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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 11, 1973 Listen Up — Students Rally Behind Big Thicket Editor: We, the undersigned student leaders, would like to urge all members of the Texas A&M Uni versity community to support the proposal for a 100,000 acre Na tional Big Thicket Biological Re serve. The proposal submitted by the Hon. Bob Eckhardt will au thorize the secretary of the In terior to preserve the Big Thicket as a National Biological Reserve in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, Polk, Liberty, Jefferson and Orange counties in eastern Texas. The Big Thicket is a gem of national heritage and we urge everyone to do whatever they can to pre serve this park. S. Shariq Yosufzai Student Body Vice-President C. Scott Eberhardt Cadet Colonel of the Corps Raymond Skowronski President, Graduate Student Council Shirley Ashorn Summer President, MSC ★ ★ ★ Editor: We, the undersigned members of the Texas A&M Big Thicket Association, wish to bring to the attention of all concerned the leg islation sponsored by the Hon. Bob Eckhardt (H.R. 5941) for the creation of the Big Thicket National Biological Reserve. This piece of legislation will put a stop to the senseless and wanton de struction of the unique area of natural beauty. The original thicket was a strikingly diverse forest of pines intermingled with hardwoods — oak, beach, mag nolia and a host of other species. Unfortunately, pulp and real es tate interests are destroying this unique part of Texas heritage. Time is running out. Every day, 50 more acres of the Big Thicket fall prey to the swathing cut of chainsaws and the advancing col umns of quick and easy pine plantations. In spite of the ir reparable damage that has al ready been done to the Big Thick et, much of its value still remains. There are stream-bottom forests of trees three centuries old and so huge that three men with arms outstretched could not encircle their trunks. There are quiet pools where herons find refuge, dark bayous where alligators glide in the shadows. Some 300 species of bird are native here, 40 different kinds of orchids and at least one kind of flower that grows nowhere else in the world. It is this biological diversity that underlies the thicket's claim to national significance. The Big Thicket is an invaluable and irre placeable natural resource. We must insure the preservation of this beautiful wilderness. The U. S. House of Representatives Sub committee on National Parks and Recreation will consider several proposals. We urge you to sup port the proposed 100,000 acre re serve proposal submitted by Eck hardt. Write Reps. Abraham Ka- zen and Alan Steelman support ing this piece of legislation. You can send a 15-word public opin ion telegram for $1.25 which will be billed to your home telephone. To send one to Washington call 1/800-325-5300. If you desire fur ther information, the Texas A&M Big Thicket Association will glad ly help you if you call 845-3051. Let us preserve this beautiful na tural resource. Fred A. Schattenberg Mary L. Mitchell Mark Morris Jack Reinarz Barry Brooks Brad Bryant ★ ★ ★ Editor: This letter has the sole pur pose of warning unknowing Ag gies who find their personal fi nancial position to be insecure and who must, therefore, look for a part time job. I found myself in the situation described and so began the usual TAMU Awarded Additional Funds CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle For Water Studies FINAL EXAMS ‘Could it really be . . A training program at A&M for waste water, treatment and aquatic system management has been granted additional funding for operation through the sum mer, announced Cong. Olin E. (Tiger) Teague. The program, offered to gradu ate students in the Environmental Engineering Division of the Civil Engineering Department, has been funded at A&M for more than eight years by the Environ mental Protection Agency and previously the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and the Public Health Service. Directed by Dr. Roy Hann Jr., the program is designed to pre pare scientists and engineers for active roles in the water pollution control field through a program of academic course work and research development. More than 60 graduate students have been supported through the program. Grants total nearly $500,000 since initial funding was awarded in September of 1964. The program, administered by the Texas Engineering Experi ment Station, received $4,280 in additional funds for operation through the summer session. Seven graduate students are cur rently enrolled in the program. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the 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. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during 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 subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 6% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and B. B. Sears. EDITOR TED BORISKIE Photographers Peter Leabo, Doug Kirk Reporter - Doug Kirk FOR THAT GREAT PINA COLADA CREAM OF COCONUT by COCO LOPEZ IS HERE DISCOUNT LIQUOR Two Locations To Serve You 1600 Texas Ave. 846-2521 315 Texas Ave. 846-0990 trips to the Financial Aid Office. I then proceeded to the new Uni versity Tower Cafeteria where busboys are needed. There, Mrs. Young gave me not only an un civil reception but a free personal grooming lesson as well. She told me to “get a haircut and a shave, then come back and see me.” This was quite discomforting for me as I am sure it was for those who have experienced it before. The odd thing is that I have medium length hair which is not even considered long in West Texas and a small, neatly trimmed moustache. Again, don’t bother riding the elevator to the top unless you have a crew cut. But for you “long-hairs” (80% of the male students) who would like to ob serve a genuine Archie Bunker type before they are extinct, go up to the University Tower Cafe teria and ask Mrs. Young for a job. Joe M. Feist '75 ★ ★ ★ Editor: Recently the Battalion pub lished the results of A&M’s undergraduate grade point ratio. Though it was pleasing to see that our undergraduates are do ing so well, I must take issue as to how the achievement was reached. I have just finished tak ing my first undergraduate course here and if the instructor had not cracked down on the cheating then about 20-25% of the class would have received very tainted grades. I refuse to generalize about all Aggie under graduates from this single class, but if such obvious cheating was apparently condoned by so large a proportion of the undergradu ates in the class, how much of the iceberg did I see ? 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