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Vol. 65 No. 17 College Station, Texas Friday, October 10, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 ‘Official No’ Given On Moratorium By Dave Mayes Battalion Editor The Student Senate, after lengthy debate and two roll call votes, Thursday recommended that the university not dismiss classes officially or grant excused absences for students wishing to participate in the Moratorium, a nationwide anti-war protest scheduled for Wednesday. The controversy, however, cen tered not on these two points, upon which most senators seemed to agree, but on a third part of the recommendation which, when finally passed, stated “that we (the senate) believe in the free dom of expression guaranteed to each individual in the First Amendment of the U.S. Consti tution.” Some senators, led by Tommy Henderson (vp-CSC) and Jimmy Weaver (soph-LA), contended that the senate should have been more explicit concerning the question of a student’s right to express dissent on campus. In earlier business, the senate adopted a plan to allocate seats at home football games that takes into consideration both a student ticket buyer’s academic standing and his “tenure” at the univer sity. Senators also voted not to al low three senate representatives to be elected from the newly- formed College of Education, at least until enrollment figures for the college were made known and representatives were apportioned by those figures. The election for senate repre sentatives from the College of Education had been scheduled for Oct. 23, when other senate posi tions, including the office of vice president, are to be decided. Senate president Gerry Geist- weidt opened discussion on the Moratorium by reading a letter from the university’s Executive Committee which requested that the senate comment on what po sition the university should take concerning possible student par ticipation in the anti-war pro test. The letter said that three stu dents had asked A&M President Earl Rudder to dismiss classes next Wednesday in observance of the Moratorium. Rudder forward ed the reqeust to the Executive Committee and the committee, “seeking more student reaction” on the issue, asked the senate in the letter for its comments. Tom Fitzhugh (Geos.) introduc ed the resolution that the senate eventually passed, urging that Laundry Panel Helps Students, CSC Is Told By Pat Little Battalion Staff Writer A student laundry committee exists to help students who think they have been wronged by the university laundry. Howard Perry, civilian student activities director, told the Civil ian Student Council (CSC) Thursday night that students who think a piece of clothing has been damaged or lost by the laundry should first take his laundry slip and damaged article, if such is the case, to the laundry office. “If all they say to you is ‘we’re sorry,’ ” Perry said, “then bring your case before the laun dry committee and they’ll look into it.” This year’s committee members are Alan Byrd, Allen Mikulencak, Jimmy Alexander, Robert R. Harding, Jack C. Hollimon, and Albert Kinkead. The laundry committee is one of several committees set up by *the CSC to hear student com plaints and make suggestions to the proper person or service, said David Alexander, CSC first vice I president. | Another one, he said, is the [ FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home f of the Super CD- 5% interest | compounded daily. menu committee, which meets monthly with Food Services Di rector Fred Dollar to discuss dishes and service in Sbisa Dining Hall. Alexander also told the council that many complaints students have about Sbisa are the effects of a labor shortage. He said that occasional messy tables and the use of paper cups instead of glasses, among other things, are examples of effects of the help shortage. “Col. Dollar said he can only hire people to work a 40-hour week,” Alexander said, “and he can’t pay them time and a half because of state regulations. He said he is trying to stay within his budget, and if he hires any more help the board fees will have to go up,” he says.” Sam Torn, head yell leader, told the council that he had gone to Texas Christian University to apologize for the incident between the Aggie freshmen and TCU cheerleaders last week at the game between the Fish and Wogs. The incident was during the second half of the game when several Corps freshmen picked up the cheerleaders and started car rying them off, but were stopped by about 15 upperclassmen. Torn said disciplinary action will be taken by students and assured the council it would not be a “whitewash job.” He said it hasn’t been proven that there were upperclassmen involved, but “there is a possi bility and an investigation is still underway.” Perry told councilmen there will be a dance in Fort Worth on Oct. 18 at the Terrant County Convention Center, sponsored by the Fort Worth A&M Mothers Club. “There will be tickets sold at the door and there will be set-ups and popcorn,” Perry said. “Any residence hall that wants to re serve a table should contact me before 4 p.m. Wednesday and tell me how many persons will be there.” The Aggie Sweetheart semi finalists will be here Oct. 25 for the Baylor game, Alexander said. He promised that the president of the hall having the best spirit sign and the most people out to cheer as the finalists drive by will have a date with the girl chosen Aggie Sweetheart. Alexander also told the council that nominations for “Who’s Who” may be put in boxes lo cated at the Housing Office, the MSC, the Military Sciences Building, and Dean of Students James P. Hannigan’s office. HE WANTS TO BE A QUEEN Mark Frantz, 19-year-old sophomore at Temple University, is running for homecoming queen. Frantz, who has reddish-brown hair, green eyes, and a 42-34-37 figure, is one of 11 contestants for the title. All the others are girls. Frantz signed the application blank “Margo.” He is sponsored by the campus radio station, where he works part time. (AP Wirephoto) the university not participate of ficially in the Moratorium in any way. Henderson argued that wheth er or not the university should officially support the Moratorium by dismissing classes or granting excused absences, was not really the issue in question. “These students are asking for the right to express a dissenting opinion on campus,” Henderson said. He noted that according to uni versity regulations, this expres sion of dissent may get them into trouble. Citing a regulation under the university’s discipline code, Henderson read that a student may be dismissed or suspended for not less than a semester for “membership in any group that might bring discredit to the Uni versity.” Henderson said he does not nec essarily agree or disagree with the Moratorium but believes that the students have the basic right to express dissent and that the senate should make some state ment to that effect. Weaver agreed, saying, “there is widespread desire on this campus for assurances from the Student Senate that students will be able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression.” At this point, Henderson in- (See ‘Official No’ page 2) MAKING A POINT Kent Caperton, Memorial Student Center vice president and Student Senate interim vice president, uses gestures to help get his point across as he expresses his feelings on the student moratorium resolution passed 45-10 during last night’s Senate meeting. (Photo by David Middlebrooke) At Exchange Store 40,000 Books Are Sold By Gary Mayfield Battalion Staff Writer Book sales in excess of 40,000 yearly to students at Texas A&M account for 40 per cent of the Exchange Store’s sales—and at least 40 per cent of the com plaints. Along with other student needs, such as greeting cards, T-squares, and class pins, there are books, books, and still more books in the store. To combat this army of numbers, Store Manager Chuck Cargill has six full-time and two part-time employees in the book department, with a force of 10 to 12 extra during rushes. Opened in 1907 with a policy of good-will and service to Ag gies, the store faces its biggest difficulty in making clear its book policy, especially to students who argue: “They sell you books and they won’t buy them back, even when they’re going to use them next semester!” The truth is that perhaps the school will use them next semes ter, but the Exchange Store has acquired a maximum of a particu lar book it needs, Cargill said. For example, suppose a student finished a course and now would like to sell his copy of The An cient World by Scramuzza. He walks into the Exchange Store and drops the book on the counter, telling the clerk he wishes to sell this to her. That’s simple enough, but first she must check the requisition form (she has it handy under the counter) for that book to see precisely the number of volumes of The Ancient World that she needs on the shelf. Twenty volumes is the number marked in red on the huge white By Bob Robinson Battalion Staff Writer Robert Wenck, director of “Dinny and the Witches,” the Aggie Player production to open Tuesday night in Guion Hall, handed each person involved in the play a sheet with dates and comments for the last week and a half of rehearsals. The last line on the sheet: “Oct. 14—Was it all worth it???? You figure it out.” On opening night, this is a question that each student, pro fessor and local performer asks himself after three or four gruel- Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. B B & Li —Adv. card; and to the right of that number are, say, 16 volumes re purchased. This means that she needs four more copies of that book. He’s safe. The clerk takes the book and hands him $5.75 cash, which is actually a little more than half of the list price he paid, $11.25. If he waits a few minutes, he may even watch as she applies the traditional red stamp on the inside of the book signifying that it is used, write $8.65 retail (three-fourths of the list price), and replace The Ancient World on the shelf with its companions. Now, let’s go one step further and see what happens if he is the 21st person who wants to sell a copy of The Ancient World. Wholesale price is 25 cents and this is the best the clerk can do for him. The Exchange Store has no use for more than 20 copies of the book; the publisher will not buy it back; and the wholesaler will give only 25 cents for it. The best thing he can do is keep it or try to sell to another book store. “How do I know I don’t need it anymore?” he may ask. Or, “why is the markup so high be fore you put it back on the shelf?” Cargill explained that neither he nor his employees nor the other bookstore have any bearing on the price of books in the Ex change Store. “The list price is set by the publisher,” he said, “and to my knowledge all bookstores follow this policy.” He began to explain how he purchases his books: “About four to six months be fore the new semester, we send each department on campus a ing weeks of rehearsing nightly, studying lines every available minute, building and painting scenery, and, in general, living with a book of make-believe char acters and words. The answers are generally the same, although the reasons are different. One student said he felt it was worth the work because he took a name and a couple hundred lines and made a living charac ter from it. Since the founding of the Ag gie Players in 1946, hundreds of plays have been produced in Guion Hall, G. Rollie White Coli seum, and the Fallout Theater- Workshop. Casts and crews for each play have ranged from six to over 100. In every case, several (See Work Study, page 2) supply of book requisition forms (similar to the ones mentioned earlier) containing the number of courses for each professor, estimated number of students in each, estimated number of titles of books, and an estimated num ber of volumes the professor will need.” Cargill explained further that he then orders from the publish ers a percentage of the number of books requested by the profes sors. This is due, he mentioned, to the books he will not sell be cause of student-to-student sales and sales of other bookstores. If there are already a number of copies of a particular book on the shelf, Cargill may not have to purchase from the publisher. This is where the book requisition form handled by the clerk comes in handy. Supposing that a pro fessor needed 100 volumes of The Ancient World for this semester. If the Exchange Store had 80 already in stock, perhaps it could gain the 20 needed with buy backs from students. Thus, the cycle of book buying and selling Proposals for a new parking lot, special parking permits for three student presidents, and raising the prices on reserved parking spaces were items dis cussed by the University Traffic Committee Wednesday according to Don Stafford, AssociateDean of Students and committee chair man. The committee is an advisory committee to A&M President Earl Rudder that studies traffic problems and recommends solu tions to him. A new parking lot was pro posed for the space south of Guion Hall, Stafford said, to re place the present lot when it is torn out for the expansion of the Memorial Student Center. He also said the new parking lot will be for day students and for special events such as foot ball and basketball games and Town Hall. He said the new lot will hold “as many or more cars” than the present lot. The committee agreed to grant special parking areas to the presidents of the student body, Memorial Student Center, and Civilian Student Council adja cent to the MSC. “This special parking privilege is in recognition of the presi dents’ contributions to the stu dents and their need for the spe- is completed. Again Cargill noted that he has no control over pricing, either of new or used books, and he praised his employees for their sincerity and patience in dealing with students who sometimes re fuse to understand. However, he did not cover up for errors. As books arrive in largo numbers and new people are hired for the semester rush es, he said, “We have some pric ing errors. Anytime we find some thing wrong, we try to correct it. “Of course, we may have a thousand things wrong that we’re not aware of,” the manager said. “If students will just come in and tell us, maybe we can work some thing out. “I’d welcome any criticism on a personal basis from anybody who wants to talk to me about any problem,” Cargill emphasized. “Since I have been here, I have felt that our very best operation is to perform a service to stu dents, which is our primary pur pose.” cial space, Stafford said. There was discussion in the committee about raising the prices on reserved parking spaces, but a study will be made before any action is taken, Staf ford said. According to Campus Security Assistant Chief Morris A. Maddox the present $3 fee does not even cover the labor cost of painting the reserved spaces. “Campus Security is checking on the reserved space costs at other colleges and' universities before any recommendation is made on this,” Stafford said. Any student or staff member having information that would be beneficial to the committee may contact any of the mem bers, Stafford noted. Members include Paul Scopel, Keathley Hall, room 402; Don Mauro, Keathley, 111; A1 Brad ley, Keathley, 109; Jack Fergu son, dorm 5 room 423; Steve Cook, 1-418; or Bob Stanzel, 1- 401. Day student representative is Gary Anderson, 316 Redmond Apt. 125. Staff members may contact Stafford in the YMCA Building, University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Work, Study A Part of Being An Aggie Player Performer Traffic Committee Makes 3 Proposals