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Jame 1 420 (k| „ ) 10.nl "S 2 anil - Wla, 5 > Juhlij 'sdens l.| ( ral niversity attitude towards family planning changing with baby, new UHC head Koldus said that he has “no idea if we can get a full-time gynecologist with our funds, but we’ll do the best we can.” The Family Planning Center in down town Bryan offered in the past to set up a branch on the campus with help from the UHC, but the university declined. “We are now taking a closer look at how they can help us,” commented Patricia Self, counselor for women. Koldus sent a letter to Elaine Clark, director of the Family Planning Center in Bryan, explaining that there is a demon strated need to have some access to that facility. He explained in the letter that because of changes being made in the uni versity, it is possible that family planning and the Health Center could cooperate in a meaningful way. UHC itself gives out prescriptions for birth control pills, according to Dr. Goswick. The center will, however, begin a program of counseling and giving out birth control information. By CLIFF LEWIS A baby and a new University Health Center director are changing TAMU’s attitude about family planning. The baby was born Feb. 22 in Krueger Residence Hall to a girl who has since left the university. The new UHC director is Dr. Claude Goswick. He replaces Dr. Hal Powe, who has transferred to Virginia Polytechnical Institute. Last semester university officials said birth control was not A&M’s business. That attitude is changing. “Dr. Goswick (UHC director) plans to offer more broad-based medical services, in cluding the special medical need of female students,” said John Koldus, vice president for Student Services. “It is naive to think that the coeds will not need certain kinds of special attention.” Patricia Self summed up the problem. “When a student says, T may be all wet about sex, but I want to be sure,’ we want to offer counseling beyond what we have now, to plan their lives in terms of sexual relationships.” Goswick UHC head Dr. Claude Goswick became the new director of the University Health Center March 1. He acquired his M.D. from Duke Uni versity, went into the Air Force and then into private practice in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He has been at TAMU since mid-summer 1973. He replaces Hal Powe as director of the UHC. lacrosse 1-6. in ? into lief ies mount, polish oil • or A&S! ith three, -ivingstou > had two nd Robllfcy; ' more, to Li'ini^ppg ckup anil Today in the Bait Luminous Procuress p. 3 SWC swim meet p. 4 Che Battalion Weather Continued partly cloudy and warm Thursday and Friday. Both days 84°. Vol. 67 No. 360 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 7, 1974 at? sfc. PUB 1708 iountry Cent* 1 ith xas 77801 n. 11:00 a-m ining p.in. p,m. treA { Students will have a chance to vote for constitutional amend ments for the second time at the spring general election April 6. Student Senators approved six amendments to the constitution 50-14 after they had been turned down by the student body in the referendum last week by 1,649 to 791. Previously presented as one amendment, the six will now be individual items concerning the establishment of an executive di rector of student projects, chang ing the vote necessary to over ride a veto from two-thirds to a majority and service in more than one branch of government. Senators also approved an aca demic regulations resolution call ing on the university to recognize the legal age of the majority and to change regulations to protect students against arbitrary and ambiguously stated rules. CHANGES INCLUDE the ac ceptance of a mid-semester grade resolution, liquor on-campus res olution, a more lenient absence policy and mandatory posting of grades. Proposed mid-semester grades changes include eliminating all mid-semester grade reports ex cept to those students having a D or F in the course at the time. An unusual punishment bill was also brought before the Sen ate for question only. This bill concerns reducing the first of fence for streaking to conduct probation instead of suspension. Chris Lawson (vet-med) said suspension was recommended for the possession or use of illicit drugs or narcotics and he did not feel streaking was as bad an offence. OPTIONAL LAUNDRY serv ice for the fall semester was also considered. Under this proposal service would be changed from a one-day to a two-day return and students who waive the semester fee to send articles at their con venience would be charged a com mercial rate. Whether or not the service goes optional, the cost will rise about $5. Director of Management Serv ices Ed Davis said those who do not use the laundry pay anyway under the present system, there fore an optional laundry would be more fair. Senators considered an Amtrack Streakers make scene By TED BORISKIE The latest edition of streaking, Aggie style, was unveiled Wednesday night in the northwest dormitory area around Keathley, Fowler and Hughes. The actual streaking lasted for only a few seconds but the crowd that gathered kept the residents of the dorms amused for over an hour. Some of the coeds would throw undergarments such as panties and bras down to the outstretched, waiting hands of the students below. Such acts were greeted with cheers and whistles and the male students would fight over the feminine finery often to the point of ripping the under- things to shreds. The competition for possession of the underclothing was fierce and it was obvious the panties and bras were regarded as great prizes. An occasional Jockey brief was responded to with resounding boos and jeers. THE CAMPUS POLICE arrived but did little more than stand to the side and observe the fes tivities. They passed the time by harrassing students for any minor offense observable. A crowd gathered in the middle of the quad and hoisted a nude male atop 12 or so hands and then lowered him back into the milieu. By the time the police could work their way through the mob, the man was clothed and sheltered in the obscurity of numbers. There were issued, however, threats of remembering his face. Water balloons and fireworks were also thrown into the crowd and some girls dumped buckets of water onto students standing directly below. The latter act was obviously the symbolic equivalent to a cold shower. The authorities made an attempt to cordon off the coeds by asking the girls to remain in their rooms. This was greeted with defiance by some, indifference by others but was effective in the long run as students lost interest and slowly began filtering back to their rooms. Not all coeds were overly impressed with the evening’s activities. “THIS IS RIDICULOUS ” said one girl hold ing pen and paper. “Is this what we came to college for?” She then proceeded to take down the names of girls who “presented too much hassle.” It was never revealed what was to happen to the list of names. “This is all overblown,” said another coed. “This would have all been over an hour ago if the KKs hadn’t shown up.” When asked if he thought that streaking was a genuine form of social protest, a student replied, “No, but what else is there to do around here on a G - - - - — Wednesday night.” On-campus parking limited by number expected for fall PRING GAS manifests itself Wednesday evening with a spontaneous watertight in the lorps dormitory area. The festivities were highlighted by the brief appearance of three streakers. (Photo by Ken Stroebel) Amendments up again after resounding referendum defeat resolution urging that considera tion be given to the establishment ment of an Amtrack stopping point in College Station near the campus. Presently a site for the Am track station has not been set, although both Bryan and College Station have asked for it, said External Affairs Chairman Barb Sears. Senators reviewed a student bill of rights and student life regula tion revisions. Presented by Rules and Regu lations Chairman Curt Marsh and Brad Bryan (bus.), the bill of rights was written to let students know their rights at TAMU. Student Life Changes in the University Regulations are made each year. Included in the proposed stu dent life revisions is the deletion of such policies prohibiting con victed felons from speaking on the campus and prohibiting mid night yell practice off-campus. Stephen Goldberg, Curtis Leon- hardt and Stephen Philpy were approved by the Senate as sena tors for off-campus graduate, sophomore agriculture and junior engineering seats respectively. By VICKIE ASHWILL Whether or not students, fac ulty and staff will be fighting over on-carppus parking spaces this fall has yet to be determined. But the sub-committee of the University Traffic Panel is work ing on it. Due to the limited parking space available next fall and the expected possibility that the Uni versity will be 2,500 spaces short, the sub-committee has been charged with revising the parking space allocations. These revisions will be pre sented to the Traffic Panel March 20 for a decision before going to the Vice President for Student Services Dr. John Koldus for final approval. MAJOR CHANGES proposed in the parking system include the adoption of a zone parking con cept where each zone will be col or coded. Four zones will be used, according to the proposed policy, which are university apartment residents, TAMU em ployes, day students and dorm students. “There will be no reserve lots for any staff,” said Student Serv ices Chairman Steve Wakefield. “Only number one stickers will be the exception to the rule.” Wakefield presented several ideas the sub-committee had come up with to the Student Senate last night asking for their feelings on the issues. Many senators did not want to discuss the issues or take unoffi cial action on any of the propos als because they felt the student body should be polled for such answers. After the issue was presented twice to the body, it was finally approved for discussion and “straw vote” (a non-binding opin ion vote). Senators favored leaving the system the same as it is now, but also expressed opinions on other possible alternatives. Senators were 27 for and 23 against having students living in university-owned apartments re stricted to parking in the apart ment area only, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. WAKEFIELD’S second al to the Senate was to do away with upper, and lower classman parking and put everything, in cluding females, on a first come, first serve basis. It also included the possibility of doing away with freshman parking totally. The Senate opposed both meas- sures, saying that measures like that would be steps backward. The majority of Senators said yes to freshmen bringing cars and there was divided feeling as to whether just off-campus fresh men should be allowed to bring cars to campus. Senators agreed that day stu dents, faculty and staff should all have the same priority as to where to park. In other action, senators argued that day students should be encouraged to ride the shuttle bus and car pool, there fore they should park farther away from the campus than dorm students. The sub-committee will consid er these proposals in their meet ing March 19 before taking them to the Traffic Panel. Campus center to be closed in time for centennial year By KATHY YOUNG Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles outlining proposed changes in the cam pus landscape. Students in 1976 will no longer have to dodge speeding cars and hoards of bicycles as they walk across campus. By the TAMU Centennial year the campus will be a pedestrian’s haven with malls, vending ma chines located ^utdoors, designat ed bike paths, outdoor cafes and rest areas arid few cars. One of the major provisions of the proposed preliminary land scape plan is to close the central area of the campus to all cars ex cept service and emergency ve hicles, according to Gen. A. R. Luedecke, executive vice-presi dent. The Board of Directors has al ready approved $85,000 for wid ening and closing streets. The oval area of the campus to be closed to cars is bounded by Bizzell, Houston, Lamar and Ross Streets. Ross Street will remain open but parts of the other streets will be closed. There will be no on-street park ing at all on campus, said Lue decke. Many parking lots will be converted to a landscaped area while others will be used as bi cycle parking lots. Some parking lots will remain for deans and heads of departments and service vehicles, Luedecke said. Spence Street will dead-end in a turnaround and Ross Street will end by Milner Hall at Ashbury Street. Nagle Street will be closed to vehicles and converted to a mall area, according to Luedecke. BICYCLISTS WILL have bike paths, parking and covered park ing shelters. Covered parking shelters are planned for night and weekend storage. “Ample” parking for bikes will be provid ed by each of the dorms and on the outlying areas of the oval pedestrian campus, Luedecke said. Robert H. Rucker, professor of soil and crop science and former university landscape architect, termed the plan “very exciting and completely feasible.” “It is very student oriented and they are tackling the bicycle problem,” Rucker added. Bicyclists can ride along desig nated paths but not across any of the mall areas, Luedecke said. They will be expected to park their bikes in the outlying park ing areas or else walk their bikes across any malls which are strict ly pedestrian, according to Lue decke. A TRAM transportation sys tem is being considered by the Internal Transportation Commit tee. Logan Council, director of the physical plant, and Howard Perry, assistant vice president for student affairs, are members of the committee. Perry said, “We don’t want a fixed roadway system such as a trolley because it lacks flexibility. The surface should have a dual capacity.” Council said a tram system is necessary because of the decrease in interior parking lots. “A tremendous parking prob lem will be created if plans aren’t made for displaced persons,” Council said. The Physical Plant is convert ing to all-electric service vehicles from the present gas powered ve hicles. Council said this would conserve energy as well as de crease pollution. The service ve hicles will have to travel on mall surfaces, as will trash and emer gency vehicles, he added. ★ ★ ★ According to Luedecke, the pre vious article on the campus plans in Wednesday’s Battalion contain ed some inaccuracies. He emphasized that the plants to be removed from the median of the west entrance are the bushes in the middle of Main Street, not the trees on the side. THE EAST entrance to the campus will be emphasized by a low wall which at the intersec tion of Texas Avenue and East Main Street, Luedecke said. The wall, “little more than a fifth of a circle,” will run behind the trees. The eating area proposed for the Sbisa-area mall is under re consideration and may not mate rialize. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M." Adv. THE CROWD MILLS about aimlessly after streakers made a brief appearance in the Keathley-Fowler-Hughes dorm area Wednesday night. The gathering amused itself for over an hour by taunting authorities and throwing panties, bras and water at each other. (Photo by Steve Ueckert)