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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, May 9, 1969
4 Not With A Bang...’
Listen Up
“I’m witnessing- my first Student Senate meeting,”
Ken Lewallen, Black Student Affairs Committee head, said
at one point last night (story, page 1), “and I can’t say
whether I’m fortunate or unfortunate.”
“Unfortunate” aptly—perhaps kindly—describes what
Lewallen and some 10 other black students saw. Most of
them were undoubtedly seeing the Senate for the first time;
and unfortunately, what they saw might have been enough
to make it the last time they visit a Senate meeting.
What they saw was more than 20 minutes’ time spent
on voting—not discussing, but voting—on a resolution urg
ing recruitment of black athletes. (After the first hand
vote was taken, the tally didn’t seem correct to some Sena
tors. A second vote was taken; it was questioned; a roll-
call vote was taken; a second roll-call vote was taken; a
vote was taken to determine whether a fifth vote was to
be taken; Carter broke the resulting tie vote in favor of
another roll-call vote; that one came out 22-20 in favor.)
What they saw was a Senate which refused to admit
fault for the lack of action on black student problems, but
shifted the entire weight onto the black students, choosing
then to commend the flat refusal of the administration to
consider demands, irrespective of the possible reflection in
those demands of serious problems.
What they saw, in short, may only have reinforced the
Afro-American Society’s view that the Senate was not the
“appropriate” body to approach.
And that’s really more than unfortunate. It’s sad and
it’s disheartening.
We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again: being around
this year’s Student Senate has been one of those “Great
Adventure” type experiences. Many of this year’s Senators
were elected without realizing at the time what would be
demanded of them by the Bill Carter-David Maddox ticket.
But they responded admirably; almost overnight, the Senate
showed it could be the students’ voice rather than a com
bination debating society and service organization. With
effective leadership and the returning to office of hard
working and articulate representatives, next year’s Senate
can come on strong and finish stronger. And it could be the
only alternative this university has between tyranny and
anarchy during the decade to come.
Of course, that will take strong student backing; and
we doubt that last night’s meeting was the best means to
that end.
Maddox was right to a certain extent. Of course, issu
ing demands and making vague remarks as to the outcome
if the demands are not met is not the way to accomplish
student goals here. Of course, the Senate cannot condone
threats of violence. But in the process of underscoring these
beliefs, his resolution emphasized the importance of the
Student Senate as the body through which such problems
must be voiced. And the Senate, for all its accomplishments
this year, had never taken firm stands on black student
issues.
Granted, black students might well have tried harder
to make their views known to the Senate. Perhaps Maddox
was right in saying the Senate “was not out to solicit busi
ness.” But on at least one occasion—the Senate’s recom
mendation that a Faculty Senate be set up, following an
informal referendum among faculty members which re
portedly indicated little interest in the idea—there definitely
seemed to be some “soliciting” going on. To refuse to accept
part of the blame for what some students could justifiably
critical attitude. ' "" " c ™ a "’ w
Furthermore, the sudden cozy rapport which seems to
exist between the Senate and the Board of Directors (in
view of the resolution commending the board’s stand)
seems a bit illusory. Had the directors’ reply specifically
stated, in addition to its opposition to strong-arm tactics,
a firm belief that the Senate is the proper and orderly
place for such grievances, then the spirit of cooperation
evoked by the resolution would be more plausible. Bill Car
ter’s recent disappointments with regard to the board,
unfortunately, have done little to justify that apparent
sudden rapport.
But whether or not the resolution was the right re
action to what Maddox termed an “important precedent,”
the Senate must not be ignored in the future. There are,
and will continue to be, Senators truly concerned with black
student problems—as well as with many other student
issues—and the Senate will continue to be the most effec
tive student forum we have. It is unfortunate that an ap
parent “failure to communicate” may have produced some
thing less than an impressive finish to what generally has
been an impressive year for student government at A&M.
By MONTY STANLEY
The Student Senate of the Uni
versity of Oklahoma is in quite
a turmoil because of “election
procedure discrepancies which
have been unfair and discrimi
natory,” among other things.
Actions being taken include a
growing list of names on a pe
tition to cancel the spring elec
tion, and a referendum to decide
whether or not to even bother
with a student government.
Sound familiar?
★ ★ ★
A group called the Academic
Reform Committee at the Univer
sity of Minnesota has been formed
—the group aims to “challenge
the archaic and bureaucratic
structures inherent in the Uni
versity.” First target is the Eng
lish Proficiency Exam, which was
called by the committee “an in
sult to upperclassmen.”
It is doubtful that any of us
ever had a class in which the
instructor began by saying, “I am
a radical, I refuse to pay taxes,
and my degrees were earned in
southern jails. I was a member
of the Committee for Non-Violent
Action that set out to walk from
Canada to Cuba, only to have our
boat confiscated two miles off
the Florida coast. The govern
ment brought charges of ‘in Rem’
against the boat, meaning they
could confiscate it.”
that it hired a private detective
to investigate complaints about
alleged “immoral and illegal ac
tivity at UH. The investigators
will say only that the investiga
tion is of suspected use of mari
juana and also “may touch on
abnormal sex activities on and
off the campus.” Except for these
vague generalities, the editor of
the Daily Cougar can get no in
formation about the probe, which
iiS “secret, no matter what the
case may be.” Some think that
the fact that UH has been under
fire from seemingly various
sources and that the Texas Legis
lature is presently in session to
consider budgets and that the
legislature is made up “primarily
of Texas exes,” are more than
coincidental.
Editor,
The Battalion:
My name is Neal Ely ’70 and
I am a candidate for Student
Senate Representative from the
College of Science. In a year
that has seen elections take on
increasing significance, it is im
portant that the electors chose
as their representative the person
who can best serve A&M. I be
lieve that I am capable of repre
senting the College of Science and
the rest of the student body.
Some of the things I will try to
work for next year are:
Well, students at the Univer
sity of Minnesota have a course
in which the instructor does ex
actly this. He even has a beard,
but somehow he manages to ap
pear competent in spite of this.
The course is called Non-Violent
Revolution, and is a part of their
Free University, but the univer
sity also recognizes it as a 3-
credit philosophy course. Through
the course, its teacher tries to
give his students “that very rare
opportunity to get involved in
an actual learning experience.”
From the Minnesota Daily Per
sonal Ad section come a couple
of interesting items: “Male stud,
desires to meet attractive female
with liberal views. Call 336-4871.”
And then there’s this one: “Two
young gentlemen making a motor
trip East, would like for some
one to drive and also pay ex
penses. Phone Sol at 926-1966.”
If nothing else, one has to admire
a guy for his frankness.
The fight for women’s rights
knows no bounds, and the myth
of ol’ army continues to be shot
further to hell. According to the
Washington State Evergreen,
House Bill Number 76 has been
passed, and women are now al
lowed to sit up to bars in licensed
cocktail lounges in Washington.
That’s right—coed bars. A Re
publican senator from Toppenish
sees the bill as “an attack on
man’s last bastion of escape from
the harassment of women.” The
senator went on to protest the
bill, fearing that the woman at
the bar would “change the type
and class of discussions possible”
by male patrons.
This writer would have to ad
mit agreement with the good
senator. Unfortunately, however,
we don’t even have the chance to
face the problem here in Texas.
★ ★ ★
• Better communications be
tween Senators and their
constituents.
• More and better lighting on
the campus.
• Improvement of food in the
dining halls.
• A published list of profes
sors teaching courses from
which a student might
choose.
• More professor evaluations
by the students and publi
cation of these.
Next year, if elected, I will try
to keep in close touch with the
other senior science majors to find
out their viewpoints on major
issues in order that my vote in the
Senate will be more representa
tive of their ideas. I will try to
do whatever I can to make A&M
a better school than it already is.
I would deeply appreciate your
vote this coming May 14 for
Senior Representative to the Stu
dent Senate from the College of
Science.
Neal Ely ’70
Students at the University of
Houston are highly hacked for
a new reason now. A Harris
County Grand Jury has announced
A different sort of anti-ROTC
confrontation occurred at North
eastern University in Boston. The
300 Army cadets were going
about their usual drill a few
Saturdays ago in the presence of
a police escort. A 13-man anti-
ROTC unit, bearing a guidon
which read “American Death Co.,”
marched onto the field and per
formed a satirical skit which in
cluded a roll call—“Militarism,
Racism, Imperialism, Capitalism,
and all other isms were present
and accounted for,” read the
school paper’s report — a “pep
talk,” and close order drill, led
by “Sgt. Pig.” The group was
uresscu in gidj-euiureu sneets,
with the “drill sergeant” wearing
the mask of a pig. According to
many observers, they outmarched
the cadets.
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