Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 20, 1969 THE BATTALION 1968- ’69: That Was The Year That Was I guess there hasn’t been a up the good fight, and I sup- verse” — a program which seem- Battalion editor who hasn’t faced pose the fact that it won’t be ed dedicated to the defense of his lame-duck days without feel- a big election year will be a dis- current U. S. foreign policy, ing the urge to play historian and advantage for those who would Hopefully, next year’s SCONA— write a critical analysis of what lead that fight. I have a good with the somewhat less contro- has happen during his regime idea that the Batt will help in versial topic of Africa — will (or perhaps the term “stretch” that direction; I know Governor be presented more objectively, would be more appropriate). And Preston Smith has fairly defi- The folowing weekend, the Sen- that’s the form this swan song nite ideas on the subject, and it ate brought representatives from will take. Tradition and all that. will be up to next year’s Sena- Southwest Conference schools ★ ★ ★ tors t0 continue the rapport and and other Texas colleges to the The year got off to an opti- cooperation with the Governor campus for the second Idea Ex _ mistic start, you may recall, de- wh,ch Maddox and Carter achiev- change Conference. This was one spite the worst housing shortage ed 80 we ^ y ear - 0 f those high points during the in 12 years. The opening Bat- At any rate, the fact that year when student government talion editorial drew an analogy Carter kept up good communica- seemed real and workable, and between this newspaper and the tions with President Rudder was when the unity of college stu- Aggie football team (both were borne out by the appearance of dents as members of a sort of “now recovering from a decline Joe Buser, one of Rudder’s assist- sub - culture seemed to erase which began with the departure ants, to explain the administra- completely, if temporarily, the of a controversial mentor,” and tion’s unique definition of state inter-school rivalries that The both had few seniors lost from laws which has been the basis Aggie Way sometimes carries to an improving group of the pre- for the policy. A few weeks later, hysterical extremes. It is un- vious year), and closed with the other administration spokesmen fortunate that more A&M stu- assertion that “The Batt is Back.” came to the Senate with explana- dents did not take advantage of The football team didn’t quite tions of a different sort — the the round-table talks, and next live up to those expectations; outline of automated registra- year’s sponsors of the IEC should there are probably more than a tion. put a priority on getting more few people who feel the same BOTH APPEARANCES seem general attention focused on the about the Batt - but more on similarj in retrospect> in that both talks. that later. were cases of downward com- IN FEBRUARY, The Battalion THE STUDENT Senate start- munication which made Senate successfully ran a telephone sur- ed making news early, and was debate more than a little frus- vey on telephone service here, easily the basis for more news trating. But at least in the sec- Appropriately termed the Bat- and editorial space than any ond instance, the message seemed talion Intelligent Telephone Criti- other single organization — in to be getting across that stu- cism Happening, the project this or any other year. Bill dents had something to say about showed up quite a few problems, Carter’s inaugural address set the sort of school they were pay- some of which the phone com- the pace with the concept that ing to attend. Automated regis- pany was aware of, some of the Senate should be the “num- tration would, of course, go which they weren’t. Somehow, ber one organization” on the through over all objections as we never got around to following campus; our editorial observed planned; but the Senators could up that survey to see if the that “this year’s Senators are sense that somewhere along the gripes were remedied. (That’s going to work to pay their keep” line there might have been a one of those things that happen and that the Senate had “the look twinge of conscience. to you when your reporters start of a winner.” Except for the working out of dwindling away and news begins Admittedly, those remarks a “consideration section” seating happening.) weren’t totally sincere at the arrangement for graduate stu- The basketball team was the time. I had my doubts, but was dents at home football games, next news-getter. The incident willing to put in a good word for and the installment of “hot poop” at the Baylor game here has been the group as a sort of civic ges- telephone announcements, the hashed over and re-hashed but it ture. Later on, though, it be- Senate had to content itself with really didn’t tarnish the confer- came pretty apparent that those mulling over those early frustra- ence championship — and that’s Senators had the ability and the tions until November, when a fortunate, because the team real- imagination to build on the group of administrators called a ly deserved to be champions even Carter-Maddox ideals. There was meeting of student leaders to ask if its fans sometimes acted like not an overnight upsurge of Stu- for views on fee-increase pro- something less, dent Power, of course; this school posals. The fact that they ac- THE MAJOR continuing story has been run more or less arbi- cepted the students’ ideas and through the following months trarily since it was founded, and then presented the revised plan was the Senate’s communications it’s hard to teach old dogs new to the System Board of Directors with the state legislature on such tricks. (There are some who still for approval was one of the most student-oriented topics as the insist on the strictest quotation encouraging things that happen- voting age reduction bill and the of that saying as it applies to ed here all year. tuition-increase proposal. In the our situation, holding that you THE NEXT major news item midst of this off-campus prog- can’t teach an old dog new tricks. was t be Fourteenth Student Con- ress was on-campus disappoint- The optimists among us believe ference on National Affairs. ment: The Civilian Student Coun it just takes longer.) SCONA was enlightening in some cil’s “Student Forum” drew some THE SENATE’S request for ways and disappointing in oth- interesting questions and an- a change in the administration’s ers, but its most outstanding swers but not very many partici- no-candidates speaker policy was characteristic seemed to be its pants. 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THE EVENTS of the past month and a half are probably fresh enough in most minds that we can dispense with them here. But I’d like to reiterate some basic points about the rather un happy events which made the big news: • Student government suffered considerably in the Reinert elec tion fiasco. On the other hand— and this is undoubtedly small consolation to A1 Reinert, who was as thoroughly shafted as anybody I’ve seen in four years here—it must be noted that out of the incident came a realization of the inadequacy of existing rules; and with this, perhaps, came the more basic revelation that rules which suffice under arbitrary ad ministrations can’t be expected to work when those being ruled stop accepting the arbitrary methods. • There is no more a place on this campus for racism than there is for flag-burnings. Any old dogs who think that statement involves a new trick can only harm this university. • The suspension of the three students found in the Systems Administration Building had def inite Sacco-Vanzetti overtones. I don’t guess that needs to be commented on any further, ex cept to breathe a sigh of relief that the Appeals Committee ap pears to have recognized the situ ation for what it was. WELL, THAT’S a quick glance backward. As for that other direction, I can only suggest that this has undeniably been a turn ing-point year, and that Gerald Geistweidt and the other student leaders have their work cut out for them in 1969-70. The change in the speakers policy, published course evaluations, addition of students to the Appeals Commit tee, the Student Publications Board and the Board of Direc tors, and several more of the FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED Summer Work Is Yours As Kelly Girl Summer objectives: fun, mon ey, stimulation, freedom. Not a bad way to go. 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