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I Vol. 67 No. 176 Battalion College Station, Texas Thursday, November 2, 1972 If A Man Doesn’t Keep Pace With His Companions, Perhaps It’s Because He Hears A Different Drummer. FRIDAY — Cloudy to partly cloudy. Wind westerly 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 67, low 47. SATURDAY — Partly cloudy. Wind northeasterly 5 to 10 m.p.h. High 73, low 41. 845-2226 pli Senate To Discuss Fate Of Bicycle Registration At Tonight’s Meeting A DAWNING SUNSET occurred late Wednesday after- icon as the rains left College Station to leave only cold iir behind. The United States flag was still flying at the Academic Building to accompany the much-appreciated cloudbreak. (Photo by Steve Ueckert) $380,000 ‘Facelifting’ Begins Dorms To Be Renovated, Improved Texas A&M will begin a $380,- )0fl residence hall renovation and improvement program this se- nester. The program is the second ihase of an overall project start- d last year at the direction of President Jack K. Williams to 'make TAMU residence halls as livable and presentable as possi ble,” explained Howard Vestal, management services director. Vestal, project coordinator, not ed the program has already touched virtually all existing dor mitories. “We have solicited student in put to ensure improvements are made where most needed,” he added. Surveys were conducted by the Student Senate, Civilian Student Council and Corps of Cadets to determine the priority of renova tions. Vestal pointed out a combined list of projects submitted by stu dent leaders based on the surveys constitutes the Phase II program. All baths and showers in the 12-dorm area will be painted and rooms in six of the twelve halls will receive new paint. Vestal said housing commitments during the summer months allowed time for painting only six halls at one time. CSC ‘Casino’ To Offer Dice, Card Games ‘Beat the Dealer,’ ‘Dice,’ and ‘Twenty-One’ will be among the games available for Aggie gam blers at the Civilian Student Council’s ‘Casino’ at 8 p.m. Satur day in the Zachry Engineering Center lobby. In ’Beat the Dealer,’ bets are jlaced against the dealer. The dealer will then roll the dice and let seven people roll against him. All players are paid if two is rolled and all bets are taken if three is rolled. Betting may be made on any one or combination of numbers in roulette. Chips may be placed on either red or black colors or 0 or 00, which are green. Split bets can also be made. In Blackjack ‘21’ the object of the game is to have the cards total 21, or as near to 21 as pos sible. The dealer will deal two cards face down to each of the two players and two cards to him self, one face down and the other face up. Tickets will be $3.50 per couple in advance or $4 per couple at the door. Hart and Walton Halls will be rewired and Hart, Walton and Hotard Halls will receive fluor escent lighting. Heat control ra diator valves will go into Law, Puryear, Hart and Walton Halls. The Hart Hall lounge will be air- conditioned. New door locks will be installed in Walton, White and Utay Halls and towel bars will be added to nine halls. Installation of wall-mounted ash trays in all carpeted halls Marine Corps Birthday Ball Slated For Saturday Night In Duncan Hall The Marine Corps Birthday Ball is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday in the east wing of Duncan Dining Hall. The birthday is actually Nov. 10, but due to the SMU Corps Trip, it is being held early. The event will be a fonnal dinner- dance commemorating the na tion’s oldest armed service with 197 years of active service. The Marine ‘social of the year’ will feature a cake cutting by Col. C. E. Hogan. Oldest and youngest marines will get the first cuts of cake. Gen. A. R. Luedecke will be the special guest. The ‘Admiral’s Band’ from Cor pus Christi will provide the en tertainment. Class ‘A’ winter uni forms will be worn by corpsmen and suits and ties for civilians. Anyone associated with the Ma rines or Navy may buy tickets for $4.75 from Gunnary Sergeant Villario in the Naval ROTC of fice in the Trigon before 5 p.m. Friday. will round out the second phase program. Vestal noted delayed projects in the first phase program are almost complete. “The electrical transformer for Law and Puryear Halls should be completed by mid-November,” he said.- “Final carpet installation and completion of the electrical power feeder to the Duncan area is scheduled for the Christmas holidays.” Completed projects in the over all program include weather stripping of all exposed room doors in the five new halls in the west area, installation of 52 new water fountains and installation of obscure shower glass. Painting of halls and doors in the 12-dorm area, air condition ing of Walton and Leggett Hall lounges and complete interior renovation of Walton Hall were also completed this past summer. By VICKI ASHWILL Bicycle registration will appear as a special item on the agenda at tonight’s Senate meeting at 7:30 in Room 102 of the Zachry Engineering Center. Student Government President Layne Kruse and Student Serv ices Chairman Steve Wakefield will present alternatives pertain ing to the amount of bicycle regis tration fee and how many bike racks different registration fees will buy. Bike racks cost $8.40 per stall when manufactured here, accord ing to figures presented in Wed nesday’s committee meeting. Bike racks are being ordered from an other company for $5.65. Kruse said he feels students are not against the bike registration as such, but are against the fee and the price. The Senate will vote at the next meeting on a bicycle registration fee and then present this recom mendation to the administration. The controversial issue about the proposed changes in the Aggie yell leader election procedure will also be discussed and voted on. The proposed changes were pre sented before the Senate two weeks ago by Fred Campbell, chairman of the student Rules and Regulations Committee. These provisions were accidentally omitted from the 1972-73 fall printing of the rules and regula tions handbook. The three major revisions sug gested by the committee include the omission of the initial screen ing of prospective candidates by the yell leader committee, letting all students vote for yell leaders (See Senate, page 2) Faculty Management Topic For Calhoun Talk Tonight Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr. will speak at 8 tonight in Lecture Room 3 of the Zachry Engineer ing Center on the general topic of academic administration and faculty management. For this second University Ma chinery program Calhoun, vice- president of A&M for Academic Affairs, will discuss various as pects of faculty recruitment and retention. Faculty evaluation cards will be distributed at the meeting by stu dents responsible for the Univer sity Machinery program. The cards will be made available to the administration. A question and answer session will follow with a reception after award to allow the students to make one-to-one contact with Cal houn. The third University Machinery presentation will be made by President Jack Williams in his speech, ‘TAMU: 2001.’ Williams’ program will be made at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Assembly Room of the MSG. According to Bill Hartsfield, Senate Academic Affairs chair man, Williams will speak on fu ture plans for the university. “Students are always wanting to know what future plans have been made and Dr. Williams’ ‘2001’ will answer these questions,” he said. T. C. Cone, Memorial Student Center Great Issues chairman, commented that students will be able to ask questions afterward and that a reception will also be held. A Soapbox Forum will also be conducted Tuesday on the west lawn of the Academic Building from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Any subject may be discussed. Both the University Machinery lectures and the Soapbox Forum are free. Ex-Addicts Visit A&M In Drug Program Spring Housing Reservations Being Taken University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M/’ —Adv. On campus housing reserva tions for the 1973 spring semes ter are now being accepted at the Housing Office, announced Allan M. Madeley, manager, Wednesday. Students returning to Dunn and Krueger for the 1973 spring se mester must reserve rooms in the office of W. G. Ferris in the Com mons. Students who wish to re serve the room they now occupy should report to him through 5 p.m. Wednesday. Students in Krueger-Dunn who wish to reserve a room other than the one they now occupy, but within the same hall, should re port from 8 a.m. Nov. 9 through Nov. 13. Men occupants of Dunn Hall who wish to change to an other hall may do so at the Hous ing Office during the first come- first served period beginning at 8 a.m. Nov. 15. Residents of Fowler, Hart, Henderson, Hughes, Keathley, Law, Legett, Milner, Moses, Pur year, Schumacher, and W a 11 o n Halls should report to the Hous ing Office through 4 p.m. Wed nesday to reserve the room they now occupy. Those wishing to re- seiwe a room other than the one they now occupy but within the same hall should report through Nov. 10. Board Payment Due Wednesday The third installment board payment for the 1972 fall semes ter is due on or before Nov. 8, 1972. The amount is $95.50 for the 7-Day Board Plan and $85.00 for the 5-Day Board Plan. Pay ment is due at the Fiscal Office, Richard Coke Building, to avoid penalty. Residents of Crocker, Davis- Gary, Hotard, Moore, Mclnnis, White and Utay Halls should re port to the head advisor today and Nov. 10 to reserve present rooms or any other rooms in the hall in which they now reside. Students who wish to change halls or who did not sign up for rooms during the periods above will report from 8 a.m. Nov. 15 thru 7 p.m. Nov. 22 on a first- come, first-served basis. All single undergraduate stu dents are required to live on cam- (See Housing, page 2) By ROD SPEER Three former drug addicts and current inmates of the Texas De partment of Corrections Unit in Huntsville told of their drug-re lated experiences in the Student “Y” Association’s third drug abuse presentation Wednesday night. The white-clothed inmates were referred to as Inmates Number One, Two and Three in the tradi tion of “To Tell the Truth.” Inmate Number One said he began shooting drugs as an es cape from his problems. He had a wife and a child while still in high school. He later divorced his wife, went AWOL while in the Air Force, got convicted on drug charges while on parole and received a Dishonorable Dis charge from the Air Force. “Drugs was an easy way out from my problems,” he said. Inmate Number Two came from a well-to-do family, participated in his high school band and played football. He was a beer drinker before becoming involved with .marijuana and hard drugs. Number Two was forced into dealing heroin to support his habit. “Drugs changed me from an average kid to a thief,” Inmate Number Three said. “It gave me hepatitis,” he added. Number Three admitted he stole “little things like car parts” before getting involved with' drugs. He began robbing drug stores to support a speed habit and received a couple of probated sentences for various drug-relat ed offenses which failed to damp en his desire for speed. Number Three is currently serving a seven-year term. Like the other two inmates, Number Three drank alcohol and smoked marijuana before moving on to harder drugs. After the inmates’ stories, George Lively, Director of Oper ation Kick-It, described the pris on conditions in Huntsville. “These inmates live in tiny cells which have floors with the area of a ping-pong table,” he said. He called prison life “a liv ing hell.” Education is encouraged in pris on, Lively continued. “College professors give night classes there and inmates can get as much as two years college credit.” Lively dramatized the effects of amphetamines when he told of a 6’2”, large framed “speed freak” who came to the Hunts ville prison weighing only 113 pounds. Lively, referring to alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, com mented, “It seems things that are legal are sometimes as bad, if not worse, than things that are ille gal.” Fish Elections Set For Tuesday Freshman class elections will be held Nov. 7 for the election of class officers and senators, said Steve Vincent. The class offices are president, vice-president, secretary-treasur er, and social secretary. Also on the ballot will be elections of six freshman senators. The polling places will be lo cated in the Academic Building, the library, the guard room, and at the Sbisa newsstand. Only freshmen are allowed to vote and must have their I.D. cards and activity cards to vote. Kruse Given OK To Present Facts, Figures To Students After deliberating for two hours and 15 minutes, a commit tee of 22 people voiced its ap proval of Student Government President Layne Kruse’s plan to present facts and figures to the Student Senate on bike racks. Discussion in the meeting cen tered around the raising or lower ing of the present bike registra tion fee of $3 as approved by the A&M System Board of Directors upon recommendations made by the Traffic Panel and Executive Committee. Under Kruse’s plan, the Senate could decide to lower the bike registration fee to 50 cents and not add any bike racks to campus facilities, make adjustments in the fee to any other amount or vote for a student referendum on the issue. Student Services Chairman Steve Wakefield suggested that the fee be lowered to $1.50, build racks for full capacity at dorm areas and just a percentage of spaces needed at academic areas. He also suggested moving some of the parking areas. Kruse said he would have a count made of the number of bikes being parked at the dorm areas to ascertain the exact need of racks in the living areas. “If we find we don’t need as many racks as has been said in the past,” said Kruse, “I don’t think we should buy extras. If the need isn’t too great I think we ought to lower the fee to $1.50 or $2.00 or whatever is needed to cover the cost on a six-year loan.” Tom Cherry, vice-president of A&M for business affairs, said that if students wanted to lower the fee to 50 cents, it’s fine with him. “We just won’t be able to put up any more bike racks, though.” Bob Rucker, university land scape architect, presented figures on bike spaces to the group mem bers. He said there are presently 1,075 parking spaces available while an additional 1,418 are ready to go in. “But, I told him he couldn't put them in,” said Cherry. “We are already $9,000 overdrawn on the bike account due to installing 750 spaces. I can’t let him put any more up until someone shows me how to make this up and pay for the rest.” The bicycle path system was considered early in the meeting. The group decided to leave the system completely out of the pic ture as far as student bicycle registration fees were concerned. STUDENT AND FACULTY leaders met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the contro versial bike path system and registration hassle currently going on. Students Steve Wake field and Layne Kruse (left) and Dean of Students James P. Hannigan were among the most vocal of the 22 people present,