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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974
RHA gets support; Candidates backed
happy cottage
Editor:
“It’s time someone said some
thing about Residence Hall Asso
ciation.” Those words were writ
ten by Mary Russo in yesterday’s
Batt. Before you write any
future letters, Mary, I suggest
you check into the subject on
which you are writing.
The RHA does serve as a voice
of the campus student. As RHA
president, I personally serve on
the Dorm Improvement Commit
tee. I also assist Student Gov
ernment in selecting members of
the Menu Board and Laundry
Board by giving them recom
mendations and discussing these
with them. In regard to dorm
improvement, I asked for lists of
needed improvements from the
dorm presidents. The Student
Government representative, Corps
of Cadets representative, and I
then spent an afternoon walking
from dorm to dorm checking out
each of these needs. We ranked
these needs accordingly, and some
of the plans are already under
way.
The RHA has worked with vir
tually every phase of the admin
istration from President Williams
on down. While representing the
Residence Hall Association, I
have even met with the Board of
Directors.
The main reason that we have
not discussed the possibility of a
coed dorm is that President Wil
liams said that there was no
chance for one at the present
time when he spoke at the Leader
ship Conference in Palestine last
August.
Another point that Mary
brought up was the RHA’s lack
of programming. Due to the
problem of collecting fees from
many of the dorms last year, the
RHA discussed it at length and
decided that it was in the best
interest of the students to work
with them at a dorm level and
assist them with their activities
rather than put on a campus-wide
function. The MSC Council has
committees for almost every type
of activity which RHA people
sometimes work with and we try
to take part in many activities
put on by clubs. Examples are
Bonfire and the Student Y. The
RHA also helped many of the
dorms rewrite their constitutions.
It is true that the RHA re
ceives money from the Exchange
Store Allocations Committee, but
the RHA does not depend on this
committee for its survival. Much
of this money goes into RHA
weekend which includes Casino, a
Town Hall Concert, a push ball
contest, baseball game against
Rice, Parents Day, and Aggie
Muster. The RHA also pur
chased 11 barbeque pits and cook
ing supplies which it donated to
the dorms for the students’ use.
Mary also said, “Electing the
right people will be the quickest
and easiest way to insure some
thing will be done.” I fail to see
how someone like Mary, who
knows so little about the RHA,
the university and its administra
tion, campus clubs, and activities,
and especially dorm students, can
possibly be one of the “right
people.” One of the last things
Mary referred to was the vote of
“no confidence.” In tomorrow’s
election, Mary Russo will receive
my vote of “no confidence;”
George Lippe will be my choice
of RHA Vice President.
T. Getterman, President,
Residence Hall Association
We received lengthy rebuttals to
Mary Russo’s letter from David
Funderburke, Pamela Jewell and
Pete Castrejana as well as Getter-
man. Due to space limitations we
chose the above letter to represent
them.
No letters supporting candidates
will be printed tomorrow as a
backlog of letters concerning
other issues has developed.—Ed.
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Omitted
Editor:
I am writing to make an addi
tion to my Battalion interview,
since the issues of my platform
were omitted at the printer.
One of the greatest inequities in
the allocation of fees is the sub
sidized shuttle-bus system. On-
campus students, who get little
use from the system, pay almost
as much of the cost as those stu
dents who use it. The External Af
fairs Committee could, I believe,
develop a feasible plan for mak
ing apartment owners on the
route pay for the service since
they charge higher rents for that
convenience.
I strongly support A&M’s par
ticipation in TSA, TSL and NSL.
These organizations have proven
their value by providing forums
for idea exchange between cam
puses, by lobbying effectively for
legislation to benefit students, and
by developing programs to save
students money. TSA alone has
under study three such programs:
one to aid students in getting cre
dit, one to save students money on
telephone rates and one to obtain
student auto insurance at a 20
per cent discount. I would like to
insure that TSL is responsive to
student input by establishing a
state-wide referendum to decide
on what issue it will lobby for
In addition, I believe that im
proved communications with city
council are necessary. I feet stu
dents should be consulted before
decisions on such matters as util
ity or telephone rate increases are
reached This has not always
been done in the past.
And finally, I believe the Vice-
President for External Affairs
should attend the meetings of the
A&M Board of Directors as allow
ed by the open meetings law. This
I am prepared to do, to generate
greater student input into deci
sions which affect all of us.
My positions on other issues are
recorded in yesterday’s paper.
John Nash
Observer
Editor:
As an observer of this election
campaign, I am writing with re
spect to the Student Body presi
dential race, not to endorse any
candidate, but to make some ob
servations about all of them.
First, there is Doc Shroff, who
ran unsuccessfully for president
last year, with the basic qualifi
cation of being a student. It seems
strange to me that his two per
iods of great interest in Student
Government — last election and
this one—were separated by a full
year of non-participation in any
Student Government activities.
Oh well, it happens every spring.
Then there is Wally Reinke,
another newcomer in Student Gov
ernment, whose “positive atmos
phere” includes “picketing” and
stopping the “grand rape of the
students by the administration.”
On the surface this seems to be
the type of invective any candi
date would use who didn’t know
what the real issues of the cam
paign were.
Next there is Mike Greiser, who
says that running for president
was sort of spontaneous with him
—he didn’t want one of the other
candidates to run unopposed.
And finally there is Steve Eber-
hard, the only candidate with past
experience in Student Govern
ment. He has served on the Sen
ate for three years, this past year
as a member of the Executive
Committee.
I hope that you will keep these
points in mind when you go to
vote on Thursday. Student Body
president is an important posi
tion, and one which, I think, de
mands experience and proven abil
ity.
Wade Watson
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Response
Editor:
In response to the 12-point
questionnaire that appeared in
yesterday’s Battalion:
When it was first suggested
that students running for Senate
positions fill out a questionnaire
to be published in the Batt it
sounded like a commendable idea.
Certainly, comparing answers to
a list of questions can be benefi
cial to the students in deciding
who to vote for. Candidates run
ning for Executive positions were
interviewed and those inter
views were published. Most of the
candidates said that those articles
didn’t exactly get across their
ideas properly, but they will ad
mit that with the space limitation,
the articles reflected their views
about as well as could be expected.
In looking over the questions
published yesterday I noticed that
several were somewhat mislead
ing. For instance the first ques
tion was written leading toward
a positive response. Although I
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am in favor of optional fees in
general, I am opposed to them
in the case of athletics since it
will actually cost the whole stu
dent body more.
In response to the others:
Question 2— I have already
worked toward published evalua
tion of professors.
Question 3—I initiated the li
quor on campus resolution this
year, and I have personally fought
for it with President Williams.
Question 4— No. I do not see
it as an issue this year.
Question 5. Two resolutions to
make punishment consistent have
come out of my committee, the
Rules and Regulations Commit
tee of the Student Senate, as well
as the Student Bill of Rights.
Question 6—I have supported
in the Senate coed housing on
campus for two years.
Question 7—Of course.
Question 8—I supported NSL,
TSL and TSA since two years ago
when it wasn’t very popular to do
so.
Question 9—I actually consid
ered running for a College Sta
tion city council seat.
Question 10—As much as possi
ble the Shuttle Bus should sup
port itself, but at this time it just
isn’t possible.
Question 11 — Both Student
Government and The Battalion
are of service to the students so
why not?
Question 12 — This question
puzzles me since it implies that
such a review board exists. Is this
Board a student one or an Ad
ministration one ? Students should
as much as possible control the
quality of their own program
ming and this includes film series
as well.
Curt Marsh
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Survey reply
Editor:
This is to present my opinions
on the issues considered in the
Student Government candidate
survey in yesterday’s Batt. I
would like to explain that I was
under the mistaken impression
that candidates for Executive
Committee positions, due to their
extensive interviews printed in
the Batt last week, were not to
complete this questionnaire. My
answers are: YYYNYYYYYNYN.
I do not think it would be
fair for me to elaborate on these
opinions any further in this let
ter, since no one else had that
opportunity. I would like to take
this opportunity to encourage ev-
everyone to get out and vote on
Thursday.
Steve Eberhard
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Experienced
Editor: .
As president of Law Hall, which
makes me a voting member of the
RHA assembly, I have served on
various committees including be
ing Casino chairman 74. The RHA
is emerging as a great organiza
tion, and having just finished
our constitution, are ready to
bring the RHA to the students. I
want to make the RHA the place
to go for the solution to your
problems. I will devote a portion
of each meeting to hearing indiv
idual student gripes and com
plaints. I propose to have a large
activity in the fall comparable to
the Spring RHA Weekend which
includes Casino and a concert
sponsored with Town Hall. I in
tend to continue the policy of help
ing dorms organize and success
fully conduct activities as they
work with each other. We have
found that this is what the dorms
want, rather than to have us plan
activities for them. I propose to
set up an RHA-Town Hall Recom
mendation Committee and a new
Dorm Improvements Committee.
By attending the different dorm
council meetings regularly, I in
tend to keep in touch with not
only the dorm presidents but also
the students themselves. I don’t
want to leave anyone out, and I
don’t intend to if I am elected
president of the Residence Hall
Association. Allow me to use my
experience for your benefit.
Tim Jordan
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Execs
Editor:
We, th& Executive Committee
of the Residence Hall Association,
endorse Tim Jordan for the posi
tion of RHA President. His qual
ifications include Law Hall Trea
surer ’72-73, Law Hall President
’73-74 (with 100 per cent atten
dance at the RHA meetings), Ca
sino Chairman 74, RHA-Town-
hall Selection Committee member
’73-74, Laundry Board Member
’72-73, and RHA Constitutional
Revision Committee member ’73-
74. Tim Jordan has lived in a res
idence hall for three years and is
already familiar with the prob
lems and needs of the students,
largely through his work in the
RHA. He is the candidate who is
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