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College Station, Texas
Friday, May 8, 1970
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By Dave Mays
Battalion Editor
Last Sept. 17, Senate Presi
dent Gerry Geistweidt made a
suggestion that surprised some
senators and touched off a minor
flap among law enforcement of
ficials.
Geistweidt proposed that the
senate establish a Legal Rights
Commission, a panel that would
advise A&M students who found
themselves in trouble with the
law and would check into re
ports of student “harrassment”
by local police.
The commission Geistweidt en
visioned would be composed of
professors, students and others
who had a knowledge of law
and would give students infor
mation and legal advice, and per
haps even grant them loans for
lawyer fees.
And, though local police offi
cers were quick to deny that
students were harrassed in any
way, senators agreed to estab
lish a committee to determine the
extent of the need students had
for such a commission.
More than eight months have
passed since the committee was
established with David Zoellner,
civil engineering graduate stu
dent, serving as chairman.
Zoellner told The Battalion
Thursday that, though progress
has been slow this year, he is
very optimistic that the rights
commission can perform a valu
able service to A&M students.
The need for such a commis
sion has been clearly established,
Zoellner said.
“It is a fact that college stu
dents are the easiest prey for
peace officers,” he said, adding
that this is true here and in prac
tically every other college town.
“There is definitely an injus
tice here,” Zoellner continued.
“There is not equal enforcement
of the law.”
For example, he said, the po
lice, if they want to wait long
enough, can catch a college stu
dent illegally purchasing beer at
a carry-out.
What happens in almost every
case, however, is that they arrest
the student for minor in posses
sion but do not arrest the owner
of the store who illegally sold
the beer to him, Zoellner said.
This, he said, is unequal en
forcement of the laws.
Students who are arrested and
charged with some offense very
often do not know what rights
they have, and this, Zoellner
says, is the greatest need the
commission could satisfy.
“The courtroom is a very hos
tile environment,” he explained,
“and a student who doesn’t know
his rights before his trial is very
seldom informed of them there.”
Zoellner’s committee has in
vestigated 40 student cases al
ready and is in the process of
writing up reports on each one.
“We’ve probably helped stu
dents in about 25 of these cases,
mostly just by telling them what
alternatives they have,” he re
called. “Most of the students
faced charges of minor in pos
session, driving while intoxicated,
drunk in a public place, or
speeding.”
A&M professors who are also
lawyers have told me that they
are continually swamped by stu
dents asking legal advice con
cerning some problem,” Zoellner
added.
“This is where we can help,”
he continued. “We’re not trying
to practice law or promote any
causes,” he said, “only provide
information.”
Selling the idea of a Legal
Rights Commission to the uni
versity or the community has
not been easy, Zoellner said. But
he is quick to add that no one
he has talked to has refused to
consider the concept entirely.
Zoellner’s committee met with
the late President Earl Rudder
last fall and, though he said he
I Listen Up the batt forum I
Editor:
I would like to offer my con
gratulations to the Board of Di
rectors and Mr. Gene Stallings
on their farsighted investment in
the future. It is obvious to all
concerned that the transfer of
some $114,000 from the New
Men’s Dormitory Reserve to the
project to put artificial turf on
Kyle Field and the practice field
is just the type of expenditure
that is needed during this time
of rapid growth at Texas A&M.
Since all of our present dormi
tory facilities are more than ade
quate in both number and luxury,
it is good that our farseeing lead
ership has seen fit to expend over
$700,000 on a stadium that is
filled at least once every two
years.
The fact that all of the dorms
have been built since 1910 and
that they are constantly being
maintained in a manner that is
conducive to good study and liv
ing conditions speaks for itself.
Most administrators are prob
ably aware that there are too
many books in the library, any
way; that none of the streets
need paving; that campus em
ployees who are supporting fam
ilies on less than minimum wages
are grossly overpaid; that no new
classroom space is needed; that
no better professors could be
lured to A&M by better salary
offers; etc. These things are
“known” to everyone who is in
terested, as the Board of Direc
tors surely must be.
Given the generally excellent
financial conditions of our uni
versity, it is obvious that the
decision to transfer these funds
is in the best interest of a large
majority of the students, both
present and future. With our tra
dition of forming a senior line
at half-time, it is certain that
each and every student will bene
fit from this investment, if he
goes to the game, if he wants to
run up and down several hundred
feet of ramps and stands, and if
the benevolent athletic depart
ment will allow the students to
walk on “their” new turf.
Congratulations again.
I. Brent Carrell ’69
Editor’s Note: System Comptrol
ler W. C. Freeman told The Bat
talion that the money was “bor
rowed” from the account and
would be paid back before the
contract on the new dormitory
complex was awarded.
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Editor:
In reply to John McAuley’s
most recent joke in the Batt, let
me say that I support President
Nixon’s 18 mile “invasion” of
Cambodia. Now let me correct
one of the many misconceptions
the CCOC seems to have. No
where in the constitution is it
stated that the Commander-in-
Chief of our nation’s armed
forces must have congressional
permission before he take the mil
itary action he feels necessary.
The President must and does have
the power to send troops any
where and at any time without
the delay of waiting for a session
of Congress. I’m sure, however,
that Hanoi is saluting the CCOC
and the many other student
groups whoe are helping to as
sure a Communist victory in
Vietnam and the defeat of the
United States around the world.
But, I’m tired of seeing Ameri
can flags burn at home. It’s about
time to see traitors bum instead.
Steve Timmons
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Editor:
I find it most difficult to be
lieve that college and university
administrators all over the nation
are allowing themselves to be
coerced into closing down their
schools by a small group of rad
icals. It is also hard for me to
believe that student senates are
condoning this action by support
ing student boycotts and strikes.
I am just as shocked as anyone
else about what happened in Ohio
last Monday, and I regret that
four students lost their lives in
this incident, but it must be re
membered that those who were
killed were in the front of a mob
that was throwing rocks, bricks,
and Heaven knows what else at
the National Guardsmen, a mob
that had them outnumbered and
was trying to surround them. The
National Guardsmen were called
out to keep the peace, not to be
targets for radicals who wanted
to practice their brick throwing
techniques.
Any administration that lowers
the flag in honor of these students
is doing a greater disservice to
the flag than most radicals in
any way, much less that of lower
ing the American flag to half
mast.
Peaceful demonstrations are
one thing, but brick throwing
riots are something entirely dif
ferent.
Stanley Collins ’73
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believes the administration was
simply “humoring him,” he was
encouraged by Rudder's proposal
that they meet jointly with po
lice and government officials
from both cities.
The meeting never took place,
Zoellner said, largely due to the
president’s illness and later death.
Zoellner said he has received
less encouragement from people
he has talked to in the com
munity, but admits he has not
been able to contact a number of
district, county and city officials.
He said he plans to see most
of them this summer.
Zoellner said he did not talk
to Bill Payne, president of the
Brazos County State Bar Associ
ation, who, while appearing sym
pathetic, said he did not believe
any special concessions should
be given to students.
Zoellner said he had asked
Payne if he could make a pres
entation at a bar association
meeting to ask members to ac
cept cases on a referral basis,
but received little encourage
ment.
After lawyers are two or more
years out of law school, they
tend to become too money-ori
ented, Zoellner complained.
“They would rather not an
swer questions or take nit-pick
ing cases,” he said.
He added that he could see the
lawyer’s side of the issue also,
but suggested that the Legal
Rights Commission could relieve
local lawyers of many of their
minor, but more bothersome
cases.
For the commission to be effec
tive next year, he said, it would
need to secure the cooperation of
a lawyer somehow.
Perhaps, he suggested, the uni
versity’s lawyer could be paid
something extra for giving legal
advice.
In any case, he said, anything
the commission advises students
must come from a reliable source,
and this means a lawyer must
be consulted.
Bulletin Board
SUNDAY
Alpha Phi Omega will meet
at 8 p.m. in Room 3D Memorial
Student Center to hear a report
on the arthritis drive and to
prepare for next year’s projects.
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in Hensel Park for the spring
picnic and awards presentation.
Tickets are $1.25 and can be
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Iota Lambda Sigma will meet
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officers. Richard Pulaski will
speak on vocational education.
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