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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 16, 1970
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Making the films
with Boh Stump
. A compacted surface, two inches of asphalt, three
inches of foam rubber and one layer of AstroTurf, but do
you think it’ll keep the nut grass from coming through?”
“Z" It means “He is
still alive.” The letter lay freshly
painted on the pavement when
the police arrived to break up the
gathering.
The slain deputy’s wife looked
down on the scene from a hotel
room several stories up and
watched as the police beat upon
the crowd with their billy sticks
and arrested student after stu
dent. Soon they were all gone,
those people who had come below
and painted that single letter of
faith in the concrete driveway.
But he was dead now, the
deputy, her husband and the
father of their children, and what
had just occurred below would not
bring him back to her. It could
only offer a hope that the deputy
and his cause would not be for
gotten.
“Z” is about the efforts of a
small, minority political party
with a pitch for peace to gain
the support of the populace and
win the upcoming elections. With
in the party the major control
lies with those who want to reach
their goals by peaceful means.
There are a few members who
would like to employ the same
brutal tactics as the opposition
to achieve their objectives.
The present government is try
ing to maintain the status quo and
silence the dissenting faction
threatening to gain control of the
masses like it has already influ
enced the students and intellec
tuals of the country.
In their attempts to harrass the
peace party into giving up their
cause, two henchmen from the
national police manage to kill a
key figure within the party and
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
A&M Sailing Team will meet
at 7 p.m. in room 206 of the Civil
Engineering Building.
IEEE will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Bolton Hall room 301.
DeWitt-Lavaca County Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Academic Building room 203
to organize and plan for the
Thanksgiving party.
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.
Finance Association will meet
at 8 p.m. in room 226 of the
library. M. L. Everett, president
of Washington County State
Bank, will speak.
Young Republicans will meet at
7:45 in the Webb Room of the
A&M Methodist Church. Voter
registration, and Bush and Eggers
campaigns will be discussed.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
rooms 3B-C of the MSC for an
organizing session.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 2B
of the MSC.
Junior Class Council will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in room 2A of the
MSC.
THURSDAY
Young Americans for Freedom
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the old
city hall, 101 Church St.
Texas A&M Model Airplane
Club will meet at 8:15 in room
202 of the Physics Building. Of
ficers will be elected, and Sat
urday fly-in will be discussed.
Brazos Ornothological Society
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
second floor meeting room of the
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6:00
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Evening News
Bryan Building and Loan Associa
on the
cable.
6:30
3
( 5 )
Chevrolet Special
tion Building'. The program will
3:00
3
(5)
Gomer Pyle
15
(12)
Campus and Com
be sharing of experiences with
15
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Sesame Street
munity Today
birds since the May meeting.
(NET) (Repeat
7:00
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What’s New
Membership is open to anyone
Tuesday)
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interested in birds.
3:30
3
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Town Talk
7:30
3
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It Was a Short
Dallas Hometown Club will
4:00
3
( 5 )
Dark Shadows
Summer, Charlie
meet at 8 p.m. in room 2A of the
15
(12)
University
Brown
MSC. Plans for SMU game will
Instructional
15
(12)
NET Playhouse
be discussed.
4:30
3
( 5 )
Bewitched
8:00
3
( 5 )
Everly Brothers
Houston Hometown Club will
5:00
3
(5)
General Hospital
9:00
3
( 5 )
Hawaii Five-0
meet at 7:45 in rooms 2C-D of
15
(12)
Misterogers’
15
(12)
The Toy That
the MSC. Houston girls are in
Neighborhood
Grew Up
vited to attend.
5:30
3
(5)
CBS News
10:00
3
( 5 )
Final News
Young Democrats will meet at
15
(12)
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10:30
3
( 5 )
It Takes a Thief
7:30 p.m. in the Lutheran Student
(NET)
11:30
3
(5)
Richard Diamond
Center.
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several others are beaten up.
During the ensuing investiga
tion, the facts are hidden by the
national police administrators, the
issue is blamed on two drunks
and dismissed as an accident.
A concentrated effort is made
by the government to bring the
case to a fast close so as not to let
the truth spring out and em
barrass them on the scene of in
ternational politics.
Shortly after the case is closed,
a bright young attorney from the
Inspector General’s office emerges
with enough evidence to convict
the heads of the national police of
trying to avert justice and inten
tional homicide.
Despite the warnings of his
superiors to drop the case and
save his career with the govern
ment, the young attorney decides
he must follow the route of his
conscience and serve the hall of
justice. Score here a point for
the movie in making a comment
on the system versus the indi
vidual.
The heads for the national
police are convicted and let off
the hook with mere warnings.
Another play by the movie to
show how the system manages to
protect itself.
During the scandal that follows,
the government manages to lose
the elections to the peace party.
Shortly thereafter, the new gov
ernment is overthrown by the
military and its leaders sentenced
into oblivion, where they are
never heard from again. Win
some and lose some, so they say.
Social comment number three on
systems.
“Z” is a beautiful example of
how a system is able to protect
itself, right or wrong. It also
shows how the will of the major
ity can triumph through the demo
cratic process, and then how this
can all come tumbling down when
someone (the military) throws a
rock into the gears.
Perhaps if the new government
had used the same means of sup
pression to protect itself as did
the old system, it may have lasted
far longer. But then, it wouldn’t
have been the type of govern
ment that it professed to be.
Maybe to exist among hypo
crites one must also be a hypo
crite by saying one thing and
doing another. That’s what
everyone else in the movie was
doing.
The philosophy behind the
movie “Z” is one that has ever
been present since man first be
gan to govern himself. It is not
an outstanding showing. The
filming is not what it should be.
It doesn’t even have good actors.
But “Z” has a message about
government and society that it
conveys in a very direct and pro
found way.
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Women interested in partici
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Julie McCall, publicity chairman
for University Women.
Tennis and bowling will be of
fered this fall to all coeds, wom
en faculty and staff members
and Aggie student wives under
the direction of the P.E. depart
ment.
All bowling equipment and ten
nis rackets will be provided. Par
ticipants must furnish their own
tennis balls.
Intramural activities take place
after 5 p.m. on weekdays.
“We are looking forward to a
successful intramural season.”
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