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Vol. 67 No. 147
College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 13, 1972
THURSDAY — Mostly cloudy.
Afternoon rainshowers. Wind
southerly 10 to 15 m.p.h. High
88, low 73.
FRIDAY — Mostly cloudy.
Thundershowers. Wind south
erly 10 to 20 m.p.h. High 91,
low 75.
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FISH YELL LEADER candidates John McWilliams and Chris Lewis of the Seagram’s
Seven outfit in the corps are two of 35 fish vying for selection to the five-man yell
squad. Tryouts conclude this afternoon in the Grove starting at 5 p. m. (Photos by Steve
Oualline)
Applications Being Taken
For Exchange Store Funds
By VICKI ASHWILL
Staff Writer
Organizations officially recog
nized by the Student Finance De
partment may now apply for Club
Aid Funds from Exchange Store
allocations in the Student Finance
Center of the Memorial Student
Center, said Sanders Letbetter,
club aid advisor.
A meeting of representatives
from the clubs applying for aid
is scheduled for 5:15 p.m., Sept.
25, in Rooms 2A and 2B of the
MSC for departmental and pro
fessional clubs and in Rooms 2C
and 2D for non-departmental and
non-professional clubs.
Club representatives, prefer
ably the treasurer and/or advisor,
should come to the Student Fi
nance Center before Monday be
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to pick
up an application for funds from
Club Aid, a financial statement
and budget for club funds and an
itemized request sheet.
These information sheets must
be turned in to the Student Fi
nance Center by Oct. 6, 4 p.m.
for departmental and professional
clubs and by Oct. 12, 4 p.m., for
non-departmental and non-profes
sional clubs.
According to a general in
formation sheet, “funds for Club
Aid are made available from Ex
change Store profits by the
Mixer Slated In Grove Friday
The Student ‘Y’ Association,
Corps of Cadets and the Civilian
Student Council will sponsor a
mixer in the Grove this Friday
as a result of last week’s suc
cessful dance.
Although the band has not been
decided upon yet, CSC President
Mark Blakemore said the dance
is definitely slated to run from
8 p.m. to midnight with a live
band.
Blakemore added that there will
be a 25 cent charge for the dance
this week to cover the cost of
the band.
Student ‘Y’ Association Presi
dent Corky Houchard estimated
last week’s crowd at 600 people
and a good band can be gotten if
admission is charged. He added
that no profit will be made on the
dance.
Saturday afternoon, the A&M-
Nebraska game will be piped over
loudspeakers to the Main Drill
Field beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Blakemore said free water
melon and cokes will be available
for those who come to this event,
before the game starts.
Corps Commander Ron Krnavek
said he anticipates more people to
stay or come for both the mixer
and game this week.
“I thought last week’s worked
out real well,” he said. “It showed
we can shake the image of being
a suitcase college. Response has
been real good and everyone
seemed to enjoy listening to the
game together.”
Blakemore said he was pleased
with the turnout both nights and
was glad to see the three organi
zations working together.”
New Pool, Park Being
Built For Area Residents
College Station residents will
no longer need to use A&M’s
Wofford Cain Olympic Pool when
their own $265,000 50-meter
swimming pool, wading pool, and
club house are completed, accord
ing to Ran Boswell, City Man
ager.
Boswell said the park will be
located south of Southwest Park
way near Madison Ave.
After swimming facilities are
finished, other recreational
equipment will be added to com
plete the park, he said.
The city has already allowed
$132,500 in the 1972-73 budget to
be used to pay for half the recre
ational facilities. The city ap
plied for a grant May 22 at the
Parks and Wildlife Dept, in Aus
tin to receive state and federal
aid on remaining building costs.
“From the Parks and Wildlife
Dept., Boswell said, the applica
tion will be sent to the Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation where it will
no doubt be accepted. We should
know the results very soon.”
As soon as the grant applica
tion is accepted, city officials
will take bids on the construc
tion of the pool and designing
will get under way.
“I certainly hope the pool will
be open for swimming by next
summer,” said Boswell.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Exchange Store Advisory Com
mittee each year after the close
of the fiscal year. Except under
unusual circumstances, only one
club from each department will
be considered for support.”
Departmental clubs may only
receive support for three pur
poses: travel expenses of dele
gates, expenses of speakers
brought to the campus and ex
pense of films brought to the
campus. Non-departmental clubs
may also use the money for var
ious other expenses such as the
purchase of equipment.
Clubs must pay at least one
half of the total guest speaker,
film and travel expenses. In addi
tion, clubs must collect a mini
mum of one dollar as dues from
each of their members and de
posit the amount at the Student
Finance Center.
Condensed club requests will be
sent to the Exchange Store Ad
visory Committee, which is com
posed of students and staff mem
bers, which will meet in late
October or early November. At
this time, organizations having
applied for sharing of Exchange
Store profits .and wishing to em
phasize their cases may make a
five minute presentation to the
committee.
The 11-member Advisory Com
mittee is composed of Dean James
P. Hannigan, chairman, Dean of
Men C. W. Powell, Kent Caper-
ton, R. C. Diebel, C. A. Phillips
and B. F. Watson. Student mem
bers are Civilian Student Council
President Mark Blakemore, Corps
Commander Ron Kranavek, Stu
dent Government President Layne
Kruse, MSC Council President
Sam Walser and the Graduate
Student Council President R. A.
Zepeda.
This committee will make rec
ommendations to the Board of
Directors who will allocate funds
late in November.
Fiesta Planned
The League of United Latin-
American Citizens, the Mexican-
American Students Committee,
and the Pan-American Clubs of
Bryan-College Station have in
vited A&M students to a Fiesta
this week-end commemorating
M e x i c o’s independence from
Spain.
The festivities will get under
way at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday at the L.U.L.A.C. Hall
and grounds on Sandy Point
Road.
Bike Registration
Will Begin Monday
Bicycle registration for all
cyclists using the two-wheeled
vehicles for travel on the A&M
campus will begin Monday morn
ing, announced University Police
Chief O. L. Luther Tuesday after
noon.
“We don’t know how fast the
procedure will go,” said Luther,
“but we hope to have the entire
process finished in about a week,
and at the outside, two weeks.”
Luther said registration will
be held for only Walton and
Schumacher Hall residents in
their lounge on Monday. The
registration desk will move from
lounge to lounge until all campus
residents have registered their
bikes.
Registration for off-campus
residents will immediately follow
the process for A&M dorm resi
dents and will include residents
of all apartments around the
campus. A&M faculty will also
be required to register vehicles,
but Luther doesn’t know exactly
when this will take place.
Luther said a registration desk
may be provided in the academic
area if it becomes necessary.
Registration forms must be
filled out at the provided table
and the cost for registration will
be three dollars per bike. The
permit issued will be a metal
plate with the cyclist’s registra
tion number engraved on it. The
plate must be firmly attached
underneath the bicycle seat.
“We will allow a temporary
grace period for the enforcement
of rules,” said Luther. “Approxi
mately two weeks after the end
of registration, bicycle rules will
become strictly enforced.”
Luther noted that after the
period, all bicycles parked or
operated on the campus at any
time by students, faculty, or
staff, must be registered at the
Universiy Police Office within 48
hours after arrival on campus.
Registration plates will not be
transferable and must be removed
when ownership of a bike changes
or at the time of expiration.
In addition, a bicycle registra
tion card will be issued to regis
trants and must be carried at all
times by the owner. All permits
will expire at the end of the
second summer term.
Luther said a complete list of
all bicycle registration and opera
tion rules would be issued at the
time bikes are registered.
As far as operation of bicycles
is concerned, Luther said each
person riding a bike on streets
shall be subject to the rights and
responsibilities applicable to a
driver of a motor vehicle. This
includes stopping at all ‘Stop’
signs.
Luther also said bikes must
keep to the right side of road
ways, traveling with traffic. The
same must be done on sidewalks
with pedestrians having the right
of way.
Also among the rules passed by
the Academic Council and Execu
tive Committee is the requirement
that cyclists ride single file in
streets and sidewalks; pedestrians
have full right-of-way privileges
at entrances and parking lots; a
bike must be used to carry only
the number of persons it was
built for; and no races will be
allowed without approval from
the dean of students.
No person operating a bicycle
shall carry any package which
would keep him from having at
least one hand on the handlebars.
Each bike must be parked in a
bike rack nearest the building
being visited or occupied, if space
is available.
Luedecke Analyzing Plan
Bike Routes Being Studied
With bicycle registration about
to go into effect and along with
it, bicycle operation rules for on-
campus riding, the proposed bi
cycle path system for A&M will
quickly become one of the more
pressing issue to be resolved.
The proposed plan passed from
the hands of University Land
scape Architect Robert H. Rucker
recently to those of Gen. A. R.
Luedecke, executive vice-president
of the university.
The plan consists of several
phases, each more intricate than
the previous one. Each will pro
vide bicycle lanes in existing
parking spaces and around the
mall area. This will leave the
sidewalks for pedestrians and
other sections of roadways for
automobile traffic.
“The first phase would deal
mainly with getting bike traffic
from the three living areas to the
campus mall,” said Luedecke.
“These three areas are the corps
area, the civilian area and the
married student apartments at
Hensel and College View.”
Luedecke said bike racks cur
rently being put up are being
done so with the proposed plan
in mind, but many bike racks
tentatively planned must wait for
approval of the path plan.
In the first phase lanes would
have to be designated and marked
specifically for bicycles. Some of
these lanes would have to be hard
covered.
A bike route from the married
student housing area would come
along Parking Lot 50 under the
proposed system. Part of the path
is still dirt.
Initially, lanes would be five
to eight feet wide and would con
tain bike traffic going both direc
tions. Auto traffic would still
have two lanes, thus creating four
lanes of traffic of some sort.
“The major problem with all
this,” said Luedecke, “is what will
we do with the approximately 135
cars moved from street parking?
In the overall system, if estab
lished, 500 cars would be dis
placed. This really creates park
ing lot problems until we can
start building near the railroad
tracks.”
Luedecke noted that input for
the plan came from the A&M
Wheelmen organization, the Tex
as Transportation Institute and
the University Landscape Archi
tect’s Office.
“The first thing to be done will
be to decide if the project is work
able,” he said. “If it is, it will
be done in pieces to avoid much
confusion.”
Luedecke said he is presently
considering the project plans anl
hopes to present his recommenda
tions and the proposal to Presi
dent Jack K. Williams within two
weeks.
Rules And Regulations Committee
Organizes, Sets Projects For Year
By LYNN EDWARDS
A&M’s newly formed Univer
sity Rules and Regulations Com
mittee held its organizational
meeting Tuesday night to deter
mine projects for the coming year.
Committee Chairman Fred
Campbell said the nine-member
group will attempt to find a way
for students to have the right to
organize political groups on cam
pus and invite political speakers
to A&M.
Allowing students of legal age
to consume alcoholic beverages in
their dorm rooms is another sub
ject the group will work on. Day
student permits, deposit fees, and
refunds will also be examined.
Investigation into the Univer
sity Honor Code will be done to
determine whether or not it is
Paintings On Exhibit
Kinetic paintings by Frank J.
Malina which incorporate depth
and movement are on exhibit in
the Memorial Student Center.
The 22 works by Malina, recent
ly honored as a TAMU Distin
guished Alumni, will be on dis
play through September, announc
ed MSC Host and Fashion Com
mittee chairman Bill Fore.
obsolete, said Campbell. A study
of parking problems of married
students living in university-
owned apartments is planned. He
added that regulations concern
ing bicycle parking and traffic
will be considered.
“We ai’e trying to work closely
with the university regulations
and study student concerns,” said
Campbell. “Student interest is a
major factor in our project.”
Created last year by the revised
Student Government Constitution,
the committee functions for the
possible revision of regulations in
the University Regulations Hand
book or “Blue Book.” Another
responsibility of the group is to
review appointments within the
student government if the neces
sity arises.
Senators presently on the com
mittee are John Nash, Gary
Drake, Curt Marsh, Rod Brand,
Mark Kidd, William Wade, and
Paul Turner. Non-senator Terry
Brown is working with the com
mittee. Others are needed for the
committee.
Campbell said anyone with sug
gestions for revision of Univer
sity rules and regulations contact
him at 845-4662 or call the Stu
dent Senate office at 845-3051.
JACK K. WILLIAMS, President of Texas A&M, was
all smiles at his faculty-staff reception Tuesday night in
the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Dr. and Mrs. Har
rison Hierth are greeted by Dr. Williams as his assistant,
Robert G. Cherry, looks on. (Photo by Mike Rice)
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