighter. Her name, incidentally, is Carrie Nation Mallalieu. Besides this apparent variety in its students, UA is unique in other aspects. The big sports story in its newspaper, The Col legian, was about the Intramural Marbles Tournament. The most often played games in the com petition are Lucky Knucks, Holding Steady, and Hunching Boston. The article failed to mention whether the games are for funsies or keepsies. ★ ★ ★ The University of Texas (the one at Austin) has had only two major student protests in its history — that is, protests in which students went on strikes, filled hallways and buildings, disrupting work and studies. It may be surprising that the first time was in 1917, the second in 1944. ★ ★ ★ From the wide, wide world of miscellaneous trivia with which LISTEN UP L_ the bait forum ——J ENDORSEMENT LETTERS Due to space considerations and in the interest of equal treatment, the following policy will be in effect for next week’s Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday issues only: Each candidate in the Gen eral Elections may have published one letter, in which he states his candidacy, and up to two letters of endorsement from other students. As always, of course, the gen eral letters - to - the - editor policy (stated at the bottom of this page) will be in effect. —Ed. be associated with Texas A&M University. Gary L. Powell Class of ’73 P.S. — Mr. Torn, How about a six-stack bonfire ? Bulletin Board TONIGHT Chess Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B of the Mem orial Student Center. MONDAY Industrial Education Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. at the Brazos Valley Florist. “Pointers on Flowers” will be presented following the business meeting. Editor, The Battalion: It is my privilege to have been accepted at Texas A&M Univer sity for the coming fall semester. Having been “brainwashed” for the past eighteen years by my father, Max F. Powell, Class of ’49, and my brother, Joe M. Powell, Class of ’69, it is quite thrilling to see their “brainwash ing” come true. It is nice to know that there is still a place in this world where people greet you with a warm smile, strong handshake, and a big “HOWDY.” Stiff legged and scared to death, I met Mr. Gutierrez, but it did not take him long to make me feel at home and convey the warmness of Tex as A&M University to me. 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