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Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 20, 1973 THE BATTALION Listen Up — Writers Leave No Stone Unturned BUSIER - JONES AGENC1 HOME MORTGAGES INSURANCE VARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: NeVada, Mo. 3523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3108 Editor: This is in regards to Thurs day’s article about the possibility of Sbisa waiters going on strike. BRAVO! ! It is about time that someone tried to kick Col. Fred Dollar in the seat of his pants. As a former waiter (1969-72) I Legislation (Continued from page 1) erally run by radical elements, have continually campaigned and editorialized for the most liberal and permissive candidates for office. The real tragedy of the situation, is that they purport to represent the thinking of the majority of students and through activity charges are paid for by all students. “I do not think that these radical elements represent a true cross-section of today’s young people. Given the proper oppor tunity, rights and responsibilities, a majority of today’s youth will act just as responsible as they always have. Certainly they are more exposed and better edu cated. As in most situations the majority of your students are in terested in getting an education and do not involve themselves in radical movements, thereby leav ing a void for these radical ele ments to fill. “Although I oppose many of the permissive thoughts . of radical groups, I am not opposed to them expressing their thoughts. I am opposed to this expression of thought being done with the tax payers’ money of the citizens of Texas. Texans will pay their taxes responsibly but you cannot force them to buy a pig in a poke. “The radical elements found on college campuses are not repre sentative of a cross-section of 11,000,000 Texans. The misuse of state funds has gone unpun ished long enough. Now is the time to act. It is time we define the use of these funds and stop state money from being used to influence legislation,” Senator Ogg said. The bill went to the Senate Jurisprudence Committee. Rules (Continued from page 1) dent Center, Vet School, Academic Building and Hensel Apartments. Each candidate is responsible for the removal and disposal of all his campaign material from any area where it is posted within two class days following the elec tions. Withdrawals must be submitted to the Student Election Board Chairman in writing not later than 48 hours prior to the opening of the polls. Candidates violating University campaign election rules shall be disqualified and punished accord ing to the Judicial Committee of the Student Senate. can understand the situation; a management that doesn’t give a damn about it’s employees. If the waiters do strike, there is a very strong chance of them being fired. They should know one thing; if they stick together as a group (hint, a union), they can file unfair labor charges with the N.L.R.B. at no cost. This might shake up “Daddy Dollar” a little bit. Should a strike occur, a lot of people would be inconvenienced. This is understandable. Back the waiters. Believe it or not, they do care about the people they serve. Pete Husak ★ ★ ★ Editor: A plan has been proffered to the Student Senate that the fiscal request of the Athletic Depart ment for next year be granted using a system combining stu dent service fees and a user fee. It is all too apparent, however, that what we really need is an optional ticket system that doesn’t use any money from student serv ices. Two considerations should prove sufficient. 1) The Athletic Council is the only major university committee where students are not represent ed as voting members. Yet this committee spent $170,000 of our money this year in deliberative meetings closed to students’ ears. It seems to me that we settled the question of “taxation without rep resentation” 200 years ago, and it is obvious we’re not represent- CADET SLOUCH ed because the Athletic Council wants to hide things from us. 2) Last year, along with fellow tutors from TAMSS, I was offer ed the chance to tutor athletes at the pay of $5 an hour. If you think this is a little expensive, you must consider that we were supposed to write term papers for the athletes. What we have here is a case of the Athletic Depart ment supporting the concept of scholastic dishonesty. Needless to say, TAMSS rejected the offer. It is obvious that no student should be forced to pay student service fees to an aspect of the university that doesn’t support basic democratic tenets of citizen representation and that condones scholastic cheating. If this doesn’t bother you, then please go on and read the next letter. But if your conscience is as troubled as mine, then call your senator and urge him to vote for an optional ticket plan. As for the representatives of the Athletic Department who will be attending the Senate meet ing Thursday night, I hope they have some answers, because we on the Senate will not lack the questions. William Wade, ’73 Student Senator ★ ★ ★ Editor: Four friends and I just returned from DeWare Field House where we waited for over an hour to get a basketball court. I don’t mind waiting my turn but I do mind giving up my time while a bunch of high school and junior high by Jim Earle ‘Tve always envied a guy who could enjoy his vacation that much!” Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and B. B. Sears The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Represented nationally by Natiqpal Educational Advertising Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 5% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 2X7, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR MIKE RICE News Editor '. Rod Speer Women’s Editor Janet Landers Sports Editor Bill Henry Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Coffey THE PERCY HUMPHREY PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND MONDAY MARCH 26-8:00 P.M. BRYAN CIVIC AUDITORIUM ROTARY COMMUNITY SERIES SEASON TICKETS HONORED TICKETS: Student & Date $2.00 Patron $4.00 Tickets On Sale At Student Program Office — MSC 845-4671 kids use the court. On any given night there are hardly enough baskets to support the A&M stu dents alone, much less every kid who lives within walking distance of campus. If I’m going to pay a building use fee of $28.50 I want to use the buildings and I don’t Want to wait on a bunch of kids who are totally unassociated with the uni versity. Either keep someone there full time to check ID’s or post notices that anyone not as sociated with the university may use the coui'ts only when others aren’t waiting. This would give students and faculty what they are paying for. I wouldn’t be writing if this were the first or second time this occurred but it’s been going on for a long time. Ours hasn’t been the only group that’s been held up and I’m not the only person that’s mad about it. Either you use your authority to keep these kids out or give us the authority to keep them out. ’75 T. Howard Smith ★ ★ ★ Editor: Steve Grayson’s column in the March 7 edition of The Battalion poses the question of whether we can ever “become like children” once past childhood. Having read Mr. Grayson’s column fairly reg ularly, I would like to assure him that he has no worries on this score. His studied and intrusive attempts at “being hip” are more often simply childish. (I mean didn’t most of us abandon such sophmoreic attention getters “C’mon J.C.” in junior high?) Unfortunately this is about the level of sophistication to be ex pected from a music critic(?) that waxes ecstatic over the Beach Boys while dismissing Helen Red dy’s “I Am Woman” as her “dumb little song.” Millie Foye Search Continues In Hunt For Drowned A&M Student Search efforts continued Tuesday morning at Lake Somerville to recover the body of Gilbert Owen Swift, an A&M student who apparently drowned when his sailboat capsized Sunday morning. The 22-year-old junior engineering technology major was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Swift of Route 3, Bryan. A spokesman for the Burleson County Sheriffs Office in Caldwell said four boats were involved in the effort to recover Swift’s body. Another man, identified by the sheriffs office as Clayton Riddle of Houston, was with Swift when the craft capsized. Riddle clung to the boat and was rescued. A memorial scholarship fund in Swift’s memory has been established through TAMO’S Development Office. EVERYTHING'S RELAXED for March of Dimes Poster Child Paula Pfeifer of Tulsa, Okla., and her pal Seymour. Paula, born with open spine and club feet, is an active five-year-old who enjoys kindergarten. The March of Dimes supports research, medical services and education aimed at preventing birth defects. CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION Each Tuesday, 5:30 p. m. Holy Eucharist and Supper EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER 904 - 906 Jersey Street (Southern Boundary of Campus) 846-1726 No. AJ048M — $125.00 17 jewel, self-wind, Beliak 98.2 ft. water tested, day-dati calendar instant date chanji yellow top/stainless steel bad SEIKO Douglas Jewelry 212 N. 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