Better Communication with Dorms Concerns RHA
By VICKIE ASHWILL
The possibility that the Resi-
pce Hall Association will reach
yn and communicate with the
lividual dorms is currently a
lie of concern with the RHA.
"ffe have to stop and consider
iat we have to offer the in-
ridual halls as an association,”
id Director of Student Activ-
>s Ron Blatchley to the RHA
institution Revision Committee
pesday night.
The residence hall itself is more
ganized than the association
above it, Blatchley said to the
25-member committee. The com
mittee is confronted with writ
ing: a constitution for the RHA
which is now operating 1 under the
old Civilian Student Council con
stitution.
Blatchley emphasized that the
committee needed to establish
general goals and objectives for
the association with the major
areas of concern being program
ming, membership means, fund
ing and the judicial system.
“We don't want to compete with
the Memorial Student Center
Directorate nor duplicate efforts
of the Student Government,”
Blatchley said. “The RHA ought
to get out of the business of uni
versity programming and go to
the local unit which ought to be
involved with the program for it
self or area.”
The committee must write a
document usable by the RHA and
also as a format for individual
dorm constitutions, Blatchley con
tinued.
At this time he added that sev
eral dorm constitutions supercede
the RHA and several other halls,
particularly the three new female
halls, have constitutions outdated
for their means.
“All we do is talk about pro-
jgrams,” RHA secretary Karin
Wilwerding said. “We don't get
down to the problem level of the
students—they ask us questions
when we should be telling them
before they ask.”
Wilwerding also pointed out
that the dorm councils have grown
obscure and their representatives
had lost their feeling of impor
tance.
“If we don’t listen to the prob
lems of our own constituency, how
can we exist,” Blatchley said to
the committee after pointing out
individual hall problems such as
judicial boards, hours and activ
ities.
The RHA represents 7,300 stu
dents via the residence halls, ac
cording to Blatchley. “If we decide
to include off-campus students in
an optional program then we’ll be
representing even more people.”
Blatchley said he did not mean
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to cut out on-going type pro
grams for the RHA but that there
should be some program coordin
ation within the organization for
the halls. He included examples of
mini-concerts and films for resi
dence hall members only in order
not to conflict with university
wide programs.
This way, according to Blatch
ley, the halls would pay for every
thing and the RHA would not
have to require a 50 cent fee from
its members.
Funds the RHA acquired
through the coke or bookstore
fund could go to programs such
as an RHA leadership conference
after spring elections.
Blatchley said that if it was
the general concensus of the body,
an RHA weekend would still be
in order, except to organize the
weekend through the individual
housing units.
“Right now we’re so involved
with other programs that we
don’t even have our own pro
gram,” Blatchley emphasized to
the group but also said the asso-
tion should keep past obligations
where they had been made.
Housing Takes
Applications
The Housing Office will accept
room applications for the spring
semester 1974 from students now
living off-campus beginning Mon
day.
Students who made applications
for the fall semester and were
not able to secure a room are re
minded that this waiting list for
fall does not carry over to spring
and new applications are neces
sary for the spring semester.
Students who do not have a
room deposit on file must pay a
deposit at the Fiscal Department
before making application for a
room.
VP Calls for Probe
WASHINGTON <A>> _ Vice
resident Spiro T. Agnew asked
ie House of Representatives
uesday to investigate accusa-
ons that he was involved in po-
tical corruption.
brad Student
Mentation Set
An orientation program for new
raduate students will be held
hursday in Rooms 225 and 226 of
le University Center at 3:30 p.
Dr. George W. Kunze, dean of
ie Graduate College, will speak
it the meeting. Last year Dean
!imze fielded and gave in-depth
inswers to a variety of questions
tanging from financial assistance
railable to graduate students to
equirements for degrees.
Printed information of value
o newcomers to the Bryan-Col-
ege Station area will be avail
able along with information from
the Graduate College to help plan
fraduate careers.
Beenie Leeth, vice president of
the council and organizer of the
program, said, “We’re looking
erward to a fine program for
be new graduate student at A&M
rith as great an attendance as
re had last year.”
All new graduate students are
urged to attend this orientation
meeting.
Agnew denied wrongdoing in a
man-to-man meeting with Presi
dent Nixon, then took his case to
Congress.
The vice president acted after
Atty. Gen. Elliot L. Richardson
announced he had authorized fed
eral prosecutors to take their evi
dence against Agnew before a
grand jury in Baltimore Thurs
day.
Agnew made his request of the
House in a letter to Speaker Carl
Albert. Agnew personally took
his letter to Capitol Hill, where
he met for more than an hour
with Albert and other House lead
ers.
In the letter, the vice presi
dent said his lawyers had ad
vised him the Constitution bars
criminal proceedings against a
vice president while he holds of
fice.
He said he therefore could not
acquiesce in any criminal pro
ceedings, or look to them for vin
dication.
“In these circumstances, I
believe, it is the right and duty
of the vice president to turn to
the House,” he said.
Agnew’s letter did not mention
impeachment proceedings as a
forum for the full inquiry he re
quested. Nor, said Albert, did Ag
new mention that possibility dur
ing the meeting.
The request caught congres
sional leaders by surprise, and
there was no immediate word as
to what the House might do about
it.
Albert, asked whether impeach
ment had been ruled out, replied
simply: “Nothing has been ruled
out.”
A spokesman for Richardson
said the attorney general stood
by his decision to have the evi
dence against Agnew presented
to the grand jury.
Nixon said Agnew had per
sonally assured him of his in
nocence. He said the vice presi
dent, like any citizen, is entitled
to the presumption of innocence.
And he praised Agnew’s perform
ance as his vice president.
Agnew was informed by fed
eral prosecutors last month that
he was under investigation for
possible criminal violations of tax,
bribery, extortion and conspiracy
laws.
Agnew left the Capitol declin
ing comment. “The letter speaks
for itself,” he said But he added
he might have something further
to say in a few days.
He left behind an instant de
bate on his request, his motives,
and the possible courses of action
open to the House.
Agnew’s letter was read to the
House, after Albert and the other
leaders trooped back to the cham
ber from their meeting with the
vice president.
While Agnew cited legal argu
ments against criminal proceed
ings against him, his request for
a House inquiry also appeared
aimed at getting the whole mat
ter into a forum less restricted
than the secrecy of a grand jury.
Any House panel investigating
the case would have a Republi
can minority, and members who
might offer a defense and, in ef
fect, cross-examine Agnew’s acus-
ers.
In his letter, Agnew discussed
the precedent of a House inves
tigation of Vice President John
C. Calhoun nearly 150 years ago.
Calhoun, accused of war profiteer
ing, was investigated by a House
committee and cleared.
Later, in a different dispute,
Calhoun resigned.
STUDENT FLORAL CONCESSIONS prepares another load of Aggie mums for the
A&M-Boston College game. Concession profits go towards a $500 scholarship for a hort
iculture student and the remainder to the Florticulture Club. (Photo by Kathy Curtis)
Membership Decisions Due Tonight
On Joining State, National Lobbies
Volunteer Drivers
Sought by Institute
TAMU’s Texas Transportation
Institute is seeking volunteer
drivers to assist in a federal study
of driver-car relationships.
The research program is fund
ed by the Department of Trans
portation’s National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
and administered by the Texas
A&M Research Foundation.
Volunteers will drive one of
four different standard produc
tion automobiles in special ma
neuvers at TTFs Highway Safe
ty Research Center, at the A&M
Research Annex on Highway 21
West.
Purpose of the study is to de
termine to what extent drivers
use the built-in handling ability
of different automobiles, and to
evaluate how cars perform when
a driver has control compared to
laboratory control devices.
TTI needs a cross section of
the American driving public, men
and women, ranging in age from
18 to past 60, to contribute their
time and skill to research that
may lead to safer design for cars.
Persons interested in volunteer
ing for the project should call
the TTI Driver Study Coordina
tor at 822-7566 for more details.
The project will require about one
hour for a preliminary session,
plus a half-day more for drivers
selected to participate in the
study.
Reimbursement is available for
expenses incurred by drivers dur
ing the preliminary interview and
participation in the car handling
project.
All car tests will take place un
der controlled conditions at the
research center, and will be moni
tored by in-car instruments plus
motion picture coverage.
Although the maneuvers do not
involve undue hazard, complete
safety provisions will be provid
ed. Maneuvers will include those
often performed on freeways, in
terchanges and on city streets.
TTI project leaders include
Gordon G. Hayes, research physi
cist with the Safety Division, and
Dr. Newton C. Ellis, head of the
Human Factors Program. Hays
and Ellis will be assisted by a
team of safety professionals,
highway engineers and scientists
from TTI and the College of En
gineering.
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Whether TAMU will be repre
sented as a whole in state and
national politics will be decided
tonight by the Student Senate.
Membership to the Texas In
tercollegiate Student Associa
tion, the Texas Student Lobby
and the National Student Lobby
will be considered by the senate
at 7:30 in Room 102 of the Zach-
ry Engineering Center.
External Affairs Committee
Chairman Barb Sears introduced
the possibility of rejoining the
three organizations to the body
Sept. 12.
TSI, an affiliate organization
with TISA, would cost $5 to join
only after the school has joined
TISA. Cost for A&M to join TISA
would be $160 this fall.
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
Physical Plant Introduces
‘Area: Maintenance’ Idea
Area Maintenance, a new concept of putting mainte
nance and repair workmen closer to needs, has been intro
duced to the TAMU campus by the University Physical Plant
Department.
Representing a dramatic departure from the traditional
centralized maintenance concept, area maintenance provides
both management and users several advantages, noted Gor
don Dean, Physical Plant Area Maintenance Manager. Dean
explained most noteworthy of these are faster and more
efficient services for routine types of maintenance, better
on-the-job supervision of maintenance activities, elimination
of wasted travel time, and closer identification between
maintenance employees and people they serve.
Under the plan, TAMU is divided into four areas, each
complete with a team of management, staff, and workmen.
In effect, area shops will be responsible for all routine main
tenance and incidental housekeeping in their own particular
area. Central Physical Plant maintenance shops will con
tinue to provide response to larger and more complex work
requests.
Presently, two of four proposed area shops have been
established. Area One headquarters and shop is located in
the basement of Dorm 3 (Briggs Hall) and Area Two is in
the basement of the Zachry Engineering Center.
Area Three, to be made operational by Nov. 1, will be
headquartered in the basement of the new J. Earl Rudder
Conference Center. Area Four will commence operation on
Jan. 2, 1974 in the basement of the old Hospital Building.
A map designating the boundaries of service and phone num
bers for area shops has been included in the new campus
telephone directory.
Dean noted numerous favorable comments have re
sulted since Area One began operation last May. He feels,
however, that the plan will receive its true test this fall
with the combination of a new semester and record student
enrollment.
Questions regarding the new program may be directed
to Dean at the University Physical Plant, 845-5511.
As reguional director for the
two organizations, Sears attended
several summer conferences, the
result being a possible consolida
tion into a Texas Student Associ
ation. This would allow individ
ual schools to lobby on their own.
Also a member of the NSY
Board of Directors, from region
11, Sears said it would cost $275 to
Aggie Players
Names Crews
For Production
The crews have been announc
ed for the Devil’s Disciple, an Ag
gie Players production.
Walt Meissner laps the lead
role of Richard Dudgeon, the
devil’s disciple who learns that
there are more important things
in life than himself. Mark Scott,
who portrays the Rev. Anthony
Anderson, finds out that he
doesn’t like being a minister or
losing his wife.
The play will be performed Oct.
12, 13 and 15-18.
Behind the scenes, the crews
have organized and begun work.
The scenery crew consist of Kevin
Dees, head, Kent Brown, Donna
Dvoraced, Ellen Nickerson, Holly
Faison, Martha McKemie, Bruce
Hendricks, Carl Schaer and Beau
Sharbrough.
The lights will be worked by
Stephanie Inman, head, Carla
Wolf, Richard Dixon, Gary Poole,
Frank Summers and Melanie
Dennis.
The House and Publicity crew
is Nanette Zeig, head, Sally Slo-
mer, Janice Smith, Karen Miller,
Libby Bradbury, and Jan Sprague.
The props will be found by Pat
Lockstedt, head, Kathy Young,
Pam Weems, Kathy Herman,
Yvonne Schmitz and Katrinke
Clark.
The programs and tickets co
heads are Jean Fischer and Bruce
Jenkins. They will design the pro
grams along with help from Deb
bie Hodges, Susan Kleinherz,
Janice Smith and Ken Dimmick.
The costumes crew is headed by
Jim Dennis and includes Cheri
Lindquist, Katherine Lindquist,
Carol Wick, Mattie Ford, Ginger
Stiles and Fran Beckett.
The Sound Crew consists of
Mike McCaskill and Mark Bauer.
join the lobby, the only student
lobby organized on a national ba
sis. She continued to say that this
year individual students could
join NSL for $6 per person.
SG treasurer David White will
bring the vending machine versus
the snack bar controversy before
the senators for vote.
White’s resolution recommends
the use of a snack bar in the old
Exchange Store, which is being
remodeled into a student lounge
and registration headquarters.
White said that a snack bar
would create a better atmosphere
for a student lounge. Modeled
along the lines of the Krueger-
Dunn or MSC snack bar, White
said the bar would be open as
much as possible.
Under old business is the ap
proval of a by-laws revision and
three constititional amendments
by the senate.
Presented by Rules and Regu
lations Chairman Curt Marsh, the
by-law revision officially puts
into words the established tra
dition in the senate preventing a
vote on a bill until the second
reading unless it is clarified as
an emergency.
The three amendments, if ap
proved, would give the senate
the power to remove senators
from office who are placed on
conduct or scholastic probation.
The third amendment will provide
for the punishment of senators
for disorderly behavior.
Academic Affairs Chairman
Steve Eberhard will present the
Texas A&M Scholastic Service
budget to the senate for approval.
Student Government co-spon
sors TAMSS with Phi Eta Sigma
and has given it financial aid for
the past two years. TAMSS is
asking for $130 over its $118 bud
get of last year.
Chairman Pro-Tern to the sen
ate will be decided in the meeting.
Senators Debi Blackmon, Jan
Faber, Chris Lawson and Ron
Miori are running for the post.
‘Who’s Who’
Forms Ready
Nominations for “Who’s Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities” at A&M
must be made by Friday.
Nomination forms are available
at several campus locations, an
nounced Vice President for Stu
dent Services Dr. John Koldus.
The forms can be obtained at
the Memorial Student Center serv
ice desk. Commandant’s Office, of
fice of the dean of veterinary
medicine or at Dr. Koldus’ office
in the YMCA.
“Who’s Who” listing is limited
to graduating seniors who have at
least a 2.5 grade point ratio and
graduate students who have a
minimum 3.5 GPR. Selection for
the 1974 directory is made on the
basis of academic achievement,
community service, leadership in
extracurricular activities and
future potential, Koldus noted.
Tony Boyle Near Death
After Suicide Attempt
WASHINGTON <■#’> — W. A.
“Tony” Boyle, former head of the
United Mine Workers Union, re
mains near death after an appar
ent suicide attempt on the eve of
a court appearance on a murder
conspiracy charge.
Dr. Milton Gusack said blood
drawn from the comatose Boyle
showed large amounts of sodium
amytal, a strong barbituate, and
that chances for survival were
poor.
Boyle was rushed to the inten
sive care unit of the George
Washington University Medical
Center Monday night. Hospital
spokesmen said they thought at
first that he had suffered a
stroke.
But Gusack told newsmen at
midafternoon that “It was an
apparent effort at self-destruc
tion.”
The hospital listed Boyle in
critical condition in a deep coma,
his breathing aided by an auto
matic ventilating machine. “He
would die immediately,” without
the device, Gusack said.
The 71-year-old Boyle suffers
from heart diseases, emphysema
and hypertension and Gusack
said he had been “very depressed
over the prospect of his indict
ment and trial.”
A hearing had been scheduled
for Tuesday before a U.S. mag
istrate on Boyle’s removal to
Pennsylvania to face state mur
der charges in the 1969 slaying
of insurgent union leader Joseph
A. “Jock” Yablonski and Yablon-
ski’s wife and daughter. It was
continued until Oct. 24 following
word of Boyle’s hospitalization.
Gusack, Boyle’s personal phy
sician since 1965, said the former
union leader came to his office
Saturday and that the condition
of his heart at that time was
such that the court appearance
could have been delayed on med
ical grounds.
But the doctor said that Boyle
wanted to pursue his case and
not hide behind medical excuses.
“I don’t think this was pre
meditated,” Gusack said of the
apparent suicide attempt. “It was
on the spur of the moment.”
Gusack said Boyle originally
displayed the symptoms of a
possible stroke. However, tests
were ordered, which is a routine
step for treatment. An analysis
of Boyle’s stomach contents,
urine and blood revealed the bar
bituate. Gusack said Boyle had
been taking the sodium amythal
under prescription to make him
sleep easier.
Boyle’s attorney, Plato Cach-
eris, said Boyle was in bed when
his wife Ethel noticed him breath
ing heavy and called Gusack.
FBI agents arrested Boyle
Sept. 6, climaxing a 3 Yz year in
vestigation by state and federal
authorities. Seven persons, in
cluding several UMW officials,
have been convicted for their role
in the Yablonski murders, which
Boyle once said he would “swear
to Almighty God” that he had
no knowledge of.