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crease ^vury Slack, Stnrin nien^i t>riv * ’'I'Uta Tnu,^ 3TA 0.00 =zos ■>KV OTA C. -All Foreip Cars : Coulter :22-2828 Battalion Cloudy, windy, colder Vol. 66 No. 69 College Station, Texas Friday, January 29, 1971 SATURDAY — Cloudy to part ly cloudy, foggy in the morn ing, afternoon rainshowers. Winds Southerly at 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 74, low 64. SUNDAY — Cloudy. Winds Easterly at 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 71, low 66. 845-2226 Senate begins studying student association plan By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Editor Student senators Thursday night began considering a new constitution that, if accepted, would establish a student associ ation on the Texas A&M campus. Senate President Kent Caperton explained that a student associ ation—widely used on other cam puses—makes every student and every campus group part of the association. Senators also sent back to com mittee for further study a pro posal that the Aggie Sweetheart be selected from among A&M co eds only. Caperton began his presenta tion by saying talk of constitu tional revision has been going on for two years. Only last semester, he said, did the Senate approve formation of a revision commit tee. Senators were given copies of the first five pages of the 11-page document to consider; the other six pages had not yet been typed and reproduced. Senators were able to study the legislative sec tion of the new constitution, but not the executive or judicial sec tions. The structure of the student government under the proposed constitution parallels that of the United States government. The Student Senate would be considered the governing body of the student association, and would be presided over by the student association vice president. There would be an association president, but he would not be part of the Senate. Under the plan, Senate repre sentation would be changed dras tically. The college system of rep resentation would be retained, but for the first time representation by living area would be included. Also, all representatives would serve at-large, eliminating class positions. Under the present structure, senators are elected by colleges, with each college electing repre sentatives for each class—except freshmen, who elect five at-large senators. Each college is apportioned a number of senators based on its size and each class is allowed to elect that number of senators. Under the new plan, a fixed number of senators (26) would be divided among the colleges, with all positions being at-large — anyone from sophomore through graduate could seek a position. Freshmen still would elect five MAGICIANS BASKET! In Pemi! LIE WHITE .ISEUM Feb. 11, 101 >0 p. m. : END WON Si t Programs Of 15-4671 SET ESS show, casino head activities for weekend By LEE DUNKELBERG Battalion Staff Writer The coronation of the 1971 Civilian Sweetheart, a barbecue, dance, car show, and casino were some of the activities announced at Monday night’s meeting of the Civilian Student Council (CSC). Also discussed were plans for the CSC Awards Banquet, a re port from the freshman and soph omore CSC assistants evaluating the Council’s activities of the past semester, and tentative plans for a CSC retreat at Lake Sommer- ville. “The element of surprise will knock you over,” CSC president Mark Olsen said of the planned activities for the week, which will begin on Monday, April 15, and last through Sunday, April 25. “Leon has looked into everything, including landing the Goodyear blimp on the drill field.” “It fell through,” Drozd com mented. Drozd presented his sugges tions for chairmen of the indi vidual activities committees, and all were accepted by the council. The committees were: Sweet heart Selection Committee—Gor don Pilmer, first vice president of the CSC; Go-Cart Race — Bill Shaw, Legget Hall president; Barbecue — Ernest Davis, Grad uate Student representative. Intramurals—Terry Van Dyke, Law Hall president; Car Show— Bill Gore, Moore Hall president; Faculty Awards Luncheon — James Jones, Crocker Hall presi dent; Residence Hall Day—Omel Cardenas, Milner Hall president. Other appointments included: Dance Committee (for Friday and Saturday nights)—Barry Smith, Davis-Gary president; Conces sions — George McKirahan, Mc- Innis Hall president; Decorations — Jean Mah, CSC second vice president; Awards — Joe Nix, Moses Hall president. The Casino Committee is co- chairmanned. Drozd cited that to have a casino they must donate the money to a worthy cause. John Shepherd, K e a t h 1 e y Hall president, was placed in charge of planning the casino, and Tom McCullough, Fowler Hall presi dent, was designated to find a cause for the casino’s profits. Drozd and Olsen refused to comment on the entertainment for Town Hall, simply stating it would be “big.” They said an nouncement of the group would come at a later date, to build on “the element of surprise.” Ernie Davis, Graduate Repre sentative, detailed a new points system for evaluating the best civilian residence hall of the year. The dorms must present their treasurer’s report and minutes of their council meetings to the com mittee on April 15. The points will be given on the basis of par ticipation and activities. The com- University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. mittee will also be responsible for presenting a written criteria to base future judging on. No sys tem of grading was announced by Davis. The freshman and sophomore as sistants’ report cited two main areas of failure in CSC activities: poor publicity or complete lack of it and lack of participation. Olsen blamed the Council for the lack of publicity. He said: “The Batt is doing its job. They give us advance coverage and al ways give our meetings front page coverage.” “It’s our fault,” he continued, “that they (the students) don’t know what’s happening.” Olsen put the blame in a breakdown of communications between the Council and dorms. The report also mentioned sev eral areas which the assistants thought were worthy of consider ation by the Council. These sug gestions were: better conditions in the civilian dormitory areas; revising or rewriting of the CSC Constitution; the hours policy of the library (particularly Saturday and Sunday); required on-campus living for males; the privilege of a student to arrange his own schedule; parking problems; and the continuation of the Bonfire. After canceling their planned retreat in Galveston aboard the A&M training vessel Texas Clipper, the Council tentatively planned a retreat at Lake Som- merville, slated for Feb. 27. Their previous plans were canceled Library shows Chinese exhibit for ‘New Year’ An exhibition of Chinese cul ture and scenery in the library is to remind A&M students of the passing of the Chinese Lunar New Year this week. The exhibit is sponsored by the Chinese Student’s Association and features art work in ivory, wood, china, lace and silks as well as numerous paintings and embroidaries. The exhibit will continue on the ground floor on the library through Sunday. The Chinese Student’s associa tion is one of the largest for eign organizations at Texas A&M with 120 student members and nine faculty members. Dr. Jos eph M. Nance, head of the his tory department, acts as the cur rent organization’s advisor. A Chinese movie entitled “Home Sweet Home” will be shown Monday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ball room along with a slide show featuring scenes from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Tickets are avail able at the MSC Student Pro gram Office for $1.00 a person. when it was discovered that four female members of the council would not be allowed on board the ship, due to the fact classes would be in progress. The Council, at Olsen’s sugges tion, planned to examine campus problems. The discussion will be followed by some sort of lunch and “refreshments.” at-large senators after the fall midsemester grade reports were issued. If the plan were implemented for next year, representation would be: Architecture, 5 (com pared to six now at two per class); Architecture, 3 (compar ed to 3); Business Administration, 3 (6 now); Education, 3 (6 now); Engineering, 6 (9 now); Geosci ences, 1 (1 now); Liberal Arts, 2 (6 now); Science, 3 (3 now); and Veterinary Medicine, 1 (3 now plus 2 pre-vet). Army ROTC students would elect one senator, Air ForCe ROTC students would elect one senator, and the Corps of Cadets as a whole would elect one sen ator. Living areas for civilians would be divided into five districts, each with one senator. District 1 would be Hughes, Keathley and Fowler Halls; district 2, Moses, Davis- Gary and Moore Halls; district 3, Crocker, Mclnnis and Walton Halls; district 4, Schamacher, Mil ner, Hotard, Legett and Mitchell Halls; district 5, Puryear, Law, Henderson, Hart and Utay (12) Halls. Day students would elect 10 senators. University apartment residents would elect one senator. Under the proposed plan, there would be no ex-officio members, as there are now, representing the major campus organizations. Also, special graduate student representatives would no longer serve on the Senate. Senate membership under the plan would be 45, compared to the 70-plus now serving. Senators next week will study the executive and judicial sections of the new constitution. Prior to discussing the con stitution, the Senate aproved and sent to the Academic Council of the university an amendment to the present constitution changing the amending process. Present procedure requires amendments to be aproved by three-fourths of the Senate mem bership and then passed by the Academic Council. The amend ment passed would allow amend ment to be passed by two-thirds of the senators present and voting at a meeting, provided a quorum were present. After passage by the Senate, amendments would be presented (See Senate begins, page 3) Aggie Sweetheart Sue Binford tells student senators Thursday night Texas Woman’s University is willing to help finance the Aggie Sweetheart selection weekend. (Photo by David Middlebrooke) GSC discusses money, election apathy, dance By GARY AVEN Battalion Staff Writer “The $500 we were supposed to get from the Exchange Store Fund has been cut back $200,” Graduate Student Council (GSC) President Larry McGill told the Expert says America biased in Soviet-China controversy By SUE DAVIS Battalion Women’s Editor The United States is not as neutral in the split between the Soviet Union and Communist China as they claim to be because the Chinese are discriminated against in America by a com plete embargo on trade with that nation, Allen S. Whiting, Politi cal Science professor at the Uni versity of Michigan, said at a Great Issues presentation Thurs day. America should “recognize the Chinese as Chinese,” Whiting added. They should be treated as a national group rather than as a communist group, he said. Whiting advocated admitting China to the United Nations. The United States has objected to their entrance and this has kept China out for years, Whiting, who was director of the Office of Research and Analysis for Far East of the State Department from 1962-66, said. A result of the Sino-Soviet split was the decision of Mao Tse- tung, leader of China, that “as long as he was alive, he would never again risk a dependency relationship with Russia,” Whit ing stated. In the late 60’s, the situation deteriorated between the two communist nations, Whiting said. The Soviets became anxious over the fact that China was develop ing nuclear bombs, he added. The Chinese were occupied with internal problems and did not realize that Russia was build ing up their army until they entered Prague Czechoslovakia, in 1968, Whiting said. For the first time, China be gan to talk openly about a pos sible war with Russia, and the Chinese approached the United States with peaceful coexistence in mind, Whiting said. Negotiations between the Unit ed States and China were under way in January of 1970 when American soldiers moved into Cambodia, Whiting said. China withdrew from the negotiations and Mao once again denounced the United States. Since then, the Soviets and Chinese have exchanged ambas sadors, but the Chinese do not talk openly about war with Rus sia only reminding their people that preparations for war are nec essary, he added. “The Chinese are developing nuclear weapons,” Whiting said. “Their target has to be Russia because they do not have the guidance ability to hit the United States and they will not have it for years.” The split between the two countries has brought about the end of a possible communist take over of the world because local communist groups all over the world have been split by disagree ments between China and the So viet Union, and many have been completely destroyed, Whiting said. council Thursday. McGill said Treasurer Kim Luden could not be present, but he submitted a written report which said the $500 originally approved was cut to $300 at the last desk. In other business, GSC Vice President and Election Commit tee Chairman C. A. Bedinger as sured the council that the special elections just completed were not rigged. Four of the new members are from the Department of Biol ogy, as is Bedinger. He said he simply tried to make sure that everyone in his department was called and reminded to be sure and vote. “This election proves one of two things,” Bedinger said. “It either points up the general apathy of graduate students or they are all happy. The results of his telephone calls shows that they can be aroused,” he said. Ernie Davis (Ag.Eco.) said that traditionally the GSC dance is at the KC Hall and costs about $1,000, but attendance is low, so it’s not worth it. He said that more people would come if it was a more casual social gathering, with beer and barbecue in some pasture. Several of the GSC mem bers suggested making it open to all graduate students instead of just the council. Jim Helm (I.Eng.) suggested charging less than cost at the gate. This would help unload the GSC’s money. “We’ve got to spend our mon ey,” McGill said, “because if we have any left, they will start cut ting us off a little each year.” “This money is for you to meet your expenses,”. Dr. George Kunze,, dean of the Graduate College, said. “If you can't use it, I’m sure it will be cut off.” In other business, Bedinger said the graduate student seats on the Student Senate are being threatened. Bedinger said the ex- officio seats of the GSC in the Student Senate would be reallo cated if “we don’t start coming.” Bedinger also said seven vol unteers are needed to form a Fee Allocation Committee in The Stu dent Senate and asked his fellow GSC members to join. Student Senate President Kent Caperton wrote the GSC a letter complaining that there has been a failure on the part of the com mittees to involve the members outside the committees before putting measures to a vote. “Quite frankly,” Bedinger said, “I feel this complaint is justified.” He asked for more feedback from the GSC. Correction The Battalion Thursday printed a story concerning the Singing Cadets which was misleading. The Battalion quoted director Robert Boone as saying that a story in The Daily Eagle about compensation to the Cadets be cause they did not get to perform their solo on the Ed Sullivan show was wrong and misleading. We believe Boone meant defin ite ideas on compensation were, wrong and misleading, since he admits in The Battalion’s story that something may be done. We apologize to The Daily Eagle for any misunderstandings and inconvenience the story may have caused. r\ '■■.m j «J *1 t *■ L!> •*&_ <fr m Building closes more car areas These scrolls are part of the Chinese culture exhibit at the library this week, held in conjunction with the passing of the lunar new year. The exhibit continues through Sunday. (Photo by Charles Masterson) Construction will force the clos ing of parking lot 48-B, beginning Monday, announced University Police Chief Ed Powell. Powell explained 48-B is the dirt lot south of Joe Routt Blvd., between Throckmorton and Hous ton Streets. The lot is used by day students and accommodates approximately 300 cars. Powell said sufficient accom modations are available in other day student lots. The 48-B lot will be fenced off this weekend in conjunction with construction of the new auditor ium complex. Lot 13, near the Chemistry Building, is now open. The circle is front of the Sys tem Administration Building will be returned to its “no parking” status because Lot 50, near the new engineering complex, has been opened. Lighting and land scaping on the new Lot 50 will be completed at a later date. Next fall in order to receive a parking permit, cars will have to be checked by Campus Security to make sure all old stickers have been removed. This will be done in Lot 48, near Kyle Field, and Lot 50. The committee approved a re quest made by the Traffic Ap peals Board that all persons tick eted for moving violations which involve accidents be issued a Justice of the Peace citation. The Committee recommended that Powell contact the State Highway Department to re-ex amine the Throckmorton exit onto Jersey Street about the possibility of painting directional arrows and placing signs there.