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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, October 2, 1970
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Praise in order
At the first meeting this year of the Student Senate (Sept. 10),
President Kent Caperton declared he wanted the • Senate to be a
deliberative body. He vowed to see to it that committee work was done
in committee and not on the floor of the Senate. He called for an end
to meaningless contributions to floor debates, and promised to help
make the Senate more effective.
While we may be premature, we think Caperton and the Senate as
a whole deserve praise for the success they have had thus far.
For the past two years, Senate meetings lasting until midnight
were—unfortunately—the rule rather than the exception. Meetings
ended at midnight only because that is when the library closes.
This year, Senate meetings have ended between 9-9:30 p.m., yet
much has been accomplished.
The Senate has approved a pass-fail trial system at A&M. It has
taken the steps needed to establish the soapbox forum. The speakers
policy has been revised, thanks to the work of senate officers. A
discipline appeals panel has been set up, and a Black Awareness
Committee established. An effort at student body unity, All-University
Weekend, has been planned.
Perhaps equally important, committee work is not taking place
on the floor, and debate is—with exceptions—meaningful and to the
point. In cases where it is not, Caperton uses his authority as chairman
correctly and wisely.
We commend the Senate for the pattern it has established, and
encourage it to continue the new ways the rest of the year.
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Editor:
I would like to sincerely thank
the faculty, students, organiza
tions and friends of Texas A&M
University for the kind efforts,
contributions and moral support
they gave to me. I give my spe
cial thanks to the Student Senate
for the organization of the Gary
B&ckcom Fund. Also, my deepest
thanks go to the numerous or
ganizations and individuals for
their thoughts and deeds.
May God keep and bless you
all.
Gary Beckcom
Gary Beckcom suffered severe
leg injury during construction of
the 1969 Bonfire. He underwent
extensive surgery and spent
many months in the hospital.
—Ed.
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Editor:
May we commend the editors
of the Batt, our very own All
American newspaper, for their
literary expertise and social con
science so aptly demonstrated by
the printing of an ethnic slur in
yesterday’s Batt.
We are of course referring to
the want ads section, in which a
four line ad asking for prospec
tive roommates appeared. The
All-American Aggie who sub
mitted the ad asked that “no
tonight on the tube
“I had second thoughts.
Making the films
with Bob Stump
The Sicilian Clan is the first
thriller to come along in quite a
while that can be classified at
the same time as being an excel
lent movie in all other respects.
The plot is incredibly daring,
yet it very conceivably could hap
pen now. There is a definite
sense of timeliness to the show
in this era of plane highjackings.
A small Italian family lives in
Paris and operates an arcade as
their legitimate business. Their
concerns, however, extend, deeply
into the underworld, which leads
one to suspect highly that the
movie is about the Mafia, al
though no obvious connection is
ever made. But the family’s style
is much the same as the Mafia.
Very subtle, very professional
and very ruthless.
The three brothers operate un
der the direction of their father,
who is building his wealth to buy
land-, in his native Sicily where
he wants to retire. ~
They rescue a murderer from
a police van as he is being* moved
to a prison to await trial for kill
ing two French policemen. The
murderer manages a daring es
cape by cutting a hole in the
floor of the police van and crawl
ing out while the truck is held
up in traffic by members of the
Italian family.
The whole episode is a master
exploit, and serves to start the
movie off with the audience sit
ting on the edge of their seats.
After his escape, the murderer
unfolds the plans of the alarm
system installed for a jewelry
exhibit in Rome, and convinces
the family to hiest the exhibit.
The old man collaborates with
an Italian friend in the United
States and together they develop
a plan to highjack the jewels as
they are being flown to New
York. They land the plane on a
freeway just outside of New
York City and each one of the
clan makes his own way out of
the country and back to Europe.
There are many things which
could be said about the director
of The Sicilian Clan, Henry Ver-
nevil. Probably the most flatter
ing is that he has an intense
ability to project images that are
real onto the screen. This is
something that is common to the
better films that come from Eu
rope. If you will remember, in
this column last week I reviewed
another film that was from Italy
in. which I stressed also the good
composition that was presented
by its director.
Both of these movies represent
the way European directors are
seeing the contemporary world,
and American producers would
do well to take some lessons in
film making from them.
There is one fault that must
be pointed out about The Sicilian
Clan, however. Scattered
throughout the show are certain
expressions, and actions, that
seem like the kind of things the
typical gangster should make.
These little cliches here and there
become too evident in the movie
at times. Fine, if they are subtle
and appear unconsciously made
by the characters, but things get
a little trite when the movie fo
cuses so often on these cliches.
The director appears to have
a limited understanding of what
should be said in English. Usual
ly he is able to cover up with the
continuity and action, shifting
from one angle to another with
the camera, and maintaining a
good forward emotion sequence.
But there are several times
when a scene comes up just hurt
ing for the right words to be
said, which never are.
Language usage has been a
problem of films imported to
this country for years, but you
have to give the foreign pro
ducers credit for the tremendous
improvement they have effected
in just the last several years.
All things considered, The Si
cilian Clan ranks above most
American films of the same na
ture, with its more direct images
and the rapport that it creates
with the audience.
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TQNIGHT „„„
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the 101st anniversary of Mahat
ma Gandhi’s birthday at 7:30 p.m.
in the Architecture Auditorium.
Betty M. Unterberger of the His
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Historian Looks at Gandhi.” So
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ested people are urged to attend.
Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet at 8 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Leslie Hawkins,
1004 S. Dexter in College Station.
Eileen Ivy will give a wig dem
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can call 846-2801.
Petroleum Engineers Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at
the Floral Center. Mrs. Boats
will give a demonstration on fall
flower arrangements. A business
meeting will be held afterward
at the home of Mrs. Bob Berry.
Business Administration Wives
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the Lone Star Gas Co. Flame
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needing rides can call Ann Pitts
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will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Lu
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Zeta will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
room 113 of the Plant Sciences
Building.
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EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE
Managing Editor Fran Haugen
News Editor Hayden Whitsett
Women’s Editor Diane Griffin
Sports Editor Clifford Broyles
TUESDAY
Agriculture Communi-
cations Club will meet at 7 p.m.
in the Journalism Department
library to discuss changing the
name of the club.
THURSDAY
Austin Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3D of
the MSC. It will be an organi
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Travis County are welcome.
Plans for Turkey Day will be
discussed.
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will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Owl
Hobby Shop, 401 Dunn in Bryan.
Program will be Christmas gift
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wierdos or camel-jocks” need ap
ply. We are white Americans, so
the slur was not directed at us;
however, we despise such blatant
slurs upon other people whose
skin may be a little darker than
ours or who may speak English
with a slight accent. Such epi
thets foster only hate and divi
sion between people, when what
we desperately need is love and
unity.
This letter certainly will not
change the attitude of the person
who placed the ad toward people
of different nationalities; we
doubt if anyone or anything ever
will. And for that reason he is
to be pitied. However, the Batt
has both the power and the re
sponsibility to see that such liter
ary gems never again appear
within its hallowed pages. Cer
tainly the Batt does not need the
money from the want ads so bad
that it has to resort to printing
more such ads.
The Batt is supposed to be an
award-winning newspaper. So,
cut out the trash and prove it.
Chip Brees
Eddie Hargett
John Ellis
Thank you for calling the situ
ation to our attention. We do not
promote slurs, and steps are be
ing taken to eliminate the ad.
You correctly guess we do not
need the want ad money that bad,
and measures have been taken to
screen future want ads. —Ed,
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