Page 2 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1974
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Listen up
Questions about
lab fees remain
Editor:
I wish to thank you for your
prompt inquiry into the lab fees
situation (Your Man at Batt, Oct. 3).
I asked a question and received an
answer, but I do take exception to
the way in which it was answered by
the department officials.
I must have read the article
wrong or I read it in such a way as to
get the feeling I was being blamed
for raising costs for future students
of the course and departmental loss
of funds.
I didn’t think asking questions
could be so costly! The whole matter
might have been avoided had it
been handled properly in class to
begin with.
Another example of questionable
lab fees is Genetics 301, where a lab
fee is charged and there is no lab!
Dr. Magill informed us of this the
first class meeting but said the ad
ministration hadn’t gotten around to
changing it. It seems the fees situa
tion is still far from clear.
scripted and indoctrinated slaves
slaughter each other by the mill
ions.
Let there be no amnesty for those
who put their faith in violence or kill
for a price. Hail the brave men who
for conscience sake did not partici
pate in military violence.
Blessed are the peaceful. Let
humanity unite into One World for
Man on Planet Earth.
Ernie Sheffield
Osseo, Minn.
Rick Aldridge ’76
We re looking into it. The Stu
dent Government has recently es
tablished an Academics Complaints
File and is also investigating. —
Ed.
Military hit
Editor:
Every gun that is made, every
warship launched, every rocket
fired signifies, in the final sense, a
theft from those who hunger and
are not fed, those who are cold and
are not clothed. This world in arms
is not spending money alone. It is
spending the sweat of its laborers,
the genius of its scientists, the
hopes of its children. . . .This is not
a way of life at all, in any true sense.
Under the cloud of threatening
war, it is humanity hanging from a
cross of iron.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Consider the present waste of re
sources, manpower and energy. In
the United States, for example, $83
billion annually is wasted by the
Dept, of Violence (the military).
Vast and half vast armies of con-
Seats needed
Editor:
I would like to express my feel
ings about the TAMU football
stadium seats. It has gotten to the
point where sitting on the seats
(when we do sit) feels like sitting on
pieces of glass. For days after the
last home game, my husband and I
could feel tiny pieces of glass fibers
in our legs and hands which does not
feel good — it can be very painful.
Other people around were com
plaining about this too.
If the university has enough
money to throw away half of a mill
ion dollars on a wall which nobody
wants why can’t they spend a little
money to fix up the stadium seats —
something everyone does want and
can use.
There is another matter of the in
adequate rain water drainage on the
upper concession decks of the
stadium. It would take so little ol
A&M’s vast engineering resources
to solve this problem I can’t under
stand why this problem even exists.
And while we are thinking of ways to
spend our excessive money, how
about a new baseball stadium. I be
lieve the need here is obvious.
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OF DOUG KERSHAW ON OCT. 11, GENERAL ADMISSION
SERIES ATTRACTIONS WILL BE BY PRESENTATION OF TICKE1I
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‘I hope we got through that chapter of American history without offending any minority groups
Mrs. John Sablatura
The possibilities of these sugges
tions will be investigated — Ed.
Category seen
Editor:
I am writing in response to a let
ter by Beth Sauder in the Oct. 2
issue of The Battalion.
SOS, ,
Sauder says she was “nearly run
down” deliberately by some ath
letes and was accosted with obsce
nities and “rude comments ”. She
believes consideration of others isn’t
one of the traits acquired or held
highly by the athletes and our athle
tic program has failed to instill cer
tain “sterling qualities” into the ath
letes.
I don’t know, Ms. Sauder, how
you knew these men were athletes;
but assuming they are, why did you
choose to pick on this fact? They are
also Aggies, males, Texans, etc., but
you apparently didn’t feel any of
these were the reason for their be
havior. Do you sincerely believe all
athletes are rude because they are
athletes? This is similar to
stereotyping all blacks lazy, all Jews
cheap, or all females incompetent in
math. And wouldn’t you expect
one’s parents to “instill sterling
qualities’’ before an athletic prog
ram? As for being nearly run down
and shouted at, I offer no excuses. I
only want to point out that such in
cidents (which are only to get atten
tion) happen all the time, and not
only athletes are guilty.
I can understand your disgust,
but I think your disgust should be
leveled at the individuals rather
than their categorization of “ath
lete .
Linda Lea
State houses
“We promised to not talk about the Kansas game, and that applies
to crying about it too!”
Editor:
Change is presently faster in
Washington than usual and is some
times questionable.
The influence of the local popula
tion is extensive. Embassies of
foreign powers exert a tremendous
impact. Well organized lobbies
have great influence.
How does the influence of the 50
American states rate? Who repres
ents the rights of each American
State?
Shouldn’t every American state
have a state house similar to an em-
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bassy to insure and protect state
rights? If each state had such a
house in Washington and took ac
tive part in the American scene,
there would be more American
spirit in Washington.
I am certain that Texas manhood
and spirit at a Texas state house
would help America and Texas at all
Washington affairs.
The State House would explain
Texas to the millions of visitors in
Washington each year from all over
the nation and the world.
Washington should have 50
American state houses to insure the
state rights of each state and insure
the American way of life is at its
best.
Library noisy
Albert Price
Kane, Pa.
Editor:
I am writing this letter as a sin
cere request to the student body
and library administrators of this
school, because I feel that there is a
serious noise problem in the library
during the day.
I realize that with the construc
tion and rearranging of the facilities
the library is not the quietest place,
but there are many students who
must use the library as a place to
study. And I am sure that they, as
well as myself, would appreciate a
little consideration on the part qf the
students who are coming into the
library between classes. It is not a
place to socialize!
Robin Schriver, ’76
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ROTARY COMMUNITY SERIES
In Cooperation with
Texas A&M University Town Hall
Announces the 1974-75 Rotary Community Series of outstanding entertainment events. Enjoy all four of 1
the wonderful performances for only $19.75 — the price of a season ticket.
DON JUAN IN HELL
Oct. 30, 1974, 8:00 pm
Bryan Civic Auditorium
TAMU Student $2.50
Public $5.50
DON JUAN IN HELL is a brilliant satire written 70 years ago by George Bernard
Shaw which has amazingly foretold the human predicament in today’s lifestyle.
The widely celebrated case consists of Ricardo Montalban, Myrna Loy, Edward
Mulhare, and Kurt Kaszner, each an outstanding veteran of stage and screen.
These brilliant performers, combined with Shaw’s acid wit promise an evening
well spent.
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM
Nov. 19, 1974, 8:00 pm
Bryan Civic Auditorium
TAMU Student $2.5!
Public $55!
Bryan Civic Auditorium will come alive with laughter when the award winninj
performer, Julia Meade, comes to star in the pre-Broadway tour of MOVE OVER
MRS. MARKHAM. The poised and talented Mrs. Meade has to her credits, films
like PILLOW TALK, TAMMY, TELL ME TRUE, and ZOTZ. In MOVE OVEfl
MRS. MARKHAM, the hilarious complications begin with a series of id
rendezvous centered around the Markham’s apartment. One London crilc
wrote, “A riot, laughter hit of the year.” Don’t miss it! \
THE HAPPY JAZZ BAND
Feb. 24, 1975, 8:00 pm
Bryan Civic Auditorium
TAMU Student $2.50
Public $5.00
Since their formation in the early 60’s THE HAPPY JAZZ BAND has come to be
a measuring stick for their contemporaries. Operating from “The Landing,” the
river front nightclub started by the San Antonio based group, they have enter
tained listeners from the White House to Mexico City. Their enthusiasm ema
nates from every note they play and you’ll find that enthusiasm contagious.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Mar. 10, 1975, 8:00 pm
Rudder Center Auditorium
TAMU Student $2.50
Public $6,5!
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, one of the world’s most acclaimed musicals, stands!
as a masterpiece. This is a show that audiences never tire of seeing and no*
once more, they will have the magical opportunity to be taken back into time#
Tevye and his family to the village of Anatevka and hear once morellis
unforgettable musical score.
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1974-74 Rotary Series Order
Mail or Deliver to:
ROTARY COMMUNITY SERIES
MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER BOX OFFICE
FIRST FLOOR — RUDDER CONFERENCE TOWER
P.O. BOX 5718
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77844
I wish to purchase season tickets for the 1974-75 series. Would prefer seats in
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For more information, call the Memorial Student Center Box Office at 845-2916. Deadline for
season ticket orders is October 24, 1974.
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