Listen Up—
6 Word Of God’
Said Missing From SCONA Topic
THE BATTALION
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Editor:
SCONA is here. Certainly the
topic, or theme, is one that is
high in priority on the minds of
concerned people today.
On the surface, it woul seem
like the idea behind SCONA is
the epitome of the educational
institution meeting its responsi
bilities in a free society by pro
viding access to a complete spec
trum of available information
and research on any particular
topic of study. The list of speak
ers reflect some of the nation’s
most renowned scholars’ opinions
and research. Truly some of man’s
highest intellectual thought will
be aired regarding control of our
fellow man.
I suggest one area of thought
and authority on this topic is not
ably missing: the Word of God.
There must be a long list of
highly noted men of God (use
the word theologians if it satis
fies you better) who could, with
no proselytization attempts
merely show what God has said
in His Word about these prob
lems! I’m sure one of them could
have been engaged as a speaker.
Some may say “religion” is out
of place in a “state” institution
(Big Brother’s “state” may be
closer than we think). In a coun
try formed on Judeo-Christian
mores and ethics (even going so
far as to put “In God We Trust”
on its money), I wonder how out
of place such a presentation
would be. (Special note is made
of the historical role or “religion”
in Bryan-College Station and
Texas A&M.) If as a country
and as an educational institution
we boast of “free” speech and
“free” access to information, I
suggest a gross neglect in omit
ting even the consideration of
what the God most of us claim
to honor and worship has to say
about our attempts to control
man. Without need for specific
Biblical references of any kind,
I can say that God has spoken
quite specifically and directly to
this question.
It somehow seems a shame
when we pay such special atten
tion to behavioral modification
and control where we can reduce
man to a programmed “lab rat”
following the directions of his
“master,” rather than freely fol
lowing the Will of the God who
created man, a being in His own
image, to be a rational, loving
servant (tender of His garden).
Howard Eilers
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Editor:
We would like to comment on
the use of a pass key by resident
advisors in the women’s dormi
tory, Krueger Hall, to check on
the presence of men in the rooms
of coeds.
This practice involves a knock
on the door which if unanswered
is followed by the utilization of
a pass key. The presence of a man
in the room after hours leads to
review before a judicial board
which has the right to deal out
punishments to the women in
volved.
We are not questioning
the rules involving the presence
of men in the women’s dorm, we
are questioning the right of uni
versity officials, i.e. resident ad
visors to, in effect, break into
the private room of a student.
Batt News Summary
AUSTIN—A bill resulting from
a two-year interim study of drug
use in Texas was introduced in
the Senate Wednesday. Among
other things it would decriminal
ize marijuana possession.
Sponsored by Sen. Chet Brooks,
D-Pasadena, the measure was au
thored by former senator Don
Kennard, who was chairman of
an interim committee appointed
by former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
in 1971.
Kennard described the measure
as in “complete contrast” to a
stringent proposal supported by
Gov. Dolph Briscoe.
Kennard said the study com
mittee bill shifts enforcement ef
forts from the user to the pusher.
While it provides treatment in
stead of jail terms for users, the
measure is very rough on pushers,
he said.
Brooks’ bill would make sim
ple possession of a small amount
of marijuana non-criminal. Only
for sale of the drug would it
become a felony. tW)An
SAIGON, Vietnam—Maj. Gen.
Gilbert H. Woodward, the chief
U.S. delegate to the Joint Mili
tary Commission, handed an offi
cial protest note to the senior
Viet Cong representative saying
the Viet Cong violated the peace
agreement signed in Paris Jan. 27
by delaying the release of the 27
American prisoners at Loc Ninh,
75 miles north of Saigon.
Woodward accused the Viet
Cong representative at Loc Ninh
of trying to induce the U.S. rep
resentative at the site, Brig. Gen.
Stan McClellan, to “sign a re
ceipt on which had been added a
remark falsely ascribing to the
Republic of South Vietnam re
sponsibility for a delay in re
ceipt of U.S. personnel.”
AUSTIN — A bill that would
prohibit abortions after the sixth
week of pregnancy was introduced
in the House Wednesday.
The legislation, by Reps. Joe
Hubenak, D-Rosenberg, and Lar
ry Vick, R-Houston, appears to
run counter to a recent U.S. Su
preme Court ruling that threw out
Texas’ previous abortion statute.
SAN ANTONIO—Two persons
died and five others were taken
to San Antonio hospitals Wednes
day night, all believed victims of
escaping natural gas in a south-
side residence, firemen said.
District Fire Chief Jesse Ren-
teris said it was uncertain what
overcame the three children and
four adults in the frame house.
Renteris said he smelled an odor
in the residence which may have
been natural gas.
DETROIT—The United States
Olympic Committee reorganized
itself last week, but that’s not
stopping proponents of massive
changes in the structure of the
USOC.
The “Organizing Committee
for a Better Olympics,” a group
headed by Mayor Tom J. Van-
dergriff of Arlington, Tex., is
scheduled to meet in Chicago Sun
day and Monday to discuss eight
major proposals.
“We’ve got a pamphlet out call
ed ‘Let’s Give the Olympics Back
to the People,’ and basically that’s
what we want to do,” explained
Dr. Marcus L. Plant, long-time
University of Michigan faculty
representative to the Big Ten who
preceded Vandergriff as chair
man of the “Better Olympics” or
ganization.
CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines
—The second large group of re
leased American war prisoners
left the Philippines for home
Thursday morning, just a day aft
er they had wandered through a
U.S.-style supermarket like so
many Rip Van Winkles returned
from captivity instead of sleep.
The 20 men, smiling and wav-
ing, boarded a C141 Starlifter hos
pital plane and took off on the
15-hour journey to Travis Air
Base in California.
Twenty other former POWs
left for Travis on Wednesday,
and two went home earlier be
cause of family illnesses. Another
group of 20 men was scheduled
to depart later Thursday.
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This practice seems to us to
be contradictive to the fourth
amendment of the Constitution
of the United States which says
“The right of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against un
reasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no war
rants shall issue, but upon prob
able cause, supported by Oath
or Affirmation, and particularly
describing the place to be search
ed, and the persons or things to
be seized.”
We would like to hear from any
university official who, after
reading this amendment (which
is the supreme law of the land)
can justify the practice described
in this letter.
room in question to having the
room occupants moved out of the
dorm. I would hardly call this
voluntary.
In attempting to discern the
true facts concerning this matter,
about all I can see is that there
exists a communication gap be
tween the students concerned and
the University. I might add that
all attempts to obtain the Uni
versity’s true policy concerning
the matter have either proved
fruitless or only served to muddy
the picture. Until I am informed
otherwise by University officials,
I must assume that 100 per cent
“voluntary” painting appears to
be the University renovation pol
icy at this time.
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Again we are not questioning
the rules involving the presence
of men in the women’s dorm.
We would only like to see them
find a legal way to enforce these
rules.
Ross Maynard
Norma Buentello
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Editor:
With respect to the letter and
editor’s note published in The
Battalion on Feb. 9 concerning
renovation of Legett Hall, I be
lieve a few points need to be
made. The context of Mr. Park
er’s letter was meant to present
two basic points:
One, that spending $40,000 on
halls and hall lighting and leav
ing the rooms as they are (with
the exception of two electrical
outlets per room) indicates a de
cided University preference to
ward impressing campus visitors
rather than in improving student
facilities.
Two, that as we have been
informed 100 per cent student
participation in painting their
rooms (on their own time) is a
prerequisite before any renova
tion of any kind will be initiated.
According to the editor’s note
all participation is on a voluntary
basis. However, according to our
information (what little informa
tion we’ve been able to get), a
failure to voluntarily paint our
rooms could result in anything
ranging from having other stu
dents “voluntarily” paint the
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