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Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1975 'HEY! THAT'S CUTEI' J-Board Editor’s note: Listen Up is a forum through which students may ex press opinions. As our policy states in the mast at the bottom of this page, letters should not exceed 300 words, subject to the editing of the staff. Each letter must be typed and signed, with the address and tele phone number of the writer given for verification. Commend, don’t chide it He received the Faculty Distin guished Award for Teaching in 1973. Editor: In reply to the letter of Jimmy Arnold et al. in The Battalion of April 22, 1975 I would like to point out why the Judicial Board should be commended instead of chided. The following facts were presented at the April 21, meeting: a) That I indicated I was running for the Undergraduate position on the Secretary’s list; b) That although I failed to specify such on the Filing Applica tion, twelve out of thirty-one ap plicants also failed to specify “un dergraduate on the Filing Applica tion; c) That the Election Commission failed to consider that I had taken a leave of absence from school for a semester and they subsequently “Boldly Assumed” that I was graduating this year and placed me on the wrong ballot; d) That no attempt was made to contact me on the matter or even to consult the positions on the Secretary’s. List which the 9ftndi.- Edj tor . dates were required tq sign,,,, ,v„ Due to these facts the Judicial Board placed the fault of the error with the Election Committee. This in my opinion is a splendid example of an individual student receiving justice instead of being treated as a number and overlooked. The Judi cial Board has my heartfelt thanks. Thomas P. Donahue ’75 MSC tradition Editor: We saw something today that was very disappointing. While sitting in the Snack Bar of the MSC we watched as another A&M tradition was being broken. For many years, the MSC was a place honoring the war dead. But today we are not sure that tradition is being upheld. We watched some fashion models modeling bikini ba thing suits and other apparel (in cluding hats) that was certainly not honoring these former Aggies! We would like to know who gave them permission to do this and if they were aware that the clothes being modeled were disrespectful? It really bothers us, that this would be permitted by the University and/or student body. We would like to see some of the old traditions upheld, and one of the places to start would be to limit things like that from happening in the Memorial Student Center. It was absolutely repulsive. David Rosse ’75, and two others. Programs for blacks Stolen posters il ls prof real? Editor: You printed an article supposedly by an A&M prof the other day (April 10) who predicted almost the entire outcome of the NCAA tournament, etc. before it occured. The way it was written aroused my suspicions for some reason. Upon trying to lo cate his name in the catalogue, I was unable to find it. So, what I want to know is if there is actually such a professor at A&M named Gerard O Donovan (I believe) who is a member of NATO and the other credentials you listed from him, or if this prof is merely a fictitious pseudonym for some enterprising sports writer on the Batt staff. Tell me, huh? Alton Prihoda ’77 I am writing this letter in regard to the “kleptomaniacs” that have stolen all but a few of the advertising posters that belong to the Texas A&M Surf Club. Naturally, I don’t know who these people are, but I can assure all of them that if these acts continue there will be no more posters to rip off. Why? That is very simple to answer. Without the pre cious advertising that these posters (for our films) give us, the club can not attract an audience large enough to finance our movies. So without any financial back-up from previous films, there can be no additional films brought to TAMU. I am sure any “intelligent Aggie” can see why we need the posters left up. The Surf Club doesn’t mind any one taking possession of these post ers if they are acquired the day after the presentation of the movie. All we are asking is please don’t let our tedious efforts be wasted by some one who disrespectfully deprives any student of TAMU from possibly enjoying the act of surfing through cinema. Thank you. Steve Bullock TAMU Surf Club Blood banks Editor’s note: Dr. O’Donovan is associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics and plant sciences (genetics division) in the college of agriculture. He joined the A&M fa culty in 1968 and divides his teach ing with research. 1 Reporters I | requested! _ The Battalion is seeking re- His regular teaching duties in- porters to complete this semes- elude: biochemistry 107; BiCh 604, £:j ter and the summer. Anyone ::j: genetics 310 and genetics 631. He wishing to apply should come by •;£ has presented lectures at Harvard, room 216 of the Reed McDonald :*>• Columbia, Washington, Stanford. Services Building. O’Donovan holds an Interna- ;j£ tional NATO Collaboration Grant, Editor: Have you heard the latest Aggie joke? While the Red Cross Blood Program in Bryan and College Sta tion struggles to obtain the needed blood for local hospitals, (which is readily available for TAMU stu dents and faculty and their families) the Aggies donate over 1000 units of blood for the residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth Area! I hope that you realize that this is no laughing matter. The Red Cross is now responsible to supply the needed hundan whole blood needs of Brazos County. This means coverage for all residents of the county including TAMU students and faculty. When a student, or anyone, re quires blood, that blood must come from the Bryan-College Station donor base. It has always been this way. The Wadley Blood Bank does not ship the actual blood back here but instead works with a system of blood credits- By the way, the Red Cross can offer the Aggies essen tially the same deal offered by Wad- ley as far as coverage is concerned. As students of Texas A&M and residents of Bryan-College Station, I feel we are all responsible to sup port the Brazos County Red Cross Blood Program. After all, it is assur ance that when blood js needed for ourselves, our spouses or our chil dren, it will be available. G. P. Boe Graduate Student €be 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. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is put>l' s hed in College Station. Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods. September through klay, and once a week during summer school • Mail subscriptions are *5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school vear; *10.50 per* lull year All subscriptions subject to 591 sales lux. Advertising rate furnished , on request. Address: The Battalion, Ro<$m'^ZAS^vices {Mlding. College' Station, Texas 7784V LETTERS POUCY * Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subjectto 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. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it o r not otherwise credited in th c paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of rep rt 'ldut'ion ot all other matter herein are also reserved Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas Editor Assistant Editor . Managing Editor Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. JBmes Breedlove Hoxie Hearn , , , " g * di,0r . .. ..Paul McGrath 0^4,t /.•/:/.•//.•//• .TonyCanucci Campus Editor Steve Cray Photo Editor '••• ...... . Jerry Geary . .Jack Holm Members of the Student Publications Board are: Bob G. Rogers, chairman; Dr. Gary Halter; Dr. John Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Phillips; Steve Eberhard; Don Hegi and John Nash Tr. Reporters , Sayeefu! Islam, Mike Kimmey, A , an Killingswort,,. Cindv M ac ,el.'Don^ddle- ton, Jerry Needham, Rose Mary Traverse, David Walken John Zimmerman Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services Inc ^New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Photographers . i Fotoi McGowan, Chris Svatek. Kevin Fotorny. Jack Holm, Glen Johnson. Tom KayseV, David MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Associatiou Artists and cartoonists Nguyen Dziem, Brad Foster, Rodn^ Hammack. •Dr. Jjimes H- Earle, ■ ■ • • • • ^ Why Dunn changed mind A true-'to-life drama Recent as societ By WILL ANDERSON Student Government has been described as a circus but when I interviewed student body presi dent Jeff Dunn in his office last night, it was a sort of melodrama. Dunn was conducting his inter views to select next year’s SG exe cutive director when I arrived. All the applicants, Mary Ellen Martin, Allison King and Karla Mouritsen, had finished their sessions. Martin had then re- Editor: Recently, the committees in the MSC have been publishing and ingout opinion polls. This I am sure was done to actually find out what the majority of the student body de sires in extracurricular activities. Being a person who likes to express my opinion I completed all the forms. To my dismay (but not sur prise knowing TAMU lack of in terest in minority affairs) found no Black programs listed. There was an exception. Townhall listed Blacks, Mexicans, and others in their prog rams. However, Townhall in its categorization of music left out soul music. For those who don’t know soul music it is the basic music for Blacks. It is listed on the top forty charts. Is Townhall a greater organi zation than this national organiza tion? The committee is belittling themselves in utter stupidity. I noticed that Country and Western music was listed twice as country- western and progressive country and western. Is it trouble to write four letters on a paper: S-O-U-L. Also Aggie Cinema has put out their opinion poll. Not one Black movie was listed. They always leave a space saying other. I AM A FULL TIME PAYING STUDENT (how ever small) AND NOT AN O- T-H-E-R. Theresa Ann McDonald Texas A&M Undergraduate Yes, I would like some feedback on this point. turned to Dunn’s office with tears in her eyes to complain that she was always being “persecuted,” or something like that- I i \ Not bad, but ^ ^■. . the main scene was yet to come. When Martin left, I entered to ask Dunn some questions. I talked to Dunn on the phone hist Thursday and he had hinted that he would request an investigation of the TAMU Board of Directors in a press conference this week. Dunn explained last night that he had changed his mind over the weekend. Pres. Jack Williams spoke to Dunn Sunday and told him that if there was a request for an investiga tion, “you can scratch my name off your list.” Dunn said that had not influenced him to change his mind. “My decision (to change his mind) was influenced only by the Execu tive Committee,” Dunn said. “I represent the whole student body and I only want what is best for stu dents, for SG and for the univer sity.” Dunn had not gotten in touch with his vice presidents before he told the Batt about his decision to request an investigation, and some of them had disagreed. V.P. for Academic Affairs Raj Kent said he would sponsor a resolution censor ing Dunn if any action was taken to get an investigation. “I opposed an investigation,” Kent said. “At this stage and time, it is an internal question. It should be handled through internal channels, not an external body (the Texas legislature).” Dunn said he wanted “unified ac tion” by the Executive Committee and was trying to avoid alienating the group’s members from each other and from the administration. Dunn conceded he had made a mis take in not consulting the vice pres idents. “There’s nothing we can do to change what’s been done,” Dunn said. “I’m not saying I’m going back on my campaign promises. But it would accomplish nothing to have the rest of SG hating my guts.” SG’s main goal is to increase stu dent input at the decision-making level, he said, and an investigation of the Board would do nothing to accomplish that. He then qualified that statement by saying an investigation would help if— and only if — the legisla ture found something seriously wrong with TAMU’s student input. A bill putting a student on univer sity boards might then be passed. “We re going to try our persua sive approach, ” he said. “If it works, we 11 seek out some answers in a legitimate way.” Williams is supposed to meet with the Executive Committee so he can better understand students’ feelings and can voice his percep tions of SG’s role, Dunn said. If the meetings result in increased stu dent input (through an ex officio student member of the Board or an improved university committee sys tem), an investigation would serve no purpose, Dunn said. But if the administration’s reac tion is negative or a stall, requesting an investigation becomes a likely al ternative, he said. I suggested that the investigation was being used as a threat to get more input, hut Dunn denied it. It’s not a threat, he said, only an alterna tive if the input isn’t granted. I said I supported any attempts to get student input at this school, hut it seemed every new SG sought in creased input and didn’t get it. Hie failure to get input resulted froraa "go-along-to-get-along” attitude with the administration (Dunncalls it the “persuasive approach”). Dunn had me fooled into thinking I was finally going to see a SG take some positive action, I said, but it now looked like only more of the more wo Accord by Robt A&M pn Estate R partmenl pology, importar predomii indicate Dunn rose to his feet withaflush of anger in his face and began de fending his government. It is hardly a week old, and it has a definite goal, he said; to increase student input into decisions and appropriations. He told me to criticize the SGfor lack of action next March if there is reason to, hut not to complain until then. Is this the Jeff Dunn who wasnta flashy candidate? All right, Jeff, but no one is going to hold their criti cisms until next March. There are a lot of students watch ing you now. Most of them are in terested in campus politics for one reason or another; the others prob ably just enjoy dramatic scenes. ^ i n wiwillWHWilgliWWWWWWWW TAf BEHIND m A THOUSAND PERCENT, HENRY: NUCLEAR PROPULSION- FIELD OF THE FUTURE IF YOU’RE A FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, OR SENIOR WITH DEMONSTRATED ABILITY IN MATH AND PHYSICS: WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR YOU! CONTACT NAVY/MARINE R0TC ROOM 106 MILITARY SCIENCE BLDG 845-1775 IM AM. I S THE CLOUDS Af?E OPENING AND THE RAlN 15 FALUNG.1 IT'S KAlNIN6 / IT’S GAINING, IT S RAINING/ 'grass dill believe ANYTHING YOU TELL IT /