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Peace plan knocked
but still not rejected
E JAZZ ENSEMBLE from the University of Texas performed Thursday night in the
Memorial Student Center Ballroom. The group brought alive some of the old and intro-
^"““■iiced some of the new jazz in their performance. (Photo by Robert Williams)
Student Senate
PARIS trfP)—North Vietnam and
the Viet Cong unleashed a bar
rage of criticism Thursday
against every major point of Pres
ident Nixon’s peace plan but
stopped short of outright rejec
tion.
The U. S. delegate told the
Vietnamese Communists the
.United States will not complete a
total withdrawal from South Viet
nam until a final agreement is
signed based “on all aspects” of
Nixon’s plan. The United States
and South Vietnam placed the
eight-point plan before the Paris
peace talks.
The Nixon plan was under dis-
New constitution draws talk
■ The Student Senate touched on
'■le proposed constitution Thurs-
| jday night but did not go into the
nrt that may cause the most
raiment within the senate.
The part left untouched in the
mte’s quick consideration of
ne constitution dealt with the
l apportionment of student sena-
p. It was this segment that
las responsible for an earlier
institution being defeated last
The apportionment system calls
for 50 senators selected from the
plleges, as is now the case, and
brtsentatives from living areas
h the basis of one senator to
hry 500 students with each class
aving an equal number of sen-
tors.
It was the living area repre-
mtation that defeated last year’s
oposed constitution. The sys-
/|em would weigh the odds in fa-
I^IVor of civilian students since they
| arc in the majority.
The consideration of the appor
tionment was put off because of
the lateness of the meeting. Sev
eral more meetings are to be
held before the senate votes on
the constitution. If it passes the
senate it must go before the stu
dents in a referendum.
The Student Senate also passed
two resolutions dealing with Col
lege Station. One deals with set
ting up absentee voting booths
on campus because the College
Station Spring General Elections
fall on April 4, during the spring
break. The resolution has already
been shown to the City Council
and was not well received.
The other calls for the senate
executive committee and the City
Council to “meet in conference
to exchange ideas and discuss
problems in an effort to estab
lish and increase communications”
between TAMU and College Sta
tion.
Details of the Student Support
Program were given out by Layne
Kruse, Student Life Chairman.
The program provides for dis
counts from Bryan-College Sta
tion businessmen for TAMU stu
dents.
The discount will be available
to students in stores that will ex
hibit a discount sign in a win
dow. An ID card must be shown
in order to receive the discount.
A tentative list with 27 entries
has been prepared and more are
expected to be added, said Kruse.
Most of the discounts are being
given on a percentage of purchase
basis.
Goods purchaseable under dis
count include gasoline, tires, jew
elry, radios, TVs, clothing, auto
repair, books, food, and other
items.
Kruse said he expected the list
to be complete and the discount
operable by Wednesday.
The senate also alloted $1,500
dollars to the Student Conference
on National Affairs to be held
here Feb. 16-19.
Bruce Clay, Public Relations
Chairman, reported that one hour
of time between 8:30 and 9:30
had been secured from KAMU-
TV to have a senate show. Inter
views will be held with deans and
campus leaders.
cussion over the past two years in
secret meetings in Paris, between
presidential adviser Henry A. Kis
singer, and North Vietnamese ne
gotiators. The South Vietnamese
and Viet Cong delegations were
excluded from these talks because
the Communists would not nego
tiate with Saigon’s representa
tive.
In presenting the plan, U. S.
Ambassador William J. Porter
and South Vietnam’s Pham Dang
Lam stressed that it was flexible
and open to negotiation. The al
lied delegates hoped that the
Communist side might take up
the challenge and open bargaining
in public or secret meetings.
The meeting produced no hint
that the North Vietnamese and
Viet Cong delegations were ready
to bargain—publicly or privately
—on the basis of Nixon’s plan.
After denouncing the plan as
a maneuver by Nixon to get him
self re-elected president, Xuan
Thuy, the North Vietnamese dele
gate, said he would have “other
comments to make” later.
Thuy denounced Nixon for di
vulging the secret Kissinger con
tracts in spite of a formal promise
he said the United States gave
the North Vietnamese.
It was the second time in the
three-year-old conference that
Nixon has violated a similar un
dertaking, Thuy asserted, and
added: “If Mr. Nixon cannot keep
such a solumn promise, then what
credibility will his other state
ments have ?”
Both Thuy and the Viet Cong’s
Nguyen Van Tien referred to the
Viet Cong’s seven point peace
plan submitted o the talks last
July 1. They avoided all reference
to the nine-point plan North Viet
nam put to Kissinger in the secret
talks. The Hanoi plan demanded
American war reparations. The
United States rejected the demand
while offering Hanoi a share in a
multibillion-dollar reconstruction
program.
Porter told the Communist side:
“We would be willing, once there
is an over-all agreement in prin
ciple, to begin implementing cer-
tain'military aspects of the agree
ment, such as those affecting
withdrawals and prisoners, while
we continue to negotiate on other
aspects.
“However, in connection with
troop withdrawals, I wish to make
it clear that although they could
start on the date of the agree
ment in principle, they would not
be totally completed before a
final agreement on all aspects of
the problem is signed.”
(See Peace, page 2)
Rogers reveals optimism
regarding peace proposal
Elephant Bowl efforts bring
Mental Health Center $1,235
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'■SC is told by Cooper
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Ed Cooper, assistant to Presi-
nt Jack Williams, said Thurs-
ay that to ask for a student rep-
sentative on the Board of Di-
ictors wouldn’t be the easiest
ling to do at the Graduate Stu-
ent Council meeting.
Cooper presented the adminis-
•ation’s position concerning the
ontroversial matter.
The council was considering
taking a proposal that the Stu-
ent Senate president be placed
n the Board of Directors as a
on-voting member. At this time
tudents may only attend the open
leetings of the board. Across the
ation 105 colleges have student
epresentation on the Board of
lirectors.
Cooper feels that the students
Iready have a good way of com-
unicating with the board. “The
tudents are represented by the
dministration at board meet
ings,” he said. Cooper emphasized
hat students should use organiza
tions like the Student Senate as a
means of expressing opinions
through the administration and
to the board.
“The present system is work
able and good,” Cooper said.
Cooper is worried that to allow
the Student Senate president to
be a member of the boai’d would
give numerous other organiza
tions justification for asking for
the same representation.
Cooper said that to have the
administration to submit the pro
posal at a board meeting is not
the proper way to approach the
matter. He would rather see the
proposal submitted to the state
legislature. Cooper went on to
say, however, that the adminis
tration could not question the
Attorney General concerning the
legality of the proposal due to
the “delicate nature of the sub
ject.” “The president would be
put in a precarious position,” he
said.
The Graduate Student
is considering sending a
the proposal to the lieutenant
governor and to congressmen.
The council decided to table the
motion for the proposal and con
sider it later.
Recently the administration as
signed student representatives to
what were previously all faculty
committees. The GSC would like
to see graduate student represent-
tation on some of these university
committees. Cooper replied favor
ably to this proposal but asked
that the council present the ad
ministration with statements jus
tifying the need for having a
graduate student on a particular
committee.
Checks totaling $1,235 and
representing efforts of TAMU
students were presented Thurs
day to the Central Brazos Valley
Mental Health Center Inc. of
Bryan.
J. C. Jacques, center board
chairman, and Gilbert Witsell,
business manager, accepted the
checks from TAMU student lead
ers.
“It is appropriate that stu-<
dents conceived and developed
the Elephant Bowl idea leading
to this worthy contribution,” re
marked President Jack Williams.
“Student effort made it a suc
cess and again proves A&M stu
dents are among the finest in
the world.”
Joining the Elephant Bowl
committee with funds for the
mental health center were the
Student Senate and Xi Delta
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, na
tional service fraternity.
Tommy Potthoff made the
presentation as chairman of the
Elephant Bowl. The December
Army vs. Air Force football
game raised $835 of the dona
tion. TAMU’s Athletic Depart
ment provided equipment and
facilities for the game.
The idea originated with Mike
Weynand, senior mechanical en
gineering major of Hondo.
Senate President John Sharp
of Placedo, APO President Dale
Foster of Bryan and Col. Thom
as R. Parsons, commandant of
cadets, attended the presenta
tion ceremony in President Wil
liams’ office.
The contribution can form the
basis for matching funds from
other sources for the mental
health center. The Corps of
Cadets and APO have provided
other services to the center.
WASHINGTON <A>) _ Secre
tary of State William P. Rogers
expressed some hesitant opti
mism Thursday about the future
of President Nixon's eight-point
peace plan because the North
Vietnamese had not rejected the
proposal at the Paris talks.
After saying a main sticking
point in the negotiations is Ha
noi’s insistence on a Communist-
imposed government for South
Vietnam, Rogers told a confer
ence of editors and broadcasters:
“I am somewhat encouraged
by the fact that they (the North
Vietnamese have not rejected our
proposals at Paris this morning.
“There has been a good deal
of invective,” the secretary con
tinued, “but they have not re
jected” the plan outlined by
President Nixon earlier this
week and formally presented at
Paris Thursday.
Rogers said he had talked to
William Porter, the chief U. S.
delegate at the Paris talks, fol
lowing his meeting with the
North Vietnamese representa
tives and was told the other side
had asked questions about the
American plan, particularly deal
ing with procedures for a pro
posed election.
“That is a good sign,” the sec
retary declared, “that is what
negotiations are all about.”
He tempered his encourage
ment with such statements as:
“It is not clear at all” that the
North Vietnamese and their Viet
Cong allies are seriously inter
ested in a peaceful settlement.
“North Vietnam insists that
the government of South Viet
nam be removed and a govern-'
ment of their choosing take
over,” Rogers said, adding the
American position insists on a
free election.
“We are perfectly flexible” on
the procedures involving an elec
tion, the secretary said, and “we
are prepared to do anything to
insure the election is fair.”
However, he said, “we cannot
accept North Vietnam imposing
a Communist government on
South Vietnam . . . the United
States cannot retreat from that
as a matter of principle.”
Discount prices for students
to begin in B-CS Thursday
A TAMU Student Support
Program will go into operation
Thursday to help students and
businessmen get more for their
money.
Cooperating local retail mer
chants will provide TAMU stu
dents marked discounts, with the
business to be identified as a
Student Support Program par
ticipant.
The TSSP was arranged by
the Student Senate with mer
chants.
“We believe the program will
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ingle room consolidations
icing made between dorms
Room changes are under way
a t A&M through Wednesday by
students consolidating single oc
cupant quarters.
Housing Manager Allan M.
Madeley reminded that students
living alone must pay one and
one-third room rent for the
spring semester unless consoli
dation with another student is
impossible.
Room changes within halls
Was accomplished Wednesday
and Thursday. Changes from
hall to hall will be accommodated
at the Housing Office Tuesday
and Wednesday.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Madeley said hall changes
must be initiated at the Housing
Office and completed within 24
hours after the new assignment.
Students should be prepared to
present fee receipts. The hous
ing manager said vacancies will
be assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Correction
In the Jan. 27 issue of The
Battalion the registration date
for A&M’s Free University was
erroneously reported as being last
night. The registration will be
held Thursday, Feb. 3 from 7:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The university policy on con
solidation of dormitory students
is designed to provide the most
equitable arrangement between
student desires and financial con
cerns, said Housing Director Al
len M. Madeley.
The policy, established by the
Board of Directors three years
ago, states that students living
alone must pay rent and a third
unless consolidation with another
student is impossible.
“This gives the student an op
portunity to live alone if he wants
to and pay the extra or move in
with someone else. The student
without a roommate has a choice
of who to live with rather than
us telling him who,” said Howard
S. Perry, director of civilian stu
dent activities.
“We like to give the student a
chance to find someone in his own
hall to move in with. This sus
tains hall unity and no one is
forced to take ‘pot-luck’ on a
roommate or move to another
dorm,” commented Perry. A stu
dent who is unable to find a room
mate should notify the Housing
Office and he will be assigned
one.
This policy is obvious to most
students when an abnormal
amount of vacancies occur and it
becomes economically unfeasible
to keep a dormitory open. Or one
may be closed for renovations.
“We do not like to close a
dormitory down because it scat
ters the people and destroys dorm
unity,” commented Madeley, “but
sometimes overhead, upkeep and
bonding costs force us to close it.”
“Something that most people
do not realize is that these
dormitories are self-sustaining. If
there are not enough people living
in them, they become a burden on
the whole system and people in
other dorms end up paying for
them,” Madeley said.
“Also, funds for renovating
them come from the rent. There
are no state funds for things like
carpeting and new water coolers,”
stressed Madeley.
There is often a question as
to the necessity of consolidation
within a dorm. “This is not some
thing that you could measure in
dollars, but the wear and tear on
a room plus the costs to the uni
versity for telephone service make
it more economical to consoli
date,” said Perry.
“We had many considerations
to make in carrying out this poli
cy, and we feel like we have come
up with a fair one,” commented
Madeley. “Any policy is going to
upset some people, but this will
upset the fewest.”
Next week a memorandum will
be published listing all the single
rooms on campus and the occu
pant’s name. This is to help those
affected by the policy to find
roommates. A deadline will be
set for room changes and then
all singles will be billed, Madeley
said.
benefit both the TAMU student
and businessman,” Senate Presi
dent John Sharp said.
Layne Kruse, chairman of the
Senate’s business relations comn
mittee, indicated the program is
designed to raise the merchant’s
volume and profit while giving
the student an allowance on his
purchase.
“This will be accomplished by
guiding students’ buying power
to cooperating businesses,” Kruse
explained.
Student discounts of from two
to 25 percent have been set by
cooperating merchants to go in
to effect Thursday. Allowances
originate with the merchant.
Businesses providing discounts
will include auto repair, tires and
auto parts and clothing stores,
radio, TV and stereo shops,
jewelers, sporting goods and
photo establishments, service
stations, eating places and a de
partment store.
“Discretionary income of Tex
as A&M’s 15,000 students will be
in excess of $45,000 in the com
ing year,” Kruse commented.
“Last year, students spent $23
million in the Bryan-College Sta
tion area.”
Kruse pointed out that the
TSSP merchant may have the
allowance affect only certain
items, or run only on selected
days and times.
“To assist the merchant in
this, we will provide suggestions
which have proven successful in
similar programs throughout the
U.S.,” the Senate business rela
tions chairman indicated. “He
will need only to have his em
ployes honor the current A&M
ID card for the prescribed allow
ance.”
Participating merchants will
receive benefits other than in
creased business. Free campus
advertising will be provided to
insure that all students know
of advantages offered them,
Kruse explained.
“This will include articles and
ads in the Battalion, posters in
residence halls and classroom
buildings, articles in newsletters
and letters to student organiza
tions,” he said.
Kruse said merchants inter
ested in joining 30 participating
retailers in the TSSP should con
tact a Student Senate representa
tive at 845-1515.
150 new refrigerator units
to be available next week
One-hundred and fifty new
refrigerator units will be avail
able next week for lease to stu
dents.
There will be two syles
available. The walnut-finished
units, without locks, rent for $20
per semester plus a $10 deposit.
The white model, with a lock,
will rent for $25 per semester
plus a $10 deposit. Students
renting units will receive a free
6-pack of Pepsi and two free
posters.
Students who have already
rented refrigerators have until
February 1 to file damage
claims. Damage reports on units
rented from now on must be
filed in a week of delivery. Dam
ages by students will be charged
at the end of the semester. For
additional information call the
Student Programs Office, 5-4515.