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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, December 16, 1969
THE BATTALION
Bulletin Board
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Editor:
Allow me to take this oppor
tunity to thank you for the fine
coverage which The Battalion
gave to SCONA XV. Overall, it
was accurate and articulate re
porting. However, I must take
issue with the “SCONA Round
table Score” article by George
Scott. If Mr. Scott was attempt
ing to show a true cross section
of interest and co-operation with
in the roundtables perhaps he
would have been wise to visit
more than one of the several
roundtables. I do not consider a
sample of one an accurate sam
ple, especially when you are deal
ing with a cross section of over
200 students from the U. S., Mexi
co and Africa, with varying
social-econortiic backgrounds.
I also find it curious that Mr.
Scott based much of his opinion
not on actual discussions within
the roundtable sessions, but on an
interview with one of the dele
gates following a roundtable dis
cussion. I am sure that you are
as concerned as I am with the
growth of our University news
paper through reporting excel
lence. Let us continue this growth
and not step backward to the
day of inaccurate and false re
porting for the sake of covering
space.
Dennis Flannigan,
Vice President, MSC Council
Editor’s Note: Below is George
Scott’s reply:
1. Mr. Flannigan is under the
impression that I got an inter
view with the Boston University
student and then criticized the
members of the panel for not
challenging ideas that only I
heard. Not true. Every idea I
included in the article, Paul Haley
said during the roundtable. Two
reasons prompted the private in
terview: a.) I wanted more ac
curate direct quotes, and b.) I
wanted to give Haley an oppor
tunity to substitute other words
for the curse words he frequently
used during the panel discussion.
He did not say anything to me
privately that he did not say in
the presence of all the roundtable
members.
2. My assignment was to write
an interpretative report on ONE
of the discussions .and not to
show a cross-section of partici
pation. Other reporters covered
other roundtables.
3. Was this a criticism of that
one particular roundtable? No.
Read carefully, Mr. Flannigan.
“The other students who partici
pated with Haley were able to
make the discussion lively and
informative.” That is hardly a
criticism!
4. Was this a criticism of
SCONA? Not really. Although
I think “Black America: The
Challenge of Development” might
have been a topic of more ‘nation
al’ concern the program as pre
sented was very interesting and
well organized. But I was not
assigned to -ivrite a story on that
subject, Mr. Flannigan.
5. Was the article really opin
ionated ? No. The article merely
presented facts about one par
ticular panel—one fact being that
seven talked and 12 listened and
said nothing.
6. What was the article really
about? It was about 12 students
who sat back and let a “radical”
(Haley’s own description) student
present unrealistic views on
American business and neither
attacked nor defended those
views.
Mr. Flannigan, that is news
worthy and not “inaccurate and
false reporting” as you label it.
Think about the article from
this viewpoint, and thanks for
your compliment on The Bat
talion’s overall coverage as “ac
curate and articulate reporting”
because I wrote most of those
articles too.
George Scott
★ ★ ★
Editor:
To the Freshman Class,
As a run-off candidate for
Freshman Class President, I was
disappointed by the number of
freshman voters who turned out
for the elections last Wednesday.
Of 2,700 eligible voters, only 800
cared enough to show up at the
polls. That small voice the fresh
men have should be heard. One
has no voice at all in student
government if he neglects his
responsibiilty to vote. Thirty per
cent turn-outs such as these
greatly increase the chance of
poor leadership in representation.
The freshman cless will be giv
en a second chance Wednesday in
the run-offs. Keep in mind that
however unimportant the fresh
man president may seem to you,
he nevertheless is the primary
representative of the class of
’73. Be proud of your decision.
Don’t be sold by posters and gim
micks. A civilian president is a
certainty. The decision now is
which civilian candidate exhibits
the quality of leadership neces
sary for the job. I feel that I am
that candidate. Vote Wednesday.
Wayne Nichols
Candidate for President
Class of ’73
★ ★ ★
Editor:
First, I, as chairman of Politi
cal Forum, thank Professor Doug
las for his comments printed in
Friday’s Battalion concerning
our program. Political Forum
continuously seeks out student
and faculty opinion on all our
programming. It is gratifying
to know that Dr. Wheeler’s pres
entation Tuesday night stimulat
ed some thought to the extent
that open response was made,
pro or con. Even more gratify
ing is the interest A&M’s faculty
is taking in student program-
, ming.
Secondly, I would like the op
portunity to relate some of the
philosophy supporting our com
mittee. Political Forum seeks to
create a greater interest in con
temporary political issues and
processes. We accomplish this
by bringing speakers of varied
political ideologies to our cam
pus. A balanced program, one
presenting all possible sides of a
question, is our utmost goal. We
feel that the program we have
planned this year, and the year
is far from being over, fulfills
this obligation. In no way does
Political Forum attempt to in
fluence one’s political thinking
except to expose him to all
aspects of an issue.
We are fortunate to have such
a committee on our campus.
Controversial and noncontrover-
sial issues are thus examined and
questioned in an educational at
mosphere. Supporting points and
flaws in a political theory are
brought into the open. Each
person attending our presenta
tions is invited to ask questions
of our guest speaker concerning
any point he might have made.
Political Forum strives to
stimulate thought and rational
dialogue in an academic atmos
phere. We invite and seek con
structive criticism from the uni
versity community. We can do
nothing less to serve the educa
tional purposes of this univer
sity.
Charles R. Hoffman
Chairman
Political Forum
★ ★ ★
Editor:
In last Wednesday’s election
the class of ’73 narrowed the
choice of candidates for Fresh
man class President from fifteen
people to two. I was one of the
selected two.
We are now faced with a run
off election. There is no need to
examine the general qualifica
tions of the candidates since I
believe that we both possess
the dedication, perseverance, and
interest needed to fulfill the of
fice. There is one item though,
that should not go un-noticed.
It is the question of who will
accomplish the most for our
class ?
Last week I stated a few of
my ideas for gaining an identity
for our class. They included a
newsletter and suggested more
activities for us. At the minimum
we should at least have a class
meeting. As it stands now, the
class of ’73 is never assembled
together. I agree that at a meet
ing of that size not a very lot
of things could be accomplished.
But, it would serve the purpose
of giving us an identity. There
we could look around at this
huge mass of people and say, this
is Our class, the class of ’73.
Tomorrow another decision will
be made concerning the success
of our class. Hopefully the per
son who plans to accomplish the
most will be elected.
Bill Darkoch,
Class of ’73
Candidate for President
TONIGHT
Sociology Club will hear Dr. V.
Hunacek, a professor at Charles
University, Czechoslovakia, speak
at 7 p.m. in the home of Dr. R. L.
Skribanek, 307 Gilchrist Ave.
WEDNESDAY
Panhandle Area Hometown
Club will have pictures taken for
the Aggieland at 8 p.m. in Room
304, Physics. Coat and tie or
class A uniforms should be worn,
Houston Hometown Club will
have pictures taken for tht
Aggieland, elect a sweetheart,
and give out tickets for a Christ
mas party at 7:30 p.m. at 2D,
MSC.
Orange County Hometown Club
will elect officers ‘and discuss
having a Christmas party at 7:3(1
p.m. in the MSC Fountain Room,
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