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. Nature trips Them, s alone) Iryan right ob xas Ave. 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 FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED SHOW YOUR LOVE WITH A GIFT FROM EMBREY’S JEWELRY North Gate 9- 5:30 846-5816 DORM and APARTMENT DWELLERS CAN GARDEN TOO! CONTAINER GARDENING Grow vegetables or blooming plants on your porch, bal cony or windows. Window boxes, pots, or even a bushel basket (available at Hardy Gardens). A miniature garden is practical, too! For instance, two potted tomato vines can feed a family of three! You’ll find other ideas at Hardy Gardens . . . plus seed, plants, potting soil . . . anything else you need. Spring is around the corner. Come in now! HARDY GARDENS 1127 Villa Maria Rd. — Bryan — 846-8319 2301 Texas Ave — C.S. — 846-1932 Revision gives tax breaks THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1974 Page 3 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. bulletin board 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. ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CALL 822-3737 1016 Texas Avenue — Bryan in be New mem- are welcome. 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. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB -the lomer you wa'iV - -+he cheap®*' VV- clefts// -take your chances on sizes monday prices are '/z. and conrinue to drop by day will meet in Room 146 of the Physics Building at 7:46 p. m. The sprir 7:46 be discussed party will heart will be chosen, girls are eligible. The spring and a sweet- All San Antonio girls are eligible. 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. -Vhe mm 505E.32«rv