Discusses importance of compromise...
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1974
Page 7
Nash favors national student input
By TERESA COSLETT
Staff Writer
“We have to make sacrifices,”
said John Nash, SG vice president of
external affairs.
He was explaining that conces
sions with other schools are neces
sarily involved in TAMU belonging
to the National Student Association
(NSA).
A strong advocate for being in
volved in NSA, Nash discussed na
tional and state student organiza
tions and community relations in a
Battalion interview Tuesday.
TAMU joined National Student
Lobby (NSL) about two years ago
and got into NSA just this year.
Nash mentioned substantial Se
nate opixrsition to joining NSA, but
said, “There has been a definite
growth in interest students have
shown in the outside world.
“People are waking up to the idea
that students have a legitimate right
to have a say in national affairs. ”
But to have a real input to na
tional policy, schools need to work
on a group basis, said Nash.
He said schools would have to
compromise with each other on cer
tain issues, mentioning that in the
past TAMU has expressed dissatis
faction with certain liberal positions
NSA has taken like marijuana re-
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form.
Nash listed what he said were
tangible services of NSA member
ship.
These included a discount book
service, low cost insurance program
available only through NSA and a
student information service.
TAMU has already used the in
formation service to obtain facts
about co-op programs and student
judicial systems, said Nash.
He said NSL’s emphasis has been
shifting from moral and philosophi
cal issues to keeping the cost of edu
cation down.
On the state level, TAMU is in
volved in the Texas Student Associ
ation (TSA) and Texas Student
Lobby (TSL).
Nash attended a regional TSA
meeting in Houston last weekend
where students’ right to allocate
student service fees was discussed.
University of Houston students
have drafted a bill for students’ right
to allocate student service fees. The
bill will be introduced to the State
Legislature.
Nash favored granting students
the right, saying, “We’ve demon
strated that we’ve developed a via-
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Staff Writer
The planning of the December
commencement ceremony was the
purpose of the Convocations Com
mittee meeting Thursday.
Committee Chairman E.H.
Cooper, dean of admissions, ap
pointed committees to handle the
various phases of planning.
Prof. J.F. Griffiths, meteorology,
was reappointed to chair an ad hoc
committee responsible for propos
ing speakers for commencement.
Dr. T.J. Hirsch of the Civil En
gineering Department will be re
sponsible for securing ushers for the
ceremony.
Dr. C.W. Landiss, Health and
Physical Education, will arrange for
the use of the coliseum.
Cooper pointed out the impor
tance of thorough planning for the
commencement ceremony.
“As far as we know, we probably
have the most elaborate com
mencement in the southwest,’’ he
said. “All students still walk across
the stage. ”
The group brought up some of the
Assault,
robbery
charged
The Miss Courtney Ann’s Sea
food market, 3411 So. College Ave.,
was robbed and the store’s man
ager, Mary Catherine Simmons,
was allegedly assaulted Wednes
day, said Bryan Police.
Dale B. Claypoole has been
charged with aggravated robbery
and was put in county jail Thursday
around 5:30 p. m. No bond has been
set.
Simmons told police the man
came into the store with a knife and
demanded all of the money. She
gave him about $30-$40, she told
police, and asked him to leave, but
he refused. He took yellow electri
cal cord and tied her hands in front
and proceeded to sexually molest
her, she said.
She said he took the money out of
his pocket and threw it on the
weighing scales. He then left the
store on foot.
problems that were encountered
with summer commencement last
August. The major problem seemed
to arise from the great number of
family members and friends of the
graduates swarmed the floor to take
pictures.
This chaotic development was at
tributed to the ushers leaving their
posts early and the absence of
groups such as APO and Ross Vol
unteers to help keep order. This
problem is not expected to arise at
the December commencement.
Early reports estimate that some
i,050 students will graduate in De
cember.
ble mechanism here for allocating
funds. And the Board has thought so
since they’ve passed our recom
mendations exactly as they stood.
We’ve done a pretty good job and
proven that we re responsible.”
Another issue raised by Univer
sity of Houston students at the reg
ional meeting was levying of build
ing use fees. A questionnaire will be
sent to all state schools to get a re
cord of their aggregate debt. This is
to try to give students some control
over allocation of building use fees,
said Nash.
“It appears they’ve been levied
arbitrarily,” he said.
A bill drafted against the ruling
was sent to Hill. He then reversed
his position and left the levying of
student service fees to the discre-|
tion of each school’s Board of Direc
tors.
Also at the convention, an execu
tive aide of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen may
speak on student input to Congres
sional action.
Besides the main speaking sess-
sions, open to the public, the con
vention will consist of workshops on
private schools’ interest in TSA,
academic innovations, legal aid for
students, alcohol on campus and
dorm students’ legal rights.
Beside involvement in state and
national organizations, external af
fairs is concerned with community,
consumer and business affairs.
Nash said he felt a much more
effective liaison is developing bet
ween the university and commun
ity.
Connected with external affairs is
the Fair Housing Commission.
Nash said this commission handles
students’ complaints related to
apartments and publishes a
tennant’s rights brochure and an
aipartment guide giving criteria for
apartment selection.
Students with apartment-related
complaints may contact any of the
commission members.
A senior economics major, Nash
was an executive aide his freshman
year and a senator from Law-
Puryear his sophomore and junior
years.
He became extensively involved
in external affairs as a delegate to
various conferences and workshops.
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