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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1975 Ombudsman Ticket policy: our By ROXIE HEARN Assistant Editor A couple of weeks ago, The Bat talion started a new Ombudsman reader service. As “ombudsman” I field questions, complaints or com ments about the service of the newspaper. This column will be a discussion of some of the calls I receive throughout the week. The majority of the calls have come from students who dislike the new ticket distribution system. At least three of them objected to a statement made in the Sept. 25 issue of The Battalion in an article entitled “Senate alters ticket dis tribution . . . again.” Our writer stated that the altering proposal included a recommenda tion that students taking non student dates be restricted to either endzone or track seats. This state ment was incorrect. The proposal did not include such a recommenda tion. There were two schools of thought within the committee draw ing up the proposals. A minority of the group felt the above recom mendation would be best. That way, all season ticket holders would be assured of a good seat: they wouldn’t be bumped around to the endzone because of an abundance of non-student dates in the mid section. However, the majority of the group felt additional seating, either bleacher or track should be opened up if regular seating ran short. Their recommendation did not include any restrictions on non-student dates. It was this latter recommendation that should have been recorded in the story. For further muddling the distribution issue, we apologize. Another complaint repeated sev eral times was parking. Lot 7, I was told, had many more stall' spaces then it had staff to fill them. When we looked into this, we found that there were between 65 and 70 spaces that could be returned to student use. The situation was cor rected by campus police. I also get a number of calls on our coverage of campus groups. The most recent of these com plaints came from a professor in the Aerospace Engineering Depart ment. He felt our statement calling the Texas A&M job-placement ser vice “The best kept secret on cam pus” was incorrect. “Actually,” he wrote, “the best kept secret, as far as your paper is concerned, is how well Aerospace Engineering students have distin guished themselves in nationwide design contests.” This is an age-old problem: which organizations and which press re leases will get coverage. We don’t maliciously neglect clubs and or ganizations, there are just too many More on tickets Non-students complain Editor: We are protesting the recom mendation in the Date Ticket Re solution which restricts the seating of students with nonstudent dates to the track and bleacher seats or to the Kyle Field horseshoe. We do not know how many members of the se nate are married, but they should realize that this recommendation discriminates against the student whose husband or wife does not at tend classes at A&M. This penalizes the student for being married and not having the option to choose a student for the “date. We have no objection to the re solution concerning odd tickets or to the Group Tickets Resolution but do believe that the recommenda tion concerning the seating of non student dates alters basic tenets of this ticket system sufficiently to warrant, upon request, a full refund for the unused portion of a student’s season ticket book if this resolution is passed. phil Pearson Peggy Pearson This and the following letter are two of many we have re ceived concerning football tic ket distribution. Much of the problem is because of an incor rect statement made by The Battalion. For an explanation, see the above “Ombudsman” column. — Ed. Editor: For years the 12th man has been the backbone of A&M. Now that the Ags are winners, former students (of the fair weather variety) are crawl ing out of the woodwork. This is fine, except the students are the ones who have to suck it up. I started out in the horseshoe four years ago, and I don’t particularly want to finish this year in the same place. I am married and have attended A&M with very few complaints. But to think that my wife and I might have to sit in the horseshoe because she is a nurse and is thus a non student date, is too much to handle. Danny Eastman BOSTON? SLOUCH ‘Are you a new bicycler?” Cbe Battalion error to give them all coverage. Each night we receive at least 60 news releases about newsworthy campus events. We’re limited by space and can include only those items that we feel affect the most students or generate the most in terest. No doubt the Irving Home Town Club is important, but its meetings just don’t have the far-reaching ef fects that Board of Regents’ meet ings do. - If you have any questions, com plaints or comments, call 845-2611 between 6 and 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, or write “Om budsman,” 216 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University. Aggietoons ( ■Brad Foster CH6Y CATHY, TURfO 00) ^ THC TGLCVISIOIU! 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LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to being cut 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 ivriter and list a telephone number for verifica tion. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Bob G. Rogers, Chairman; Dr. Gary Halter; Dr. Jhn Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, Jeff Dunn, Tom Dawsey, and Jerri Ward. Director o Student Publications: Gael L. Cooper. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas AficM, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods. September through May, and once a week during summer school. Mail subscriptions are $5.00 per semester; $9.50 per school year; $10.50 per hill year. All subscriptions subject to 5% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatched credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Right of reproduction of all other matter herein are also reserved. Copyright ®' 1975, The Battalion. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Editor James Breedlove Assistant Editor Roxie Hearn City Editor Steve Gray Campus Editor Karla Mouritsen Special Section Editor Sandy Russo Sports Editor '. . . .Tony Gallucci Photography Director Jack Holm THE MB II0I 3606 COLLEGE AVE. 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The just struggle of the Palestinian people will most certainly continue until the creation of a secular democratic state in the whole of Palestine is achieved. Organization of Arab Students in the U.S.A. & Canada. Texas A&M Chapter.