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BATTALIOi L5-I j Jersey Intersections Raise Problems ook~ US apart on ball,” said Mm s Smith. “Our offer; cy was a combii* ifense and us stop* Tech and A&M t ?ood size knots i 1, assessing his fe ftht loss by a comli 32-38. “The Aggfe ter team than vrei Ligh and they 11 my years of lever had a team t of it. We just >w stands 5-4 ani ice play, good fon, SMU is 4-4 but M ties face Rice in 1 week and SMU in Dallas. By MIKE RICE An accident that occurred at ;he intersection of Bizzell and Jersey Streets Nov. 1 may have in jeopardy the lives of wo University patrolmen who ere directing traffic there. Research by The Battalion has nearthed some strange doings in ■elation to the accident, includ- ng the discovery of a memoran- ium that was theoretically des- ;royed before reaching President Jack Williams on a related mat ter. Indications from people within the University Police Department and the College Station Police De partment close to the matter say that the accident could have been caused by the lack of training of the officers, James Mann and Dennis Alinek. Neither one has received police training in how to direct traffic, but were stationed there as the result of a request from Williams to relieve congest ed traffic by placing an officer there. There is only one problem in fulfilling this request: the Univer sity Police don’t have enough trained personnel to currently do this, because salaries offered for services are not high enough to attract good men and women here, said University Police Chief O. L. Luther. To trace back the events lead ing up to this accident, one must go back to June 8, when Williams sent a memorandum to Dean James P. Hannigan requesting that officers work the intersection of Jersey Street and Wellborn Road during peak traffic hours in the morning, noon and evening. In a letter from Col. Robert Melcher to Hannigan on June 19, it was said that if officers were “stationed there, even with the consetn of the city a Univer sity patrolman could not legally issue tickets, enforce traffic reg ulations, investigate accidents, etc. Only in pursuit cases does a University patrolman have leg al authority off campus.” No copy of this letter was sent to Williams. On June 20, Associate Dean of Student Howard Perry wrote Williams a letter explaining the situation, but the letter was de stroyed before he received it. The explanation for this is unclear. One thing did happen, though, and- that being that one copy was not filed away in the wastebas ket, but rather went to Melcher, who still retains his copy. Perry’s letter read, in part, “the problem is ‘off campus’ and our University police have no jurisdiction there except in the case of ‘hot pursuit.’ Even if the City of College Station grants permission for our patrolmen to direct traffic there, they would have no legal authority.” The letter continued saying that “in view of the potential legal entanglements, if our pa trolmen ‘volunteer’ to direct traf fic at this intersection, I reeom- ment that Chief O. L. Luther of (See Jersey, page 6) exf,. Che Battalion Vol. 67 No. 316 College Station, T< Wednesday, November 14, 1973 Large Voter Turnout Passes School F inance mendments. Leaves Run-offs ‘Dated’ !r Tuesday’s election results show one of the largest turnouts ever for a fall election. Out of 4,200 TAMU freshmen, approximately 1,200 voted in the freshman class president election, about double that of the 1972 fall elections. Gary Cooper with 304 votes and Steve Fort with 335 will face a run-off election for freshman class president. Grant Burrets (284), Kenneth Weynand (94) and Bryon McAdams (191) were the other candidates. Also in a run-off position are Carolyn Johnsen (413) and Bud dy Brown (243) for freshman vice president. Other candidates (running for the position were Deni Bone (88), Karl Rabago, (196), James See (127) and Ran dolph V. Gonzales (126). Linda Goolsby came in as winner for secretary-treasurer with 584 votes, 19 over David Reta. Sandy Guillory received 626 votes for social secretary over (Nancy Guido (520). More Seats Vacant In Senate Applications are being accepted through Tuesday 5 p. m. for three student Senate positions. Student Government President Randy Ross said they were still cleaning up the Senate by remov ing those who do not attend. Both Mike Pierson and Jose Ventura, off-campus graduate and University - owned apart ments senators, were removed from the Senate due to lack of i attendance. Barb Buchanon, formerly in the off-campus undergraduate posi tion, resigned due to a lack of transportation. Students applying for the pos ition must have a 2.25 over-all GPR. Applications are available in the SG offices, Room 216 of the Memorial Student Center. Run-off elections are scheduled after the Thanksgiving holidays, said Election Board Chairperson Barry Bowden. All three of the constitutional amendments to the Student Body Constitution passed the student body vote with approximately 1,- 700 persons casting ballots. Amendment to Article III, Sec tion II (b) passed 1,075 to 643. This amendment specifies that a student senator may be removed from office immediately if he is placed on scholastic probation. Article III Section II (i) was approved by the student body 1,- 122 to 588. This addition is simi lar to Section II (b) in that it re moves any senator on conduct probation from office immedi ately. Article II Section IV (j) states that the Student Senate may “punish its members for disorder ly behavior, and with concurrence of two-thirds present and voting, expel a member.” Students ap proved this amendment 1,176 to 526. Phillip Schraub has been offi cially named as junior class rep resentative to the Memorial Stu dent Center Council with 138 votes. Other candidates were La- Tonya Perrin with 32 and John Hoover with 31. Eight freshmen senators were elected at-large by a plurality vote Walker (517), Troie Ann Pruett (474), Susan Fontaine (520), Hal Brunson (353), Jerri Ward (307), Susie Brewer (635), Mike Outlaw (306) and Steve Johnson (276). All winners must present an itemized account of their cam paign expenditures to the Elec tion Board in the Student Gov ernment Office within three school days, according to the Uni versity Rules and Regulations handbook. Men’s A&M Magazines Moved; Shouldn’t be Test’ By CAROL JONES “Playboy,” “Penthouse,” “Oui” and other so-called men’s maga zines are no longer on the maga zine rack of the TAMU Book store. Many students have noticed the absence of these popular maga zines and have demanded an ex planation for their removal. Brad Bryan, chairperson of the Student Senate Business Rela tions Committee, requested a written detailed explanation from Howard Perry, assistant vice president for student services. Perry is the chairperson of the TAMU Bookstore Advisory Com mittee. Charles Cargill, University Center manager, explained the action of removing the magazines. “Perry asked me for a written explanation,” Cargill said. Cargill said the removal of “Playboy,” “Penthouse,” “Oui” and other such magazines was not an attempt to censor reading material from TAMU Bookstore customers, but an attempt to keep A&M away from any controversy until local pornography standards have been established. In a memorandum from Car gill, he explained the U.S. Su preme Court ruling that com munity standards will govern the sale, showing or other distribu tion of pornographic literature. Shortly after this decision a suit was entered against a local estab lishment, The Adult Library Club, for showing pornographic movies and for selling porno graphic magazines and other re lated literature. The suit has not been settled at this time. Cargill said it is his under standing through trade publica tions that there are hundreds of suits at the community level throughout the United States. He said many of these are directed at “Playboy,” “Penthouse,” “Oui” and other men’s magazines. In his decision to remove these magazines he said A&M should not be the test case for the local pronographic standards. Brad Bryant said he questioned Cargill including A&M in local community standards. “I talked with Jim Dozier, Col lege Station city attorney,” Bry ant said. “He said that A&M is a separate entity and that College Station has no jurisdiction over the A&M Bookstore. The city must receive a request from the administration to take any action.” Randy Ross, Student Senate Texas tries to finance public schools with an out-dated economic index system, Rep. Dan Kubiak The top eight are Shannon Tuesday. It is only one of several prob lems with the financial plan he said must be corrected if a drastic 1974 local school tax increase is to be avoided. The author of legislation he called “the infamous 946” con tinued to drum for a special legis lative session to solve the crisis. Kubiak, chairman of the House Education Committee, claimed in a Political Forum address that the local ad valorem tax will increase from five to 50 per cent without it. “Too many people did not realize that HB 946 did not call for in creased local taxes,” the Rockdale lawmaker said. “Actually, it would have relieved the local tax situ ation.” ‘My goal is to make Texas first in education,” Kubiak remarked, “first in public education, voca tional - technical education and higher education.” He pointed out that 2.5 million school children in the state's 1,127 school districts are taught by teachers whose average salary ranks 38th among the 50 states. “The most precious thing we have is our children,” Kubiak added. “They need the best edu cation we can give them.” He pointed out that public edu cation “is a state function, not local and not federal.” But the average district is funded 45 per cent from local taxes, 45 per cent from the state and 10 per cent from federal sources.” He claimed that the present system is economically unsound be cause property valuation is unfair and “the system penalizes a county” whose school tax assess ment is done correctly. “If a district evaluates property at 50 per cent,” Kubiak said, “it helps because the poorer a district, the more help it gets from the state.” “This is totally wrong,” the president, said he thought the magazines should be left on the racks for the individual to decide whether o;- not to buy them. “ I read “Playboy” and I think it has some good intellectual stories,” Ross said. “I see why the administration saw fit to re move them, but I think it was an easy way out.” There are still some so-called men’s magazines on the racks of the TAMU Bookstore. These in clude: “Male,” “Man’s Magazine,” “Action for Men” and “Man’s World.” Howard DeHart, Book Depart ment manager, said those maga zines actually should not be there. “They are not that bad, but sometimes they slip by us,” De Hart said. “We try to take them off the racks immediately after we find them.” DeHart said he was not pleased with the removal of “Playboy” and similar magazines. “Maga zine sales dropped about 90 per cent after ‘Playboy’ was re moved,” he said. The Student Senate will dis- Rep. Dan Kubiak ‘My goal is to make Texas first in education.’ More Money for Old Books, Bike Paths Before Senate m of -HIS OM-T cuss the magazine decision at to- former teacher declared, “and no night’s meeting. (See School, page 5) Universities Called on Students could receive maxi mum benefits of textbook trading if the Student Senate passes the resolution for the book exchange program. Due to the Thanksgiving holi days, the Student Senate will meet tonight at 7:30 in Room 102 of the Zachry Engineering Center. “The exchange acts merely as a holding agent,” said John Tyler (Corps). The students would bring books in and when the books are sold, a check would be sent to the original owner. The exchange program would handle about 2,000 books, Tyler said. It would be in operation be fore and after Christmas. Only checks will be accepted in the selling of books, Tyler said. Appropriations of $160 are need ed for the exchange. A resolution for the expansion of bicycle paths will also be de cided upon tonight. The paths will be on Jersey Street and other areas of Col lege Station. “This project should be pro moted due to the motor vehicle parking problem on campus,” said Ron Miori, (bus.). He said that College Station has experimented successfully with bike paths on Glade Street in College Station. Many would benefit from the bike paths, Miori said. It is against a state law to ride bicy cles on the sidewalks. The Senate will discuss the de cision that arbitrarily removed select magazines from the TAMU Bookstore. These magazines include: “Playboy,” “Playgirl,” “Pent house,” “Swank,” “Qui” and “Vi va.” The resolution calls for the Senate to recommend the maga zines again be sold at the TA MU Bookstore. State Fuel Consumption Down BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE is the goal of these earlybirds camped in front of G. Rollie White Coliseum for tickets to the Turkey Day clash. Tickets for seniors and grad uate students will go on sale at 7 a. m. Thursday; for juniors, Friday; for sophomores, Monday; for freshmen, Tuesday. There are still tickets left for folding seats in the south endzone, says ticket manager Euleta Miller. Students are reminded that the num ber of ID and activity cards per purchaser is limied to 10 of each sex. The fuel shortage was again in the limelight as Gen. James M. Rose, director of the governor’s Division of planning and planning coordination, spoke to a group of environmental planning students Tuesday. Rose was among the advisers President Nixon met with Friday in an attempt to encourage idea sharing from sources outside the federal government. “The energy problem is real and we’re calling on three Texas Universities to help us come rip with some suggestions to help with fuel conservation. These three are TAMU, Texas Tech and the University of Texas,” said Rose. Presently the state government is hoping to reduce airline flights, asking for tighter thermostat con trol from individual home owners and industry, converting electri cal generation from oil to coal power, use of mass transit, in creased production of non-govern ment owned wells and use of the Elk Hill reserves. In this way some 250 million barrels of oil University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. could become available for use, Rose said. “The state has reduced its fuel consumption rate by 30 per cent since February,” Rose said. He didn’t state how this was done, but such things as setting lower speed limits for state owned ve hicles and heating school build ings less were suggested. “Texas couldn’t keep all its oil, not exporting any of it,” Joe Har ris, director of the natural re sources department of the com mission, said. “The federal gov ernment would override any such measures to be sure other places that need the oil received it.” Attorney General John Hill has developed a method of assuring Texas needs before exporting, Harris added. About gas rationing, Harris said it isn’t at all impossible for it to be used in the near future. “A 11 h, o u g h the Jackson bill (which asks for rationing to start 15 days after the bill has been approved) has been reported out of committee, the possibility of its being implicated in that time is impossible. It would take at least two months. “The critical point for oil is go ing to arrive Dec. 1 and then the oil and gas companies just aren’t going to have enough to cover the needs of the people,” Harris con tinued. “Then the federal government through the Department of In terior will probably set up some sort of priority list and allocate the nation’s supply on that basis. Then 10 per cent of each state’s allocation can be used by its gov ernment. The Railroad Commis sion will set up some priority lit- ing also,” said Harris. “When supplies become limited, the free market system isn’t effi cient enough to meet the needs of the nation,” Harris finished. Another point covered by the discussion was the Councils of Government. They were devised as a way to give regions more help in solving problems. “COG is not another layer of government or an attempt to get rid of community government, but to be a centralizing effort to serve the people,” said Rose. These are set up along a 50-50 representation of city and county government members. COG has proven to be a tool to involve concerned citizenry and reply to the people in a very direct man ner, Rose added. There are 24 regions in Texas, 12 of them representing rural areas. UFO Feature Goes on the Air Student Government Radio recently sent two reporters to Mississippi to check on UFO sightings. Terri Johnson and Larry Peterkin recorded interviews of people in Pascagoula and Columbia Louisiana, including the two men who claimed they were taken aboard an alien space ship while fishing. The results of their trip will be broadcast at 8 p. m. Thursday night on student government radio in a 30-45 minute program. Dr. Ron Schorn, professor of astronomy at TAMU, will comment on UFO’s in the feature broadcast from 107.5 FM on Midwest Video cable.