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Cbe Battalion Test Scheduled For Bonfire Aids Vol. 67 No. 292 College Station, Texas Wednesday October 3, 1973 Individuals interested in serv ing as first-aid assistants dur ing bonfire must pass a qualify ing test offered Wednesday and Thursday in Room 305 of the Physics Building. The test takes about 30 min utes and will be offered between 7:30 and 9:00 p.m. The basic knowledge which is required is included in the Red ptudent Radio Begins }y GREG MOSES |j|tudent Government Radio will .tost an open house with refresh ments to celebrate its opening jiight Monday. Students, faculty and staff are lew Free U Sites Noted | free University notes changes six courses. I T h r e e of the courses have IWinged to Nagle Hall. Intro- laction to the Bahai Faith will [eet on Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Fttoom 6 of Nagle. Ethical Im- jlfeations of the Biological Revo- jition will also meet in Room 6 1} Tuesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. |t»o, Communism and Christian- ]■ will move to Room 202 in Ijfcgle on Wednesdays and meet l^m 7:30-9 p.m. l@ourmet Cooking will hold its at meeting in the Blue Flame (Jpm of the Lone Star Gas Co., 11 East 27th, Bryan from 7:30- ».m. The following Wednes- lys meetings will be held in Opm 107 of the Biological Sci- ices Building. Picking and Singing will meet phe Rudder Conference Tower, oom 601, on Tuesdays from 7- 1 p.m. Auto Mechanics will hold an ganizational meeting Thurs- iy from 7:30-9 p.m. in the ichry Engineering Center, Room 3. This will be the first meet- f and everyone is invited to tend. invited to the open house from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Midwest Vi deo, says Steve Wakefield a mem ber of the SG Radio Governing Board. Midwest Video Corporation do nated a studio with necessary equipment for the station which plans to broadcast 4 p.m.-2 a.m., five to six nights a week. The station to be called Student Government Radio (107.5 FM) without any call letters, was or ganized and will be run entirely by students. It can only be heard on Midwest Video Cable. John Herndon, Managing and Program Director of the station, has been in radio broadcasting since he was a disc jockey at 14. Herndon is responsible to a ra dio governing board which will oversee the radio operations. “We will run a professional op eration,” says Herndon. “This will not be a bunch of students just playing records and having a good time.” Herndon has made loose pro- gramming plans for the station. “We will play rock without lean ing heavily toward bubble-gum or underground,” he said. “We are here to serve the students and we will program what they want to hear.” SG Radio will run a five minute news spot every hour. Steve Gray, News Director, says 75 per cent of news will be campus informa tion. “We hope to produce features of student interest in addition to the five minute news spot,” says Gray. Gray produced two docu mentary stories for KAUM Hous ton. Scott Sherman is advertising director for SG Radio. The sta tion is a non-proft organization but advertising will be sold to pay for records and operating ex penses. “Almost every penny of advertising revenue will go to wards records,” says Sherman. None of the students working on the station are paid. “Work is strictly voluntary, and the hours are flexible,” says Hern don. “DJs will work two hour shifts which are arranged to fit their schedules.” The station has possibilities for a large audience. Twelve of 21 dorms and half of the married student housing have cable. There are 6,000 hookups in the Bryan- College Station area (an apart ment complex counts as one hook up) which gives SG Radio a pos sible 30,000 listenership. SG Radio is still accepting ap plications for DJs, news and ad vertising positions. There are al so openings on the Radio Gov erning Board. DJs do not need a license. “We want anyone interested in work ing for the station,” says Hern don. “We need more women.” “There is a lot of unused tal ent in the broadcast field,” says Hernden. “This is a good oppor tunity to develop that talent.” Cross first-aid textbook. A pen or pencil is all that is required to take the test. About 30 first-aiders will be needed and applications are en couraged from all students. Cut off scores will be determined by the number of applications and the range of the scores. “We will be working very closely with the Safety Commit tee,” said First-Aid Chairman Michael Thomas. “The first-aid ers will be in the cutting and stacking area as long as there is work being done. “Particular attention will be paid to the number of hours someone has been on the job be cause a wornout worker is more likely to have an accident.” “We are not only going to treat accidents that occur, we’re going to try and stop them before they happen,” said Gary Anderson, committee member. “Bonfire is one of the great traditions of A&M but too many accidents could couse it to be discontinued so we must be particularly care ful this year.” IT’S PILLAR CLEANING time for Sbisa Hall, the A&M home of food extravagances since 1912. The steam cleaning is done by a workman from Western Water Proof ing Co. (Photo by Rodger Mallison) Menu Boards Stay Separate Consolidation of campus menu boards for dining halls will not take place this year as planned. In the past, each dining hall has had its own council in which the members of one dining area made the decisions on menu con flicts in their particular hall. Submitted to Ed Davis of Busi ness Affairs, was a plan to con solidate the Duncan, Sbisa and Center Rent Fees Determined The fees for renting and using space in the University Center complex were set by the Uni versity Center Board Monday. Unlike most places, rates for use of the University Center are based on the ability to pay and the services, not the facility it self. Students are presently pay ing $10 per semester for building use under the University Center complex fee. are the same throughout the cen ter as follows: stage manager- director at $6 per hour, electri cian, sound man or projectionist at $4 per hour and stage hands, laborers, spotlight operator at $2.25 per hour. Recognized student, faculty or staff activities holding a non profit function in the Theatre Complex including Town Hall and all events where admission is Costs for required personnel charged may use the center with- ! CAMERA COMMITTEE had a field day Monday photographing coeds at “Model ight.” (Photo by Rodger Mallison) out charge on the facility. Only personnel or special material costs will be billed to the organi zation. Conference groups using the Theatre Complex will be billed a seat maintenance charge figured at five cents per seat used, re quired personnel costs and spe cial materials. Use of G. Rollie White, The Grove and the Drill Field are also under the direction of the Uni versity Center Board. Charges in this case involve the cost of personnel required to set up and take down at minimum of one hour plus the cost of an oper ator if needed. Exceptions to these rates can be made with the approval of the UCB. No charges are made to either a university or conference group for use of the Memorial Student Center or the Conference Tower unless an operator is required. Conference groups using exhib it space will be billed the same as faculty and staff plus an over head charge per day of 25 cents per square foot. An average booth size is figured as six by 10 at $15 per day. Additional special security guards for exhibits will be billed by the University police at the rate of $4.50 per hour per per son. Rates are also available for rooms in the new MSG area and the Conference Tower which ap ply to private use. These charges include housekeeping, room ar rangements, visual and audio equipment. The Center will also take 20 per cent of gross ticket sales or room rental, whichever is greater, for ticketed events of a profit making nature. Charitable events are not exempted. Surcharge for food service will be imposed at the rate of ten cents per seat to be billed to the caterer. ★ ★ ★ Krueger-Dunn menu boards into one for the convenience of the students. Dean John Koldus, vice president for student services, said “The consolidation would allow the annual price of food services to drop because it would be less costly to plan and carry out one menu than three different ones.” A plan suggested by Randy Ross was accepted. Under it the separate boards would be kept and, when necessary, the three would meet to discuss whatever was needed. Each dining hall will have five representatives who will regulate the meal plan. To get students’ reaction on the food, each board will choose several people at random each week or two. Members of Sbisa menu board are Larry Hoelscher, Claudia Woods, Karen Wilwerdine, Mark Illian and Pat Fisher. Krueger-Dunn board consists of Bob Lockhart, Kay Brodie, Mar garet Nazy, Frank Perry and Randy Stephens. Duncan Hall menu board mem bers are Melvin Noack, Rusty Martin, John Ebner, Don Henson and civilian John Van Gundy. Two Senate Posts Open Applications are now available for senators from Walton-Hotard and an undergraduate in Univer sity-owned apartments. Students applying for the posi tions must have a 2.25 GPR and be classified as a sophomore or above. Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Friday in the Student Gov ernment office in the Memorial Student Center. Board Sets Official Hours For University Complex Official hours of operation have been set for the University Center in a meeting of the Board Monday. The University Center Board recognized that the hours may be subject to change from time to time. Presently the public areas of the Center are open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Special events such as the Ring Dance, late concerts, etc., may keep that portion of the Center open later than 11:00 provided the sponsoring organization makes arrangements with the Schedul ing office at least two weeks in advance. The Service Center within the MSC will also be open all week 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. The bowling and billiards area in the base- i exas Student Group Takes in TISA r VICKIE ASHWILL The Texas Intercollegiate Stu nt Association became defunct Ip weekend and the remains, or ginnings, have been incorpo- ted into the Texas Student jsociation. TSA is set up as an educational ganization which reviews legis- tion and sends out news to ember schools, according to Ex- mal Affairs Chairman Barb tars. Sears, also chairman of the by- ws revision committee for TSA, id the organization will not ke a stand on issues or the cam- dgns of politicians. The Texas Student Lobby, IBociated with the former TISA, ill still be connected with TSA. "I had proposed that TSA be consolidation of the two organ- ations (TISA and TSL) which ttuld take away the ability of the »pciation to take a stand on an fee,” said Sears. '■The major schools at the con- rence had ideas which varied om those of Sears. “These schools thought that the lobbying aspect was important to their schools,” Sears said. Final plans for the establishment of both TSA and TSL will be con sidered at a Nov. 18 meeting. According to Sears, the benefit of two separate organizations would be the option of political involvement on behalf of TSA member schools. TISA members, which include A&M, automatically belong to TSA which has changed its vot ing structure. Previously, under TISA rules, the voting procedure of the organization was biased against large Texas schools such as the University of Houston and the University of Texas, Sears said. “Once a school had 23,000 stu dents and a maximum of 13 votes they could gain no more despite a growth within the school popula tion,” continued Sears. “The structure has now been changed to allow one vote per 1,000 stu dents.” Sears said the dues structure was also in the revision process in order to be more proportional to the school’s population. She said the dues structure would probably be similar to this year where schools paid $50 and $20 per 1,000 students. Dues, along with TSL, are be ing examined by a study commit tee for legal and structural prob lems. “During the course of the weekend, there were arguments against changing the name to TSA,” Sears said. “But the name change gives the organization a fresh start because they want to do something and change their image.” TSA will also allow non-voting associate memberships to high schools for the first time. TSA is creating an advisory board composed of prominent Texas citizens including poli ticians, businessmen and acade micians. Sears said the board would be composed of people from all walks of life and would be there to pro vide supervision and guidance when requested by TSA. “They would probably never have to meet,” Sears continued, “but would be there for advice, contacts and probably donations.” TSA has proposed to set up a 12-hour intern course for college credit. If funds are available, such a program will be opened up in January under the supervision of the University of Texas Law School Dean Paige Keaton. This course would be limited to 10 people from Texas who would participate in three hours of lec ture, three hours of electives and three hours of independent study. The latter would be time spent monitoring the Texas Constitu tional Revision Convention. Presently, the program is try ing to get a grant for approxi mately $6,000 to finance the pro gram. TSA will supervise free Sunday conferences at member schools. A&M will host the first such con ference Oct. 14 on “Student Tenants and the Law.” Following A&M on Oct. 21, Stephen F. Austin will host a conference entitled “Residence Hall Living” which will include such topics as liquor on campus and refrigerator rentals. Nov. 11, Southwestern will hold a conference on “Academic Inno vation” and the University of Texas on “Lobbying Techniques,” Dec. 9. “Student Services Fees” will be the topic featured at the Uni versity of Houston and “Student Book Exchange” will be on the North Texas campus. Both dates are undecided. Sears is planning to establish a campus coordinating committee for TSA. These students would work with public relations, Sun day conferences, regional meet ings, statewide conventions, and help set up the advisory board. Students wishing to work on this committee must be on the freshman through junior level. Applications are available in the Student Government office in the Memorial Student Center through 5 p.m., Oct. 12. ment of the new Center will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10:45 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. and Sunday 1-10:45 p.m. The Snack Bar, downstairs by the bowling and billiards area, will also be open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Board set the times of operation for the Texas A&M Bookstore on the ground and basement levels of the Center as follows: Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the meeting the Board established who may use the Uni versity Center as follows: 1. Recognized student organi zations. 2. Colleges and agencies of TAMU and the TAMU system and the Association of Former Students. 3. Recognized Continuing Ed ucation activities. 4. Individual members of the faculty staff, student body and former students for private and social functions not to include meetings and organizations not allowed in 1-3 above. 5. Those that have a tenuous connection with the agencies ap pearing in 1 and 2 above such as the Federation of Texas A&M University Mother’s Clubs, A&M Women’s Social Club, Aggie Wives Bridge Club, student wives organizations and auxiliaries, MSC Hosts Voter Drive Voters may register for the November 6 elections on the first floor of the Memorial Student Center Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. The service is sponsored by CWENS, a women’s organization, and the Young Republicans to encourage students to vote. The last day to register for the November elections is Oct. 6. The voter must have been an inhabitant of the county for at least 30 days. American Association of Univer sity Women and Department wives clubs. This does exclude religious groups such as the Fel lowship of Christian Athletes. Food Services has been author ized throughout the various meet ing and banquet rooms of the University Center which includes both the MSC and Rudder Tower. The Board encouraged users of the Center to book food and re freshment requirements through the University Food Service De partment, but they will be per mitted to use outside commercial or private caterers or vendors at their own discretion and risk un til the completion of the MSC. Aggie Cinema Shows ‘Horse’ As Grove Flick “A Man Called Horse” starring Richard Harris will be featured by the Aggie Cinema at the Grove Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Harris portrays an English Lord who is hunting in the Amer ican west. He is captured by the Sioux and is humiliated by being given to an old squaw to serve as a beast of burden — a horse. Harris is well known for his role in the Oscar award winning movie “Camelot.” The film has been acclaimed for its portrayal of the Ameri can Indian. In the event of inclement weather the movie will be shown in Rooms 225-226 of the MSC. Other films to be presented this fall will include: “Patton, a sa lute to a rebel,” starring George C. Scott, which will be shown Nov. 2-3 and a classic comedy “Duck Soup” starring the Marx brothers, Nov. 13, and the uncut version of “Bonnie and Clyde” starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, which will be shown November 30 and Dec. 1. |Tell Practice Set for Thursday at 5 p.m. in Kyle Field