THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974
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TrlUKfc>LlA Y, AJrKIl-i 4, 1974
‘Press must now penetrate government silence’
Secrecy in government has no
ice in a democracy, Houston
Rt columnist Lynn Ashby
rged yesterday.
Ashby told a TAMU Political
orum noon audience that secrecy
its only to protect the govern-
cts woul;jj en t from having its mistakes
little ft awwn to the people,
hat local I “The government is set up as
me compi Ne the people' under the Con-
tenants, titution, and it is supposed to
of a se® irovide us with indirect repre-
f all, tki
nt com]
ent on k
and
ity shutt
rtments
ts.
Housing
id many
inhappy
ons, and,
•tments,
lease has
sentation. We fight the wars,
we pay the taxes. We are the
government, you and me,” Ashby
said.
“Unfortunately, the govern
ment things that it is the em
ployer and we are the employees,
instead of the other way around,”
he charged.
Ashby called the relationship
between the press and govern
ment one of “hunter and the
hunted.
“The press doesn’t work for the
government, the press works for
us, you and me. The Nixon ad
ministration has honed down
secrecy to a fine science. For
nine months following the Water
gate break-in the only information
we got came from the press. The
government didn’t volunteer one
fact. Nothing, until it was forced
out of them by a judge,” Ashby
contended.
He said the problem included
state government as well, citing
the Texas Constitutional Conven
tion members who received pay
and were recorded' as voting even
when not present at their meet
ings.
“Everybody in Austin at that
convention knew that this was
going on, but nobody—not one
person did anything about it un
til the press uncovered it. Secrecy
exists to protect those in power.
“It’s worse in small towns
where ‘Mr. Big’ doesn’t want any
body to know what he’s doing
when he’s got something going,”
the popular columnist said.
He claimed the only way to
combat secretive government and
poor officials was to vote intelli
gently.
Lynn Ashby, Houston Post columnist
(Photos by Rodgrer Mallison)
fiatt Movie Review
B-D movie
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of his a: I
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enants. By BRAD ELLIS
It is doubtful that the women’s
ortheai feasts were polarized, but they
ed that; eemed to stick out, anyway.
“Love in Three Dimensions,” a
ilm by Walter Boos, took advan-
age of nearly every opportunity
o throw something at or on the
dewer, like water, eggs, apples
pus stui ln d oranges, pillows, and even a
nine-m >alcony.
>blemsa! Bh 16 and green plastic polariz-
leave sel n ? lenses resolve the double im-
stuck l ? es on the screen into a general-
g rent p y pleasing three dimensional im-
mt, ort *£ e , which only becomes uncom-
holding fortable to watch when trying to
may sul l° cus on too “near” an object.
It is something of a wonder
that the three dimensional effect
‘throws’ objects at viewers
dose to
pointed
emester,
ent us
ould bt
npty di
is not used in straight movies;
ones with stories and messages
and characterizations.
A certain degree of unity is
imparted to the film by Peggy,
the central (sort of) character.
She’s young, bouncy, innocent and
happy. She has come to Munich
to watch over her sister’s apart
ment while Dagmar is in Africa.
There Peggy meets Manfred, and
their adventures are interrupted
by interludes of fantastic sexual
encounters.
The central thrust of the film is
to depict couples (usually) en
gaged in sexual intercourse while
on occasion evoking little snick
ers of amusement and amazing
the audience with spectacular
usage of the three dimensional
effects. The things to watch for,
besides exposed genitals, are the
beginnings of new episodes. The
dialog, corny as it may be, is
there for the purpose of relating
the story behind each facet of this
fantasy view of modern Germany,
and will lose significance if the
viewer is overly absorbed in
thighs and breasts and things.
The film is a titillator for
sure, but has ironic failings. The
instances of sexual intercourse
are obvious fakes. The theater
might be busted for showing the
film before midnight otherwise.
However, as a fantasy, too much
potential for excitement is wast
ed. The characters all seem pretty
,
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“I’m a self-appointed journal
ist, and I try to keep an eye on
government. Without his confi
dential sources of information, a
journalist can’t operate. It’s not
a vague, philosophical question,
but a nuts-and-bolts issue. In 200
years of operation our country
never before had a need for a
shield law to protect a newspaper
man’s sources. Now we have re
porters called before grand juries
and harrassed to reveal confi
dential information.
“I will not defend a reporter
who distorts or twists the news.
No one hates a bad reporter more
than a good reporter. Sources,
even reliable ones, must be checked
every time. The press can im
prove, like everything else, and
I want it to.
“Basically, a newspaper is sell
ing its own responsibility. It
must be careful. Once it loses
respect, it’s finished,” Ashby said.
He told the predominantly stu
dent audience that he is opposed
to any form of censorship of stu
dent newspapers, but said they
exist as teaching tools for stu
dents and can be discontinued by
the state through the Board of
Directors at any time.
“You should always be suspi
cious of a newspaper everybody
likes. If the Battalion is in
trouble, it’s probably doing its
job. People always blame the
messenger for the message, pre
ferring the ‘ostrich syndrome’ of
ignorance of the news instead of
believing the press,” he charged.
“When you’re talking about
budgets, money, paving contracts
and who’s on the constitutional
convention floor voting without
being there, that’s the business
of the people.
“People in entrenched positions
in government, from the national
level to the local, don’t want you
to know what they’re doing. I
don’t like it. That’s secrecy in
government and I’m fighting it,
butt here’s lots of them and only
one of me,” Ashby insisted.
THURS., APRIL 4th
FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!
MUSIC BY
much normal, they just spend a
lot of time in bed. And there isn’t
really the kind of interplay of
human emotions you’d get from
all those characters.
You do get a nice look at what 1
it is like to walk around in some
German countryside, however.
The film plays at the Campus
theater through the weekend or
longer.
GI benefit
applications
due May 18
Students planning to attend
summer school here under GI
benefits must make application
soon.
Applications are due at the
Veterans Advisor Office, Room
110, YMCA, between April 20
and May 18, announced Howard
Perry, assistant vice president for
student services.
For advanced payment for the
summer, appropriate forms should
be completed at the same office
April 1-19.
Ag cavalry
to ride in
Waco rodeo
Parsons Mounted Cavalry will
ride this weekend in Waco.
The troop will perform a special
drill at a rodeo at the Texas State
Technical Institute, announced
Capt. James Holland, sponsor.
The all-senior unit will be led by
Commander Mike Collins of
Dallas.
It will be one of the last activi
ties for the charter members of
the troop. Parsons Mounted
Cavalry was organized last spring
and formed in the fall semester.
A special Parents’ Day drill
will transfer the reins to next
year’s troop. Collins said it will
be in the form of an Aggie Final
Review. At the 3:45 p.m. event
on the Memorial Student Center
drill field, seniors will ride
around the first time. On the
second circuit, Class of ’75 Corps
of Cadets seniors will be in the
saddle.
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presents
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in concert
“Marisa Galvany is a singer
of temperament, with a
beautiful voice, essentially
a big dramatic coloratura,
and naturally rich, brilliant
high tones. ”
Harriett Johnson, The New York Post
April 9, 1974
8 p.m.
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9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Telephone 845-2916
OPAS is a functioning committee of the Town Hall Committee of Texas A&M University.
The Opera and Performing Arts Society
presents
f.
the
Houston symphony
Lawrence Foster, music director
April 25, 1974
8 p. m.
Rudder Center Auditorium
Tickets at Rudder Center Box Office
Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tele. 845-2916
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1974 — 8:00 P.M.
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