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
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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.
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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
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pus.
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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
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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
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