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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1974
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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.
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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.
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Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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