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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1975
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By BILL DAVIS
MSC President
The Memorial Student Center is
charged with providing the student
body with activities of a cultural,
social, educational and recreational
nature. With the new building ap
proaching completion, this task will
certainly become easier and easier.
The MSC is one building of three
making up the University Center
complex. Last semester a good deal
of criticism was directed at the
building, some from me and the
other members of the MSC organi
zation.
But now, every effort will be
made to make students feel at home
in the building and to help them
make use of it. It is a good building,
with services too numerous to go
into in this article. Furthermore,
anything other than constructive
criticism directed to the MSC
Council in its attempts to help stu
dents make the most effective use of
the building is not only wasted
breath, but holds off the date when
students will feel as comfortable as
possible in the building.
In such a mammoth building,
with a student body quickly ap
proaching 30,(X)0, it will be difficult
to maintain the homey atmosphere
that prevailed in the old MSC when
the student body numbered 10,000.
But it will not be impossible, if those
who insist on criticizing will
reevaluate their attitude.
To no one’s surprise, there will
not be liquor in the MSC this year.
This is something I worked for per
sonally but it hasn’t been formally
requested by the MSC Council.
Student Body President Steve
Eberhard and I were told by Presi
dent Jack Williams that he person
ally opposes liquor in the MSC. Tm
sure there are many students,
former students and faculty who
agree with that decision. I would
like to see a student referendum on
the issue so that the MSC Council
.and the Student Government can
have some guideline for further ac
tion. I personally feel that making
liquor available would add substan
tially to the MSC program.
A&M in the near future may have
an open air FM radio station, or at
least a station which broadcasts over
both cable networks in the area. If
the MSC Council decides the pro
ject is a worthwhile one for the M SC
to pursue, it will be the decision of
Student Government and the Ad
ministration as to whether or not the
program should be funded by Stu
dent Service Fees. I believe the be
nefits of an open-air station defi
nitely merit the initial outlay from
student service fees. Hopefully,
Public Service Grants would be
substantial enough to provide each
year’s operating budget and
perhaps even some additional
funds. The initial outlay for an
open-air station may be as high as
$50,000. That sounds high, hut we
are talking about service to a stu
dent body of 21,000 at present, and
expected to soon be 25,000.
Another relatively expensive pro
ject the MSC would like to pursue,
pending approval at this time, is a
video tape program in the MSC. We
would like to put four monitors
around the building. But more than
that, we would like to buy produc
tion equipment to allow students to
produce their own programs and
show them through an MSC
Video-Tape Committee. The big
problem is an initial outlay of
$16,000.
Two programs now getting
started are the Arts & Crafts prog
ram and the Basement Cof
feehouse. The Basement Cof
feehouse area is one I am particu
larly fond of because some members
of the committee have just finished
putting a great deal of work into the
area, getting materials from what
ever source they could. The final
product is an impressive one and
Tin sure that those who attend the
Basement performances will enjoy
the intimacy of the area as well as
the music.
The Arts & Crafts shop will cer
tainly be an addition to the campus,
particularly for those who have had
their creative energies pent up for
so long. Woodwork, leatherwork,
and pottery are only a few of the
skills being taught in the shop.
The committees of the MSC are
too numerous to report on at this
time. The larger ones have a fine
senester of programming mapped
out. Great Issues will be present
ing, among others, Milton Fried
man and Louis Rukeyser. Town
Hall will bring Olivia Newton-John.
SCONA will include such speakers
as Friedman in their discussion ol
the next 100 years in America. Polit
ical Forum will present environ
mentalist Tom McCall, the ex-
Oregon governor who once an
nounced to Americans that they
could visit Oregon, but he didni
want them settling there.
Aggie Cinema will continue this
semester with their objective of giv
ing students as many fine moviesas
possible at the lowest possible
price. The Arts Committee is begin-
ing to attract attention on campus
from the Aggies who have been so
long without organized art presen
tations.
In conclusion, the MSC is here
for the students. I hope the students
will view the MSC with that in
mind.
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History of bad tastes seen in TAMU students
Editor:
It seems that Texas Aggies are not
content unless they are complaining
about something. The air of nega
tiveness in this student body is
overwhelming. In particular, the
emotions recently displayed by stu
dents regarding the new student
lounge are typical of Texas A&M. As
each new section is opened, the
newspaper is filled with abusive
comments about the style of the
Rudder Complex.
Unfortunately, Aggies are known
for their poor taste. Indeed, we are
notorious for being unconscious of
fashion, ignorant to “culture”, and
indifferent to anything of aesthetic
value. If the reactions to the new
lounge are typical of the student
body as a whole, things haven’t
changed.
Taste is something that has to be
developed. In general, in the past
the atmosphere of this university
has not been conducive to the de
velopment of good taste. Though
many here will disagree, the stigma
this university carries regarding
taste is, in many ways, realistic.
Many people not associated with
the university think of it exactly as
this recent reaction typifies. Unfor
tunately, we have among our lead-
Employment
down locally
Active job-seekers registering
with the TEC totaled 1,285 during
December, up 47 percent from De
cember of 1973. The commission at
tributed the decline to layoffs in
manufacturing and construction
work.
ers some who are trying to change
that image. Notice any of the recent
advertisements (newspapers, tele
vision) promoting the future ol
Texas A&M; change is emphasized.
The “change” may indirectly refer
to our image.
Mr. Pahlmann’s creative con
tribution is a successful attempt in
that direction. Architecturally and
decorwise the Rudder Complex is
an excellent example of “taste.”
(Webster defines it as the power of
discerning and appreciating beauty,
order, or whatever constitutes ex
cellence, especially in the fine arts
and belles-lettres.) A “southwest
ern” motif lends itself well to ex
pression via design.
If left to the students, the lobby
probably would be decorated with
bean bag chairs, bas-relief sword
and shield (Gibson’s, circa 1972),
and bullfight scenes on crushed vel
vet (ala Nuevo Laredo). Instead we
have a smart, handsome, comforta
ble student lobby. Thank God.
Ben E. Dial
Expensive taste
Editor:
The Aggie Spirit can overcome
the storm created by W-l and foot
ball ticket woes and a million other
things, but we are beginning to look
like a bunch of show-offs. The ex
pensive Northgate wall reeks of
snobbishness, for true pride is not
reflected in separation from the
community we have always
cherished.
And when a young woman is
forced to quit school because she
can’t afford to pay for the MSC’s
antiques, we’d better reconsider
our goals. I sympathize with those
who must cope with A&M’s tre
mendous growth and economic in
flation, but must we become exces
sive and destroy our basic pride in
education?
Ann Landwermeyer
The “young woman” told
Landwermeyer she thought she
would have to leave school for lack
of funds this semester due to in
creased fees. She is, however, still
in school with some aid from her
father — Ed.
Appalling taste
Editor:
The Rudder Center and also the
rebuilt MSC are magnificent build
ings, however the decoration in the
latter is of appallingly low taste, as
exemplified in the furniture of the
coffee shop.
This waste of money is only one
example out of many others.
Another example which has not
received the attention it deserved
was the use of profits from on-
campus vending machines to re
build the Presidents viewing box in
the football stadium. Here we have
the university making money be
cause students are eating the trash
food dispensed by such machines,
just adding to their acne or weight
problems. And what is done with
that profit? It is used to build an
air-conditioned viewing box, com
plete with kitchen and lavatory in
order that so-called VIPs — in other
words rich or influential people —
can be spared the inconvenience of
viewing a game in the same open air
as ordinary people do.
The picture of these prominent
people lounging in swivel chairs be
hind glass, surrounded by an artifi
cial atmosphere, served by (volun
tary) hostesses, while the gladiators
down there are sweating and fight
ing, is by itself an interesting foot
note to the legend about the Aggie
spirit.
Dr. Manfred Trumper
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Aggie Cinema presents
All Quiet
on the
Western
Propt
©AMPAS ^ ' ©AMPAS
“Still packs a momentous
wallop, and its battle scenes
are with the best ever made.”
-THE NEW YORKER
Lew Ayres, Louis Walheim
Universal; Directed by Lewis Milestone
Probably Rated PG,B; 100 minutes
An early Academy Award Winner for best picture and best director
this all time classic taken from the book by Eric Marie Ramarque
is a grim saga of war. It traces the adventures of seven young boys
who enter the German Imperial Army in 1914 and learn of fear, filth,
horror and destruction. Voted one of the ten best by FILM DAILY
and NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW, this film was one of the first
features to be entirely sound.
Wed, Jan. 29
8:00 PM
Rudder Theater
Admission 50c
V* * St..
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plus
“Bosko in Bagdad”
and 1941 newsreel
an MSC activity