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Peniston Offers Dining Variety to North Side By VICKIE ASHWILL ■ Students who gripe about Sbisa t>eing the only place to eat on the iorth side of campus shouldn’t. Hhose who complain should ;ake note: Unknown to many peo- ile is a cafeteria located on the ower level of Sbisa known as ’eniston. > “Aha,” says the starving stu- lent, ‘Food! But what about the •rices?” Il'Prices are reasonable and the food is comparable to most other places,” says Ed Davis, auxiliary services coordinator. Entrees, which change daily range from 65 to 95 cents, in clude items such as fried chick en and roast beef. Hot cobbler and bread pudding are normally serv ed at lunch, according to Brenda Gilman, manager. For weight watchers, there are two chef salad sizes available at 55 and 95 cents plus an added benefit of a calorie board. “This board is devised so diet- intake,” Gilman said. “It basic- ers can keep up with their calorie ally lists the lower calorie items for the day. We hope to get an other board in order to increase the list.” Davis pointed out that Peniston had a clientele built up that sup ported the lunch hour in the cafe teria. But in reference to the sup per hour Davis said, “It has been proven at many college campuses that when the faculty-staff and students go home in the after noon, they don’t come back to the campus again until the next day.” But for those that do eat on campus for the evening meal, Peniston offers its old hotel at mosphere complete with piano player and cooking behind the lines. Also offered is the $1.19 special consisting of meat, vege table, hot roll and a drink. Breakfast eaters can get home made bisquits and Klechka ko- laches (Czech breakfast rolls) and eggs cooked to order. Peniston was redecorated last spring to create that hotel feeling with lounge areas and portable screens to isolate four semi-pri vate dining rooms. These rooms can accommodate 20 to 50 people wishing to dine together and may be reserved by calling Gilman. A touch of A&M memorabilia also entered into the redecorating of the cafeteria. A light cluster at the entrance to the serving line consists of lights first used on the south entrance to Sbisa Hall when it was built in 1912. The dining chairs are remnants from the days of the horse soldier at A&M. Crosspieces under the chair seats were designed as racks for cadet campaign hats worn in those ddys. Peniston is open three times a day while the MSC is under con struction. The cafeteria is open 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. for hot break fast with coffee and rolls being served from 9 to 11 a.m. Dinner begins at 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and supper is 4:30 to 7 p.m. These hours apply to Monday through Friday and Sunday. Pen iston is also open on the Satur days of home football games from 1 to 7 p.m. Cbe Battalion iVol. 67 No. 294 College Station, Texas Friday, 0< Weather Friday, October 5, 1973 FRIDAY — Mostly cloudy to day & tonight with intermittent thundershowers this afternoon and into the evening. Moderate to locally heavy rain with south erly winds changing to the northwest later tonight. High today 87°. Gradual clearing to morrow with a high of 82° Silence Is One Great Art Of Conversation. Vices Down 1y Record Per Cent WASHINGTON <A>> — Farm, and processed food prices llunged a record 6 per cent in jeptember to pace the biggest lie-month decline in wholesale |rices in 25 years, the government lid Thursday. I Chairman Herbert Stein of the Hsident’s Council of Economic liijivisers called the drop in whole- hle prices “a welcome sign that ■» worst of the big 1973 surge Hnflation is behind us.” But AFL-CIO Presdent George leany, noting that wholesale rices were still 16.6 per cent bove a year ago, said there is ^evidence this is the start of trend. He predicted this “will prove > be only a momentary pause and rices will bounce up again” once ie Cost of Living Council ap- roves price increase requests. The September drop in whole- ale food prices is expected to egin showing up on supermarket helves in the coming weeks. Executive Limit OKd VALUABLE TREE on south side of campus apparently falls victim to chain-saw pranksters. (Photo by Gary Balda- sari) WASHINGTON (A*) _ Senate and House conferees agreed Thursday on a redrafted bill limiting the power of the presi dent to make war without the approval of Congress. The bill would require an end to undeclared hostilities in 60 days. Another 30 days could be added on written certification from the President that the time is needed to protect withdrawing forces. Before either deadline, Congress could require an end to hostilities by adopting in the House and Senate a concurrent resolution, not subject to presidential veto. President Nixon has said he would veto such a war powers bill as an infringement upon his powers as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Sponsors of the bill, headed by Sen. Jacob K. Javits, R.-N.Y., in the Senate and Rep. Clement J. Zablocki, D.-Wis., in the House, view it as an effort to restore to Congress its constitutional power to declare war. They contend this power has been eroded by presidential ac tions committing U.S. troops to such conflicts as the Korean and Vietnam wars without congres sional declarations of war. Javits, Zablocki and Chairman J. W. Fulbright, D.-Ark., of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee all appealed to President Nixon to sign the bill. They expressed confidence that the compromise measure would win strong support in the House and Senate, possibly next week. The House in July voted 244- 170 in favor of a bill to allow the President to commit U.S. forces to combat for 120 days, unless disapproved by Congress. The Senate voted 71-18 for a 30-day limit. The compromise was accepted by all seven of the Senate con ferees and by seven of the nine House conferees. Dissenting were Reps. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, R.-N.J., and William S. Mailliard, R.-Calif. Cubicles, Carrells, Slouch Topics of Grad Discussion 4shby, DeFrank Speak Sunday More than 200 students and (culty from 25 schools will at- ind the Texas Junior College fess Association’s 21st annual inference which opens Sunday sre. First-day activities will be ighlighted by talks by Tom De rank, capital correspondent for ewsweek, and Lynn Ashby, ouston Post columnist. De tank, 1967 TAMU journalism Ittduate, will discuss “Today in Washington” at 7 p.m. in Room )1 of the J. Earl Rudder Con- Srence Tower. Ashby’s presen- ition, “What They Never Told le About Journalism,” is sched- led for 8 p.m. in the same room. Students will be divided Mon- ay into sessions dealing with ewspapers, photography, year- ooks and magazines, noted Dr. •avid R. Bowers, TAMU joumal- im professor who serves as 'JCPA executive director. The newspaper division will nclude morning talks by two olitical writers, Ron Calhoun of he Dallas Times-Herald and larolyn Barta of the Dallas loming News. Other newspa- er speakers include Jeneanne lolen of San Jacinto College and lartin L. (Red) Gibson of the Iniversity of Texas. David Nance of the Houston ’hronicle will conduct a general session on “How to Take Better Pictures,” with Howard Eilers of the Journalism Department head ing the photography workshop. D-Eon Priest of Taylor Pub lishing Company’s Houston of fice will direct the yearbook ses sions, while magazine division re sponsibilities will be shared by three Houston men, Steve Saw yer of Tenneco Inc., Henri Muth of Gulf Printing Co. and Ernie Leister of Taylor, and David Y. Burkett III of Trinity University. All work sessions will be held in the tower except for photogra phy, which will be in the Journal ism Department’s laboratory in the Reed McDonald Building. Dr. Bowers noted A&M stu dents are invited to attend any of the TJCPA sessions without charge. In conjunction with the TJCPA sessions, the corresponding teach ers’ group, the Texas Junior Col lege Journalism Association, also will be meeting. TJCJA Presi dent Gary Green of Grayson County College will preside at a joint meeting with the executive committee of the Texas Journal ism Education Council with dis cussions to include transfer of junior college credits. Associa tion Vice President Lynnell Jack- son of San Antonio College will preside at a panel discussion on new technology and how it can be taught in the junior college. The overall conference con cludes with election of 1973-74 TJCPA officers Monday after noon and an awards banquet that evening in the Krueger-Dunn Commons. TAMU’s Singing Ca dets will entertain at the ban quet. The introduction of a graduate student into Jim Earl’s Cadet Slouch was announced yesterday in the regular meeting of the Graduate Student Council. The need for a GSC desk was pointed out by Council President Ray Skowronski. “We graduates need a center of activity but all the cubicles in the Programs Of fice are full. We are investigat ing the possibility of getting space in Bizzell Hall.” A redistribution of the library carrells was discussed by Dale Foster, College of Liberal Arts. “The carrells can be used when writing these but most of them have been designated for mem bers of the faculty. We are sug gesting a study be made to see if the carrells might not be used more effectively.” The problem of people butting into long ticket lines was also discussed. The possibility of issu ing .38 caliber revolvers to stu dents already in line was put aside in favor of distributing numbers. The tickets would then be sold in the order of the num bers held. Some students have complained that their names were made avail able to salesmen by the universi ty. “It can’t be helped,” said Sam Bays, College of Agriculture. “The university roster is public record and a campus directory is pretty easy to get.” Skowronski indicated the im portance of exposure and sug gested a GSC meeting might be edited down to 30 minutes and broadcast over educational TV. “The only way we can ever do any good is if students know we are their representatives.” “A study of the rake-off on grant salaries was suggested. This rake-off is about 44 percent which is comparatively small but we should see how it affects the number of graduate assistant Women Enroll in Courses A&M Research From Accounting to Zoology Now Worth Bryan Man Fined For Pot Possession John Mardecz of Bryan, arrest ed Tuesday for possession of mar- ijana, was fined $250 by the Brazos County Court. Mardecz, on probation for drunken driving, also had his pro bation revoked and is serving a 15-day jail sentence for that of fense, said Roland Searcy, county attorney. Mardecz was arrested when an CottonBowlPageant Fo Have A&M Rep An ad hoc committee made up *f various student leaders and co- Tdinated by Patricia Self, wo- nan’s counselor, decided to send • representative from A&M to the ’otton Bowl Pageant. The committee set the qualifi- ations for selection. It must be ® A&M coed who has been en siled full time for two semes- «rs and has a 3.0 gpr. She may >e single or married. Each recog- lized student organization includ- ng dorms can nominate a girl. A selection committee compos- id of five people to be chosen by he ad hoc committee at the next neeting will screen the applicants ind choose the delegate. Randy Ross, Student Body sident, said “We did away rith the Aggie Sweetheart last £ year because it had lost its pur pose. No one girl can represent A&M. The Aggie Sweetheart and this representative to the Cotton Bowl are two different topics.” Last year’s Aggie Sweetheart Becky Upham said “The impor tant thing is for A&M to be rep resented at the pageant along with the other schools. Texas and Rice both did away with their queens. They had a faculty com mittee which selected the girls from the nominations of the va rious clubs. There was no official title such as homecoming queen.” The committee decided that the representative to the Cotton Bowl would have no title and that she would represent A&M at this function only. •I employee of Der Wienerschnitzel said he smelled marijuana smoke coming from the man’s car as he drove through the drive-in order window. The employee notified the Bry an police. The officer called to the scene found Mardecz and Ter ry Wilson of College Station park ing on the east side of the Der Wienerschnitzel lot. Wilson and Mardecz were found to be in possession of four-fifths of an ounce of marijuana, two “roach clips” and a package of cigarette rolling papers. The two were held in the Bryan jail for $1,000 bond. Wilson has since posted bail and his trial is upcoming. Searcy said his rule of thumb for marijuana possession cases will be $250 per ounce and a 30- day jail sentence probated for one year. “The law which became effec tive August 28 sets a maximum $500 and six months in jail for possession of up to one ounce,” said Mike Calliham, justice of the peace for Precinct Seven. “Pos session of one to four ounces car ries a maximum fine of $1,000 and one year imprisonment.” O. L. Luther, chief of the cam pus police, feels the more len ient laws may result in more con victions. “County and city attorneys would dismiss cases of small pos sessions rather than send 18 and 19-year-olds up for felony con victions,” said Luther. $33.6 Million A&M research activities, which range from highway safety proj ects to basic studies in the sci ences, totaled a record $33,618,226 for fiscal year 1972-73. Dr. Robert R. Berg, director of university research, said the dol lar value for the year ended Aug. 31 represented an increase of $2.9 million over the previous year, which also was a record. Engineering activities, includ ing those of the Texas Trans portation Institute, showed the largest gains last year, increas ing more than $2 million for a total of $9.3 million. Agriculture continued to be the overall leader with $14.9 million, up $800,000. The 3,990 A&M coeds are ma joring in everything from ac counting to zoology. TAMU offers 135 courses of study, and women are enrolled in 98 of them, announced Robert A. Lacey, registrar. TAMU enrollment reached a record 18,520 this fall, including the 3,990 coeds—up 1,278 from last year. Women comprise 54.4 per cent of the enrollment of the College of Education, marking the first time coeds represent more than half the students in any one college. This year also marked the first time a woman was admitted to TAMU’S Texas Maritime Acad emy on a fulltime basis. The Colleges of Liberal Arts and Veterinary Medicine follow the College of Education in the percentages of women enrolled with 40.4 per cent and 26.8 per cent, respectively. Percentages of women enrolled in other colleges include Science, 25 per cent; Business Adminis tration, 18.6 per cent; Agricul ture, 11.9 per cent; Architecture, 9.97 per cent; Geosciences, 9.0 per cent; Marine Sciences and Mari time Resources, 6.3 per cent, and Engineering, 3.6 per cent. Enrollment in major fields pre ferred by the majority of TAMU coeds include: educational cur riculum and instruction, 740; bio medical science, 223; biology, 173) educational psychology, 168, and accounting ,158. Also, sociology, 144; psychology and physical education, 113 each; English, 112; pre-med, 109; math ematics, 107; wildlife science, 98; zoology, 96; animal science, 92, and journalism, 82. \ C- 4 BOBBY UNSER signals that he is ready to go in the speed trials for Saturday’s Texas Twin 200s at Texas World Speedway. It was all for nothing, however, since Unser’s car burned a piston on the first qualifying lap. (Photo by Ken Stroebel) jobs,” said Skowronski. The decision that applicants for the vacancy on the GSC would be interviewed was released. The one applicant so far is Hen ry Smahlik. Unemployment Rate Stands At 4.8 per cent By BILL NEIKIRK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON <A>)—The na tion’s unemployment rate stood stubbornly at 4.8 per cent of the work force in September, remain ing essentially unchanged for the fourth straight month, the gov ernment said today. The jobless rate failed to show any movement as a larger-than- expected number of teen-agers decided to remain on the job rather than returning to school, the Labor Department said. As a result, there were almost offsetting declines in the total work force—the number of people holding or seeking jobs—and the number of people working. The number of unemployed—persons without jobs but seeking employ ment — remained essentially un changed at 4.3 million. Time Magazine Gets Subpoena NEW YORK (A*)—Vice Presi dent Spiro T. Agnew’s lawyers served a subpoena today on Time magazine demanding to know who wrote or contributed to arti cles reporting that Agnew was headed toward an indictment in Maryland. A spokesman for the magazine said it did not intend to disclose any confidential sources. The subpoena was served at Time’s Washington office, ac cording to Don Wilson, vice pres ident for corporate and public af fairs. It was issued under authority of an order by Federal Judge Walter E. Hoffman of Norfolk, Va., who authorized Agnew’s lawyers to investigate what they claim were leaks from govern ment prosecutors. The order granted the lawyers full power of subpoena. Wilson said the subpoena spec ified two articles published in Time. One, published on Aug. 27, was entitled! “The Vice Presi dent Headed Toward an Indict ment.” The other, on Sept. 3, was headed, “The Department of Justice—The Capable Man in the Middle.” University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Turn on to Student Government Radio Monday Night 107.5 FM