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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975 Listen Up\ Prisoner requests letters, help Dear Editor: your next edition: than me. I’m a federal prisoner. If you consider the following let- I can help. I’ve just watched the since Sept., 1971, I’ve dedicated ter worth tlie attention of your read- national TV news. Many people in myself to improving conditions in ers, then I ask that you print it in America are suffering a lot more this land that I love. During 1972 I researched, addressed and hand- wrote over 7,000 letters from my cell in an effort to run against Richard Nixon. (I am eligible.) Every year, the parole board has said that they will not allow me to travel this land. I keep asking myself why not. I’m 46, single, friendly, have never done a violent thing in my life and long ago licked the gambling problem which led to my confinement. I want to help. Maybe I’ll never become President, but you should have the opportunity to bear my re commendations, especially in the area of crime prevention. And my Irish sense of humor should please those of you who loved John F. Kennedy. Since my 1972 effort, many of my fellow inmates greet me with a, ‘Hi, Pres!” I love it! Will you please help free me? I think the parole board members must have a human nature. Any way, let’s find out. Send me a post card. Everyone at the University and in College Station send me a postcard. And if you refuse to send a Junior Promm III postcard, well, I hope you flunk every subject. Let me go to my warden and say, “Look at all these postcards with a College Station, Texas postmark. Now you tell the parole board. John J. Desmond Jr. Box 1,000 Steilacoom, Washington 98388 UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY MC NEIL ISLAND, WASHINGTON The attached letter was placed in our Prisoners Mail Box for forward ing to you. The letter has been neither opened nor inspected. If the writer raises a problem over which this institution or the Bureau of Prisons has jurisdiction, you may wish to write to me or to the Direc tor, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. 20537. You may write back to the in mate, and ask him questions. Your letter will be inspected for con traband, and for any content which would incite illegal conduct. W. H. Rauch Warden Promm introduces himself to students am Bsgggi® ora z® si?/aeg§0os ,< & ) By ALAN KILLINGSWORTH I heard a rumor while I was in the Chicken the other night. Is it true the university is going to build the Northgate wall so big that it will hide the water tower? If they built it that high all the way around the campus it would give Pahlmann a chance to deco rate the entire campus. Could j you see cowhide sidewalks? I guess 1 11 go | through the es tablished rou tine one goes through when he meets another person on campus. What’s your name? Where are you from? What’s your major? How are you classified? Why did you come to A&M? What ya doin’ tonight? My name is Junior Promm. Some people call me Junior. Some people call me Promm. Some people call me $%&*• I personally don’t like to be called. I usually leave the phone off the hook so I can listen to the recording. I like it better than the local radio establishments. Where am I from? I really don’t know. I was born with my eyes closed. No seriously, I’m from Men tone, Texas, population 50. That’s one third the population of the en tire county. The county’s name is Loving. None of it has seemed to have rubbed off but that is an en tirely different complaint. I have been at A&M for three years now and have yet to pick a major. The way I look at it, some department will eventually pick me up. I spend hours going through the catalog trying to figure out a major that will give me enough time to wait for a pool table or a bowling lane in the MSC. I’m classified as a male. This is the first time I ve admitted it because of this fear I have that the Post Office will stick me in the wrong box. How did I choose to come to A&M? You won’t believe this but I won a scholarship from Sbisa. I found this book in a bookstore that was entitled, 1,000 Ways to Use Hamburger Meat and Get Away With It. They wanted people to submit their recipe and try to make it 1,001. Mine was rice and meat balls. Here’s the recipe if you want to try it on your dorm radiator. Peo ple in Krueger-Dunn should use the saunas. 2 tons hand-rolled meatballs 2 tons Uncle Ben’s rice (exclude the box) Cook both in separate pans just enough so that you can tell they have been near a stove. One must remember that we are in an energy crisis and should not over-do a good thing. Then take the rice and, at the same time mumbling, dump the rice into the meatballs and say “Rice meet balls. Balls meet rice.” Feeds 8,000 with guaranteed feed back. Anyway, I won first place which was a one-year scholarship to A&M with a lunches only meal ticket. Second place was two years at A&M with a five-day meal plan. Third was a full scholarship and a seven-day plan. I stayed at A&M after my first year because I was afraid that I would miss something. Just look around you and see all the things that are going on. I wouldn’t miss them for the world. That’s why I’m here. To look and write. I think it’s fun. Oh! Am I doin’ anything tonight? I’m writing this column and looking forward to seeing you again. Who knows, maybe at the Chicken. PDDOE) ©Off C08W WdBCS OKI tfffillJ “Can you remember which dorm we were living in before tb break?” TOWER SPECIAL “Something Different" Your choice of any three meats or cheeses plus choice of variety bread with a cup of savory hot soup. All for $1.50 plus tax. BEVERAGES EXTRA. SERVING EACH WEEKDAY FROM 11 a.m. to 1:30 pm. on Tower Mezzanine Regular buffet on first level ‘Quality First’ SNOOP 1 /, 6ET UP! A BURGLAR STOLE OUR TV SETH 77/' C J- A* »<<.<»« 5,^1 «<« Df?A6 H/M OVER HERE THE bJAJERBED, ANP I'LL BITE HIM ON THE L£<5' Engineering fair slated The Brazos Valley Science and Engineering Fair will be held at the Zachry Engineering Center, on April 10-11. The fair will offer, three categories of competition. Categories consist of the life and social sciences, the physical sciences and the applied sciences. Judges will select winners in junior and senior divisions, with the senior 'Vinners going to the international fair, in Oklahoma City. Registration deadline is March 22. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the ivriter 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. 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Editor Greg Moses Assistant Editor ' Will Anderson Managing Editor LaTonya Perrin Sports Editor Mike Bruton Photo Editor Glen Johnson City Editor Rod Speer Reporters . . . Teresa Coslett, T. C. Gallucci, Tony Gallucci, Paul McGrath, Robert Cessna, Gerald Olivier, Rose Mary Traverse, Steve Gray, Judy Baggett, Roxie Hearn, Alan Killingsworth, Sayeeful Islam. Photographers . . . Douglas Winship, David Kimmel, Chris Svatek, Jack Holm, Gary Baldasari, Steve Krauss. TAMU Town Hall Young Artists Series presents Minoru Nojima Japan’s great pianist Tuesday, Jan. 28, 8:00 pm Rudder Center Theater A&M Student Non A&M Student Date General Public FREE $1.00 $2.50 Season Tickets Honored No Reserve Seats In Addition, there will be a lecture demonstration, 8:00 pm Jan. 27 in the Rudder Center Theater with no admission charge. The Aggie Club Student Basketball Bus Trip Texas A&M vs Texas February 1 Trip Package Includes: Bus transportation Chicken box dinner Beverage Tickets to the game are NOT included Trip Price Student member $9.50 Student member date $9.50 Non-member-A&M Student $12.00 For more information and reservations please come by THE AGGIE CLUB on Joe Routt Blvd. between G. Rollie White Coliseum and DeWare Field House