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\^%\u\\. „• f.v^. T V\< , H ... r V' 1 ■ • ^ i'** *r':'Vffi"-EiA» *.»••» “.-^•r»v'J&Jbi. .•*» <■ he Battalion College Station, Texas Thursday, December 4, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 30 To Attend SWC School Leaders Gather for Idea Conference iUAy RIGI ESERVE i'/S-Olf .... Can No. 2 .. Can | 3-0z.<1 i Cans u | WHATS NEW, PUSSYCAT? Nothing, and I’m a tiger.” The other one is George the onkey. George happened along Monday at the Crandon ark Zoo in Miami, Fla., as the 4-week-old unnamed Bengal ger, mostly asleep, was having his picture made. George >ok the situation in hand and the picture turned out fine. |AP Wirephoto) As SCONA Panelist Ex-Finance Head Here Next Week 16-Oz. S - Ct. Pkgs. IVi ns LB. BAG 5 A Zambian businessman and e republic’s former minister of lance, Arthur N. L. Wina, will featured in a panel on indus- ial development in Black Africa A&M’s 15th Student Confer- e on National Affairs. The Dec. 10-13 conference in volving selected student partici- (jfcnts from throughout the U. S., 10-Oz. v«exico and Africa has the theme “Mack Africa — The Challenge Development.” Wina, who serves on the boards numerous organizations of the )uth Central Africa republic, ill sit on the 1:30 p.m. Dec. 11 nel with Paul S. Slawson, in- istment program director of In- irnational Telephone and Tele- raph, Africa and the Middle ast. I Moderator will be E. Jefferson urphy, executive vice president irad Students Jegin Survey )n Parking A survey to determine what iay students think about the iampus parking situation is be- ng conducted by a group of four raduate students in the Depart- taent of Urban and Regional Planning. John Brewer, spokesman for the group, said that question naires would be placed at random on the windshields of cars parked in day student lots today and Monday. He urged students to fill out forirxs as completely as possible and to return them by mail to the Urban and Regional Planning Department no later than Dec. 10. Postage on the questionnaires, Brewer said, has already been Paid. The survey will try to deter mine which parking lots are more desirable to day students, which are least used, and whether fu ture lots should be built. Also included in the question naires are questions on the fair ness of the present $10 parking fee and the average length of time it takes a day student to find a parking place. Brewer said the team hopes to get responses from 450 stu dents, about a tenth of the day students holding parking permits. Results of the survey should be complete in January, he added. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav- of the African-American Insti tute in New York. Wina will speak from the viewpoint of the nation in which the investment is to be made, with Slawson handling the inves tor’s viewpoint. Active in the Zambian govern ment several years, Wina was Zambian representative at the United Nations, appearing be fore the U. N. with President Kenneth D. Kaunda as petition ers in 1962. He was a member of the Zam bia parliament six years and as minister of finance from 1963 to 1967, Wina helped guide the former British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia to becoming internally self-governed. Zambia became an independent republic within the Common wealth Oct. 24, 1964. Kaunda was its first prime minister and was afterward elected president. Wina headed the mineral-rich republic’s Trade and Mines Dele gations to such places as Tokyo, Moscow and China. He became minister of education and held the post until last year. He is on the boards of the First Permanent Building So ciety, Zambia Sugar Co., Conti nental Ore, National Council for Scientific Research and Atlas Corp. (Zambia) Ltd., among others, and is chairman of the National and Grindlays Bank. A 1954 graduate of Makerere University College in Uganda, Wina studied at the University of London where hew as presi dent of the student union and obtained two masters degrees at UCLA. By Hayden Whitsett Battalion Staff Writer Thirty student leaders from Southwest Conference schools will be attending the third annual Texas A&M Idea Exchange Con ference in the Memorial Student Center today through Saturday. The conference will involve all Southwest Conference schools and Texas Woman’s University. According to Ronnie Adams, one of the planners of this year’s conference and an A&M repre sentative, the conference was de signed to allow student govern ment representatives from SWC schools a chance to exchange ideas and discuss needed improve ments in student governments. “There will be set topic at our meetings, so the representatives will be able to discuss whatever they please,” Adams said. “We are trying to avoid having them feel they must speak on a certain subject. We believe there will be more useful communication if they choose their subject.” “This year changes have been made to make the conference more interesting,” c o n t i n u ed Adams, “we have added two speakers. State Representative James R. Nowlin and Dr. Manuel Davenport, head of the A&M De partment of Philosophy.” Representative Nowlin of San Antonio will speak on “Govern ment, Youth, and Responsibility” at 8 p.m. tonight in the MSC Assembly Room. During his two terms as representative of Bexar County, he has served on numer ous House committees. He now serves as vice chairman of the newly created Committee on Youth. Dr. Davenport will speak on “Students’ Rights and Responsi bilities in the Academic Com munity.” Davenport is active in many on-campus and off-campus activities and has had numerous articles printed in magazines. He has been an active college lec turer and professor since 1956. He has headed the Philosophy Department since 1967. Davenport will speak in the MSC Assembly room at 1 p.m. Saturday. Each school was asked to send the president of the student body, the editor of their paper, the chairman of their election com mission, and two representatives from the junior, sophomore or freshman classes. A&M’s own representatives will be Gerry Geistweidt, Student Senate President, Kent Caperton, Student Senate Vice-President, Jim Stevenson, TISA District Co ordinator, Kirby Brown, recording secretary, Dave Mayes, Battalion editor, Butch Jackson, chairman of the Election Committee, Tom my Henderson, a junior senator, David Moore, sophomore repre sentative, and Adams. The conference is financed by the registration fees and the Stu dent Senate. Adams said that if any student is interested in listening in on a panel discussion he may do so. The discussions will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the MSC Assembly room and at 9 a.m. Saturday in the same place. Students will not be allowed to participate in the discussions but they may listen. After each of the speeches there will be a question- and-answer period in which any one may participate, Adams added. Federal Officials Hindering Drugs Research, Prof Says By George Scott Battalion Staff Writer “Government officials ai’e hampering research into the ef fects of marijuana,” a consult ant to the California attorney general on drug abuse problems said Wednesday night. “We have to do research into drugs and the laws of the land have got to stop lying,” Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider, associate professor of psychiatry at UCLA, said at the Great Issues’ “Man, Morality and Society Sem inar.” Ungerleider said he knew of a doctor in Texas who got permis sion from several state authori ties to grow, use, and research the effects of marijuana. He add ed that when the doctor did, he was arrested by local police and eventually kicked out of the Tex as Medical Society. There have been three basic eras of drug use in this country, according to the UCLA professor, and he blamed two of them on the mass media. In 1965, the mas media began to “seductively publicize the drug proselyters,” he said. People began to take drugs like LSD frequently because of the publicity. “I’ve seen cases where people were walking down the freeway thinking they could merge with the traffic,” Ungerleider contin ued. Slamming the mass media again, Ungerleider said that the second era started when the media developed guilty feelings about their actions and began to “pic ture LSD as the source of world evils.” “Because of this, we are in an era of disrespect for LSD, and this is bad from a scientific point of view,” he added. Ungerleider said that the pres ent era is one of young people taking anything and everything they can get. He added that the average age of drug users has dropped from 21 in 1965 to 14 today. “People in the lower economic groups have been using drugs for a long time,” Ungerleider commented, “but now that ‘nice’ kids are using them, people say we have a problem.” Ungerleider gave four basic reasons for the increase of drug use in the United States: Amer ica is drug oriented; the afflu ent culture; the pressures on young people; and rebellion. “Eighty million people in America drink alcohol,” he said, “and eight million are alcoholics. There are cigarettes, tranquiliz ers, and other medical drugs and it is no wonder why children be come curious about drugs.” Teens are bored, have a lot of money, and have nothing to do, he said. “With affluence increasing, permissiveness has grown and parents no longer feel they can say no to their children,” Unger leider continued. He said that teens feel the use of drugs is a great way to frighten their parents in a way that use of alcohol cannot. He related the story of a young girl who had drunk six double scotches and when her mother found her stumbling up the stairs of her home, laughed and said, “It’s only alcohol.” He said the reaction of the mother would probably have been (See Officials Hamper, page 3) WEATHER Friday — Cloudy, light inter mittent rain showers. Easterly winds 5-10 m.p.h. High 74 de grees, low 51 degrees. Saturday — Cloudy. Southerly winds 10-15 m.p.h. High 76 de grees, low 55 degrees. Fayetteville — Cloudy, light rain. Southerly winds 10-12 m.p.h. 66 degrees. Hawkins, I.Ed. Professor, Is Part-Time Trashman Leslie V. Hawkins, holder of a doctoral degree, is a volunteer part-time trashman. What’s more, Dr. Hawkins is working hard at enlisting the help of friends and associates, beginning with the mayor and other folks in high places. To make their job easier, he freely passes out back-saving equip ment. In more genteel terms, Hawk ins is a litter-picker. He also is an industrial education professor at Texas A&M, a physical fitness- enthusiast and chairman of Col lege Station’s Beautification Committee. While taking early morning walks, he picks up various bits of trash—paper cups, old news papers, candy wrappers, milk cartons, soft drink cans and nu merous other items. Those bits of trash add up in a hurry, Hawkins testifies. One day this week, for example, he speared 15 gallons of litter in a 30-minute period. During a re cent five-day period, he collected 50 gallons. The area in which Hawkins re trieved the rubbish is a substan tial middle-class neighborhood. The litter-conscious professor figures his neighborhood is as clean and attractive as any around. “You don’t really ‘see’ litter until you start ‘looking’ for it,” Hawkins points out. “It’s there, but you must be conscious of it to notice.” Dr. Hawkins became conscious of litter in late October, shortly after Daylight Saving Time gave way to Central Standard Time. “I leave for my walk about 6 a.m.,” he explains. “Under DST, I left in the dark and returned in the dark. When the time changed, it was light when I started back home and I could see all this trash.” He used to walk about two miles each morning. “I’m doing good now to cover a mile,” Hawkins notes. “I walk a lot back and forth across the street.” “Picking up litter can become an obsession,” he confesses. “It’s about like eating peanuts—but a lot less fattening.” He started out trying to carry all the trash in his hands. He soon started toting a sack and later made himself a litter sack. The three-foot pole with a nail embedded in one end costs about 15 cents. Hawkins is now making lots (See Trashman, page 4) It?- mbhhmHIHB - WmBm MED PROF TALKS Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider, UCLA psychiatrist, tells a Great Issues audience Wednesday night some facts on the misuse and abuse of drugs. (Photo by David Middle- brooke) ‘Comic Strip Sound’ Art on Display in MSC ing Center, since 1919. BB&L. —Adv. Art forms on display . . An art form by Eugenio Carmi interpreting sound as purely visual symbols is on display in the Memorial Student Center. The MSC Contemporary Arts Committee and Kiko Galleries of Houston is sponsoring the exhibit, which will remain on display through Dec. 19, announced Chairman Tom Ellis. The Carmi series deals with comic strip sounds such as “bzzzzz,” “fssssst,” “swarrssh” and so forth depicted graphically. Avant’garde American vocalist Cathy Berberiam con ceived the idea. Her three-octave vocal range was particularly well suited to interpret multiple variation of sound, familiar to comic strip readers as visual symbols, Ellis said. She asked Carmi to make the graphic interpretation. It appeared in early 1967 in a publication of the Arco d’Alibert Edizioni and Kiko Galleries. It met with immediate success. The art form was described by “Time” magazine (June 2, 1967) and received a cover story in the popular Swedish magazine, “Form.” “David Kung of Kiko Gallery has been kind enough to allow us to sell these prints,” Ellis said. Prices are $35 to students and $45 to non-students. Purchases may be made through Mrs. Dorothy Keese at the MSC Social Office. JIM oVirian te' 1 :• -• j V- <•, C- .. $ i n n . . . in the MSC. (Photo by David Middlebrooke)