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Vol. 66 No. 16
College Station, Texas
Friday, September 25, 1970
Saturday — Cloudy, thunder
showers in morning, clear late
afternoon. Wind South 15 to
20 m.p.h., becoming North 10
to 15 afternoon. High 74, low
72.
Sunday—Clear to partly cloudy.
Wind East 5 to 10 m.p.h. High
72, low 61.
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Law A&M’s policy,
Hannigan tells CSC
By BILL O’CONNOR
Battalion Staff Writer
The Civilian Student Council
heard the university stand on the
serving of alcoholic beverages at
dormitory functions and open
dorm policies from two admin
istrators Thursday night.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan told hall presidents the
university’s only rule concerning
dormitories having alcohol at off-
campus functions is the state
law. Hannigan said the univer
sity cannot sanction an activity
of this type when the majority
of the students are not of drink
ing age.
He said there is no rule against
a group of students over 21 hav
ing alcohol at a function where
minors are not included. Hannigan
said that while the university
would not encourage those of
drinking age to bring alcoholic
drinks to off-campus hall activi
ties for their own consumption,
no outstanding objection would be
made.
Hannigan also said both the
residence hall and the individuals
involved would be held respon
sible if resident students over 21
were caught handing out alcoholic
beverages to minors at a dorm
function off campus.
Associate Dean of Students Don
R. Stafford told the council that
student opinion was most impor
tant in achieving a successful
open hall program. A majority
approval of about 75 per cent of
the residents in the hall should
be completed first, he said.
Stafford said there should be
student operation and action for
student concerns of this type. He
noted four steps that should be
taken by residence halls to get
the open dorm system:
—The system chosen should be
favored by a substantial majority
of the hall’s residents.
—The system should be discuss
ed with the head resident adviser
of the hall so a joint agreement
between hall leaders and staff
may be met.
—The system must pass ap
proval of the hall council.
—The system must be approved
by the director of student affairs.
The A&M yearbook, the Aggie-
land and it’s alleged failure to
properly cover civilian affairs was
discussed by the council.
“The reason for this (lack of
civilian coverage) lies on the
shoulders of the residence hall
presidents,” Mark Olson, CSC
president said. Olson said hall
presidents did not submit enough
(See Law, page 3)
Fall Film Series needs
money,may be dropped
The Fall Film Series is in dan
ger of being canceled due to lack
of financial support, according to
Lynn Jagers, co-chairman of the
Contemporary Arts Committee
series.
“This series is supported solely
by the students and faculty of
A&M, who can enjoy a film with
a message produced by the
world’s greatest contemporary
directors,” Jagers said,” but the
series will not, and cannot, sur
vive without their support.”
The series is financed by sea
son tickets. So far only $500
worth has been sold. This is
only half of what is needed for
the series to continue, Jagers
claims.
“We need over $1,000, but we
could get by with just $1,000,”
Jagers said.
“If sales do not increase in the
next two weeks when our second
film is shown, we will have to
cancel the series,” he added.
The next film scheduled is
“You Can’t Cheat an Honest
Man,” starring W. C. Fields, Ed
gar Bergen and Charlie McCar
thy. Fields plays a brokendown
circus clown who just manages
to stay out of the reach of the
law.
Other award-winning films
s
Graduate council president
says he will not quit post
By PAM TROBOY
Battalion Staff Writer
Mickey Land, president of the
Graduate Student Council, an
nounced at Thursday’s called
meeting he will not resign from
office as requested last week by
the council.
The GSC asked for his resig
nation on the grounds he is a
full-time staff member. Under
this resolution he would have
remained eligible to serve on the
council however.
“If the council feels that a
one-half, three-fourths faculty
member (even when enrolled in
courses) should not serve on the
council, then I would consider re
signing,” he said in a prepared
statement. “However, I feel the
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GSC should interpret bylaw 3A
of the constitution so a preced
ent can be established to apply
equally to all GSC members,
present and future.”
The bylaws state a member
must be a “bona fide” graduate
student and must have and main
tain a grade point ratio of not
less than 3.000. A bona fide
graduate student is defined as a
“resident student admitted to the
Graduate College and registered
for at least eight hours.”
Land is classified as a full
time faculty member but is tak
ing 13 hours of graduate work
by special permission.
Bylaw 3A may be temporarily
suspended for a “specified” per
iod of time by a two-thirds ma
jority vote of the entire member
ship. Herb Gersbach (Mgmt.)
was exempted from this require
ment for the remainder of the
year at an earlier meeting.
The president and vice presi
dent must be elected “from and
by the incumbent council prior to
spring election of Graduate Stu
dent Council members,” accord
ing to the bylaws. There are
no other requirements for elec
tion.
The council will discuss the
question of Land’s eligibility
Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Room
2C of the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
In other business, Land an
nounced two first-year graduate
students will be elected to the
council at large Nov. 12. Stu
dents with less than 14 credit
hours of graduate work at A&M
and meeting the requirements of
bylaw 3A are eligible. Filing
will open Oct. 19.
scheduled include The Red and
the White, a Hungarian anti-war
film; Through a Glass Darkly,
an Academy Award-winning film
that traces the mental break
down of a woman who has lost
communication with her family;
and Horse Feathers, where the
Marx Brothers take over a col
lege campus.
The Cranes are Flying, a Rus
sian film chronicling the plight
of two lovers caught in tragic
circumstances in 1941-1945; The
Battle of Algiers, which mirrors
the bitterness of the rebellion
against the French in Algiers;
and La Guerre est Fin, a study
of a revolutionary’s commitment
to a lost cause, also are sched
uled for this year.
“The committee, our faculty
sponsors and other supporters
feel that if the series is can
celled it will create another cul
tural void at A&M, where many
already exist,” Jagers explained.
Associate Dean of Students Don R. Stafford, left, and
Dean of Students James P. Hannigan speak during the
Civilian Student Council meeting Thursday night. (Photos
by Bob Cox)
TV show
presents
Ags-LSU
Video tape replay of the entire
A&M-LSU football game will be
presented by KAMU-TV at 8:30
tonight, Station Manager Mel
Chastain has announced.
Chastain said, however, the
university’s educational television
station will be unable to cover
this week’s Ohio State game be
cause no room is available for a
television crew aboard the team
plane. A KAMU-TV crew drove
to Baton Rouge last weekend to
tape the action for the Friday
telecast, but Chastain said the
2,200-mile roundtrip to Ohio by
car would require the men be
gone too long.
KORA’s Mike Mistovich will
provide the play-by-play for the
LSU film. Corky Sheffield inter
views with members of the A&M
team will be shown between quar
ters.
Chastain said the replay will
include the Aggie Band’s half
time performance.
KAMU-TV broadcasts on chan
nel 15 blit is received via cable
service on channel 12.
Liberal Arts faculty groups
now have student members
By FRAN HAUGEN
Battalion Managing Editor
Students from the student
council of the College of Liberal
Arts will be chosen to serve on
three previously all-faculty com
mittees and one subcommittee,
W. David Maxwell, dean of the
college, told student council mem
bers Thursday.
Students will be selected co be
on the Liberal Arts Council, for
merly called the Liberal Arts
Faculty Advisory Committee, the
Honors Committee, the Teaching
14 senate executive aides
chosen from 70 applicants
Selection of 14 freshmen as
Student Senate executive assist
ants was announced Thursday by
Bill Hartsfield, Senate secretary.
The students were chosen from
a list of 70 applicants following
interviews conducted by the Stu
dent Senate Executive Commit
tee. Hartsfield said previous ex
perience in student government
was not necessary, and that each
applicant was judged on individu
al merit and willingness to work.
Executive assistants perform a
variety of duties for the Student
Senate, and share the opportun
ity to see the inner workings of
student government at A&M,
Hartsfield said.
Those chosen are Cathy Arm
strong, chemistry major; Dave
Carpenter, pre-med; James Clan-
ahan, math; Luis D’Gornaz, pre-
med; William Faber, political
science; Alana Foster, zoology;
David Higdon, political science;
Thomas Locke, management;
John Mackey, pre-med; Randy
Madison, psychology ; Randy
Ross, management; Paulette
Rybicki, pre-vet; Barbara Sears,
zoology; and Gary Taraba, me
chanical engineering.
Excellence Committee and a sub
committee of the Liberal Arts
Committee on Graduate Instruc
tion.
Maxwell said the students will
be selected soon, probably within
a week.
The ratio will be two faculty
members to one student on these
committees. Students have voting
privileges.
The Liberal Arts Council will
consider problems of curricula
and serve as a liason between
the faculty, students and admin
istration, Maxwell said.
“The Honors Committee will
consider questions such as ‘Why
don’t undergraduates take gradu
ate courses?’ and ‘Are some stu
dents just spinning their wheels’,”
Maxwell said.
The Teaching Excellence Com
mittee will study “some method
of measuring classroom effective
ness of instructors, something
better than intuition,” and will
continually evaluate and improve
this method of measuring, Max
well went on.
Students will serve on a sub
committee of the committee of
gx-aduate instruction since the
committee is composed solely of
members of the graduate faculty.
These faculty members also will
sex-ve on the subcommittee which
will do all the work of the com
mittee except choose members.
“You (the student council)
should advise the dean on any
thing about the college that con
cerns you,” Maxwell said. “I hope
it will be a hard working gx-oup,
not a place just to exchange
gripes. You’ll have to do your
homework though. Get the litera
ture you need, document facts,
then make recommendations. You
won’t be able to say you haven’t
been heax-d. I can’t promise you
a mecca with it (the research),
but I can px-omise you, you won’t
have a prayer without it.”
Asked by a council member
whether students researching
problems at A&M would be given
full suppox-t of the liberal arts
faculty, Maxwell implied:
“I doubt it. Of course you’re
going to have trouble.”
The Liberal Aids Student Coun
cil has px*eviously consisted of
one senior and one junior from
each depai-tment in the college.
This year one sophomoi’e from
each college has been added.
Earlier action by the student
organization includes px-oposing
two-hour finals, pi'oposing one
and one-half hour classes on
Tuesdays and Thux-sdays, thus
cutting out classes on Fx-iday af-
(See Liberal Arts, page 3)
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
The inquiring Battman
What do you think about a limited pass-fail system?
Niels Jansen
junior
I think that a limited pass-fail
system reduces the competitive
ness of academics.
Richard J. Oates
fifth year
The limited pass-fail systems
would tend to stiffle one’s initia
tive and destroy competition so
important in our university.
Laura Sorenson
junior
A limited pass-fail system
would be benificial for those stu
dents who would like to take
courses that otherwise might hurt
their grade point ratio.
Fred Campbell
sophomore
I think a pass-fail system would
give students a chance to expand
their education into more areas
than the grading system. I also
feel it would take A&M out of the
horse-and-buggy ex*a in offering
educational opportunities.
Karen Sorenson
freshman
In theory, the system sounds
excellent—it would be successful
in areas in which creativity is a
major factor. However, I reserve
judgement for ai’eas such as
science or math.
Clark Lundell
senior
I think it is a fabulous idea.
Knowledge should be given away
and not traded for grades.
Annette Kersting
graduate
I have mixed feelings, but it
might encourage students — es
pecially in liberal arts — to at
tempt something they would be
afraid to try if they were com
peting for A’s.