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■ THE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1975 AL.L.EN Oldsmobile ' Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is - standard equipment" 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 Ralph, of Hoople, joins Bad Company Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set— Sizing— Reoxidizing— All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 ft'Thereisa^ * difference}!! • * PREPARE FOR: \ L S A T Over 35 years of experience and success Small classes • Voluminous horn study materials • Courses that are constantly updatec • Make-ups for missed lessons THOUSANDS HAVE RAISED THEIR SCORES Call: 214 750-0317 or Write: 11300 No. C. Exp. Dallas, Tex. 75231 For class schedules By JOHN VANORE A little over a year ago, Mick Ralphs deprived Mott the Hoople of an extremely talented and versatile guitarist when he left the group to join up with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, formerly the vocalist and drummer of Free. After a few months of auditions, Boz Burrell, ex-bass player for King Crimson, was picked to round out the group. And so an impressive band. Bad Company, was raised from the ashes of Free, just like the legendary Phoenix. Their premiere LP, “Bad Com pany,” was an extraordinary debut album, a tough act to follow. It con tained everything from slow blues like “Don’t Let Me Down” to hard rockers in the “Can’t Get Enough” vein. And now they have a new release, “Straight Shooter.” It threw me for a loop when I first heard it, because it had to grow on me. On my first few times through it, I was almost disappointed with its obvious lack of hard, gut-crunching, tooth gnashing rock and roll. It then dawned on me, slowly but surely, that this album was far more refined than its predecessor. While Rod gers has kept the band from racing headlong down the road towards evolving themselves into extinc tion, he has also helped to smooth out and refine their sound to the extent that “Straight Shooter” is radically different. “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad,” which opens the album, is a Ralph’s number with lead vocals highly re miniscent of Free around the time of their second reunion. Even on a number penned by Mick Ralphs, Free’s influence is so strong that it cannot be denied or ignored. “Feel Like Makin’ Love” is a slower cut that continues this trend to a certain extent, but Bad Company’s image asserts itself here ultimately as an entity, and not as EDUCATIONAL CENTER &• 167, TEST PREPARATION ecialists since 193E 1675 E«st 16th Str*«t Brooklyn. 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This one was written by Simon Kirke, and it’s another throwback to Free. It’s a nice change of pace, and it lets the lis tener know that Bad Company is not completely wrapped up in loud, al most deafening sound orgies, but that their talents, individual and col lective, go far beyond that. “Call on Me” is another slow number, a style that seems to pre dominate on this album. Rodgers and company are very possibly try ing to break the mold of hard rock ers that has been cast for them, and, in doing so, are going out on a limb in rejecting a hard-rock-oriented album. The acceptance of this album, in that regard, may prove to be somewhat less spectacular than that of their first LP, but that will probably rest easier with the band than being stereotyped in the public’s eye. Well, I can’t tell you much more. You know pretty much whether or not you like their style, so the choice of “to invest in or not to invest in” is all in your hands. Happy listening. Many thanks to Mike and his sweet young accomplice at Budget Records and Tapes for supplying the record used for this review. ★★★ About a week ago I was contacted about representing the Batt on the Town Hall Selection Committee, and I saw a glimmer of hope for bringing some good music to cam pus. I tried to modify my views somewhat to combine a good choice in my eyes with an act that would fill G. Rollie White. After two hours of haggling, I was informed that Lynyrd Skynyrd not only would not go over, but that certain higher-ups expected that less than 3,000 would attend. What a laugh! A big name South ern band with two outstanding hits (“Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird”) and they expect me to be lieve that, after Bonfire, the pro jected date, G. Rollie wouldn’t even be half full. My suggestion that Kraftwerk, the German group who brought us “Autobahn,” be paired with Or leans, a fine group who sound a bit like the Doobie Brothers, met with indifference at best. These people would rather try to get Loggins and Messina, who finked out on us two years in a row. I for one don’t want to be let down a third time. Committee offered small, brown fetus AUSTIN (AP) — A San Antonio pathologist reached in his briefcase Tuesday night, opened a plastic bag and took out a small brown fetus. He placed it on a small wooden picture rack and set it before the House Health and Welfare Committee. “In another week or two, that in fant could have survived, said Dr. F. D. Foley. He said the fetus, which had been preserved with Records policy response small By JANET WILLMANN Contributor There has been little student re sponse to the new Texas A&M Uni versity Student Records Policy cal led for in the Family Rights and Pri vacy Act of 1974. President Gerald Ford’s signing of the act December 31, 1974, re sulted in the university establishing a committee headed by Edwin Cooper, dean of admissions and re cords, to review the bill and formu late a policy to inform the students and faculty. Under the open records portion of the act all students and former students have the right of access to review their education records. Students can inspect their records and obtain copies at cost by present ing their ID card at the registrar’s office in room 107A of the Coke Building. Students can request for explana tion of the records by the university. If a student so desires, he can waive his right of access to confidential let ters of recommendation in the areas of admissions, job placement and receipt of awards. A student may now review re commendations given by references concerning job placement. Robert Lacey, registrar, said recommenda tions are usually intended for the employer and this might tend to in hibit a reference’s true opinion caus ing detriment to some students. A student does not have access to confidential letters and statements of recommendation which were placed in the education records prior to January 1, 1975, if the let ters or statements are used for pur poses for which they were specifi cally intended. The act pays special attention to the release of “student directory in formation.” Lacey pointed out that this category of information does not necessarily refer to a publication known as a “directory.” The “Texas A&M University Di rectory” is one type of periodical containing “student directory in formation” data, Lacey said. It will contain the student’s name, ad dress, telephone listing, major field of study and classification unless the student requests that part or all of the data be withheld. In effect a stu dent may become “unlisted.” After every registration period, Lacey will publish official notice of this policy so that students wishing to do so can make written requests known to the registrar, for under graduates or the dean of the graduate college, for graduate stu dents. The registrar will inform of fices concerned of the requests re ceived. “Of the 21,500 students regis tered this spring semester,” Lacey said, “only 14 have responded to have information withheld.” The new law allows a student the right to challenge inaccurate, mis leading, or otherwise inappropriate records and information relating to him. He must notify in writing and specifically identify the item chal lenged and the basis for the chal lenge. A hearing can be requested and the results decided within seven days. An institutional official or other party who does not have a di rect interest in the outcome will conduct the hearing and render a written decision. Parents who certify with the re gistrar that a student is carried as a dependent for federal income tax purposes can receive grades, trans cripts, financial aid and probation reports without written consent of the student. Some records still remain inac cessible to students. They include: personal records, notes and grade books, records in the office of the University Police, employment re cords of a university employee who is not a student, and financial re cords of the parents of a student. Information on a student main tained by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist employed by the university remains closed. How ever, these records and information will be made available to a physician or other appropriate professional of the student’s choice. The university policy has been ef fective five months now, but the re gistrar office has not seen a signific ant increase in the number of stu dents asking to see their files or re quest to have information to be withheld. 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