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Battalion College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 17, 1972 845-2226 Kruse Calls For Yell Leader Policy Vote, Review Of Bike Paths KRUEGER-DUNN Dormitories were formally dedi cated Saturday with presentation of the dorms name- made to J. Harold Dunn (top) and C. C. Krueger middle). The nameplates were later placed on walls of the respective dorms while Krueger took time out to sign autographs on programs for dedication guests (bottom) after the ceremonies. The two honorees are flanked by Stephen H. Vincent and Kathleen C. Adams, students who Cpoke at the ceremonies. Student Government President Layne Kruse said Monday night he would push for a student ref erendum on proposed changes in the policies currently used for the selection of Aggie yell leaders. Kruse also said he is investi gating the need for a bike path system on the campus since the Texas Transportation Institute has proposed A&M’s campus be closed to auto traffic by next summer. Kruse made these statements in a meeting of the Student Gov ernment President’s Advisory Council held in the Memorial Stu dent Center. Kruse said the yell leader issue is on the Senate agenda and he would suggest Thursday night that a student referendum be held. It would decide whether or not the clause for yell leader qualifications should continue to discriminate against women with its “male only” distinction. He added he would want stu dents to decide whether or not the entire student body should vote for yell leaders. Any changes should be made by the student body, said Kruse. “Personally, I would like to see yell leader positions limited to males only,” said Kruse. “I think everyone should have a voice in the election, while the head yell leader spot should be filled with the person receiving the largest number of votes.” Kruse said he felt no one should be screened for yell leader candi dacy, as is currently done by a committee of three faculty and two student members, who also select the head yell leader. The subject then turned to bicycle registration and path sys tem. Kruse said he couldn’t see a need for bicycle pathways and racks since the campus would be closed eventually, “even if it took five years.” Kruse said the system and racks would possibly benefit rid ers and pedestrians, but he asked the Council who they thought should pay for it. “Who should take the burden of the expense,” he asked. “This thing is a one-shot affair and if we are going to build a system I think we should do it and forget it. I think we should take the money out of the Student Service Fees Reserve or Parking Facili ties Fund to get rid of the regis tration problem once and for all.” Civilian Student Council Presi dent Mark Blakemore said he .felt the bicycle rack problem would never be solved and suggested the university provide bike racks around the dorm areas and desig nate parking spots in the aca demic areas. “I would gladly pay $3 for bike registration to help rid the campus of auto traffic,” said Dick Zepeda, Graduate Student Coun cil president. “But, the Student Senate will probably go along with the administration and have the money taken up for registra tion, bike racks and the path system, etc.” Kruse said the only person who would be able to answer these questions would be Gen. A. R. Luedecke, executive vice president of A&M. Kruse noted that a bicycle pathways meeting has been scheduled in Luedecke’s of fice for mid-afternoon Wednes day. “Gen. Luedecke can tell us how much money is in the park ing facilities fund,” said Kruse. “If not enough people pay the registration fee (only about 600 students have registered) where will the money come from?” Kruse said Luedecke needs to give students a timetable for path construction, proposed auto clearance, and sources of funds before the Student Senate can take action in any way. Calhoun Named To Panel Bread To I In Friday Bread, voted “Best New Rock Group of the Year (1970-71)” by Record World Magazine, will appear in concert at 8 p.m., Fri day, in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Elektra Records group established itself as a leader in the contemporary music field with its first single, “Make It With You.” From that first million seller, Bread has produced five other hit singles and three best-selling albums. Their recent hits include the singles “Everything I Own,” "Baby I’m A Want You,” “If” and the albums “Baby I’m A Want You” and “Manna.” Perform Here Night Concert various studio and group involve ments and agreed to try some thing together. As Gates recalls, “We sat down, started singing and jamming to gether, and the sound came out. The first label we approached was Elektra. We liked them im mediately, they liked us, and we never went elsewhere.” Gates is the group’s nominal leader. He also assumes primary production responsibilities and is the author of much of Bread’s music. Griffin, lead guitarist and vocalist, who aids in the record production, shares equally in the songwriting department with Gates, and in 1970 helped con tribute the lyrics for “For All We Know,” winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences best song “Oscar.” Botts, drums, moved into rock after a solid grounding in jazz, including periods of service with Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith as well as four years with the Travelers Three folk-rock group. Knechtel, keyboard, one of the most in-demand studio musicians, regularly backstopped major per formers such as Johnny Rivers, (See Bread, page 4) Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., Texas A&M vice president for academic affairs, has been named to an 11- member task force which will help in a legal education study request ed by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. The task force will assist the Coordinating Board’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education, an eight-member group which will make recommendations regarding the needs of the state and its cit izens for legal education opportu nities. Coordinating Board Chairman Wayne E. Thomas appointed the eight-member advisory committee ip response to requests for new legal education programs by TAMU, North Texas State Uni versity and the University of Tex as at Dallas. Members of the advisory com mittee and task force will meet with the Coordinating Board’s Program Development Committee and key staff members Thursday. Thomas indicated the advisory committee might complete its study and make recommendations to the Coordinating Board by the end of the year. The advisory committee is head ed by Leon Jaworski of Houston, former president of the American Bar Association, and includes prominent attorneys from throughout the state. Dr. Calhoun will be seiwing on the task force with deans of Tex as law schools and representatives of NTSU and UT-Dallas. TAMU’s proposal to establish a law college is based on the state’s apparent need for addition al centers for legal education in view of the number of students applying for admission each year, noted President Jack K. Williams when the institution’s board of di rectors approved the plan in Au gust. “If it is determined that Texas should enlarge its capabilities for instruction in the law,” Dr. Wil liams said, “Texas A&M Univer sity proposes that the state would be served best by a college of law of the highest quality at College Station.” ‘PUCKER POWER’ was the name of the game Sat urday night as Student Government President Layne Kruse plants one on Becky Upham, 1972-’73 Aggie Sweetheart. Becky, the first ‘home grown’ Sweetheart, was crowned at halftime of the A&M-Texas Tech game. Becky Upham Named ’72-’73 Aggie Sweetheart At Game Becky Upham of College Station is A&M’s first home-grown Aggie Sweetheart. A brown-eyed blond who majors in zoology at TAMU, Miss Upham was introduced at halftime of the A&M—Tech football game. Student Body President Layne Kruse presented the Aggie Sweetheart a dozen roses and the traditional congratulatory kiss. Finalists Becky Ferenz, first runnerup of Crowley; Penny Ball, Tulsa, Okla.; Diane Brown, Los Angeles, Tex.; Gwen Flynt, Bryan, and Merrill Mitchell, Bryan, were on the field for the introduction ceremony. Miss Upham was elected Aggie Sweetheart by a vote of the student body. She succeeds Becky McCreery, Texas Woman’s University student, and is the first TAMU coed to be chosen sweetheart. The Student Senate decided last year to select the Aggie Sweetheart from TAMU nominees. With on-campus housing for women students opened this fall, A&M’s coed enrollment jumped to more than 2,700. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Upham, 1209 Munson, College Station, Becky is a junior with a 3.9 grade point ratio (4.0 is tops) in zoology. Her mother is a clerk in the Agricultural Communications Dept, at TAMU. She graduated from A&M Consolidated High School in 1970 and is active in campus organizations. Member of the All-America Diamond Darlings, Miss Upham was sophomore class sweetheart and works in Mam’selles, a modeling program, and the Host and Fashion Committee of the Memorial Student Center. The finalists also were introduced Friday at Town Hall. Gets Good Student Response Dollar Relaxes Guard Policy A&M Food Services Director Fred Dollar announced Monday that he will suspend indefinitely the use of guards at the exits of Sbisa Dining Hall for purposes of keeping food within the hall. “Unless things get bad again,” said Dollar, “I don’t think we’ll have to stop persons at the doors to keep cups and food from leav ing Sbisa.” Dollar said he had gotten a good response from students in that they had ceased taking drinks, especially Cokes, from the dining hall. A memo and data sheet was released by Dollar’s office Mon day afternoon in an effort to ex plain where funds were being spent and how waste was increas ing food costs for students who took only what they needed or could eat. The sheet said approximately 50 per cent of students eating there for the evening meal were carrying carbonated beverages out of the hall. Dollar’s office estimated the cost increase of this at $250 per week, while consump tion of other drinks had not de creased. The memo said added costs were resulting from indiscrimi nate carry-out of food from Sbisa. It gave the only solution possible to this—limited selection per in dividual with permission to do as he pleases with his food. But this would be a drastic measure, he said. Student menu board members Bill Darkoch, Mark Illian, Larry Hoescher, Kevin Coffey and Joe Arredondo were listed as persons to contact if students had sug gestions for menu improvement. Dollar also noted changes in menus resulting from ,the last menu board meetings for each of the residence hall areas. Major changes in the Commons menu included the extension of time for conventional breakfast by one-half hour on weekdays and Saturdays. This means the facility will serve from 7-8:30 a.m. Tab and Dr. Pepper were added to the carbonated beverages be ing served while Special K was (See Students, page 2) Mahoney To Speak Ota ‘Political Conservatism’ At Wednesday Forum Political conservatism as a minority view will be discussed Wednesday at A&M by J. Daniel Mahoney, state chairman of the New York Conservative Party. The noted spokesman for American conservatism will ap pear in the Political Forum major speaker series, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Political Forum Chairman Mike Lindsey noted Mahoney’s address is the only evening presentation of the MSC committee this fall. Students will be admitted free on their activity cards. Admis sion for non-students will be 50 c per person for this program, (See Mahoney, page 2) University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Led by bass and vocalist David Gates, other members of Bread include James Griffin, Mike Botts and Larry Knechtel. Gates, Griffin and a former member, Robb Royer, formed Bread almost by accident. The three knew each other through General Faculty Meeting Reset For Next Week The general faculty meeting originally, set for Thursdy has been postponed one week. Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice president for academic affairs, said the meeting date was changed because both he and President Jack K. Williams will be involved in previously unscheduled meet ings to be held in conjunction with the regular session Friday of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. The faculty meeting is now scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. —Adv. COMEDY AND SONG were in store for concert goers who attended the performance put on Friday night by Helen Reddy, left, and ‘songpainter’ and humorist Mac Davis, center and right. Both artists struck out on their own in the singing world, Davis having his beginnings as a writer for Elvis Presley and others.