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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, April 23, 1971
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Convicts give meager crowd
picture of illicit drug user
By DOUG GIBBS
Battalion Staff Writer
Conviction for drug abuse be
came real to many attending a
program in the Memorial Student
Center Thursday night, as four
young men who looked much like
those in the audience except for
their all-white uniforms and
close-cropped hair, told their life
histories, all with the same end
ing. The men were all prison in
mates convicted for illegal drug
use.
Presented by the Student “Y”
Association, this was the second
program of three scheduled to
explore the topic of drug abuse.
Attendance was so bad at both
presentations that the next pre
sentation has been cancelled.
No pictures or tape recordings
were permitted while the prison
ers, all volunteers from the Fer
guson Prison, related in mechani
cal tones the background leading
up to their arrest. While one
spoke, the other three sat with
calm, serious faces, never showing
a smile. Behind a curtain just
offstage, a uniformed policeman
watched.
The Ferguson Prison houses
first-time offenders, age 17-21.
Sentences for drug abuse range
from two years to life.
Larry Williams, organizer of
the team which presents its pro
gram to junior high and high
schools throughout Texas, pref
aced the group’s remarks.
“Many people say after our
presentation that the men do not
look like convicts. Physical ap
pearance has nothing to do with
drug abuse. Convicts are not dif
ferent, they are just like you.”
(He paused.) “They are you.”
Set up by the Governor’s Coun
cil on Criminal Justice, the group
sometimes speaks at four or five
schools a day, a reason for their
monotone deliveries. Their speech
es are committed to memory and
always the same. They all agree
the blame for drug abuse falls on
personal problems.
Williams explained after their
deliveries that sometimes former
members of the teams return to
drugs after they are released.
“I hope repetition of what they
are saying sinks in on those who
are not sincere,” he said. “Hitler
said tell a lie long enough and
people will believe it. If that is
true for a lie, perhaps it is true
for a truth.”
State agencies
slow to act,
speaker says
Seniors can get meal tickets
“I’m getting th’ feeling we could stop a lot of pollution
by stopping our campaign against it!”
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Texas A&M seniors may pick
up tickets for the annual Associa
tion of Former Students induction
banquet.
The formal event will be held
April 26 and 27, announced As
sociation Executive Director
Richard (Buck) Weirus. The
6:30 to 8 p. m. banquet at the
Ramada Inn is being held on two
dates to accomodate the large
class.
Seniors must obtain their tick
ets by presenting their ID cards
to the receptionist at the Associa
tion office in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Any student who has ’71 on
his senior ring or would later
meet reunions with the Class of
’71 is eligible to attend the ban
quet, regardless of when he may
graduate.
The class also will elect its
class agent. Nominations should
be made bebtween April 19 and
23, the same period when tickets
may be picked up. Nominations
should be given to Otway Denny
or Randall Betty at dorm 2, room
119.
Bulletin Board
SUNDAY
Alpha Phi Omega will meet at
9 p.m. in room 3D of the MSC to
discuss standing rules.
Texas A&M Motorcycle Club
will hold a timed road rally at
10:15 a.m. in the parking lot
across from Sbisa Dining Hall.
Maps and rules will be handed
out at 10:30. Entrance fee for
nonmembers is 50 cents. For in
formation, call 846-2994 or 846-
3979.
“Many of the state agencies are
extensions of the Chambers of
Commerce, they are a little bit
hesitant to direct, forceful action
against pollution,” said E. Dewitt
Anthony, attorney for the En
vironmental Protection Agency,
at earth day activities in the MSC
Thursday.
Dewitt, who works for the fed
eral agency which is attempting
to stop pollution through action
suits in Texas, as well as other
states, explained state limitations
and federal ways to deal with in
dustrial pollution.
The federal government has the
laws to enforce water pollution
standards, particularly the 1899
Refuse Act.
“As far as the federal govern
ment is concerned,” said Dewitt,
“I think it’s becoming fairly ob
vious it’s pretty strong against
polluters. We intend to go after
them with everything we’ve got.”
The permit program, which re
quires industry on navigable
water-ways to specify and get
permission for effluent discharge,
is based on federal standards. It
will go into effect in July, accord
ing to Dewitt and it will “hope
fully give us much stronger
power.”
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