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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, December 10, 1970 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle From other campuses Hoffman critical of court system Singing Cadets receive $1,10(| “What do you think of a student who asks the name of th’ textbook so he can get one to study for finals?” By JAMES R. JACKSON Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman, speaking to a large crowd at the University of Florida, blasted the judicial system of America. He said the courts in America “have nothing to do with justice.” He said they only protect the property and money of those “who already have the stuff,” and that it’s who you are rather than what you did that determines your fate in a trial. Instances of what he felt were injustices were the 10-year sen tence given to Timothy Leary for “smoking a flower,” and the in dictment of almost 30 students for participation in the antiwar rally at Kent State which resulted in the deaths of four students. Hoffman, said, “It’s a wonder they didn’t indict the four dead kids.” He scoffed at the judicial sys tem’s guarantee of a “jury of peers” for anyone on trial because in his trial, he said, the average age of the jurors was 54. Commenting on U. S. - interna tional relationships, Hoffman said the United States controls some 55 per cent of the world’s natural resources, while the U. S. popula tion is only about seven per cent of the world’s. He added that there can be no progress in this country until “the fight” is brought home. ★ ★ ★ A women’s liberation spokes man at the University of Wash ington blasted the “female stereo type.” She said, “For years so ciety has methodically told wom en that they are protected by men, are sexually passive, and that if they don’t salute the American flag, motherhood, and apple pie women are outcasts of society.” “Our culture dictates that a woman is beautiful, and so the ugly women of the world spend a lifetime dieting, coloring their hair, using cosmetics and squeez ing into girdles so they too, can measure up to beauty.” She concluded by saying, “The Women’s Liberation Front Move ment is designed to get women to realize how they are discrimi nated against in job opportunity, sexual pleasure, and being able to identify themselves without society’s subtle conditioning.” ★ ★ ★ A rally at the University of Numbers in () denote channels 5:30 3 (5) CBS News on the cable. 15 (12) Sesame Street 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night (PBS) 15 (12) Sesame Street 6:00 3 (5) Evening News (PBS) 6:30 3 (5) Family Affair 3:00 3 (5) Comer Pyle 15 (12) Campus and 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk Community Today 15 (12) Kukla, Fran and 7:00 3 (5) Billy Graham Ollie (NET) 15 (12) French Chef 4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows (PBS) 15 (12) Folk Guitar 7:30 15 (12) San Francisco Mix (ETS) (PBS) 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched. 8:00 3 (5) Movie—Chunka 15 (12) What’s New 8:30 15 (12) The Feminine (NET) Touch 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 9:00 15 (12) Fanfare (PBS) 15 (12) Misterogers’ 10:00 3 (5) Final News Neighborhood 10:30 3 (5) The Immortal (NET) 11:30 3 (5) The Detectives If you’re on Midwest Video’s cable you are going to see (adv) Bulletin Board Mr - Homo sapiens by ApaSche TONIGHT Game Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Room of the MSC for an important business meeting. American Institute of Indus trial Engineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 207 of the Engineer ing Building to elect officers and present awards. Finance Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in front of the MSC to have Aggieland pictures taken. Port Arthur Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC lobby to have pictures taken for The Aggieland. Dress is class A winter (or midnights) or coat and tie. Panhandle Area Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in room 2D of the MSC. Houston Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B of the MSC to collect ticket sales money and have Aggieland pic tures taken. Mid-County Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC lobby to have pictures taken for The Aggieland. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:15 p.m. on the steps of the MSC to have Aggieland pictures taken. Sweet heart applications must be turned in at the meeting. Computer Science Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bob Anderson, 1114 Sul Ross in Bryan, for the an nual Christmas “Tasting Bee” and caroling party. PhT diplomas and A&M charms will be pre sented to departing members and new officers will be elected. All except departing members are asked to bring samples of their favorite Christmas baked items and recipe for same. Elementary Education and Kin dergarten Student Teachers will hold an Idea Fair at 7:30 p.m. in room 401 of the Academic Build ing. SATURDAY Game Club will meet at 9 a.m. in room 3C of the MSC. Chemical Engineers Wives Club will meet at 7 p.m. in the recre ation room of Casa del Sol for a Christmas party. Pre-Vet students will hold a barbecue at 7:00 p.m. at the K. C. Hall. Cost is $1 for members and $2 for guests. MONDAY Aggie Wives Bridge Club will hold a Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. in the Social Room of the MSC. It is a covered dish dinner and those attending should call Royce Kallus at 846-4902 for res ervations. 1. ! THE P&fcE XWCl TUESDAY Cepheid Variable Science Fic tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Room of the MSC to discuss religious and Christmas- related science fiction and fan tasy, and the party in Dallas. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77813. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press year; $6. sales tax. Texas 77843. bscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school bscriptions subject to 4%% ished on request. Address: rvices Building, College Station, Mail su 50 sales tax. Advertising rate fm The Battalion, Room 217, Servi dons per full year. All Advertisinj 1969 TPA Award Winner ! cred origin published herein. Rights of rep il news of spontaneoi ublication of all oth Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of Liberal Arts ; F. S. White. College of Engineering; Dr. Asr — T - paper published herein. Right matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. e use for not inti F. S. White. College of Engineering ; Dr. Asa B. Childers, ■ College of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. Z. L. Carpenter, Coll of Agriculture; and Roger Miller, student. Jr., ege Servii Franc Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising dees, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San acisco. EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Managing Editor Fran Haugen News Editor Hayden Whitsett Women’s Editor Diane Griffin Sports Editor Clifford Broyles Freshmen Pictures Must be returned to the UNIVERSITY STUDIO by Dec. 22 to be placed in the 1971 Aggieland. ‘DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS’ The aroma of hot rolls, twinkling holiday candles, hospitality and reasonable prices are dreams come true at Peniston Cafeteria, Sbisa Hall. OPEN 7:30 a. m. to 1:15 p. m. — Monday through Friday 11:00 a. m. to 1:15 p. m. — Sunday ‘Quality First” SPONSOR A CHILD! A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM for children from three local missions will be given at the BAPTIST STUDENT CENTER this Friday night Dec. 11 at 8:00 p. m. Cost of a gift for a child will be $1.00. For further de tails, cfrll the BSU (846-6411)) or go by and talk to TONI. Washington staged by the Radical Organizing Committee was at tended by an estimated 350 per sons in response to the rape con viction of Jim and Ervin Newson. The two brothers were con victed after a girl testified she had been raped by them while she was drunk and celebrating her 20th birthday. The purpose of the rally was to raise money for the two men to appeal their case. Barbara Crosby, a representa tive of the women’s lib, told the rally that the rape law is sexist. She said the law is based on so ciety’s perception of women as submissive sex objects. Another woman said that just because the brothers have been convicted they should not be as sumed guilty. The courts are “out of touch with the way we live and our own moral code,” she said, and are, therefore, unjust. ★ ★ ★ A 17-year-old high school stu dent from Kent, Wash., has been suspended from school for three days for not wearing a bra. “I don’t go to school to show off clothes,” said Sherry Platt. “I go to learn.” Contributions totalling $1 1(l) have been made to Texas A&M 1 , Singing Cadets. Gifts of $1,000 by C. J. (jy Davidson of Fort Worth ani $100 by Mrs. William L. DeGin. der of Austin were announced Wednesday by Director R 0 be n L. Boone. He said the contributions wen made prior to the Singing Cadet!’ participation last weekend in tk 10th Miss Teenage America Pag. eant. Davidson, 1917 A&M graduate in electrical engineering, has made previous contributions to the A&M glee club. The Fort Worth oil man, who was a close friend of the late A&M President Earl Rudder, presented a gift of oil stocks worth $2,400 seven! years ago. The A&M choral group made him an honorary Singing Cadet last year. Mrs. DeGinder’s personal check for $100 was “the first contribin tion of this type we’ve gotten," Boone said. CANTEBURY BELTS 3tm Stnnm umbersitp murs totar 329 University Drive 713/846.27# College Stution. Texas 77840 For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. *40 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-0742 State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111. MSC SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PARTY MENU Roast Vermont Turkey w/Dressing and Giblet Gravy Mashed. Potatoes — Buttered Peas Cranberry Gelatin Mold Pumpkin Pie — Tea or Coffee Free Bowl of Wassail with every party booked between December 10 - 22, 1970 Special Price — $2.50 per Plate “Quality First” LAKEVIEW CLUB 3 Miles N. On Tabor Road Wednesday Night: MEL TELLIS Friday Night: JERRY L. 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