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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, September 15, 1972 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earie sxreuD N£3W/& STem Listen Up — Students Attack Editor: The recent story in The Bat talion about registering all bi cycles recalled to mind the days when students at A&M with beards were required to carry a “Beard Permit" signed by the Dean of Men. I, for one, applaud this return to orderliness. But the Campus Security Office is neglecting some other pressing areas where registrations—and of course fees—are needed. For ex ample, I think of restroom privi leges. Every student should pay $5 per semester for a “Restroom Permit" punched so as to be valid only for those buildings where he is enrolled in class. In addition to cutting down on un necessary traffic in the restrooms, the imposition of a fee would pro duce money that could be used for upkeep of the toilets, new uniforms for custodial personnel, and pay for chiropractic visits of the security police, since they are certain to get cricks in the neck from bending over to inspect for embossed permit tags under the seats of bicycles. Still another area of possible revenue is “Bare Feet.” Every student who anticipates going without shoes on this campus should be required to convey that fact both to the Campus Security Office and the Health Center. The student would then (1) pay $15 for “Bare Feet Insurance" or (2) sign a waiver absolving the University from any liability arising from cut feet, athlete’s foot, or athlete’s mouth. Finally, due consideration Cooperation—Aggie Style Faith and cooperation, that’s all it took. Yes, friends and neighbors, those two ingredients proved to be the two best friends interested Aggie students and leaders could find Thursday afternoon and evening. For once students can say, “Gee, a student government group actually did something noticeable for me for a change.” The passage of the resolution by the Civilian Student Council asking for a temporary delay in student bicycle registration wasn’t really a cut and dried situation as it may have seemed to some. Beginning from the time the announcement was made in The Battalion three days ago, student leaders and The Batt have been working feverishly trying to solve some of the many riddles that the registration was going to cause. Wednesday evening, things began to gel when student leaders found they were unable to Find answers to questions being posed to them by students about the Fiscal aspect of registration, kri•*»headers had learned several interesting facts by early Thursday afternoon: several university officials thought students had already registered bikes when paying admission fees; other officials were surprised by the announcement of the registration procedure; and an itemized budget for the distribution of the $3 fee was no where in sight. All this and many other factors began to appear as the deadline for starting the procedure continued to draw closer. When officials began to realize students were dead serious about the subject of fee allocation, somebody made a decision somewhere (who knows where) to keep bike fees separate from auto registration moneys being used for parking lots. Enter the Students of Concern (SOC) to Thursday night’s CSC meeting. With a gentle push from these students and a concerned CSC president, the resolution was passed by unanimous vote in hopes university ofFicials would listen. They did. A quick call to Dean Powell’s home after 11 p.m., by The Battalion found the A&M administrator willing to listen to student request for a ‘hold’ pattern on the registration program. Hopefully, students will soon be told where the fees are going, and with due justification. We feel the whole procedure was stumbled into blindly by administrators eager to start ‘raking in the chips.’ It was like entering rear-end first through the door. Before students begin paying for a bike system they don’t even know will be built, good solid answers are due. Congratulations for a job well done are in order for a tough Ag to beat—Dean Powell—and many other students who took the time to work for others. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those o) the student writers only. 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EDITOR MIKE RICE Managing Editor Larry Marshall News Editor Rod Speer Women’s Editor Janet Landers Sports Editor Bill Henry Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Coffey JAY’S SABER INN Package Store Come by and let us show you our selection of fine liquors and wines. Weekend specials every Friday and Saturday. We appreciate your business. STUDENT DISCOUNT Open: 10:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Monday Thru Saturday 701 Texas Ave. at Saber Inn 846-7755 Expert watch repair, jewelry repair, and engraving. The Friendly Store EMBREY’S JEWELRY 415 University Dr. 846-581G should be given to registering handbags, briefcases, satchels, corps boots, cowboy boots, tennis shoes, watches, eyeglasses — es pecially contact lenses, textbooks, fingernail clippers, and matched pen and pencil sets. Surely any one with foresight can see poten tial hazards connected with the above objects. And clearly the University can use the money. Should there still exist a deficit in the budget, perhaps the Uni versity could require a “Pedes- train Permit," since obviously all these people walking around in terfere with the real function of the school. Carl Childress ★ ★ ★ Editor: Here we go again. As if the parking hassle isn’t enough, the campus police are starting in on bicycles. Who in the adminis tration assumes that he has the right to force us to register our bicycles when the state of Texas doesn’t assume that right? Worse, how does he feel he can tell us that because we own a bike we must have a registration on our person at all times ? I carry a draft card by law, but the traffic police don’t make laws. What justification is there for three dollars in fees ? Wear and tear on the roads ? Worst of all, what is there to be done about it? Write a letter to the Batt? It relieves some frustration but won’t accomplish anything. It doesn’t seem to mat ter to the university whether they have the right or not; what can be done ? It sure is discouraging around here sometimes. Bruce McComas ’75 P. S. There is one thing to do. Don’t register your bikes. I would rather take mine home. ★ ★ ★ Editor: We are writing to inquire as to why Texas A&M University continues to ruin its skyline with relics of the past. We are speak ing specifically of the water tow er which so effectively detracts from the beauty of the A&M cam pus. When approaching the cam pus from the north or west, this eyesore effectively obscures the Education Building, one of the nicer buildings on campus, not to mention giving one the impressipn he is 'entering a stath'-'peniten- State Farm is still paying big car insurance dividends . . . currently 20% to eligible Texas policy holders on expiring six-month policies. U. M. Alexander '40 221 & Main Bryan Phone: 823-0742 STATE FARM INSURANCE STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY Home Officio: Bloomington, Illinois Bike Registration Again tiary, not a major university. It seems funny that Texas A&M needs a water tower when no other major university we know of does. We would like to see this relic of of a bygone era torn down, in order to help give this campus the progressive image it so urgently needs. Gary W. Anderson ’75 Kevin Bean ’74 ★ ★ ★ Editor: We also ask leniency for the Stuart Murff family. After learning the final diag nosis of his illness, most of his friends that had been exposed to him were urged to get the pre ventive injections. However, the great ‘Quack Shack’ staff told these writers it was not necessary since we did not live under the same roof. Further still, the ‘Quack Shack’ was charging $5 for the shot. And to top it all off, both of our wives are preg nant, and after receiving their shots from their doctors, they were told that we both needed shots. Now, if you can only get hep- ititus from living under the same roof, why were the Murffs asked to move? Just because he had to drop out of school, or from fear of hepititus spreading? It is not because the university needs apartments, because one of the apartments below where the Murffs reside is vacant. So where does it all end? He will only miss this semester, the reliable ‘Quack Shack’ staff has ERROR-FREE TYPING jijtrj n i !•]. CORRECTION RIBBON ERRORITE AT YOUR BOOKSTORE Welcome Aggies Dry Cleaning - at its best. We have served the Ag gie Corps for 10 years and we know your needs. We can give you better cleaning service and alterations than ever before and too, we appreciate your business. If you need One Hour Service you can get it at Villa Maria One Hour Cleaners. 710 Villa Maria Rd. Bryan W. L. 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