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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, April 15, 1970
THE BATTALION
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Editor:
In yesterday's Batt several al
legations were leveled at the
Fifth Wheel Committee. These
allegations were false and totally
unfounded. The fact that they
carried with them no justifica
tion or rational proof, either by
logical argument or example, in
dicates the nature and invalidity
of the charges.
The Fifth Wheel is not a politi
cal machine composed of a small
clique of friends attempting to
gam power at the expense of the
interests of the student body. It
is instead a group of concerned
students who among themselves
hold divergent political views
representing all perspectives of
the campus. However, these in
dividuals formed the Fifth Wheel
Committee because they adhere
to one basic principle: that stu
dent government has in the past
failed to be representative of and
responsive to the needs and de
sires of the student body.
The Fifth Wheel is campaign
ing as an organization because in
this way we can more effectively
communicate this basic principle
to the student body. If you ques
tion the merits or motives of any
Fifth Wheel candidate we urge
you to get in touch with him,
talk with him and decide for
yourself whether this candidate
is the most interested and quali
fied man.
The Fifth Wheel is not asking
for a straight ticket or “bloc”
vote. It asks instead that the
voters examine the qualifications
of each individual candidate,
compare the merits and vote ac
cordingly. The Fifth Wheel’s
primary objective is to see that
next year’s student government
is composed of concerned and
qualified students who represent
all aspects of the campus and
who can work together effec
tively.
In his letter Punte referred to
the “extravagant signs” in front
of the MSC and Sbisa. These
signs were painted and erected
by concerned students who sacri
ficed their Easter vacations to
remain on campus to work. This
effort is indicative of the con
cern and willingness to work
of Fifth Wheel members.
Incidentally, our inquiries to
the Housing Office, grade rec
ords, and local phone books have
revealed no one named Carroll
Punte.
Kent Caperton
Candidate for President
of Student Senate
Roger Miller
Candidate for Vice-President
of Student Senate
Apollo Limping Homeward
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ill effect at levels as high as
22 mm.
To help matters, the ground
suggested a makeshift remedy.
It told the astronauts to rig a
lithium hydroxide canister to the
air system with a plastic tape
and cloth, maybe even an old
sock.
Apollo 13 started the long trip
home Tuesday night after swing
ing around the backside of the
moon at an altitude of 156 miles
and looping back toward earth.
Two hours later the crew trig
gered the Aquarius engine for
four minutes to accelerate their
speed.
Little was said about the moon,
which Lovell and Haise had hoped
to visit as the third team of
moon-landing astronauts.
Lovell made a brief comment
that it looked “like the volcano
fields in Hawaii.” That’s where
the astronauts simulated moon
walking while training for the
mission.
Several hours later, with the
moon more than 15,000 miles
away, Haise reported: “Sure
enough the moon is getting small
er.” He later snapped some pic-
Fitzhugh Gives Inaugural
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tee,” Caperton said. “I was shock
ed that anything we have done
in the past or proposed in our
platform could be construed as a
union against anything. We have
stated time and time again that
we are simply pro-student, pro
student government and pro-Tex
as A&M.
“I spoke with Tom following
the banquet,” he said, “and he
assured me that he didn’t aim
his comments at the Fifth Wheel.
I guess I really don’t have any
choice but to accept his word
on this. However, I would be in
terested in finding out just who
he is talking about.”
Fitzhugh also said that the cen
tral reception foyer and lounge
in the expanded MSC building
will be dedicated to the memory
of the late A&M president Earl
Rudder.
“This student lounge will
stretch two stories in height and
encompass an area four times
larger than all currently existing
lounge space in the MSC,” Fitz
hugh said. “It will be the focal
point and central feature of the
new MSC, and will signify the
dedication of the man who de
voted his life to the advancement
of an institution whose hallmark
is excellence.”
tures of it.
In other developments:
—Experts said the best theory
on the cause of the Monday
spacecraft rupture was that a
short circuit in either a fan or a
heater associated with the oxy
gen tank allowed pressure to
build to 1,500 pounds per square
inch, causing the tank to burst.
—The third stage of the Sa
turn 5 rocket that boosted the
astronauts into space last Satur
day crashed on the moon as
scheduled with a force equal to
11 tons of TNT, exciting a seis
mometer left by the Apollo 12
astronauts. The impact vibrated
the instrument for four hours,
and was expected to help scien
tists probing the moon’s internal
structure.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
The Campus Committee of Con
cern is sponsoring a discussion of
student rights featuring Engi
neering Dean Fred Benson and
Philosophy Department Head,
Dr. Manuel Davenport at 7:30
p.m. in the UCCF building.
The Hillel Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. at the Hillel House.
Plans will be made concerning
the banquet and ball to be held
April 18.
The Irving Hometown Club will
meet at 8:00 p.m. in Room 2B
Memorial Student Center. Offi
cers will be elected for next year.
Panhandle Area Hometown Club
will meet at Oakridge Smoke
house at 6:00 p.m.
Irving Hometown Club will
meet at 8:00 p.m. in Room 3B
of the Memorial Student Center.
Texas A&M Advertising Society
will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Casa
del Sol game room. Ad Recogni-
Numbers in ( ) denote
channels on the cable.
5:00 3 (5) General Hospital
5:30 3 (5) CBS Evening News
6:00 3 (5) News
6:30 3 (5) Hee Haw
7:30 3 (5) A Boy Named Steve
8:00 3 (5) Johnny Cash Show
9:00 3 (5) Hawaii Five-O
10:00 3 (5) Final News
10:30 3 (5) It Takes A Thief
tion Week will be made.
American Chemical Society will
meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday
Inn for socials. Dinner will be
served at 7:30 p.m. and at 8:30
p.m. Dr. T. H. Grindstaff will
speak on holography.
The Symposium for Environ
mental Awareness will meet at
7 p.m. in Room 208 Architecture.
THURSDAY
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in the rotunda of the Academic
Building. Announcements will be
made concerning a party on April
18.
Mid-County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
lobby of the Memorial Student
Center.
FRIDAY
The Chess Committee of the
Memorial Student Center will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B
of the MSC.
SATURDAY
The Business Administration
Wives Club will sponsor a spe
cial showing of “In Search of the
Castaways” at 9:30 a.m. at the
Campus Theater. Admissions are
children, 50 cents, and adults, 75
cents. A drawing will be held.
Geology Wives Club will have
a picnic at 4:30 p.m. in William
son Park.
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