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Inside
Pubs p. 2
Ballroom dance . .. .p. 3
Senior cagers p. 5
Vol. 68 No. 86
College Station, Texas
Friday, March 7, 1975
Commandos fulfill destiny
By JAMES BREEDLOVE
Interim Managing Editor
THE TIME: 11:30 p.m., Friday,
March 7, 1975.
THE SCENE: Eight not-so-
[shadowy figures are slumped at a
secluded table in a smoke filled bar
[somewhere in the Northgate area.
Of the eight, none appears to be the
leader. However, one member of
the haggard band is muttering
something to the others. They ap
pear asleep as their chieftan slowly
shakes his head in disgust.
LEADER: “As far as I’m con
cerned, this campus can suffer from
bad journalism as long as it wants.
I’m gonna quit! If the MSC, Corps
and other student organizations
want to take the abuse of the
power-mad Moses that’s their prob
lem.’’
(His speech is punctuated by the
dull thud of his head falling on the
table. Two of the other members are
snoring in unison while another is
under the table on all fours saying
that he is the Messiah. Suddenly
entering the scene is Greg Moses,
Editor of The Battalion. He ad
vances to the table where our once
proud crew is trying to drown theii
sorrows.)
MOSES (with a sneer on his
face): “Hey, what’s going on? We
found your note in the office anc
figured you’d be here.”
(At this point, the leader of the
group falls to his knees and begins
groveling at Moses’ feet. The others
are hiding their eyes from the glow
of the halo above the editor’s head.)
LEADER: “Help us, Greg.
Please forgive us, we didn’t know
what we were doing.” (He begins to
cry softly.) “It was terrible. And
poor Rife here, (he points under the
table to the pitiful figure on all
fours who is now crowing like a roo
ster) got locked in the room with the
AP teletype and we found him like
this the next day. The doctors say it
will take weeks for us to recover and
poor Rife here may never come out
of it. We just didn’t know it was so
hard to put out a newspaper.”
MOSES: “Hey, what do you
mean? I took a look at the Friday
paper you guys put out and I was
gonna ask if any of you wanted to
join the regular staff.”
(Suddenly from beneath the
table. Rife, who has now taken on
the personality of a vicious dog,
lunges out and bites Moses on the
leg. The other once fierce comman
dos gather their last ounce of
strength and pounce on the sur
prised editor. In a moment it is
over. Nine figures lie in a bloody
heap on the barroom floor. All are
dead as our tale comes full circle.
The commandos have fulfilled their
destiny.)
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Fee allocation presented
More hearings held
Carol Moore (L), Curt Marsh, David Stockard, and Tom Dawsey
(R) at fee allocation committee meeting.
Photo by Dean Clemens
Robeck seeks school board slot
Advocates strong trustee leadership
By MARY RUSSO
Discussion of student service fee
allocation continued as the athletic,
extramural, Memorial Student
Center activity and legal advisor
budgets were considered Thursday
night.
The athletic department, rep
resented by Wally Groff and Marvin
Tate, asked $219,000 from the fees.
Tate, associate athletic director,
also proposed a student user fee.
The user fee would be in the form
of a season ticket pass costing about
$3.50 per home game. The pass
would be purchased when fall
semester fees are paid.
“This would give us a more pre
dictable income with which to
plan,” Tate said.
Tate said the budget he proposed
had been discussed previously with
students on the Athletic Advisory
Committee and this was the prop
osal most palatable to the group.
The total athletic budget for the
coming year, with the $219,000 re-
By JIMMY ARNOLD
Strengthening the curriculum in
| basic education and greater atten-
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Dr. Bruce W. Robeck.
School Board Candidate
tion and support of teachers are the
two basic priorities stressed by Dr.
Bruce W. Robeck, a candidate for
position 6 in the April 5 A&M Con
solidated School Board election.
Dr. Robeck would like to see im
provement in communication and
language skills, as well as quantative
skills. He advocates strong support
of creative, qualified teachers, the
most important part of a good edu
cation program.
“The school district is facing im
mediate growth problems, ” Robeck
said, “and there is a need for new
buildings and equipment for the
schools. Also, good long range plan
ning is important and the school
board must have strict priorities
concerning the future of the school
system,” he said. “We must also
have strong leadership from the
trustees.”
Robeck noted that he was not
running against his opponent, K. A.
Manning, but for himself. “I want
improvement in the school system
and the best way is for me to run as a
candidate for the school board.”
Robeck has been associate profes
sor in the Political Science Depart
ment since 1968. In the community
he has served as cubmaster, den
leader and secretary-treasurer of
Cub Scout Pack 802. He has also
been president of the College Sta
tion Swim Club.
His wife, Carol, is a doctoral stu
dent in education at TAMU. They
have four children who attend A&M
Consolidated. The Robecks reside
at 1117 Berkley Drive.
Editor’s Note: Additional stories
planned on School Board election.
I School board election: i
| A&M employees file
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Filing deadline for A&M Consolidated School Board elections jS
£:■ was Wednesday, March 5. The filing ended with six A&M System jij;
j;:; employees running for two positions. jij:
For Position 6, two people have filed. Bruce W. Robeck, 35,
•'.j: Associated Professor of the Political Science Department at TAMU j:-:
:j:j and K.A. “Cubby” Manning, 53, a member of the administrative staff :j:j:
•X of the Texas Transportation Institute at TAMU.
j:j: Position 7, is presently held by Mrs. Joan Teer who will not seek ;:j:j
jg: re-election. Running are John Sanstedt, 54, a College Station attorney ij:;
•g and associate professor at TAMU for 21 years; James K. “Jim” Hen- ;jjj;
$ nigan, 42, assistant professor in the Industrial Engineering Depart- ;j:j:
:j:j ment at TAMU; Joseph B. Natowitz, 38, associate professor with the :j:j:
jjjj Chemistry Department; and Aileen Hendricks Wenk, 35, a lecturer jjjj:
;j:j for the English Department.
The election will be held Saturday, April 5.
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quest and $140,000 from season
pass sales, plus other income from
football ticket sales, scholarship
gifts and media sources is
$1,977,400.
Extramurals requests came to
$26,699.92. Dennis Corrington, in
tercollegiate club sports advisor,
brought the recommendation to the
committee as a means of obtaining
funding and administrative respon
sibility and control for the club
sports.
The principal funding for the
clubs now comes from Bookstore al
locations. Last year this funding
came to $9,500. Corrington pointed
out that funding from service’s fees
would leave more money in the
Bookstore fund for other organiza
tions.
The MSC operations is request
ing $333,976. This is a $81,990 in
crease from last year. The increases
come from addition of personnel to
the staff. The new positions include
two assistant program coordinators,
a non-teaching graduate assistant,
two student workers and the hiring
of poster runners. The other major
cause of increase is the mandatory
salary increase passed by the Texas
legislature.
MSC programming requests for
Town Hall is $45,000; Political
Forum $12,926; and Great Issues,
$16,200.
The Town Hall request is a $5,392
increase. “We hope to bring bigger
name groups and a few smaller con
certs,” said Bill Davis, MSC direc
torate president. The two speaker
programs requested less money
than for the ’74-’75 year.
Dr. John Koldus, vice-president
for student services, requested
$35,262 for the attorney and other
operational costs. Koldus also men
tioned he would like to see money
allocated from the student services
pot for the Personnel Counseling
Service. Money for this is currently
coming from the Health Services
Fees.
Black poetess Ramona Austin
Photo by David Kimmel
Black poetess, Ramona Austin, performed at Rudder Center Thursday night in conjunc
tion with Black Awareness Week. 1
The Battalion, have they got you covered?
Clay Lorenz, Senior, Sociology
“Yes, it is a student run organiza
tion and I think they do a good job
for the compensation they receive. ”
Mitchell Finlay, Senior, Indus
trial Technology
“As far as giving information
about activities around the campus.
The Battalion is adequate but not
outstanding.”
Fred Kazmierski, Senior, Man
agement
“I think it is getting better, but I
wish it would be easier to obtain a
copy every afternoon.”
Jeannie Arnold, Freshman,
Marketing
“Yes, they cover school news and
important happenings in the na
tion."
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Paula Canning, Education &
Administration
“I don’t have any gripes. I think
it’s pretty good. They did seem aw
fully biased on the MSC decorating
issue because they didn’t present
both sides.”
Miles Maybee, Freshman,
Chemical Engineering
“Yes, I have no complaints about
the Battalion.”
George Alexander, Junior,
Management
“Yes, I’m satisfied with what they
do and think they do a good job.
They haven’t taken sides.”