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Vol. 67 No. 396
Flood plain zoning, road construction
Cbe Battalion
TtxJay in the Bait
Voluntary tuition
Aggie entrepreneurs
Why Texas won
p. 2
p. 5
p. 8
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 22, 1974
top agenda at College Station P&Z
(2)... THE LIBRARY which has also adjusted its hours as
follows: May 20-25, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; May 26, 2 p.m.-6 p.m.; May
27-31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Next we take a look . . .
Suicide
Ad for professional help
to end it all checked out
An advertisement in the Rice
Thresher for Euthanasia Inc.
! prompted The Battalion to call the
proprietor, listed as L. Mortez in
the ad, and look for a possible
story angle. Mortez seemed quite
serious about his service so we
assigned News Editor T. C. Gal-
| lucci to pose as a person contem-
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a broken voice, “Don’t you think
that you may be throwing away
more than you realize?”
“No, I’m not,” I replied.
After reaching what could be
called a dead end, Linnenman set
up a rendezvous on the seventh
(See SUICIDE, p. 2)
The Battalion is expanding its
coverage into the College Station
city political arena. This article
is an attempt to acquaint the
reader with the issues before the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
—Ed.
By GERALD OLIVIER
The issues of flood plain zoning,
road construction priorities, and
Aggie
!T fights
for hair
A former TAMU Corps com
mander urges servicemen to band
together to avoid harassment over
hair length by the Army.
Lt. Matthew R. Carroll, a 1971
graduate, states in a press release
that “after two months of harass
ment, intimidation, threats, a
direct order ... all having to do
with my hair, the Army is going
to try and kick me out.”
“What they are going to try to
do is slip me out as quickly and
quietly as possible without due
process of law,” he continued.
“They have left me no alternative
except to fight them the only way
I know how. I am taking the
stand that the Army has absolute
ly no right to tell people how to
wear their hair.”
Carroll points out that although
the Army claims that it is a mili
tary necessity to have a hair
policy, other NATO nations have
none. Carroll is circulating a
petition to be presented to Con
gress protesting the treatment of
himself and of pSgt. Dan Pruitt
(Air Force), who was sentenced
to four months of hard labor for
refusing to cut his hair.
“I am a First Lieutenant and
an Airborne Ranger. I was Atom
ic Demolition Platoon leader.
Corps Commander at A&M in 1970
and was elected to Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Universi
ties in the United States in 1971.
There is no way they can call me
a radical,” says Carroll.
“I feel that this is the only
truly responsible position that an
officer in the U. S. Army can
take at this point in time, es
pecially after the things I have
witnessed during my three years
experience in the United States
Army,” continued Carroll.
He further stated “the so-called
leaders of the U. S. Army have
turned their backs on the legiti
mate claims of the citizen soldier
in the 1970s and it is time, long
overdue, for us to secure those
rights which are rightfully ours.”
Carroll, stationed in Germany,
is encouraging soldiers and the
public to attend his upcoming
trial.
the rezoning of a large tract of
land on FM 60 South, faced the
College Station Planning and
Zoning Commission Monday night.
A zone change request for a
17.9 acre tract and one of 4.32
acres was approved. The com
mission stressed the need for long
range zoning requests, informing
potential property owners of the
eventual distribution of com
mercial, residential, and apart
ment building in the neighbor
hood.
A representative of the Texas
Highway Department Planning
Office informed the commission
of a change in road construction
priorities in Brazos County. The
building of a road to a proposed
county park has been moved into
priority one classification. Thisi
classification qualifies all projects
within it to be let for contract
whenever money becomes avail
able.
Presently included in priority
one are: the extension of Foun
tain Street to intersect Hwy. 60
at the grade crossing, the exten
sion of Briarcrest Drive to inter
sect Fountain, and the placement
of a traffic light at the interstc-
tion of Jersey Street and FM
2154. These problems have been
facing the city of College Station
for years. The proposed Brazos
County park is a relatively new
issue. Commissioners expressed
fear that the building of a road
to the non-existent park would
take precedence over current traf
fic problems in College Station.
Final decision on which project
will be funded rests with the Dis
trict Engineer for the highway
department.
The P&Z Commission recom
mended a draft of an ordinance
governing building in the flood
hazard zone to the College Sta
tion City Council for review.
They also recommended that the
council delete that portion of the
present city ordinances prohibit
ing building within the zone.
In further action the commis
sion appointed Tom Chaney to be
Commission Liason to the Parks
and Recreation Committee meet
ing on May 28.
All meetings of the commission
are open to the public. P&Z meets
on the first and third Mondays
of the month at 7 p.m. in the
College Station City Hall. The
next meeting will be on June 3.
(1) . .. BEGINNING A PICTORIAL TOUR of campus deso
lation is the Northgate area where merchants have adjusted
wmmm
to shorter hours and some have even closed up for the be-
tween-session lull. The next stop is . . .
Pub board status quo backed
By KATHY YOUNG
Five faculty members out-vot
ed three students on dress code
and Student Publications Board
issues before the Rules and Reg
ulations Committee last Thurs
day.
The committee discussed pro
posed changes and additions to
the university regulations as sug
gested by the Student Senate and
Student Services.
Dean John Beckham chaired the
committee in the absence of Dr.
Haskell Monroe. Three students
and five university staff mem
bers were present.
The three students, Randy
Ross, Steve Eberhard, and John
Nash voted in favor of changing
the Student Publications Board
from three students to five stu
dents and prohibiting the direc
tor of student publications from
being automatic chairman of the
board. This measure however was
defeated by four votes and one
absention from the remaining of
the board.
Dean Beckham abstained say
ing that he did not feel that the
committee had the power to rule
on the Student Publications
Board. Howard Perry, assistant
vice president for Student Serv
ices; Roger Miller, assistant to
the president; Mike Goeken, busi
ness affairs office, and Judge
James Amis, system attorney, all
voted against increased student
representation in the policies and
actions of the Student Publica
tions Board.
The Student Senate proposed
deleting the present dress code
from the university regulations.
TAMU applicants
rise 84 per cent
Dean Beckham opposed the dele
tion on the grounds that certain
clothing is needed for the safety
of the student in laboratories.
The students then proposed a
change in the wording of the
dress code to require it only in
the cases of safety in labs. This
was defeated by a five to three
vote.
The dress code will remain as
it is presently stated with the
addition of one sentence concern
ing tobacco. “The use of tobacco
in instructional classrooms and
laboratories is prohibited.” This
statement which governs both the
professor and student was ac
cepted unanimously.
The committee also clarified
certain portions of the existing
rules. In section 62, No. 2 was
changed to “Students must secure
permission from the area coordi
nator before making any substan
tive changes to or within their
rooms.” This general statement
replaced specifics such as mat
tress covers and furniture rear
rangement.
Also in that same section, No.
3 it was stated that “students
may paint their rooms under cer
tain conditions. Students should
consult with the area coordinator
for information on painting.” This
wording change was proposed by
Dr. John Koldus, vice president
for student services.
Under the next section concern
ing the resignation procedure it
was stated that, “any student
who resigns should vacate uni
versity housing within a reason
able period of time.”
These recommendations will be
submitted to the Academic Coun
cil for approval. However, Pres
ident Williams has final approval
in the councils actions.
By STEVE BALES
TAMU led all state and land-
grant colleges in its percentage
of increases for fall, 1974, appli-
plating suicide in hopes that
|jEuthanasia Inc. would come up
| with a suicide plan. The resulting
| story follows.—Ed.
By T. C. GALLUCCI
:
1 Tired of pressures from finals
and every day life ? Want to end
j it all ? L. Mortez, a student at
ij Rice University, placed an ad-
Ivertisement in the Rice Thresher
joffefing to help . . . for a small
' fee.
However, when I contacted Mor
tez, proprieter of Euthanasia Inc.,
by telephone, (under an alias) he
was hesitant to discuss his pro
fessionally planned suicides. His
consultant, unnamed — but later
i Fevealing his identity as Mark
Linnenman, was more cooperative.
Linnenman explained the dif
ferent plans, “We can supply any
thing from the standard rub-out
to our more elaborate, luxury of
fers.” Soon realizing, however,
that I was dead serious about the
ad, Linneman’s voice took a se
rious tone. “Well, before we go
any further, wouldn’t you like to
tell me about yourself?” he asked.
"No,” I replied.
Eventually Linnenman asked in
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
(3) ... OYER SULLY’S SHOULDERS at the usually bustling Academic mall area, site of
the women’s carnival and two Free Tunes programs from the Basement Committee last se
mester. And for our last attraction we have .. .
cations, according to a recent
survey by the National Associ
ation of State and Land-Grant
Colleges (NASULGC).
Total applications at TAMU
increased almost 84 per cent for
this fall, according to the NASU
LGC survey.
TAMU’s out-of-state applica
tions increased more than 170 per
cent and in-state applications in
creased about 80 per cent.
As of March 1 the national
total of applications for next fall’s
freshman class showed an increase
of 3V2 per cent over applications
received for fall, 1973. The esti
mated freshman enrollment, how
ever, is predicted to drop slightly
from 312,933 in fall, 1973, to
311,192 in 1974.
The primary reasons, according
to the survey, for decreases in
freshman enrollment were:
• A decreased interest in at
tending college and the elimina
tion of the draft.
• A decrease in the size of the
college-age population combined
with limitations on freshman en
rollment and increases in student
charges.
A greater number of qualified
freshman applicants are expected
to be rejected by state and land-
grant universities in 1974, the
survey points out.
Twenty-seven institutions re
ported that they expect to reject
a total of 36,943 qualified appli
cants. Twenty-three institutions
listed the main reason for these
(See APPLICATIONS, p. 2)
(4) . .. ONCE CROWDED RACKS outside the Biological Sci
ences Building. (Photos by Kathy Young and Steve Bales)