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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1972)
Listen Up— A&M Officials Accused Of Student Injustice Editor: Several questions regarding law enforcement and the admin istration of justice on the cam pus of Texas A&M have recently arisen in the minds of the ma jority of the student body. A sampling of these questions fol low. Question: Do the laws of the State of Texas apply to the stu dents of A&M on the campus of the university ? Question: Is wanton destruc tion of private property in the amount of several hundred dol lars not a felony offense in the State of Texas? Question: Has the Administra tion of Texas A&M not, of re cent, seen fit not only to condone the commission of a felony of fense, but has it not also sought to, in essence, “cover up” that offense? Question: Has not the Admin istration of A&M condoned stu dent violence on campus and has it not set a precedent for failure to punish offenders and failure to see that offenders are brought to justice by proper authorities ? Queston: Do not democracy and the United States Constitution de mand equity under the law ? Question: Would any student of A&M be allowed to commit a felony offense on campus with only token punishment ? Question: Which is more im portant to the administration of A&M: a winning football team or the upholding of democracy? It is the honest opinion of the writer of this letter that an ob vious injustice has been commit ted. It is also his opinion that said injustice should not go un heeded by the citizens of the State of Texas, the students of Tex. A&M University, or by any loyal American. If the writer is wrong in his opinion, he sincerely apologizes. If he is right, maintenance of law and order and distribution of equitable justice in the Tex A&M University System is indeed in danger. Dale Hancock as it appeared in your paper was most upsetting. I realize a jour nalist should be subjective as possible—but handling a story in such a loose manner projects a subjectivity of its own. The article appeared to take defense by pointing out the boys were only responsible for four damaged cars, not all! Then came a reassuring quote that the ath letes would continue to play foot ball for the university. This is not to say that either one of the above facts should have been omitted by any means. It was those and other components of the story were presented that this reader found upsetting. Jim Tom Smith ’73 ★ ★ ★ Editor: The article about the damage to private property allegedly done by the three freshmen causes me to wonder what, if any, action regarding discipline will be taken and what, if it is not being played down altogether, we will hear about it. I also wonder what would have happened to the men had they not been football players; a free trip to Huntsville, perhaps ? And how about the owners of the cars? Will they be compen sated for damages incurred? Will the men involved in any shape, fashion, form or way apologize? Or will the haunting suspicion that there are two sets of rules for student conduct, i.e., one set for athletes and another for the rest of the students, be confirm ed? Jack Crawford ’74 We guarantee the football play ers are sorry and so will Coach Emory Bellard. The boys are hav ing to pay for damages out of their own pockets. No letters are censored from print and are judg ed only on the merits which can be gained from running them. They do not necessarily express opinions of the Battalion staff. —Ed. ★ ★ ★ Editor: The idea of female yell lead- CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle ers completely abhors me. If fe males are allowed to run for yell leader, one of A&M’s oldest tra ditions will be broken. The male yell leaders are one of the unique features of our university. After a winning football game, the freshmen capture the yell leaders and throw them into the fish pond. Just imagine a girl being treated in this manner. The tradition of the fable would prob ably be eliminated, because one could not be told effectively by a female. Now, visualize five girls and five boys standing on the football field dressed in maroon and white uniforms leading Farmers Fight. One thing is certain, they would not be yell leaders but cheerlead ers. Women students have come to A&M, and I am very proud to be one. I respect such traditions as: Silver Taps, the Ross Volun teers, the Aggie Band, the Corps, the senior bootline and the yell leaders. I hope that none of these traditions will be changed be cause of our presence at A&M. Cindy McLain ’74 ★ ★ ★ pus. ★ ★ ★ Editor: It was disheartening to read in The Battalion of three freshmen athletes with nothing better to do with their time than jump on parked cars and put dents in them. Such irresponsible action by anyone in the student body of Texas A&M is damaging to the university; particularly those who represent the school publicly in sports competition hurt more deeply the school’s reputation, of course. But what was more shocking to many I talked with was the way in which the local papers touched the story with “padded gloves”—especially The Battalion! The light tone of the article “A million dollar computer and hours of programming and all it can say is ‘heads, they win and tails, we win!’ ” Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. 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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 Anima World Manor East Malt Dogs AKC Registered Fish Tropical & Marine Birds Talkers, Warblers, Chirpers Small Animals Mice & Guinnea Pigs Reptiles Snakes, Caimens, Turtles, Etc. and you’ll find A World of Animals At Animal World BRING THIS AD & GET THE 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT FOR THIS SEMESTER Editor: As of late on this campus, and more close to borne, in this pa per, there has been an astounding turnout of “concerned” students speaking out on such topics as bicycle registration, university ticket policies, and liquor on cam- I most naturally assumed that a forum which enabled these same people to publicly question the chief of the A&M police and later speak to him on a one-to- one basis on any topic that per tained to his duties would institute an immense crowd. Unfortunately, this did not seem to be the case. On Wednesday night, at eight o’clock, just such an informal session took place, with dismal results on the stu dent’s part. Out of all of those “concerned” students who took time to scream and yell about their opinions, mak ing sure that everyone on campus heard what they had to say, only 26 had the initiative to hear the views of the other side. I hesitate to use the word “apathy,” because that is one of the most overused words in pres ent discussions. Perhaps “insensi bility” would more adequately ex press the feeling. These people want to get into and cause con troversies such as these, but they are insensible to the issue at stake. I do not promote discontinu ance of controversy. In fact, I would grieve at the thought of such a loss. I just want to know when the people are going to quit playing at these things like chil dren and really try to accomplish something. Larry Walker Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, October Smi LAKE VIEW CLUB 3 Miles N. 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