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Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 7, 1969 THE BATTALION CADEr SL o UC B by Jim Evrh Bulletin BoCirtl By Monty Stanley Believe it or not, to some people the topic of student rights at A&M is not only meaningful, it is also an area which could even lead to some improvement in our narrow little academic world, if carried by the right people in the right direction. One of these peo ple who is really interested in the topic (interested enough, that is, to get off his can and do some thing about it) is Student Senator Jim Stephenson. As stated in this column last week, Jim was appointed last year as A&M’s representative to the Texas Intercollegiate Student Association (TISA). This year, he has been elected to serve as the organization’s state coordinator. The policies and actions which he and TISA support should be of some interest to readers of The Battalion, as they have much relevance to what is happening all over the country today. Bearing in mind the somewhat suspicious attitudes held towards student rights, by a <1 m i nistrators, MKT faculty, construc- ■r ti on workers, li- ; brarians, delica- tessen owners, " f a n d in short, nearly everyone but students, the column will start with a simpli fied background history of TISA, and then report some of the actual actions which have been taken by the organization to show that TISA is a group of interested people with a legitimate, straight forward, honest goal. They are student activists, yes. Anarchists or destructionists, no. The organization got off to a somewhat noncommital start back in 1949 (That’s read “Ole Army Days” for you fifth-year seniors), when its single redeeming fea ture, according to Senator Steph enson, was a well-organized travel program for students. You know the kind — tour Europe, work in England, and all that. Many of these types of programs had a tendency to fall through at the last minute, and an organiza tion such as TISA offered some degree of protection against such an event. The organization remained for most purposes an ineffectual body until these last few years. Includ ed in the interim was a sort of a feud with the University of Texas (the one at Austin; that’s all they had back then, if my history is correct). It seemed that TU al ways wanted to run the show and make all the decisions. So all the other colleges, or at least most of the 45 or 50 schools that belonged, banded in a kind of coalition against the University. In any case, after the feud, mem bership fell off to its present membership of about 30 schools, the largest of these being the University of Houston. Well, with one thing and an other, and with the “student prob lem” becoming what it is now, and with the general heightening of interest in civil rights and in particular of the civil rights of students, TISA became visualized by some as the type of organi zation which could actually do some good for the student. For example, TISA sponsors a student lobby in Austin. The stu dents involved are mostly law students from TU and are head ed up, interestingly enough, by A1 Reinert, who was originally elected student body president of A&M last spring, who is study ing for his master’s degree in political science at the Univer sity. Students in this lobby work closely with the Austin legisla tors, letting them know just how Texas students feel about certain bills being acted upon. For ex ample, TISA’s lobby supported House Bill 451, which would al low a student attending a pri vate school to be subsidized by the government. The reasoning here is that in the long run, it would be more economical and more practical to expand the schools we have now—including private schools, through their use of this subsidy—than to build all the new state schools which are presently being proposed. If you’ll recall, last year’s Sen ate resolution that A&M’s Board of Directors should include one (1) non-voting student member, simply to be a voice of the stu dent population’s desire, was an swered with, well, sure, it was a commendable idea, but if A&M had a representative, then all the schools in the A&M system would have to have one, and that would just be “too many people in one This matter was taken to TISA, which lobbied for a bill to pro vide for a non-voting student member to be on the Board of Directors of all state-supported schools. The bill failed. But that’s be side the point. The point is, here’s the kind of thing TISA is involv ed in. It’s real. Instead of a stu dent indignantly saying, “Some body ought to . . ,” he can now have a hand in getting it done. At least he can voice an opin ion to some one who can get it done if enough fellow students feel that way. TISA is as yet a more-or-less untested organiza tion, but with the number of stu dents it would be possible to get behind such a group, the possi bilities are quite encouraging. Not that there are any rights which we should have but do not presently have here at A&M, of course. Or can you think of one, maybe ? Listen Up the bait forum Editor: I just returned from a grad uate class in Sociology that hap pens to meet at night in the Mili tary Science Building on Wednes- deys. Tonight during class we had the doors open. Two senior cadets (names unknown or I would have talked to them personally) came down the hall talking rather loud ly. When one of the women in the class appeared at the door to close it, both cadets issued un complimentary catcalls until they reached the other end of the hall, all the while boots and spurs echoing noisily in the empty cor ridors. I’m not knocking the boots and spurs—I wear a pair myself! However, the catcalls were a vul gar insult to the girl, and an em barrassing disruption to the en tire class and the professor. Sure, I realize this was only one isolated incident. But I’ve been at Aggieland for 6 years, long enough to know that this is quite typical conduct for many individuals. I don’t claim to be innocent when it comes to giving whoo-ah’s at inappropriate times, but this tonight was gross and flagrant exhibitionism. I feel cer tain that neither of these people would have considered doing this had they been alone, and without a buddy to cavort with. How can these people, or any of us in the Corps, resolve such displays with the widespread belief (or should I say, misconception?) that Ag gies are gentlemen ? I don’t expect to initiate a new moral conscience for the Corps at A&M. What I am saying is that, as maturing college students, sen iors in particular should demon strate their newfound judgement when any situation arises like this calling for restraint. I personally believe that its always time for good bull, but not always the right place. Bill Sontag ’70 ★ ★ ★ Editor: Once again, Campus Security has used the old “fear routine” on the people at A&M. In a front page story in Friday’s Battalion, Chief Ed Powell casually mention ed that there are “other ways of solving the parking problem.” Specifically, he mentioned that at Austin, the students and staff have to park outside the campus and walk in. It was pointed out in the ar ticle that a total of 244 parking spaces will be lost when current and planned construction on cam pus is completed. It is interesting to note that 158 of these will be day student spaces behind Guion Hall. The crowning insult to the col lective intelligence of all students, faculty and staff came near the end of the story when Chief Pow ell commented on future plans to eventually have elevated and underground parking. He said that this would probably neces sitate “$150 to $300 per year parking permits.” Perhaps it should be pointed out that many cars on this cam pus are not even worth $300. The figures in the story show that this is but another example of horror tactics being used to keep the faculty, staff and stu dents in line. By the way, this is my third year at A&M and I have yet to receive a traffic citation of any kind from the Campus Security Department. I drive a white Pon tiac, license number RKW-648. Perhaps next week I can report if I contracted a bad case of “ticketitis” after this letter is published. Tom Curl Cbe 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 MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, a?id 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. Mail subscriptions are 5>3.50 per se year; $6.50 per full year. All subscrip sales tax. Advertising rate furnished The Battalion, Room 217, Texas 77843. semester ; tions subjeci on request. 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Carpenter, College of Agriculture. student newspaper Station, Texas dailj The Battalion, 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, Chica; Francisco. cago, Los Angeles and San EDITOR DAVE MAYES Managing Editor David Middlebrooke Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Phil Brinker, Jay F. Goode, Pam Trobny, Steve Forman, Bill Vasen, Gary Mayfield, Payne- Harrison, Raul Pineda, Hay den Whitsett, Clifford Broyles, Pat Little, Tim Searson Columnists Monty Stanley, Bob Peek, John Platzer, Gary McDonald Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographers Steve Bryant, Bob Stump Sports Photographer Mike Wright Petroleum Engineering Shamrock EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT YOU, THE ’70 GRADUATE ★ “EMPLOYERS PAY FOR OUR SERVICES.’ • College Division • North Gate 331 University Dr. 846-3737 A division of ERC TONIGHT American Society of Mechani cal Engineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 3B and 3C of the Memorial Student Center for an Alcoa panel presentation and a business session. Business Administration Wives’ Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Brazos Room of the First Bank and Trust. Phillip Goode of the College of Business Administration will speak on the Legal Rights of Married Women. Anyone requesting further in formation about the club should call Carlene Gregg at 823-0166 or Donna Wynn at 822-1145. Agricultural Engineering Wives Club will have an ice cream sup per at 7:30 p.m. in Mrs. Pat Jones’ home, 213 Mobiltown. Floriculture and Landscape Horticulture Club will discuss summer job experiences and wel come new members at a 6 p.m. dinner in the Chicken Shack, Bryan. Marine Biology Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Building J. Wildlife Biology Association will hear Dr. Clarence Cottam, director of Welder Wildlife Ref- uge, speak on “Pesticides in Bir ic Communities” at 7:30 p.m. the Chemistry building. Petroleum Engineers Club hear a guest speaker from Gi Oil Co. at 7:30 p.m. in Room2 in the Doherty building. WEDNESDAY Data Processing Manage® Assn, will meet at 7:30 p,m, Room 2A of the MSC. 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