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v , HEHW .(vwn.Goi „ KISSWGERJ JON pl :W ONI MILLION TONS OF g*™*^**^ ° v I R A ^ TW ° PERCiNT —™ ATS {Your Man at Batt\ I By WILL ANDERSON J There have been a number of complaints that the bare fiberg lass seats in Kyle Field were causing a great deal of irritation. Spectators asked what the chances were of having the seats re painted, how long it would take and how soon. “Painting may or may not be the solution,” said Don Hackney, a contractor for Temple Associated of Diboll. That company handled the contracting during the 1966 stadium expansion. Hackney said a study was underway to determine a solution and il it was decided to paint the seats, the job would probably be done by Diversified Plastics Inc. of Houston, the sub-contractors who pro vided the seats. He said he assumed DPI would also finance the project. “We hope to have it done before the Rice game,’ Hackney said. A project last year to recoat all the seats in Kyle Field took two days, said Wallace Groff, athletic business manager. The paint this year will hopefully last three or four years, he said. Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1974 PEANUTS . ALL KI6J4T / FRANKLIN.WHAT 00 vou THINK 1 * v WRE DOING?! •t't ill Flavins hockey.' it loo^T mk T ™!V T A 1K6 ^ ujuKJJKE . IN my um ^VIHAT'5 WHAT! L° |'M PRACTICING]IdHAT A60UT ME? FOR A FIGURE / I'M PRACTICING 5KATIN6 / TO 6EC0ME A COMPETITION!] GREAT HOCKEY . played... y Listen up &L BSR-I 2 SSI Ipioni Total you geth how many Black PLAYER5 IN THE NHL , FRANKLIN? i ‘Local news not found in Batt’ Editor! I find it strange that a journal which is so hell-bent on “students’ rights” should be so oblivious to students’ interests and activities. In fact, I find it hard to believe the Batt is really interested in anything on the A&M campus that isn’t highly controversial or scandalous. Every student on this campus has access to a daily newspaper, a radio and/or a television to keep informed on national and state developments. But the Batt is the only way to keep up with campus news—that which concerns students—and I must say that it fails sadly in filling the gap. I don’t wish to sound provincial ( Editorial Throw the bums out If you don’t know your student senator, you may have grounds for his impeachment. Last year Student Government, in a rare progressive mood, spelled out the constitutional responsibilities of its senators: “Each senator has the responsibility to become informed on legislative issues, to relate his views to his constituency, and to become involved in Student Government projects and/or committees. By a two-thirds majority the Senate can clean its own house of inactive and uninformed members. But the Senate can t know if a Senator is relating his views to his constituency. This clause and the recent greening of the Student Government Judicial Board can give students power over their public ser vants that is long overdue. The judicial branch is beginning to recognize itself as a separate branch of Student Government and is assuming the right to issue a writ of mandamus (a judicial order which requires a public official to perform his stated duties). If a senator is not keeping his constituents informed of his stand on the issues, a constituent may bring this to the Judicial Board as proof of negligence of duty. The Judicial Board may then issue a writ of mandamus which in effect tells the senator to either shape up or get out of the senate. If the senator does not then keep his constituents informed and if complaints continue, he may be removed by the Judicial Board. So students now have a constitutional weapon against lazy senators, should they choose to use it. If a senator is not making an honest effort to let his constituents know how he is voting and how he feels on legislative issues he is violating his constitutional responsibility and should he impeached. How does your senator feel about the issues? Whotsyour senator? He’s had two months to let you know. Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are 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 the editor. LETTERS POUCY 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 guaran tee to publish any letter. Each letter must he signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for verifica tion. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, Steve Eberhard, Don Hegi, and John Nash, Jr. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school year; $10.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 591 sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction ot all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Editor Greg Moses Assistant Editor Will Anderson Managing Editor LaTonya Perrin Sports Editor Mark Weaver Photo Editor Alan Killingsworth Copy Editors Cynthia Maciel, Carson Campbell News Editor Roxie Hearn, Steve Bales City Editor Rod Speer Special Assignment Reporters Teresa Coslett, Mary Russo, Jim Crawley, Paul McGrath, Tony Gallucci,Gerald Olivier, Steve Gray, Jack Hodges, Judy Baggett, Barbara West General Assignment Reporters Dave Johnson, Kanaya Mahendra, Jim Peters, David White, Cindy Taber, Roxie Hearn, Debi Holliday, Rose Mary Traverse, Ron Ams- ler, Robert Cessna, Richard Henderson, Daralyn Greene, Scott Reynolds, Sandra Chandler, Jim Sullivan, Leroy Dettl- ing Photographers Douglas Winship, David Kimmel, Jack Holm, Glen Johnson, Chris Svatek, Gary Baldasari, Rodger Mallison, Steve Krauss but I would like to know what speakers, events and movies are coming to campus; I would like to know that Olin Teague will be here before he comes. I would like to hear of new programs through the Batt—not the grapevine, the bulle tin boards or the local talk show. And when we have a good football team I’d like to see a decent story about it, with actual headlines, and not some two-bit, back-page story with no Pictures and no praise. I m tired of Batts which are 6() percent cent advertising, 30 per cent AP news and maybe 10 percent information concerning Aggies. If I want to read about the world. I’ll go to my Post or my Newsweek. If you’re really concerned about how student money is spent, how about giving us a little bit more for that $11,000 in Student Service fees money you get? I don’t think it is asking t<x> much to want to know what in God’s name is going on around this place. Suzanne Quinlan ’75 Student services fees provide $65,000 of the Battalion’s $175,000 operating budget. Most of the dif ference is made up by advertising. 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