THE BATTALION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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EDITOR TED BORISKIE
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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
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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 ?
Russell Stubbles
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