Campus Briefs
Student radio
Due to equipment problems,
Student Government Radio has
not cablecasted this semester at
107.5 Midwest Video.
“We are fixing it and hope to
be on the air in a few days,” says
John Hendon, manager and pro
gram director.
Rising GPRs
Grade point ratios are up al
most two-tenths of a point for the
fall semester in the residence
halls over the fall of 1972. GPR’s
have risen from 2.7 to 2.87 over
the 4.0 system.
The greatest increases occur
red in Keathley, Fowler and
Hughes Halls, which were con
verted to women’s dormitories for
this fall.
The top halls in order of aver
age GPR are Keathley, 3.0922;
Schumacher, 3.0890; Law, 3.0534;
Mclnnis, 3.0433, and Moore,
3.0201.
The top Corps outfits were
Squadron 12, 2.85; Squadron 3,
2.80; Company F-2, 2.78 and Com
pany D-l, 2.75.
“A grade point ratio of 2.6000
and above reflects the upper 50
percent of our student body. The
fact that the average GPR for the
residence hall students is 2.8733,
up approximately two-tenths of a
percent from fall, 1972, seems to
be a good indication that living in
a residence hall has a positive ef
fect on academic achievement,”
T. Getterman, Residence Hall As
sociation president, said.
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Three trips are offered for
people who want to be out-of-
doors the weekend of February
23 and 24.
The Brazos Bowmen Archery
Club is planning a canoe trip
down the Colorado River. This
trip is open to all Bowmen, their
wives or girlfriends. Call Max
Greiner, club president, for fur
ther information.
The Outdoor Recreation Com
mittee of the Memorial Student
Center is sponsoring backpacking
to the Perdenales and canoeing
on the San Marcos or Guadalupe
Rivers. The size of these groups
is limited and those interested
may sign up in the Student Pro
grams Office. For further infor
mation call Doug Bird at 845-
1530.
Prints in the Texas A&M Uni
versity Library’s lending collec
tion will be checked out Thurs
day (Feb. 14).
The 75 framed, ready-to-hang
colorprints will be displayed
Thursday morning, announced
Circulation Librarian Mel Dodd.
Art prints
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Revision gives tax breaks
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1974
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AUSTIN (A*) — Committees at
Texas’ Constitutional Convention
voted Tuesday to give the old,
disabled or poor a tax break and
rejected a proposal to establish a
commission to set legislator’s sal
aries.
A majority of Legislative Com
mittee members who were present
said in a preliminary vote they
favor allowing the legislature to
call itself into special session by
a petition signed by two-thirds of
the House and Senate.
Ten of 16 members voted for
the Constitutional Revision Com
mission’s proposal on conflict of
interest but some said they
wanted it weakened.
All the votes were considered
tentative votes, with exact lan
guage to be worked out later. But
they were thought to be a good
indication of how the members
felt.
In other action Tuesday, the
Finance Committee also decided
tentatively to put into the con
stitution a provision allowing the
legislature to provide property
tax relief “for persons determined
to be in need of such relief be
cause of age, disability, or eco
nomic circumstances.”
“This is going to do more to
help sell this constitution than
anything we’ll put in there,” said
Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr., D-Paris, vice
president of the convention.
An 11-7 vote of the General
Provisions Committee blocked the
mention of a state salary com
mission in the new constitution.
Although 11 was exactly the
number of votes needed to kill the
proposal in committee; a minority
report could be filed by six com
mittee members, giving the full
convention a chance to consider
such a commission.
The Judiciary Committee voted
11-7 in favor of a concept that
would combine the Texas Su
preme Court and the Texas Court
TAMU students may check out
the art pieces beginning at 1:30
p.m. Prints are loaned for the
semester on a one-per-student,
first come, first served basis.
Loans are restricted to TAMU
students.
The collection includes works of
Goya, Matisse, Rembrandt, Picas
so and Velasquez, among others.
A variety of artistic styles are
represented.
Borrowers are responsible for
lost or damaged prints, Dodd not
ed. Replacement cost ranges from
$25 to $40.
Merrie Melodies
and Looney Tunes
By TED BORISKIE
1973 was a year of looking
backwards. The big news was of
groups reforming, like the Byrds
and the Blues Project. Buffalo
Springfield talked of making a
reunion album but it was mostly
just talk. Cream talked of reform
ing for a tour and possibly an
album and it looks like that might
come off. Talk of a Beatles reun
ion still makes headlines, no mat
ter how often these rumors are
disclaimed by the fab foursome
themselves.
There were few new big names
to debut in ’73 and when a singer
or a group did happen to hit it
big, it was usually someone who
had been around for quite a while,
like Seals and Croft or Loggins
and Messina. 1972’s big star,
David Bowie, proved to be just
a flash in the pan and the year’s
most talked-about new groups,
Slade and the New York Dolls,
failed to get off the ground.
At the end of the year Bob
Dylan, the man who, with the
Beatles, most personified the Six
ties, announced he was making a
comeback tour and was releasing
an album in conjunction with that
tour. This gave all those who had
been looking in their rear-view
mirrors something to talk about;
maybe the old Dylan was really
coming back.
“PLANET WAVES,” the new
album, is just out and carries
much the same flavor his live con
cert did. Anyone who was disap
pointed with the tour because Dy
lan was not the same harsh, nasal,
brash rebel of a decade ago will
probably be just as let down by
this. Some will just have to con
tinue looking back, ignoring the
message in the title of his 1967
movie (“Don’t Look Back”).
On “Planet Waves” Dylan is
backed by the Band, who also
backed him in concert. The Band
has been with Dylan as a semi
official backup group since 1968,
accompanying him on his occas
ional forays into the performing
arena.
Dylan the lyricist seems to have
taken a back seat to Dylan the
musicians as “On a Night LLike
This,” “Tough Mama” and “You
Angel You” reach out upon first
listening, unlike the earlier Dylan
where an understanding of the
lyrics were required for an appre
ciation of his loose, hectic music.
The Band can be thanked for the
tighter arrangements as they have
played together as a unit for 15
years and have played with Dy
lan for the last seven.
“Hazel” is another in a long
list of bewitching songs about
women from the same pen that
gave us “Girl from the North
Country,” “Just Like a Woman”
and “She Belongs to Me.” The ly
rics are nothing short of beautiful
and proves that Dylan hasn’t lost
his touch.
PROBABLY THE KEY to the
album is “Forever Young,” which
closes out side one. With the Band
pushing it along with a slow easy
beat, Dylan wistfully sings along,
asking the listener to never grow
old. He seems to have given up
ever regaining his lost youth hav
ing settled into the family life and
watching his kids grow up.
Though not unhappily, he seems
resigned to his fate and the song
serves as some sort of warning.
“Forever Young” also kicks off
side two and although the words
are the same it is a different song
altogether. The beat is picked up
and Dylan sings in a sprightly,
more optimistic tone. The song is
no longer a warning but rather
holds a promise of a bright future.
The most striking aspect of this
album is that this is the first re
cording that Dylan doesn’t com
pletely dominate. On his previous
efforts, the backup bands have
been used only in a backup role
but half of “Planet Waves” be
longs to the Band.
Dylan’s voice is more resonant
and laid back than in the Sixties
but only the tone has changed.
His new voice is as expressive and
limitless in appeal as his old one
ever was, perhaps even more.
Personally, I still like the old
Dylan best but as he hit so well
into the turbulent era of the mid
dle ’60s he would have probably
seemed out of place in the last
few years had he not changed.
“Planet Waves” is not as stun
ning or dynamic as he has done
but it is a work that any artist
could be proud of producing.
of Criminal Appeals and allow the
legislature to give the present
courts of civil appeals criminal
jurisdiction as well.
Lecture set
by astronaut
Former NASA astronaut Jack
Swigert Jr. will be featured
speaker at the Brazos Chapter of
the Texas Society of Professional
Engineers’ annual banquet Feb.
22 in Bryan.
Swigert, who was a crew mem
ber on the near-tragic Apollo 13
moon mission, will discuss the
current status of energy legisla
tion and other aspects of the en
ergy crisis during the 7:30 p.m.
banquet at Briarcrest Country
Club.
Swigert is now staff director
for Cong. Olin E. (Tiger)
Teague’s Science and Astronau
tics Committee in the U .S. House
of Representatives.
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TONIGHT
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT OR
GANIZATION will meet in Room 226
of the MSC at 7 p. m. to discuss activi
ties for this semester.
WEIGHTLIFTING CLUB will meet in
Room 256 (the weight room) at 7 p. m.,
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
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A&M SAILING CLUB will meet in Room
109 of the Military Science Building at
7 :30 p. m. They, along with the inter
collegiate race team, will present funda
mentals of sail in media, "Sailing” by
Klaus Bauch.
THURSDAY
MARINE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION will
have Jack Anderson speak on "The
Hazards of Oil Spills on Organisms.”
at 7:30 in Room 107 of the BSBE.
EAGLE PASS HOMETOWN CLUB will
meet in Room N, of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 8 p. m.
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CEPHEID VARIABLE SCIENCE FIC
TION COMMITTEE will meet in Room
229 of the MSC, at 7:30 p. m.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA will hold a pledge
smoker, 7:30 p. m. in Room 401 of the
Rudder Tower. People interested in
joining are urged to attend.
CEPHEID VARIABLE will meet at 7:30
p. m. in Room 602 of the Rudder Tower.
Plans for Aggie Com will be discussed.
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