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AllOU Che Battalion You Cannot Raise Anyone Up By Calling Them Down. Vol. 67 No. 218 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 20, 1973 TUESDAY — Mostly cloudy through Wednesdaaay. Chance of light rain. Mild day; cool night. High 61, low 41. WEDNESDAY — Chance of light rain. High of 61. 845-2226 s game | the repii idefeated j National In. nt bid an! II be a lat[i home Tuts, ce Owls a PF Pi 641 734 658 736 B 713 iS 662 643 631 suits 34; SMU!!, 1 76, Baylt! cas 74, icdule Texas Ted 'CU; Texs ncE ’S/VISTA) t :ent*r, 4 Daily liora. sin Great Brim 9. From H» Germany, fe tland and B Yuill, tef! ne for ■ r«CT !!« lea from Ail ue produM Able, " rn Assrifte' Student M Bldg. andS m HI Cars inting es 3 A NY, Bit Since li!! 3-8111 i’ll! 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Thomas, in a prepared state ment at a press conference in Austin, said: “To set the record straight and to explore the possi bilities for making the responsible individuals accountable for their statements, I have asked the ap propriate criminal justice agen cies to look into the situation and take whatever action they deem appropriate.” The Prairie View president has turned the matter over to district attorneys in both Waller and Travis Counties. “No investigation could rectify the damage done to me profes sionally,” Thomas said, “or make up for the suffering of my family as a result of these irresponsible charges. I have waited until this time to reply to charges to insure It was done in a rational and dig nified manner.” Ragsdale made the allegations at a committee hearing that last ed until early Wednesday on a resolution to investigate condi tions at the Prairie View campus. When it appeared the commit tee was going to send the resolu tion to a subcommittee because of lack of a concrete case for an investigation, Ragsdale told com mittee members he had witnesses ready to testify under oath on the charges. Sen. William T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan, in whose district Prai rie View is situated, has said that if any Black Caucus member thinks the allegations about Thomas are true, “they should take it to a grand jury.” “We’re not the prosecutors here in the legislature,” said Moore. “Personally, I don’t believe the allegations.” Ragsdale has said that he had not intended to make the allega tions against Thomas and was sorry he had done so. He added the black legislators have received complaints from various people over an extended period of time. “Some of us thought the time had arrived to see if there is any validity to them and straighten them out,” he said. 1 i. ■ May Discounts Controls In Society’s Freedom Search' ^ * * J| By LARRY THOMPSON Staff Writer “I’ve been thinking about free dom ever since I was old enough to.” So began Dr. Rollo May’s speech to SCONA XVIII dele gates Saturday. May, a New York psycho analyst, is labelled an Existential Psychologist. He has worked in the field for 25 yeai’s. May agree that there are many types of determinism, but dis agrees with the principle of psy chological determinism. He said, “Psychological deter minism is an assault on man’s consciousness. Man can transcend other determinisms, but not this.” “What I’m talking about,” he continued, “is an idea of trying to control society, a kind of fascism which I for one could not believe in.” May also saw determinism as crucial relative to a changing society. “Our age is dying and another is not yet born. We live in an interim or transitional age,” he said. Movies are indicative of the age people live in, said May. “Art is important in the development of an age, because it predicts the future. Movies are the art of this time.” May’s speech ended with a defi nition of freedom. He labelled it “the capacity to transcend con crete situations, to realize humans are both subjective and objec tive.” Gives OK To SCONA NSL Head Explains Lobby Use h : Motivation, a key part of SCO NA XVIII, should happen to peo ple everyday instead of just once a year, according to National Stu dent Lobby Executive Director Layton Olson. “People are always asking ‘what can I as one citizen do?,’” said Olson, round-table co-chairman for the conference. “They lack confidence in themselves which makes them less able to organ ize.” “There is a lack of people in the world today who can jump in and try to change things,” he con tinued. “Hopefully, SCONA pro duced leaders with confidence and the ability to get things done.” As NSL executive director, Ol son coordinates lobby activities, oversees the national office, is in charge of fund raising and writes proposals for actual lobbying of key issues. One of his functions while trav eling around the nation is to co ordinate efforts between the na tional and state lobbies. “The strength of NSL is greatly increased by having state lobby ing going on,” said Olson. “State lobbies are mainly concerned with the educational issues which are the core issues NSL deals with.” Student lobbies exist mainly be cause every faction in society has to begin to define its interest, he said. “Students interested in the adult process of rights and re sponsibilities need to learn to run affairs,” said Olson. “Five to 10 years ago there Recorder Post Now Available Applications will be accepted starting today to fill the vacancy of Recorder in the Student Senate, Student Government President Layne Kruse said. Applications are available at the Student Government office in the Memorial Student Center and the deadline for filing is noon Thursday. The appointment will be an nounced Thursday night at the Student Senate meeting in the Zachry Engineering Center. The appointment is being made to fill the vacancy left by Sandy Eichorn who resigned. NSL Executive Director Layton Olson discusses the upcoming- NSL Lobby Conference with Sen. Clifford Case (R-N. J.) University “On the side National Bank of Texas A&M.” Adv. were no student groups trying to change the outlook on the envi ronment.” Olson said NSL’s financial sit uation shows whether or not peo ple are sincere and have the ini tiative to sponsor particular proj ects. Student governments join NSL by paying anywhere from $50 to $350, depending upon en rollment. NSL has an intern program to increase student involvement. Ol son said these interns are usually students or recent graduates with backgrounds in politics or or ganizing. “The intern program is mainly to train people to go back to their own states and help that particu lar state,” said Olson. “The people involved are able to handle the responsibility and have good judg ment. They have the ability to grow and relate to situations.” NSL will sponsor its second annual lobby conference in Wash ington, D.C., Feb. 28 through Mar. 2. During the conference students from across the country will have a chance to lobby on NSL issues. “We always try to support the issues we know can win,” Olson said. “We thy to demonstrate that we intend to follow up on what we say and be professional in what we’re doing,” he said. “A lobbyist must become the most informed person on the sub ject he is lobbying for.” Issues NSL support include in creasing federal student aid, re instatement of airline youth dis count fares, protection of the rights of news persons to with hold their sources of information from inquiries by state and fed eral grand juries, minimum wage for students and youth and child care centers for campuses. “I came to SCONA as a guest of A&M,” said Olson. “I try to attend as many statewide meet ings as possible. “SCONA is an extremely good idea, well organized with a good topic and material. SCONA :s full of down-to-earth facts people al ready understand but need to put together,” Olson continued. “A lot of people are saying the system does or doesn’t work. Those who say it works are over ly optimistic. Those who say it doesn’t work are giving them selves an excuse for quitting. “People need to define they want and relate to it.’ what Contained in this definition of freedom is the ability to tran scend determinism. M^iy said, “Consciousness can understand these determinates, but transcend them.” According to May, B. F. Skin ner must deny consciousness, which works only in limited situ ations. May drew applause when he said “Man is not made for tech nology. Technology is made for man.” May stressed that there are movements toward freedom in this country. He cited Women’s Liberation, which he called Wom en’s Freedom. “We cannot surrender our free dom without losing part of our essential nature. Freedom is the basis of values in that it allows man to have values.” Filing Open To Students For CS Posts Students may file for College Station City Council positions one, three and five to be contested in the April 3 city election. The filing deadline is March 2, said City Manager Ron Boswell. Only incumbents for the positions, Fred Bidson, Don Dale and R. D. Radecliff, have filed. Bruce Clay was the last A&M student to run for a place on the council in April. Clay, at the time a senior finance major, was defeated by C. A. Bonnen in his bid for Place 6, 516-465. A campus polling site will be available for the first time in the upcoming election. The new poll ing site was approved by the coun cil last July. It will be located in the Cushing Library. Bryan will hold elections for city council and school board trustees on April 7. Ralph Bobbitt, 2705 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan, filed for mayor, pitting him against incum bent J. A. Skrivanek. Frank Hud son, of Harvey, filed for Place 6 of the Bryan School Board of Trustees. James Stegall had al ready filed for the position. AN ELECTRIC SANCTUARY now spells its doom for different A&M student leaders as KAMU-TV’s ‘‘Student Sandwiche” program premiered Monday at 9 p. m. Questions from a studio audience open to all students are fielded to the person sitting in the “hot seat,” which in this case was Student Government President Layne Kruse. (Photo by Steve Krauss) Student President Gives Nod To Shuttle System Expansion The shuttle bus system is some thing all students will benefit from, either directly or indirectly, said Layne Kruse, Student Gov ernment President, Tuesday. On Thursday the Student Senate will vote on a proposal calling for eight buses to be run in the surrounding area. Discussion on the proposal centers on whether student serv ices’ fee money should be used to help with the cost. The proposal requests $42,000 from the student services fee while providing a projected $54,000 from the users' fee. “While not all the students will be using the buses, all students will benefit from them,” said Kruse. “With day students using them, they will aid in reduction of traffic and parking problems. None of the progi’ams funded by the student services fee are used by all of the students, anyway.” The shuttle bus issue has been discussed and studied for the past three years, using other campuses for studies. The five buses used this year are part of a pilot project. The users’ fee will be $18 per year which is comparable to the cost of registering a car for an entire year. Using both student services fee and users' fee is not a method of financing unique to the shuttle bus issue. Town Hall, Great Issues and Political Forum are three familiar instances of programs which re ceive student services fee funding and then require an additional users’ or admission fee. “This is a program the Student Senate should weigh carefully,” said Kruse. “Students who are concerned about the shuttle bus issue should call their student senator and voice their opinions.” A student can learn the name of his student senator by calling Kruse or Randy Ross at the Stu dent Government Office, 845-1516 or 845-3051. “The shuttle bus pilot project is something we feel should be continued,” said Kruse. “This is just a small step, but one in the right direction.” Freshmen Select A&M Coed, Donna Durow, Sweetheart Donna Lou Durow of Giddings was selected Saturday by the Texas A&M Class of 1976 as Freshman Sweetheart. Miss Durow, an 18-year-old brunette, is a freshman pre-medicine major at A&M. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan L. Durow, 681 N. Chambers, Giddings, was one of six finalists who were all TAMU students. Only two of 22 nominees for Freshman Class Sweetheart were not Texas A&M students. Miss Durow is a Student Government Representative and resident of Dunn Hall. At Giddings High School, she was homecoming queen, band member and twirler and selected to Who’s Who Among High School Seniors. Also introduced as finalists at the Saturday Fish Ball were Lynn Bliss of Everman; Loralee Gulledge, Midland; Kathy James, Victoria; Becky Liere, Houston, and Karen Mahler, San Antonio. ‘Miles For Mankind’ March Has Three-Fold Objectives NO, IT’S NOT obscene, but it is two of A&M’s intramural wrestlers practicing their skills Monday afternoon. This rather “curious” photo was snapped by Steve Krauss. The Student “Y” Association, in cooperation with the national YMCA, will sponsor a “Miles For Mankind” walk on. Mar. 24. The walk consists of participants who will walk along a 20-mile route and be sponsored for an amount of money for each mile completed. All participants, young and old, students and businessmen, will walk the 20-mile route. After they walk, each will return to his sponsors to receive the con tributions for the total miles walked. These funds will be re turned to the Student “Y” Asso ciation to be distributed for vari ous needs. The funds raised in this man ner will be used to finance three objectives of the YMCA. The first is to help in the renovation of Hensel Park so it may be of more use to a greater number of students at TAMU. About 20 per cent of the funds will be used for this project. The second objective is to aid the Bryan-College Station area and Chamber of Commerce in building a teen activities center for high school students. About 30 per cent will be used here. The remaining 50 per cent of the money will go to the YMCA United World Service. The Serv ice is a catalyst for education with literacy programs, regular schools, professional institutes, with supplementary courses that improve inadequate public educa tion programs on all levels. In Korea, the YMCA’s Boys- town provided schooling and voca tional training for boys having nowhere else to turn. In Hong Kong, the children go to school on the rooftops—one of the few uncrowded spots in an overcrowd ed city. In Ecuador, over 1,000 learned to read in a three-month period. YMCA World Service is an ef fort to get the community and the student body active together for the benefit of each other and the rest of mankind. “Miles For Man kind” has been endorsed by both the Student Senate and TAMU Residence Hall Association as a worthwhile project. Both are en couraging active participation in the walk by students. Students are urged to come by Room 102 of the YMCA Building to pick up a registration form o, volunteer time to the effort.