THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas
Tuesday, April 24, 1973
Listen Up—
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“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
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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
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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
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