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f Llsten Up \ Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1975 University committees Students’ chance for Editor: At this time of year, namely student government and yell leader elections, there are a siz able number of students who would like to become involved in some decision-making organization with out the burden of running for elected office or the time consuming duties those offices entail. Such organizations exist but few students know of them. The organi zations I’m referring to are the uni versity committees such as the Bookstore Advisory, Laundry, Lib rary Council, Long Range Planning and Menu Board committees. Last year there were over 30 different committees. All students are ap pointed by the new student body president and some committees meet as little as one hour a month. As a member you would have vot ing privileges (in some committees the students are the only voting members). I am in one of these committees and will be next year. It has been informative and a lot of fun. At one hour a month, what do you have to lose? Tom Dawsey Sour grapes Editor: I am writing to let you know that I would construe as a personal favor any attempt on your part to publish, somewhere among your pages of complaints, criticisms, and other nebulous trash, some small item of TAMU campus-related news. If anyone on your staff can remember how, please print the afore- requested news item with minimum distortion. Face it, in addition to your con spicuous absence of any hint of priority, lately your objectivity in reporting has been surpassed only by that of The Peking Revue. This is especially true where your rendi tions of the events occuring at meet ings of the TAMU Student Senate are concerned. It is anything but a credit to your publication’s quality that your front page account of last week’s Senate meeting and your editorial dealing with the same topic are virtually indistinguishable. It is indeed lamentable that the Battalion is not under as many scrutinous eyes as is the Senate. If the Battalion were responsible to groups other than the Battalion, if the Battalion had His Eminence King Jack and his Nine Appointed Paper-pushing Boyars and a consti tuency to respond to, there might be a discpmable paucity of com plaints coming from the Battalion. If the Battalion were under as many eyes as is the Senate, they would never have been able to so dis cretely enter the grotesque fetal cadaver which was the product of the chaotic. Battalion-supported birth of the Necktie Party. If the situation were different, if there were multiple sources of media on this campus, you at the Battalion might occasionally feel a few blows from the lash which you are now wielding exclusively. You might be asked, for instance, why you bitch, but go no farther, why you never propose anything in the way of a feasible solution to the problems you cite. Some imperti nent competitor might have the au dacity to call to public attention the fact that, in spite of your plurality of gripes with the incumbent Senate, you’ve not devoted a single line in the Battalion to evaluation of those running in the upcoming election, even after doing so for local school- board elections. But, because you are subject to no outside force, be cause you, fortunately for yourse lves, are subject to no chastening power, you may do as you please. Before you throw away this letter and resume your activities of scandal-mongering and perpetrat ing, I ask that you ponder the words of Jesus. “Cast out first the beam of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.” Daniel E. Wheeler See Your man at Batt — Ed. Doc’s running Editor: In the past, and regrettably in the present, student government elec tions have voiced the opinions of the minority. This condition is a favora ble one for student government be cause, should the majority’s voice be heard this organization would no longer exist. The apathy which this and other campuses experience is a direct re sult of the personalities which are time and time again elected to of fice. They must be people who are willing to fit their beliefs to those of people who are most able to help them in attaining their goals. In the case of an election it is the voters. But after being elected the people whom they are pressured to please are unfortunately the members of the administration. A second personality trait com mon to most, if not all, student gov ernment members is the need to be patted on the back. This need is full- filled by being elected, which is okay. But after the election the pat must again come from the administ ration. These two traits would of course be crippling to anyone who ostensibly represents his or her con stituency. It is on these facts that I base my candidacy for student government president. The student government which exists now leaves students completely at the mercy of the ad ministration. What we need is a body of people, and most impor tantly a president, that is not afraid to criticize the administration pub licly when it does things which are contrary to student wishes (the Northgate wall, the lack of student facilities in the MSC, the rejection of the “pub” on campus idea, etc.) My one campaign promise is that, if elected, I will voice my opinions loudly enough to be heard by stu dents and administration alike. My opinions, like anyone’s honestly stated, cannot please everyone. But to me it is more important that half of the students be represented rather than none at all, as is pres ently the case. Doc Shroff Vote for Dunn Editor: I am quite interested in the future of student government. I do not like popularity contests or simple prop aganda, but I would like to com ment on the election for Student Body President. I have seen posted signs and leaflets around campus and North Gate. I have read with interest Jeff Dunn’s platform and qualifications and I often read of his doings in the Senate. His opponent, Tom Walker, strikes me as being a “true raspberry.” I do not mean to be vindictive, but where is his plat form? Why hasn’t he publicly stated his plans for next year, except “En thusiasm, Teamwork, and Com munication. Mickey Mouse could run on that platform. The other night at the Dixie Chicken, Walker told a friend of mine that he supports the continua tion of the Book Mart, as Jeff Dunn does, which saved students $3,000. He pointed out that the off-campus bookstores were collaborating on their prices, and for this reason a continuation of the Book Mart is es sential. I’ll buy that, but as I was leaving the Chicken I noticed Walker’s leaflets were on the win dows of Loupot’s, Texas Aggie Bookstore and University Book Store! What is he telling the mana gers to get them to place his partisan literature on display? Where does Walker really stand on book co-ops? The students have a right to know, because if he feels that he can be two faced on this issue and get away with it, how do I know he is not like this on all the issues? His platform is obscure, or is it actually one thing on the Corps side, and another thing on the Civilian side, and another thing off-campus? I will not waste my vote on this type of cam paign. As for me, I don’t necessarily agree with all of Jeff Dunn’s ideas, but at least he has enough guts to state them in public, through this newspaper and his leaflets. Until I see otherwise from Tom Walker, I wish to encourage the student body to elect Jeff Dunn next Tuesday. Dennis Medina Supervisor quits Editor: When I learned that Mrs. Mary- lon Wyatt was resigning as head supervisor at Sbisa Dining Hall, I was both saddened and angry. Wyatt is undoubtedly Sbisa’s ablest supervisor, if not the best in the whole food services department. She will be sorely missed by all who know her and worked with her in Sbisa. I was also extremely angry when I found out the reason she was resign ing was because of continuous har- rassment by the TAMU Food Ser vices Director, Col. Fred Dollar, concerning her personal man nerisms and dress. I have never heard anyone object to Wyatt’s mannerisms or dress and as far as I know, Col. Dollar is the only one who did. I think it is time Col. Dol lar realized he is not a god who can wave a magic wand and chase off good employees simply because of personal prejudices or feelings. His attitude towards food service workers is dictatorial and his man ner overbearing to the point of being intolerable. Perhaps Col. Dollar’s position should be ex amined and re-evaluated. Anyone who wields as much power as he apparently does should at least be expected to possess a good sense of judgment and Col. Dollar has de monstrated that he does not. Tm sure I speak for all the employees in Sbisa Dining Hall in wishing Wyatt all the luck in the world and sin cerely hoping her next boss is better than her last. Name on file It is not normally Battalion policy to withhold names, but writer said he believed if his name was revealed that he would be fired. He said if he wasn’t fired, he was sure that working in Sbisa Dining Hall would be made very unpleasant for him. Col. Dollar said no action would be taken against the letter’s author, and that he felt it was unfair to allow the letter to be printed with out a name. “It’s inconsistent,” he said. “The Batt’s supposedly protecting him (the writer) by withholding his name, but you’re printing a letter Cbe 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. LETTERS POUCY Mail subscriptions are $5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school vear; $10.50 per tull vear. All subscriptions subject to 59f sales tax. Advertising rate turnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Ropm^l7. Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. 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Barbara West Douglas Winship input that could threaten my job. If I did anything, it would be to explain my position to whoever wrote the let ter.” The colonel explained that any university employee who has a complaint should take it directly to the Personnel Department. They can bypass their superior, he said, and any problems will be handled by university procedure — Ed. Investigation of the Board is possible By WILL ANDERSON A letter from Laura Beall in last week’s Listen up column ques tioned many of the TAMU Board of Directors decisions (Board in vestigation urged, March 26). “An investigation and hearing is just what is needed to clear up a lot of questions and justify a lot of claims about the Board of Di rectors’ actions here on cam pus,” wrote Beall. “Also, the investigation and jj hearing could answer a very vital question — is a university supposed to benefit the people attending it or benefit the people running it?” My reply was that an investiga tion and hearing were not likely, and I suggested more participa tion in university committees as an alternative method of produc ing a responsive Board of Direc tors. Well, Ms. Beall, my apologies; here’s a better answer to your question. If the Student Senate feels there is a need to investigate how students’ money has been spent by the Board, it may request an inquiry by a committee of the State Senate. The process was ex plained to me by State Senator Oscar Mauzy of Dallas, chairman MORT Ger THAT STATUE OF MOTHER GOOSE OUT Of X’VE JUST UNLADED'SCO COWHIDE BENCHES^.. • - of the Senate Education Commit tee. Letters requesting the invest igation should be sent to the lieu tenant governor, Bill Hobby, and to Mauzy. The letters should in clude a packet of “pertinent infor mation” to support the request. Mauzy and Hobby will study the information and decide if an investigation might be warren ted. Mauzy said a reply could be ready in three or four days. That’s all there is to it. The Battalion has done a lot of investigative reporting about the MSC interior and now has a large file of “pertinent information if it’s decided to request an investi gation . It is up to the Student Senate to make any requests like that. Senators are elected to serve the best interests of the student body, and I think an explanation of how the students money is spent should receive first priorities. The University of Texas Board of Regents was investigated a few years ago because of the money it spent remodeling the chancel lor’s house. I asked Student Body President Steve Eberhard if he would favor requesting an investigation. He said his initial reactions were fav orable but that he would have to study the facts and talk to several people before he was sure. The three candidates for next year’s presidency all answered in varying degrees of “yes. ” Doc Shroffs answer was short and sweet. “You’re damn right I would,” he said. Tom Walker said he would strongly favor an investigation. 1 Jeff Dunn also favored the idea and he asked if he could get the I “pertinent information from the | Batt (he can). So, the process of securing an investigation of the Board of Di rectors is surprisingly simple. Q students want it, they may request it. And if the initial informa* I tion indicates a need for an investig- I ation, the students may have it. So think about it. Go to the I MSC and sign up for one of the I eight bowling lanes (be prepared I to wait); drop in and watch mem- I bers of the Basement Committee I convert a storeroom into a coffee I house using old railroad ties and I scrap lumber. Then make your- I self comfortable on one of the I 37 cowhide benches and ask your- I self, "Is it possible that my stu- I dent fees have not been wisely I spent? If the answer is, “Yes,” then I mention it to your senator. It’s I election time and senators are un- I usually receptive to their constit- I uents thoughts and requests. I Even if TAMU’s request is de- I nied or an investigation turns up I nothing definite, something would | be accomplished; students would I have voiced dissatisfaction with ! the Board. — But any action should come from the Student i Government. 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