Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1972)
Battalion The Worst Wheel Of The Cart Makes The Most Noise. Anger And Folly- Walk Side By Side. Thursday—Northeasterly winds 10-15 mph. Low 50, high 75. Cloudy most of day. 30% chance of showers. Friday—Same Kickoff—70°. Northeast winds. Partly cloudy. Kazorback (i f °r 931. And mains the No, iadd, hitting Rice senior’s es t individual is tandem offi rushing and Smith leads yards per gamt n, the defending 11N.3 and College Station, Texas Thursday, October 19, 1972 845-2226 Crime Rate On Campus Decreasing JIM CARR, a disc jockey for KBCS-FM, is one of many jj students being employed by the radio station, which plays progressive rock music for the Bryan-College Station area. The station is available on the Midwest Video Cable at 103.7 on the FM dial. utler To Display ew Rank Saturday IERVED Army Reserve Brig. Gen. O. D. tier will wear his new rang Officially for the first time on n the campus Saturday at the A&M- Ktrl f 0 °h>all game. oijmHGen. Butler will review the Corps of Cadets at the 6:20 p.m. ^7 march-in to the 7:30 p.m. game. MlThe TAMU faculty member /uim was promoted in August. UlRiGen. Butler commands the «0th Engineer Brigade, head quartered in Bryan and composed of Army Reserve units in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkan sas. KHe is head of the Animal Sci- pice Department and serves on tho TAMU Athletic Council, of which Butler is past chairman. The one-star general and re newing officer graduated from jjpxas A&M in 1939 and, except for military service and Ph.D. studies at Michigan State Uni versity, has been here since. A recognized authority on ob jective evaluation of beef car casses, Dr. Butler was one of the first to advocate crossbreeding for increased beef production. He cooperated with another scientist in first attempts to characterize components of beef tenderness. Dr. Butler became professor and head of the Animal Science Department in 1956. He is presi dent of the American Society of Animal Science, among numerous other professional activities. Gen. Butler took command of the 420th last December, on re tirement of Brig Gen. Joe G. Hanover. Butler served from 1941 to 1945 in World War II as an (See Butler, page 3) By KARL JACKSON Staff Writer “There has been a marked de crease in crime on the campus this year,” remarked Campus Police Chief O. L. Luther. In a recent interview, Chief Luther disclosed several facts about crime at A&M. “We have only 15 patrolmen on campus now,” said Luther. “There is one more position for a patrolman but as yet it is vacant.” In comparison, University of Texas has three officers per 1,000 students while A&M has only one policeman for every 1,000 stu dents. During the last academic year, crime in general seemed to be on the upswing. There were 56 counts of burglary in the fall se mester with that figure almost doubling in the spring to 108 cases. There were 73 auto accidents during the first semester of 1971 compared with a total of 87 in the second semester. A slight decrease in the crime rate was noted in the areas of auto theft and traffic tickets. There were four reported inci dents of auto theft in the spring semester of 1972 as compared to six incidents during fall of 1971. A total of 4,582 tickets were giv en out by the Campus Police with only 4,562 given during the spring. Luther was quick to add that of these 9,044 citations, approxi mately 3,000 were excused for valid reasons. Of a total of 873 non-traffic offenses, 540 were later cleared and a total of $16,621.10 in stolen merchandise was returned to pre vious owners. “We have had real good luck with recovery of stolen bicycles,”' said Luther. During the 1971-1972 school yehr, 197 bicycles were stolen and 100 were recovered and returned. “We have 25 to 30 bicycles here that are as yet unclaimed. We know that they were stolen, but we don’t know who to give them back to,” added Luther. Apparently bicycle registration has slowed down the theft of bikes on campus. During September only ll bikes were stolen and of that, nine were recovered and re turned. Luther also noted that only 615 bicycles had been regis tered out of the approximately 1,500 bikes on campus. Chief Luther said that lighting and more security officers would help curtail the spread of crime. “In every instance where light ing has been improved in a high crime area, the crime rate has dropped tremendously,” said Luther. “Our officers make on the av erage of 6,900 building security checks a year,” Luther said. “You can’t have too much security.” Citations: 2,500 2,497 3,000 1971 — 1972 excused (approx.) (approx.) 1st Se 2nd Se Auto Theft: 6 4 10 mester mester Total Burglary: 56 108 164 Traffic Accidents: 73 87 160 Bicycle Theft: 89 108 197 Traffic Bicycles recovered: 100 100 Citations: 4,582 4,562 9,044 $16,621.10 recovered in stolen Traffic merchandise total. Mahoney Says Conservatism Still Alive And Kicking If The Law Doesn’t Get You, The Man Will, Warns Thornal “If the law doesn’t get you, the man upstairs will,” warned Patrolman Bill Thornal about heroin use in a drug abuse pres entation Wednesday night. Thornal substituted for Lt. Howard Hill who was scheduled to appear. Thornal’s presenta tion was the first in a series on drug abuse sponsored by the Stu dent “Y” Association. A crowd of about 20 was on hand to hear Thornal, who had to compete with Daniel Mahoney '"SS? In University Machinery Lecture Faculty Evaluation Issue To Be Discussed WE j GIVE Student feedback to the admin- Oh/l| trati0n t,ont ' ern ' n £ faculty man- jJM WI ftgement in the future will be llSSSSi discussed by Dr. John C. Calhoun, A&M vice-president for academic ^ Kffairs, at the next University | Machinery Lecture. rn rr Bill Hartsfield, Student Govern- Ulll/ ment Academic Affairs Commit- fte chairman, announced the I '' next lecture would be held at 8 p.m. in Lecture Room 3 of the Zachry Center, Nov. 2. Cards for faculty evaluation will be dis tributed to acquaint students with evaluation procedures. “Gripes, suggestions and thoughtful criticism may be writ ten on the cards,” said Harts field. “They will be forwarded to CSC To Sponsor i Casino'’ WE After Aggie-Hog Game give The Civilian Student Council will sponsor ‘Casino’ Nov. 4 at 8 p. m. in Zachry Engineering Cen ter. Tickets will be $3.50 per couple in advance or $4 per couple at the door. I 'Beat the Dealer,’ Dice, and ITwenty-one’ will be among the Karnes available for Aggie gam blers. Other games such as | University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. ‘Chuck-A-Luc’ and Roulette will also be offered. Saloon girls will carry money from the bank to tables and serve drinks to dealers. Each girl will be given a uniform of hot pants, blouses and derbies which they will be allowed to keep, said John Bethancourt, president of Hughes Hall. People are needed to help on all phases of the organization, he (See CSC Plans To, page 3) the proper people in the office of the vice president for academic affairs, and they will be a con sideration in future policy mak ing.” University Police Chief O. L. Luther and Captain M. A. Mad dox made the first presentation earlier this semester. Dr. Calhoun’s topic will con cern rating, hiring and firing faculty, along with other aspects of faculty management. “Dr. Calhoun will be giving us as students an insider’s view of what actually goes on in the faculty selection and rating proc ess,” said Hartsfield. “He enthu siastically supported the idea of the cards.” In addition to the cards, there will be a question and answer pe riod immediately following Dr. Calhoun’s presentation. A recep tion follows during which stu dents may contact Dr. Calhoun on a one-to-one basis. All students interested in influ encing faculty management pro grams are invited to attend. and Political Forum across the hall in the Memorial Student Cen ter Ballroom. Thornal, of the Bryan Police Department, showed slides of a six-pack of Schlitz, pep pills, amphetamines, barbituates, pop py flowers, peyote, hashish, LSD, heroin and marijuana parapher nalia and marijuana garden plots found in the Bryan area. Thornal warned the audience of the dangers of hard drug usage. He told a story of a LSD user who thrust a butcher knife through his heart. “Many LSD users have con fused a gas stove flame with a pretty flower while on a ‘trip’ and have suffered burnt faces from trying to smell it,” he said. He added that children have been born with no face or three eyes as result of chromosomal damage in a mother from LSD. Thornal said the difference be tween pep pills and a pistol is that with one you die quickly and the other involves a pro longed, agonizing death. Thornal feels marijuana should not be legalized since its residue lingers in the body for up to nine days and has some of the same effects of alcohol. He is skepti cal of Nixon’s two commissions which investigated marijuana and drug abuse and which reported marijuana to be a relatively safe drug with less harmful effects than alcohol. “They may have preconceived ideas,” he said. The patrolman warned party and dance goers to eat some food before drinking liquor to absorb some of the alcohol. “Preferably eat something greasy. It lines the stomach and protects it from alcohol,” he said. By VICKIE ASHWILL Staff Writer It’s nice to be in a school where they haven’t thrown ROTC off the campus and where conserva tism has a strong hold, said Dan iel Mahoney Wednesday night. Mahoney, state chairman of the New York Conservative Par ty, talked about the growth and maturity of conservatism to a sparse Political Forum crowd. “Conservatives have a right and an obligation to be heard,” said Mahoney. His purpose in giving the lecture to the students was “to review conservative ac complishments over the past 20 years and look into the future of conservatism.” There are varieties of conserv ative viewpoints, subdivided into traditionalists and liberalists, Ma honey continued. They have been the continuing source of intel lectual activity among conserva tives in recent years. “Traditionalists have a belief in the divine intent of history, Buckley, brother of William F. Buckley to the U. S. Senate in 1970. James Buckley was the first third party senator in the history of New York State, according to Mahoney. “The National Review” was and is a crucial element in the founding of the Conservative Par ty, continued Mahoney, and “The Quarterly Modern” is a vital out let for conservative growth. “If we can believe the polls,” said Mahoney, “Richard Nixon should win a fairly easy and per haps crushing victory over George McGovern.” According to Anthony Lewis of the New York Times, contin ued Mahoney, the “big difference is Wallace.” If one would take 80 per cent of the Wallace support in 1968 and add it to the number of peo ple supporting Nixon at that time, then the ratio of Nixon to Humphrey would be the same as ratio of Nixon to McGovern now, he added. In answer to a student ques tion, Mahoney said the Conserv ative Party does endorse Nixon as the Presidential nominee of their party. “I was a strong advocate of that position,” he said. (See Conservatism, page 3) Class Of 73 Plans Varied Slate Of Activities For A&M Students order and stability,” said Ma honey. “Libertarians, on the oth er hand, believe in individual lib erty and state power.” During 1960-64, conservatism matured as a national cause be cause of Richard Nixon’s loss to John F. Kennedy, said Mahoney. Up until this time the liberal Republicans hod run the party, with the exception of Nixon, un til the nomination of Barry Gold- water in 1964. The Conservative Party in New York grew stronger with the campaign of William F. Buckley in 1965, the success of Ronald Reagan for governor of Califor nia and the election of James The A&M Class of ’73 has man aged to break several “traditions" that have long been placed as a stigma upon seniors, this stigma being one of inactivity. The Senior Class Council spon sored a successful barbeque the weekend of the Army game. Be cause of this success the class will be selling barbeque sandwiches and cola in the quadrangle in the Corps area from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Prices for the lunch of bar beque and potato salad will be $1.50. Cola will be sold for a quarter. Another fund raising project the seniors are working on is the sale of Christmas cards. Attrac tive cai-ds will be on sale soon. The Senior Class is proposing that cap and gowns not be worn at graduation ceremonies on an optional basis. In lieu of the cap price of a cap and gown be do nated to the American Cancer Society. This act will show a sacrifice by these individuals for a worthy cause. If this plan is implement ed, A&M will be the first uni versity in the nation to do this, and the graduating class of ’73 and graduate students will be the first class to do this in the na tion. For additional information con tact Rod Huddleston at 846-4044 or Jim Green at 845-1194. The next Senior Class Council meeting will be held at 7:30 (after yell practice) on Monday in the Assembly Room of the MSC. All interested seniors and dates are invited to come. Senate To Consider Yell Leader Policy Proposed policy changes in the election procedure of Aggie yell leaders will highlight the Student Senate meeting tonight at 7:30 in Room 102 of the Zachry Engi neering Center. The yell leader revision is to be proposed by Fred Campbell, chairman of the rules and regula tions committee, but no vote will be made at this meeting. In an earlier statement, Student Government President Layne Kruse said he would push for a student referendum concerning the changes. The recommendation includes the word “male” be dropped from yell leader qualifications and no candidates be screened as is done currently by the yell leader com mittee. Another clause in the revision states that all students will be able to vote in yell leader elec tions. Changes in the procedures for electing yell leaders should be left up to the students, said Kruse. The Day Care Center Constitu tion and by-laws will be brought before the Senate for a vote, said Randy Ross, vice-president of the A&M Student Government. This vote will decide whether or not a day care center will be provided for the children of TAMU students with a low in come who aren’t being provided for in other Bryan-College Station day care centers. The Student Senate has been trying to organize a day care cen ter for the past two years, said Virginia Leahey, chairman of the Day Care Center Committee. If the Senate accepts the con stitution, plans will be made to present a board of directors to the Senate Nov. 22, and apply for a state license at the same time. An addition to the 1972-73 Rules and Regulations handbook will also be voted on. This addition concerns the procedure for the election of class officers and Me morial Student Center represen tatives accidently deleted from the handbook when it was print ed, said Ross. Ty Griesenbeck will present a revision to the judicial committee by-laws concerning who can v de in the judicial committee. The revision clarifies the fact that all members have the right to vote and in case of a tie, the deci sion will be lost. WE GIVE The Inquiring Battman The Recent Krueger-Dunn Incident; What Should Be Done? Jl r HAY HUNTER Junior “They should be made to hang up their uniforms and conform to the rules like normal students.” EVERETT HARCROW 3rd Year Vet Student “Give them a second chance, think they handled it fine for first offense.” DOUG JOWELL Junior “Let the owners of the cars walk all over them for a while.” CAROLYN LEWALLEN Sophomore “Since the administration did almost nothing, they were wrong. Had the students been anyone ex cept athletes, they would surely have been suspended. Favoritism was definitely shown.” MARK W. LENNEVILLE Junior “The administration was cor rect in doing what it did as long as it remains consistant with all such offenses.” OLIVIA KLISCHNER Senior “They need to be handled as if they were any other student. They haven’t yet. It remains to be seen.” ANDY BECK Senior “I think they should be treated like any other student. Any other student would probably get his or her thrown out.”