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Tuesday, September 1, 1970
BATTALION
Battalion letters policy
With this issue, The Battalion begins a
new school year, and a new staff begins
working. We thought now would be a good
time to explain our letters policy.
All letters must be signed and contain
the writer’s address, classification and phone
number. This is to help avoid past instances
where letters were run, and then it turned out
the writer did not exist. Since a letter also
could be run under another student’s name, it
is important we have information to check
out authors of letters. Names may be with
held by arrangement with the editor.
All letters must be typed on a 60-space
line and double-spaced. This is not meant to
discriminate against those who do not know
how to type, but is intended as an aid to us in
easier to read and correct, and aids us in
telling how long a letter is.
All letters must be 300 words or less.
Those longer will be cut to under 300 words.
Shorter letters also may be cut if we feel such
editing would improve the letter. We also
reserve the right to edit letters to fit available
space and to remove material that may exceed
the limits of good taste or the law.
Not all letters sent in will be published.
If we feel a letter has no merits, or enough
letters on a particular subject have been run,
we will, in effect, drop the subject unless
something new develops.
We do not mean to discourage readers
from writing letters to us, but we do wish to
do the best job of putting out a newspaper we
can, and the policies outlined, we think, will
getting the paper out. It makes the letter aid us in doing that.
Nation’s students show
community interest
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Stu- set up a similar position. At the versity and at the University of
dents participating in campus University of Washington a spe- Florida an environmental Action
demonstrations are far outnum- cial career counselor has been Group formed last year will con-
bered by students taking part in added to the staff to provide tinue as a state-wide clearing
volunteer activities aimed at im- more career possibilities for stu- house for ecology problems,
proving conditions in the com- dents and graduates seeking alter- Traditional areas of student
munity around them, university natives to employment in big community service—medical and
reports indicate. government or big business. legal aid, tutoring the disadvan-
A recent survey of the 101 uni- At the University of Tennessee, taged, and fund raising—are be-
versities holding membership in the Board of Trustees was re- ing revitalized by eager workers
the National Association of State cently reorganized to include an with new ideas.
Universities and Land-Grant Col- Urban Affairs and Service Com- University of Maine students
leges (NASULGC) revealed that mittee to handle, among other propose to recruit and train nutri-
student commitment to projects of things, student service to urban tion aides to assist senior citizens,
a social service nature will be at areas. University of California students
an all-time high on campus this The variety of new courses Davis are doing research on
fall. centered on community problems hunger in their county.
Activities have expanded to the solving that will be introduced on Aware of the effect of drug
extent that many campuses have NASULGC campuses this fall abuse on the community, the Uni
set up centralized offices to match further show the students’ en- versity of Montana is offering the
up student volunteers with com- thusiasm for providing construe- public an expanded course on the
munity needs. New courses, many tive service. The University of subject, and North Dakota State
of which call for community serv- Texas at Austin has added a conducts day-long Drug Problem
ice as part of the course require- course, “Community Involve- Solving Workshops in eight com
ments, also are springing up. ment,” focusing on university and munities.
One of the pioneers in the student activity in the life of the “Rapping” is an increasingly
formation of a community service community. popular service area. Students at
clearinghouse was Michigan State Operation Outreach, a new stu- Ml chigan State University, for
University, which last year had dent work-study and volunteer instance, opened a 24-hour refuge
10.000 students (one out of every service program, was started at ce [ 1 er ’ e a ’ w e i e
four MSU students) working the University of Florida last " lle runa ways^can come for shel-
through its Volunteer Programs winter. Approximately 25 stu- ter or JUS ^ to rap ‘ 1 1 G ^ m ‘
j i. i j • • u • i versity of Colorado, a student
uiiice. dents were placed in jobs in low J ’
, , . ■ oi. j *i ri i i - agency has a rapline for people
Clearing House Inc begun at. income areas. Studeji.t volunteers to when t J need hel
the University of Colorado five fro™ ^ university s project someone t<>
years ago, is another well-estab- SAMSON (Student Action Man- nrofessional field
lished coordinated undertaking. It agement for Socio-Economic Op- j.j + A f v 4- ’
has grown in size from 150 to portunity Network) also work on st “? ents . and facu !f "o'* . to-
1.000 students. Last spring the Outreach projects, designed to f‘ har ' n '«n,ty planning.
’ , , j a.- , n • , At Montana State, for example,
Clearing House was one of the “take education out of ivory tower ... . . , . , , 7
. , . . ., architect students are helping
community service efforts sur- vacuums and into the commun- tv, , tti a. T j- i •
, , , , ,, XT . .. „ * a.- -a.- a.t, t. i Black Feet Indians plan their
veyed by Mrs. Richard M. Nixon ity.” Activities run the whole .. , .... A/rrrr i
. , A . .. , a. a? • -a. ui- • community buildings. Mil plan-
in her nationwide campus tour. gamut of university public service , . ,
a. ners are at work on a proposed
This university now is planning efforts. housing project Qf 1>500 dwel]ings
a Community Action Center to They include: tutoring indigent for Cambridge's low income
house all community services for children; medical referral by med- o-rouns The Universtiv of North
juveniles as well as other new i ca l and nursing students; legal Carolina at Chapel Hill is assist-
programs. referral by law students; con- ing in the formation of a brand
The University of California at sumer education and protection; new community, “Soul City,” in
Santa Barbara also has impres- college and university referral nearby Warren County,
sive community service creden- with and in selecting and apply- Another example of community
tials, with 3,000 students donating ing to colleges; job clearing house service efforts is a project
approximately 160,000 hours in and training; recreation and day planned by University of Con-
community service, under the care assistants, and community necticut students. They want to
guidance of the UCSB Community aides for environmental enrich- enrich the cultural lives of the
Affairs Board in 1969-70. ment. inmates of correctional centers by
Rutgers University has ap- Predictably, environmental taking performing artists and ex-
pointed a community develop- problems particularly interest the hibits into the prisons. They hope
ment specialist who will take community-conscious. At the Uni- to interest prisoners in vocational
over the coordination of student versity of Virginia, a new presi- or avocational opportunities in the
volunteers this fall. North Caro- dential committee will explore arts while they are behind bars
lina A & T State University has such problems around the uni- or later.
Cbe Battalion
Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those Of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is
"•«<«»' wrilerj only. Th' Battalion is a non-tax-
supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enter- May, and once a week during summer school.
prise edited and operated by students as a university and
community newspaper. ^ ssoc j a f e( j p re ss, Texas Press Association
LETTERS POLICY The Associated Collekiate Press
Tetters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced,
an* no more than 300 words in length. They most be 'j'S
signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address:
arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to 77843°"’ Room 217 ’ Services Buildin ^ College Station,
Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, — —^
Crtllf nf> ^tntinn 'Tevnc 77X4? The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for
college oiaiion, i exas reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not
otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous
1969 TP A Award Winner origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas.
Lindsey, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of Liberal Arts;
yLZ'Ht-ZSXj; MS“""'. : „? r 'D^‘ Z B L Ch c l tS,nfc: EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
College of Agriculture. Managing Editor Fran Haugen
: : —; : —— r-— News Editor Hayden Whitsett
Women’s Editor Cindy Burleson
Francisco. Sports Editor Clifford Broyles
Lawyer of acquitted Marine
offers aid to 2 others in case
DA NANG, Vietnam (A*)—Af
ter winning the acquittal of a
young Marine accused of murder
ing 16 Vietnamese civilians, an
attorney pledged his help Sunday
to two others convicted earlier
in the same case.
Gene Stipe of McAlester, Okla.,
said that “if necessary,” he would
file friend of the court petitions
to aid the appeals of the two,
found guilty of the crimes of
which his client, Pvt. Randell D.
Herrod, 20, was cleared.
A 7-officer jury returned the
verdict Sunday after deliberating
three hours at the end of a 10-day
trial.
The finding came as a surprise
to most court observers, who had
heard Herrod described in testi
mony through three previous
trials as well as his own as the
patrol leader who ordered his men
to bring five Vietnamese women
and 11 children out of their homes
and to “kill them, kill them all.”
In Calvin, Okla., Herrod’s home
town, the verdict brought nearly
all of the 350 residents into the
streets in jubilation.
“It’s wonderful,” shoutedW,!
Graham, former Calvin school
superintendent. “Everybody it
town has been 100 per cent k
hind Randy—words can’t express
the feeling we have.”
Herrod himself had told new
men Saturday that he expected
to be convicted of premeditated
murder and given the mandator;
life sentence.
The immediate question raised
by the acquittal was its probabls
effect on the pending appeals o!
the two Marines convicted eariler,
They are Pvt. Michael
Schwarz, 21, Weirton, W. V«,
who was convicted of premedi
tated murder and given life, and
Pfc. Samuel G. Green, 18, of
Cleveland, Ohio, found guilty of
unpremeditated murder and sen
tenced to five years.
Both were convicted partly
the strength of similar testimony
by some of the same witnesses
called against Herrod.
A fourth Marine—Pfc. Thomas
R. Boyd, 19, of Evansville, M,
also was acquitted.
“After waiting this long, we may as well leave ’em up—
Christmas is just around the comer!”
on the tube
3:30
4:00
Numbers in ( ) denote
channels on the cable.
3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle
15 (12) Sesame Street
(NET) (repeat)
3 (5) Town Talk
3 (5) Dark Shadows
15 (12) University Instruc
tional
3 (5) Bewitched
3 (5) General Hospital
15 (12) Misterogers’
Neighborhood (NET)
3 (5) CBS Evening News
15 (12) Sesame Street
(NET)
3 (5) Evening News
3 (5) CBS Tuesday Night
Movie—Island in the Sun
Fish Drill Team
schedules tryouts
4:30
5:00
The Fish Drill Team will hold
practice Tuesday at 5 p.m. on the
drill field behind Duncan Dining
Hall, according to Dick Hanes,
drill team senior advisor.
“All interested fish should re
port at this time, in the uniform
of the day,” Hanes said.
Bulletin Board
5:30
6:00
6:30
University Women will meet
at 7 p.m. in the MSC Social Room.
The meeting will be a social hour
for all women students at A&M.
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See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40
221 S. Main, Bryan
823-0742
Staite Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111.
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
15 (12) Campus and Com
munity Today
15 (12) What’s New
(NET)
15 (12) Folk Guitar
15 (12) Downeast Smile-in
(NET)
3(5) Governor and J. J.
15 (12) Viewpoint
3 (5) Marcus Welby, M.D.
15 (12) NET Special —
Senators’ Dissent on Viet
nam
10:00 3 (5) Final News
10:30 3 (5) ABC Movie —
Quarantined
Food Services gains
new administrator
Paul G. Davis has joined the
staff as administrative assistant
in the Food Services Department.
Food Services Director Fred
W. Dollar said Davis will work
closely with students in seeking
ways to improve service. He also
will coordinate personnel train
ing.
Davis, who received a business
administration degree here in
1950, recently retired from the
Army as a lieutenant colonel.
GET A KICK
If you get a kick out of saving money and enjoying
life you will want to dine at the MSC. Special meal $0.99
each evening from 5 to 7 p. m. Compounded saving when
you purchase DISCOUNT MEAL COUPON BOOK.
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