right on!
Sleep On, Student Senate
By John McAuley
Last week’s Student Senate
meeting has invited comment
from all sides over the hotly con
tested issue of the “place” of
women at Texas A&M. The prob
lem of lack of female represen
tation in the Senate body is one
that most can sympathize with.
But the support for this repre
sentation has seemed to have di
vided into two misdirected op
posing factions: those who want
an ex-officio University Woman’s
representative; and those who are
against ex-o-fficio members per
se, and who want women mem
bers elected through the current
system of college misrepresenta
tion.
Accusations by supporters of
the UW ex—officio that their
opponents are repressed sexual
bigots (i.e., “sexists”) are super
ficial analyses of the reasoning
of this substantial minority of
senators.
In the words of Marcus Hill, an
accused “sexist,” the women to be
placed on the Senate should not
employ “back-door” tactics, but
should try instead to be selected
by their constituents (on this
nearly all-male campus) to of
fices such as those in the newly
created College of Education.
Kent Caperton, self-styled lead
er of support for the UW position,
argued that the Senate will dem
onstrate to the student body that
it is fulfilling its responsibility to
represent all the students by the
admission of this token office to
its roll
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At the same time that this
fight raged on the Senate floor,
Nell Divinsky, A&M co-ed (“Mag
gie,” “chick,” “oppressed minori
ty,” “Aunt Jemima,” etc., ad in
finitum, ad nauseum. . . .), was
sitting on the couch of her Col
lege Station home with Whoever-
Is-This-Week watching the
“Dating Game” while consuming
Cokes and potato chips and talk
ing about the Junior Ball.
“I don’t understand why I’m
being called pro-corps: I mean,
I do date corps boys a lot, but
I would consider dating a non-
reg. In fact, I talked to one just
yesterday ”
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Meanwhile, it was late in the
evening at the Architecture
Building and a very tired Jim
Stephenson stood up to speak.
At the March 6-8 State Conven
tion of the Young Democrats
Clubs of Texas, he said, the
A&M delegation from the local
off-campus unrecognized club
submitted a resolution to cen
sure Texas A&M University for
discrimination against minorities
groups and women; and for the
suppression of the freedoms of
speech, assembly, and of the
press. The presence in the Sen
ate chamber of several of the
delegates to that convention, in
cluding newly elected Second
Vice President of YD Clubs of
Texas Richard Worth, was made
known to the Senators. The mo
tion to suspend the rules in order
to let Worth speak was defeated
substantially, possibly through
the inability of many members to
muster enough strength (or
guts?) to raise their hands.
The student body was therefore
still uncertain as to the A&M
delegation’s reasons for the cen
sure resolution and as to what
actions have been taken on it.
The Student Senate was the ears
and the eyes of the students in
this case of censure by the YD’s.
The ears were stuffed with cot
ton and the eyes closed in deep
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Editor:
In hope that I’m not overdoing
matters by bringing up the sub
ject of whooping again, I would
like to go on record as being
against whooping entirely. As
far as good—bull goes, there
seems to be enough of that with
out the continuance of such a de
grading or questionable practice
as “cat calling”. If the Aggie
co-eds were to wear somewhat
less fashionable clothes, with
longer hemlines, there would still
be some other excuse for doing
it. Possibly part of the trouble
might be that one feels the desire
to whoop because there are few
women around here. It’s a vicious
circle; few women want to come
just because they know what de
grading treatment they can ex
pect before, and if, they come
here - . i i
This; sub-culture dr' Agkie^ul-
tufe of whooping is' carried bn,
not only against females, but is
directed against other segments
of our campus population. Many
are the butt of it because of a
beard or mustache or long hair,
or even non-khaki, non-cowboy
clothes. There are some seg
ments who would have all of us
wearing white side-walled hair,
and certainly without beards and
mustaches. There are students
who want to wear more fashion
able clothes than baggy, khaki
uniforms, but to wear a pair of
flare bottom pants here often in
vites more whooping from those
Aggies from Duncan than even
the tinest mini-skirt on a female.
Is this the normal price for
thinking, acting, and dressing the
way you want? When someone
has to tell me when I can change
from fall to winter dress to spring
and summer dress, and also what
to wear every morning and when
to take it off at night, I shall
turn in my flare-bottom pants
and my peace symbol, and shave
my beard and submit myself to
the life of a robot.
Timothy E. Huchton
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Editor:
We the undersigned strongly
disagree with the letter printed
in the March 12 edition of The
Battalion. Texas A&M has re
cently been made a coeducational
institution. However, the coeds
have been ostracized on this cam
pus too long. We respect the
coeds on this campus and we feel
that they have the right to pur
sue an education at this institu
tion on equal basis with the other
students.
J. Dan Nixon ’72
Lee Bower ’72
(Editor’s Note: This letter was
also signed by 29 others.)
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Editor:
To the 6 boys who wrote you
last* week •
I would like to explain a few
things to the six boys (I use the
term loosely) who wrote you last
week concerning the co-ed’s of
Texas A&M University.
I think that the writers of the
letter have a misconception about
the co-ed’s. They seem to feel
that the women want to change
A&M and destroy what we have
here. This, gentlemen, is the
wrong conception. Our women
want to merely be accepted on
our campus. They ask for nothing
more than what they should ex
pect in proper courtesies by men.
It’s time we accept the co-eds
as a part of A&M because they
are here to stay.
Therefore, face the inveitable,
accept the co-eds and on’t re
mind us of our Texas Highway
System with the old phrase about
Highway 6. I ask you to do
something constructive instead of
destructive. And to HELP bring
girls to A&M instead of being
detrimental to them.
You may ask, what can be
done to help the co-ed Aggies. I
offer to you the example of what
the Freshman Class is doing. The
Class of ’73 has initiated a pro
gram with the consent of the
Freshman Council to help the
freshman co-eds. lincluded in the
plan of the program is a meeting
of all Freshman Co-eds to be held
on March 23. The purpose of this
meeting is to help the women
recognize themselves, so that they
might gain the recognition of
others.
This is perhaps a very small
step in the making of a truly
co-ed campus, but at least it is a
step in the right direction. I
hope that everyone will follow
the example to be set by the Class
or '73.
Bill Darkoch
President
Class of ’73
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Editor:
Concerning the letter to Thurs
day’s Battalion it seems as if the
six gentlement who signed it are
all seniors in the Corps. Con
sidering the entire university, the
Corps is a minority, and the
women are running a close second
in number. Perhaps the women
of this university should tell those
seniors with the T hate you’-look
to head for Highway 6 them
selves
Jerry Kirk
Che Battalion
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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 17,
Bulletin Board
TUESDAY
Business Administration Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Blue Flame Room Lone Star Gas
Co. Dr. John T. Holbrook will
speak on “Drug Abuse.”
Porth Arthur Hometown Club
will meet at 8:15 p.m. in the lobby
of the MSC. Pictures will be tak
en for the Aggieland; corps mem
bers should wear class A winter
uniforms and civilians coats and
ties.
WEDNESDAY
Austin Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in front of the
MSC. Pictures will be -taken for
the Aggieland.
Panhandle Area Hometown
Club will meet at 6 p.m, at
Zarape’s.
THURSDAY
Dallas Hometown Club will
meet at 8 p.m. in Rooms 2A-B
MSC. Plans for the Easter party
will be discussed.
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tonight on the tube
Numbers in
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General Hospital
8:00
15
(12)
Misteroger’s
Neighborhood
8:30
5:30
3
(5)
CBS Evening
News
9:00
15
(12)
Sesame Street
6:00
3
(5)
News
6:30
3
(5)
Lancer
10:00
15
(12)
Campus and
10:30
7:00 15 (12)
7:30 3 (5)
15 (12)
15 (12)
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15 (12)
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15 (12)
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Community Today
What’s New
Red Skelton
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Conversations with
Eric Hoffer
Governor & JJ
Viewpoint
Marcus Welby,
M.D.
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TX Final News
Movie: “The Love
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TOWN HALL presents
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Time Magazine — “Incomparable! Dazzling
Bravura!”
Chicago Tribune — “Sets Orchestral Hall
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BRYAN CIVIC AUDITORIUM
March 17, 1970, 8:00 p. m.
Rotary Ticket Holders — You are admitted FREE
and invited to sit between rows 1 and 14.
Town Hall Series Ticket Holders — You are admitted
FREE and invited to sit between rows 15 - 28.
A&M Student Activity Card Holders — You are admitted FREE
and invited to sit between rows 15 - 28. You may take the FREE
bus leaving the MSC at 7:00 and 7:40 p. m. to and from the
performance.
For tickets and information call MSC Student
Program Office at 845-4671.
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