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iiliiLtiF p.m. ~li. :an Style ans, Salih las 1 lenisnowtis ico mm ver ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Cbe Battalion Vol. 68 No. 44 College Station, Texas Friday, November 15, 1974 Correction In Thursday’s Battalion, the article “Blacks listed as underachievers’ ” erroneously said that the fall Elementary and Secondary School Report included “students in the sixth through 12th grades.’’ The report includes students in the first through 12th grades. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★****** :Koldus offers help to students who quit after letter to editor 2SS ►ENT II Iry i Bv RICK HENDERSON Staff Writer Dr. John J. Koldus, vice presi- lent for student services, has of- Ired to help find university jobs for wo students who were asked to res in from the Housing Office be muse of a letter printed in “The Bat- mlion.' J “In regard to what had taken llace, I offered to help them (Greg- IryMarchand and Elmer Banes) if liey needed a job,’ said Koldus. [However, I didn’t feel they should [etum to work at the Housing Office luce the incident had caused an- fcgonism between the individuals [involved. ” | Violation of standard university Jomplaint liling procedures was the nain item which led to their resig- ■ations, said Dr. Charles W. Pow- 11, director of Student Affairs, Thursday. The procedure for filing com plaints is set out in “A Complaint and Appeal Procedures for Emp loyees Other Than Faculty” in the A&M Policy and Procedures Man- ual. The procedure provides for, first, an oral discussion with the employe’s supervisor about the complaint; second, a presentation of a written complaint to the head of the respective department; and third, an appeal committee hearing, if warranted. The former employes, Marchand and Banes, both TAMU students, wrote a letter to “The Battalion,” printed Oct. 29, explaining why persons calling the Housing Office for telephone numbers were often referred to Centrex, the central telephone exchange on campus. The reason for the letter, Marchand said, was that “we were just hacked 1 Hot debate springs from apathy charge Bv JUDY BAGGETT Staff Writer A heated discussion broke out at rhursday night’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) meeting. Things got hot when Ron Blatch- ley, RHA adviser, said the organiza- ion wasn’t making any progress be- ause of lagging member interest. Tm sorely disappointed in RHA, Blatchley said. He said there would be no need for RHA if it doesn’t accomplish anything. This campus has been the leadest place,” Blatchley said. “There is no spirit in the halls. Members, which are presidents of the dorms they represent, de fended both the students’ and the association’s lack of interest. Students are hassled by adminis trative treatment and respond by not cooperating with the administ ration, said Kim Shaefer, represen tative for Keathley. She said “petty parking stickers and registration of bikes” are exam- 'ples of harrassment by administra tion. “You have to fight for weeks to get the TV fixed in the lounge,” Shaefer said. Another representative said dorm residents feel it is “unfair for the word of a resident adviser to be taken over the word of a student. One member reminded others of a past effort that had failed. RHA fought for extension of visitation rights and nothing was accomp lished. A defeatist attitude is RHA’s problem, Blatchley said. He said the organization must go out and fight for what it wants. A motion was made to contribute $20 to a candy drive for retarded children in the Austin State School. Left-over Halloween candy was col lected from dorms, but members said the drive was not successful. The candy is to be given to the school for Christmas. The motion failed eight to 10. Lists of improvements for dorms were given to RHA officers. The lists will be passed on to Dr. Charles Powell, director of Student Ser vices. Later in the meeting, a spring convention of the Texas Residence Hall Association (TRHA) at Stephen F. Austin was announced by Nolan Meers, state treasurer for TRHA. Governor Briscoe will be asked to declare a TRHA week. The purpose of TRHA is to bring halls together to discuss common problems and solutions, Meers said. The organization wants to be known around the state. An organization “has to be known to get money,” he said. When explaining progress of the judicial board, George Lippe, vice president, said the judicial board of RHA is in its first year of operation. A by-laws procedural committee has been appointed to write hearing procedures for cases. The cases deal with conflicts bet ween the halls that neither dorm judicial board can handle. *• entef’ aren’t jes in % y . And urthef- er so- ■ 1 m jciety' iii off at people calling us back, accus ing us of laziness in referring them to Centrex. “The biggest single factor that we were unhappy about is they didn’t come to us first (before submitting the letter). They had the opportun ity at any time to complain. We are always open to constructive criti cism, Powell said. Powell asked the students to meet with Housing Office Manager Glenn Jennings about the situation. Jennings stated there were no threats of firing during the meeting. Marchand, however, said, “During the meeting I realized he was just talking to be talking. I asked if he intended to ask for our resignation. He said that he was, so I resigned. “In their context this is a matter of employe-employer, not student- (See KOLDUS, page 6) Today. Freshman election campaigning Inside Textbooks . . . Moss p. 4 Nixon . . . .p. 7 Some last-minute campaigning for the freshman elections Thursday took unusual forms. No passing out posters at the doors for Mark Sicilio. He dressed up this old car and parked it behind the Memorial Student Center which was a polling place. Sicilio received enough votes to qualify for the run-off race for vice president of his class. (Photo by David Kimmel) Wholesale prices skyrocket Largest increase in 14 months WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices of goods ranging from autos to food increased 2.3 per cent in October, signaling higher prices ahead for consumers, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Prices of consumer foods rose 4 per cent in wholesale markets, the biggest one-month increase in 14 months. Government analysts said this increase already is being passed The Pill available after this semester Weather Partly cloudy Friday be coming overcast with 30% chance of rain tonite. Con tinued overcast and 30-40% possible rain Saturday turning colder tomorrow evening. High both days 65°. Low tonite mid-40’s. By BARBARA WEST Staff Writer Want to get a prescription for birth control pills? The line forms on the other side of Christmas. Since mid-October the appoint ment books for getting birth control pill prescriptions have been filled through the end of this semester, Darwin Blanchard, R.N., said Wednesday. Blanchard handles the appointments for the examination and tests. No further appointments will be accepted until the spring semester begins. Blanchard advised schedul ing an appointment as soon after the semester begins as possible. Pills can be distributed to both married and unmarried students. The University Health Center program for birth control is still less than a year old, hence the tremend ous backlog of patients who wish to take advantage of the service. The health center cannot dis pense the pills, but the staff physi cians may, after a mandatory pelvic examination and Pap smear with satisfactory results, issue a prescrip tion for purchase of the pills at a local pharmacy. The health center doctors may also countersign a pre scription issued by another physi cian or at a Planned Parenthood center so the pills may be purchased locally. “If anyone can anticipate the need for birth control pills, we sug gest they see their family physicians at home, said Dr. Claude B. Gos- wick, health center director. He said this would eliminate waiting for prescriptions at the University Health Center. Frances Gough, nursing super visor for the health center, reports that another doctor is joining the staff in January. He is Dr. Duane Lagan, a general practitioner from O Ceene, Oklahoma. along to supermarket shelves. The October increase in wholesale prices marked the fourth worst month this year, and put over-all wholesale prices 22.6 per cent above a year earlier. That was the worst increase since a 28.5 per cent rise in the 12-month period ending in June, 1974. Treasury and Labor Department analysts saw some cause for op timism in the 1.1 per cent rise in prices of industrial commodities. It was a smaller increase than in most previous months this year, and would have been even smaller were not auto prices included. Prices of 1975-model cars in creased 6.4 per cent, and these in creases were all piled into the Oc tober index. Most of these increases already have been passed along into retail prices. Analysts pointed to continuing declines in lumber and wood prices and a leveling off of textile and non- ferrous metal prices as evidence of a slow-down in over-all commodity price increases. For the 12-month period ending in October, however, overall indus trial commodity prices were up 28.2 per cent. Peace agreed upon by TAMU, Rice In a joint statement issued by Rice University and Texas A&M, student body officials have asked that there be no re peat of last year’s conduct. Steve Eberhard, A&M stu dent body president and Carl Treleaven, external affairs vice president for the Rice Student’s Association, signed an open letter to the two stu dent bodies asking that such incidents not mar this year’s game. The letter termed the events “unfortunate and . ..cer tainly not consistent with the high standards of sportsman ship and clean competition of either school or the Southwest Conference.” A&M students were also reminded in a statement from A&M President Jack K. Wil liams and Interim President Lorene L. Rogers of the Uni versity of Texas at Austin that there is a long-standing policy against desecration of a rival school’s property. The agreement states that any student “who goes to another campus with the intent to paint or otherwise deface statues, buildings or other property or commit any other act of vandalism” is subject to possible suspension for at least •one semester. w *r Fish election Run-off for top posts set • %' J Kevin Dwyer (L) and Jeff Carley examine a computer ballot that was used in Thursday’s elections. (Photo by David Kimmel) By TERESA COSLETT Staff Writer There will be a run-off election for freshman president, vice president and secretary-treasurer. Five senators and a social secret ary were chosen in yesterday s elec tion. The total voter turn out was 898. In the run-off for president will be Mark Toppert with 206 votes and Brandon Coleman with 237. For vice president, the run off will be between Chris Southworth receiving 130 votes and Mark Sicilio with 295. The secretary-treasurer run-otl will be between Susan Kelly with 194 votes and Charlie Brown with 237. Running unopposed for social secretary was Troby Hoffacker, re ceiving 509 votes. The five senators elected and votes they received were, Shawn Kelly, 255; Ann Marie Stone, 291; Mark Hugg, 326; Chris Farmer, 354; and Lisa Swanson, 383. Results on the referendum in cluded on the ballot, concerning minor amendments in wording to the student senate constitution, were not available. The run-off election is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 19. When asked his reaction to the election, Sicilio said, “It has hit me but it hasn’t really sunk in yet. Emo tions are running high on both sides of the fence tonight. ” He said there would be good rep resentation whichever way the run-off went and that he was proud of the senators elected and the stu dents who voted. “Good representation for the class of’78 has to start in the fresh man year. We’ve got to get going on raising money and organizing ac tivities,” Toppert said. T m really glad the freshman class put their faith in me,” Hugg said. He said all five senators would try to keep the class together by inform ing the students on what’s going on.