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College Station, Texas
Thursday, October 12, 1972
THE BATTALION
Listen Up—
Freshman Footballers Take
Editor:
The conduct probation of the
three freshman football players
just goes to prove the influence
that the athletic department has
over our administration.
If anyone, other than athletes,
had committed the same crimes,
they would have been suspended
from school.
The rules of this school are sup
posed to apply to everyone and
that includes football players.
The administration of Texas
A&M has come through with an
other insult to its student body.
Kevin Hinds ’75
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Editor:
I read with interest the front-
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
page article in the October 10 is
sue of The Battalion concerning
damage done to 7 cars by three
members of our freshman foot
ball team. I agree with Coach Bol
lard in hoping that these students
“would be treated as other stu
dents would in a similar case.”
In my opinion, other students
involved in this sort of incident
would have packed their bags
and been gone from the campus
by this time. No one would be
waiting around trying to decide if
these boys “can be helped” or
what their attitudes reflect to
ward future conduct.
And I certainly hope that no
one, especially Coach Bellard,
could “condone actions done by
the boys.”
Apparently the halos of our
dearly beloved and over-protect
ed football players slipped a lit
tle. I guess they’ll be restored to
their original positions soon,
though.
Wonder what action would have
been taken against three non
football-team students if a simi
lar, unrelated incident had hap
pened the same evening ? ?
Mrs. Albert Prudom
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Editor:
Right off the bat, this letter
will sound like a very juvenile
matter and gripe, but the actual
matter and gripe are just as juve
nile.
A group of students went to
eat the evening meal at Sbisa
Dining hall. We enjoyed a pleas
ant meal, and yes folks, we even
bussed our own trays. Several of
the members of our group had
our glasses (the plastic non-bio-
degradable kind furnished us by
Sbisa before the meal). As we
approached the door leading out
of the dining hall, those of us who
had the plastic cups in hand were
informed that we would not be
permitted to walk out with the
glasses.
After recovering fi-om the ini-
Cbe Battalion
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tial shock at such a statement, Are Enforcing It.”
I asked why; and was informed Fred West ’75
that this was the new policy be
ing adopted by Sbisa. I again
asked the question “Why?” and
was told by the white capped gen
tleman at the door “I really don’t
know. All I am supposed to do
is to stand by this door and let
no-one out with a glass in his
hand.”
I told him that all I had in
my hand were four empty cups.
When I was informed that I
would still have to throw my cups
away, I kept on asking why. Fi
nally Mr. Powell came over and
asked what the problem might
be. I told him, and received the
same answer from him.
After discarding my four harm
less and non-bio-degradable cups
into the nearest trash receptacle,
I walked out; I then found occa
sion to bring the matter up with
a member of the food board and
was informed that this action
would save the student money in
the long run. (I might add that
this is talking about walking out
of the dining hall with drinks in
the cups.)
In no way shape or form am I
attempting to run down anything
about Sbisa dining hall. The food
is real good, and the people run
ning the cafeteria are very help
ful, and the people who serve and
wait on tables put up with a lot
of hell from the students with
only a smile or a non-committal
look in return. Sbisa Hall does
damn good to serve close to 50,000
meals in the average Monday
through Friday week, and con
tinue the quality with which it
is served.
Again let me repeat that I am
not running down Sbisa. I just
consider it a shame that some
thing as trivial as this might come
up. If the glasses are to be
thrown away anyway, the aver
age student can find many uses
for these cups, like drinking cups,
or for some, spitoons.
Maybe some reasonable explan
ation can be given other than
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