Page 2
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 1975
Poor lighting complicates night travel
Editor,
The poor lighting on the
Texas A&M University campus
makes traveling at night a
dangerous undertaking. Most
parts of the campus are so dark
at night that seeing bicyclists
and pedestrians is difficult, and
finding stationary objects is al
most impossible.
have delayed the erection of
lights for at least six months.
“Hopefully in six months the
lights will be up,” said a College
Station police department
spokesman. It seems that all the
drivers have is hope.
Last night while walking from
the girl’s dorm area to the
Academic Building, a relatively
short walk along a well-traveled
path, I found that 14 of the
globular lights I passed were not
turned on. I also narrowly es
caped being struck by a bicycle,
tripped over some construction
site debris and passed within
two feet of my roommate with
out recognizing her.
There have already been sev
eral wrecks (the exact number
was not released by the police
department) in the past year.
Not only is the intersection a
hazard for the motorist, but also
for the bicycling students trying
to cross the intersection during
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. traffic.
Saving energy is an admirable
goal, but when it endangers the
physical well-being of students
it loses some of its importance.
The two-way stop signs lo
cated on Jersey Street inhibit
the early-morning student
commuting to the University.
The motorists and bikers have
to compete with the hurried and
often careless drivers on
Wellborn Road.
Surely a university that can
spend enough money to build
decorative lamp posts at
strategic campus locations can
afford to keep them lit.
Lisa Junod
Must someone be killed, or
more accidents occur before of
ficials learn that the object at
stake is not money, but human
lives?
Cecilia Cowart
Bad crossing Off-campus life
Editor:
It seems negligent of the City
of College Station to let its
motorists face the dangers of
poorly protected intersections.
The particular place I speak of is
the Jersey Street and Wellborn
Road crossing. The promises of
state and local bureaucracies
Editor:
When students at Texas
A&M University are denied a
dorm room or decide to move
off campus, they compete with
thousands of other students in a
desperate hunt for an apart
ment.
While hunting, they may
SLOUCH
By JIM EARLE
‘So I decided if it helped me see better, why not?’
hear about Briarwood, a place
“where your friends are your
neighbors.” This apartment
complex offers a very appealing
brochure that has a picture of
two pretty girls ready to rally on
a sparkling tennis court — one
that does not exist at Briarwood.
The brochure also advertises
“full facilities for football,
baseball, volleyball and basket
ball.” I have yet to find the foot
ball field or baseball diamond,
however, the last time I saw the
volleyball court, the net was
missing.
A student’s main concern,
though, is his own apartment.
My upstairs apartment at
Briarwood last year had a defi
nite slant down from the front
door. Some of the floor boards
squeaked, the bathtub took 15
minutes to drain, the toilet con
tinually got stopped up and
once a section of railing fell off
the front porch.
This year I have a different
Briarwood apartment. The
bathtub is slow to drain and the
toilet gets stopped up. The dis
hwasher was in repair for two
weeks, the light fixture in the
kitchen fell off the ceiling and
the front door is warped. The
apartments are bearable but
what will they be like for the
next tenant ?
The living conditions at the
different apartment complexes
are tolerated and paid for by
students because there is a
housing shortage and because
present conditions are accepted
as the standard of living. The
standard of living in a commun
ity should be set, however, by
the people who live there. Like
the Briarwood brochure said,
“To get the most out of college,
you have to live in a place that
you like. ” Students should work
together to improve living con
ditions and thereby make their
years at Texas A&M University
a more enjoyable experience.
Suzanne Deatherage
A number of changes have
been made within the Corps to
accommodate the members of
W-l and to help the scholastics
of the freshmen. The old “whip
out” policy in no way harmed
scholastics or should have been
revolting to the members of
W - 1.
Members of the Corps and
civilians, both male and female,
have mentioned to me the over
all sloppiness of the new “whip
out” policy.
Corps Staff has cited many
arguments in favor of the new
“whip out” policy all of which I
find very weak. They said it
would create a more “friendly
atmosphere”, that it would help
retention and that the old “whip
out” policy was degrading.
If we create a "friendly at
mosphere” in the Corps how
will the freshman ever be able
to respect the orders and wishes
of their upperclassmen? Also I
seriously doubt that any
freshman left the Corps because
of the way he had to “whip out”.
The position of a “fish” is to
teach him how to retain his
self-pride despite all the
humiliation and discipline he
endures. Besides, there are a
number of things more degrad
ing about the Corps than the old
“whip out” policy.
However, the argument that
Corps Staff used that angered
me the most was that the new
policy was the way it had been
done in the past. I know former
students from various classes
ranging from the class of 1940 to
the present and none of them
remember “whipping out” any
other way as a freshman except
in step with the upperclassman
and at attention.
David White
Dearest, darlingest
darling,
I want to know
you better.
& i
PmP\ I
/ 'WM \ ’i
I want to understand
you.I want to know
everything about you.
Which do you prefer,
the dry-mix or the
canned dog food?
OMBUDSMAN
If you have a question or com
plaint regarding news coverage
please contact our Ombuds
man’s office between 6 and 11
p.m., Monday through Thurs
day. We established the office
to help you with problems re
quiring the attention of any top
editorial personnel of The Bat
talion. Call
845-2611
or write Ombudsman, The
Battalion, Texas A&M Univer
sity, College Station, Texas,
77843.
Whip out
BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Editor:
As a member of the Corps of
Cadets I was greatly disap
pointed last year when Corps
Staff announced that the
freshman “whip out” policy was
to be changed from getting in
step and giving a rigid hand
shake at attention to simply ex
tending their hand, as
Sophmores had done in the
past.
the tallmr tree
TOM PADGITT’S
HI-FI & STEREO
DISCOUNTS
693-5143
AFTER 4 P.M.
ROCK & MINERAL SHOP
2102 CAVITT W BRYAN
822-5454
Mineral specimens for beginners and advanced collectors. Rough
and slabbed cutting materials from world-wide locations. Lapidary
equipment and supplies, stones, findings & mountings. Books on all
phases of jewelry making, turquoise and trail guides. Geodes, thun
der eggs, & septarian nodules. Come in & browse.
DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW WORLD
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
SENTRY INSURANCE
Auto - Home - Business -
Life - Investments
Phone 846-7123
P.0. Box 3184 Bryan
Cbe Battalion
Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor
or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of
the university administration or the Board of Regents. The
Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated
by students as a university and community newspaper. Edito
rial policy is determined by the editor.
Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc.,
New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.
The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College
Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods.
September through May, and once a week during summer school.
LETTERS POLICY
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.
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 writer and list a telephone number for verifica
tion.
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. Rights of reproduction of all other matter
herein are also reserved. Copyright © 1975, The Battalion.
Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas.
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. John Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, Jeff Dunn,
Tom Dawsey and Jerri Ward.
Director of Student Publications: Gael L. Cooper.
MEMBER
The Associated Press, Texas Press Association
Editor James Breedlove
Assistant Editor Roxie Hearn
Production Manager T. C. Gallucci
Cit\ Editor Steve Gra\
Campus Editor Sandy Russo
Sports Editor Tom Gallucci
Photograph) Director Jack Holm
America’s No. 1
Personal Luxury Car
CHRYSLER
CORDOBA, the new, smaller luxury Chrysler that has captured
America’s fancy! It exemplifies all Chrysler’s excellence in engineer
ing and design. You’ll find them available at Halsell in a VARIETY OF
COLORS AND WITH A WIDE SELECTION OF LUXURY OPTIONS.
We Offer A
GOOD SELECTION
and
GOOD PRICES
Come see for yourself.
HALSELL
Dodge-Chrysler
Dodge Trucks
1411 Texas 823-8111
Bryan’s No. 1 CORDOBA Dealer
C0URTEA HAIR DESIGNERS
SHAGO*! ,
A FULL SERVICE SHOP
FOR THE
DISCRIMINATING
MAN
RADIAL CUTS
SEBRING
STYLE PROMPTER
WE USE &
RECOMMEND ALL
RK
ACID
BALANCED
PRODUCTS '
DORTHY DUNN
Owner
CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
823-7217
3808 OLD COLLEGE RD. - NEXT TO TRIANGLE BOWLING - BRYAN
* 4
^ Hi
Order Now for Christmas and Graduation
A&M RING CREST JEWELRY
Beautiful replica of your A&M ring.
Finely crafted, custom made.
Also, now available in White Gold-in 10K items only.’
Order from:
* White Gold-$3.00 added to
Student Finance Center
Room 217 - MSC
845-1114
regular price of 10K item.
Items
1/10 10K Gold
10K Gold
Pin & Guard
$11.50
$28.50
Disc Charm
$10.50
$34.50
Pendant w/24” 1/20 10K chain
$13.00
• $26.75
Cufflinks
$15.50
$47.00
Tie Tac
$8.25
$21.50
Tie Bar
$11.00
. $42.00
Guard (only)
Allow 8 weeks for delivery!
$5.00
$9.00