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College Station, Texas
Thursday, September 10, 1970
THE BATTALION
Show an interest
Tonight two student governing bodies
hold their first meetings of the year. The
Student Senate will meet in the conference
room on the second floor of the library at
7:30. The Civilian Student Council meets at
7 in room 3D of the Memorial Student
Center.
Student government can be only as
effective as those it governs want it to be. It
has made great strides here in the past few
On other campuses
By James R. Jackson
Well, another year’s about to
get rolling, and there’s going to
be a lot happening at A&M as
well as elsewhere. If you want
to try and keep up with this col
umn I can give you the lowdown
on some of it, but, of course, not
all of it.
I suppose all schools have
things in common, but one in
particular, and one that has af
fected just about all schools, is
book buying. From simple ob
servation and participation you,
as a student, can realize the scope
of this problem. I guess every
student on every campus has one
or more gripes about the book
buying system — even at A&M.
Well, if you come up with a solu
tion I would be happy to know
just what you’re supposed to do
when all the bookstores have sold
out of the one book you need.
Rejoice, I suppose, would be a
good solution because you would
not have to stand in a line a mile
long only to wait and pay $15
for something that’s worth only
50 cents at the end of the semes
ter.
One suggestion offered recent
ly is that somebody start a card
file. Each student would keep
the book from the previous sem
ester that he wanted to sell for
more than any of the local stores
offer.
The owner of the book would
then go to the card file, make
out a card with the author’s
name and title of the book, and
place it in the file alphabetically
according to the name of the
author. He would be sure to put
his phone number on the card so
a potential buyer could call for
the book after going through the
file.
University Center’s newstand.
The big three are Playboy, Ever
green, and Ebony. Well, it looks
as though Tech students will be
forced to seek enlightment from
goodies such as Better Homes &
Gardens and Readers Digest.
You know what “they” say:
“Bliss is ignorance,” or was it
“Ignorance is bliss,” or does it
matter ?
This system is working beauti
fully at San Diego State College
in California. Well, it’s an idea.
Maybe someone with initiative
like the Student Senate will get
it off next semester. All it would
involve is a couple of card boxes
placed conveniently in the MSC
maybe, or anywhere for that
matter.
Speaking of books, the admin
istration at Lubbock has can
celled orders for three magazines
which were to be included on the
Another administrator has
called it quits recently. The pres
ident of the University of Okla
homa, after attacks had been di
rected toward his administration
by the governor, has resigned
and accepted a position with the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
“I don’t have any responsibili
ties or authority,” he said with
respect to his new job.
In response to a report that a
committee appointed by regents
to select a new president had ten
faculty members, two students,
and two alumni, he replied, “If
that were the make up, ... I
would suggest there are too few
students.” Power to the people!
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT . TUESDAY to organize and plan for the
Texas A&M Model Airplane Debate Club will meet at 7:30 Thanksgiving party.
Club will meet at 8:15 p.m. in p.m. in Academic Building room Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
Physics room 201. The meeting 306. Anyone interested in foren- meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC
is to enroll new members and sics is invited to attend. Assembly Room. Beginners class
organize. AGC will meet at 7:30 p.m. in will begin at the first meeting,
El Paso Hometown Club will the Architecture Auditorium. other groups play for fun and
meet at 7:30 p.m. in MSC room Contemporary Arts Committee prizes. An invitation is extended
3B. All new students are in- will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 119 Lee to wives of students in all de-
vited. St. in College Station. partments, faculty wives, female
Texas A&M Agriculturist will Range and Forestry Club will students and women employes of
meet at 7:30 in Services Building meet at 7:30 p.m. in Plant Sci- TAMU. For further information,
room 227. All students in the ences room 102. call 822-2655.
College of Agriculture interested WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
in helping produce this year’s DeWitt-Lavaca County Home- Austin Hometown Club will
magazines, is invited to attend. town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. meet at 7:30 p.m. in MSC room
San Angelo-West Texas Home- j n Academic Building room 203 3D.
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in the Academic Building.
Alpha Phi Omega will hold a "l^T A A 1 "1 "1 *1
smoker at 8:15 p.m. in the MSC IXI Z\ ^ f\ I I OOT1 I
Assembly* Room. Purpose of the WA-i. AAAAAOA^
smoker is to introduce the serv- S p A CE CENTER, HOUSTON descend upon a radio signal, but
ice unctions o O to prospec- (i?>) —^ runaway scientific balloon numerous radio commands have
tive p e ges. continued to drift westward out brought no results.
Texas A&M Students for 0 f control and officials said it m, ^ i, n • u •
r*,,..!, .„;ii rr.oo _ The wayward balloon is being
nm ^t^hf oH CoTlele Stalion + monitored by instruments on a
^ t or The 600-foot balloon, carrying truck and in an airplane . 0ffi _
city hall, 101 Church St. to or- a 1)2 oo pound scientific payload, cials are following it by truck
ganize. was launched from Minneapolis, „ > , , , , ..
Texas A&M Polo Club will meet Minn., Friday. Scientists planned i an( j s
at 7 p.m. in Animal Sciences room to bring it to earth automatically
203. No horses, equipment or ex- on Sunday, but the descent sys-
perience playing polo are required tern apparently malfunctioned and f* • 1 11
to join the club. the balloon wouldn’t come down.
Panhandle Area Hometown Officials said Wednesday the S S E ^ VyAMU
Club will meet at 8:30 p.m. in balloon passed over Remond, Ore., #
the MSC Art Room. a t 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday at Cffc'I'C Y10*
Mid County Hometown Club 88,000 feet. It was expected to
will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC continue drifting westward. ^
lobby. It is an organizational “The way it’s looking now, it Organization of the Aggie
meeting for all persons from Port may not come down until Friday Wives Bridge Club is scheduled
Neches, Nederland and Groves. night,” said Zack Osborne, a f° r 7:30 p.m., Sept. 16 in the
scientist with the National Aero- Memorial Student Center Assem-
, FRIDAY nautics and Space Administration. bl y Room, reports club reporter
Fashion Group of TAMU “We apparently have an extremely Carolyn Lockhart.
Women’s Social Club will hold tight balloon.” Costs will be explained and be-
registration after 2 p.m. meeting He said it was not losing gas ginners classes will be organized
of the social club in the MSC. as had been expected. a t the first meeting, she said.
SUNDAY The balloon had drifted 1,500
Alph Phi Omega will meet at miles by Wednesday morning. MrS- Lockhart noted the club is
8 p.m. in MSC room 3D. Reports The balloon and its payload are fl^ltv
on Campus Chest, Town Hall and part of a project cal ^ ed Cosmic ^ lveS ’ COe ^ Women faculty
the smoker will be given. Ray Emulsion p las t ic Experiment. 3 employees.
MONDAY The payload contains three dif- The club has game night each
Iota Lambda Sigma will meet ferent cosmic ray detectors Wednesday from 7:30-10:30 p.m.
at 7:30 p.m. in room 107 of the mounted in a 12 by 20-foot pack- Special events include a covered
M.E. shops. a ge. dish dinner, couples party and end
Semper Fidelis will meet at Officials said the experiment of semester tournament, Mrs.
7:30 p.m. in Physics room 146. was designed to automatically Lockhart added.
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
years, and shows promise of making even
more progress this year. But it needs your
support.
You voted for candidates last spring;
why not attend some student government
meetings, and see how your representatives
are performing? Talk to your elected voice
and let him know how you feel on issues.
The saying, “The wheel that squeaks
the loudest gets the grease,” still holds.
“It’s been hard holding back—I’m glad next Wednesday’s
the last day they can drop a course!”
tonight on the tube
Numbers in ( ) denote
channels on the cable.
3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle
15 (12) Sesame Street
(NET) (Repeat of Wed
nesday)
3:30 3 (5) Town Talk
4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows
4:30 3 (5) Bewitched
5:00 3 (5) General Hospital
15 (12) Misterogers’
Neighborhood
5:30 3 (5) CBS News
15 (12) Sesame Street
(NET)
6:00 3 (5) Evening News
6:30 3 (5) Family Affair
15 (12) Campus and Com
munity Today
7:00 3 (5) Billy Graham
16 (12) What’s New
(NET)
7:30 15 (12) French Chef
(NET)
8:00 3 (5) Movie—Crooked
Road
15 (12) Creative Person
(NET)
8:30 15 (1) Cabbages and
Kings
9:00 3 (5) NET Festival
10:00 3 (5) Final News
15 (12) Chicago Festival
(NET)
10:30 3 (5) Tom Jones
11:30 3 (5) The Detectives
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