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Page 2 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1975
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B _ _ B Camper area
still unjust
Since the Student Senate can’t make up its own mind about
the injustices of the current football ticket distribution system
it’s time that we as students let them know how we feel.
In the spring, the senate will conduct a survey of the matter,
but the spring is too late. It’s football season now; the unjust
system exists now and the time to do something is now.
Contact your senator and let him know how you feel about
the system. If you don’t know who your senator is you can find
out by calling the Student Government Office.
Here are some of the things that you should realize about the
ticket distribution system.
Students, particularly underclassmen, are getting screwed
because there is no penalty for taking a non-student date.
There should be.
The policy that requires us to take the remaining two tickets
in a block is ridiculous. It is easily avoided by moving to the
rear of the line, but worse, it is in no way random.
These two faults are only among the many that receive daily
criticism. It is, however, up to us, the student body, to do
something about the existing inequities.
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We should let our opinions of the current system be known
to the senate. We should encourage our senators to act in our
behalf now, not in the spring.
If the football ticket distribution system is hurting you, do
something about it.
Editor:
We, along with other Aggie pa
rents, have enjoyed, over the last
three years, the privilege of parking
our trailer near Kyle Field on foot
ball, and other special weekends.'
We used to park in the picnic area.
When that was closed to campers,
we were advised that we could park
in a section of the parking lot which
they reserved for campers.
We were unable to attend the last
home football game, but under
stand that now there is a fee in
volved for parking on the lot. Could
you please enlighten us on this?
Mrs. Granville Cubage
University police tell us there is no
fee involved in parking campers in
lot 60. However, only one row of
that lot is reserved for the campers,
and when it becomes full campers
must park in the new lot across
Wellborn Road. - Ed.
Sports flak
Editor:
After reading the story “Offense
is for real, scores 37 in the Tues
day, Sept. 23 edition of The Battal
ion, I was a little confused as to the
message being delivered in one
paragraph or so of the column.
This was the paragraph mention
ing the A&M offensive line and how
they “destroyed Houston Post
sports editor John Hollis’ comment
about the Aggies having a ‘chorus
line’ offense’ (one-two-three-kick). ’’
Was it written in such a way as to
criticize the comment made by Mr.
Hollis? The reason that this com
ment was made was as a result of the
Cbe Battalion
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or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of
the university administration or the Board of Regents. The
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address of the writer and list a telephone number for verifica
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Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room
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Members of the Student Publications Board are: Bob G. Rogers, Chairman; Dr.
Gary Halter; Dr. John Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, Jeff Dunn,
Tom Dawsey and Jerri Ward.
Director of Student Publications: Gael L. Cooper.
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MEMBER
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Friday, October 24, 1975
G. Rollie White Coliseum
8:00 p.m.
A&M student
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Reserve
$3.00-3.50
4.00-4.50
General Admission
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Everyone must buy a ticket. Ticket and information available at MSc Box Office, first
floor of the Rudder Tower. Open 9-4 Monday-Friday, 845-2916. No cameras or
recording equipment will be allowed. V
Yes!
The name ‘means something
By ROXIE HEARN
Assistant Editor
The Ombudsman is a reader service that
fields questions, complaints or comments
about The Battalion. This column is a discus
sion of calls and letters received throughout
the week.
The term “Ombudsman, accord
ing to the dictionary, came from a
Swedish word meaning “represen
tative. ” At one time it referred to a
sports player who could play any
position.
Several people this week have
asked what the name of this column
means. Webster says it’s someone
who “investigates reported com
plaints, reports findings, and helps
to achieve equitable settlements.
Lately I’ve been getting com
plaints on the lack of letters to the
Editor and we’ve been trying to
work out an “equitable settlement.
Our column space has been cut
short this year because of some fi-
far from perfect game the offense
played against Ole Miss. Not for the
intention of making fans who come
to an A&M football game expect the
offense to play the remainder of the
season in this fashion. As proven in
the L.S.U. game, A&M does have
an offense to be reckoned with.
Anyway, it did have a small per
sonal effect on one of the offensive
linemen, as mentioned in the arti
cle, and might have been one small
motivating factor to try a little har
der against L.S.U. and I’m awful
proud of the game the offense and
the defense played against L.S.U.
Mike Hollis
nancial difficulties the newspaper is
facing. We’ve had to put more ad
vertising on fewer pages in order to
cut costs. In addition. Brad Foster
has begun a three-week daily serial
of his “Gigags” cartoon. We also
have his daily “Aggietoons, Jim
Earle’s “Slouch,” and the syndi
cated cartoons “Oliphant” and
“Peanuts.”
We ve been leaving many of
these out, simply because we ha
ven’t had room for them. We’ve
now decided to move “Gigags” to
another page during the serial, hold
the impression that it was nothing
more than another dull, dry lecture.
The second article that received
valid criticism this week was the
Student Senate story in Thursday’s
paper. The wording of the second
paragraph led readers to believe
that a referendum proposal was pas
sed, when actually the bill was al
tered to become a non-binding sur
vey. The writer finally reported the
correct information 11 paragraphs
later.
This article also raised a fewqn
tions in readers’ minds abouli
role of a reporter. The writer:
peatedly stressed the senalt
“muddling in procedure andi
bate and included muchofitinl
story. The reporter’s job is toll
the procedure down and report!
final outcome — that’s why pa
rear! a newspaper. They want Hi
decisions, not red tape.
By JIM EARlf
off on Aggietoons, and concentrate
more on the columns, editorials and
letters. In the long run, we hope to
have all cartoons, with the excep
tion of editorial cartoons, lumped
together on a separate page.
Two articles this week have
created problems. The first was a
report on the lecture given by
Richard Levinson, international af
fairs specialist. A letter to the editor
we published Friday capsuled many
of the grievances we heard, but
there were many other calls. The
reporter failed to report the strain in |
the presentation and the tension in |
the atmosphere. She failed to in
clude that the campus police were
there and that fights almost broke
out several times.
Oue caller said the event was an
emotional experience — anything
but dull — but by reading the
newspaper’s account was left with
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