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Bill of Rights
The Student Bill of Rights was
referred to a committee for fur
ther study by the rules and regu
lations committee of the univer
sity.
The committee will consist of
Dr. John Koldus, vice president of
student services, or his appointed
representatives, Judge James A.
Amis Jr., university systems at
torney; Roger Miller, special as
sistant to the president; Steve
Eberhard, president-elect of the
Student Government; Barb Sears,
Senate external affairs commit
tee chairman and Curt Marsh,
chairman of the Senate rules and
regulations committee.
The committee will meet at a
time determined by Koldus. This
action was taken by consensus of
the university rules and regula
tions committee.
A letter was presented to the
committee which had been written
by Sears with the advice of mem
bers of the present student gov
ernment executive committee
members. The letter spoke in sup
port of the student bill of rights
and was signed by every member
of the executive committee. Eber
hard pointed out that Randy Ross,
however, had signed it with res
ervations.
The committee then began sur
veying the bill of rights, an ar
ticle at a time. Many rewordings
were agreed upon by the group.
Objections were raised by some
members about language seeming
to put the students and the ad-
Harsh taxing said
encouraged by IRS
WASHINGTON <A>) — Taxpay
ers can be victimized by an In
ternal Revenue Service quota sys
tem that rewards agents for
harshness and penalizes them for
leniency, the head of the IRS em
ployes union said Tuesday.
Vincent L. Connery, president
of the National Treasury Em
ployes Union, also told a Senate
appropriations subcommittee that
many IRS shortcomings stem
from inadequate pay and train
ing plus “extreme production
pressure.”
He said initiatives to meet tax-
HE EVIL EFFECTS of the Grand Duchess are evident in the faces of these characters
rom the play, “Greensleeves Magic.” The Grand Duchess (upper, left), played by Holly
Faison even has a bad effect on Prime Minister Fitzsneeze, played by Jean Fischer. The
)ther victims of her wrath are Princesses Mary (lower, left), played by Dana Herell, and
Miranda, played by Theo Moffett. The Aggie Players’ production opens tonight at 7 p.m.
and runs through Friday in the Rudder Center Forum. Tickets are 50 cents children
and 75 cents for adults. (Photos by Alan Killingsworth)
ministration in an adversary po
sition.
“I object to the use of the word
‘harassment’ in articles six and
seven,” said Miller.
Marsh explained that the use
of that word had already been
discussed among the students pre
senting the bill and he could see
no objection to changing the word
ing to something more positive.
Other problems were raised by
members of the committee. One
was the negative tone of many
of the articles.
“I worry about making these
articles too specific,” said Ed Da
vis, assistant director of manage
ment services. “The bill of rights
should be a general statement of
philosophy.”
Run-off vote
scheduled for
campus posts
The final decision on stu
dent candidates for many of
fices will be made Thursday
when students vote in the
run-off elections.
Run-off elections will be
held for the offices of Grad
uate Student Council science
representative, vice president
of rules and regulations,
sophomore and junior class
officers and three of the sen
ior class offices. The senior
class offices to be run are
historian, social secretary and
secretary-treasurer.
In order to vote, students
must present their ID’s, activ
ity cards and either fee slip
or mid-semester grade report.
The polling places will be
open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at
the MSC, Sbisa Hall, library
and Krueger-Dunn Commons.
Barry Bowden, election
board chairman, said that stu
dents may vote according to
their academic year or the
year they entered A&M. He
further explained that all stu
dents may vote for the vice
president of rules and regula
tions, but other races may be
voted on by within the class
concerned.
All winners and candidates
in run-offs and yell leader can
didates must file an itemized
expense account with the elec
tion board by 6 p.m. Wednes
day, or they will be disquali
fied, Bowden said. The dead
line was Tuesday, but has
been extended for one day.
payers needs and ease discontent
have been announced by IRS but
“no matter how highly they may
trumpet these initiatives, they
are no more than cosmetic re
forms.”
Connery said revenue officers
often are forced by management
to initiate levy or seizure pro
ceedings against a taxpayer rath
er than permit him to enter into an
installment payment arrangement
because of the time-consuming
paperwork and legwork involved
in administering part-payment
plans.
“No matter what anyone may
say or how many directives are
issued by the commissioner, pro
duction goals and quotas are the
name of the game,” Connery said.
“Employes who fail to meet
management’s performance expec
tations are either denied promo
tions or, in all too many instan
ces, faced with disciplinary pro
ceedings,” he said.
Connery quoted from a memo
he said was written by Robert J.
Mailly, an IRS group manager,
dated Jan. 11, in which Mailly told
his agents that:
“Enforcement activity was light
during the month of December—
due to leave and the charitable in
clinations of most of us during
the holiday season. The holiday
season is past, it’s a new year—
firm enforcement must replace
acts of charity.”
Connery said that the most im
portant thing to the collection di
vision of IRS is the number of
cases closed “with little or no
regard to the effects of their or
ders on the individual taxpayer.
“Revenue officers are often
times rewarded for seizing a tax
payer’s assets and severely dis
ciplined if they permit him to re
main in business and repay his
debt to the federal government:
part-payment plans do not close
cases,” Connery said.
Yell leader results contested
Yell leaders election will be
contested again today on the
grounds that ineligible persons
were allowed to vote in the elec
tion.
David White, who appealed the
election of yell leaders to the Ju
dicial Board Monday night, was
awarded a rehearing by the
board on the basis that he had
more information on the case
which might change the decision
of the board. The hearing is set
for 5 p.m. today.
The board voted Monday five
to four, not to grant the appeal
or run the election over as re
quested. The reason given for the
decision was that White had not
shown sufficient evidence to prove
the election could have been
changed by the votes cast by sen
iors.
“My evidence is more complete
now,” said White. “I think it will
prove that the voting irregulari
ties were widespread and signifi
cant.”
Filling- the Rudder Center Auditorium with her voice, Marisa Galvany conducts her own
concert. A soprano, she has been noted for her voice across the country. Her performance
last night was sponsored by the Opera and Performing Arts Society. (Photo by Alan
Killingsworth)
Board fires Battalion managing editor
The Battalion lost a key part
of its staff structure as a result
of a Student Publication Board
decision Tuesday.
Steve Goble, managing editor,
was officially removed from the
university payroll by the Board
since he was no longer a student
at TAMU. Goble withdrew from
the university Feb. 20.
The Board in its March meet
ing agreed to allow Goble to
finish the semester as managing
editor. However, on April 2 the
Board directed Battalion Editor
Rod Speer to dismiss Goble, be
ginning the following day. Speer
refused, saying the board’s de
cision was taken in violation of
the Texas Open Meetings Law
and that no requirements on the
staff chosen by the student editor
Science fiction
Weekend of activities to
spree hits campus
attract authors and enthusiasts
Texas Science fiction (SF) fans
are converging on the TAMU
campus this weekend for the fifth
year in a row for the festival
conclave known as Aggie Con V.
Highlighting this year’s con
vention are the appearances of
authors Keith Laumer and Har
lan Ellison as well as journey
man authors of Texas origin.
The SF film festival begins
Friday at 7 p.m. in the Rudder
Center Auditorium with a show
ing of “The War of the Worlds,”
based on the novel by H. G.
Welles.
The recent film by Doug Trum
bull, “Silent Running,” with
Bruce Dern, follows immediately
and leads to an all-night session
with Jules Verne’s “Things to
Come,” “The Thing,” “Curse of
the Demon,” “It Came from Be
neath the Sea,” and “Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde,” with Frederick
March.
A free talk period with several
authors is provided Friday at 9
p.m. in the Conference Tower
Room 601.
The authors include Laumer,
Ellison, Steven Utley, Lisa Tut
tle, Howard Waldrop, Joe Pumi-
lia, Tom Reamy, Buddy Saunders
and Bob Vardeman.
Saturday the convention’s
guests, here at the invitation of
the Cepheid Variable SF Com
mittee will conduct panel discus-
cussions on topics relating to
science fiction. Tuttle, Utley and
Ellison will discuss “The Shape
of Women to Come” at 10 a.m.
Ellison will read one of his
new stories at 11, and TAMU
Librarian Hal W. Hall will de
scribe the volumnious collection
of SF works being assembled in
Special Collections for future re
searches in this literary genre.
That afternoon Laumer and
Waldrop will read their stories,
and University of Texas physi
cist A1 Jackson, whose article
appeared in Times magazine re
cently, will explain about “Black
Holes and Space Ships over Si
beria.”
At 3:30 Saturday afternoon
the authors will assemble for a
lesson an “What to do after you
have written a story.”
Sunday afternoon they will
conduct another of the periodic
Texas SF writers’ conferences,
the Turkey City Neo-pro Rodeo.
Writers with completed or in
progress manuscripts are invited
to bring them for discussion and
constructive criticism by people
who are currently writing and
selling stories.
Saturday night’s movies in
clude “Them,” “Planet of the
Apes,” “Jason and the Argo
nauts,” “20 Million Miles to
Earth,” “Robot Monsters From
Mars,” “Invasion of the Star
Creatures” and “Plan Nine From
Outer Space.”
Science fiction conventions also
draw collectors and dealers in
books, magazines, memorabilia
and films to trading fairs at
which may often be found rare
and obscure items with as much
curiosity appeal as monetary
value. The Dealers’ Room at Ag
gie Con V can be found in the
Rudder Tower, Room 601.
The Dallas area professional il
lustrator’s company “The Sketch
Pad,” run by Don Punchatz,
whose work has been seen lately
in “National Lampoon” and
“Playboy,” will conduct an exhi
bition of their work in the Rud
der Tower, Room 407.
Admission to the convention’s
activities for the weekend re
quires a $1.50 ticket, or a $1 tick
et for a single day. Tables in the
Dealers’ Room are $3.50. Ticket
and Table reservations may be
placed at the Cepheid Variable
cubicle in the Student Programs
Office or with convention organ
izer Bob Stahl at 822-7796.
were specified in the Rules and
Regulations handbook.
Dr. Tom W. Adair, assistant to
TAMU President Jack Williams
and a board member, said, “If the
editor can’t put his business in
shape then maybe we have the
wrong man as editor.”
“Knocking out the key position
of the paper with only three or
four weeks of school remaining
would only hurt the efficiency of
the paper,” said Speer. “Let the
rule be set up for next semester.”
There are other things that
make a student besides going to
class, Goble said. Working for
The Battalion as a managing
editor seemed to be more impor
tant than remaining in classes,
he said.
“I entered with full intention
of finishing this semester,” Goble
said. “But after the first few
weeks of school and working 60
to 70 hours four days a week, I
knew I couldn’t do both.”
William Harrison, assistant
professor of journalism, invited
Goble to resign and then asked
SG appointments
deadline set
Applications are now being
accepted for Student Government
positions.
These are available in the Stu
dent Government Office. Posi
tions include: Judicial Board
Chairman, Executive Director and
Secretary. Applications must be
filed before 5 p. m. April 16.
for the board to vote on his re
moval from the payroll.
Chet Edwards, a student mem
ber on the board, asked that an
amendment be included to allow
Goble to continue for one week
while a replacement could be
trained.
“No, I want it effective im
mediately,” Jim Lindsey, chair
man of the board and director of
student publications, said.
The eight-man board voted to
remove Goble, with Jan Faber, a
student, and Dr. Robert Albanese,
associate professor of manage
ment, abstaining.
Correction
The Battalion was mistaken
when it said Sen. John Tunney
would speak on campus Tuesday.
His speech has been rescheduled
for Thursday at 8:30 p. m. in the
Rudder Center Theater. His topic
will be, “Nixon Vs. Congress:
Showdown ? ”
Due to an error in figures re
ceived from the election board,
The Battalion was also in error in
reporting that the two opponents
of Barry Buske, Michael Collins
and Thomas Donahue, received no
votes in last week’s elections.
Collins received 35 votes and
Donahue 30.
Buske won the office of senior
senator from the College of Sci
ence with 63 votes.
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