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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1975)
* •meter (as aim record 39.7.1 timed t the; :tualit voids 'is te> the t m. 7h lethei he with nd But relimic; ningbs: 'ell oft ^ nith at h ran 4.10,0; eet wat, ich Rita but rj d seco: s an:- came laratho: e Adc ' he gar please; well. 1 as fasti A&M food CO-Op . . . Senate OKs feasibility studies i haver but b ancelt; vill tak La., tern fo i Frid» try. I'S 5016 •Ml '/nj ids. iicaM; L IG MER :of<ee By DON MIDDLETON Staff Writer Last Wednesday night the Stu dent Senate approved a resolution sponsoring research into the feasi bility of a food co-op at A&M. The bill, introduced by Law- Puryear senator Raj Kent, provides for a market survey and location of a site and wholesale sources of food, the results of which will be pre sented to the Senate for further ac tion. If the Senate finds the venture favorable, it will provide the initial capital for implementation of the plan, presumably from refrigerator rental profits, Kent said. Kent cited a similar plan which the University of Houston under took last December. Membership “A certain percentage of chil dren have the habit of thinking; one of the aims of education is to cure them of this habit.” Bertrand Russell, 1925, “What I Believe” Cbe Battalion Vol. 68 No. 101 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 9, 1975 in their co-op grew to 1,500 mem bers by February. Originally a stu dent government project, the Houston co-op is now student owned and operated off-campus, going by the name Houston Food Co-op and General Store. Although details of an A&M co-op have yet to be worked out, the basic plan consists of membership open to students and faculty for approxi mately $2 per semester. The mark up for working members, those who contribute about two hours a week to the co-op, would be 10 percent, with a slightly higher mark-up for non-working members. The Hous ton co-op estimates a 25-30 percent savings on the average food bill using this system. The co-op would stock only basic food items at first, expanding its in ventory as membership and interest grows, Kent says. Kent estimated the initial in vestment at $2,500. This includes rent, shelves and cold storage facilities. Following the example of the Houston plan approximately 2 , /2 percent of the first six month’s pro fits would be devoted to rent and utilities. After that, about $300 per month would be spent on operating costs. Other profits would be rebated to the co-op member, either on the basis of percentages of sales slips or by even division of surplus, said Kent. Kent stressed that Student Gov ernment would retain control of the co-op only as long as was necessary. After the members demonstrated the desire and ability, they would take over full control of the facilities and services. He also added that SG had been in touch with a similar co-op at the University of Texas, and that they seemed willing to help in several ways, including sharing sources of wholesale food. Run-off next week for Walker, Dunn By JLM CRAWLEY Staff Writer A run-off between Jeff Dunn, junior, and Tom Walker, senior, will be held next Tuesday April 15 as a result of Tuesday s Student Gov ernment (SG) elections. Dunn got 1,934 votes, Walker 1,607 and Doc Shroff received 715 votes. Due to a preliminary failure in the computer a small number of cards were “chewed up” and not See list of candidate votes, p. 5 counted. Sam Walser, SG Judicial Board chairman, said that the cards were randomly mixed and everyone was equally hurt. “1 was disappointed with the turnout, 1 think it shows that there Anyone wishing to contribute to the Vietnamese Refugee Re lief Fund may do so by sending contributions to: The Vietnamese Refugee Relief Fund c/o The Battalion Room 216 Reed McDonald Building Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 The money will be given to the Red Cross to aid in the pur chase of food as well as the relo cation of Vietnamese refugees. is a need for an improvement in Student Government,” said presi dential hopeful Dunn. Another run-off will be held in the vice president of rules and regu lations race. The run-off will be be tween Mary Ellen Martin, sopho more, and Duane Thompson, sophomore. Thompson received 1,984 votes, Martin 1,290 and Karla Mouritsen got 1,005 votes. “I have a slight lead, but it could go either way,” said Thompson. I “Tm really glad so many people turned out to vote in the election,” said Martin. The only other contested Execu tive Committee race resulted in the election of Bill Flores, junior, over graduate student Joe Marcello as vice president of finance. Flores re ceived 2,298 votes compared to Marcello’s 1,804. Running unopposed were Raj Kent, for vice president of academic affairs; Jerri Ward, vice president of external affairs and Troie Pruett, vice president of student services. The senior Yell Leaders for next year are Chuck Hinton, Steve Bohlmann and Jim Bob Mickler, ac cording to the vote totals in the eight man race. Joe D. Mickler and Rob Tucker were elected as junior Yell Leaders in the campus-wide election. The Residence Hall Association (RHA) elections resulted in the placement of three new officers in the organization. George Lippe was elected president over Larry Walker. The vice president position was won by Kim Schaefer. Her op ponent was Nolen Mears. Patti Laf- ferty ran unopposed for RHA sec retary. Senior class president for the 1976 class is Phillip Bohlmann. Bohlmann ran unopposed. Also running unopposed, for class vice president was Charlie Snyder. Mike Havel defeated Diane Watkins for the position of class treasurer. Run-offs for senior class social secretary will be held next week be tween Melanie Taylor and Jenni Guido. A run-off between Hank Maddux and Cindy Wallace for his torian will be at the same time. Four run-offs highlight the junior class races. Candidates Kelly De- Witt and Terry Schul were thrown into another confrontation for pres ident. Susan Fontaine will oppose Gerard Pelletier for the position of class vice president in next week’s MSC PR director named Batt editor replay. The treasurer election run-offs will include Charlie Briggs and Mike Cox. The social secretary re match will place Leslie Clarke and John Riddles in competition next week. Three of the four sophomore class elections will be carried over into run-offs next Tuesday. Two Corps of Cadet members will battle over the presidency of the class. The candidates are Ken Donnelly and Mark Sicilio. Sicilio is the current freshman class presi dent. Donnelly is head of the Fish Drill Team. Cyndi Davis and Marty Hutchi son were placed in a run-off for the position of class vice president. The treasurer race will be continued when Joan Marshall opposes Russell Stanfield. Troby Hoffacker ran un opposed for social secretary. Today. Final installment of the board payment for this semester is due to morrow. A charge of $1 will be assessed for each day that it is late. Payment may be made in the Coke Building or at the annex in the University Center. Inside Alcoholism p. 4 Rock Notes p. 4 Chamber of Commerce p. 7 Weather Continued partly cloudy and mild today and tomorrow. High Wednesday 76; low to night 55; high Thursday 79. Portable poll booths aid voters Photo by Jack Holm Aggie students showed for a below-average turnout in the student government and yell leader elections Tuesday. The voters pic tured here cast their votes ballots. on punch-card County court-at-law bill awaits governor’s action A bill establishing a county court-at-law for Brazos County pas sed the Texas House of Representa tives Tuesday ancf now awaits the governor’s signature before becom ing law. The new court will take over the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the current County Court, headed by County Judge Bill Vance. The county judge will lose authority over the county’s civil and criminal court proceedings but will remain the head county administrator, presiding over the Commissioners Court. State Senator Bill Moore of Bryan, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, and State Rep. Bill Presnal, House sponsor of the bill, have both said growth in the county has created a demand for the new court. James Breedlove, senior jour nalism major and past MSC public relations director, was appointed editor of The Battalion and Gary Baldasari, senior E.D. major, was appointed Aggieland editor for next year, in a Publications Board meet ing, Tuesday. The appointments are subject to approval by President Jack Williams. Applying for the Batt editor post was Breedlove, current Managing Editor LaTonya Perrin, current As sistant Editor Will Anderson and Sherri La Buda. The vote was three each for Per rin and Breedlove. Dr. Gary Hal ter, Roger Miller, and Dr. John Hanna voted for Breedlove. John Nash, Don Hegi and Dr. Clinton Phillips voted for Perrin. The seventh member of the Board, Steve Eberhard, abstained. The tie breaking vote was cast in Breedlove’s favor by Board Chair man Bob Rogers of the journalism department. James Breedlove Gary Baldasari Breedlove was PR chairman for the MSC from September 1974 until last Friday. He was out of town Tuesday night and thus unavailable for comments on his plans for run ning The Battalion. Baldasari received six votes for Aggieland editor. The only dissent ing vote was cast by John Nash who voted in favor of Billy Slingerland. Baldasari says he would like to see the students represented in a more “mature” fashion. Baldasari also plans to have six photographers instead of the 20 the Aggieland has this year. The staff will be expected to be more in volved with the yearbook, he says. Houston news comes to TAMU Photo by Alan Killingsworth In an interview with Nguyen-Q-Chau and Nguyen- Dziem (R), from South Viet Nam, Teel Saloun of Eye Witness News in Houston asks the distressed students questions for a follow-up story. Judge Vance, the county commis sioner, and County Attorney Ro land Searcy have said the civil and criminal caseload in the county is not great enough to warrant the ex pense of creating a county court-at- law. The commissioners estimated the cost of the new court to be $75,000 in the first year and $60,000 in sub sequent years. The bill will become law unless vetoed by Gov. Dolph Briscoe within 10 days. School officers elected Nancy Donaldson was elected as the first woman president of the A&M Consolidated School Board Monday night. Other officers elected in the spe cial meeting were Dr. O. C. Cooper as vice president, Lambert Wilkes as secretary and Frances Baumbach as assistant secretary. Joe Natowitz and Bruce Robeck, vvho were elected to the board in Saturday’s election, were adminis tered their oaths of office. Supt. Fred Hopson told the Board the district’s budget for next year must be adopted and the tax rate set by Aug. 20. Before the budget can be adopted, state law requires at least one public hearing to be held. The board agreed one public hearing would be sufficient to get the community’s opinions. Each member of the board also agreed to attend a workshop on the A&M campus designed for school board members. The workshop starts April 28. According to the board’s regula tions, the president presides at all board meetings, enforces board rules, signs all contracts authorized by the board and countersigns all warrants drawn on the school fund and authorized by the board.