( Editorial ~)
Senate finally calls
for Marat/Sade action
The Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution
Wednesday night suggesting that the cancellation of Marat/
Sade is illegal because it violates the guarantee of freedom
from “institutional censorship” spelled out in the Texas
Election Code.
The resolution states “that the Student Senate of Texas
A&M University respectfully but firmly requests that the
Aggie Players be allowed to produce Marat/Sade, and also
that the University policy procedures be amended to prevent
any future illegal infractions of the Academic freedoms of
the students of Texas A&M University.”
Two things are significant about the resolution: it is
eight weeks late and, as far as Student Senate resolutions go,
it has strong wording. The Senate is calling for action. It
wants the play produced and it wants insurance that
academic freedom will not again be violated. Almost two
months are passed since The Battalion printed the story of
the play’s censorship. John Tyler, sponsor of the bill and
Student Government Vice President for Rules and
Regulations, says he didn’t learn of the censorship until two
weeks after the first Batt article was printed. Even so, it
seems that someone else in our Student Government should
have been concerned with academic freedom during those
two weeks.
The Batt agrees that the cancellation of Marat/Sade was
an infringement of academic freedom and it has already
presented an editorial argument condemning the action of
Dean Maxwell. The Batt backs the Senate’s efforts and hopes
that the action called for in the resolution will come soon.
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Page 2 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1974
In Thursday’s Battalion, I mentioned a letter
complaining of how long maintenance for male dorms takes
(Nice but unwanted fungi; Listen up, Nov. 20). Darrell Pye
and Chuck Kirkham have had a growth of fungus on their
walls for 11 weeks and complaints to RAs, counselors and
housing have produced nothing. Pye said he was sure the
fungus would have been removed within a week if he had
been a woman.
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I checked with housing but they were no help.
Thursday’s column explained why that phone call gave no
answers. Dr. Charles W. Powell, director of student affairs,
called me then and offered an explanation. He said that
after housing has turned in a work order to the office of the
Physical Plant all repairs are out of its hands.
Why didn’t housing simply say that when I called?
The Physical Plant offered its own explanations for
the delay. Henry Schmidt, general foreman of maintenance
for Area 4, said the fungus is, in reality, not fungus at all. It
is an acid released by the concrete and plaster walls when
they get wet.
Faulty pipes on the fourth floor and a leaky roof
have created the same problem in Rooms 134, 234 (Pye’s
and Kirkham’s), 334 and 434, Schmidt said. The leaky roof
was repaired and the walls left to dry.
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Four to six weeks is required for the walls to get dry
enough to scrape and repaint, he said. No artificial heat can
be used; the wall must dry from the inside out.
Two weeks passed before the leaky pipes were
discovered and repaired and the drying process began again.
Schmidt said the earliest the repairs could have been
completed was 15 days ago but that a full load of work has
delayed repairs. Maintenance has been aware of the
problem and repairs have proceeded as rapidly as possible,
he said.
Room 134 will be repaired as soon as matching paint
can be found, Schmidt said. All four rooms should be
completely repaired by the end of the week following the
holiday, he said. Pye called me and said maintenance men
had been to his room to study the job.
Women have no priorities for repairs, Schmidt said.
Repairs are made as soon as possible in the order that the
work orders are received. Priority is given only to cases
where building, property or personal damage is
imminent.
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