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College Station, Texas Thursday, October 21, 1971
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“Is it a bad sign to get excited about getting a letter
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Senate
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tween part of the Student Senate
and John Sharp came with the
appointment to the Preveterinary
Medicine representatives. Ap
pointed and approved by the Sen
ate was Craig Splawn; the dis
agreement came with the nomi
nating of Malcolm Prince, a soph
omore.
At issue was why Sharp did
not appoint Carol Silverthorne,
one of the three applicants for
the two positions, to represent
Preveterinary Medicine. The ar
guments revolving around the ap
pointment were not so much
against Prince as they were for
Silverthorne.
Barb Sears, senate secretary,
led the push to have Silverthorne
placed on the Student Senate. She
argued that Silverthorne had past
experience at A&M in the Fresh
man and Sophomore Councils and
in University Women while Prince
only had three years experience
as a Future Farmers of America
officer during high school.
“Why do you have three soph
omores from Squadron 12 in this
group,” questioned Jim Dennis
(Soph.-Eng.). “Why aren’t there
any from M-l?”
“I didn’t pick my outfits, Mr.
Dennis,” Sharp replied, visibly
angered. “I interviewed all the
applicants that came by the of
fice,” he said. He also emphasized
that he didn’t pick the senators
on the basis of Corps, civilian, or
co-ed.
Sharp did admit that if Prince’s
nomination failed he would nomi
nate Silverthorne and that he
considered her qualified to be a
senator.
Prince’s nomination did fail
when it finally came to a vote
and Sharp immediately nominated
Silverthorne. The senate, tired of
the argument and debate, tabled
Sharp’s nomination amid sighs of
relief.
Silverthorne’s appointment will
be considered at the next meeting.
The Student Senate approved
a resolution calling for the uni
versity to allow students to have
refrigerators in their dorm rooms.
The proposal will probably be
augmented by the university in
civilian dorms 14-22 on an experi
mental basis, Mike Essmyer, sen
ate vice-president, said. The rea
son these dorms were selected is
because they are the only ones
capable of providing enough elec
tricity, he said.
For the same dorms, the Stu
dent Senate passed another reso
lution calling for the wiring of
cable television onto the campus
for use in students’ rooms. Both
resolutions passed unanimously.
Editor:
“Apathy” has become a very
common word lately and here at
A&M one can see why. We all
like to do a lot of griping and
there are good reasons for it, but
very few of us do more than that.
Is it too much trouble to write
the responsible officials ?
Wouldn’t the results be worth it?
There will never be any change
unless we make our feelings
known. (Perhaps the editor would
be so kind as to print the address
where mail to President Jack K.
Williams can be sent.)
Of course, I’m griping, but I’m
trying to do something too.
Greg Smitt
The address is President Jack
K. Williams, President’s Office,
Systems Building, Texas A&M
University, College Station.—Ed.
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Fellow Aggies, take heart! Like
a bolt from the blue comes the
solution to the ticket problem!
Aren’t we in the midst of a
ninety-day price freeze ? And
doesn’t that freeze state that
there will be no increase in price
on goods or services without a
corresponding increase in quality ?
Well then, I would be the last to
suggest that the boys in maroon
and white aren’t doing their best,
because that isn’t true, but it
would be hard to detect an in
crease in quality of $6 per game.
Hasn’t Mr. Groff, then, by his
actions effectively raised the cost
of a football weekend at A&M
for those of us with dates without
raising its standards?
With these bold facts staring
me in the face, I shot off a tele
gram to my old friend President
Nixon, and I have the utmost
faith that by the time this letter
is printed, Mr. Groff’s office will
be surrounded by a detachment of
National Guard troops. Our prob
lem will be solved!
Seriously, I am writing in the
hopes of keeping the controversy
going and, by keeping it alive,
bringing about a change in a
ridiculous policy. If not, Mr. Groff,
I can promise you that in my
four years here you will not get
one of my tickets to resell.
Bruce McComas ’75
★ ★ ★
Editor:
I am writing this letter to ex
press my feelings about the
Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football
Team. I hope many other Aggies
will agree with these opinions.
I was in Ft. Worth Saturday night
and saw the game. The Ags were
more impressive than any time
this season. As anyone in the
stands can confirm, it was ob
vious that the Ags wanted to win
this one more than any game yet
this season. They were a changed
ball club. They made me proud
to be an Aggie and gave me con
fidence that we will beat the hell
out of Baylor. The Ags made a
few mistakes again but it was
obvious that they had something
Saturday night that has been
lacking. That essential ingredient
is called confidence. Never once
did the Ags quit. Joe Mac King
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did an excellent job and he should
obviously start again next week.
Clearly he showed the ability to
move the ball in tough pressure
situations better than the other
quarterbacks have. It is true that
the defense had its problems dur
ing the first half but we should
remember that this is the first
time this year they have played
against the triple option and in
the second half, T.C.U. was vir
tually stopped cold. Again I would
like to say that I am damn proud
of the Fightin’ Texas Aggies and
hope we all stay behind them. If
we do, Joe Mac will lead the Ags
to victory over Baylor in convinc
ing style! Beat the HELL out of
Baylor!!!! !
Jay West ’73
Sonny Stephens ’73
Justin Schramm ’73
P.S. I’m not running down Lex
James, Tim Trimmier or Mark
Green but they just don’t have
the experience that the senior has
and that they will have in future
years.
★ ★ ★
Editor:
As a member of Great Issues
and having taken part in the
Marguerite Fisher program, I
feel compelled to let you in on
a few things.
1. Dr. Fisher does not bum
bras. (I think you knew that
deep in your heart anyway.)
2. Dr. Fisher was not angered
at the males in the audience after
her speech.
I also thought that Sue Davis’
article in the Oct. 14 Batt was a
bit unfair. I know Sue and re
spect her as a journalist but I
think on this occasion she simply
goofed (as we all do sometime).
She assumed Dr. Fisher was
angered when she actually was
not. She also reported questions
from males as “taunting” which
is partly true but she failed to
mention Dr. Fisher was being
rude and antagonistic also. Hav
ing spent most of Wednesday and
part of Thursday with her, I have
a great deal of respect for the
lady. However, I also realized
she was opinionated, loved a good
verbal argument and sometimes
antagonized people simply to ob
tain a reaction. She did this to
me personally several times and
did it during the question-and-
answer period after her speech.
I also wish to say the answer
you gave Gerald Olivier made lit
tle sense to me. If you knew a lit
tle about management, you would
know menstrual cycles and preg
nancy are considered when hiring
women for jobs. This is not meant
in a discriminatory way, it is
simply a possible emotional prob
lem that an employer would want
to know.
Finally, as a Great Issues mem
ber and a journalism major, I
have a two-fold interest in your
editorial and your answer to
Olivier’s letter. I have never met
Mr. Olivier but I would assume
he deserves more respect than
a “Grow up, Aggie.” I have spent
3 years here and three years in
the Marines with 13 months in
Vietnam and (perhaps in error)
I consider myself an adult (so
does my wife).
I really think you are a grown
up Aggie, so I feel I must simply
say that the next time you sit
down at your typewriter to an
swer a letter or write an edi
torial, “THINK, Aggie.”
Vice-Chairman, Great Issues
T. C. Cone
In the editorial, the term “bra-
burner” was meant in a satirical
way. I suppose the satire was lost
on you.
In her story Sue Davis did men
tion that Fisher antagonized her
audience and answered in gener
alizations and some other per
tinent details. Due to some high
speed editing on my part after
it was set in type to make the
story fit, the paragraphs telling
of this were removed. The fault
is mine much more than Sue’s.
The reason I replied “Grow up,
Aggie” to Oliver was that we
had knowledge that he, and the
group he was with, had attended
the speech with the intention of
heckling. It will be the last time
he ever does tell a Battalion re
porter that he intends to do so.
That is the reason he, and any
one else who does so, got the
“Grow up, Aggie.” I feel anyone
who heckles just for kicks de
serves the statement.—Ed.
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Tonight
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club meets in room 3C of
the Memorial Student Center at
7:30.
Mid-Jefferson County Home
town Club meets at the Pizza
Inn at 6:30 for pictures for the
Aggieland.
Young Americans for Free
dom will meet in the old city
hall of College Station, 101
Church St., at 7:30 p.m.
Model Airplane Club will meet
in room 201 of the Physics build
ing at 8:30 to collect dues and
hear about free flight models.
Laredo Hometown Club will
meet in room 2B of the Me
morial Student Center at 7:30.
Saturday
Tryell Council meets at 4:30
in the Leggett lounge.
Tuesday
American Nuclear Society
meets in room 211 of the Doherty
building at 7:30.
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