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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 13, 1973
THE BATTALION
Listen Up —
SCONA And Cadet Slouch Knocked
Editor:
Each year that I have been
here at TAMU, I have become
more aware and surprised at the
monetary waste of our student
government. A great deal of
money is spent doing nothing for
the students.
SCONA activities, insofar as I
am concerned, do not warrant
spending thousands of dollars
which is solicited by the student
government. As I see it, only a
few (32) people benefit from an
activity that builds the ego of
some of the student government
personnel and nothing more. All
SCONA does is talk (debate?)
about pseudo-national problems
and makes no attempt to recom
mend any changes nor imple
ment them. The student body as
a whole receives nothing. Why
don’t they pull it all together for
the students and stop wasting
their efforts on secterian activi
ties. I’ll quote a recent copy of
the Senator: “from blood drive
to shuttle buses, the student body
makes it happen.” This really
makes me mad. I know person
ally that their input into the
blood drive is zero at worst and
marginal at best.
Don’t get me wrong. The stu
dent government is doing many
good things. But I feel that they
need to reaccess their priorities.
They need to remember that they
exist to serve the student body
as a whole. Acquiescence to the
administration may, at times, be
okay, but only after careful
scrutiny.
Gentlemen of the student gov
ernment, reevaluate your spend
ing policies. Pump money and
efforts into services that benefit
the whole student body (like free
bus routes) and away from sec
terian projects like SCONA. I
as a student want my money’s
worth and I do not feel that I am
getting it.
Michael Bunch
infests our lives four days a
week, can no longer be ignored.
It concerns a certain facet of
our beloved “Battalion”.
It seems to us that the space
occupied by “Cadet Slouch”
would be put to much better use
if left blank. This is corrobor
ated by the fact that Mr. Earle
chooses to ignore his own opin
ion poll.
D. H. McGee ’73
Wm. C. Crockett ’73
P.S. If the “Maggies” want
cheaper housing, let them try
Dorm five.
Issue won’t be taken with the
fact that there might be mone
tary waste by student govern
ment, but two things are appar
ent by your letter:
1. You don’t read The Bat
talion very closely because Wed
nesday’s story “SCONA XVIII:
Programmed Involvement for
Everyone” mean exactly that and,
2. You’ve missed the entire
point of SCONA XVIII. —Ed.
Editor:
Jim Earle’s poll asked students
if they would like to have an
Aggie coed as a regular char
acter. The girls in last week’s
cartoons were not regulars, but
are termed as “occasional.” Dr.
Earle recalls that girls have al
ways been in his cartoon “occa
sionally” since the birth of “Ca
det Slouch” 20 years ago...—Ed.
Dr. Jack K. Williams:
In today’s world we are faced
with many crucial issues. Such
things as overpopulation, infla
tion, pollution, power shortages,
and many other domestic as well
as foreign problems plague our
daily lives. One problem, which
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“Whadya say we go to S.C.O.N.A. this week! It would
be interesting to see if our discussions on national affairs
would be as good if we occasionally had a few facts”.
The Hart Hall Dorm Council
is unanimously in favor of the
establishment of female dorms on
the civilian side of the campus.
Not only would the overall social
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environment benefit as a result
of a more balanced ratio of boys
to girls but any increased female
involvement in our own dorm ac
tivities would improve the male
participation in these activities.
We also feel that male students
should not be seriously incon
venienced or discriminated against
as a result of the establishment
of female dorms. This can be
made possible by easing the re
strictions on allowing students to
move off-campus and not just the
considering of all air conditioned
dorms and not just the balcony
dorms. We realize that problems
do exist but not establishing any
female dorms means restricting
girls to facilities which not all
can afford and which results in
a maintenance of the existing un
desirable social situation.
Thomas Shelton
Hart Hall President
Robert Nagel
Hart Hall Secretary
Editor:
Like many people across the
country, I am an avid racing fan
and College Station has one of
the fastest and best tracks in the
South. They have a full sched
ule of races, but hardly anyone
from around here goes out there
to see them.
For the last race, a mere 1,000
tickets were sold at the Memorial
Student Center Programs Office.
That’s pretty bad, seeing as how
there are more than 1,000 people
on this campus alone who like
car racing.
What I’m trying to get at is
why doesn’t anyone around here
go to these races ? We get a good
deal on tickets (one-half price)
and it’s only 10 miles from town.
I just don’t get it. Personally, I’d
like to see car racing become
number one, instead of being a
close number two.
Mark Hawthorne ’76
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“To the end was I born, and for this cause came I into the
world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that
is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is
truth?” (John 18:37, 38).
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On another occasion Jesus said: “If ye continue in my word,
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