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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 2, 1972
Listen up
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Grads and language
Editor:
The Graduate Student Council
wishes all students to know that
in August a decision will be made
here that will directly affect
many graduate students both now
and in the future. The Academic
Council will vote to change or
retain the Ph.D. language require
ment. The GSC unanimously sup
ports the proposal that originated
in the Graduate Council concern
ing the Ph.D. language require
ment. The Graduate Council was
overwhelmingly in support of the
proposal when it voted to make
this recommendation. With Grad
uate Dean George Kunze’s effort
and support this plan now has
passed the Academic Programs
Committee and the Executive
Committee of the Academic Coun
cil and is now on the agenda of
the Academic Council’s August
16 meeting and is at the point
where it is very nearly Univer
sity policy. With the approval of
the Academic Council it can be
come so.
For any individual student the
change could mean an increase or
“Have you ever thought about how much trouble would
have been saved if they had built the campus six feet above
the ground?”
McCune receives
honorary degree
W. E. McCune, professor in the
A&M Agricultural Engineering
Department, has received the
Honorary Lone Star Farmer De
gree.
The degree, the highest honor
given by the Texas Association
of Future Farmers of America,
was conferred during the Lone
Star Farmer Awards Program in
Dallas Memorial Stadium.
This is A&M
Welcome to A&M.
It’s a place we’re proud of, and we hope you feel the same way
right now. If you do, it’s guaranteed that this pride will increase soon.
A&M is not an easy place to be at, but it’s a great place to be
from. Many of you will be away from home for the first time. Also,
there is the challenge of the toughest academic situation you’ve ever
been in. But, it’s all worth it.
A&M is many things to many people. The skyline is changing
rapidly, and new buildings are going up everywhere. Physically, A&M
can stand up to any institution around.
However, there is much more to a university than buildings and
an academic atmosphere, although these are important considerations.
It has been said that once you take the first big step of your
life—enrolhng at A&M—you’ll never take another step backward. This is
not true in every case, but we’ve seen it happen enough to be sold on
A&M as a maturing grounds.
A&M has a lot of history, and probably the thing that tells the
most about Aggieland is the people. People, 15,000 of them, are
everywhere. They’re at yell practices, football games, and those
unforgettable basketball games.
People are studying in the Library, relaxing in the Memorial
Student Center and walking around on campus.
Many fine people have graduated from A&M, and these are the
ones who have given this school such a fine reputation. There are
doctors, lawyers, congressmen, and engineers galore. Former athletes,
whether in professional sports or private business, do quite a selling job
for A&M. Ever hear of Randy Matson?
Much can be said about A&M. You’ll hear a lot, and you’ll say a
lot. Four years may seem like a long time looking ahead, but looking
back, it seems like no time at all. We’re glad we stuck it out, and we
hope you’ll feel the same way.
Good luck in your college career, and we hope that when you
graduate as the Centennial Class in 1976, you will have gotten as much
out of being an Aggie as we have.
We hope, too, that you’ll share our feeling of pride about A&M.
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decrease in the number and/or
depth of the languages required
for the Ph.D., according to his
degree program. Under the pro
posal the department could set
the language requirement for the
students in that department. This
new policy could take effect as
soon as Sept. 1, 1972. We, the
officers of this year’s GSC, feel
that a department’s decision will
come closer to meeting the needs
of their students than a univer
sity-wide policy. And we further
feel that students have a better
opportunity to influence policy
to their advantage at this level.
The Academic Council is com
posed of department heads, direc
tors, academic deans and vice
presidents. It is apparent that the
department heads make up the
majority of the votes and it is
fitting that they do so in this
instance. A full presentation of
the case is to be made by Dean
Kunze. By the time a vote comes
about they will have all the facts
in the matter. And they will have
knowledge of the GSC‘s position.
The only information they may
be missing is an accurate reading
from their students.
The plan we have been discuss
ing officially originated in the
Graduate Council. But, the GSC,
without being boastful, can claim
some influence. Some can recall
the council started solociting stu
dent opinion directly related to
this issue over two years ago.
The GSC provided a student mem
ber for the Graduate Council sub
committee that studied the lan
guage question. And the GSC
provides the student member for
the Graduate Council. We urge
graduate students to support this
plan by making your position
known to your department head
and/or dean in any fitting man
ner; by action of a departmental
club or society, by discussion in
a seminar or meeting, or by per
sonal contact. This plan is not in
itself an abolition of the language
requirement. It is a way for a
student’s degree program to be
more individually planned ac
cording to the student’s area of
concentration.
R.A. Zepeda
R. Skowronski
P. A. Boatrgiht
M. T. Shay
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press their opinions to their de
partment heads. We urge them
all to speak out on this matter.
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