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Right Or Wrong Today
No. 236
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, March 28, 1973
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Kruse Endorses Bryson, McGinty
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By VICKIE ASHWILL
Staff Writer
While urging all students to
get out and vote in the April 3
College Station City Council elec
tions, A&M Student Government
President Layne Kruse endorsed
Place Three candidate Sam Mc
Ginty and Place One candidate
Fred Bryson.
“Many students ask me why
they should vote and be inter
ested in city government,” said
Kruse during an interview Tues
day. “These students should take
notice of what the city is already
doing with the taxes they pay
through sales taxes such as from
the Exchange Store and Food Serv
ices (the largest contributor to
sales tax in the city) and indi
rect taxes in apartments subject
to property tax.”
“The city government is taking
student money,” continued Kruse,
“and students should be con
cerned about how it should be
spent.”
Kruse also urged students to
look at the qualifications of the
candidates and vote for the ones
who can best represent their
interests.
McGinty was Kruse’s best
choice in the race for place three.
“As a student at A&M, Mc
Ginty would be in a better posi
tion to represent the interests of
the student body which has too
long been ignored,” commented
Kruse. “McGinty is also com
mitted to a platform that will
serve the needs of all the citizens
of College Station.”
Kruse agreed with McGinty’s
platform concerning the restora
tion of the Ward system in Col
lege Station and added that “it
would insure that all areas of
the city are represented includ
ing the campus.”
“I also believe that McGinty’s
proposal for city aid to the Shut
tle Bus system would provide a
Policy Needed For Battalion
Board Opts To Give
Election Endorsement
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ENDORSING CANDIDATES seems to be the thing of the times as Layne Kruse fol
ded the Battalion’s Student Government endorsements by announcing his backing of
illege Station City Council candidates Fred Bryson and A&M student Sam McGinty in
eir campaign bids. Shown talking here with Kruse are Bryson, left, and Ron Miory,
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iter Ballroom Tuesday night.
There is a tendency to say that
blacks are alike,” he said, “but
t’s not true. Black people are
different, and have tastes and
srests as wide and varied as
’body.”
'homas focused his talk on
black leadership in the field of
education.
“A university with a predomi
nantly black enrollment should
not teach only black relevance,
black awareness or black signif
icance,” he said. “It should be
an institution where a young
black student can get a full
education and learn to be a part
of a democratic system, function
within that system and still re-
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itative asserted Tuesday that
Waller County grand jury
lated the Texas Constitution
en it issued arrest warrants
tir four legislative aides to ap-
Itr before it.
the four were summoned to
Itify before the grand jury
lestigation into “problems” at
airie View A&M College in
iller County.
Three plan to comply. A fourth
used to accept her warrant
rause it misspelled her name,
lep. Craig Washington, D-
uston, a member of the com-
ttee set up to make the probe,
din a personal privilege
seeh on the floor of the House
the grand jury’s action
lust not go unchallenged.” He
:eived a standing ovation.
He contended that the provi-
n in the Texas Constitution
iking legislators immune to
rest also applied to their aides,
‘ff it can happen to employes
these four members today, it
could very well happen to you
or me tomorrow,” Washington
said. “It appears to me that not
the grand jury but the district
attorney of Waller County, Tex.,
is attempting to do indirectly
what he cannot under the Con
stitution do directly, and that is
inquire into the wisdom of the
House in passing HSR31, the
Prairie View investigation reso
lution,” he said.
Earlier, Rep. Dan Kubiak, D-
Rockdale, said in an interview
the warrants “challenge our basic
rights as members of the House.”
Arrest warrants were issued
for Kubiak’s secretary, Mrs.
Grace Curtis; Jim Cline, assist
ant to Rep. Paul Ragsdale, D-
Dallas; Carlton Carl, executive
assistant of Speaker Price Dan
iel Jr.; and Mrs. Jo Baylor, as
sistant to Rep. Eddie Bernice
Johnson, D-Dallas.
Mrs. Baylor’s first name was
misspelled as “Joe” and she re
fused to accept the warrant.
tain his own identity.
“Black people cannot be inte
grated into a melting pot. Black
people will always be visually
segregated. You can look at a
black person and tell that he’s
different.
“We must teach our young
black students to live in a de
mocracy based on pluralism, a
democracy of many people, all
supporting the American dream
yet all retaining their own special
identity.”
Thomas expressed dissatisfac
tion with the overemphasis many
black students place on what he
feels are trivial implements of
their heritage.
“I’m not impressed with eating
chitterlings and mustard greens,”
he said. “If that’s all you know
how to do you’re going to be a
misfit in our society.
“A black student will graduate
and learn there’s no place for a
black engineer, only a place for
a competent engineer.
“Competence is the by-word of
the hour,” he continued. “Com
petition is not necessarily dis
crimination.
“For blacks to be successful
they must rid themselves of their
handicaps. They must rid them
selves of poverty deprivation, lim
itations and waste.”
Thomas continually stressed the
importance of black acceptance
of the democratic system
“Despite its imperfections, limi
tations and faculty, democracy of
fers fulfillment of humaan dig
nity,” he said.
“It’s like the keys on the piano.
Each is different but all are need
ed to play the great symphony.”
The Student Publications board
at the University of Texas at
Austin Tuesday gave the school’s
paper, The Daily Texan, the
power to endorse candidates in
elections conducted both on and
off the UT campus.
A similar motion failed only
last week before the board, but
was brought up again in the spe
cial meeting held at the request
of three board members who vot
ed against the endorsement
powers.
The endorsing of candidates at
UT-Austin is unprecedented due
to the non-profit contract the
Texan was bound to for 50 years.
The contract recently expired and
with it, its status as a non-profit
enterprise.
Also unprecedented was A&M’s
Battalion’s endorsement of candi
dates in Tuesday’s paper. In
quiries made to A&M President
Jack K. Williams’ office on the
matter of the Battalion’s en
dorsements were answered by
Kent Caperton, an assistant to
Dr. Williams.
Caperton said that Williams
told him the matter was purely
a student matter and that Wil
liams had no opinion on the sub
ject.
Layne Kruse, Student Govern
ment president and a member of
the Student Publications Board
at A&M, said that while not con
doning the Battalion’s endorse
ments, agreed with Battalion
editor Mike Rice that a policy
needs to be established for en
dorsement in the future.
Rice said that he felt in the
future endorsements should be
made at least five days before
the election and that it was un
fortunate that no previous guide
lines or precedents had been set
in the past.
A board member told a staff
member at the Texan that the
motion was approved in an effort
to allow the editor, Dave Powell,
to endorse candidates in the up
coming city council elections in
Austin. Board members appar
ently didn’t want a “half-way”
measure and therefore voted
unanimously to allow the stu
dent editor to endorse candidates
in student government elections
in addition.
Dick Benson, Student Govern
ment president at UT and a
member of the Student Publi
cations Board, asked that “the
board go on record in asking the
motion be considered with utmost
haste” by the university presi
dent, Steven Spurr, who must
approve the board’s decision.
One condition was attached to
the decision, that being that the
editor must endorse candidates
at least five days before the
election.
Another state-supported school
which has been endorsing candi
dates is Texas Tech in Lubbock,
which endorsed candidates for a
number of years, stopped and
re-started again recently.
What’s Wrong Is Wrong, Says
Nader Consumer Protectionist
good way in which students who
have been taxed could get some
direct benefits from the city gov
ernment.”
Kruse also pointed out that a
city aided mass transportation
system would serve to alleviate
many of the traffic problems en
countered surrounding the cam
pus which would help all the peo
ple of College Station.
“McGinty would not only rep
resent the interest of the stu
dents of College Station but
would also represent all College
Station citizens,” said Kruse.
“Neither is McGinty tied to
any business interest that might
prejudice his judgment concern
ing the planning and zoning of
College Station which is an im
portant function of the council,”
commented Kruse.
If students are concerned about
having a better City Council then
we’re going to have to work with
all the citizens in the community
added Kruse.
“I don’t think students can run
a slate of candidates and expect
to take over every position on
the council,” said Kruse in en
dorsing Bryson.
“However,” he continued, “by
working with the people in the
community as well as by having
a student voice on the council,
we can have a better more re
sponsive city government for all
the citizens.”
Bryson is a retired professor
presently on the council and said
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There isn’t as much wrong to
day as people think, but what is
wrong, is very wrong, says a
lawyer who works for Ralph Na
der.
The problem is that a large
number of potential customers are
tired of being taken, even if it’s
a little “rip off,” explained Dr.
Herbert F. Leary Tuesday.
He is counsel to the Nader pub
lic interest research group.
The Pennsylvania and Temple
University law professor said the
consumer movement will shift to
more emphasis on human values
rather than dollar values.
“The issue will be that improv
ed consumer protection is going
to cost,” Leary informed a Politi
cal Forum group. “And the in
creased cost will probably be paid
by the consumer.”
The former Securities and Ex
change Commission counselor
said there are seven causes be
hind the consumer movement.
One is the effect of Madison
Avenue brags about technological
prowess. He believes the post-
World War II fear of an atomic
holocaust caused people to shift
to living for the present, rather
than the future.
Leary listed increasing reduc
tion of the part an individual
plays in production, anonymity
of urban living with a decline in
word-of-mouth advertising and
fear of population growth and
environmental concern it caused.
He said “a concentration of the
post-war generation on getting
ahead at all costs” also added to
the movement. “It’s really not a
generation gap,” Leary comment
ed, “but a gap between preaching
and practice.”
The seventh factor he listed as
an “inherently subversive effect
of all higher education.”
“This is because,” Leary enlarg
ed, “in the scientific and academic
mind, no assumption is made,
nothing is accepted. They ques
tion all aspects of a situation.
The attitude is taught.”
The Political Forum speaker
said young people are trying “to
make the system work the way it
is preached. It takes an unafraid
mind and energy. The saying
‘That’s the way it’s always been
done’ can’t be accepted.”
He suggested the best route
may be through the legal sys
tem.
“It is not too far from the me
dieval system in deciding who is
right,” Leary said. He cited legal
fees and the high cost of entering
suits. “In the system, I hire my
knight, you hire yours and they
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Sam McGinty
Kruse, “has shown that he can
get the job done well.
“Most important is that Bry
son has shown a concern for the
problems of students.”
Last summer Bryson chaired a
committee recommending that a
polling place be put on campus
for students and has worked with
the Student Government in vari
ous matters throughout the year,
according to Kruse.
Editor Forms For Halt,
Aggieland Now Available
Applications are now being ac
cepted for the 1973-74 editorship
of The Battalion and the Aggie
land, as well as for The Battalion
this summer.
Student Publications Director
Jim Lindsey said application
forms are available in Room 216
of the Reed McDonald Services
Building.
Lindsey said the applications
should be submitted by April 4.
Minimum requirements, accord
ing to the University and Rules
Regulations handbook, are that a
student be classified academically
as a junior or senior. This does
not apply to summer editors.
Students must be free from
academic probation or disciplinary
action and have clearly demon
strated above average achieve
ment and ability.
Students are also required to
have a minimum of one year’s
experience on the staff of the
student publication at A&M.
Student Candidates Wrap Campaigns Up, Capsule Platforms
LARRY MARSHALL
Candidates for the Student Gov-
nment positions of president
d vice president addressed stu
nts in the Corps area quad
lesday in some last minute cam-
igning.
Each candidate called in alpha-
tical order was given four min
es to talk to students during
e blustry evening gathering.
T. Mark Blakemore, presiden-
ial candidate, called for a pipe-
pe for the average student to
lis leaders. He plans to initiate
N daily check of student gripes
nd to take action on these mat-
irs. He also favors a student
»-op and improved medical serv
es including a gynecologist, drug
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problem counseling and dental
care. “I will take a stand on the
issues as they come up, and won’t
beat around the bush. I’ll make
my stand known,” said Blake
more.
Dana Roese, another presiden
tial candidate, called for reform
in student government. He would
like to have student referendums
on funds expenditures over $1000
and have a “no confidence” provi
sion on ballots for people with no
preferred candidate. He also call
ed for the abolishment of the uni
versity’s “in loco parentis” phil
osophy in caring for students.
Roese, who referred to his repu
tation as “the freak candidate”
has no previous student govern
ment experience and feels this is
an advantage to him.
Randy Ross, the third presiden
tial hopeful to speak, favors im
provements in the hospital serv
ices, especially addition of a gyn
ecologist, possible medical cover
age plans for students’ spouses
and birth control information. He
favors a re-examination of the
university policy on attendance
and he multitude of interpreta
tions the various instructors now
use. Ross is in favor of a faculty
and course evaluation to be pub
lished for all students to see that
would enable them in their regis
tration. “I’ve been involved in
student politics for three years,
and the experience I’ve gained has
shown me the best ways to en
act change on this campus,” he
said.-
‘Doc’ Schroff, presidential can
didate favors the expanding of
the shuttle bus system with some
emphasis on the periphery routes.
He would like to improve the
hospital facilities by adding a full
time psychologist with a small in
crease in the services fees. He also
expressed dissatisfaction with fee
programs that benefit students
who do not support this school.
Schroff said, “I do not have a
long laundry list of qualifications
in the student senate, but that
really is my best qualification.
I’ve never been a member of a
body that has not represented the
students.”
Nancy Usnick, the only female
presidential contender, favors re
duction of student services fees.
She would like to esttblish a co-op
bookstore and set up a student
evaluation system of classes and
instructors. She would also work
to institute more reasonable liq
uor laws on campus. She cited her
work at three universities, na
tional programs and experience in
the business world as her main
qualifications. “I just got sick and
tired of sitting around and grip
ing about the way things were,
and about paying fees and not
getting services out of them, so
I decided to run,” she commented.
The vice presidential candidates
led off with Mark Fitte. Fitte
would work to open more chan
nels to the Board of Directors
and administration and push for
the hiring of a full-time student
lawyer. He cited the 800 plus
cases handled by a part-time psy
chologist and called for hiring a
full time one. He favors a revi
sion of the judicial system which
he feels does not now work as it
should. Fitte would work for con
tinued representation and leader
ship in the Texas Student Lobby
and Texas Interscholastic Student
Association.
Phillip Smith, the second vice
presidential hopeful, expressed his
dissatisfaction with the fee allot
ment system. He opposes the
spending of money for services
that are not used by many peo
ple. He favors a co-op bookstore
to fight the present system where,
“they get you coming and going.”
He would work for a student eval
uation of faculty and courses to
be published by the student gov
ernment.
Randy Stephens, vice presiden
tial candidate, favored the insti
tution of a full time student law
yer and beginning a student radio
station. He stressed his past rec
ord as qualification and said, “I’m
very proud to run on my record
as a senator.” He supported the
Aggie Sweetheart and was against
female yell leaders.
Shariq Yosufzai, another vice
presidential candidate, expressed
his qualiifeations as “having more
than twice the experience in stu
dent government as all the other
candidates.” He favors establish
ing a university senate to improve
communications between groups
and the construction of a new in
tramural complex. He cited the
trial book exchange service insti
tuted at the beginning of this se
mester which was immensely suc
cessful as a basis for a co-op sys
tem.
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
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