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Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1974 Listen Up Tree removal criticized as ‘dubious’ HARRY DISHMAN Sales & Service 603 Texas Ave. C.S. across from campus — 846-3316 Editor: The Battalion of March 6 stated that proposed campus landscaping includes the removal of trees in the median on Main Street, in order to more clearly define the entrances to the campus. Accord ing to General A. R. Luedecke, “The trees must be removed be cause they obscure the view to the center of the campus.” In our opinion, the trees lining the center of Main Street are a much better sight than the con crete lawns sprouting around the campus. Cutting down trees would more clearly define the parking lot between the YMCA and the Coke Building. Too many trees have been removed from the cam pus for buildings and parking lots. We feel that removing trees to bring concrete and the pigeon- infested Academic Building into view is a dubious plan, at best. Let’s keep the trees with their shade and let Sully suck it up for the view from the tracks. David Funderburke ’75 Nathan E. Bauer Jr. ’75 David W. Hightower ’75 Kent Hubbard ’75 Mike Isenhower ’75 Jerome Urbanosky ’75 Dan Tuffly ’76 Roger Diggers ’76 J. R. Sparrow Steve Hicks ’77 Dan Freeman Rosendo Martinez ’77 Andy Graham Stanley Howard ’75 John Allen ’76 Charles Gimarc ’75 George Evans ’77 Dale Butler ’75 Bill Griffin ’76 David J. Russo ’73 William J. Farris ’75 Robb Muil ’75 Becky O’ Neal ★ ★ ★ Editor: In the March 6 Batt Mr. A. R. Luedecke is quoted as saying “The trees (in the medians in Main Street) must be removed because they obscure the view to the cen ter of the campus.” This state ment is totally irresponsible and is, if not criminal, certainly im moral in its lack of concern for other living things. This attitude is typical of the entire administra tion of this university in its pro gram of “improvements.” I, personally, will do everything in my power to stop this wanton destruction of life and beauty and call upon all other students who have any concern for the state of their world to join me in saving these harmless, graceful living be ings. We must not allow our uni versity to be degraded by the de struction of trees simply to “im prove” the view. Viva la Midnight Skulker! P. Douglas Winship The plants endangered are tech nically bushes not trees. For the sake of clarity we should point out that the trees on either side of Main Street are not in any way jeopardized by the plans. —Ed. Kunstler I would like to comment on cer tain statements made by Mr. Wil liam Kunstler in his campus pre sentation. The A&M administration did not violate Mr. Kunstler’s rights as granted by the Constitution. Censorship consists of denying a person the right to speak, not of refusing to pay him to speak. The first amendment was satisfied when the administration freely al lowed the use of the Rudder Cen ter Sunday night and in no way impeded student attendance. Mr. Kunstler advocates booing a disagreeable speaker off the stage. This is a direct violation of freedom of speech, even though Mr. Kunstler tried to justify it by calling it an “action of the peo ple.” “The People” have no more right to silence a speaker than an individual does. Mr. Kunstler called for the re moval of Rep. Teague from his po sition as Executive Director of SCONA because the congress man is “a partisan politician re sponsible to a constituency.” If all “partisan politicians” were dis qualified the position would have to be filled by someone who sim ply lacked the interest to take a stand on the important issues of the day, hardly an optimum choice for the post. Furthermore, I am not sorry Rep. Teague is responsi ble to a constituency, especially one that includes TAMU students. Vfc I ^ ^ ft t 'PARDON ME, CAN YOU DIRECT ME TO THE TERRIBLE CRISIS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SUFFERING?' Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is ,l,e e.litor or the renter of the arttele atul ore rto, necessarily those of the University administration or May, and once a week during summer school. the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit. TTY T r~ 7 ~ 7 , . t i > Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 5% University and Community newspaper. saies tax. Advertisiug rate furnished on request. Address: r 1 The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, LETTERS POLICY Texas 77843. Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for and are subject to being cut to that length or less if reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not . „, 7 j-. - i . rr w • / , , i-, otherwise credited m the paper and local news of spontaneous longer. 1 he editorial staff reserves the right to edit origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other such letters and does not guarantee to publish any matter herein are also reserved. letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. the writer and list a telephone number for verification. Editor Rod Speer Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Managing Editor Stephen Goble Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas Assistant to the Editor Greg Moses 77813. News Editor Will Anderson Photo Editor Gary Baldasari Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. Ass’t. Sports Editor Ted Boriskie H 7i E i Hl £ rt K’ W- C ‘ Harrison ' Randy Ross ' T - chet Edwards, sta ff wr it e rs Vickie Ashwill, LaTonya Perrin, and Jan h aber. Mary Russ0) Tony Gallucci) clif f Lewis, Mark „ . . .. ....... . , .. ... ... Weaver, Brad Ellis, Hank Wahrmund, Kathy Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising ^ ^ n 7 . -vt* tt • on Service 1 *. Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Young*, T. C. Gallucci, Norine Harris, Sally Hamilton. MEMBER Photographers Rodger Mallison, Kathy Curtis, The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Alan Killingsworth. A place happy to eat The Tokyo Steak House is a place happy to eat The menu is traditional, the atmosphere authentic, the service polite, the food terrific. In the Teppan Yaki (iron grill) room, your choice of steak, shrimp, or chicken (plus bean sprouts, onions, zucchini and mushrooms) are cooked right on your table. Chef Toshio is a master Japanese cooking ceremony which cooking an adventure and eating a delight. There are chopsticks for purists, forks for those with hardy appetites and fortune cookies for everyone. Come as you are —but come hungry and in the mood to have a relaxing, happy dinner. of the makes TOKYO STEAK HOUSE Townshire/Texas Avenue/Bryan for reservations call 822-1301 l Chinese Feast (7 traditional dishes for 2.95) Tuesday-Thursday i I would be anxious if the post were occupied by a partisan poli tician like Mr. Kunstler (and the description does fit him as well as it does Rep. Teague) who is re sponsible to no one. Finally, if Mr. Kunstler so ac tively supports and endorses so many groups that justify plant ing bombs by asserting that they are protecting their Constitutional rights, how can he condemn the White House Plumbers for plant ing bugs for the same cause? Surely he doesn’t think the first Amendment is so much more im portant than a fifth which states “No person shall ... be deprived of life liberty, or property without due process of law.” If the Con stitution and other laws of this land are to provide adequate pro tection for all citizens they must not be subverted for any cause. Lawrence E. Arnold Jr. ’69 More Kunstler Editor: As a graduate student at Tex as A&M and as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, I am pleased that William Kunstler finally did manage to address an audience here. I did not agree with everything he had to say. He was, however, forthright and thought provoking, and his ideas on the problems of our society certainly have a place in any for um attempting to study the re ordering of America’s priorities— he is, after all, in the vanguard of those taking action right now to do just that. I was especially pleased to see that Steve Kosub, of the SCONA fiasco fame, was in the audience to hear Mr. Kunstler. After his talk, Mr. Kunstler invited Mr. Kosub up on stage, and Mr. Ko sub accepted. I wonder if Presi dent Williams even attended; and I think everyone who did attend would really like to hear what, if anything, Williams has to say about the remarks Mr. Kunstler directed at him. The Battalion would do us a great service by at tempting to obtain a statement on this subject from our presi dent. Charles W. Hill, Jr. We did. He had no comment and added that he never met the man.—Ed. Parking fines Dear Sirs, I just received a copy of the new fines for parking violations. They are: 1st offense — drawn and halv ed. 2nd offense—drawn and quar tered. 3rd offense—drawn and sixthed. 4th offense—drawn and eighth- ed. 5th offense—not able to escort a duck on campus. Warren Courtney Brown (vH-A£,UlT:EPEC Mr. & Mrs. Cedillo welcome you to their Mexican Restaurant. Open 11:00 a. m. til 10:00 p. m. 7 days a week Everyday Aggie Special $1.4S Includes 3 enchiladas, refried beans, 1 taco, Spanish rice, chili oil quezo, tostadas, cheese dip, ice tea or coffee. Lunch Specials: Good Mon. thru Fri. $1.09 Taco Dinner - 2 tacos, rice and beans, guacamole and tostaik cheese dip and hot sauce. Tamale Dinner - 2 tamales, rice and beans, chili con quezo, chees dip, hot sauce. Enchilada Dinner - 2 enchiladas, rice and beans, guacamole tola da, cheese dip and hot sauce. Combination Dinner - 1 enchilada, 1 tamale, taco, rice and beat! guacamole, tostada, cheese dip, hot sauce. DR. STEWART D. 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