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By MIKE RICE
I If all goes according- to sched-
lule, students living on campus at
ifexas A&M next semester will
be paying more for housing and
Board services, whether they are
pijoying them more or not. In
creases being proposed for room
Bind board to the TAMU System
Board of Directors range up to
$91 per semester and as minimal
■5 $43, depending on the form
i of housing.
1 The proposed increases were
Brawn up by Tom Cherry, A&M
lyice president for business af
fairs, and are slated to be voted
on in the Board’s May 1 meeting
in College Station.
Cherry said that in an analy
sis of the situation last fall it
was concluded that there would
be no increase for next fall, but
since October, 1972, inflationary
factors accelerated too greatly
for the University to control.
The two major elements of
cost that necessitate the increas
es are utilities and food, said
Cherry. Increased utility costs,
due to the use of fuel oil in place
of natural gas, have added 25
per cent to the current year’s
utility bills. An increase of 40
Dorm Rent/Sem.
per cent is anticipated during the
next year.
Wholesale food costs for Feb
ruary increased at an annualized
rate of 38 per cent. According to
a Labor Department report,
wholesale prices exploded in
March when prices of farm prod
ucts and processed foods jumped
at an annual rate of 56.4 per
cent. For raw farm products, the
March spurt was at an annual
rate of 72.2 per cent, the largest
monthly rise since 1947.
These increases supplemented
by cost of living increases for
personnel and increased prices of
Board Fee**
equipment, materials and prod
ucts used in operation leaves
A&M with “no alternative but to
request an increase in our room
and board fees,” said Cherry.
Neither the laundry fee nor stu
dent apartment rents will have
to be increased.
The proposed dormitory rental
increases average about 17 per
cent and board increase is being
held to 15 per cent in anticipa
tion that food prices will level off
next year, Cherry noted.
A&M has been able to with
stand making increases for the
past three years, but the picture
Total Fee
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s
Group I Dorms
Non-Air
No Phones
Group II Dorms
Non-Air
With Phones
Group III Dorms
Air-Conditioned
“Corps Type”
Group IV Dorms
Air-Conditioned
“Suite-Type” North
Group V Dorms***
Air-Conditioned
Krueger-Dunn
Present
Proposed
Present
Proposed
Present
Proposed
5-day
7-day
5-day
7-day
5-day
7-day
5-day
7-day
$110
$117
$242
$270
$278
$311
$377
$405
$420
$453
$129
$137
$242
$270
$278
$311
$396
$424
$440
$473
$188
$220
$242
$270
$278
$311
$455
$483
$523
$556
$188
$235
$242
$270
$278
$311
$455
$483
$538
$571
$300
$350
$242
$270
$278
$311
$567
$595
$653
$686
*Vet student trimester rate will be prorated based upon regular semester rates.
**Plus applicable taxes
Kay Addresses Muster Crowd,
Tells Of War Torture Incidents
1 Capt. James Edwin Ray, 1963
,graduate of Texas A&M and for
mer prisoner-of-war in North
ietnam, told an Aggie Muster
idience Saturday of an event
leretofore unmentioned in the
rress concerning prisoner treat-
»ent by the Communists.
!■ Ray said that on August 7,
967, he and other prisoners were
hoved to the Hanoi Power Plant
>y his Communist captors in an
effort to blackmail the United
tates to halt the bombing of
nowrr military targets in the
lanoi area.
“We suffered almost unbear-
ble duress while at the power
lant,” Ray said. “When we heard
he air raid alarms and the bombs
ailing, we naturally feared for
tar lives. We could feel the con-
ussions of the exploding bombs.
Ve could see the doors and win-
ows of our building disinte-
pate.
“But we also felt our spirits
ioar,” he continued, “when the
wmbs came, because we knew
Secret Payment
our government was not backing
down to this blackmail. We knew
our blood would not be on the
hands of American pilots, but on
the hands of this Communist gov
ernment that was so unscrupu
lous and defiant of international
conventions and human decency
as to stake prisoners at known
strategic points.”
Ray noted he and other former
POW’s discovered, on their re
turn, that ultra-liberals and radi
cal factions in America had been
given more-than-proper propor
tion of news coverage.
“This hurt us a lot,” he con
tinued, “because our captors felt
the radicals were spokesmen for
the population. They saw that our
treatment was being condoned,
and they intensified it.
“We developed contempt for
some of the ‘peace’ representa
tives that visited us in Hanoi,”
the Air Force captain from Con
roe continued. “Most of them
were just naive in not recognizing
that what they were being shown
was a show-case of special pris
oners.”
New York Times reporter Har
rison Salisbury should have
known better, Ray said, but he
didn’t do his job and search out
facts, he just accepted what he
was shown by the Communists.
“Ramsey Clark was also a little
naive but I cannot be as kind and
generous with Jane Fonda.
“A person with her degree of
talent and knowledge of theatrics
cannot possibly have been misled
or naive. Her husband’s writings
were given to us completely un
censored, her actions were praised
by the Communists, and we all
feel her activities were a willful,
deliberate participation in the
Jury Focuses On
Attorney General
WASHINGTON UP)—A federal
;rand jury investigating a secret
>ayment to President Nixon’s re-
slection campaign has focused on
'ormer Atty. Gen. John N. Mitch-
ill and former Commerce Secre-
itary Maurice Stans, The Washing
ton Post reported in Tuesday edi
tions.
The newspaper reported that
the New York grand jury inves
tigating a secret payment by Rob
ert L. Vesco may return indict
ments this week.
Sundae Party
Begins Spring
Gas Activities
Spring gas will become a rec
ognized institution at A&M this
week as the Memorial Student
Center presents its “Spring Gas”
activities.
Wednesday there will be a
“Make your own sundae” party
behind the Academic Building
from 2-5 p.m. A nickel will buy
all the ingredients for a sundae.
“Phoenix” will provide the
music for a free Mall Dance be
tween the Library and Agricul
ture Building from 8 p.m. to mid
night Friday.
Other activities will include
“Write your own grafitti” Wed
nesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
front of the Coke Building. Also
in front of the Coke Building will
be a “Chalk in” in Thursday.
Mitchell’s attorney, William G.
Hundley of Washington, said
Monday the former attorney gen
eral planned to appear before a
federal grand jury Tuesday in
New York.
Hundley’s comment came in a
telephone conversation with a fed
eral judge in Pensacola, Fla.
Hundley did not say what the
grand jury was investigating.
Neither he nor Mitchell were
available Monday night for com
ment.
The grand jury began its in
vestigation after Harry L. Sears,
a prominent New Jersey politician
who headed Nixon’s campaign in
that state, said he had helped ar
range Vesco’s $200,000 contribu
tion.
The Post said the money was
delivered to Stans three days after
the effective date of a federal
law requiring disclosure of cam
paign contributions in federal
elections. The contribution went
unreported.
The contribution was refunded
three months ago by the Commit
tee for Re-election of the Presi
dent, for which Mitchell served
as chairman and Stans was in
charge of finances.
hasn’t remained the same at oth
er state universities.
At the University of Texas at
Austin, there was a five per cent
increase in room and board costs
for all of its housing and in
creases are proposed for next
September. Students living in
Jester Center will pay $49 more,
while those in other air condi
tioned units will see an increase
of $55.
Texas Tech increased its costs
by $20 last fall for all housing
and is planning a five to 10 per
cent increase for September due
to small utility rate increases
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and abnormal food cost increases.
The University of Houston
boosted its air-conditioned hous
ing and board costs by $45 last
fall but has not established any
increases since concern exists for
housing applicants, who have
fallen off 20 per cent from last
year.
TAMU students living in dorms
without phones and air condi
tioning (A/C) can expect to pay
$43 more for 5-day plans and
$48 more for 7-day plans.
Students living in dorms with
phones but no A/C will face in
creases of $44 and $49 for the
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five- and seven-day plans, re
spectively.
Those living in the A/C “Corps
Type” will pay $68 more for five-
day plans and $73 more for sev
en-day plans.
Students living in the A/C
“Balcony Type” dorms will pay
$83 and $88 for the five- and
seven-day plans, respectively.
Students living in Krueger-
Dunn will pay $86 for the five-
day plan and $91 for the seven-
day plan.
Women residents on campus
will pay $10 less for laundry
fees.
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Enrollment Estima te: 17,500
The projected fall enrollment at A&M has been
set at 17,500.
Dean Edwin H. Cooper of admissions and
records at A&M, said the projection is based on
increases in freshman and transfer student accept
ances, which are up nearly 700 over the same period
last year.
As of April 2, Admissions and Records Office
figures revealed 2,091 acceptances of freshmen
compared to 1,440 last year. 661 transfer students
were accepted as of the same date, compared to 614
last year.
Women accepted total 957—almost double last
year’s 476 acceptances at this time. There are also
more graduate applications than last year.
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Dean Cooper pointed out that the projection
takes into account that historically some 20 per
cent of students accepted do not enroll. He also said
there is an apparent trend toward earlier applica
tions, but the figures still indicate a significant
increase.
As of April 2, freshman and transfer accept
ances in each college were (1972 figures in
parentheses): Agriculture, 292 (210); Architecture,
116 (123); Business Administration, 197 (111)
Education, 180 (87); Engineering, 535 (414)
Geosciences, 74 (62); Liberal Arts, 419 (298)
Science, 687 (541); Veterinary Medicine, 231 (194)
and Marine Sciences, 21 (14).
The Secret Of Happiness
Is Not Doing What One
Likes, But In Liking
What One Has To Do.
Capt. James Ray
Communist cause.”
In reference to torture of the
prisoners, Ray said that he was
able to endure the extreme pain
by recalling Scriptures, poems,
and memory work he was required
to learn while a freshman at Tex
as A&M.
“Training I received at home,
at church, and at Texas A&M help
ed me endure the hardships of
captivity,” he emphasized. “When
forced to reveal information or
sign documents after unbearable
torture, I felt I had betrayed my
country. But I suddenly felt the
presence of the Holy Spirit and I
knew I was not alone.”
Ray said that below the super
ficial changes he found upon his
return, he saw the same basic
ideals that had made America
great.
“We must not let these ideals
die,” he challenged. “We must
continue to instill in our young
people the discipline that made
our country strong.”
The 70th observance of the
unique Aggie Muster was hon
ored in 50 free-world countries
by thousands of former TAMU
students. The Muster traditional
ly includes a Roll Call for the
Absent, in which Aggies answer
“here” as names of deceased are
called for the previous year.
A 21-gun salute by the Ross
Volunteers, Silver Taps by Aggie
Band buglers, music by the band
and “Auld Lang Syne” by the
Singing Cadets are traditional
parts of the campus program.
More than 9,000 heard Ray in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
The 1973 Muster was chaired
by Karen Haws, the first girl to
preside at the campus program.
She is a junior accounting major
and her father is president of the
Austin A&M Club.
Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 251
College Station, Texas
April 24, 1973
mIIB <' i
EVEN WITH the weather down Saturday for the an
nual spring Maroon-White game, the teams were jumping
high. Maroon won 52-44.
Mexican-American Group Dissolved
24th MSC Council Splits Funds
Weather
TUESDAY—Chance of thunder
showers this afternoon & to
night. High 81, low 61.
WEDNESDAY — Decreasing
cloudiness from west in morn
ing. Partly cloudy. High of 85.
By VICKIE ASHWILL
In the first meeting of the 24th
Memorial Student Center Council
Monday, $19,950 was allocated to
14 MSC committees, including
the Directorate Reserve.
Members of the Council, which
is chaired by Don Webb, also
approved various speakers and
proposals.
One of its first actions dis
solved the Association of Mexi
can-American Students Commit
tee which failed to follow guide
lines agreed upon by the 23rd
Council and the committee chair
man in the March 5 meeting of
the Council.
The committee had failed on its
second chance due to poor leader
ship on its part and planned pro
grams were not followed through,
council members concluded.
The Council also approved $400
to be allocated to the new Council
for the purpose of putting on a
street dance Friday from 8:00 to
midnight. The dance will feature
Phoenix, a band from Houston,
on the mall between the Library
and the Agriculture Building.
In other action, the Council ap
proved Rob Inglis as a speaker
presented by the Arts Committee
for next year. Inglis does a solo
dramatization from Nevil Cog-
hill’s modem English version of
Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.”
Inglis stages a two-hour pro
gram wearing a medieval cos
tume, uses very few props and
covers highlights in “Canterbury
Tales.”
Political Forum also requested
the approval of the Council to in
vite certain prospective speakers.
Some of those approved speakers
include Tran Van Dinh, former
South Vietnamese Ambassador to
the U.S.; George Kennan, former
ambassador to the Soviet Union;
Dr. Tran Van Chuong, former
Vietnamese ambassador to the
U.S.; and Dr. Milton Freidman,
professor of economics at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Closer to home are speakers
such as Senator Barry Goldwater
(R-Arizona); former Treasury
Secretary John B. Connally, and
Labor Official George Meany
(AFL-CIO).
The Council continued in its
actions to accept a proposal con
cerning Aggieland space purchas
ing. Dues paying committees can
buy one page using dues money
with the minimum dues charge of
$2 per member per semester and
$1 per member per summer term.
The committee must resort to
other Council approved sources
for funds for additional pages.
The MSC Council stipulated in
another proposal that all ban
quets and/or meals for speakers,
hosts or entertainers are limited
to $6 per person with a maximum
of $72 from MSC funds.
Another proposal stated that
approved speakers lists are valid
for a period of 36 months with
the executive vice-president of
committees responsible for main
taining a current list of approved
speakers.
The following amounts were al
located by the MSC Council to
various Directorate committees:
$2,895 to Arts, $450 to Base
ment, $1,800 to Black Awareness,
$605 to Camera, $1,065 to the
Council, $6,009.75 to the Direc
torate and $2,862.75 to the Direc
torate Reserve.
Host and Fashion received $900,
New Tradition Singers — $420,
Public Relations — $858, Radio —
$576, Recreation — $708.50 and
Travel — $800.
KD Parking
Fines Upheld^
Appeals Panel
The Traffic Appeals Panel has
been upholding tickets related to
the Krueger-Dunn parking situ
ation and will continue to do so.
The basic complaint deals with
freshmen and sophomores park
ing in junior and senior assigned
rows. When students fail to re
main in the five rows assigned
to them, cross-parking between
juniors and seniors, sophomores
and freshmen and the corps re
sults.
According to Ron Miori, this
cross-parking resulted in vandal
isms last fall.
In a meeting with Chief O. L.
Luther, Miori said a change in
rows alloted to the two groups
was dicussed. This change would
have been to give the sophomores
and freshmen one extra row.
The idea was rejected due to
the closing of the semester and
since the number of juniors and
seniors living in Krueger-Dunn
in the fall semester warranted the
five rows.
The parking arrangement will
remain the same and tickets will
continue to be given for cross
parking.
Another complaint in the Krue
ger-Dunn area concerns students
parking on the street parallel to
the dorm complex. According to
Miori, students are parking here
and leaving their cars overnight.
The panel will continue to up
hold tickets given to these stu
dents after 6:30 a.m. and before
5 p.m. parked in this area.
Nissen Receives
Chemistry Honor
Sande Nissen has been named
the recipient of the Freshman
Chemistry Achievement Award
for the 1972-73 academic year.
The award consists of a CRC
Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics and an award scroll.
Professors of Chemistry 102
and 104 nominated candidates
from their classes. Nissen made
the highest score on a test based
on material from freshman chem
istry.
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
University National Bank
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