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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
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Battalion
Warrant to arrest
Pat Hearst issued
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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°.
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£
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.