Page 2 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975
Muster
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The student body and university hierarchy are often at
odds. Once in a while, however, the two groups are able to
reach a compromise.
Such was the case last night when the Student Senate
Executive Committee and the Athletic Department agreed to
halt action on the athletic user fee proposal which was to have
gone into effect beginning today.
Controversy began when senators discovered that the prop
osal which had been okayed by President Williams was not the
same proposal the senate had submitted.
Marvin Tate and Wally Groff, representing the Athletic
Department, said they had thought the proposal accepted by
Williams had had executive committee approval.
The senate considered it a deliberate attempt by the Athletic
Department to catch the student body unaware by effecting it
the day preregistration began. The committee agreed in unof
ficial session to organize and support a student boycott of the
proposal.
Later however, as the committee and the athletic depart
ment met they decided that the proposal would be withdrawn
until the matter could clear the proper channels.
We commend both parties for calling a cease-fire to re
negotiate the matter.
Editor:
We hope the Batt staff is proud of
its most recent accomplishment.
The almost total neglect of A&M’s
greatest tradition, MUSTER. Ya’ll
had your articles about the MSG,
but not one about MUSTER. The
fact that MUSTER was Monday was
not mentioned under “Campus
Briefs” or the “Bulletin Board” in
any of last week’s papers. The only
mention of MUSTER were three
sentences on page 9 of Wednesday’s
Batt at the end of an article about
the Sul Ross classes meeting.
The Batt will run a front page,
large, bold face type reminder of a
yell practice which happens twice a
week for approximately 11 weeks
during the year. But you couldn’t
put in one reminder and/or article
in an entire week of editions about
this great tradition. Is MUSTER a
blase’ or cursory occurrence to you
people? The “Roll Call for the Ab
sent” must not bring a feeling of
closeness to your fellow Aggies
whether the class of’22 or 77 which
is unique to students past and pres
ent of this university.
People talk of A&M’s loss of tradi
tion in the past few years. Possibly
this is due to the Batt s lack of in
forming the students of traditions
here at A&M. No A&M tradition
should be forgotten, especially the
greatest one which is what the Spirit
of Aggieland is all about.
Tom Latimer ’77, and
four others
Election thanks
Editor:
We, the Yell Leaders for the
1975-76 school year, would like to
express our appreciation to the stu
dent body for our recent election.
The vote instilled confidence in us
that all of you will be behind us and
the Aggie Teams 100 percent in the
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coming year. We will be doing our I
best to fulfill your expectations of
us, but your support must never fal
ter. Together, we will back the
Fightin’ Texas Aggies as they con
tinue on the road to Number One!
Jim Bob Mickler ’76, and
the four other yell leaders
Gay awareness
Editor:
We wish to address this letter to
all members of the University
community. Our purpose in writing
is not revolutionary. We do not,
however, deny our intent to spark
an awareness on this campus which
has heretofore been desperately,
lacking.
Although we are oppressed both
individually and as a group, we still
manage to survive and function in
every facet of university life. We are
enrolled in every curriculum. We
are civilians and members of the
Corps. We are students and we are
professors. We defy classification by
age, sex, religion, race, and nation
ality. We are not just a few here and
there; we are many. We are the gay
people of this community.
Much of our potential is stifled by
having to mask the fact that we are
gay and everybody loses. Gays lose
because it is impossible to function
maximally under oppression. The
community loses because it insists
on denying itself the growth and en
richment which could be gained
through interaction with its gay
population.
Many people will read this letter
and not believe their eyes. It is
likely that the administration and/or
the Former Students Association
will spare no expense in trying to
cover all this up, but they will fail.
What we are expressing here is only
the beginning, not just a shot in the
dark. For too long already you have
denied us our right to be what we
are. You are afraid of us because you
are afraid to try.
Being gay^ is not the stereotypic
lifestyle of the flaming faggot or the
diesel dyke. It is not a transient situ
ation in the absence of the opposite
sex. It is not hatred of the opposite
sex. It is not psychopathological. It
is not genetic. It merely is.
All we are trying to achieve at this
point is an awareness of our exis
tence among others.
No one will be truly liberated
until we all are.
(Editor’s Note: The writer fears
that if he reveals his name he will
be in physical and academic
danger. Although it is not usually
our policy to do so, we are withhold
ing his name.)
Summer staffers are being sought for The Battal
ion. Anyone interested in applying may come by
room 216 of Reed McDonald Services Building.
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