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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, September 14, 1973 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Bait Film Review 4 Sleuth:’ A Different, Drama-Filled Flick By JULIA JONES Aggies, grab a date for the Campus Theater while you can. Seats may be sold out when word gets out about “Sleuth,” a fan tastic flick. Starring Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier, this one is not to be missed. Full of surprises, suspense and superior acting, the plot is hard to explain without taking the first two away. Briefly, Olivier is an aristocratic English mystery writ er. Caine is his wife's hairdresser, who is also providing her with other services. When Olivier dis covers his wife is going to leave him, he invites Caine for a chat. Bound upon revenge he persuades Caine to burgle his house for jewels he will need to support his wife. Olivier will have the in surance and the police will not know the difference. When Olivier has Caine in a compromising posi tion with the jewels he produces a gun. Olivier then explains that he is going to shoot him and tell the police that he caught him in a burglary. From there the plot takes off into the wildest possible fantasy. The impossible occurs, the dead come to life and noth ing seen can be depended upon to be real. *‘1 think it’s very unsporting that you would begin study ing for finals this early! Anybody could do good if they did that I* This film is particularly inter esting for many reasons. First it is extremely rare to discover something that has no chase scenes, no “action,” and takes VIP’s Futures Uncertain For those of you who did not hear about it and perhaps didn’t care anyway, Dolph Briscoe was in town yesterday. Bill Hobby was here the day before. All these VIP’s running about bring to mind the elections of not so long ago, with Briscoe, male sterotype vs. libber liberal Sissy Si, and Hobby slinging mud for mud with John’s little brother. And that was just the primaries. Both Briscoe and Hobby seem deeply entrenched now and both seem surprisingly confident of their respective political careers despite the fact that neither received his party’s nomination without a runoff. Gov. Briscoe has all but announced his intentions to seek re-election and claims to have discussed his plans with Bill Hobby. Presumably this is to forewarn Hobby lest he get over anxious. Yet Hobby still responds to questions about his political future with a large smile, indicative, at least, of desire, although to our knowledge he has not declared himself a possible candidate for any position other than his present one. Both Briscoe and Hobby are millionairies, good busi nessmen, and good politicians. Neither has ever had his career blighted by scandal or corruption. For our money they are better public officials than this state has seen for several years. Both men are ambitious and each is aware of the other’s ability. Their present attitude toward one another seems to be that of two gentlemen millionaires possibly heading toward friendly competition in the game of politics. Texas is changing. Some are glad, some aren’t, yet it is changing. Conservative Democrat Briscoe had lost the last election until the late returns from “Briscoe Country” came in. Democrat Hobby won by a somewhat larger mar gin, possibly because he was unopposed. Should conserva tives Hobby and Briscoe become involved in a gentlemen’s contest between two millionaire friends the field would be wide open for a liberal to take advantage of the conserva tive split. Sissy claims to be disenchanted with state poli tics, preferring the glamour and limelight that the national variety confers. The Raza Unida, as those from South and West Texas know, is growing. And the impact of Watergate remains to be tested on the state that has not had a Republican governor since Reconstruction. They are gaining and don’t count them out. Hank nearly did it last time. Whatever the outcome, next year’s gubernatorial race may prove every interesting indeed. pspi® 1 'WELL, YES, DICK, I DO REALIZE MOTHER ALWAYS LIKED ME MORE THAN YOU ... IS THAT WHY??' Che 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, dail: ion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through ”— —j •- —s— —'—ai. May, and once a week during summer school, MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed BOO words and are subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. 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Sears. embers of the Student Publications Board are: Jim ty, chairman; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. EDITOR MIKE RICE Managing Editor Rod Sneer News Editor T. C. Gallucci \V omen s Editor Louie Holzem Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Ass’t. Sports Editor Ted Boriskie place in one spot with only two characters. Dull as it seems, it brings to life a word that movies seem to have forgotten: drama. Most di rectors expect action to take the place of the plot. They concentrate so much on the chase scene or the 60 fights that no movie is with out, that they forget people. The chase scenes take the place of dia logue and the human loses to the machine. Not in “Sleuth,” how ever. It is a two-man show, or rather a two-man relationship. They delve into each other’s con science and subconscience, a re freshing change for those of us who favor a plot twist instead of a karate chop. Secondly this movie will sur prise in more ways than one. Oli vier starts off as the villain. He is deadly, mean, snobbish and crafty. Caine, on the other hand, is charming, handsome and the victim. He plays the son of an Italian imigrant who can not for get his painful past. Olivier takes great pleasure in humiliating him. However, the plot has an emotional turnaround. When Caine takes his revenge we dis cover that he is the bigger “bas tard,” as they call each other. Olivier is a lonely man trying to keep his dignity and his life to gether. The whole thing is per haps a fortunate lesson for us: everything and everybody aru* what they seem. Lastly, the acting and the icr;; writing cannot be praised enough. Both actors were ti®:, nated for academy awards, ^ they deserved. They have not sit, ply acted, but have shown amazing versatility in their «t ing. The script of the Toji Award-winning play is marvels; and the end will astound ij move you. Listen Up— Ex-Marine Gives Cadet Dress Critique Editor: I have noticed since school started that the day to day dress of the Marine Corps cadets is nothing short of sloppy. As an ex-Marine this is par ticularly distressing. I would think that there would be more leadership and self disclipline among the seniors and juniors to keep their own appearance up, and ensure the proper appearance of the people below them. Pros pective Marine officers should not be lacking in either self discipline or leadership and their appearance should reflect this. to air excuses for not having done something. That’s not the Marine Corps way. Excuses are like heads. Everybody has one. Don Williams ’74 When your uniform looks like you’ve slept in it, and your shoes look like you’ve played football in them, this doesn’t enhance the image of the service that you rep resent. Your goal as officers should be to better the Marine Corps and that starts now, not when you get your commission. A neat appearance is just one way to start. I hope that this letter will be taken to heart by the Marine Corps cadets and will not be used ★ ★ ★ Editor: Several statements in the edi torial “Shuttle Buses Need Help ($$)” were false and misleading. The Shuttle Bus System is paid for through both user fees of riders and an allocation of $42,000 from student service fees. The rider fees pay for only about half of the cost of the system. Thus, the “better idea” you wrote of where all students partially sub sidize the system is already in effect. As for using funds allocated for “non-active programs such as the student lawyer,” it would seem to me that we should work to convince the administration that the student lawyer program is needed and should be approved. While it is true that the shut tle bus system is in financial dif ficulty due to less than the need ed 3,000 people signing up, the Battalion should make an effort to present more accurate infor mation. David L. White Student Body Treasurer You’re right and we were wrong, although we do not sup port the proposed student lawyer program. However, our informa tion source was a prominent member of the Shuttle Bus Com mittee, who apparently doesn’t know what’s happening either. Most importantly, though, re member the bus system is in bad financial straights and needs bailing out—Ed. ★ ★ ★ Editor: We at Davis-Gary are a peac- ful lot. We are willing to put up with many of the adversities TA- MU is known for; more especial ly — violent rainstorms, violent women and violent cuisine. All of these catastrophic things leave us undaunted, for we are not innate ly savage nor do we look upon violence as a solution to such problems. There comes a time, however, when every person reaches that fine line between t ner peace and outright wirfft That which has the residents;; Davis-Gary in turmoil is a tograph taken by Steve Uetkin located on page 7 of the SeptU Battalion. The spirit sign entitlfj “Shoot the Shockers” which so handily gave credit to th corps for, came from none ofc than our own Davis-Gary, is; hangs there at this very mome We are firm believers in fit, ing credit where credit is due, n all we ask for is a simple retrse tion and correction of the captit: under yesterday’s photograph and the photographer’s head:: a lance. If, however, the photop. rapher is not at fault, a drawing and quartering of th man responsible for that misleii ing caption will suffice. The Most Spirited of the Spirit Davis-Gary Association Our managing editor has yoi good folks uppermost in thoughts at the moment and sip he’ll try to do right by Davh Gary in the future.—Ed. 0*5 STUDENT MEMBERS! Better order your season tickets far note, if you want your choice of seats. STUDENT OPTION PERIOD ENDS SEPTEMBER 15!! TEXAS AGGIE DESIGNS IN NEEDLE POINT! Available Now At TEXAS A&M BOOKSTORE And KEYSER’S INC., IN TOWNSHIRE Created by CAT TRACK & SNAIL TRAIL FREE NORTH GATE CHURCH SUNDAYS IN THE DORM AREAS (Each bus run begins as follows.) 8:15 a.m. Pick-up T 9:00 a.m. Pick-up and Return 10:15 a.m. Pick-up and Return 12:00 a.m. Returns to Campus L _ >(C Indicates bus stop A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - 5 OUR SAVIOUR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH - 4 Morning Worship - 8:45 A.M. Church School - 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship - 11:00 A.M. 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