ita#4*iKaaiSMaOaa THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, January 27, 1972 An analysis CADET SLOUCH by Km eorie Xhe future of having liquor on campu By HAYDEN WHITSETT Editor The right to legally have li quor on campus is developing into an issue that may endure for quite awhile on the TAMU campus. It is one that undoubt edly has a large amount of stu dent support and may have just as much opposition from the ad ministration. The students of TAMU are not the only ones concerned with having booze on their campus. Other universities in Texas are raising the issue and one, the University of Houston, has al ready allowed liquor on campus. UH is the first state school to allow liquor on campus. Their policy contains three main points: 1) Alcoholic beverages can be consumed on campus as long as persons are not in violation of state laws. 2) Beer can be sold only in the University Center, again un der state laws. 3) The university will take no responsibility for those pieople who violate state laws. University of Houston students argued that no person should be abridged his right to drink under the jurisdiction of state laws just because he is a university stu dent. In each of the points used in the UH policy, the state law clause appears every time. Aside from the standard applicable laws such as minor in possession of alcoholic beverages and drunk in a public place, there is an other that could mean the end of liquor on any campus in the state. This is Article 666-25a of Ver non’s Texas Penal Code which permits a city or county to pro hibit the sale of alcoholic bever ages within 300 feet of a public school. Though this law is not now being used by the City of Col lege Station or Brazos County in respect to A&M it could con ceivably be enforced. Too, according to Crawford Martin, Attorney General of Texas, the University of Houston is a public school. To quote from him: ‘Tn view of the primary object of the Liquor Control Act, and considering the consequences of a contrary construction, it is rea sonable to conclude that the Leg islature intended the words “pub lic schools’’ to encompass all public schools, of all educational levels; therefore, it is our opin ion that the University of Hous ton is a “public school’’ within contemplation of Article 666-25a. If tax supported universities and colleges are not to be deemed “public schools” as herein con sidered, the Texas Legislature is the proper body to make such a provision.” So where does that leave A&M? Possibly in the lurch. It would seem that if liquor were to be prohibited within 300 feet of a public school then the liquor would certainly be prohibited within the school, even if the law doesn’t say that. The true settlement to this facet of the booze on campus problem must come from outside the university either in a ruling by Martin or a court ruling. Assuming that it is legal for liquor to be on campus, what are the chances for students getting the Board of Directors to allow it? Without a poll of the board it is impossible to answer this question. Getting a yes or no answer from each member of the board would probably prove im possible, but knowing the board’s past behavior and some of their current thoughts we can come up with a likely solution. No. If it were to be at all possible to convince the board of chang ing this rule there would have to be used some of the best proofs and firmest support of university officials in high places. The proof would be hard to come by. The UH policy has not been in existence long enough for the board to consider it as a valid example. Also there is no proof that having liquor on cam pus will not lead to more viola tions, not that any laws are now strictly enforced anyway. Don’t count on any support from higher up either. President Jack K. Williams has already said that he will not support such a policy, and where Wil liams goes, the rest of the uni versity is sure to follow. If the policy were to bee* part of the regulations it not be too soon. Probably only changes of mind the ki would make on a matter like: would also be on a one-t&i basis with changes in the pe< on the board. So when will you be able keep beer in your newly acqii refrigerator? When you® off campus. North Viets rap peace plan “I don’t think it’s possible to get this much in my head in one semester!” The student opinion The just released Student Senate Opinion Poll, after more than a month of tabulation, has actually done nothing more than to reinforce most previously held ideas. The reason for this lies in the replies and in the nature of the opinion poll. We have learned that students still favor the Bonfire, still want the laundry and think that the Aggie Sweetheart should be selected (Continued from page 1) Thieu and refused to give up its commitment to the latter. On the contrary, it sought by every means to impose on the South Vietnamese people the U. S.- created Saigon puppet regime, its so-called “constitution” and its ‘laws’.” The Viet Cong delegation in Paris said Nixon’s speech was “filled with electoral propa ganda.” The Viet Cong added in a statement: “It sought on one hand to conceal the policy of prolongation and extension of the war of aggression followed by his administration, and on the other hand to continue to avoid a serious response to the legitimate demands of the South Vietnamese people.” A spokesman for the Cam bodian government, which re ceives U. S. aid in battling the North Vietnamese and Viet Cotton named Welch prof from. A&M coeds only. Of course one tbuld say that such revelations come as a surprise, but not if time is t«kch',fp study the campus even superficially. Asking these questions does serve a purpose in making as sure as possible just what the students think, but when only one third of the students answered the poll, that becomes somewhat unreliable too. The only two questions that an answer could not easily be gaged is that of the War Hymn and the credit union. In these cases the opinion poll fulfilled its purpose. The remaining questions shouldn’t have been asked to begin with. A shuttle bus services is already being planned, there is to be a new university health center, and a phone call to The Battalion editor would have informed the compilers that the “Batt” editors are not going to give up their weekend to produce a Monday paper unless they get a pay raise. The next time such an opinion poll is run, more thought should be given to the questions. There are much better questions that time and money could be spent on. Dr. F. Albert Cotton has joined the A&M faculty as the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemis- That page five ad If you haven’t reached page five yet, when you do you will notice a letter, run as an advertisement, from the A&M band. The letter should be read for it is a reply to a column about the band that ran in the sports section. The purpose of this editorial is to make clear that the letter is being run this way at Col. E. V. Adams’ wish and not in the regular letters to the editor column. The Battalion did not refuse to print the letter, we did refuse to the print the letter in its full length. We did this because the letter is much longer than our specified length, so long in fact that it would have taken up much of this page to run it. This is the only reason it is being run as it is. try, announced TAMU President Jack K. Williams. The National Academy of Sci ences member previously taught and conducted research at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology for 17 years. Dr. Williams noted the new Robert A. Welch professorship honors the Robert A. Welch Foundation of Houston. The foundation, of which the late W. T. Doherty was president at the time the professorship was estab lished, has supported TAMU re search programs with grants to taling more than $5 million since 1956. Dr. A. E. Martell, head of TAMU’s Chemistry Department, said Dr. Cotton will continue to pursue research in inorganic and biological chemistry, with par ticular emphasis on preparative and structural organometallic chemistry, metal-metal bonding, fluxional molecules and protein crystallography. In addition to the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Cot ton is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallo graphic Association, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Chemical So ciety. Cong, said Cambodia welcomed Nixon’s proposals, particularly the provision for guarantees for Laos and Cambodia. The spokesman added that there could be no peace in Cam bodia until 65,000 to 70,000 ene my troops withdrew from Cam bodia, emphasizing: “Other wise, there might be peace in Vietnam but not in the rest of Indochina.” Pote Sarasin, a senior member of Thailand’s ruling national ex ecutive council noted that Nix on’s plans “seem to be a reason able resolution to end the con flict.” Since Thailand is plagued by Communist insurgents, Pote said that any cease-fire must be linked to guarantees of “non interference in the internal af fairs of all southeast Asian coun tries.” TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL-ARTIST SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS JAZZ ENSEMBLE MSC Ballroom — Jan. 27, 1972 8:00 p. m. Student activity card and Town Hall season ticke: holders will be admitted free. 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