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ID 5 L Committee looks | at student fee use; 8250,000 available Student Services funds and their uses were the center of at traction as the Memorial Student Center Executive Committee met Monday evening. Four hours of deliberation brought recommendations for the expenditure of $30,000 in pro grams. Earlier this school year, the Student Senate Allocations Committee granted them SC $250,- 000 for Student Programs. Most committees survived the committee’s knife which cut one budget as much as $1,910. The Camera Committee took a cut in professional fees alloca tions and their rent and housing. “We use these funds to attract judges,” said Ben Klein, commit tee member. The judges are used for the Salon and a show held in the fall. The group tries to bring three professionals to judge the competitions. The Radio Committee suffered the same fate. They were moved from the MSC to Bizzel Hall where they live with a faulty an tenna attachment and no radio station. “We can only count on dues as supplemental funds if our membership stays high,” said Da vid Ghent, radio chairman. “With out the new room in the MSC to put the station in, membership is bound to drop.” Its request was trimmed $119. New Tradition Singers had no problems, as their budget got through unscathed. Free Univer sity, Travel and Basement Com mittees received similar treat ment, although Free U. was ques tioned for charging only 50 cents for non-student memberships from Bryan-College Station. Outdoor recreation was chal lenged on their intentions when they suggested buying sleeping bags, tents, a cooking stove and the like, to rent as part of their activity. “They’re getting away from their original concept,” said Dr. Tom Adair, administration advi sor. “There are possibilities for camping, hiking and other activ ities and alternatives which can be used for certain equipment,” Adair said. Outdoor Rec was asked to take and rework their budget after dis cussing their goals with MSC stu dent executives. The Dance Committee, after be ing in the red all year, pulled it self out of debt so successfully that the group was cut some $575. The group asked for reten tion of funds due to innovation of dance lessons and other dance- oriented activities. “Trimming has to be done,” execs kept saying. Black Awareness took the big- cut because of its objectives next year. “We’d like to change from our many small education pro grams to two large entertainment programs,” said Robert Wooten, BAG chairman. “We’d also like to do some re cruitment of black students for the campus,” he said. “By bring ing more blacks to campus, our social life will automatically im prove.” On both these counts, Wooten met suggestions from the execu tives. “The Dean of Admissions gen erally takes care of recruitment. There are no special efforts made to recruit anyone. The office sends people where they have been invited,” said Bill Davis, MSC president. “We’d be glad to underwrite a big entertainment group in con junction with your committee,” said Doug Thorpe, Town Hall committee chairman. “We could find someone who can draw both the white and (See EVENTS, p. 4) “Is not, is not, not is.”—Keith Laumer tbe Battalion Warrant to arrest Pat Hearst issued No. 379 adio off staff calls sage, 5te. ited College Station, Texas the air; it quits Effective Thursday night. Student Government Radio is off the air. Darrell Brogdon, assistant station manager, said he came in ursday night and found a note from a student disc jockey ying that the “equipment was shot and he was going home.” Brogdon, Thursday night, had not checked the equipment r notified Midwest Video, whose equipment they use. John lerndon, station manager, was out of town. The board of Irustees had also not been notified. The student radio has been plagued with difficulties since jts opening in October, said John Herndon in an earlier statement, ey have had consistent equipment problems and stopped ansmitting half a dozen times. The radio station has been delegated to the back room of idgecrest barber shop. It was formerly operating from a room Midwest Video. Sunday night, Brogdon did not know how much money s in the student radio account or how much, if anything, had been paid back to the Student Senate for its $400.00 loan for records. Herndon said nothing had been paid back due to miscellaneous expenses. Brogdon is expected to submit his resignation. Herndon is considering submitting his and Scott Sherman, the advertising director, has quit. Brogdon is attributing his resignation as assistant manager to academic pressure, Herndon to bad health and lack of money for the station. Many of the difficulties of the station can be traced to lack of money. The Student Senate funded only $400 dollars and left the engineering costs uncovered. The Student Senate will supply funds, said Herndon, but not until its loan is repaid. ACLU postpones panel discussion The panel discussion “Prior Re- The Fuller program will be at straint” has been postponed in fa- 8 tonight in the Rudder Center vor of Buckminister Fuller. Auditorium. “With a little luck, The American Civil Liberties we’ll be able to announce the Union decided to postpone the dis- time, place and date of the prior cussion which includes censorship restraint panel,” at the Fuller in order to allow its audience to presentation, said Elias Guerrero, hear both programs. vice president of the ACLU. Tuesday, April 16, 1974 SAN FRANCISCO (A>)_A war rant for the arrest of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst as a ma terial witness to a bank robbery was issued Monday night. It says a person appearing to be Miss Hearst was photographed during the robbery. Three persons previously asso- WINDOW WASHERS give Zachry occupants a cleaner out look on life Monday afternoon. ciated with the terrorist Sym- bionese Liberation Army were charged with the Monday morn ing robbery of a San Francisco bank. A U.S. magistrate set bail of $500,000 each for Miss Hearst and the three other persons. Authorities said they believed the photographs inside the bank showed the person believed to be Miss Hearst holding a gun. An affidavit detailing the charges was filed with the U.S. magis trate. The affidavit quotes an un named person who says he does not know if Miss Hearst was a willing participant in the robbery, which resulted in two persons being seriously wounded. The FBI said in a separate statement that it was entirely possible Miss Hearst was not a willing par ticipant. U.S. Atty. James L. Browning Jr., in describing the photo graphs, said, “I think this is the first time in the annals of legal history that a kidnap victim has Yell leader vote tomorrow Voting for yell leader elections are open to juniors and sopho mores Wednesday. Barry Bowden said persons who are academic juniors and sophomores or those who entered with a freshman class that would be juniors or sophomores may vote either way in the elec tion. In order to vote, persons must present their fee slips, activity cards and ID’s. All three will be required in order to vote. If the student does not have his fee slip, he may submit his mid-semester grade report. Polling places will be the MSC, Library, guardroom, Sbisa news stand and Krueger-Dunn Com mons. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bowden reminded candidates that no electioneering is allowed within 50 feet of the polling place either by the candidate or his supporters. The run-offs are a result of an appeal by David White because of election irregularities. The ir regularities included voting by persons of the wrong class. showed up in the middle of a bank robbery. If she was involved and investigation shows that, we’re going to charge her as a bank robber. It’s clear from the photographs she may have been acting under duress.” Miss Hearst, the 20-year-old heir to a newspaper fortune, was dragged screaming from her Berkeley apartment on Feb. 4. The SLA, a group which authori ties say is multiracial, heavily armed and consisting of about 25 persons, claimed credit for the kidnaping and 12 days ago Miss Hearst said in a tape she was joining their ranks as an armed comrade. The photographs mentioned by authorities were taken by auto matic cameras located inside the bank which was robbed of $10,690, the FBI said. In response to questions, Charles Bates, FBI agent in charge of the kidnaping case said, “Yes, I believe the photographs show Patricia Hearst had a gun. There was a gun held by another person on her. We are not ruling out the possibility that she was a willing participant. On the other hand, there is evidence she was not.” Bates was asked whether he thought the gun Miss Hearst may have been holding was loaded. “I don’t know,” he said. Asked who did the shooting outside the bank, Bates said again he did not know. The affidavit filed with the U.S. magistrate said, in part: “Patricia Hearst also appears in one of said surveillance photo graphs together with another person holding what appears to be a semi-automatic carbine trained in the direction of Pa tricia Hearst.” Charged with federal bank robbery counts in the case were Nancy Ling Perry, whose name has often been associated with the upper echelons of the SLA; Camille Christine Hall, also previously alleged to be a member of the SLA, and Michelle Soltysik, also known as “Miz- moon,” previously identified as a leader of SLA. An FBI statement said that the warrant for Miss Hearst author izes her detention. The affidavit quotes the unnamed person as say ing he doesn’t believe Miss Hearst would voluntarily appear for questioning. The latest development in the bizarre case which is this coun try’s first major political kid naping came Monday morning when the FBI quoted witnesses as saying five persons walked into the Hibernia bank to commit a robbery. Security officer Vincent Greely said the robbers claimed to be members of the SLA and that they “told people to lie on the floor and then they went to the (See KIDNAP, p. 4) Today Obscenity hearing p. 6 Antibusing move p. 6 Weather Fair to partly cloudy to day and tomorrow. High Tuesday 73°. Easterly winds 8-12 m.p.h. Low tonight 5'6°. High tomor row 80°. $ £ Science fiction festival attracts fans from across state By STEPHEN GOBLE Comic books in the Rudder Tower? Grade “Z” movies in the auditorium? “Dealers” at A&M?. That’s what happened when Aggiecon V came to TAMU last weekend. The convention, sponsored an nually by Cepheid Variable Sci ence Fiction Committee, brought about 25 hours of Science Fiction (sf) movies, a room full of sf artifacts (books, films, posters, sf Writers and sf fans (non-writers) all together in the Rudder Cen ter. Guests at Aggiecon V were big- name sf writers Keith Laumer and Harlan Ellison. Laumer ar rived Thursday; Ellison on Satur day. The guests, together with the attractions of films, parties and fellowship, drew sf fans from all over Texas to A&M. A few fans, “dealers,” come to also sell sf artifacts to other fans. The more successful ones are able to pay for their expenses, or even turn a profit. They are all here to have a good time. ★ ★ ★ A bunch of people are standing around in Room 601 drinking coffee, munching donuts. This is the “Meet the Authors” party, at 9 p. m. Friday—the main prob lem with this party is that only two established writers Laumer and Gillison are scheduled to be at Aggiecon—and neither of them here. Some writers who are breaking into established circles—Joe Pum- ilia, Steve Utley and Lisa Tut tle—decided to “mob” the next two “fans” who enter the room. The next two “fans” are Bat talion photographers Gary Bal- dasari and Alan Killingsworth; they avoid the mob, leaving every one confused. Laumer shows up to save the party. A circle quickly forms about him, and the conversation turns to science-fiction shop-talk. ★ ★ ★ Everyone is waiting in the Rud der Theater by the time Keith Laumer arrives Saturday after noon to give his talk. Harlan Ellison reading ‘Knox’ He had a stroke recently and walks with a cane; he sits down to talk. Most writing about “burning social issues” is propaganda, Lau mer says, and “propaganda whose moment has passed is meaning less. “ 'Free silver’ used to be pretty important, too,” he says. He tells the audience that the only fit topics for stories must deal with “permanent and lasting values, such as honor—qualities having survival value for the hu man race.” He also advises the fans to “write on a subject you feel strongly about. Writing for mon ey is like screwing for money,” says Laumer, “it’s not going to be any good.” Most of the presentation is question - and - answer; in the course of the hoour Laumer at tacks the foreign service, printers, movie producers and other types of people he deals with. “He was delightfully arrogant,” said John Moffitt, a Houston fan (and a TAMU graduate). ★ ★ ★ The hucksters’ room is usually a central part of any convention. Here fans sell each other any thing in the world; collections are improved, old friendships are renewed and fortunes are spent. When Harlan Ellison gets to the convention, about 3:30 Satur day afternoon, he goes straight to the dealers’ room. Acquaintances, mostly writers, rush over to greet him. Others, less fortunate, cautiously hover in a ring around the close knot of friends. He wanders around the room full of tables stacked with comics, magazines, films, posters, greet ing acquaintances, chatting. Ev entually he leaves for the Holiday Inn, to freshen up. ★ ★ ★ Shirtless, Ellison rubs his back against the wall of his room at Keith Laumer the Holiday Inn. He talks about the heat of Texas Saturday aft ernoon, about a movie script, about a new book. Jane Rotrosen, a literary agent who came here with Ellison, is taking a bath. He tells her to hurry up. He wants to be on time for his scheduled appear ance, “Harlan reads a story at 5.” The others in the room, in cluding Bob Stahl, Aggiecon chairman, says the fans can wait a few minutes. “I take these things seriously,” Ellison says. “This room is cost ing the fans. “I have to go over and pay my dues,” he says. ★ ★ ★ Slightly late for his scheduled appearance, Ellison steps upon the stage of the Theater; he is instantly the center of attention. He chats with the audience, an swering questions, cracking jokes, talking about writing, talking about films and televi sion. The fans love it, and re spond enthusiastically. Finally, he says, “How about if I read you a story? Would you like that?” The audience ap plauds. ★ ★ ★ The only person talking in the Rudder Theater is Harlan Elli son. “Charley KNOX! is a man, WHO”—fs the conditioned racist- killer who is the protagonist of “Knox,” a story Ellison wrote for “Crawdaddy” magazine; the story Ellison is reading. The lights are dimmed, with a single spot on Ellison; a favor ite lighting for him. He reads with expressions, gestures, changes of volume, pitch, micro phones, building the magic. The audience is very quiet. When Ellison finishes, there is applause. ★ ★ ★ After the reading, a knot of people gathers around Ellison. They folow him outside, and eventually an expedition is staged to Randy Sim’s Bar-B- Que. The sf fans run Sims out of meat. ★ ★ ★ Ellison and Laumer once col laborated upon a story about a giant terodactyl which crashes into the streets of New York City. Laumer said the collaboration was “Alright, if you like working with a little man who jumps up and down screaming ‘Look at me! Look at me!’ “If Harlan is in the audience he can stand up and do a soft- (See SCIENCE, p. 3) University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv.