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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 24, 1973 Listen Up— CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle A&M F Ceding Ofld’s Ilk Pl?Ef?£^l5T/?AT<©M H£?£ MAMC3 BCc?iNrr4<s \niTH ABC & “And after they try to figure out a good schedule, we change th’ classes to meet on Friday afternoons!” Editor: In reply to Suzanne Hitt . . . A&M seems to be well known for mass-producing “constructive members of society,” so the school itself can be blamed only for feeding the ills that already exist in the world outside of this baby-sitting institution. The absence of culture, warmth and sensitivity at A&M pre cludes most possibilities of growth, but there are people here who are still searching, trying and who really do care. The problem arises only because of the seeming impossibility of these people finding one another. There are city ordinances and complicated legalities which make it difficult to establish co-ops for these people to meet, learn and live together. The organizations on campus are composed of ego maniacs who dream of power and of lost sheep who can only fol low and are incapable of express ing thoughts or ideas because they never think. The dorms are bursting with shallow giggly girls interested in trivialities and “men” who enjoy drinking and football more than reading a book, exchanging ideas, or com municating with one another. Hope of waking up these “un dead” (as opposed to the really alive) is very dim. Large numbers of the people here are attracted to the school because it is safe, conservative and mechanical. They dilute the already small concentration of people who are searching for some satisfaction of their intel lectual and aesthetic needs and desires. I wonder if the problem im plies built-in obsolescence. . . . A Higher Services Fee I rV ;i i The Battalion has found that although the Student Senate has recommended that students pay $18 per semester in services fees, the University administration is recommending to the Board of Directors that students pay $19. To quote Tom Cherry, Vice President for Business Affairs of A&M, in a letter to Dr. Jack K. Williams, “It is our opinion that this $18 fee will not be sufficient to sustain the respective student programs at an acceptable level. It is therefore, recommended that the Student Service Fee be set at $19 per student for the regular session and $9 per student for each term of the summer session.” The letter was signed by Dr. Williams and passed on to the Board for its up-coming May 1 meeting. We ask what the idea of maintaining programs at “an acceptable level” means? We know that Mr. Cherry was in favor of giving athletics the $240,000 as requested instead of the Senate’s budget allotment of $170,000, but the Senate spoke against this. But now the extra dollar will be appropriated to the MSC facilities account for running the MSC. All’s fair in love and war in economics, but unfortunately it seems student have lost the battle. One consolation, however, is that the recommendation to the Board for hospital fee payments will not be the ceiling price ($15) as allowed by pending state legislation, but will be $14. In essence, students will be paying the same amount of money per year ($36) although the money has been re-routed for services. At the writing of this, a student referendum seemed inevitable since the Students of Concern needed only 244 signatures to have one called. The results of a referendum would be entertaining indeed, especially if students voted to lower fees to $15 with a six dollar athletic user fee. At any rate, it would be a good test to see how much the University administration responds to its students when it comes time for allocating student monies for student projects. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion, are those of the editor or of the writer of tne article and are not necessarily those of the University administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a University and Community newspaper. TSk Rjiftnlivti s student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in CuUbrl StMtiun. Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, MonduP, and periods, September through May, and once a week daring summer school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to being Cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit such letters and does not guarantee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed and show the address of the writer. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Mail subscripti Texas 77843. are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school nbscriptions subject to 6% st. Address: lege Station, use for or not news of spontaneous lication of all other otherwise credited in the paper i origin published herein. Rights of republication matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Members of the Student Publications Board are Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Alban* H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kn ations Board are: Jim ese. Dr. use and B. B. Sears EDITOR MIKE RICE News Editor Rod Speer Sports Editor Bill Henry Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Ponderosa Specials • FTiday Evening Fish Fry — $2.00 • Sunday Noon Lunch $2.00 • Special Weekend Rates for Parents & Students Call 846-5794 Ponderosa Motor Inn pent house 1 cocktail lounge now open to the public located at plantation oaks apts. invites you to have a drink and a “sound” experience that is unforgettable overlooking the pool Most of my friends think so and are leaving’ to look elsewhere. Perhaps that is the only solu tion. Karen Banks ★ ★ ★ Editor: Editor: I am forced to reply to Mr. Ben Ali’s letter. He has made a grievance about the Arab refu gee camps in Egypt and Jordan. I don’t know what “facts” his government has told him, but here are a few he should know: (1) Egypt refuses to let the refugees leave the camp and seek employment or settle elsewhere. (2) Egypt has vetoed every plan to resettle the refugees in the country including those by the United States. (3) The Arab nations do not pay a dime to help support the camps but proudly salute the refugees as “brothers.” (4) The refugees in Israeli territory have a higher and bet ter standard of living than those in the Arab nations! These are facts. They make it quite clear that the refugee prob lem exists only because the Arab leaders want it to — a complete disregard of human rights. Also, he blames the United States for selling arms tb Israel. At least Israel pays! Prior to the 1967 war, Russia had supplied Egypt and Syria alone with over Two Billion Dollars in weapons — for free! If he really wants to see ten sions ease, let’s have him and the other Arabs see the commun ists for what they are doing. Working against peace. Let them turn down the arms or re turn them. It takes sabers be fore you can have sabers rattling. Robert C. Bard ’76 I did not vote in this year’s student elections; perhaps due to apathy, but more likely because of disgust. I voted last year for all those candidates who would “listen to the students,” “do what the students wanted.” A fine ex ample is the much-talked-about- recently fee allocation bit. I am of the belief that the majority of students are not in favor of pay ing more money for student serv ices. (Reminds me of the pro posed telephone rate hikes with out an increase in better serv ice.) But I am particularly dis turbed in that I have no voice as to how my money will be spent, or what services I would like to receive for my money. For ex ample, I would have no ill feel ings in paying the additional $6 per year if my $6 went to the library in order to purchase some of the many books and periodic als it is lacking. I am here pri marily for an education and I would like my money to be used primarily for that purpose. I use the library much more often than either Kyle Field or G. Rollie White. Dennis A. Cropper Grad Student COLLEGE GIRL there is a Shop for you! 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