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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, September 9, 1970
THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Time for a change
A&M officially opens its 1970 football
season Saturday with a home game against
Wichita State. This means Friday night the
first midnight yell practice of the year will be
held.
It is almost too much to hope, but
maybe, just maybe, student behavior at the
midnight sessions will be better than it has
been in past years.
Head Yell Leader Keith Champman and
yell leader committee chairman J. Malon
Southerland have asked those participating in
yell practice or attending the game to make a
special effort to stay off of the new AstroTurf
field and Tartan surface track. Senior lines
and other traditions will continue, but extra
caution is urged.
Southerland also comments that com
plaints have been made about student con
duct at past midnight yell practices. General
rowdiness, rough language and drinking are a
few of the complaints. He urges positive
action by the students to prevent future
occurrances.
We agree fully with Southerland. While
we are all for having a good time, the
treatment shown women attending midnight
yell practice by a fair number of students is
uncalled for, as is the language used.
We do not believe showing up drunk
helps create a good time, but annoys others
and places an extra burden on a drunk Aggie’s
friends.
We urge the student body as a whole to
prove that Aggies still possess the school spirit
and pride they are so well known for. We also
urge the students to show that Aggies know
how to have a good time without behaving in
a manner befitting a jackass.
Guest editorial
Wrong people condemned
A recent article in The Houston
Chronicle noted briefly the fact that Linda
Kasabian, one of the members of the Charles
Manson family and star witness for the
Manson-LaBianca murder trial, is going to
write her memoirs of the “family” life she
shared with Manson and others.
While writing lengthy autobiographies
has been the vogue recently, and some have
been worthwhile, any such attempt by Mrs.
Kasabian could only be listed as a flagrant
effort to make a fast buck.
Crime and violence abound and the
media are not innocent of doing their share of
focusing public attention on such gory events.
The media do however, print the other side,
tending to take quite conservative views
toward law and order.
Mrs. Kasabian’s book will be chuck full
of all of the ingredients that make a bestseller
a bestseller these days. As the old saying goes
in the newspaper business, sex, crime and
violence sell papers. Of course, Mrs.
Kasabian’s pathetic story of simply being
lookout-man-turned-ratfink is always a good
office bet, too.
It all boils down to the consumer, or in
less economical terms, you, the paperback
reader. It is a proven fact that people under
30 make up the largest buying sector in the
nation. In other words, college students are
important determinants in the bestsellers’
race.
If it gripes you that a woman whose
illustrious accomplishments allegedly include
accomplice to murder, adulteress and other
heady stuff can make a million bucks on the
grim details of those accomplishments, then it
is up to you to stay away from her end of the
book rack.
On the other hand, if you are part of
that segment who enjoys the details of
Charlie, Linda and others making it on the
floor, then definitely this is the book of the
century for you.
Sex, crime and violence sell—but to
what? Maybe we’re wrong in condemning the
writers of such books as Mrs. Kasabian’s.
Perhaps it is we, the relatives of the blood
thirsty Roman plebians, who should be
condemned.
—The Daily Cougar
University of Houston
LISTEN UP
the bait forum ——
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TONIGHT
Range and Forestry Club will
hold a weiner roast at 6 p.m. in
Hensel Park area 2.
Texas A&M Sailing Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Geology room
105. The film “Gold Medal Sail
ors” will be shown. Anyone wish
ing to take sailing lessons should
attend.
THURSDAY
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will meet at '7:30 p.m.
in the Academic Building.
Alpha Phi Omega will hold a
smoker at 8:15 p.m. in the MSC
Assembly Room. Purpose of the
smoker is to introduce the serv
ice functions of APO to prospec
tive pledges.
Texas A&M Students for
George Bush will meet at 7:30
p.m. at the old College Station
city hall, 101 Church St. to or
ganize.
Texas A&M Polo Club will meet
at 7 p.m. in Animal Sciences room
203. No horses, equipment or ex
perience playing polo are required
to join the club.
Panhandle Area Hometown
Club will meet at 8:30 p.m. in
the MSC Art Room.
Mid County Hometown Club
will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC
lobby. It is an organizational
meeting for all persons from Port
Neches, Nederland and Groves.
SUNDAY
Alph Phi Omega will meet at
8 p.m. in MSC room 3D. Reports
on Campus Chest, Town Hall and
the smoker will be given.
TUESDAY
Range and Forestry Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Plant Sci
ences room 102.
WEDNESDAY
Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC
Assembly Room. Beginners class
will begin at the first meeting,
other groups play for fun and
prizes. An invitation is extended
to wives of students in all de
partments, faculty wives, female
students and women employes of
TAMU. For further information,
call 822-2655.
tonight on the tube
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EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Managing Editor Fran Haugen
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Women’s Editor Cindy Burleson
Sports Editor Clifford Broyles
As I paged through the 1970
edition of the Aggieland, I was
repeatedly impressed with the
tastelessness and vulgarity so
commonly associated with Aggies.
However, I have never before
realized the immaturity of my
fellow students, as expressed in
“good bull.” If the “Spirit of Ag
gieland” consists of a boy dressed
only in undershorts and a sheet
(p. 3), then don’t ask me why I
dont’ date “Aggies.” (see Aggie-
Patricia Bath
Class of ’71
Lee presents paper
to economics society
Wendy Lee, recently appointed
of economics, will present a
paper during the Second World
Congress of the Econometric So
ciety in London, Sept. 7-14. Her
paper is entitled, “A Model of
the Household Supply of Labor
over the Life Cycle: the Supply
of Married Women Teachers."
“Gosh, roommate, I realize you’re proud of our neat room,
but we ought to be able to sleep on our beds even though
it may mess them up temporarily!”
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