vpri mJ
iTs
ice me
^Streaker policy
outlined in open
letter to students
S'
The administrative officials of
TAMU are charged with the re
sponsibility for providing a Uni
versity of the First Class. From
my perspective this includes cre
ating and maintaining an envir
onment which is most conducive to
learning, and adopting as a guide
a standard of behavior on campus
which is consistent with the mores
and laws of the state of Texas.
It behooves everyone, therefore,
faculty, administrators and stu
dents alike to uphold the laws of
our land, our state in particular,
and to otherwise make us worthy
of the fine support and trust
which the citizens of Texas have
placed upon us.
As adults, and as citizens, stu
dents must accept the same re
sponsibility as do all other mem
bers of the University commun
ity. Under no conditions can per
sons cloak themselves with the
mantle of “student” and become
immune to the laws of our state,
nor can the University become a
haven of safety for those students
who choose to challenge the Uni
versity’s authority by willfully
violating state laws.
Recent events occurring on our
campus have cast a shadow on the
heretofore excellent reputation of
A&M’s student body. The unwar
rantable public display of nudity
by a few has damaged many, and
the situation has reached a point
where it becomes necessary to re
state my position with regard to
what has transpred. Thus, after
discussing the matter thoroughly
with President (Jack) Williams,
I am using this means of com
municating to you the procedures
to be followed in all cases which
occur after 5 p. m. on April 3. All
students who have been identified
and proven guilty by due admin
istrative process prior to this date
and time either have, or will be
placed, on Conduct Probation.
The Texas Penal Code, Title 9,
Chapter 42, Sec. 42.01. “Disorder
ly Conduct,” paragraph (a) (10),
states “A person commits an of
fense if he intentionally or know
ingly exposes his anus or genitals
in a public place and is reckless
about whether another may be
present who will be offended or
alarmed by his act.” A violation
of this statute is considered a
Class C misdemeanor and pun
ished by a fine not to exceed $200.
Each case will be judged on its
own merits—a weighing of the
evidence in which our administra
tive process will be engaged. Any
one adjudged guilty of violation
of the Texas Penal Code by vir
tue of the evidence in his or her
case shall be reported to the court
authorities for appropriate legal
action. In addition, if found guil
ty by the evidence, no less a pen
alty shall be assessed by the Uni
versity than conduct probation—
the length and restrictions of
which to be determined by the
facts. A student whose participa
tion is deemed as being particular
ly objectionable or conspicious
can alter the 1 situation and may
lead to his or her suspension from
the university.
For the information of all, the
term “probation” can be imposed
for varying periods of time, and
may include the inability to hold
office in the university, the inabil
ity to represent the university in
Weather
nstrumeij
Partly cloudy Wednesday
js Chrc with a 10 per cent chance of
1C ii$ 5 ft ! rain. Northwesterly wind 15
Sic m.p.h gusting to 25. High to-
Bay 85°; low tonight 51°.
tepair Thursday with no pre-
■asure cipitation. High tomorrow
80°.
Che Battalion
Vol. 67 No. 372
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, April 3, 1974
any official function, the termin
ation of financial aid administered
by the university, and a notice of
the probation in the student’s per
manent record.
In fairness to all students I
felt the foregoing statement was
necessary. Rumor and conjecture
have a tendency to distort any
situation, and sometimes create
emotions which lead to more re
grettable actions and serious con
sequences. Those among you who
desire to maintain the fine image
projected by the term “Aggie”
are asked to use your influence
and make every reasonable and
legitimate effort to promote a
return to the standards of de
cency which characterize Texas
A&M. Thank you for your help.
John J. Koldus
Vice-President of Student
Services
Today in the Batt
Yell leaders p. 4
Cotton pageant p. 5
Streakers p. 7
LEAVING THE SAME way he came, Duane Faith prepares to roll out of the Academic
Building and into the late afternoon. (Photo by David Spencer)
Steps, curbs pose
problem to wheelers
By STEPHEN C. GRAY
Special to the Battalion
Getting around on wheels at
A&M doesn’t seem to be much of
a problem for most students.
But when the wheels belong to
a wheelchair, that’s different. And
the Texas Rehabilitation Commis
sion is trying to solve some of the
problems that students in wheel
chairs must contend with on cam
pus.
TRC is working with a group
of handicapped students to help
them overcome some of the bar
riers they must face each day, go
ing to and from classes. There
are about 60 students involved in
the organization called Help Our
People Excel (HOPE). Only a
few in the group must travel
about the campus in wheelchairs.
One of those students is Duane
Faith.
FAITH, 27, is graduate student
in bioengineering working toward
a master’s degree in interdiscip
linary engineering. His degree
project involves the study of in
creased mobility of the severely
handicapped. He has been paral
yzed since November 1969 as a
result from a motorcycle accident
while attending the University of
Texas.
“They (UT) had a head start
on providing facilities for handi
capped students but it looks like
to me that A&M has a lot of pos
sibilities,” Faith said. “It won’t
take them long to catch up.”
Faith said the main problem is
converting some of the older
buildings so that wheelchair stu
dents can get in and out.
“Once you’ve built a building
like that it takes a lot of money
to reconstruct and adapt it,” he
said.
Faith is confined to an electric
wheelchair which cost $1,400. He
spends much of his time in an of
fice on the third floor of the
Zachry Engineering Center.
He said some of the dormitories
on campus could possibly be con
verted to accommodate wheelchair
students.
“I think that Dorm 12 might be
a good place to house some male
students in wheelchairs on the
first floor. There’s only a six-inch
step at the entrance,” Faith said.
Dormitories 10 and 12 house civil
ian students.
Faith said he sees one advan
tage that A&M might have over
the University of Texas in enroll
ing more handicapped students at
A&M.
“THE LAND around here is
level and it’s fairly easy to get
around. But at Texas there are a
lot of rolling hills and that’s a
little tougher,” said Faith. He
said he could make a trip in his
wheelchair from the Zachry En
gineering Center to the library
in about 10 or 15 minutes.
Janey Ducote is also confined
to a wheelchair. The sophomore
wildlife science major was crip
pled from polio when she was
three months old. She lives on
campus in a specially designed
room for wheelchair students in
Krueger Hall. The native from
Corpus Christi attended Del Mar
College before coming to A&M.
Janey said all of her classes are
scattered throughout the campus.
“I’m out of the room practically
all day,” she said.
She has two wheelchairs, one
of which is electric. She said she
uses the hand-driven one just to
move around the dormitory but
uses the electric wheelchair to
get to class.
“People ask me what happens
when it rains. They’re afraid I
might get shocked but all I do is
just pop out my umbrella like
everyone else,” she said.
Janey said she hasn’t encount
ered too many problems in getting
around the campus. Like Duane
Faith, she encounters the problem
of getting up the stairs of some
buildings.
“I have a biology class in the
old Biological Sciences Building
East and my problem is that I
can’t operate the elevator that
takes me upstairs. But there’s al
ways someone nice enough to take
me up there,” she said.
She said she often receives of
fers to be wheeled about around
the campus and in Krueger Hall.
But she tactfully refuses.
“That’s the only way I can get
my exercise,” she said.
“IT WAS ONLY in the last
year or so that A&M realized how
difficult it was for these people
to attend some of their classes,”
said Don Gardner, campus coun
selor for TRC. “Some of the build
ings have stairs leading to their
entrances that make it almost im
possible for anyone in a wheel
chair to gain access to the inside.”
Recently the University con
structed ramps on the west side
of the Academic Building and the
north entrance to the library. Sev
eral curb cuts were added during
(See HOPEFUL, p. 6)
Prior restraint said
used on newspaper
By LATONYA PERRIN
Charges of prior restraint were
leveled against the administration
by Battalion editor Rod Speer in
a Student Publication Board
meeting Tuesday.
Speer said that he was object
ing as a result of a disagreement
with Lane Stephenson, associate
director of University Informa
tion.
Stephenson had told him that
the pictures of the streaks last
Friday could not be run unless
a star was placed over the
woman’s breast and the star over
the crotch on the close photo of
the man be enlarged, said Speer.
Another argument used by
Stephenson, Speer said, was that
Speer had made a “contract” with
President Jack Williams at the
beginning of the semester not to
run obscenities and pornographic
material. This discussion was
referred to by Dr. Tom Adair,
assistant to President Williams,
whom Stephenson had shown
copies of the pictures the day
that they ran in the paper.
Speer said he did not under
stand the conversation with Wil
liams to be binding in any way
on editorial policies and did not
consider the pictures porno
graphic material.
“At first, I thought that it was
a good idea to have Lane Stephen
son read the copy to keep out
mistakes, but now I see the danger
in it,” Speer said.
Jim Lindsey, director of Uni
versity Information, pointed out
that Stephenson was not there to
give his side of the story. Steph
enson is attending an American
College Public Relations Associa
tion meeting.
“I would like to hear Lane’s
side of the story because I simply
cannot believe that he said he
would not publish the pictures,”
said Adair.
Speer brought Section 70 of the
University Rules and Regulations
as evidence that the university
could not practice prior restraint.
It states that the director of Stu
dent Publications is to advise the
editor and neither the director of
Student Publications nor the Stu
dent Publications Board has the
right to make decisions on the
content of the paper.
Chet Edwards, a student mem
ber of the board, asked Lindsey
how he interpreted the Rules and
Regulations on the matter and
suggested that the board must
decide whether or not to abide by
the restrictions in Rules and
Regulations.
After much discussion about
professional ethics and good taste,
Dr. Harrison Hierth, head of the
English Department, asked if the
university could keep the paper
from being printed if there was
a controversy over what should
and should not be printed.
“I can stop the presses,” said
Lindsey. “The Rules and Regu
lations don’t say anything about
running the presses.”
Jan Faber, student member,
objected, “I think that Rod has a
valid point. You can’t stop the
presses over the content of the
paper.”
Adair made a motion that the
board leave the system as it is
“because it has worked all right
for two years.” Edwards second
ed the motion. After more dis
cussion, the board approved the
motion unanimously.
Under that system, Stephenson
reads all student-produced copy
before it is sent to the A&M Press
to be set for printing.
Hierth then told the board that
he had received a telephone call
from someone who is working
with the Cotton Pageant who felt
that he was being harrassed by
reporters and not getting cover
age from The Battalion. After
a short break, the board moved
into closed session to discuss
personnel.
The Board later directed Speer
to dismiss Managing Editor
Stephen Goble from the Battalion
staff as he is no longer a student.
Goble was a senior horticulture
major before withdrawing from
the university Feb. 20.
Girls’
Women will make certain their
presence is felt at A&M, the week
end of April 5 and 6. Dancing in
the street, divorcing sweethearts
and presenting careers for women
are a part of a K2FH+0 cam
paign.
Rather than an algebraic for
mula, K2FH+0 is a quick way of
naming the sponsors of the week
end. Women living in Krueger,
Keathley, Fowler, Hughes and off-
campus will coordinate the speech
es, dinners, dances and carnival.
“Career Day for Women” will
begin the activities on Friday in
the Rudder Tower. Beginning at
noon a luncheon will be held in
dorms
the Tower to honor the 26 speak
ers. For $2.63, anyone may attend
the luncheon by making reserva
tions with Karen Switzer, Coun
selor for women. Following will
be presentations from various ex
perts in their fields. The numer
ous concurrent speeches will last
from 1:30 until 5 p.m., and pro
grams will be available in the
Memorial Student Center.
Women are encouraged to at
tend the “en masse” dinner at 5
p. m. Friday in the Sbisa Annex.
All women who have paid the
board fee are free, others must
pay $2. As soon as they finish,
buses will come by to transport
Holt picked mayor
in 15-vote margin
Tuesday’s College Station city
election results ended in a close
race for mayor with Dr. O. M.
Holt winning by a total of 15
votes.
“I appreciate the vote and the
confidence of the people,” said
Holt, who won with 857 votes
over his opponent Bob Bell, with
842.
During his campaign, Holt said
one of his goals was to stay
abreast of the needs of the city.
He is a retired professor of ag-
education at TAMU and has not
ed that a “growing city brings
certain problems that need to be
solved.”
There were 1,738 ballots cast
for the total of the 11 positions
on the ballot out of the 2,294 reg
istered voters in College Station.
J. R. (Jim) Gardner, professor
of urban and regional planning
at TAMU, took place four on the
council with 790 votes. Former
place four councilman J. D. Lind
say followed with 528 votes and
Charles F. Johnson had 362.
Gardner said he planned to
work for planned economically,
sound growth, open government
and developmental decisions based
on a long range concern.
Lorence Bravenec took place
five, an unexpired term for one
year only, with 939 votes over
Thomas R. Chaney (511) and Glo
ria Martinson (222).
Bravenec, an associate profes
sor of accounting at TAMU, is
also a lawyer and Certified Public
Accountant. Bravenec basically
opposes a ward system, favors
stricter zoning and more parks
and landscaping.
City Atty. James H. Dozier
who campaigned on the basis of
quality growth for College Sta
tion, was elected to place six with
a vote of 1,074 over the 611 bal
lots cast for Mae B. Holleman.
Dozier, also associate professor
of finance at TAMU, is not in
favor of growth for its own sake
and noted that due to quantity
of transient residences that Col
lege Station has several unique
problems that come with this
type of community.
Homer B. Adams ran unopposed
for place two.
plan pageant
them to the first dance of the
weekend. The dance will be at
the Lakeview Club from 8 p. m.
to 12:30 a. m. Bus schedules will
be posted in all the dorms and
apartments. The Western shindig
will cost $2 for men and $1 for
women.
After recovering from the night
before, booths will be set up Sat
urday afternoon in the mall be
tween the Academic Building and
the YMCA Building. The public
is welcome to attend the carnival
from 2 to 6 p. m. to throw pies,
get married (followed by a di
vorce) and walk for cakes.
As a finale, campus women are
asking the public to dance in the
streets. Preferably they are ask
ing for the dancing to take place
in the Grove, Saturday night from
7:30 to 12. At the dance will be
a disc jockey from WTAW radio
to play all requested songs.
This is the first time women
have sponsored such a weekend
event, and according to Kathy
Gilliland, publicity chairman, “I
know it will work!”
Additional polls set
for Thursday voting
More polling places will be
available for students in the elec
tions Thursday.
In addition to the usual polling
places at Sbisa, MSC, Library,
guardroom and Krueger-Dunn
commons, students can vote at
Zachry Engineering Center, the
Veterinary Medicine School and
the married student apartments.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. until 6 p.m. Barry Bowden,
chairman of the election board,
said that people are needed as
volunteers to sit at the polls dur
ing the day. Anyone who would
like to help is asked to contact
Bowden.
All students will need their
ID’s and activity cards to vote.
Students voting for senators must
have their fee slip with them.
Seniors may vote in senate at-
large races for their living area
and college and in any other elec
tions except class officers, said
Bowden.
No electioneering may be car
ried on within 50 feet of a polling
place. This regulation includes all
posters and any speakers.
★ ★ ★
Questioning the candidates at
the Krueger-Dunn Commons,
Sbisa and Duncan dining areas is
scheduled for Wednesday evening.
About six candidates will speak
every 30 minutes to enable the
students to get a taste of the con
tenders’ personalities and views.
Group 1 consists of the presi
dential and vice-president of fi
nance candidates. The group will
speak at Sbisa from 5 to 5:30, at
the Commons from 5:30 to 6 and
at Duncan from 6:45 to 7:30.
Vice-president of External Af
fairs and Academic Affairs can
didates will make up Group 2
speakers. They can be heard at
Sbisa from 4:30 to 5, at the Com
mons from 5 to 5:30 and at Dun
can from 5:30 to 6.
The final group of candidates
are those running for student ser
vices and Rules and Regulations
vice-presidencies. These will speak
from 5:30 to 6 at Sbisa, from 4:30
to 5 at Duncan.
The organization of the pro
gram is a joint venture of Politi
cal Forum and the Student Gov
ernment Election Board.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.