By Monty Stanley
It has been rumored that Tex
as A&M is not perfect, that there
are perhaps one or two things
which might be done to improve
the situations around campus.
Have you got a gripe?
Have you ever wondered for
example, what the KK’s do with
approximately $100,000 they rake
in each year from
parking tickets ?
Or why you must
pay a dollar for
fi a Xerox copy of
your fee slip
when there is no
way it could cost
more than a
Quarter ?
Or you in the Corps, have you
ever wondered what becomes of
the $8 “uniform handling fee,”
when the MFC “handles” your
uniform only when you enter the
university and when you leave?
Or you D&C’s — do you wonder
why you pay $300 to “borrow”
uniforms (for which you must
pay full cost after four years if
any articles are ripped, stained,
or altered)?
Have you ever wondered why
the Battalion, which ever A&M
student pays for in his fees,
actually reaches so few Aggies ?
Or why it can’t be picked up at,
say, racks in various campus
buildings ?
The list, obviously, could go
on and on and on. All the points
mentioned have two things in
common. First, they are all
things that Aggies, at one time
or another, have bitched about.
Secondly, the people who are in
a position to remedy the situa
tions or at least give concrete
answers to honest questions are
simply never consulted. Many
probably do not even realize that
a problem exists in their par
ticular area of campus life. For
you see, there is that familiar
old Aggie tradition of griping
about the status quo, yet never
really trying to change it.
As an example of what I mean,
last year a grievance committee
was set up explicitly to hear the
students’ problems that needed
attention. One might think that
if any committee at all should
be a screaming success at A&M,
it would be a grievance commit
tee. Well, to make a long story
short, the number of students
who came across with something
besides “I hate this damn place”
was somewhere between one and
three.
Listen Up
Editor:
We wish the student body could
have seen the faces of the Aggie
football team Saturday night as
they stepped off the plane. After
representing A&M so well, they
were greeted by just a handful
of AGGIES. The pride of those
there must have been dealt a
severe blow. What’s this place
coming to ? There must have been
a substantial percentage of the
student body on campus to make
a good showing. Where were
they ? In comparison to the turn
out after the Army game, this
is really disheartening. After all,
part of the A&M tradition is
supporting the team when “the
goin’s rough and tough.” The
season is not over yeti How about
showing the team you still care ?
President Rudder took time out
from his busy schedule to greet
the team. Why couldn’t you ?
Robert A. Petty
Ernie Stern
Tom Tamez
Now, get ready, cause I’m ac
tually getting to the point next.
This year the mountain comes to
Mohammed. Tomorrow, in fact,
student senators will be around
to see all students living in
dorms as a start to Operation
Feedback. And they want to
know what you want. If you
seriously think the Student Sen
ate should represent the stu
dents, then tell them just how
you want to be represented.
This year could be different.
Operation feedback, whereby stu
dents will be in direct touch with
student senators, will give you
a chance to be represented the
way they want. Of course, the
•world can’t be changed over
night. (Actually, I’m not really
that much of an authority on
the world, but what I mean is
A&M certainly won’t change
overnight). And true, most stu
dents will still rather just com-
As for something specific to
talk to a Student Senator about,
how about the Pass-Fail Resolu
tion written about in last Fri
day’s Batt? Here’s something
that’s been researched, voted on,
and approved already by the Stu
dent Senate. But it still hasn’t
gone through our Executive Com
mittee, which it must before it
can be instituted as an A&M
policy. It seems a sure bet that
this committee isn’t going to let
anything by supposedly for the
students that isn’t actually sup
ported by the students them
selves. So let them know if you
do support this resolution, which
would allow A&M to have a lim
ited pass-fail course program.
If you need an example of
something concrete and worth
while that the Student Senate
does, take a look around you at
this weekend’s SMU game! Many
of the Aggies and their dates or
wives will have an extra in their
party in the form of a boy be
tween 6 and 17. Chances are
that this extra is an orphan from
the Depelchin Faith Home in
Houston. Gerry Bramlett, chair
man of the senate’s Welfare
Committee, has made arrange
ments for the orphanage to send
a busload of the kids up here
Saturday. They will be treated
to a meal with an Aggie couple,
the Corps march-in, and then the
football game — including seats
behind the band on the 50-yard
line. If you see one on campus
Saturday, you might try to make
him feel even more at home with
a nice warm “Howdy.”
Peace Corps Recruiters Here
(Continued from page 1)
location, he continued, are match
ed in Washington, D.C., with the
needs of the countries involved.
Normally, the requests can be
met, particularly if the areas ask-
e 1 for are Africa or Asia.
The Peace Corps liason on the
A&M campus is Dr. Manuel M.
Davenport, head of the Philosophy
Department.
Both Rodriguez and Weller said
they are aavilable to speak at
meetings or to any interested
group while they are here this
week. Arrangements can be made
at the table in the MSC or with
Dr. Davenport, they said.
Dr. Nambiar, a host country
national from India, will also be
here this week, they said. He
works with the Peace Corps vol
unteers in India, Weller said, and
will tell the meaning of Peace
Corps work from the point of
view of the host country. Dr.
Nambiar will speak to the Poul
try Science club meeting tonight
at 7:30.
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plain about something and then
blow it off. So change just a
little. Go ahead and bitch. This
time, though, bitch to the right
people — the student senators.
Real representation, not just the
token effort, is the beginning for
an effective, really meaningful
Student Senate.
“It’s my roommate’s! I’ve never seen a guy so proud of
having the first Bonfire log in the outfit!”
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Wildlife Biology Assn, will hear
Bob Evins, Game Warden Super
visor of the State Parks and
Wildlife Dept., at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 113 of the Biology building.
Demolay will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 2D of the MSC.
Petroleum Engineering Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the home of Mrs. J. S. Osoba,
1016 Holt.
A.S.M.E. will hear Aggie-ex
Bill Fuller, representative of Hal
liburton Services, speak on me
chanical engineering in the oil
industry at 7:30 p.m. in Room 27
of the MSC.
WEDNESDAY
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will assemble in front
of the MSC at 7:15 p.m. to meet
at the home of Dr. O. L. Dorsey,
2500 Williow Bend, Bryan, at 7:30
p.m.
Port Arthur Hometown Club
will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 110
of the Military Science building.
THURSDAY
Dallas Hometown Club will dis
cuss plans for a Thanskgiving
party at 8 p.m. in Room 2B-C in
the MSC.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Zarape’s.
Club dues will be collected.
Host and Fashion Committee
will organize and plan a “Taste-
In” for Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Birch Room of the MSC.
DeWitt-Lavaca Hometown Club
will discuss Thanksgiving and
Christmas parties at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 203 of the Academic build
ing.
Chemical Engineering Wives
Club will hear Mrs. P. T. Eubanks
speak on the “Total Woman” at
7:30 p.m. at her home at 2515
Towering Oaks.
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