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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. MARCH 27, 1975 iHiiiiii! mmm Iranians seek freedom The Editor: The news analysis by Alan Kil- lingsworth in the Battalion of March 14 may puzzle many readers. It is difficult to understand whether his objective has been to sympathize with the foreign nationals or to in sult the peoples of the third world countries. contrast to his allegation that the Iranian people “acept censorship” due to their ignorance. Killingsworth has based his arti cle on his experience of living in Iran for seven years. He has pointed out the dictatorship and the lack of freedom in our country. To the question, “Why do they (the peo ple) stand for it,” his answer ;is, “For one simple reason. They don’t know any better.” In an unjust society, those who have to be blamed, in the first place, are the oppressors and not the op pressed. Oppressive governments manage to survive because they are aided by big powers. The writer ex plains the absolute rule in Iran but fails to mention who brought it to power. Wherever there is oppression, there is struggle and Iran is no ex ception to that. Our people have never seized the struggle for their freedom. There are over 25,000 political prisoners in Iran. A great majority of them have never been outside their country to “pick up ideas of freedom. These facts are in But we share Killingsworth’s view in the latter part of the last sentence of his article. He correctly predicts that these nations “will eventually be run by the masses.” We request Killingsworth and all American people who are con cerned about the freedom in the underdeveloped countries to serve this goal in the most effective way, i.e., to press their administration to stop supporting and arming unjust and repressive regimes throughout the world. TAMU Iranian Students Association By WILL ANDERSON Before the Board of Directors meeting Monday, Board member H. C. Bell complained to President Jack Williams that the Battalion and the Texas Observer had printed a number of inaccuracies recently about the Memorial Student Cen ter. He urged the president to force The Batt to print retractions the same way Governor Allan Shi vers (head of the University of Tex as Board of Regents) did with the UT Daily Texan. Could it be UT has started a trend? You know, the teasips have also come up with some pretty clever scenes with snipers in the tower, Mr. Bell. Think how much a Board-financed sniper could im prove this cam- Board rules They said it wasnt so, and lo, it wasn’t pus by eliminat ing all those trou blesome students (whoops, Ags, I hope I haven’t given the Board any ideas). Bell failed to mention what the inaccuracies were. Williams sup- wmmmmm Complain to Jack Machines wont put out for 20 cents By ALAN KILLINGSWORTH You’re hungry. You want to grab a snack between classes because the computer didn’t leave you a lunch break. Then the big decision. Do you blow 20 cents in the candy ma chine or put it toward something else? Usually, the hunger wins out and so does the candy machine. Down the slot goes another stu dent’s 20 cents. cents out of every 15 spent on soda, to spend as he sees fit. He also gets a little money from the other conces sions, to spend as he sees fit. The last time we went on vaca tion, the candy prices went up by a nickle. They didn’t go up over the spring break be cause it would be too obvious a rip- off. The campus already has the highest candy prices in the Bryan-College Station area. You can prove this to yourself just by looking around. Everywhere else, the price is 15 cents for candy and they even have a good selection of moon pies. Not on our campus. Last year. President Jack K. Wil liams saw fit to purchase things like 50 bronze paper weights for $400, gas for Dr. Tom Adair (then assist ant to the president) while he was at the Rice game in Houston, flowers for all the people who usually get flowers, trips for the rugby team, and 1,000 postage stamps for the Retirees Club. Not to mention the 5,000 copies of self-defense for the new women Aggies, some travel expenses for the Board of Directors, the charter buses for the visitors to Aggie football games, and the num erous luncheons, coffees and ban quets that go with it all. so the Aggies will know which ones to leave alone? How about one de cent concert a year? The list could go on and on. But what about the money you put in those machines and never get anything in return. There’s a little sign on each machine that tells you where to go (to get your re fund). That is, if the place that gives refunds has any money to refund. This seems to be a big problem. It is also a pain to walk all the way over to the library to get the refund. But there are solutions. But, you can’t knock it. Someone out there is making a fortune. All they do is sit back, hire a few people to put the candy in the machine and soak the students. It’s free enter prise and they have a darn good monopoly. Not all the money crosses the great wall. The president gets six This year, the vending machines will make about $100,000. Sit back and think of all the things that could be done with that money. Of all that money, the students in the dorms get 50 cents per person. They can’t even use the money to buy booze. But you can buy your very own bronze paper weight. Oh, the things you could do with the money! With all the construc tion, why not go ahead and make all the grass artificial. You wouldn’t have to cut it and there wouldn’t be any grass stains. How about pastel toilet paper for the Univer sity Center? How about poseys for the wall? How about a list of all the girls that read the self-defense book If all the dorms and offices that have the use of candy machines would collect all the refund com plaints and have someone take them over to the library at one time, it would save a lot of energy and be worth your while. Each group could draw up their own little affidavit and have the robber’s location and the rpbbee’s name and address. Take them all over at once and get one big hunk of money. And the way those machines operate, there would be one big hunk of a refund. Or you can send this postcard to the man with the money. The stamp would cost eight cents but that would still leave you with 12. That’s not bad when you include all the attention the machine would start getting. Chances are you wouldn’t get robbed nearly as much. Oh, and one other thing. Attach a used candy wrapper just to prove you do buy their product. r i. do solemnly swear that I was ripped off by the ma chine in the ing for build- cents. that I (Honest!) I also swear wouldn’t care if it was just a dime, but 20 cents is twice as much. I also swear . . . but that was at the ma chine. Anyway, I want you to pay up. If it’s not too much trouble. OK? Office of the President TAMU College Station, Texas 77843 Signed, A Real Student (Honest) (Attach one candy wrapper) j Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer 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. Mail subscriptions are $5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school year; SI0.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 59£ sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room ^17, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. LETTERS POLICY The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. • Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to beingcut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit such letters and does not guaran tee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for verifica tion. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Editor Assistant Editor Managing Editor Assistant Managing Editor Sports Editor Photo Editor City Editor News Editors Greg Moses . . .Will Anderson . LaTonya Perrin Roxie Hearn Mike Bruton . . . .Glen Johnson Rod Speer . . . .Barbara West Douglas Winship Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, Steve Eberhard, Don Hegi, and John Nash, Jr. Reporters... . Paul McGrath, Robert Cessna, Gerald Olivier, Rose Mary Traverso, Steve Gray, Judy Baggett, Alan Killingsworth, Sayeeful Islam, Mary Jeanne Quebe, Cathryn Clement, Cindy Maciel, Jim Peters, Mark Schluter, Steve Ussery, B. Babji Singh, Don Middleton, Mike Kimmey, Jerry Geary, Chris Askew. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc. New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Photographers Douglas Winship, David Kimmel, Gary Baldasari, Jack Holm, Chris Svatek, Steve Krauss, Kevin Fotorny, Tom Kayser, David McCarroll. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through Klay, and once a week during summer school. Columnists Bill Sheen, Mike Perrin, John Vanore, John Tim Cowden Artists and cartoonists Dr. James H. Earle, Nguyen Dziem,, Brad Foster, Rodney Hammack, Tom Brents, Scott Morgan. ported a charge of “yellow journal ism” against the Texas Observer when he appeared before the Ap propriations Committee of the Tex as House of Representatives Wed nesday. He avoided commenting on the recent story by making refer ence to an article the Observer did several years ago. He later refused to specify any inaccuracies or comment on the story at all. The Batt polled three state of ficials to get their opinions of the Observer’s story; Senator Bill Moore (’40) of Bryan, House Ap propriations Chairman Rep. Bill Presnal of Bryan, and Billy Clay ton ( 50), Speaker of the House. None of them had read the story or seen the MSC recently but they agreed the Observer was not a quality paper. The only inaccuracies I could find were two misquotes of my editor (God save him), Greg Moses. A conversation Moses was reported to have had with Williams about the university “fighting for its life” was not in reference to the MSC but to campus planning (remember the wall?) The comment Williams was re ported to have made about the Bauer House (UT’s version of the Board annex on a smaller scale) was made by another high admin istrator to reporter Jim Peters. Pahlmann a book of blank checks and told him to do his damnedest. So Pahlmann obliged and his work could scarcely be more damned. The Board visits the campus only occasionally and their open- business meetings seem to be mere technicalities, so students have no input there. But Williams is usually here; he lives within a couple hundred yards of the MSC. Students might turn to him as our advocate to the Board. I spoke to him in Austin Wed nesday and he doesn’t believe many students are displeased with the MSC. He suggested displeased stu dents should adopt the attitude he has towards his income tax pay ments. When he doesn’t like some thing, he tells himself thatnoneof his tax money helped pay for it; he convinces himself his money goes only to programs he supports. So none of my fees went for cow hide benches. I paid only for the pool tables. And to those students whose fees paid for benches, boy, were von ever rooked! N By J The alcol Who is 1 m? Why : The ansv ihesame: ? Research coholism a definitely a This is art serie he cam pi nain emp Icoholism ilso inclui article; labits, car eels on s< sen Martir departmer Before i different t establishe' Total i doesn t dr Social d Moses said the misquotes were, not major, though, and he is not going to press the point. After all, the rest of the story appears to be very accurate and the facts were obtained by The Battalion in the face of great resistance by admin istrative officials. The Battalion printed its first story after two months of research. Many administrators complained through official channels about the waste but refused to comment for the Batt. So while the admin istrators would not (or were not allowed to) help the Batt in its in vestigations, they did not necessar ily' support the Board’s action. The blame for the MSC fiasco remains on the Board’s shoulders. A board is a collection of peo ple appointed through political channels to spend other people’s money. You might be pleased (but I doubt it) to know that our Board is one of the most successful ones at accomplishing that goal. They gave interior designer William Forme Rice was - trict com trolled si Rice, ( five-yeai fined $5( grand jui about nil Rice i (rom S( cember, HUN’ Mr cow, ho weathei fated ra held the finals of casting McAi TAMU SURF CLUB presents THE COSMIC CHILDREN THURSDAY, MARCH 27 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. RUDDER TOWER ROOM 701 GENERAL ADMISSION — $1.50 MEMBERS —.75 If you can find the hidden tickets, they’re yours! The Aggie Players have hidden free tickets to Godspeilin these places: Come out and hunt on Easter Sunday! 1. Ding Dong the witch is dead. 2. m/1503/S4.164/G6/1973 3. Yell leaders use to swim here 4. Dimestore cowboys like dimestore Indians and exotic ladies 5. A&M's private "golden arches" 6. this egg was laid between 1838 & 1898 7. not 6 flags over Texas but ? over the world 8. twinkle, twinkle "big" star? 9. A cold machine that lays eggs? At Sbisa anything’s possible. 10. See if you can engineer this "old" clue 11. R. C. Cola — a cush drink 12. Lions & tigers & bears oh my. All Aggie Players and relatives exempt. Come To Diamond Country Sankey Park Diamond Salon 213 s. MAIN \ if//. DOWNTOWN BRYAN Engagement Rings Wedding Rings iamon Js l x c (u iiveiti AGGIE CINEMA The Aggie Cinema Committee is currently recruiting new members for the remainder of this spring semester and for the upcoming fall. Membership is open to all who are willing to be active participants in film programming on the TAMU Cam pus. Please come by the student programs office and fill out an information sheet by Friday, March 28th and turn it in to the secretaries if you are interested. step into the msc circle m/c) H peat house 1 Located at Briarwood Apts, above the leasing office. Now has their own disc jockey to play your records by request. LADIES (UNESCORTED)—ALL DRINKS HALF PRICE—ALL OF THE TIME. it* • * • Starting Monday, March 10, these will be our weekly specials. WEDNESDAY-HAPPY HOUR NIGHT All drinks Y2 price all night long THURSDAY-LADIES NIGHT Free drinks to all ladies NEW HOURS STARTING MARCH 26 OPEN WEDNESDAY — SATURDAY 5 P.M. we; cow, Bi burrow bis dog Sunday nesday diction. Pitte Weatb meteor The\ thrice days, v The; eratur period TO mil Eae the big predic two po it rain: St{ to se< AU state nesda three over Ph genei divisi seek feder Ager stand Tb char; vess( M Guai with PLAN UTS IF YOU 5MELL A TRUFFLE, POINT TO WHERE IT 15, AND I'LL Dl6 IT UP AW N05E ISN'T USED TO ALL THIS WORK... I UJ0NDER IF H'OLJ CAN STRAIN A NOSE AWSCLE., Hor; ElE< ACR! P\Kl ACC STL
