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XODNSIDER THE FALL OF DANANG TO BE A GREAT HUMAN , TRAGEDY!.. IT HAS CRUELLY TRAPPED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES WHO TRIED UNTILTHE LAST MOMENT TO ESCAPE... X FEEL IT IS GREATLY DISTURBING FOR ALL MANKIND! § Vote Readers give opinions Vote Shroff Editor: This letter is a humble reply to the letter of April 2 which claimed that Jeff Dunn had the guts (uck!) to state his beliefs in public. If he has why doesn’t his platform call for an end to prayers at football games? After all he fought vigorously for a Senate amendment which said just that. As far as we can see there is only one candidate who has never let politics interfere with his ideas. We’re speaking of course of Doc Shroff. In addition, we totally agree with Dennis M.’s opinion that Tom Walker is a “true raspberry.” We are sick of the way the mem bers of Student Government have let the administration push us around and we don’t intend to be snowed into voting for candidates who are going to let this continue. That is why we are strongly support ing Doc Shroff in his candidacy for Student Body President. Joy Drummond Terry Naugle Liz Leuschner Vote Dunn Editor: This is indeed an interesting elec tion coming up, especially in regard to the student body president. From where I stand, there are two and a quarter candidates- The one-fourth candidate is Doc Shroff. Who is he? Few people cur rently in student government know. It seems that he has run for presi dent (never anything lower) twice and after failing to win election has disappeared from sight. Some leader! His only platform is helping people out of wheelchairs and an affinity for girls in bikinis. I also en dorse those things. Does that qual ify me for president? The second candidate is Tom Walker. He is many times more qualified than Shroff. He has been involved with SG since his freshman year. Nevertheless, I am going to find it difficult to support him be cause his platform seems to be a rehashing of what Jeff Dunn has worked on, and has largely accomp lished this year. Dunn has been in SG since his freshman year. This year he served as vice president of Academic Af fairs in which, among other things, he organized a committee which was responsible for the teaching as signment and student evaluations of professors publication. He sup ports student-SG open forums, stu dents on governing bodies, student control of student money and eight other major proposals. Tom Dawsey Vote Karla Editor: I have been around Student Gov ernment for a long time and I know each of the candidates running for V. P. of Rules and Regulations very well. My vote will be based on the quality and ability of the candidates in the race, not the clothing they wear or the sex they happen to be. There is only one candidate out of the three who clearly stands out as the most qualified and her name is Karla Mouritsen. Karla Mouritsen has the most ex perience on the Rules and Regs Committee since she was Secretary for the Committee when I was Chairman of it a year ago and has been a regular member on it this last year. She is also the Recording Sec retary for Student Government and she has served on numerous Uni versity Committees. Karla is also the only candidate to have served on the Executive Committee of Stu dent Government. One of Karla’s biggest concerns is that too often the normal student is forgotten in the haggling that can go on in S. G. She would like to see the individual student have more free dom and flexibility in his dealings with the University. Since I formerly held this posi tion, I am deeply concerned that the best candidate wins. The best can didate is clearly Karla Mouritsen. Curtis W. Marsh V.P. for Finance Vote Wallace Editor: In the upcoming class office elec tions (those that have opposition), I would like you voters to keep some thing in mind. There are a lot of people running who have a good re cord as far as working for their class is concerned. I’m talking about those gophers who go to most of the meetings and end up either com mittee chairmen or hard-working committee members. I have been one of those gophers for two years and inactively my freshman year. I now feel qualified and prepared enough to run for Class Historian of 76. I might add that this is the only campus office I am running for. I’ve worked with the Council of 76 for two years and had my eye on historian this year. Notes on class functions and activities have been collected regularly by me for a scrapbook of my own. I am a history major and writing accounts of histor ical worth is required in all my courses. With these qualifications, I ask you to support me in the elec tions Tuesday. Please remember those who have proven their wil lingness to work. Cindy Wallace There is a shortage of room and the cartoon had to be held. My apologies to the Gigags (Vrek forgive me). There will be two strips next week. Vote Lombardino Editor: I am a candidate for junior yell leader. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a member of the Corps of Cadets and presently vice-president of the Class of 77. I feel the need to universally support you and the fine men and women who represent Texas A&M in athle tic competition. I can only do this through your support. On April 8, I urge you to all represent your school by going to the student polls and voting. Paul Lombardino Vote Sterling Editor: As athletes, we know what spirit and a good yell leader can really do. Austin Sterling is just such a spirited person who will be a great yell leader. We ask our friends and fel low Aggies to vote for Austin Sterl ing — Senior Yell Leader. Don Riggs and 7 Other Track Athletes Karla again Editor: Because of its “outstanding per formance” this year, the Student Government has suffered a loss of credibility which is evidenced by the meager number of candidates for Student Government positions. There are some candidates, how ever, who I feel can do a great deal to restore the function and credibil ity of that body. One such person is Karla Mourit sen, a candidate for the Vice- President of Rules & Regs. I have been a member of the Rules & Regs Committee with her this past year. Gwen Flynt No copy Editor: I would like to voice my response to John Vanore’s review of the new Jimi Hendrix album “Crash Land- ing” (page 3, April 1). First, I do agree that the album does represent the real Hendrix, and that it is a definite must for Hendrix fans. However, Vanore’s comments at the end of his review about Robin Trower “copying” Hendrix and his style are unwarranted. Trower, former lead guitar player for Procol Harum, does sound like Hendrix a little, but he has refined his own music into what I believe Hendrix would be playing today if he were still alive. For a real, honest-to-goodness imitator of Jimi Hendrix, I suggest a Canadian group called Mahogany Rush. Their album “Child of the Novelty” really exhibits a reverber ation of Hendrix in his “Purple Haze” era. The lead guitar player on this group believes that he is the reincarnation of Hendrix, and he really sounds like Hendrix. Finally, I would like to say that John Vanore’s reviews have really been super. I hope that he is able to continue doing this. Keep up the good work John, and rock on! Mike Mayer 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. 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Barbara West Douglas Winship 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 Kiay, and once a week during summer school Reporters Paul McGrath, Gerald Olivier, Rose Mary Traverse, Steve Gray, Judy Baggett, Alan Killingsworth, Sayeeful Islam, Cathryn Clement, Cindy Maciel, Jim Peters, Don Middleton, Mike Kimmey, Jerry Geary, Jim Crawley, Jerry' Needham, David Walker. Photographers Douglas Winship, David Kimmel, Gary Baldasari, Jack Holm, Chris Svatek, Steve Krauss, Kevin Fotomy, Tom Kayser, David McCarroll. Columnists Bill Sheen, Mike Perrin, John Vanore, John Tim Cowden Artists and cartoonists Dr. James H. Earle, Nguyen Dziem.j Brad Foster, Rodney Hammack, Tom Brents, Scott Morgan. Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 4, ISIS What a loss Language valuable but not economical By WILL ANDERSON An academic tragedy may occur atTAMU next semester in the name of economics. The department of Modem Languages plans to phase out the Czech language. Czech is a valuable language here. It is the third most spoken language in Texas, behind English and Spanish. The Czech program at TAMU is rec ognized as being one of the best in the country. The summer stu dy program to Prague, Czech- oslavakia, was created and is co ordinated by TAMU’s Czech professor. The Prague program has grown steadily for the three years of its existence. The trip this summer will take 25 people; there have been 44 applications from around the country, including the Univer sities ofTexas, New York, Houston and Iowa, Georgetown University and Yale. Seven Aggies are going. The students study at Charles University, the oldest university in Eastern Europe. The program is the most successful study program of fered by a foreign language at TAMU and the only one of its kind in the United States. So Czech is not being phased out because it isn’t valuable; it’s being phased out because it is not econom ical. Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist, head of the Department of Modem Lan guages, said there are about 25 stu dents taking all levels of Czech at TAMU. The starting classes in the other languages have 30 to 40 stu dents, she said. “We can’t justify the expenditure for a professor for that few stu dents,” she said. Money spent to benefit 20 students starting Czech is more severely needed by 150 stu dents beginning Spanish. She said enrollment in the other languages had increased while Czech enroll ment has been getting smaller. An explanation for that was given by Prof. J. J. Skrivanek, the Czech professor. Ten years ago Czech was taught in Texas universities only at TAMU and UT. It is now taught at Czech, he said. “That’s been going on for years and years, ” Dr. Elmquist said. “The sciences discourage students from taking languages like Czech or Spanish because so little research is written in those languages.” It seems to me that most research will be translated into English any way. And someone who could trans late Czech research (and Prague is an educational center) would be very valuable because it is not a lan guage commonly studied. That is why students who major in one of The Big Three (French, German, Spanish) are now having difficulty finding work, while Russian, Czech and the other Slavic languages are actually in demand. The Prague trip was begun by Skrivanek with his brother, the late Dr. John M. Skrivanek. But if the language is not taught here, it is doubtful that TAMU can maintain its coordinating position. It may go to an out-of-state school (thus mak ing it much more difficult for Texas students to be accepted) or it might be discontinued altogether. Dr. Elmquist said she had to be economical, but she did not want the language discontinued here if it could be avoided. She suggested that some Czech organization could endow a professor. Skrivanek said he did not support that plan because “it is a state school and the state should pay for the edu cation.” Czech-Americans would be paying twice to have the language taught, he said, through taxes they already pay and through the en dowment. But Dr. Elmquist suggested another method. She said that if she could get a list of 25 students (or future students) who are definitely going to start Czech in the fall, the university would continue to offer the language. So if you are going to take a foreign language or know a student who’s coming next fall who wants a foreign language, consider Czech. It has much smaller sections, more personal attention and is no more difficult than the Big Three. If it is phased out later, students already studying Czech will continue to be offered upper level courses. If you are of Czech descent, you . x ~ XI y \_y U it 1 v L/l I l) y vzu Texas Tech, UH and several junior now have an opportunity to brush colleges, so the enrollment has been spread out in a relatively short period of time. Another reason is that many ad visers strongly disapprove or will not allow their students to take up on your hereditary language. Interested students should see Prof. Skrivanek in office 129 on the first floor of the Academic Building. Or else, just drop me a line. Send any letters to me at the address TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION A SIMPLE MENTAL TECHNIQUE THAT OFFERS BENEFITS OF BETTER GRADES MORE ENERGY BETTER DISPOSITION FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURES TAMU LIBRARY RM. 226 TUESDAY APRIL 8 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY APRIL 9 4:00 & 7:30 P.M. 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But, good bull is, in reality, not dead; it’s just going through a period of change. For ex ample, the Old Army quad job (ap proved by Corps staff) — Mr. Sneer, sir (Tom to his drop- handle buddies), jolts awake when his alarm clock goes off. He groans to himself as he squints at the morn ing sun beaming through the win dow, “Wow, it’s 10:30 already.” (Morning formation has been made optional for all clases.) He checks his appointment book and sees that he is to be taken to the quad that morning for his “fart-off’ of Company Q-2 (The Fightin’ Quakers). About that time there is a light rapping on the door — the Quaker fish had come for him! “Mr. Sneer, sir, ” they cry. “Open the door. Sneer already knows who it is, but there is a special procedure that must be followed. “Who is it?” he asks. “Mr. Claus, sir,” the fish reply. “Who?” “Mr. Claus, Sir.” “Who?” “Mr. Claus, sir.” “Okay, Santa,” he says, and he opens the door (it wasn’t locked anyway). “You fish come on in and make yourselves comfortable.” (Corps staff has decided it degrades a fish to not grant him the privilege of “feelings”.) Sneer gets into his swimsuit and parka and he and the fish walk down the two flights of stairs to the quad. When they get downstairs the fish carefully pick him up and carry him outside. They put Sneer down and he yells twice for help (it’s tradi tional to resist). When he finishes, he lays down on the thick carpet the fish have brought with them. Now the quad job begins. A member of Corps staff has been following the whole procedure, checking off a list of items. There are only three more categories. The outside temperature is well above the 80 degree minimum for quad- ding activities. The thermometer indicates the water in the bucket isa comfortable 72 degrees. The Quaker fish then raise the bucket to “a height not to exceeds inches” according to The Standard, The fish wildcat enthusiastically as the water is poured onto the help less Sneer, grimacing on the carpet. Now that’s Old Army! Sneer then walks hack into the dorm to take a shower and notices he is a little sticky. Someone must have poured some Dr. Pepper into the water! How groady! Someone will be rammed for this, he vows. Then he thinks the better of it and decides to shake it off. After all, it was Old Army Good Bull, and if the news got out, it would put the Corps in a bad light. (Corps staff has de termined that the Corps of Cadets should pattern itself after the Vienna’s Boys’ Choir.) Imagine what it would do to the image of all Aggies if it was known the Corps has such activities. Yes sir, you’re a good man, Tom Sneer. Corrections Yesterday’s Battalion reported the address of Janice Wood to be in Bryan. She has moved to College Station. The Battalion regrets the error. Due to an omission in the Senate record, James Powell’s name and votes at the March 27 Senate meet ing did not appear in the Battalion, This is the way the graduate senator from the College of Liberal Arts voted. He voted in favor of the amend ment to raise Student Service Fees to $23.00 per semester without the athletic user fee option (it failed). Powell voted against the “Dunn Amendment” which allowed seat ing blocks at football games of up to 20 people (it passed). Powell abstained from the Foot ball Ticket Allocation Resolution (it passed). $m\' joENAiwrrc iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ p@»o)K] mmwww A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION-APRILS Political ad paid for by Joe Natowitz charlis great selection of tennis clothing just arrived 707TEXAS 846-9626