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ON OTHER CAMPUSES CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earie By Monty Stanley Big news this week comes from the University of Houston. Not good news, just big. It seems that the SDS had announced that it “would no longer tolerate military recruiters on the campus and that the recruiters would be off the campus” by Thursday, imply ing apparently “or else.” One SDS’er, a non-student, apparent ly thought he could make the SDS threat good and threaded through a large crowd at the recruiter’s desk with a few SDS buddies. To make the inevitable long story proverbially short, he and an other SDS mem ber nearly lost their lives. A large number of the students at the recruiting area, it seems, had just participated in or applauded the performance of, a scheduled ROTC drill nearby, and they were in no mood to listen to the guy so they beat him up till a KK saved him by taking him into custody. When the hoowah’s die down, I’ll continue . . . Anyway, when the row was over, what had been accomplish ed ? A couple of red-blooded pa triots had pieces of an SDS tee- shirt. And the SDS member, aft er being treated for facial cuts: “It was a very great victory.” ★ ★ ★ The student senate of Washing ton State University, which was one of the hundreds of student governments in the country to recognize and allow participation in the iMoratorium, overwhelm ingly passed a resolution assur ing military recruiters a place on campus. The vote was 19 to 1. ★ ★ ★ An on-campus drug seminar at SMU has been cancelled by the Student Center Governing Board, because of possible “violent com munity reaction,” especially from the local press, according to The Daily Campus. Plans for the seminar, which were initiated in the Spring, in cluded a lecture by Timothy Lea ry, who would speak from a pro drug viewpoint, followed by an anti-drug speech the following evening by Dr. Sidney Cohen. Said the SMU Dean of Stu dents, it was his opinion that he should call to the Board’s atten tion any student activity that “would reflect negatively” on the university. Continuing, he stated that the administration of SMU supports an open campus, adding, however, that should a speaker come to the campus “we have to be able to defend him.” ★ ★ ★ The University of Oklahoma paper, in a move of real altruism, printed an editorial in the form of a “Student Guide” which, like a guide to Mexican border-town restaurants, expounded upon “what is, and what is not, safe for consumption in the cafeteria.” ★ ★ ★ Howard Payne College in Brownwood passed a resolution last October 14 which condemned the Vietnam Moratorium. That resolution was taken to Howard Payne’s Supreme Court last week, and was declared “out of order, unrepresentative, inaccu rate and unconstitutional.” ★ ★ ★ Until this semester, Oakland Community College in Fairborn, Michigan, had a really wild setup for its students. The student was required to attend only the first three of his classes—called Gen eral Assembly Sessions. This was for the purpose of determining for the State of Michigan, the number of dollars to be allotted to the school. After this, about the only thing inquired of the stu dents, aside from an occasional compulsory class, was to follow hand-outs given, called “learning sequence lists.” Well, the vacation’s over. The school’s got a new president now, whose contract reads that his bosses may terminate employment with ten days notice. Not to make it sound like this is the on ly reason or anything—it’s not— but from now on, classes meet three times a week, and three unexcused absences means a let ter to the dean, recommending withdrawal. ★ ★ ★ November 20 marks a full year that the University of Florida’s “Rathskeller” has been in opera tion. The Rathskeller was intend ed to be a place where students and faculty alike went to drink beer, hear about important issues of all kinds, and in general get to know each other in a social, rath er than strictly academic, atmos phere. It hasn’t panned out as well as many had hoped, how ever. For one thing, it costs profs $25 to belong, while a student can join for only $2. For another, some don’t feel that the students really want to go drink beer and hear about such things as “pollu tion, the Vietnam War, and ra cism,” and think the student-fac ulty concept of the place is fine; but it ought to be a place just to have fun. “In our outfit, th’ class of ’73 has 73 bottlecaps in their spurs! I’d hate to come along 50 years from now!” Bulletin Board Off The Record by Gary McDonald RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD— ARLO GUTHRIE Though this album suffers from a slight lack of impact, it does contain plenty of excellent mu sic. It is quite different from his previous two albums, but after the change is accepted, Running Down the Road can be appreciated as a splendid piece of music in its own right. inally by his legendary father, Woody Guthrie, and some of his sidekicks, like Pete Seeger. For one reason or another, Arlo avoid ed reaching into his father’s vast repertoire of songs for material in the past, but this is no longer true. Perhaps the change can be explained by the recent revival in popularity of old songs either at face value or for camp. The salient feature about the record is the absence of the funny songs done in a “talking blues style” that usually filled about half the time on his earlier al bums and gave him a reputation as a brilliant satirist. Now half this album is old folk songs, orig- The other half of the album is original tunes. Surprisingly enough, most of them sound alarmingly like Bob Dylan did around the time of his “Another Side of Bob Dylan” album. For example, the chord changes and melody line of “Wheel of For tune” is right out of Dylan’s “Spanish Harlem Incident.” The subject matter is quite similar al so. His best numbers are the poignant “Oh, in the Morning” and the title song where steel guitars gone beserk intensify the paranoia in the lyrics. It is truly a song of our times. What this record lacks in orig inality, vitality, and humor, it al most makes up for in instrumen tal expertise. Arlo gets a little help from an illustrious list of friends. Among the most notable are James Burton, Van Dyke Parks, Chris Ethridge, formerly with the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Clarence White and Gene Parsons of the Byrds. TONIGHT Tyler-Smith County Hometown Club will elect officers at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3D of the MSC. Dallas Hometown Club will dis cuss plans for a Thanksgiving 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. Radio Committee will discuss Bonfire plans at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2A in the MSC. Texas A&M Sailing Club will see a film on Olympic sailing at 7:30 p.m. in Room 110 in the Architecture building. MONDAY Matagorda County Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 2B of the MSC. Army Cadet Wives Club will hear a home economist of the Lone Star Gas Co. speak on Christmas cooking at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Flame Room, Lone Star Gas Co. building, 201 E. 27th St., Bryan. On KBTX Tonight 6:30 Family Affair 7:00 Jim Nabors Hour 8:00 CBS Thursday Night Movie “Four For Texas” 10:00 TX Final News 10:30 Tom Jones 11:30 Alfred Hitchcock TUESDAY Brazos Valley Kennel Club will elect officers and view a film of the Chicago International Dog Show at 7:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 1 in the Veterinary Hos pital. Pre-Vet Society will elect offi cers at 8 p.m. in Room 100 of the Chemistry building. Range and Forestry Club will hear Sid Goodloe discuss manage ment practices on the rangeland of Kenya, Africa, at 8 p.m. in Room 103 of the Plant Sciences building. Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, November 6,1 Would You Believe? Fresh From The Gulf OYSTERS on the half-shell or fried to order Served Right Here on the Campus 5 to 7 each evening at the famous Oyster Room MSC Cafeteria LET US ARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL... ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. A. 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EDITOR DAVE MAYES Managing Editor David Middlebrooke Sports Editor Richard Campbell Assistant Sports Editor Mike Wright Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Jay F. Goode, Pam Troboy, Steve For man, Gary Mayfield, Payne- Harrison, Raul Pineda, Hayden Whitsett, Clifford Broyles, Pat Little, Tim Searson, Bob Robinson Columnists Monty Stanley, Bob Peek, John Platzer, Gary McDonald Photographers Steve Bryant, Bob Stump Sports Photographer Mike Wright TONIGHT NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICIES <»«. PRIORITIES General Bernard A. Schriever Architecture Auditorium — 8:00 p. m. Admission Free A Great Issues Presentation “Live a Little!” How? Cash-value life insurance lets you do your own thing. Ready cash when you need it. Protection when you need it. Special policies for seniors and graduate students. We'll take the risk. You have the fun. Live a Little! Our College Representative can show you how. 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JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 1, 1970 COME SKI WITH US IN COURCHEVEL, FRANCE Round trip jet Houston-Geneva (Super DC-8) Ground transportation Geneva-Courchevel 8 night condominium apartment accommodations Free Lift tickets in the Courchevel 1650 Area 12 Hours free ski instruction 2 multilingual female guides Free race and wine banquet ALL FOR ONLY $298.00 (plus $10 French tax) ($50 deposit due before 17 November in Student Finance Office, MSC Balance due before 17 December) IF YOU PREFER NOT TO SKI, TAKE AD VANTAGE OF THE MOTORING SPECIAL Round trip jet Houston-Geneva *Free car rental for 8 days Complete auto insurance First tank of gas free Suggested itineraries Optional hotel *4 persons per car—$278 (Renault, Fiat, Opel, Simca, Peugeot) 3 persons per car—$288 (Fiat, Simca, Opel Kadett, Peugeot) 2 persons per car—$298 (Simca, Volkswagen, Fiat) S< TV Zenit All M 713 S Ha 1 for further information, contact Dave Mayfield, Chairman (846-5278 or The Director’s Office MSC (845-1915) “Ski the Alps—1970” Committee, a part of the MSC Travel Committee (open to Faculty, Staff, and Student of Texas A&M University) PEANUTS By Charles M. 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