Page 2 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1975
Consideration?
Handicapped fans angry
Economic recovery? Ha
Editor:
This is addressed to the group
who insisted upon standing during
the game Saturday even though
they were located in lower rows of
the Consideration Section, in sec
tion 234.
Did it occur to you that maybe all
the other people, who repeatedly
asked you to sit, were not lazy or not
without the Aggie spirit? Did you
consider that the reason they had
tickets in the Consideration Section
may have been because they were
physically unable to stand for the
entire game? People do have physi
cal handicaps!
In the future if you wish to stand
please get seats in the other sec
tions. If you were forced to be in the
Consideration Section because
those were the only tickets left, why
not try the following suggestion?
Trade your lower row seats with the
people behind you in the upper
rows. If you traded with someone in
the top rows of the Consideration
Section you could stand and be
happy and we could all see the
game, which is why we were all
there.
Mark O’Shea
Intent missed
Editor:
Re: Ms. Laura Holmes letter
demanding equal rights for bicyc
lists. Obviously, the intent of The
Battalion article, “Dodge Those
Bikes! was missed.
The implicit question was,
“Should pedestrians be expected to
stop, look and listen when leaving a
building or approaching an intersec
tion of sidewalks?” I think not.
However, I may change my mind
after I’m hit by a ten-speed racing
from Zachry to C. Rollie White. (So
far, I ve only been forced into the
ditch.)
I FIND IT INTERESTING
THAT H'OU SHOULD HAVE THE
6ARA6E FOR A PARTNER WHEN
WU PLAY MIXED-DOUBLES
I WAS ALSO WONDERING
10HAT THE BEST PART
OF HIS GAME IS...
Pathetic walk-out
Cars driven on campus are ex
pected to be parked in a designated
space until it is time to leave. Why
not bicycles?
Dan Parker
Growth limits
Editor:
I read your editorial “Growth,
Hassles Go Hand-in-hand in the
Sept. 4, Battalion and in general
agree with your comments concern
ing the crowded conditions. Yet, I
was disturbed by an attitude that
was expressed when referring to
non-resident applications. Specifi
cally the statement was “After all,
the first obligation of A&M is to the
people of Texas.
My concern is just who are “the
people of Texas ? I enrolled in
A&M in 1946 and upon graduation
went to work for my present com
pany. In 19701 was transferred from
Houston to Philadelphia by the
same company. I still own property
in Texas and pay a considerable
amount of taxes there. In addition, I
have supported Texas A&M every
year with contributions and, in fact,
purchased ticket options for Kyle
field expansion. Yet when I enrolled
my son in A&M this year he is con
sidered a non-resident.
I accept the non-resident status
because the rules, although rigid,
are clear. Yet, I can’t help but won
der why residents pay four dollars
per semester hour, non-residents
pay forty dollars per semester hour
and aliens pay only eighteen dollars
a semester hour.
I have never considered myself
other than an Aggie. I have sup
ported, and will continue to support
A&M accordingly; but, what about
Concert reception poor
By JOHN VANORE
Friday night s Town Hall presen
tation featured Gene Cotton and
Blood, Sweat & Tears, both highly
talented performers. To say that the
audience reaction to Cotton was en
thusiastic would be an understate
ment, but the reception for Blood,
Sweat & Tears was poor to say the
least.
Sure, a crowd rushed the stage, as
much as a G. Rollie White crowd
ever did. But the number of people
who walked out was appalling.
SLOUCH
By JIM EARLE
^ 4 7!
“Here’s a ‘Wednesday Nite Club!’ It’s for people with
an open Wednesday nite — they’ll decide their purpose
at the first meeting!”
The concert was a sell-out, and
many B,S&T fans were left out in
the cold, while others who wanted
nothing more than a cheap date on a
football weekend sat around and left
early. Hard-core fans were locked
out while seats which should have
been available weren’t.
If you go to one of these shows,
find out what you’re going to hear. If
you don t like it, stay home. Let
someone more appreciative get in.
Don’t make these entertainers feel
like they’re on trial.
B,S&T played solos a lot, but
that’s the trademark of good jazz.
Other big bands like Chicago don’t
do many solos because they hope
that the size of the band will dis
guise any musical deficiencies.
B,S&Tare good, and they’re profes
sional. Walking out on a good band
like that is pathetic, especially for
the people who went there expect
ing AM Top 40.
Remember, this is the place that
Elton John won’t come back to be
cause we couldn’t even fill 8,500
seats. Three years ago, all of A&M s
taste was in its mouth. It seems like
things haven’t changed much since
then.
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Jack Holm
those other ex-s'tudents who have
children growing up? How are their
contributions going to be affected
by an attitude such as yours? In fact,
some of those students attending
“that” school in Austin are most
probably legal residents of Texas,
and I doubt if many Aggies will
agree with you that we have an obli
gation to them.
I sincerely feel you are deeply
rooted in A&M or you wouldn’t be
writing editorials for The Battalion.
Editors should not let their emo
tions cloud their good judgment be
cause statements like those made in
your editorial could have a financial
impact on the ex-studet contribu
tions, because not all of us who con
sider ourselves Aggies live in Texas.
Bill L. Couch
Aggietoons
KfUOW HOD TO 5OLV0
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OF ALL TH£ BlKOS!
By JOHN CUNNIFF
NEW YORK — If the economy is
recovering you can t prove it b>
some of the reports — not opinions
— released during the past few
days. If you tried to do so you d look
ridiculous.
Associated Press Business Analysis
• Business continues to cut its
capital-spending plans. Ibese cuts
have shown up in one survey after
another since late last year. In the
latest report, the Commerce De
partment shows a $730 million cut
between June and August.
Spending plans for new or ex
panded plants and equipment now
might total about $113.51 billion for
the year, the government said,
which means that when you dis
count for inflation the total is 11.5
per cent lower than in 1974.
This seems to suggest that busi-
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ness is waiting for consumers to give
them a clue about the future. Ifcon-
sumers began spending, then it is
likely businessmen would regain
some of their own spending confi
dence.
But guess what? Consumers have
clearly indicated they aren’t in the
mood, at the moment anyway, to
take the lead.
• Retail sales fell eight-tenths of
1 percent in August. It was the first
month to slip in five months, the
Commerce Department said.
Optimists will note that,
nevertheless, sales remained 5.3
per cent above a year-earlier fi
gures. Realists observe that con
sumer prices have risen 10 per cent
in that period, meaning an actual
decline in sales volume.
• Automobile sales in August
were 12 per cent below a year ago.
True, the auto market was unusual
in August 1974: buyers were rush-
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ing to conclude transactions^
price increase.
Still, the August figure*sL
no improvement over thosefo r |,|
suggesting that Americans a, !
going to flock to showrooms as so"
industry officials had hoped and I,"''
even forecast.
There are marked different,
expectations in the auto i m U
General Motors remains hu||l
expecting a 23 per cent inj,,'
trywide improvement over the ij;;
model year. But some p r iv ;rt ’
analysts foresee little or no J
provement.
• The prime interest rate i sri
ing again, and that's bad newsV
ing interest rates discourage L
rowing - for new plants,™
houses, for just about ev-*'
Recovery depends upon t
borrowed money.
Brad Foster
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