THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 5, 1972 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle | Batt News Summary Vote oh PtoFOUTlON *1 !l NEW YORK — A society of computer specialists, worried that the electronic brain is getting a bad name, is trying to smooth the often strained relationship be tween computer and consumer. Attempting to upgrade the computer’s image, the New York based group called the Associa tion for Computing Machinery has set up an ombudsman pro gram in several cities to help in vestigate computer related com plaints. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — This year’s world champion all- around rodeo cowboy, Phil Lyne of George West, Tex., is riding closer with each go round of the National Finals Rodeo toward breaking the all-time one year money winning record of the Ro deo Cowboys Association. Lyne, who entered this year’s finals with the all-around cham pionship already in his pocket, won a total of $1,692 in the first three nights of competition in the finals, which began here Sat urday. “Frankly, I haven’t thought much of most of your cam paigns, but this one about kissing your dates after basket ball scores really grabs me!” WASHINGTON — Congres sional auditors say six federal agencies made inadequate envir onmental impact statements for water, power, highway and new- community projects in seven states. While the agencies “were defi- Before They Get ($$) You A very obvious and commonplace event is about to take place again for some on-camnus students. That bill-happy batch of money-mongers is going to get students and the worst part of it is that most won’t realize it until bills are received next fall. Civilian Student Council leaders have put before the dorm councils a new constitution which is basically the same as the present one but would change the council to a Residence Hall Association and slap students with another five-dollar mandatory fee. Our line of thinking is that CSC ‘leaders’ have overlooked the fact that most students don’t want another mandatory fee to pay. A second point of protest could be that all residence halls will become programmed whether students want them that way or not. There hasn’t been too big a rush to get into programmed dorms, so it could be assumed that many students don’t care much one way or the other what type of activities their dorms have. There are basically two types of dorm students at A&M: (1) those who like to participate in any and all dorm functions and (2) those who go their own way with studies and other more important activities. The proposed fee would make those in the second category pay for the social life of those in the first. But, dorm students, you do have a voice in the matter — only if you’re interested in the matter, though. Ratification of this constitution is not done by students-at-large, but instead by dorm councils. Since the members of dorm councils are probably among those highly active in dorm activities, it’s almost reasonable to assume these will vote for the five-dollar fee. The CSC ‘leaders’ did do students a ‘favor’, however, when they put an option clause in the proposed constitution which would allow dorm councils to return $4.50 to students. This again is decided by dorm councils. How will they vote? If you are a member of either group, participator or non-participant, be an activist and tell your council rep how to vote. If the constitution is ratified “as is,” j/our coins may roll. Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The liattalion are those of the student writers only. 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Karpov, who at 20 is the cham pion of Russia and is a prospec tive challenger to world cham pion Bobby Fischer, stands at nine match points with three rounds to play in the chase for the $4,000 top Church’s prize. WASHINGTON — Seeking to head off a flood of protests, the Treasury Department Monday urged state and local govern ments to be patient if their reve nue-sharing checks mailed this week are smaller than they ex pected. The first checks to be mailed Friday represent estimates of what some 39,000 state and local government units should receive under a complex formula ap proved by Congress. The Treas ury- said it may be early next year before it gets all the data updated. 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