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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1974 Listen up Sale of students’ names defended Editor: As the introducer of the recent senate resolution which sold the freshman class, according to your editorial, I would like to correct several inaccuracies which ap peared therein. Inaccurate statement #1 - “Stu dent senators found a life insurance plan better than any (sic) in the country.” Unfortunately, this is not true, nor was such a claim ever made or implied. It was stated, however, that the policy was “low- cost” ($20 per year for $10,000 coverage) and “time-tested”, having been administered by the National Student Association for 10 years. Inaccurate statement #2 - “They know it’s the best because NS A told them so.” While the policy was never claimed to be the best, the fact that the program has been suc cessful since its inception ten years ago seems to be empirical evidence that it is at least not antipathetic to the student interest. In addition, as was indicated at the meeting, sev eral other endorsements of the pol icy were available for inspection. Inaccurate statement #3 - “The insurance company offered the Se nate $125 for a list of the freshman class...” Even though the exact fig ure is somewhat irrelevant if the ac tion was not in the interest of stu dents, I felt it should be included in a list of inaccuracies. At the meet ing, it was stated that the amount would be between $115 and $215, the reason for the discrepancy being that there was some uncertainty as to how many freshmen entered this year. The $125 figure assumes the worst, which as it now appears, is an unjustified assumption, since the figure will be around the upper fig ure. Inaccurate statement #4 - “...the Senate is supervising student wel fare. ” This is the most critical inac curacy because it implies that Stu dent Government has adopted the in loco parentis doctrine. In my opinion, at least, the purpose of Student Government should be to make as many services as possible available to the students. Carried to an extreme, of course, (e.g., if the Senate handed the list of names to a large number of companies) this service would become a disservice. However, it does not seem that one mailing will inconvenience anyone and could be of great benefit to someone if they decided the plan was the best. Actually, the policy implicitly advocated by the Battalion (that the Senate should decide for the students that they should not be offered the insurance plan) is the only one which limits students’ options and “supervises student welfare ” Four misstatements in an editor ial of nine sentences do not speak highly of the Battalion s devotion to the principle of veracity. In addition, two issues which I feel have great relevance were not mentioned in the portion of the editorial which implied that it was reasonably certain that the list would be used for multiple mail ings. First, by Texas law, the list is public record, so if NS A has such evil intentions, they could procure the list without senate approval. Second, as provided for by a friendly amendment to the resolu tion, an affidavit will be sent by NS A swearing that the list will be used only for the stated purpose—one mail-out of literature on the insur ance policy. Thank you for your consideration in allowing me this space to respond to your editorial. John Nash Ag starts young Editor: Aggie fans seem to turn up any where. This “haiku” poem was handed in to me by one of my fifth graders: Longhorns are stupid Because they don’t use their head I guess it’s too big The student’s name is Cody Kruse. His father is a graduate of Texas A&M. Ima Balte Cameron ( Editorial ) Play editing unjustified John Joy, head of the Theater Arts Department, was given a choice last week: edit sex scenes from the department’s production of Marat/Sade or cancel the play. Liberal Arts Dean David Maxwell requested the editing for three reasons: (1) Some students involved in the play “did not approve of the play... ” (2) The community would find the play offensive. (Although Maxwell attributed this value judgement to the complaining students, we assume he agreed.) (3) The showing of the play “would lead people to think the administration would approve of a play that was considered offensive.” We do not agree with his reasoning because: (1) Although some students did complain, Joy said the turnout for tryouts was large and indicated a high student interest. (2) We consider our adult community mature enough to decide for themselves what is offensive. We also consider our adult community mature enough to recognize that attendance is not mandatory and if they find it offensive, they don’t have to go. (3) A university administration with integrity should be able to back the right of its theater arts department to show a play which its director deems as an exercise in “total theater.” For these reasons we feel Maxwell’s actions were unjustified and he should not have put pressure on Joy to edit the play. Cadet Slouch ? Jim Earle “I can’t tell if everybody is more excited about th’ Aggies winning or th’ sips losing!” Students angered Stadium service adds up to a considerable sum which should be ample to cover this extra service. For those without semester tickets and wishing to use the con venience, perhaps a small 15 cents or 25 cent charge per game would suffice. AGGIE CINEMA presents BALLAD OF A Susan Majors, ’76 Editor: Tm a day student and, like so many others living a considerable distance from campus, invested $15 in a shuttle ticket. The service is reasonable, and re cent changes in route schedules have been aimed at improvement. It could, however, become more complete and satisfactory for student’s needs if the service in cluded what many other univer sities offer—runs to and from the stadium on game days. Not only would this be of great help to those of us who want to get out and support the Aggies but lack transportation, but it would also al leviate much of the congestion and havoc created by traffic in the rush for the scarce parking facilities. The $15’s charged per individual Editor: We are writing in regard to the article entitled “Memories relived in AAA football” by a Mr. Tony Gal- lucci. We would be interested in know ing the extent of Mr. Gallucci’s mus ical background that entitles him to pass such a harsh critism on the Taylor and A&M Consolidated marching bands. The article baffles the imagina tion as to how one man can be both so cruel and so ignorant at one time. We would like to ask that, in the future, Mr. Gullucci restricts his writings to a subject at which he knows something about (if any). Lorena Stancil James Stancil A&M Consolidated Students SOLDIER (Chukhrai — U.S.S.R.) "The best Russian movie made since World War II - a vehemently original, beautiful, humorous, patriotic, senti mental journey through war-churned Russia...” A DIRECTORS’ FILM Tuesday, October 1 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 P.M. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor on request. 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