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Students ‘Tell it like it is’ Transfer, Room Shortage Can Cause Some By Pam Troboy Battalion Staff Writer “This really isn’t such a bad deal,” Richard said, tossing a pile of books on the motel room floor. “It’s a little crowded,” agreed Ken, “but we won’t be here long. The housing office said that they could get us in a dorm in a week or so.” “If it wasn’t so far from cam pus, I wouldn’t mind staying here all year,” Richard remarked. “It’s right across from the campus, but we had to borrow a buddy’s car to get to class. It takes a while to get on campus and find a parking place.” “Yeah and we got a ticket to day for parking in a faculty spot too. They didn’t even have a sign up either!” “Our biggest problem, though, is that we don’t know what’s go ing on on campus.” “I’ll be glad to get on campus; there’s nothing to do here.” “But we really don’t live here,” Ken said, “we stay at the ‘C’ be tween classes and sleep here.” “I’m surprised that it’s been so cheap so far. We’ve got board on campus, so all we have to pay for is rent, gas and beer.” “We’re doing our best to get in a dorm, we bug the housing office every day. I think we’ve still got about 100 in front of us though.” This is how two of the many students who came to A&M this fall, only to find that they had no dorm room, are “making it.” Motels and homes of friends or relatives have been converted in to temporary residences for the dormless. Richard and Ken are both freshmen who decided to drop out of the Corps. They have been staying at a motel near the cam pus until they are placed in a dorm. Early this week an employe in the Housing Office said that there were 125 students on the waiting list to get in a dorm. Problems Eighty-eight of these had never been placed in a room before, while the remainder were fresh men who transferred out of the Corps. To help students who have no place to stay, the Housing Office keeps a list of off-campus ren tals, real estate agents and apart ment complexes. A file is also maintained on roommates, and, when they are available, the of fice also passes out city maps to find the off-campus dwellings. Cbe Battalion Vol. 65 No. 7 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 24, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 ‘Discrimination’ Charge False: Campus Security By David Middlebrooke Battalion Managing Editor Charges of discrimination by Campus Security officers in their choice of which cars to stop were denied Tuesday by Assistant Chief Morris A. Maddox. The charges were made last Wednesday night by Gerry Geist- weidt, Student Senate president, during the Senate’s first meeting of the school year. Geistweidt William D. Reed, First Brigade commander, led 307 Army ROTC cadets on an assault of top rat ings during summer camp at Fort Sill, Okla. Cadets were rated by brigade, company and platoon during the summer training. In the final standings, 190 Ag gies were in the top third and 86 — better than a quarter of the A&M cadets at Camp Eagle — were rated in the upper 10 per cent, announced Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant. “This is an enviable record, since the A&M cadets were in competition with 2,800 cadets from colleges and universities in the Fourth Army area,” the mili tary science professor com mented. told the senators that he had re ceived several complaints from students to the effect that offi cers stopped them for no other reason than the way they looked. He also told the Senate that several students who had made the complaint believed that they were stopped because of their race. “This is no gossip, either,” the president said. “A good friend An Oct. 1 review will recog nize 36 Army and 27 Air Force ROTC cadets who achieved No. 1 rankings during summer train ing. The 5:30 p.m. main drill field event will have Fourth Army commander Lt. Gen. Harry H. Critz as reviewing officer and distinguished military guest. Army honorees include Reed, first in the summer camp Second Brigade; seven cadets among 16 ranked No. 1 in their respective companies and 32 who were tops in their platoons, of which there were 62. No. 1 company ratings were achieved by John R. Drewien, corps staff adjutant of Ana heim, Calif.; Robert R. Harding Jr., corps supply officer and yell leader, San Antonio; Daniel J. of mine rode in a car one day with a student who had com plained about this, and they were stopped twice by Campus Securi ty for questioning because they looked suspicious.” “Harrassment is not being done,” Maddox said. “When we stop someone, we have a reason — especially early in the night. “If an officer sees someone driving back and forth in one of K u b i n, Company E-l, Crosby; Glenn O. McDonald, G-2, Hous ton; Richard J. Oates, F-l com mander, Pineland; Roland S. Torn, F-2 executive and head yell leader, Houston; and Michael R. Waring, D-l commander, Hous ton. Best in their respective pla toons were Gerald Bramlett, Shreveport; Ford R. Davis, Paul W. Irhke, Michael A. Villars and Robert A. Webster, Houston; Robert H. Dean, Carrizo Springs; Neil W. Ellis, Kilgore; Arthur G. Geistweidt and Roily D. Lump kins, Mason. Also, John R. Gingrich, Fort Sam Houston; Richard G. Gon zales and Robert O. Segner, San Antonio; Daniel W. Gower, El the parking lots about 2 or 3 in the morning,” the officer ex plained, “he will stop that per son. We think that people should be in bed by 3 or so, and we will stop anyone found in the lots.” Maddox was quick to add that the policy on stopping persons in the lots late at night applied only to those found loitering in them, not to those students who drive in, lock their car, and head Paso; John R. Graeser and Les ter B. Hatcher, Dallas; Richard J. Hodge, Pledger; Robert M. Holcomb and James R. (Bob) Jones, College Station; David J. Jacoby, Ozona. In addition, David F. Kellam, Tyler; Gary L. Leverett, Spring; Max D. Melcher, Austin; William H. Persky, Fort Hood; Stephen F. Petitfils, Galveston; Davis L. Swords, Bellaire, and Mark X. Vandaveer, Freeport. McCoy said 15 A&M cadets were commissioned second lieu tenants at the completion of summer camp and of the 308, including one Aggie at Fort Lewis, Wash.. 172 were recom mended for Distinguished Mili tary Student status and a Regu lar Army commission. for their room. “From 2 a.m. on, he said, “we don’t need a reason, and we are going to stop people often. We had a bad theft problem in the parking lots last year, and we’re trying to prevent it from recur ring this year.” The usual procedure when stop ping a student in the lots, the officer said, is to ask for some identification. Students should not mind being asked to show their identification cards, he said, and most don’t; they are nice about it. “They know we’re stopping them for a reason,” he explained. Grounds for stopping a car on campus, Maddox said, include a flagrant violation of posted cam pus traffic ordinances, such as running a stop sign or speeding. Other reasons include safety violations such as no tail lights or a burned-out headlight, he said. WEATHER Thursday — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Easterly winds 10 - 15 m.p.h. High 83, low 67. Friday — Partly cloudy to cloudy, afternoon rainshowers. Southerly winds 10 m.p.h. High 84, low' 71. Lincoln Kickoff—Partly cloudy to cloudy. Southerly winds 10- 15 m.p.h. Temperature, 71; ..relative humidity 45 per cent. During Summer Camp Reed Earns High Rating at Ft. Sill Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Pellett were among approximately 700 faculty and staff members greeted by President and Mrs. Earl Rudder at the annual president’s reception Tues day evening in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Pellett recently joined the Agricultural Extension Service as a mental health specialist. Thundershowers Forecast For A&M-Nebraska Drive Aggies making the thousand-mile drive to Lincoln, Neb., later this week for the A&M Nebraska football game will find a few eye-openers along the route. Scattered thundershowers for Oklahoma and West Kansas are in the Friday weather forecast. A&M meteorologist Jim Lightfoot says the nation’s mid-section weather activity will be moving toward Lincoln, but shouldn’t arrive with rainshowers and thundershowers until after the intersectional tilt. Forecast for the 1:30 p.m. Saturday kickoff is partly cloudy to cloudy, southerly winds at 10 to 15 knots, 71 degrees and 45 percent relative humidity. With the latter due to increase, perhaps rather suddenly, the regional television broadcast of the game—which will be available in the Southwest—may have lots of customers. Young Marrieds Have A WELCOME CONVENIENCE . . . Susan Frankel dumps a load of wash into the washing machine that came with her new College View apartment. One of the distinctive features of the new units is a washer- dryer combination in each individual apartment. By Steve Forman Battalion Staff Writer “Cool, comfortable and com plete”—that’s what most married couples think about the new Col lege View apartments. Air conditioning provides the coolness, new furniture makes them comfortable, and washers and dryers make them complete. The new quarters, constructed of brick, add a new look to the area that used to look like, part of an Army post. It now looks like the Army installation is being deactivated. The old World War Il-type barracks served their purpose above and beyond the call of duty. For meritorious service under direct fire by wall-demolishing movers and crayon-carrying chil dren, the remaining huts of the village should be thought of with the tenderness of Mr. Wipple squeezing the Charmin. But progress is on the move at Texas A&M and the new College View apartments are testimony to the fact. The modern apartments pro vided by the university filled up fast. Rent of $115 per month (utilities paid) was one of the resons. The new units are one bedroom apartments with the washer and dryer in a spacious bathroom. The living room has modern furniture with a couch that folds out into a double bed or a double bed that folds into a couch. It depends on how you look at it. “The new apartments have University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Praise For New Apartments more space and the air condition ing really makes the difference,” said Leo Flores, an accounting senior from Laredo, while re laxing on the new couch in his 70 degree living room. “It’s the best thing the university has ever done for the married student,” said Jack Jones, a newly-wed second year Vet stu dent concerning his new domain. “The only problem is the park ing: When it rains, it is really muddy and there is no way to get around it.” “They utilized the space well with the bookshelves, and with the desks in the bedroom you have a perfect place to study,” said Richard Frankel, a management senior from Los Angeles, Calif. “The washers and dryers are a real joy,” Mrs. Frankel added. Again, the only complaint the Frankels had was about the “groad hole” in front when it rains. “We’re pleased with the ar rangement of the furnishings; we couldn’t have planned it better,” Larry Schilhab, a petroleum en- gineeing senior from Conroe said. “I really like the bookshelves. I usually have to take one to school each year.” “The best part for me is that the washing machines are right here in the apartment,” Mrs. Susan Bradbury said. Her hus band, A1 Bradbury, is a graduate student in metorology. “It was nice moving into a place that’s (See Apartments, page 4) Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. > ! . Mai* ■ BB &L Adv. . . . AND MODERN STYLING Meanwhile- husband Richard Frankel, standing before the much-appreciated bookshelf area in the new apartment, is in the process of choosing a record to play on the stereo. (Photos by Mike Wright)