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Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 29, 1972 THE BATTALION Listen up Quad details not racist or bigoted Editor: I would like to reply to the let ter by Giro J. Nava printed March 24. Mr. Nava appears to believe that the harassment during a quad detail is "... a celebration of bigotry, hate and racism.” I have never seen a quad detail which was anything other than good natured fun for all parties involved. A member of the Corps may be quaded for any reason; birthday, after receiving an award, revenge for a previous event, 72 days before Final Re view for all of the class of ’72, or why not all Mexicans (Mexi can-Americans) on San Jacinto Day? In any event, the cadet is not quaded because he is disliked. I feel sure that no Corps member gives much thought to the Texas War for Independence while quad- ing a “Mexican.” Who cares if the war was racial or territorial or who fought for Sam Houston ? I feel that a cadet who is never quaded is disliked and I don’t be lieve that any quad detail is “ . . . a celebration of bigotry, hate and racism.” Raymond Loomis ’71 ★ ★ ★ Editor: There seems to me to be three strong reasons brought out in your reply to the Tessies in Thursday’s (Mar 23) Batt, for the silencing of editorial comment in the Listen up column. The first is quite obvious to any halfway neutral observer. It was your plain and overt rude ness to the point of cruelty. The letter very plainly showed shock on behalf of the Tessies that the Senate voted to include only A&M coeds as applicants for Aggie Sweetheart. Evidently the Public Relations committee has retired, when people so closely involved in an issue must use the Batt, which admittedly must present a neutral account, as their only source of information. Instead of making up for this information gap with a diplomatic and in formative reply, hence showing CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle some trace of knowledge about human nature and journalistic re sponsibility, you reply with cute metaphorical phrases with cutting overtones. It can only hurt every one involved, unfortunately, in the long run, including yourself. The second was one of your infamous double cuts. “The only reason the sweetheart was trans ferred away this year is because the senate didn’t have the intelli gence to vote that way in the previous years . . .” This really tells the girls who asked for rea sons a hell of a lot. Surely the reason was due to the greater number of single women on cam pus this year, the first year to be a significant fraction of TWU’s enrollment. It’s tolerable to be cute with our own student’s let ters, but look at the impression you have left them with our stu dent government. In addition, by expressing your opinion here, you have left them with an ad homi- num remark that is a lack of compassion and feeling for others and is of course very fallacious in both content and intent. The third is that you show yourself to be unqualified in knowledge to represent by cor respondence our University. The “old song” which is soon to be your alma mater of sorts, does not begin with “We are the Ag gies.” One can only visualize the editor of the school newspaper in the stands at a football game humming the verse to the school song while the rest of the student body sings, until we get to the chorus, where he can join in be cause the words are easier. It seems that this is the proper time to break social relations with TWU. It is too bad that this necessity should occur with hard feelings after the many years of social fellowship between the two schools, simply because of a lack of diplomacy by student leader ship and an iconoclastic drive to be cute by our student editor. Randy Durham And I have exactly the experience the Board needs, the experience of youth ... of knowing, feeling, and understanding things the other six members of the Board are cut off from by age. Being 18 in 1952 or 1932 does not quali fy to understand the problems of youth in 1972. I may be better prepared to be a Board Member than older men with longer views. How many of them have crisscrossed 48 states and Canada, traveled thousands of miles in Latin coun tries, gone to Boys State in Wash ington, attended Fish Camp? I have. My experience is up-to-date. I graduated from Consolidated last year. Elect me this year. Jim Cox ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL H! CALL 822-3737 1016 Texas Avenue — Bryan RE-ELECT Charles Hensarling 5y BRA ‘The I Rievers” to be she able scie The C Fiction C tonventic Bryan at I-B. The to attra comic bo Texas a E&rl Bla among t, lave pro The m; tion is tl Room, materials the spon: telling g< til late r Some ( aals the Position Six A&M Consolidated School Board Vote For The Experienced Candidate, Re-Elect Charles Hensarling on April 1st, Pd. Pol. Ad. CLUWUYrtH Sorry about the bit about the song, my mistake. But one thing. Listen up is not supposed to be “neutral,” and it isn’t.—Ed. 1 a h ★ ★ ★ “Frankly, I couldn’t think of a thing to say!” Goodbye! If anyone is around to read this blurb, the Batt staff extends best wishes for a good Easter Holiday. We recom mend that you sleep, shave at least for church, don’t drink too much, and get back here in one piece. We don’t like to have Silver Taps right after Easter. Editor: I am Jim Cox, political science major running for Place 6 in the A&M Consolidated School Elec tion April 1. I need the support of all people who believe youth should be represented on school boards. I need a campaign man ager in each dorm. Call 846-5942 to volunteer. About 2000 students are eligible to vote. They can help elect me by voting absentee at the Super intendent’s Office, corner of Jer sey and Anderson, until March 28. Some people say Aggies should n’t vote in this election. I dis agree. Who knows the needs of education better than a student who spent a dozen years in pub lic school not long ago? Some say Aggies shouldn’t vote because they pay no taxes. Every Aggie supports this community economically. Ever notice the tax on a meal? a book? Ever pay rent? utilities? Ever get a slip under your windshield wiper? Some people say things about me, too: I’m too young, too in experienced. I disagree. My youth is an asset because it would give the Board direct access to the thoughts and feelings of students. SAVE MONEY Goto “Ml) TV\URS-FRl- 'bO-'M *P«. NIBLETS WHOLE CORN 12 oz. CANS REDEEM THIS COUPON FOR i 100 EXTRA S&H GREEN STAMPS ° ne With Purchase of $10.00 or More |Vj (Excluding Cigarettes) I®fl| Coupon Expires April 1, 1972 BROOKSHIRE BROS KM TROPHY SLICED STRAWBERRIES c pegle home f< In 1947 ling. A (AP W: 4««89 | CARNATION EVAPORATED DEL HAVEN CATSUP* 5 14 oz. BOTTLES AARGH! John R. Moffitt he.) jp! Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is , 1 , , r , m t> i, i- ■ published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, the student writers only. 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