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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1975
Slouch
Jim Earle
VP explains yell leader resolution
By JEFF DUNN
SG Vice President for Academic Af
fairs
There seems to have been a great
misunderstanding in regard to the
Student Senate s Yell Leader Re
solution deleting the word, “male,”
from the requirements. The fault ol
this cannot be pinpointed to any
thing or anyone in particular, but it
appears to me that there was a gross
misinterpretation of facts surround
ing the issue.
I feel that my “yes” vote on this
resolution was done in the best in
terests of Texas A&M, however, I
respect the “no” votes of my col
leagues in the Senate. I was very
pleased by the Senate s vote and I
believe that once every student
realizes all the facts of this issue, the
student body will also agree.
This resolution did not encourage
and favor female Yell Leaders. It did
nothing but strike out the word,
“male,” from the requirements of a
candidate. The Senate felt that no
elected position on this campus
should include a written dis
criminatory policy against women.
As student leaders, we are held re
sponsible for the running of elec
tions and the setting of candidate
qualifications. We do not want to be
held accountable for promoting any
discrimination in this area, because
if we do then we would also be vul
nerable in other areas of university
policy in regard to written discrimi
nation. It should also be remem
bered that the final approval or dis
approval of ANY candidate will al
ways ultimately lie with a vote from
the student body.
It is argued that a tradition as sac
red as yell leader should have a
caluse restricting females from run
ning as a candidate. This caluse viol
ated the US Constitution, violated
the laws of this state and violated
our own Student Bill of Rights,
which guarantees equal treatment
in all areas of the university. A
clause restricting females from
being a candidate is clearly dis
criminatory and it would never
stand up in a court. Some say that
we should make such a female go
through the hassle of a court ruling if
she wants to run, but it seems obvi
ous to me, and to all, that she would
win her case, and I believe that she
would enhance her chances of elec
tion as well as embarrass TAMU,
across the state mid the nation.
The student body is overwhelm
ingly against having female yell
leaders. I believe that this is the
case at Texas A&M. Essentially,
those who voted “yes” saw this as an
opportunity to make it even harder
for a female to achieve that goal. The
reasoning behind this is that our
rule restricting females from run
ning would last only until a female
decided to challenge it. We are only
kidding ourselves if we believe that
a written discriminatory policy will
adequately prevent females from
being a candidate for yell leader be
cause it just won’t do it.
It was a hard decision for us to
vote “yes” because we anticipated
so much over-reaction and emotion,
yet if each student will stop to think
about this issue he will realize that
we had to strike out the male re
quirements before any trouble
could arise.
Curt Marsh has stated that he
wanted to cheat this female out of
any free publicity on the issue. I
agree, for it would definitely en
hance her chances, as it did in 1971
when a few freshman girls were
elected to the Senate on the basis
that their signs were burned down
in front of Duncan Hall. We, the
student body, will preserve the
tradition of male yell leaders at the
polls, for only then will we have a
real tradition.
Some students think those who
voted “yes” were in favor of female
yell leaders. No! no! no! Nothing
could be farther from the truth! Al
Senator no good?
Trade him in
By WILL ANDERSON has been made on misrepresenta- hinges on one point: Did your sen-
The Student Senate is a time-con- tion yet. ator represent his constituents’
suming, often difficult activity. I disagree with Jeff' Dunn (see views?
Whatever problems it has are only The Aggie forum) when he says When a senator puts his beliefs
compounded by senators who are a senator should be held account- before the beliefs of his constitu-
not willing to put out even the able for his beliefs; those are the ents, he no longer represents the
minimum requirements for their senator s own business. But the sen- majority view of the people-that
positions. ator’s actions do concern me and elected him. Obviously, when a
A large number of appointed sen- he should be held accountable for senator ceases to be representative,
ators was indicated by Tom Walker, , . them. That is ajact^ he should cease to be a senator.
SG executive ’ i, s . Dunn is correct "when hfe says If the constituents’opinions have no
director (The Ag- * the comparative abilities of females weight then there is no use in voting
gie forum, March Wo** as yell leader arfc ”an‘irrelevant £art in the first place; anyone can mis-
6). Walker said ■* of the controversy.” The question represent you equally as well,
those appoint- ;
made" nece^ary Motion to Dismiss a Student Senator
after senators dis- fHrlv j Attention:
covered the Sen- BBKSJrdf Jerri Ward, Judicial Board Chairman
ate involved Student Government Office, Room 216
“xLTenate would Improve if Memorial Student Center.
students would seriously consider Date. —
the candidates for the Senate, he I wish to file for a hearing to be held at the earliest
saic l possible time to remove my senator,
There is another way besides from his seat in Student Government for the follow-
tne vote students can express their in p- r p a con(sY
displeasure with the way their sen- ^ i u 1 r U 1 . c
ator is representing (or not repre- — 1. He does not belong to a Senate committee as
senting) their views in SG throw required by the Student Body Constitution.
the bum out. Below is a form to be — 2. He has not participated in a project as re
used in requesting a review of your quired by the Student Body Constitution.
Iho'yoursenatort and ~ 3 ' He has " ot communicated with me, his
how he has performed, or not per- constituency, nor has he relayed his views to me as
formed. If you do not know who required by the Student Body Constitution,
your senator is, you may already I wish/do not wish to be represented by another
be starting a strong case against student, faculty member, lawyer or other person of
'whatever functions served by ch ° iCe - (If , yOU d ° W ; ish t0 be represented by
SG could be produced more effec- someone else, place his/hei name
tively if the Senate was trimmed of here: .)
its deadwood. So consider your I understand that I will have to produce evidence to
senator; does he contribute? If prove my charges,
not, his removal will not only be
accepted by the rest of the Sen
ate, I’m sure it will be appreciated.
If you think your senator knows Signature
how his constituents feel but votes )
the other way, there may be Address
grounds for his removal. The recent 'k'k'k
tlie^eqiiire me n't s” for yelTleader L Y ° U ma J Cal1 the Student Government office,
an immediate example (Tradition 845-3051, for the name of your senator if you do not
yields; Page 1, Feb. 27). No ruling know already.
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though I can only speak for myself, I
feel that most, if not all, of those who
voted in favor of the resolution
would not like to see female yell
leaders at A&M. To us, males on the
track at Kyle Field is one of the most
impressive traditions we have here.
It would dishearten my view of
A&M if this university should ever
elect a female yell leader, and our
vote in the Senate reflected that
view.
The debate in the Senate was cen
tered on whether a female could
handle the job of being a yell leader.
That is really an irrelevant part of
the controversy, because those
senators were assuming that a
female would be elected. I say that
female yell leader candidates would
not have the chance of a snowball in
hell if they ran in 1975, but if there
should ever be a time at A&M when
a majority of students would like to
see a female yell leader, then it
would seem to be a futile attempt to
try to prevent her by claiming some
discriminatory rule against her. Our
vote did not make it easier for her to
win, it made it rougher because she
now has to fight for it like everyone
else.
In conclusion, I would like to say
that I have no antagonistic attitudes
toward anyone in regard to this re
solution, including those Senators
who voted “no. However, let me
leave you with some advice and
some comments on the entire issue.
First, do not be fooled by hearsay,
and do not come to any conclusions
until you are satisfied of the facts.
We realize, however, that hearsay
can sometimes be easily spread.
The Battalion made a big issue of
how everyone voted but it failed to
explain in detail what the real issue
was about. Second, do not hesitate
to challenge a senator on his vote,
for each senator should be held ac
countable to his heliefs. But once
again, be sure of your facts.
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“We did it!”
Keep your pistol
Some dark night you may need it as a club
By MIKE PERRIN
Banning pistol bullets is one of
the worst mistakes the federal gov
ernment can make. But they may do
it anyway.
The Consumer Product Safety
Commission is going to take public
opinion on a proposed ban of hand
gun ammunition. That really won’t
do away with handgun ammunition
— it will only make millions of
Americans subject to criminal pro
secution.
Under the proposal, all handgun
ammo would be disallowed except
for police, the
military, licensed
pistol clubs (like
the Cosa Nos
tra?), and li
censed security
guards. You, the
average citizen
would nbt be able
to have handgun
ammunition unless you wanted to
break the law. Some present uses of
this ammo include protection of life,
protection of property and sport.
Each one of these deserves con
sideration. So does America’s num
ber one killer and erippler: the
home. More accidents or injuries
which lead to discomfort, crippling
and death occur in the home than
any other place.
That is the logical spot to start if
we want to legislate something.
Therefore, 1 propose the following
guidelines for the American home
using the same reasoning being
used to ban handgun ammo:
1. ) No more children. Almost
everyone was a child at one time.
Everyone who is injured or killed in
the home was once a child. So do
away with children.
2. ) No more indoor plumbing — :
more injuries occur in the bathroom
than in any other single room. This
lethal location is too volatile to con
trol, so just eliminate it — except for
the police, the military and a few
other groups whose job it is to spot
weird goings-on in bathrooms.
After all, we don’t want to deprive
these men and women of their live
lihood. Therefore, if they are bath
room-dependent, we will excuse
them from the ban.
sources like sinks, defrosting refrig
erators or ice cubes.
4.) It is recommended that the
rest of the house be wrapped in rub
ber to prevent injuries or deaths
from falls. Those guidelines, al
though far from comprehensive,
should at least start to bring under
control this most deadly of all Amer
ican institutions.
Now let s turn to the minor issue
of handguns. After all, this ban is
not really on handgun ammunition,
but on handguns since they are use
less without the bullets.
Handguns are around at a lot of
robberies and killings, correct? Will
banning handguns cure this? No.
Why? The answer is simple —
criminals do not obey the law. Aha,
cries the opposition, those crimes
are not committed hy criminals, but
by ordinary citizens. All are not.
If a person is mad enough to kill
3.) The kitchen — the next best - someone or wants to rob a Seven-
spot to get maimed is the kitchen — Eleven, there is no problem finding
burns, scrapes, slips all occur with
alarming frequency — bruises, con
tusion and abrasions, not to men
tion concussions, happen in the kit
chen. Since this is the next most le
thal spot in the house, alternate
guidelines are proposed: no more
sharp objects like knives and forks,
no more breakable objects like
glasses and plates, no heat sources
like stoves, no water slippery
a way to do it. There will be a flour
ishing black market in handgun
ammo, and other methods of de
struction can he used — poison,
knives, cars, shoving, rifles, shot
guns, bows and arrows, acid and a
host of others.
Since handguns occur with
crimes, then we do away with
handguns and we do away with
crime, right? Wrong. Handguns are
a way to commit, not a reason to
commit, crimes.
Handguns must not he evil in
themselves because even with tie
ban, the police, military and othei
groups can have them. If they an
really evil, why let anyone have
them? The reason those groups get
them is because the sponsors of the
proposal know that criminals nil
still have the handguns and thepo-
lice w ill need them for their own
protection. That indicates the basic
inconsistency in their argument:!
the majority of handgun crimes in
volve not criminals but ordinary cit
izens, then the police do not need
guns.
That doesn’t even include the
theory of protection FROM the po
lice and military.
The big benefitters from this pro
posal will be those who operate pis
tol clubs — their future will he as
sn red as millions of Americans floe*
to their doors so they can shoot
handguns.
In short, then, crime wont ?®
down. Similar reasoning applied I®
other problems appears ridiculous,
and one interest benefits from t a
proposal.
Tell the Product Safety Commis
sion there should he no ban on
handgun ammo.
ROBERT HALSELL
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