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Vol. 66 No. 123
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 12, 1971
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a resolution Thursday night say
ing that the Board of Directors
had not assumed its responsibil
ity to the students by delaying
action on the reconsideration of
on-campus housing for women.
The resolution stated, “that the
Student Senate feels that the
Board of Directors, by not acting
on this very important matter,
has not assumed its responsibil
ity to the student body, and that
the Student Senate expresses its
extreme displeasure with the
Board of Directors and regrets
its lack of action on this impor
tant issue.
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Parking lots, traffic
pattern will change
Changes in the campus traffic
and parking situation must be
made due to construction, accord
ing to Associate Dean of Stu
dents Don R. Stafford.
The change most affecting stu
dents is the conversion of lot 9,
located next to Main Drive and
®1 behind Law Hall, to a day stu
dent lot, Stafford said.
It is currently part day stu
dent and part junior-senior park
ing space.
Stafford said the situation will
be balanced by extending the
upperclassman section of lot 49
to Main Drive. Some of lot 49
iscurrently underclassman parking.
Affecting the staff of the Me
morial Student Center will be the
loss of lot 39 on Clark St. due
to construction, Stafford said.
The lot will be replaced by block
ing off part of lot 49 between
Fergusson St. and Main Drive for
the staff. About 73 spaces will
be replaced, he said.
Lamar St. will be made dead
end to west moving traffic at
the comer of Houston and La
mar, he added. Parking will be
extended to both sides of Lamar
and signs will be placed warning
of the deadend.
Houston from Main Drive to
the Memorial Student Center will
be converted to one-way south.
The remainder of Lamar will be
come one-way east. Parking will
be on both sides.
All changes become effective
May 30.
Room change
sign-up now
Civilian students who were un
able to secure the hall of their
choice during the fall semester
sign-up period may fill out a
change request form at the Hous
ing Office till May 14.
The room availability situation
will be reviewed during the sum
mer and requests for change will
be given full consideration, de
pending upon the housing require
ments for incoming freshmen.
“They’re killing this by delay
ing it,” said Sam Drugan (Sr-
Sci). “It’s so obvious we ought
to protest their action only to
show them that we haven’t been
quietly fooled.”
David Moore, president of the
Election Commission, said the
Senate ought to table the reso
lution in order to “give the Sen
ate a better position when talk
ing with the board.”
Speaking after Moore, John
Sharp, Senate president, said that
“it was worded on a very strong
basis, it’s not so strongly worded
now.” The resolution still put the
idea across well, Sharp said.
Tony Best (Sr-Eng) urged pas
sage of the resolution on the
basis of opinion polls taken last
semester. The polls, he said,
showed strong favor for wom
en’s on-campus housing.
The resolution passed 49-5.
In other action, the Senate ap
proved the recommended Student
Service Fee Requests for next
year. The recommendations, con
siderably lower than requested
in some instances, were made by
Tom Cherry, vice president for
business affairs.
Spike Dayton, Senate trea
surer, recommended approval be
cause “it probable won’t make
any difference one way or the
other.”
The requested fees for 13 dif
ferent campus organizations
totalled $1,324,576. Recommend
ed by Cherry was $853,940, the
estimated income for next year.
Sharp appointed two mem
bers from the sophomore class to
serve on the Election Commission
next year. They were Mark
Blakemore and Randy Madison,
one civilian and one in ROTC.
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commander of the Corps of Ca
dets, has been named the first
recipient of The Brown Founda
tion-Earl Rudder Memorial Out
standing Student Award.
The award, which includes a
monetary gift of $5,000, was pre
sented at commencement exer
cises Saturday.
Established with a $100,000
grant from The Brown Founda
tion of Houston, the award will
be presented annually to an out
standing graduating senior who
exemplifies the qualities and
traits of the late Gen. Earl Rud
der. Rudder, who served as presi
dent of the university 11 years,
died March 23, 1970.
Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Taylor, 1701 South 57, Temple,
majored in mechanical engineer
ing. He has earned Distinguished
Student honors for academic ac
complishments and participated
in numerous extracurricular ac
tivities, in addition to providing
student leadership for the Corps
of Cadets.
In guiding the cadets this past
year, Taylor initiated several pro
grams which, university officials
pointed out, have strengthened
and enhanced the Corps.
Taylor was instrumental in
organizing a “think tank” con
ference in which cadet leaders,
along with faculty, staff and
alumni representatives, evaluated
all aspects of the Corps and sug
gested means for improving vari
ous portions of the program.
Ideas stemming from the con
ference led to an improved re
tention rate of freshmen and
sophomores within the Corps, de
velopment of a leadership training
program for sophomores and re
vision of the organization’s regu
lations book, The Standard. Other
results of the conference includ
ed organization of separate units
for pre-medical students and re
vision of the unit disciplinary
system.
Taylor received endorsements
for the award from deans, indi
vidual faculty members, repre
sentatives of the School of Mili
tary Science, fellow students and
former students.
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day to many happy, relieved, and probably hungover graduates. Just how they kept
all the diplomas straight, we don’t know.
DURING FINALS WEEK the urge to hit the bag usually In this instance it was the library, scene of many hours
occurs during those carefully planned-out study hours,— study. (Photo by Larry Martin)
regardless of where the often complaint victim is located.
Pakistani student says
Pakistani Aggies facing death
By GARY AVEN
“Two hundred Aggie exes are
in danger of being exterminated,”
Kamaluddin Hyder said in a Bat
talion interview.
“The West Pakistanian army is
killing all the leaders in govern
ment, the universities and the
communities in East Pakistan,”
Hyder said. “Already, over 10,000
have been exterminated in my
home town alone, Dacca, the
capital of East Pakistan. Their
goal is to wipe out the intelli-
gencia, and this includes over 200
Aggie exes.”
Hyder, treasurer of the Gradu
ate Student Council, asked the
council last week to adopt a reso
lution condemning the actions of
West Pakistan and asking Presi
dent Nixon to boycott all foreign
aid to Pakistan until the “civil
war” is over. The council is con
sidering the matter.
Filling in the history, Hyder
said that India (for Hindus) and
Pakistan (for Moslems) were set
up as states in 1947. Then, he
said, the important thing was
independence from Great Britain,
and Pakistan was set up with
two Wings separated by a thou
sand miles of India.
A military dictator from the
East wing took over, but to avoid
an uprising, he promised that free
elections would be held, Hyder
said. The people became more and
more dissatisfied as the years
passed and he made no effort to
provide elections. Finally, when
he could control the people no
longer, there was a coup and one
of his subordinates took over. He
also promised free elections, and
he finally got around to providing
for them.
Free elections were held in
Pakistan last November, Hyder
said. It was a landslide victory
for the East Pakistan majority
party, he said. They won 167 out
of 169 seats on the national Par
liament.
“I myself could not believe that
the military dictator would be
so liberal as to hold free elections
and turn over his power to the
people or let control of the coun
try pass from West to East Paki
stan,” Hyder said. “Then on Feb.
11 of this year, just before those
elected were to take office, the
dictator moved the Pakistanian
army into East Pakistan and took
over. All the soldiers in the Paki
stanian army are from West
Pakistan.
“It was & full scale invasion on
unarmed civilians,” Hyder said.
“And the arms used to slaughter
those civilians were given to
Pakistan by the United States to
defend it against communism.
All foreign reporters were ex
pelled so the world would not
know what is going on. Reports
have leaked out that as many as
50 professors at the university
at Dacca have been killed. The
students are understandably up
set. The troops killed a whole
dormitory of students while they
slept.”
“This is not the end of it,” he
continued. “The problems are get
ting worse. The government has
rejected the aid for the victims
of the famine in the aftermath
of the typhoon that struck last
fall. As a result, as many as a
million people may die.”
“There is no communication
with East Pakistan,” he said.
“The 22 students from East Paki
stan that are now attending Texas
A&M have no way of knowing
what has become of their fami
lies. Their support money that
their families were sending has
stopped coming. And they did not
know what would become of them
when their visas expired. Pakistan
is not renewing any visas, and
there was fear that when their
visas expired, they would be sent
home, back to that slaughter
house.”
“I led a delegation to President
Williams,” Hyder said. “He was
very sympathetic. He said he
would try to keep us ’til this
thing is settled, even though our
visas might expire, and not let
us be sent back to the slaughter.
He also came out on his own and
said he would try to scrounge
some money so we won’t starve.”
Hyder confessed to being bi
ased and urged the Graduate
Student Council to “pass humani
tarian recommendations for for
eign students as an expression of
sympathy.” He also urged them
to encourage stopping all aid to
West Pakistan to bring about
some pressure on them. And he
concluded, “Please remember
those who have been killed or
persecuted in your prayers.”
GSC hits at new fee increase
“I feel with this letter we ac
complished the goal we set out
to accomplish,” said Graduate
Student Council (GSC) President
Larry McGill (Vet. Path.) at last
week’s regular GSC meeting.
The letter he referred to was
sent to President Jack K. Wil
liams by a unanimous council,
voicing their disapproval of the
handling of House Bill 573, which
appropriated funds for the new
Memorial Student Center addi
tion.
“We talked it over with Ed
Cooper and requested that we get
student input on matters concern
ing them before it is put to a
vote,” McGill said. “We have a
reply from Williams already, and
he said from now on, they will
tell us exactly the way alloca
tions will take place.”
McGill said Williams was as
upset as anybody because he
promised that the $5 increase in
student services fees would be
all.
“Another $5 was passed in ad
dition to this,” McGill said, “and
he is embarrassed and burned
up about it. This other money
was taken from the building use
fee.”
“Vestal said there was a $30
ceiling on the building use fee,
but he misinformed us,” Ernie
Davis (Ag. Eco.) said. “Cooper
said there is no limit on the
building use fee.”
Vice President C. A. Bedinger
(Biol.) said that Vestal was prob
ably used by someone who want
ed the bill passed and was mis
informed.
“Well, we aren’t misinformed
now,” McGill said, “and I still
think everyone realizes you get
a good education for the money
at A&M.”
In other business, Bedinger
said that the Student Services
Fees Allocation Committee, of
which he was a member, hadn’t
met all year. The first meeting
was called, he said, two days be
fore its recommendations were
due.
“I am dissatisfied. I told them
I couldn’t serve on a committee
that handled its business that
way. Whoever was in charge
shirked their responsibility. The
members of next year’s GSC
ought to take it upon themselves
to see that this isn’t repeated
next year.”
The preliminary results from
the questionnaire sent out in the
last GSC newsletter are in, Roger
Sindt (Ag. Eco.) said.
“Out of 3,000 graduate stu
dents, 217 responded,” Sindt said,
“so we think it was a success be
cause only 186 voted in last fall’s
elections.” The preliminary re
sults are:
Is the language requirement
(for the doctoral degree) an in
tegral part of the program? Yes
16 per cent; No 81.5 per cent; No
response 1.8 per cent.
Do you think such a group as
the Graduate Student Council is
functional and needed? Yes 83.8
per cent; No 10.1 per cent; Un
certain 0.4 per cent; No response
2.7 per cent; Needed but not
functional 2.7 per cent.
Who is your Graduate Student
Council representative ? Do know
53.4 per cent; Don’t know 46.4
per cent.
“People who respond to such
questionnaires differ significantly
from the general population,”
Bedinger said, “so this doesn’t
mean much.”
In his Library Committee re
port, McGill said that some grad
uate students are having diffi
culty finding adequate study fa
cilities in the library. He said he
is trying to arrange for more
study carrols for graduate stu
dent, but locker space is available
to graduate students in the li
brary with only a short waiting
list. Few of them know of this,
he said.
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in critical state
Michael L. Leiser, a freshman
paralyzed in a Thursday accident,
remains in critical condition in
Houston Memorial Hospital.
Leiser’s condition “is basically
the same,” according to Dr. Ken
neth L. Nelson, university hos
pital director who was in touch
with Houston hospital officials
Monday.
Nelson accompanied the 19-
year-old Squadron 9 cadet during
early Friday transfer to Memo
rial.
Leiser fell from the roof of
Gainer Hall in the Cadet Corps
area. His spinal cord was severed
in two places, among other in
juries, resulting in paralysis from
the waist down.
The son of Air Force Col. and
Mrs. Louis G. Leiser of Colorado
Springs, Colo., is now in the neu
rological intensive care unit at
Memorial Hospital. Leiser will be
transferred to a Colorado Springs
hospital as soon as praticable.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.