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College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 4, 1971
CADET SLOUCH
by nm Earu Selection ‘praised’
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Editor:
Mark Olson, the other members
of the Civilian Student Council,
and their advisors must be com
mended in choosing Davis-Gary
as the “Best Civilian Hall” for
1971. It must have been a difficult
challenge to choose Davis-Gary
over Walton.
I hope the Warriors of Walton
will be able to emulate the resi
dents of Davis-Gary so that next
year Walton may again be num
ber one. Walton should take heed
of the example of Davis-Gary in
not attending all the yell practices
as Walton did wherever yell prac
tice was held by the yell leaders.
One cannot deny that Davis-Gary
helped clean up College Station-
Bryan with everyone else last
month. It appears the time, ef
fort, and money spent by Walton
in having the members of Boys’
Harbor as dates for the Rice foot
ball game could have been better
spent on several beer busts.
Davis-Gary claims of having
(sic) two steaks frys. Walton
must surely be doing something
wrong at their steak frys, ham
burger frys, piazza (sic) parties,
and hot dog roasts. Davis-Gary
claims of (sic) a new lounge. I
suppose Walton should not have
had President Williams at their
(sic) lounge rededication. Davis-
Gary is said to have had a week
end, while Walton, had their (sic)
third annual Sommerville Week
end Retreat. It must have been
easy for the Civilian Student
Council to overlook the campus
Prisoner of War letter writing
campaign initiated by Walton,
which is mentioned in Reader’s
Digest; or overlook the Warriors’
Christmas caroling at the local
hospitals, jails, and other simi-
liar places; or the dances, parties,
and other recreational events
sponsored by Walton.
Gregory L. Schwei
The Groad of Walton
Bulletin Board
“Not this year! I’m only in the Class of ’71—this is
the year for th’ Class of ’70 to graduate!”
TONIGHT
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in the Academic Building to elect
officers.
Williamson County Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
MSC Social Room to discuss a
barbecue.
Lincoln Union will meet at 8
p.m. in the MSC Birch Room for
an organizational meeting. For
David Middlebrooke
Apathy still reigns supreme
Last Wednesday’s election was
disappointing, and there are no
indications today’s runoff will
turn out any better.
I don’t mean the results, I mean
the turnout.
All year long students complain
about student government — it’s
corps dominated, civilians are
ruining it, I’m not being repre
sented. Always something.
Then comes election day, the
day to do something about it,
and most students get in practice
so they’ll be able to fit right into
the national voting pattern after
they graduate—if they don’t fit
in already.
Out of approximately 14,000
students at Texas A&M, roughly
24 percent bothered to vote. No
body cares, nobody wants to get
involved in any way.
Many students don’t care about
student government, or they think
it’s a waste of time. Some regard
the whole thing as a farce.
But what all these people seem
to fail to realize is that student
government is speaking for them,
is representing them wherever
and whenever it counts, with the
people who count.
When anyone wants to know
what students are thinking on an
issue, they don’t ask individual
students at random—they ask the
student body president. When the
administration wants student in
put or the student feeling on a
subject, the Student Senate is
consulted, not the average Aggie
as he rests between classes.
Some students get involved in
student government because they
fear their group will lose power.
Others get involved because
they’re interested, and want to
work for what they think is best.
But at least they’re involved.
Some students don’t have the
time or the inclination to become
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15 (12)
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4:30
5:00 3 (5)
5:30
Numbers in ( ) denote
channels on the cable.
3 (5) Edge of Night
15 (12) Sesame Street
(PBS) (Repeat
of Monday)
Corner Pyle
Town Talk
University
Instructional
That Girl
Bewitched
What’s New
(PBS)
General Hospital
15 (12) Misterogers’
Neighborhood
(PBS)
3 (5) CBS News
15 (12)
6:00 3 (5)
6:30 3 (5)
15 (12)
7:00
3 (5)
15 (12)
7:30
3 (5)
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15 (12)
8:30
9:00
3 (5)
15 (12)
3 (5)
15 (12)
10:00
10:30
3 (5)
3 (5)
Sesame Street
(PBS)
Evening News
Beverly Hillbillies
Campus and
Community Today
Green Acres
Jean Shepherd’s
America (PBS)
Hee Haw
Black Journal
(PBS)
All in the Family
Viewpoint
How to Stay Alive
The Advocates
(PBS)
Final News
ABC Movie
involved directly but at least they
vote, and make their wishes
known. Maybe they even contact
their representative from time to
time to find out something, or
make their view known.
But one fourth of the student
body is a pretty small number
to be interested or involved. Some
how I get the impression the ma
jority of students doesn’t care to
the extent it’s willing to let a
minority determine student views
and be the student voice. It doesn’t
mind letting a minority do its
thinking for it.
It’s not like nobody knew there
was an election. Or nobody knew
who the candidates were. And
it’s not like nobody was interest
ed in anything around here. We
all know the corps is terribly in
terested in keeping a dispropor
tionate representation going, but
you have to give them credit—
they work at it.
And the civilians—they’re go
ing great guns with their resi
dence hall program, and it’s a
good one. It just appears they’re
more concerned with their own
little ponds than they are with
the big river that affects them in
so many ways.
It must be discouraging to stu
dent leaders to try and do a good
job of representing a group that,
for the most part, didn’t even
vote for them, and never bothers
to show concern or interest.
When something is done that
some students don’t like—actions
are taken in their behalf, or opin
ions spoken as being theirs—pro
test comes quickly. But it’s too
late then. The time to do some
thing about it was the last elec
tion.
Did you vote ? Do you have
solid grounds for your bitch ? Or
do you let the Corps of Cadets
run things for you through de
fault ?
information, call 846-3294.
WEDNESDAY
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow
ship will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
room 304 of the Physics Building.
THURSDAY
Texas A&M Sailing Club will
meet at 8:15 p.m. in room 202 of
the Physics Building to elect new
officers and plan an event for
September.
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WITH ROCKINGHORSE
ON MAY 8, SAT. 8:00 P.M. AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
Tickets at the SOUND SHOP & VICK’S DRUG MART
$2.00 in advance & $2.50 at the door
Bingo—Weekdays at 5, BCS*TV/9. Nothing to
buy. You need not be present to win.
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