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—" c Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1974 iiiiiiniinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimmumiiiimiuiimiiimmimiimniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiniiiiuimiiii^ {ZcLih oz ± <^Afoh /uf Rod. SfMOO*. ^niiniiiiiiiiiiniii!iiiiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniminiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimi!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiii!niiiiiii!muiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiMiiiiiimiiiui"iiiiiH The University Rules and Regulations Com mittee will consider a resolution from the Student Senate calling for a change in the makeup of the Student Publications Board from five faculty-staf fers and three students to five-four with the stu dents in the majority. The proposal, even if adopt ed by the Rules and Regs Committee and later by the Academic Council, will no doubt face still resistance from the man at the top. President Williams showed no sympathy for the resolution in a letter to Student Government President Steve Eberhard. The letter, dated May 2, was in reply to an SG resolution sent by Eber hard disapproving the manner in which former Battalion managing editor Steve Goble was re moved from the newspaper staff by the Student Publications Board. Eberhard mentioned along with the Goble resolution that SG is studying the restructuring of the Publications Board as well as the possible election of the Battalion editor. Williams answer was curt. He stated in clos ing the letter, “the Student Publications Board will not be restructured; and we will not elect the editor of The Battalion.” This kind of reply was much too emphatic for my tastes and left too many questions unanswered. Consequently, I managed to get a short interview with Dr. Williams during an especially busy week for him and tried to get some explanations. In referring to his reply he said, “The system we have been using is an old one (the last time an editor was elected from the student body was in 1953, the Publications Board appointive power was es tablished the following year) and I don't intend to change it.” I asked if he would elaborate. He said, “No, I don’t have an elaboration. I simply say that I’m not going to restructure the Student Publications Board, or elect the editor of the Battalion. I like it the way it is.” Concerning students as a majority of the Publications Board he replied that he didn’t have any committee operating (under his jurisdiction) with a majority of students as far as he knew and that he prefers the status quo, with “a majority of staff people of the Board responsible to me.” He added later that it has been a policy of his to get student representation on university commit tees. On popularly elected editors Williams said, “I do not propose an election for an editor position since I think that it is by its very nature an ap pointive position.” Williams was also critical of student turnouts at on-campus elections and cited the inefficiencies inherent in an election process. “If you think an election is the way to run every thing, you’re unaware of the facts of life,” he said. In summarizing his feelings, Williams said, “I would not want to be a part of any other system (of composing a Publications Board or selecting an editor) so long as the newspaper has Texas A&M’s name on it and so long as I’m responsible to the Board of Directors for Texas A&M—so that is the way it is.” Dr. Williams busily worked with some cor respondence during the interview and had to leave in a rush for Galveston, but he nevertheless got his point across, even though I would have liked more explanatory answers. It is evident then that at present Student Government has little hope of changing the makeup of the Student Publications Board or in similar efforts even with the support of the Rules and Regulations Committee and the Academic Council. ★ ★ ★ This is my final Editor’s Notes and I’ll take this opportunity to say that I’ve enjoyed serving as Batt editor this spring semester and hope I’ve been able to create a little more interest in the student newspaper. I plan to continue working for The Battalion in the fall only in a more limited capacity. Next week Greg Moses takes over as Batt editor for the summer and ’74-’75 school year. He is an intelligent and capable journalist. Expect a quality product from him. Sears, Edwards, Ruff get top student awards HORNY BULLS MAKE TERRIBU ROOMMATE BUT GREAT COAT RACK 1 The top student awards were presented Saturday to Barbara Sears of Columbia, Mo.; Chet Edwards of Houston and Michael Ruff of Dallas. Edwards and Sears received the Brown Foundation-Earl Rud der Memorial Awards at com mencement. Each award included $5,000. Ruff was named for the $3,000 Doherty Award to the outstand ing member of the Corps of Cadets. It was presented by President Jack Williams at TAMU’s commissioning program. All three graduating seniors were cited for leadership in the classroom, in student life and TAMU programs. The prestigious awards were Distinguished awards go to faculty-staff Twelve faculty and staff mem bers Thursday received $1,000 checks and commemorative watches from the Association of Former Students for distin guished achievements. Former Students President Joe H. Moore presented the awards at a general faculty meeting which included remarks by Presi dent Jack K. Williams and Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice president for academic affairs. Categories for the Distin guished Achievement Awards are teaching, research, extension and student relationships. Awards for teaching went to Drs. Stanley Louis Archer, pro fessor of English; Vaughn M. Bryant Jr., assistant professor, sociology and anthropology; Dar- ald J. Hartfiel, assistant profes sor, mathematics; John Howard Hesby, assistant professor, ani mal science; Philip W. Ljungdahl, associate professor, accounting, and Udo Walter Pooch, assistant professor, industrial engineering. Research awards were present ed to Drs. James Russell Couch, professor, poultry science and biochemistry and biophysics; Jack Autrey Dabbs, professor, modern languages, and Sammy M. Ray, professor, marine sciences. Harold W. Gaines, student pro gram coordinator for the Memo rial Student Center, and Dr. Gary M. Halter, assistant pro fessor of political science, won awards for individual student re lationships. The extension award went to Dr. John Gordon Thomas, exten sion entomologist, Texas Agricul tural Extension Service. SOUTHGATE VILLAGE APARTMENTS Family size apartments with lots of closet space. Individually controlled refrigrerated air. Cable TV connections. Complete laundry facilities. ALL UTILITIES PAID One, two, three & four bedroom apart ments from $104.00. Some available now. Married students welcome. 134 Luther (off old hwy. 6 so., C. S.) Rental Office 846-3702 Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battntimm- tHtv' those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the university administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Editorial policy is determined by a majority of the editorial board. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit Such letters and does not guarantee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for verification. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77813. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A AM, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school full year. All subscriptions subject to 6% •tising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, year; $6.50 per sales tax. Advertisin 6% Texas 77843. e use for r not otl origin ise cred publish herein paper and local news Right of reproductio rved aid spo of i ntaneou all othe matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Membe ey, chairman ; Ur. Tom Adair, Ur. K. A. Albanese, Ur. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, Randy Ross, T. Chet Edwards, ;rs of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr and Jan Faber Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising c. City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Services. Inc, New York MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Editor Rod Speer Managing Editor Will Anderson Assistant to the Editor Greg Moses News Editor T. C. Gallucci Photo Editor Gary Baldasari 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. INSURANCE — HOME LOANS BUSIER-J ONES AGENCY Equal Opportunity Housing 1200 Villa Maria — 823-0911 FARM & HOME SAVING ASSOCIATION (Nevada, Mo.) highlights of graduation cere monies addressed by Vice Presi dent Gerald Ford and commis sioning of 161 new Army, Air Force and Marine Corps officers, with Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Brown as speaker. Established through gifts of the Brown Foundation of Hous ton, the Rudder award honors outstanding graduating seniors who exemplify the qualities and traits of the late Gen. Earl Rud der. He died in 1970, after serving as TAMU president 11 years. For the first time, two awards were given. Previous recipients were Corps members Van Taylor of Temple; Kirk Hawkins, San Angelo, and Wade Seidel, Bren- ham. The Doherty award was en dowed in 1971 by W. T. Doherty of Houston in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Doherty. He stipulated that it go to a graduating senior who earned a reserve officer commis sion, believes in God, loves his family, has strong feelings of patriotism for the U. S. and Texas and possesses a strong Ag gie spirit and love for Texas A&M. Earlier Doherty Award hon- orees were Thomas Bain Jr. of Dallas and Thomas Stanley of Mt. Pleasant. Sears, Rudder award winner, majored in botany, coming to TAMU as a freshman from the University of Misouri. She was the first woman student elected to an executive Senate office, Student Government secretary. She served SG her junior and senior year as External Affairs chairman, was active in the Texas Student Association and National Student Lobby. Sears also worked on the Fair Housing Commission, with the College Station City Council and was a SCONA 18 and 19 delegate. Edwards chaired the 18th SCONA as a junior and was executive vice president of com mittees of this year’s Memorial Student Center Council and Di rectorate. The economics major served on the SG Judicial Board, Student Publications Board and Disciplinary Appeals Panel among numerous other activities. He studied comparative govern mental economics at European and Asian universities last sum mer through the American Insti tute for Foreign Study. A for 1 inclu TAN Ai Repi Han poin' for 1 Squadron 12 commander in the 1973-74 Corps of Cadets, Ruff was named the outstanding pre medical student this year. He is a President’s Scholar and plans to enter the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in September. Ruff recently re ceived the Lovelace Award of the Air Force Association. It makes him eligible for all-expenses-paid study at the institution of his choice after three years active duty. His corps outfit won the George P. F. Jouine Flag for the best grade point ratio this year. Ruff was named the outstanding unit commander in the corps. The W\ontezuma Horny Bull: ,M 1 oz. Montezuma Tequila. 5 oz. CONCENTRATED ORANGE BREAKFAST DRINK. 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