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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1974)
page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL, 18, 1974 Your Man at Batt by Greg Moses When Robert Thurmond went to get a ticket for the senior steak dinner, he found a waiting list of 50 people. “I was informed there was a mixup in reservations made by the Former Students,” Thurmond said. Here’s the mixup: “The largest dining center near campus seats 750 (at the Ramada Inn),” explained Pat Morley, director of campus programs for the Former Students Association. By mid-morning Friday, the Monday banquet was a sell-out (or give-out, since the banquet is free courtesy of the Former Students). Morley said another 750 tickets were given for a Tuesday banquet and a waiting list was started. A third small banquet is planned for Monday for those who are on the waiting list. Many traffic complaints We have received many complaints about the traffic situation near the Department of Agriculture Building. Cars exiting from lot 1 have to watch cars coming under the underpass and cars coming off the ramp. Cars on the ramp have to watch both in front, for cars from the parking lot, and behind, on University Drive. (See map below.) There has been one reported accident in that area, at the yield sign on the ramp, this year, according to College Station police. The police keep a record of the traffic accidents according to seriousness and location. The intersection by the USDA Building is relatively accident free. The traffic control devices of farm roads, even those within city limits, are controlled by the State Highway Department. George Boriskie, traffic engineer for the department, says this problem has not been brought to their attention. Write: District Engineer, Texas Highway Department, 1300 N. Texas Ave., Bryan, to register complaints on any traffic situation. “If someone wrote us directly we would be happy to look into a situation,” said Boriskie. No lot 60 refunds Parking fines for lot 60 are not being refunded, says Chief O. L. Luther. Thursday’s Batt article on lot 60 quoted Ron Miori as saying students should appeal the lot 60 tickets and that refunds were being given. f Listen Up ‘Decent service 9 lacking. says SG Radio manager Editor: The recent articles about Stu dent Government Radio have prompted me to put forth my views concerning SGR’s failure to provide decent service to the A&M students and community. I do not disagree with any thing that has been reported. I have not been misquoted. This semester, Student Government Radio has been the poorest exam ple of a radio station I have ever seen or heard. The blame should be put on several people, myself included. I have not put forth the effort I should have this sem ester, part of the reason being grades and health. Perhaps I should have worked more with the station, but there just wasn’t time. This is not to say I didn’t work at all. Darrell Brogdon and I spent the entire spring break, working until the early morning hours constructing the new studio. I think much of the blame lies with the Student Senate and the overwhelming abundance of very poor equipment. When you can’t sell advertising because the sound is so poor that the prospective advertisers can’t even tell what song is playing, something is wrong. And we didn’t receive much help (none, to be exact) from the Student Senate in the way of money for new equipment. I am truly sorry that SGR “went down the tube.” A student- operated radio station is an in valuable asset. Maybe in the fu ture the Student Senate, the ad ministration and the students of A&M will recognize the need and the value of a student radio sta tion. John Herndon SGR Manager-Program Di rector ★ ★ ★ No solution Editor: “Bear” Bryant Brundett, whose letter appeared in The Battalion on April 5 must not assume as he does, that the “silent majority” or anyone else sides with him on his solutions for rioting, looting, streaking, etc. . . . Perhaps his solution for streaking would work, but I can’t find words to express my horror when I read his honest suggestion that riot situations could be easily and abruptly stopped if “someone caught a bullet.” He really believes that “some unlucky individual must be made an example.” Just a human life or two ... to save a color TV or two. . . . Bear’s values need to be re assessed as do those of the people who side with him. He is sincere in hoping that streaking will not “black the eye” of A&M. Let’s hope that he and others who agree with him do some serious thinking about how his solutions could black the eye and the heart of A&M and humanity. Several “unlucky individuals” at Kent State “caught bullets.” Examples they were! I truly hope that Bear does not represent the ideas of those at A&M. Maryanne McNamara ★ ★ ★ For the staff Editor I’m writing this letter on be half of the staff of Student Gov ernment Radio. Just about everyone knows the station is off the air for the time being. Why? Because the equip ment is shot. It’s a definite can didate for euthanasia. Both the staff and the radio governing board have attempted numerous times to see that the equipment is fixed. Midwest Vi deo Corp. is responsible for the upkeep of the station but their efforts are hardly commendable. The station’s signal points this out pretty well. When the equipment starts fal tering the station personnel begin to lose the incentive necessary to keep the station running. This has happened to the staff, parti cularly me. Doing the news is a lot of work. It’s disheartening to listen to one of the newscasters deliver a news cast when all of the static gets more attention from the listen ers than the news that Georges Pompidou of France is dead. I’ve lost a lot of incentive my self. But I just don’t have control over the equipment. Rather it sort of controls the station. Regardless of the scope of the situation I’m still going to try to keep a half-decent news depart ment going. I’ve got a lot to learn from my mistakes and maybe in September we can look for a definite improvement in the sta tion overall. Stephen Gray News Director Student Government Radio PISCES Tropical—Salt Water Fish & Supplies Streak in for Savings Silver Angels 3 for $1.00 Black Lace Angels 79^ ea. Cbe Battalion Large Red Fin Botica $1.89 ea. Large Ruby Fin Shark $2.98 ea. Are you rejecting the possibility of graduate school fa 1 fear the problems are old hat and boring? Then consider BIOPHYSICS We offer some of the most fascinating problems goi:.? muscle, membranes, and mind. Good students of cheir. | istry, physics, biological sciences, and applied mathemt tics are urged to check it out. Write: Robert M. 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The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Editor Rod Speer Managing- editor Will Anderson Assistant to the Editor Greg Moses News editor T. C. Gallucci Photo Editor Gary Baldasari Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Ass’t. Sports Editor Ted Boriskie Staff writers Vickie Ashwill, LaTonya Perrin, Mary Russo, Tony Gallucci, Cliff Lewis, Brad Ellis, Hank Wahrmund, Norine Harris, Sally Hamilton, Julia Jones. Makeup Bob Chaney Photographers Roger Mallison, Alan Killings- worth, .Steve Ueckert, David Spencer. RAISED! RAISED FROM THE DEAD! CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU? TO THE WORLD? It means that nothing can ever be the same again . . . not even death ... so most cer tainly life itself can never be the same again! That’s what you call earth-shaking news! Celebrate it with us Sunday. There’s nothing that can equal it and we want to share it with anybody who needs some good news ! ! ! AND WHO DOESN’T NEED SOME GOOD NEWS? Bible Class: 9:30 a.m. Divine Worship: 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. Main — 846-6687 , Hubert Beck, Pastor 10 Gal. Aquarium $4.98 ea. 20 Gal. ALL GLASS Aquarium $11.98 ea. 10 Gal. Incondescent Set-ups $14.49 Includes tank, tops & bulbs 20 Gal. Set-up complete $49.99 1057 S. Texas Ave. C.S. Next To City Hall 846-8047 Heroe’s Loupot’s Gentleman’s Quarter 8-12 P.M. 807 Texas Ave. Across From A&M H “PLEASE HELP MAKE NEXT WEEK THE BIGGEST OF MY CAREER.” The brewers of Budweiser, in coopera tion with ABC Radio, asked me to remind you that April 22-27 is National College “Pitch In!” Week. All week, all over America, students like you will be filling up litter cans like me. If there’s an official “Pitch In!” Week program in your campus community, join up. If there isn’t, you can still support the national effort. Just pick up any litter in your path next week and bring it to me. Thanks, see you then. Budweiser, ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. • ST. LOUIS