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Vol. 67 No. 170 Battalion College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 24, 1972 Its All Right To Be Content With What We Have, But Never With What We Are. Tuesday—Cloudy today and to night. Low 53, high 78. Wednesday — Cloudy. Winds southerly 5-10 mph. 30% chance of rain. 80°. 845-2226 Judicial Council Rules Transfer Students May Hold Senate Posts Elton John, famed pianist and older of six gold albums in iinerica, will appear in concert 'low 8 in G. Rollie White Coli- eum. John’s real name is Reginald Iwight. He has completed five uccessful American tours, re eased an album of his first film oundtrack, “Friends;” a live al- lum, “11-17-70,” recorded during n American tour and “Madman icross the Water.” His latest album, “Honky Cha- eau," reached the number two osition in the United Kingdom Clay Smothers, a nationally Known black conservative, will peak Thursday at A&M under mspices of the Black Awareness Committee. Smothers will discuss civil ights and education at his 8 p.m. appearance in the Memorial Stu- ient Center Ballroom. Opponent of busing to achieve racial integration in public schools, Smothers was a self- jUfc a THE TEXAS A&M INSIGNIA is formed by the ‘Fight- nTexas Aggie Band’ Saturday night during the A&M-TCU ootball game. The formation drew immediate overwhelm ing response from the stands as Field. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) it marched down Kyle Elton John Coming To A&M charts and number one in Ameri ca within days of its release. John’s first album, “E m p t y Sky,” received acclaim from crit ics and musicians, but the public did not react until his second album, “Elton John,” was re leased. Earlier this year, Elton added to his group a multi-instrumen talist, Davey Johnstone. With Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee Murray on bass, John’s stage act is exciting with variety and color. John studied piano at the Roy al Academy of Music before em barking on a pop career playing piano and organ with Biuesology and Long John Baldry. He soon began to write his own material, teaming up with lyricist Bernie Taupin in response to a newspa per advertisement. Taupin has written all the lyrics for John’s compositions. Murray made his first profes sional appearance w'ith “Mirage,” then joined Spencer Davis with whom he toured Britain and the United States. He finally teamed up with Nigel Olsson and they became part of the Elton John Nationally Prominent Black To Speak Here nominated vice presidential can didate at the Democratic Nation al Convention and speaks with fiery preacher-style oratory. “Clay Smothers, the man, is an individual swimming in the civil rights stream traditionally noted for its liberal currents,” com mented BAG programs co-chair man Marvin Bridges. “While Mr. Smothers and the Black Aw r areness Committee have Ags Will Donate To Blood Drive The annual Aggie Blood Drive is scheduled for Nov. 1 and 2 in the basement of the Memorial Student Center. The purpose of this drive is to establish credits for the Texas A&M Blood Club Account with the Wadley Insti tute of Molecular Medicine. Blood credits which are estab lished during this drive are then available for use by any A&M student who needs blood. When approximately 4 per cent of the student body has donated blood, these credits may then be used by the immediate families of stu dents or by former students. Last year 803 credits were es tablished in the two-day drive, but the unused credits are out dated after a year. For this rea son, these credits are donated to the Wadley Institute, which can then distribute them to people who need blood, but cannot afford it. If any A&M student or some one in his immediate family needs blood, he should contact Ron Ben to at 845-3501. very definite divergent philoso phies on civil rights, it is always to one’s advantage to become cog nizant of differing vantage points lest he engenders stagnation in his own thinking and actions,” Bridges added. TAMU students with activity cards will be admitted free to the BAG lecture. Others will be charged 50 cents to defray cost of the program. Recipient of 45 Texas delegate votes at the Miami convention last July, Smothers is a graduate of Prairie View A&M and taught school in Chicago in the early 1960s. He worked simultaneously with the Interstate Detective Agency, protecting life and prop erty in Chicago’s low-income dis tricts. Smothers will debate Angela Davis at the University of Ari zona Nov. 8. He became news director of KNOK radio in Dal- las-Fort Worth in 1968. He was an unsuccessful 1970 Republican candidate for the state legisla ture. group. The Elton John group became a quartet when ex-Magna Carta guitarist Davey Johnstone made his first public appearance with Elton at the Royal Festival Hall London on February 5th, 1972. A self taught musician, John stone plays guitar, mandolin, sitar, banjo and lute. He has al ways worked as a musician, main ly in folk music. Davey is now eager to widen his scope and wel comes the opportunity of working with Elton, Dee and Nigel. Nigel met Murray and they formed a close musical relation ship which finally led them to work with Elton John. Tickets will go on sale Wed nesday at 8 a.m. in the Student Programs Office of the Memorial Student Center. Reserved seats are $5.50, $5.00, and $4.50. Gen eral admission ticket prices are $4.00 for patrons and $3.50 each for A&M students and dates. By KARL JACKSON Staff Writer The Judicial Committee of the Student Government voted 9-0 that Sophomore transfer student Sandy Aboud was eligible and qualified for her new position in the Student Senate. The Committee’s decision set a precedent for all transfer stu dents who, up until now, were not legally qualified candidates for the Student Senate. The charges were brought against the Election Board by Brad Bryant, a candidate in the Senate election for Dunn Hall, Oct. 18, which elected Aboud. Bryant charged that Steve Ben son, chairman of the Election Board, had certified Aboud and allowed her to run when she was not qualified, The primary conflict was the fact that Aboud, as a transfer student, did not have an estab lished grade point ratio at A&M. Her GPR at San Antonio Jr. Col lege was unacceptable due to the by-laws, so her mid-semester GPR was substituted in its place. Bryant and his council, Fred Campbell, charged that this was not an official GPR. The plaintiff charged that her application for candidacy was therefore invalid and that she should be removed from office. Aboud’s GPR from San Antonio and her mid-semester GPR were above the required 2.250 average. Aboud filed her application for office Oct. 2 before the filing deadline on Oct. 4. Aboud was informed on the sixth by Benson that she was ineligible because of her GPR. On the ninth, the clause in the 1972-73 University Regulations stating that candidates must have a 2.250 GPR “at the time of the election,” was brought to the at tention of Chairman Benson. Benson changed his previous ruling and reinstated Aboud as an official candidate, with the condition that her GPR at mid semester would be above a 2.250. On Oct. 16, the mid-semester GPR was made available in the Registrar’s office and Aboud was certified to have a 2.250 GPR by Robert Lacey, registrar. The Defense’s Council Bill Hartsfield countered Campbell’s argument with a statement from last year’s Election Chairman, Mark Blakemore, who revised the Election Regulations for 1972-73. Blakemore said the revision com mittee had dropped the clause contained in the 1971-72 regula tions which limits the GPR to “the previous semester” so trans fer students could run for office on their mid-semester GPR. Hartsfield also pointed out mid semester GPRs are used in fresh men Senate elections and that the Registrar’s decision as to whether a candidate could be certified with a sufficient GPR is final. Ty Griesenbeck, chairman of the judicial committee, posted the decision and will release a state ment of their opinions and rea sons later. A list of recommenda tions to clear the controversy will also be presented to the Senate. Fish Elections To Be Held Freshman elections will be held for senators at large and class officei's November 7 (a change from the previously stated date of Nov. 2.) President, vice president, sec retary-treasury, and social secre tary as well as six senators will be voted on. Aggie Assaulted By Parolee In Parking Lot 40 Saturday A Bryan man, on parole from Gatesville School of Corrections, was charged Monday by A&M’s University Police for aggravated assault on an A&M student. Charges were filed by Univer sity Police Sgt. J. B. Miller on 18-year-old Richard Lee Reeves, of Route 2 in Bryan, after he al legedly beat up Ken C. Thomp son in Parking Lot 40 at approxi mately 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Miller, investigating officer in the case for the University Po lice, said officers Frank Lassater and Tom Robertson apprehended Reeves with the aid of the Bryan Police Department near Denny’s Restaurant. Reeves was in a car with a 16- year-old Bryan youth who was released with no charges pressed against him. Mike Patrick, a student who was with Thompson when the in cident occurred, said they were followed to the A&M campus by a car with Reeves in it. He said their car was blocked from park ing in the A&M lot and Reeves got out and shouted something to the pair. Patrick said Thompson was then dragged out of the car by Reeves and kicked and beaten se verely in the head and side. Miller said Reeves was posi tively identified by Thompson and that a nine and one-half inch bayonette was confiscated from the Bryan youth’s car. He added that Reeves’ compan ion is also on probation in Grimes County for armed robbery. Thompson was treated and re leased from the University Hos pital after treatment for cuts and abrasions and receiving several stitches in the left side of the head. U. S. Senate Hopefuls State Positions The League of Women Voters of Texas recently asked the can didates for U.S. Senator to ex press their views on the leading issues. The Battalion is reprint ing their replies to provide stu dents with information on the up coming election. U.S. SENATE Barefoot Sanders, Democrat What do you consider the na tional priorities for the next con gress? The overriding priority is for the people of the United States to regain their idealism and their sense of national purpose. We must regain confidence in our government, and government must justify their confidence. Re gain full employment. Reduce in flation. Reduce federal deficit. Maintenance of a strong national defense program. First class education for all children without busing. Return of our prisoners of war and con clusion of our military involve ment in Southeast Asia. Develop greater opportunities for all citi zens to participate effectively in our economy and in our govern mental process. Restore a strong farm economy. Develop more ef fective means of settling labor disputes. Welfare reform, includ ing appropriate provisions for child care. Protection of our en vironment and reconciling eco nomic expansion with environ mental protection. Reappraisal of foreign aid and related pro grams. Better health care. What programs would you sup port to improve the administra tion of criminal justice and the penal system in the United States? Efficient administration of the courts by providing a corps of trained court administrators, in order to expedite the disposition of litigation and reduce over crowded dockets. Reform of our prison and jail system. Most of the prisons in the U. S. are at least 50 years old. Eighty per cent (80 per cent) of felonies are committed by released convicts. We need to im prove our criminal correction sys tem. Emphasis should be on es tablishing half-way houses for the first-time felons who may serve the latter portion of their sentences while working. John Goodwin Tower, Republican What do you consider the na- (See “U. S-,” page 4) University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Friday’s Concert Was A Waste Of Your ‘Bread’