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CADET SLOUCH
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL, 16, 1974
by Jim Earle Eisten up
Plackemeier
Editor:
I would at this time like to in
formally withdraw from re-elec
tion for Sr. Yell-Leader. I say
informally because we are not al
lowed to remove our names from
the ballot. This was not an easy
decision by any means to make.
Those of you who know me real
ize how much this past year has
meant to me.
“He can’t
because I
get used to A&M being coed! He fusses at me
don’t write, and we see each other every day!”
The goals I had hoped to
achieve for next year I do not
think I can attain anymore. I had
hoped to have five yell-leaders
who were out there and were uni
fied. Not looked upon as CTs or
Non-Regs but as Aggies who gave
a damn about A&M. I had dream
ed of A&M coming together so
that there would be as many ci
vilians at bonfire and yell-prac
tice as there are CTs. I wanted a
unified A&M which people could
look upon and say, look at the
12th Man yelling for A&M, not
look at those Army guys and
civilians yelling at each other.
I can imagine how I would feel
if I was in the shoes of Charlie,
G-II or Steve and somebody came
in and knocked me or my buddy
off in a special election. I would
have trouble respecting him.
These guys worked hard for three
weeks and won an election. Even
if there were irregularities, you
The real issue
David White’s appeal of the Yell Leader election to the
Judicial Board of Student Government, which was at first
narrowly rejected and then overwhelmingly accepted, has
been the subject of heated controversy in the last week.
The controversy was inevitable. Three Corpsmen won
the disrupted race for senior yell leader while a civilian and
current yell leader placed fourth, 124 votes behind no. 3.
Whether intentional or not, the protest pitted the Corps vs.
civihans in their classical battle for power at A&M. This
emotionally-charged conflict often pushed the real issue into
the background: that the election was poorly conducted.
White had good evidence to show that. He documented
for the Board about two dozen cases of graduating seniors,
graduate students and freshmen voting in the yell leader
election, in which only sophomores and juniors were eligible.
He presented signed statements from two poll workers saying
they had allowed graduating seniors to vote. White charged
that campaign lists identifying Corps candidates as such were
distributed too close to the polls, in violation of the election
code. He added that the Sbisa newsstand ran out of ballots
before the polls closed and that the 167 voided ballots in the
yell leader race were indicitive of the election irregularities.
The Board in a 5-4 decision voted to reject White’s
appeal originally citing lack of evidence to warrant a
re-election. But when White presented his two dozen docu
ments the Board reversed its earlier decision and voted
unanimously that enough irregularities occurred that the
outcome could have been different and approved the appeal.
This incident should not be considered a Corps-civilian
confrontation but an attempt to seek justice and a fair
student election. The Board deserves to be commended for
allowing a re-hearing and swallowing its pride in reversing a
previous stand. David White, also, earns our respect for
standing by his convictions in the face of harsh criticism.
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Editor:
Several misconceptions have
arisen concerning the upcoming
elections of yell leaders. First,
I did not appeal the election be
cause any particular candidate
won or lost. I stated my inten
tion to appeal the election before
the results were tabulated. As a
supervisor in the ballot counting
room, I was asked on several oc
casions to inform the poll work
ers that seniors were not allowed
to vote. The widespread irregu
larities which occurred, plus the
large number of voided ballots,
convinced me that the validity of
the election would be in doubt.
My purpose in appealing was to
insure a valid election, not to
change the results of the election.
The Judicial Board considered
the facts and decided unanimous
ly to rehold this election. I acted
solely as an individual, having
no contact with any of the candi-
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wants out of race
cannot take that away from them.
I know many people will read
this and civilians will say that
Black is just a chicken and will
not fight. The CTs will say that
Black is going to get beat anyway
and he just does not want to lose
again. I’m sorry these people feel
the way they do for they are very
wrong. I just do not want A&M
to be split any farther than what
it is right now. Too much contro
versy has already surrounded this
election and A&M need not be
hurt anymore by it. I love A&M
more than that!
Finally I think A&M will be
in good hands next year and I
hope and pray that next year’s
yell-leaders will work with both
sides of campus so that everyone
can feel the 12th Man Spirit
which this and only this school
has. I would hope that the Corps
will not have the attitude of this
year’s head yell-leader and be
lieve that the Corps is A&M and
A&M is the Corps and that is
all. It hurts when your own lead
er says you’re not really an Ag
gie unless you’re in the Corps
of Cadets. It would be wonderful
to see a united A&M not divided.
I would hope that the non-regs
get off their cans and get out to
yell-practice and want to work
with the Corps because they are
already there yelling their hearts
out. In conclusion, I want to thank
all who made last year the best
year of my life. Next year let’s
go out and:
BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
EVERYBODY.
Ron Blackemeier
Jr. Yell-Leader
★ ★ ★
dates or their supporters before
the appeal.
David L. White
★ ★ ★
Plack backed
Editor:
In the past two weeks we have
heard and read very much about
the April 4th student elections. I
know many have heard and have
speculated very much about the
yell leader elections. You may
have spoken to some of the candi
dates or have been told how they
feel about the outcome. I per
sonally know one candidate who
sincerely loves Texas A&M and
what it stands for. He loves this
school so much that he feels it
would be best if he withdrew from
tomorrow’s special yell leader
election because he is concerned
that if he wins it would cause an
even greater split between the
Corps and civilians. I feel it’s a
shame that because of a contro
versial new election that Texas
A&M could lose a dedicated and
concerned Aggie who I sincerely
believe could be the best damn
yell leader this school has ever
had.
I believe that with both civilian
and Corps yell leaders working
together, we can unit both sides
of campus. I only hope that
everyone will get out and vote to
morrow and that people will vote
for a man because of what is
inside him and not because of the
clothes he wears. I hope you will
vote for Ron Blackemeier, because
he is an Aggie who has got it in
his heart. He believes in A&M
and I hope you will believe in
Ron.
Don Shafer
★ ★ ★
ed that, "White presented evi
dence in the form of signed state
ments from poll officials and in
dividual voters stating that some
ineligible people were allowed to
vote . . . ’’The article did not
state if the students who voted
illegally voted for the losers, in
which case the outcome of the
election would not have been af
fected; it did not state how many
students signed statements; and
it did not state how Mr. White
showed how the outcome of the
election would have been affected
by these irregularities. I commend
the Judicial Board and The Bat
talion for keeping the student
body suitably uninformed about
this gross miscarriage of justice.
Mr. White proved that |
were election irregularities, u
any election. However, in »
to affect the margin of victor
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election due to election irregular
ities. A self-appointed protector
of student rights, Mr. David
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