Page 2 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
For unexplained reasons
MSC post office hikes box fees
Editor:
I was among the many students
who reserved an M.S.C. postal box
for fall 75, at the close of the spring
75 semester. In doing so, I found
that I had to pay rent for summer ’75
even though the box was not used.
In the middle of the summer, stu
dents with boxes resen ed received
a notice proclaiming a rate increase
of $6.48. No reason was given for
the increase. The notice also
warned that failure to pay would re
sult in loss of one’s reservation. Re
funds were not mentioned. No ad
vance warning of possible rate in
creases had been given in the
spring. When remitting the fee in
crease, I also included an inquiry
concerning the reason for an in
crease in postal fees — I have re
ceived no answer. The Post Office is
certainly showing no improvement
in sen ices rendered, in spite of all
their rate increases. 1 feel that we
should know win rates are being
increased and I hope the Post Office
employs a little more discretion in
their future announcements.
Garry Mokry
Those bottles!
Editor: i
The dangers of glass soft drink
bottles are numerous, especially on
the A&M campus. Glass punctures
tires, sticks in soles of shoes and cuts
feet.
Broken glass can be found
everywhere on campus. With the
increased attendance at A&M,
walking or riding a bicycle to classes
is difficult enough without turning it
into an obstacle course.
The solution should be a rela
tively simple one, either eliminate
the bottle soft drink machines or
place more trash receptacles where
they will be convenient for anyone
to dispose of bottles properly.
Valerie Grysinski
Left out
Editor:
As an “over-the-hill under
graduate, I feel out of the main
stream of college life.
I feel that both academically and
socially college is geared to the
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By JIM EARLE
“I know these facilities are for student use, but does this
include laundry?”
younger student. As far as I have
been able to determine, there is no
representation for the older stu
dents.
Academically, the courses and
requirements are setup for a stu
dent just out of high school. I am
required to take math and science
courses which are based on
background knowledge acquired
over 15 years ago. Some instructors
seem unwilling to help me recon
struct prior knowledge making it
possible for me to acquire new
knowledge.
I have been issued an activity
card which allows me either a free
pass or discount tickets to see such
things as “Blood, Sweat and Tears"
or Country Charley Pride. There is
no in-between.
I personally would like to see
some type of forum or council or
ganized for older students to discuss
problems or for social interaction.
Ardath Clifton
Good food
Editor:
In my first three weeks at this
university I have found that praise
of it comes easily. I am a sophomore
transfer student from Tulane Uni
versity; I can’t help but to compare.
One interesting difference in the
two schools is the quality of the food
service at the dorms.
The meals served at the Com
mons of Mosher, Ashton, Krueger
and Dunn dormitories are very
good. They re almost always hot,
tasty, abundant and well prepared.
Usually, there are not long lines to
wade through; the service is effi
cient. I haven’t found a hair in my
food yet and the facilities appear to
be fairly clean.
From elementary' and secondary
school lunch programs to Tulane s
meal plans, I have always known
institutionalized food service to be
very poor in all aspects. I haven t
expected such a change.
With all the hassles a student en
counters while trying to obtain a de
gree, it s a relief, for dorm people at
least, that eating isn t one of them.
Juli Reynolds
Activity info
Editor:
It’s amazing what living off-
campus can do for a student. Not
only has my C.P. R. increased, but
so has the level of stupidity concern
ing Campus affairs.
It takes quite an effort by the stu
dent to find out what activities this
campus has to offer in addition to
classes. Especially since sources of
information like activity calendars
appear to be non-existent when off-
campus students go exploring for
them. In this respect it seems as if
the university has forgotten off-
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many respects.
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these students seem pleased with
the distribution. But many who live
in duplexes, rent houses and various
other abodes complain they rarely
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a student made concerning the ap
parent campus newspaper shoi lab
ile recommended the surrounding
U-Totem stores be made points of
distribution. For those who don t
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