so
$HA Constitution
opic of Thursday
pedal Meeting
Constitutional revision was the
main topic discussed at the
TAMU Resident Hall Association
in a special meeting Thursday
night.
The problem confronting the
RHA concerned to which consti
tution the association was func
tioning under. Since the constitu
tion connected with the name Res
ident Hall Association was not
accepted by the administration
last year the RHA is operating
under the Civilian Student Coun
cil constitution.
“The CSC constitution is out
dated and needs revisions,” said
RHA President Randy Gillespie.
“Until we can get a new consti
tution passed and acceptable to
all we will be essentially ineffec
tive.”
Ron Blatchly, director of stu
dent activities, said he was not
content to let things be as they
are. “I believe in a strong Stu
dent Government, a strong RHA
and a strong directorate. I don't
want to duplicate efforts.”
Gillespie pointed out that even
the RHA constitution was some
what outdated and to some extent
needed to include people forced
to live off-campus due to lack of
on-campus housing.
Presently off-campus students
can participate in RHA activities
but they do not get the same dis
count as do resident hall mem
bers of the RHA. During fresh
man orientation Gillespie told stu
dents they could not participate
in the RHA, yet could participate
in their activities.
“0<e idea,” said Gillespie, “was
to associate each shuttle bus route
with one or two of the resident
halls to let interested students
participate in dorm activities.”
Another problem in the con
stitution was whether or not a
program dorms should be manda
tory. A program dorm is one
where residents are required to
buy an activity card. Present pro
gram dorms charge a five dollar
per semester fee, 50 cents of
which goes to the RHA for pro
gramming.
Both Blatchly and Gillespie
lean toward University wide pro
gram dorms. Dorms must now
have a 90 per cent approval of
its residents before it can be
come an RHA program dorm.
“We’re going to get on the ball
and do some things that have
never been done before,” said
Blatchly. He continued to say he
wanted to give each person their
five dollars worth of activities
each semester and the more mon
ey the RHA has, the more activi
ties they can do.
During the revising of the RHA
constitution Blatchly mentioned
other areas the RHA should con
sider in the constitutional revi
sion process. Among these were
another collection system for ac
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light showers this afternoon and
tonight. Warmer temperatures
expected with a high of 84°
and a low tonight of 74°.
tivity fees besides the door to
door system currently in use, how
much kickback the RHA should
get from such activity fees and
the establishment of some long
and short range goals.
“We need to go back to the
halls and generate enthusiasm
and support,” said Gillespie. “If
the foundation is shaky then
there is no way in which the
top can survive.”
Gillespie said that more indi
vidual student input was need
ed in the association. Students
should contact their dorm coun
cils and presidents with their
ideas concerning the RHA, he
added.
I Will Study
And Get Ready, And
Perhaps My Chance
Will Come. —Lincoln
Vol. 67 No. 278
Colleg-e Station, Texas
Friday, September 7, 1973
uplex
&M Gets Million Dollar Grant
rom Feds for Sea Grant Work
it of
•WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas
|iM has been allocated $1,080,-
for continued federal support
the institution’s Sea Grant
ogram, Cong. Olin E. (Tiger)
lie announced Thursday.
:nate,Judicial
iling for the three open Senate
litions has been extended to
mrsday, announced Barry Bow-
i, Student Government Election
ard Chairman:
pplications may be picked up
|d turned in through the Stu-
t Government office in the
C from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
he Senate positions available
the seats from the Hender-
,-Fowler living area, Keathley-
Bjighes living area and the Dunn
living area.
Four positions are also open
the Judicial Board including
chairman, one graduate stu-
t and two sophomores. Dead-
e for applications is 5 p.m.
jmday.
nterested students for all posts
uld be familiar with the poli-
outlined in the University
lies and Regulations handbook.
Congressman Teague said he
was informed of the award by
Secretary of Commerce Freder
ick B. Dent.
The grant, administered by the
Commerce Department’s National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad
ministration, will be used for ma
rine-related research, education
and advisory services programs.
It also will support programs at
Lamar University, Baylor Col
lege of Medicine, Brazosport Col
lege Education Service Center at
Corpus Christi.
A&M President Jack K. Wil
liams said the university will
provide 50 per cent matching
funds to bring the total effort to
over $1.6 million for supporting
various marine-related projects
in Texas for the year ending Aug.
31, 1974.
A major research activity at
TAMU is the experimental aqua
culture of shrimp which has suc
ceeded in producing the first
commercial pond-grown shrimp
for market. On-going follow-ups
include diagnosis and treatment
of diseases in pond-reared shimp
and engineering improvements of
systems for large-scale culture of
the food source. University re
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fays UT Dean of Students
AUSTIN (/P) — No longer need dormitory tipplers at
fe University of Texas fear the footfalls of counselors out-
de their doors.
Dean of Students James Duncan has given students the
ght to have alcoholic beverages in their rooms.
He said he decided to act after the new 18-year-old
?hts law took effect Aug. 27.
There still are some restrictions on the use of alcohol
i dormitories.
Drinking is not allowed in halls or lobbies. Alcoholic
Averages must be concealed in paper sacks or other opaque
|>ntainers while being carried through public areas.
“I know that in the past, quite a few people in the dorm
M liquor. At least this new rule eliminates the sneaking
I keeps kids off the streets,” said Phaldy Norris, an ad-
[ser in Kinsolving women’s dormitory.
searchers will be evaluating com
mercially prepared rations for
the cultured shrimp, the effects
of various rates of water ex
change in their tanks and the
economics of the entire produc
tion system.
Other research projects include
a continuing study to determine
the size distribution of valuable
species of fishes taken incidental
to shrimp trawling and to eval
uate the market for them. In
vestigations will be made into
storage, sanitation and quality
control of fishery products, in
cluding a new project focusing
on microbial deterioration result
ing from packaging fish in poly
ester.
Environmental quality projects
include investigations of poten
tial harm from hazardous ma
terials being shipped in the Tex
as coastal waterways, disposal of
dredge spoil containing industrial
wastes, contamination of Sabine
Lake with heavy metals and
methods of supplemental aera
tion for improvement of water
quality in polluted estuaries. A
new project in this category
seeks to improve disposal prac
tices of firms engaged in clean
ing holds of ships and barges.
A study of the risks and costs
of shipping accidents involving
hazardous materials will continue.
A new study will evaluate the
potential impact of changes in
traffic patterns resulting from
operation of a deepwater port in
Texas waters. Two projects in
recreation are planned. One will
establish investment standards
for private development in the
Coastal Zone and compliment a
continuing study at Lamar Uni
versity on the economic impact of
recreation and tourism. The other
is aimed at developing techniques
for efficient administration of
recreational land and facilities in
Southeastern Texas.
The category “Shoreline Proc
esses and Marine Technology” in
cludes research in minimizing
failure of off-shore pipelines es
tablishing hydraulic character
istics of diked, dredged spoil, and
determining rates and processes
of coastal erosion and silting in
the Intercoastal Waterway.
226 Units
Built for
Flensel Park
The number of university-
owned, married student housing
units will be boosted 25 per cent
by the end of November.
The newest addition to the
Hensel-College View housing
complex, air-conditioned College
View, w^ll add 226 units to the
existing 804 apartment project.
Begun in August, 1972, the
$2.5 million dollar project is
scheduled for completion in No
vember.
“Right now, we have 16 apart
ments occupied, and another 16
scheduled to open in two weeks,”
said Charles Halton, manager of
the married students apartments.
“The remainder of the apart
ments will open at the rate of 16
units every two weeks,” he con
tinued.
The one or two bedroom, one
bath apartments are partly car
peted and completely furnished,
except for the washers and dry
ers. Laundry rooms are provided
in the complex.
The one bedroom apartments
rent for $125 a month, while the
two bedroom units are $135. Both
rates include utilities. Pets are
not allowed.
Although Halton predicted
long waiting lists for the new
units, Karla Welder, married stu
dent, said she and her husband
“aren’t going to move out of here
(Old College View) until they run
us out.”
Although Old College View is
unfurnished, a two bedroom unit
rents for $55 per month, includ
ing utilities.
“We really enjoy living here,”
said Mrs. Welder. “It’s all just
married couples and kids—every
body’s in the same boat.”
THE MARRIED STUDENT HOUSING situation is improving with the addition of
226 air-conditioned units by November. The new apartments will cost from $125-130 per
month compared to the $50 per month rent for the barrack-style units (background).
Four Super Athletes Enter
TAMU with Freshman Class
Wags have on occasion quip
ped that he “A” in Texas A&M
University stands for athletics.
Such contentions might be bol
stered this year with a freshman
class which, in addition to an
array of top football players and
other collegiate athletes, includes
an Olympic gold medalist, a ma
jor league pitcher, a nationally
ranked woman golfer and an Au
stralian woman who has set 13
world records in distance run
ning.
While sporting definite athle
tic inclinations, TAMU’s “fish”
Folklife Festival
Hosts 7 Cultures
WARREN AND BRANDY are two guests of the Stu- taking applications for Aggie children, ages 2-4. The serv-
ent Government Day Care Center. The center is currently ice costs $60 monthly. (Photos by Rodger Mallison)
All of Texas’ 26 major ethnic
groups will be represented in the
state’s biggest party this week
end, the Texas Folklife Festival
in San Antonio.
Seven cultures will join in the
festivities this year for the first
time at the second annual cele
bration at the University of Texas
Institute of Texan Cultures.
The newcomers—French Alsa
tians, Danish, English, Swedish,
Swiss, Yugoslav and Dutch—will
joint last year’s festival partici
pants to complete the line-up of
ethnic groups which have given
Texas its cultural heritage.
Two thousand participants from
over 100 Texas cities will con
verge on the Alamo City for the
four-day event.
Describing the festival as
“Texas’ Biggest Block Party,”
festival manager O. T. Baker
said, “This is a fun thing. Texans
from 26 ethnic groups come here
to identify themselves. It’s sort
of an informal statewide family
reunion.”
Festival visitors can sample the
foods of 23 different nations, en
joy the music and dances of over
a dozen ethnic groups, try their
skills at horseshoe pitching and
Belgian bowling, or join in on
the “East Texas Style Singing
Convention” held nightly under a
Pioneer Brush Arbor.
On the grassy slopes of the
Institute grounds, visitors can
relax and be entertained by a
variety of performers — Negro
and Wenish choirs, old-time fid
dlers and country-western bands,
foot-stompin' Cajun music makers
and flamenco guitarists.
Baker said 17 festivals from
throughout the state will partici
pate, from the Albany Fandangle
to the New Braunfels Wurstfest.
The 15-acre site will be cov
ered with many exhibits ranging
from Texas Longhorns to Irish
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
artifacts. Other events include
watermelon seed spitting contests,
Cajun crawfish races, domino
tournaments, cow calling demon
strations, Scottish caber tossing
and Indian stick ball games.
In a nostalgic vein the festival
will recall a spectrum of pioneer
life with such activities as corn
shuckin’ and shelling, log rolling,
log house raising, rail splitting,
quilting bees and many other by
gone experiences.
Texas artists and craftsmen
will be demonstrating their spe
cialties throughout the celebra
tion and children will have the
opportunity to build their own
toys, play in a haystack or just
slide down the grassy hills of
the Institute.
An attendance of 100,000 is
estimated for the festival, com
pared to the 64,000 persons who
turned out for the event last year.
Free shuttle bus service will
be provided throughout the Folk-
life Festival, servicing San An
tonio’s major downtbwn parking
lots.
class also stands out on the basis
of its academic credentials. Ad
missions and Records Dean Edwin
H. Cooper reports this year’s class
has one of the highest, if not the
Ihighest, scholastic averages in
the school’s history.
“It’s also the largest class, all
of which is fitting for the group
which will be the first to grad
uate in Texas A&M’s second cen
tury,” noted the dean, referring
to the fact the university will
celebrate its centennial in 1976.
The diversity of the class is
exemplified, if not typified, by
John C. Williams, David Clyde,
Brenda Goldsmith and Adrienne
Beames.
Williams is the Olympic gold
medalist in archery. He also won
the world championship twice. A
native of Erie, Pa., he just com
pleted a tour in the Army and
is enrolled in the College of Lib
eral Arts.
Clyde is the widely publicized
No. 1 major league draft choice
this year and is currently pitch
ing for the Texas Rangers. The
Houstonian plans to major in
journalism, with special arrange
ments made for him to begin his
studies in October as soon as base
ball season is over.
Goldsmith, from San Antonio,
has been playing golf only five
years but has already competed
twice in the U. S. Women’s Open,
placing 25th this year. She won
the Texas State Girls Champion
ship this year by 26 strokes and
was the low amateur in the Ala
mo Open. She is enrolled in a lib-
(See Four Super, page 3)
Campus Radio Station Seeks
Voluntary Aid from Students
Applications are now being ac
cepted for voluntary positions
with Student Government Radio,
A&M’s campus radio station, in
the Student Government Office in
the Memorial Student Center
until Sept. 14 at 5 p.m.
Positions offered are: station
managers, who will be in charge
of advertising and bookkeeping;
news director, and program direc
tor, who will be responsible to the
station manager, disc jockeys and
news announcers. All will be re
sponsible to the Student Govern
ment Radio Board.
The new station will be at
107.5 on the FM band through
Midwest Video Cable.
“We feel the need for a student
radio station to meet the inter
ests of Texas A&M students,”
said Mike Gaertner, member of
the Student Government Radio
Board.
“A&M has an educational cam
pus television station, KAMU
and we are working to give those
students interested in radio an
opportunity to get involved in ra
dio and get a taste of what it is
like,” said Stephen Gray, Radio
Board member.
“Our goal, however, is not to
stop here but to make Student
Government Radio an open air
radio station,” said Steve Wake
field, board chairman.