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Alcoholism Tops Heroin As Drug Problem, Says Commission WASHINGTON The fed eral drug commission today rated alcoholism as America’s number one drug problem. Heroin was second. Marijuana ran far back. The panel said government ef forts to discourage drug use are disorganized, based on public misconceptions and possibly are making matters worse instead of better. It called for a new federal antidrug agency with sweeping powers and a limited lifespan. But it said the public, including doctors, educators, communica tors, distillers, brewers, clergy and parents, must do even more than government if America’s drug problems are to diminish. The findings were issued by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, which spent $1 million and visit ed 36 nations in a two-year in vestigation of drug use for Con gress and the President. Its chairman is the former Republi can governor of Pennsylvania, Raymond P. Shafer. The commission also said: —Overuse of legal barbituate sedatives, especially by house wives, is “America’s hidden drug problem.” —Persons arrested for heroin possession should be given treat ment or counseling and jail or fines imposed only if they refuse or drop out. —Most drug-information ma terial is factually wrong and shouldn’t be distributed. Future material should be screened for accuracy. —Educators should consider a freeze on classroom drug instruc tion, much of which is shoddy and may actually stimulate in terest in drug use. The 482-page report was the second and final one by the rela tively conservative panel, which consists of nine members ap pointed by President Nixon and four by Congress. A year ago the commission re ported on marijuana, which it found to be virtually harmless to the casual user and to Ameri can society* Thursday it reaf firmed its recommendation, which has been firmly rejected by President Nixon and largely ig nored by Congress, that criminal penalties be ended for smoking marijuana or holding small quan tities of it. In both reports the commission reasoned that society shouldn’t prohibit drugs merely because they injure the user. To do so would require prohibition of bar- bituates, alcohol and tobacco be fore all others, it said. Rather, individuals should be free to choose whether or not to use a drug unless the substance causes crime or other behavior that hurts society. Judged on that basis, the panel said, “the most serious concern in contemporary America should attach to the use of alcohol and heroin. “Moderate social concern should attach to the use of am phetamines, barbituates, halluci nogens, methaqualone and co caine, the use of which is rela tively well-controlled.” Between ^alcohol and heroin, it said, “alcohol dependence is with out question the most serious drug problem in this country to day.” It is strongly associated with violent crime, automobile (See Alcoholism, page 4) 400 Expected To Participate In Ts Charity Walk Cbe Battalion Vol. 67 No. 233 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 22, 1973 845-2226 Senate Tackles Split A GREEN EARTH can be made a number of ways as suggested by the artwork re cently completed on a Dempsey Dumpster by senior Nick Jiga. The trash container is located near the Academic Building by the new eight-story office building and has a painting of Mickey Mouse on the back. Black’s Influence, Power Are Unlimited, Says Boney 3 Plans Ready For Athletics; Apportionment Bill On Agenda Over 400 persons are expected to walk for charity in the Stu dent “Y” Association’s “Miles for Mankind” Saturday. Each participant is asked to find one or more sponsors who will pay him for each mile he completes over the 20-mile route. “We set a goal for $10,000,” said Corky Houchard, president of the “Y." “We have $6,000 pledged but that figure could in crease by Saturday.” A&M President Jack Williams and College Station Mayor Dick Hervey are scheduled to begin the walk at 8 a.m. The walkers will begin at the Zachry Engineering Center park ing lot and walk along Texas Avenue, the Highway 6 bypass, Highway 30, Southwest Parkway, Farm Road 2154 and F&B Road before reaching their Hensel Park destination. Each participant can begin his walk between 8 and 9:30 a.m. Restoration of a ward system in College Station city govern ment is one of the major plat form points of City Council place three candidate Sam A. McGinty. The 21-year-old economics ma jor from San Antonio is running against the incumbent Don R. Dale in the April 3 elections. Presently all city council mem bers are elected at-large. A ward system would allow better geo graphical representation, better Forum Slates Leary Speech Political Forum will present Dr, Herbert Fairfax Leary Tues day in a special noon program in the Memorial Student Center So cial Room. Leary, a chief law counselor or legal aide for Ralph Nader and Associates of Washington, D.C., will discuss “Law in the United States,” said Bill Hatherill. Hatherill is programs director of the Marketing Society at A&M, which is co-sponsoring the event with the Noon Political Forum Committee. The Distinguished Professor of Law at both the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia’s Temple University is currently a nominee for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By VICKIE ASHWILL Staff Writer Student Election Board mem bers Wednesday chose a stricter constitutional interpretation in their decision concerning the pro test of literary material within a campaign flyer. Sam Bays (Grad.-Ag.) present ed his complaints about the flyer entitled “Save Money,” campaign material for the election of Randy Stephens as vice president of the board. The attack centered on two statements within the flyer: “The Senate can now charge you up to $24 more per year if they choose” and “Shariq Yosufzai introduced legislation before the Senate to reduce the civilian living area representation.” “I am petitioning Stephen’s pre- University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Fifty per cent of the money raised will go to the Overseas World Service, an organization helping underdeveloped nations. Thirty per cent will help to build a youth activities center in the area and the remaining 20 per cent will help renovate Hensel Park. Houchard said he will person ally push Associate Dean of Stu dents Howard S. Perry in a wheelchair if the dean can find sponsors to give him $25 a mile. There will be a free steak fry for everyone who completes the walk and free cokes along the way for all participants. “This is the first time anything like this has been attempted,” said Houchard. “If it is a suc cess, we hope to make it an an nual affair.” Anyone interested can pick up forms in Room 102 of the YMCA Building or call Keith Singleton, 845-4295, or Kerry Hulse, 845- 2550. service to the represented area and would guarantee representa tion for each area. “At this time,” said Ron Miori, campaign chairman, “six out of seven council members live with in a short proximity of each other.” According to Miori, this par ticular issue requires a city char ter change which requires a com munity referendum. “With this type of system and with the number of students reg istered in this area and the poll ing place on campus, students will have a much better chance of perpetuating a seat on the City Council to give them continual representation,” said Miori. “I want to make sure that I am participating in community affairs instead of as a student, infringing upon community af fairs,” McGinty said earlier. McGinty added that a majority of the people in the community either work for the University or go to school here and he feels the campus should have adequate representation. Other points in McGinty’s plat form include a better city park, a possibility of city funding for a transportation system and a student representative on the council. “I feel that not having a stu dent on the council with taxa tion like it is, is like ‘taxation without representation,’ ” said McGinty earlier. rogative to include statements within a flyer which constitute a misrepresentation of the truth,” said Bays. “The Student Senate cannot ar bitrarily increase Student Service Fees but may only recommend changes in the levy to the Ad ministration and Board of Direc tors,” Bays continued in defense of his petition. “Also the legisla tion to reapportion the Student Senate introduced by a senator representing the civilian living area was the result of committee action, not the individual initia tive of that senator.” Bays continued asking for a remedy of the existing situation, not to disqualify Stephens, but in order to stop any damage the fly er had already done to other can didates. “I suppose in a very technical sense that the administration does say what happens to Student Serv ice Fees,” said Stephens, “but By LARRY MARSHALL There is no ceiling on the power and influence a black can achieve in society, said noted black educator and psychologist Dr. J. Don Boney Wednesday. The major concern today is get ting a better elementary and high school system that will lead to more college graduates, stressed Boney. Even so, the greatest increase in college en rollment in the past five years has been blacks, he noted. Blacks have traditionally been denied equal education opportuni ties in this country, said the Houston Independent School Dis trict administrator. The average black student has completed 9.2 years of schooling compared to his white counterpart’s 12.1. Boney’s first priority for im provement is a better reading program. Other areas for im- anyone on campus would say the Senate controls the fees. “On the other matter I was only trying to get across the point that Yosufzai did support this leg islation,” continued Stephens. “Only 200 to 250 flyers have been distributed and I feel very little damage has been done if any.” Acting Chairman Jack Barlowe announced the committee’s deci sion. “Since there are no regula tions governing the material con tained in a candidate’s campaign literature it is the decision of the Election Board that we can not prohibit further distribution of the flyer, we can not force the candidate to collect all such flyers nor force the candidate to secure public clarification of the issues involved.” The Board did not approve or disapprove the flyer but felt they did not have the power to make such a decision and recommended Bays take it before the judicial provement are making classes more relevant to the black stu dent, increasing vocational edu cation and . special attention to the disadvantaged and slow learners. Integration definitely provides a superior learning environment, Boney continued, but there is a trend away from forcing this is sue with the resultant busing and toward improving the existing all-black facilities. This is the “Atlanta plan.” “The city schools are combat ing a depleting tax revenue from the whites fleeing to the sub urbs,” Boney said. “Presently the federal government funds seven per cent of the total oper ating costs, but most experts agree that about 30 per cent is necessary.” But, he added, the present administration is insensi tive to these educational needs. Poverty has been at the root committee. Curt Marsh (Soph.-Bus.) came before the committee in a protest against the rule prohibiting the placement of eight and one-half by eleven inch campaign posters on dormitory entrance doors. “Material is always placed on dormitory entrance doors so stu dents can see them,” said Marsh. “Other students have told me that a previous Election Board did al low a distribution.” “In a meeting last semester the Board agreed to prohibit the placement of literature on en trance doors in order to keep the litter problem down,” said com mittee member Kim Westfall. The Board held to the former ruling against campaign litera ture on entrance doors. Speaking on the behalf of Yosu- (See Board, page 3) Banking is a pleasure at First Bank & Trust. Adv. of the black man’s and other minority’s problems throughout history, Boney said. A decade ago there were few people for a poor person to compare himself to, so he had a drive to improve. But today he looks around and sees other frustrated people, and loses his motivation, he said. Poverty has brought on despair among these people, stressed Boney, but motivation and a new spirit would lead them out. “The only difference between a poor and a striving poor is hope,” he emphasized. The black has begun to be aware of and have pride in his culture, Boney said. He believes there is a trend in this country toward cultux'al plurialism. How ever, “my hope is that we can achieve a superior cultural en tity among the cultures in the country,” he stressed, “taking the best points of all.” Aggie Mother Forms Ready Nominations for Aggie Mother of the Year are being accepted until 5 p.m. April 5. Nomination forms may be picked up at the Student Pro grams Office of the Memorial Student Center. A photo may be included with the nomination. A selection committee, consist ing of Layne Kruse, Virginia Ehrlich, Ron Krnavek, Mark Blakemore and Ron Bento, will select the mother to be honored. She will be presented a pin and a bouquet at Parents’ Day cere monies April 15. Also included in the ceremonies will be awards for academic ex cellence, a tribute to fathers and a tribute to mothers. Mother of the Year is an hon orary position for mothers of A&M students. She is invited to all major campus events but the degree of participation depends solely on her. The reigning Mother of the Year is Ruth Hunt of College Station. By VICKIE ASHWILL A 21-page document incorpo rating athletic fee options with all the Student Service fee bud gets will be discussed in the Student Senate tonight. The document, to be presented by Student Senate Treasurer Vir ginia Ehrlich at the 7:30 meeting in Room 102 of the Zachry Engi neering Center, includes three alternative plans for the alloca tion of Student Service fees. “The proposals were based on the fact that the hospital fee would not be included,” said Stu dent Government Vice President Randy Ross. “The over-all con cept of the Student Service fee is to lower the amount of funds in the reserve account.” The first plan asks for $16 per semester with a one dollar ath letic user fee with $135,000 being allocated from Student Service fees to the athletic department. Plan number two also has the basic $16 fee with a $1.50 user fee and $120,000 athletic alloca tion. The last option is a $15 Student Service fee with a two dollar user fee and a $100,000 allocation. The proposal will be voted on April 5. Senators will vote on the Sen ate reapportionment amendment presented by Student Government President Layne Kruse, Academic Affairs Chairman Bill Hartsfield and Rules and Regulations Chair man Fred Campbell. The proposal had failed in com- With Dorm Skits A Sadie Hawkins Dance at Indian Lake will highlight ac tivities during the Residence Hall Association’s Spring Fling March 30 and 31. A rock group, “First Cross ing,” will entertain at the dance which will last from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. that Friday night. A hay- ride will be provided and dress is country. The dance, as well as all events during the Spring Fling, is free and open to all students. Dormitory and outfit competi tion will be featured in a field day the following afternoon. Points will be awarded for the various events for the number of partici pants and number of wins. The overall champion dormitory or outfit will receive $25 and a tro phy. Field day games and contests include a coed two-man sack race, the “Great Crate Race,” musical water buckets (girls only), a pil low fight (men only), coed egg jousting, frisbee throwing, egg toss, egg roll (with noses), bread stuffing, tug-of-war, leap frog race, a tricycle race and dorm skits. Refreshments will b e served. The events will take place in the quad between Walton, Davis- Gary and the hospital from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The dorm skit contest, however, will be in the Grove at 7 p.m. The “Great Crate Race” will consist of four-man teams with two girls and two boys pushing anything that will roll. Points will go to the fastest crate and most original design. Each dormitory participating in the dorm skit contest will be limited to one 10-minute skit. mittee but is now being presented as a separate bill. If the amend ment passes the Senate and then a student referendum, the size of the Senate would be cut basically in half in order to increase com petitiveness within the Senate, allow for increased invidiual par ticipation and increase communi cation within the Senate. The proposal will cut the col lege area representation in half and double the living area ratio. The freshman will remain the same. Campbell will also present an election by-law for Senate ap proval. The by-law proposal con cerns accepting transfer students to run for Student Senator in their first semester at A&M. Steve Wakefield will once again present a car care center pro posal which will give students a place for students to work on their cars. The facilities available at Hensel Park are presently being eliminated The last presentation of the University Rules and Regulations handbook will be made tonight by the Rules and Regulations Com mittee. Part five of this series includes matters such as updat ing the number of students on the Student Publications Board, officially changing the name of the Civilian Student Council to the Resident Hall Association and updating the Honor Code. Kruse will also appoint the three vacant judicial board va- canies. Props are optional and $25 and a trophy will be awarded the winner. Second place and a boo by prize will also be given. Skits will be judged on originality and humor. Anyone wishing to en tertain between skits can contact Paul Gugenheim at 846-7283 or 845-1515 by March 28. A slave auction of Krueger women for field day events will be held in front of the Academic Building at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. No Tests, Says AC Ruling On Dead Week Dead week will officially go into effect this semester, accord ing to regulation passed last se mester by the Academic Council. The policy states that during the regular two semesters no ex aminations may be given during the week five class days prior to the first day of final examina tions. Exceptions to this rule are courses carrying one hour of theory, optional tests for special credit and make-up tests. All semester examinations are to be given according to the schedule published by the regis trar’s office. Students with scheduled exams during this time period other than the exceptions, should contact the head of the department involved, the dean of that college or the Academic Affairs Committee in the Student Senate. Needs Charter Change Council Candidate Wants Ward Plan Stephens Material OK’d Board U pholds Campaign Rule Spring Fling Set, Field Day On Tap