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Page 2 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 12, 1975
‘Hassle-Free’ program
reports progress, results
By MARY ALICE
WOODHAMS
Contributor
After its first two months of exis
tence at A&M, the Hassle-Free
program is working — and bringing
results.
Created as a communication ser
vice to off-campus apartment dwel
lers as well as a legal referral ser
vice, Hassle-Free’s job is to make
campus information available to
A&M’s 17,000 off-campus students.
Through bulletin boards and
weekly newsletters, off-campus
representatives strive to keep their
fellow tenants abreast of campus
events, intramural news and dead
lines to be met.
“It’s a lot of work at first, but most
of the time it’s just being here when
we re needed, says Sue Canedy, a
representative.
Hassle-Free representatives
answer questions like “When is Yell
Practice?’ and “How can I get in
volved in the MSC?”, but at times
matters are more serious.
When roommate problems are
involved, representatives have
matched a person requesting a new
roommate with someone in another
apartment, thereby swapping
roommates without breaking the
lease.
Representatives also put tenants
in contact with any experts they
need in legal matters. And through
the Student Legal Adviser, a Te
nancy Agreement has been drawn
up, holding all roommates respon
sible for their share of the rent, re
gardless of when they vacate.
“Last year, the only way I knew
what was going on was through the
Battalion,’’ says one off-campus stu
dent. The Hassle-Free bulletin
board in each complex is updated
weekly with current information,
and off-campus participation in
campus programs has increased,
especially in intramurals. This year
there are over 100 off-campus foot
ball teams.
“Participation has really doubled,
and we re reaching more off-campus
students,’’ says Susan Schleider, as
sistant director of the Intramural Of
fice.
“I just leave out the intramural
information in the office — 50
copies of everything. Someone
comes in every Tuesday to pick it up
and distribute it off-campus,” she
says. “At first I did it all myself.
Hassle-Free has been a big help to
us,” she adds.
The representative is supplied
with information on student ser
vices, free tutoring and community
agencies that is available to any stu
dent interested. The demand comes
particularly from freshmen, many of
whom live off-campus because they
could not get a dorm room.
“When I came here I was No.
1,900 on the dorm waiting list, so I
had to rent an apartment, ” says Ann
Land wer m ey e r.
Have students been responsive to
the program?
“As soon as they know who I am,
where I am, they’ll ask me a ques
tion, ’ says Landwermeyer, a
Hassle-Free representative. But
Sue Canedy adds, “Even if we only
reach one student, it’s worth it.
Whether they use us or not, stu
dents know that we re here and it
helps.”
Blood center refuses
blood credits offered
Editor:
I want to take this opportunity to
thank the Students at Texas A&M
University for their generous offer
of 440 blood credits to have been
transferred to Brazos County Red
Cross. It is my understanding that
the transfer of credit was “to relieve
some of the obligations for the resi
dents of Brazos County. The resi
dents are under no obligation to the
Red Cross Blood Program!
The Central Texas Red Cross
Blood Center covers Brazos County
the same as it does 22 other coun
ties. In that coverage, we provide all
blood, components arid derivatives
to the hospitals at no cost other than
the processing fee. The residents
are also covered by this program
when hospitalized outside their own
country. In addition, we are respon
sible for the blood needs of the resi
dents’ parents and grandparents re
gardless of where they reside. Stu
dents are covered as are all other
residents. Brazos County supports
the program by donating blood.
We cannot accept the 440 credits
because the transaction would be in
violation of our agreement with the
American Association of Blood
Banks and would not benefit the re
sidents of your county in any ways.
The credits would simply be a paper
transaction and not transfusable as is
a unit of human blood.
Your offer was thoughtful and
shows your true concern for human
needs. That is real Aggie Spirit and
appreciated by your community.
We are grateful for your support and
always happy to have you donate
blood when the Red Cross Blood-
mobile visits your community
monthly.
Good Luck on your Journey to
the Cotton Bowl!
Phyllis B. Swanton
Administrator, Central
Texas Red Cross Blood Center.
Rivalry
Editor:
I’m writing in reference to your
article “Poor Old Sully and your
article “Is College Rivalry Going too
Far?” First, I think you should look
at the actions of your own school and
try to correct them, instead of at
tacking other schools such as you
have done to Baylor. I realize the
Sully article was asking our students
to refrain from these actions of van
dalism just because other schools do
it. Well your plea was just a little bit
late! Several A&M students went to
the Baylor campus and painted the
buildings in their newly constructed
Burleson Quad, and painted their
statue of Judge Baylor. These ac
tions were not due to the Sully inci
dent because both incidents hap
pened on the same night.
Sure it was wrong the Baylor stu
dents were here and painted Sully.
But I think you as an editor should
present all sides of a story of this
type, instead of using parts of a story
to say your campus is better than
another’s. In my opinion you have
put A&M on a lower scale than
Baylor by not being strong enough
to admit A&M does have some
faults, too. It is things like this,
when seen and read by other
schools causes the rivalry to go too
far and the vandals to become a little
more destructive each time.
Billy Weston
€be 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 Battal
ion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by stu
dents as a university and community newspaper. Editorial
policy is determined by the editor.
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subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial
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address of the writer 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. John Hanna; Roger P. Miller; Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, Jeff Dunn,
Tom Dawsey and Jerri Ward.
Director of Student Publications: Gael L. Cooper.
Prof’s troubled literary journal
may disappear from Aggieland
_ . , rr., . Cnctfl said the ‘Texas issue’ will ing.
By JERRY NEEDHAM
Contributor
One of the bright spots in the
creative intellect of science-minded
Texas A&M University may soon
disintegrate from lack of interest.
Although Texas A&M and its
literary scholars are not widely
known for their contributions to lit
erature, the arts or humanities,
there is a respected literary
magazine published at Texas A&M
under the sponsorship of Dr.
Richard H. Costa.
“Quartet” is a nonprofit, tax-
exempt literary quarterly devoted
to providing an outlet and an audi
ence for creative people.
“It’s hard for a beginning writer to
break through,” Costa said in a re
cent interview. “More and more
writers are depending on the liter
ary magazines.”
Manuscripts are unsolicited, and
most are previously unpublished.
“Quartet” sells about 2,000
copies per issue of which 500 are
subscriptions. Costa said Oxford
University, Cambridge University,
the British Museum and about 300
libraries across the United States
are among subscribers to the
magazine.
“Quartet,” beginning its fifteenth
year of publication, was founded at
Purdue University in 1961.
While a doctoral student in En
glish at Purdue in 1968, Costa
purchased the name rights to the
financially troubled magazine.
After earning his doctorate, Costa
went to Syracuse University in New
York to teach. There he began edit
ing and publishing the magazine.
Two years later, in 1970, he ac
cepted a professorship at Texas
A&M and brought “Quartet with
him.
Costa explained that although 15
years seems to be a relatively short
time, it is about the lifespan of such
a publication.
“Quartet” receives no money
from Texas A&M. Costa tries to
keep the magazine going with gifts,
subscriptions and grants from vari
ous sources.
His staff members contribute
their time but receive no monetary
compensation. Jack Hardie and
Paul Christensen are poetry read
ers, Dr. Dennis Berthold is fiction
editor, Graham Horsley is graphics
editor and Karl Elmquist is copy
editor. The managing editor is Cos
ta’s wife, Marie.
“Quartet” is printed by the Texas
A&M Printing Center.
Costa and his staff are currently
preparing a summer/fall/winter
1975-76 issue devoted entirely to
writers born, raised or living in
Texas.
He said he hopes to have copies of
the 96-page issue in the mail by
Christmas and on the shelves of the
Memorial Student Center
Bookstore by the beginning of next
semester.
Costa said every issue appears to
be the last because of financial dif
ficulties, but he said Texans have
been much more generous than
people in Indiana and New York.
Costa said the Texas issue’ will
cost approximately $2,500 to pub
lish. He said only half of this amount
is on hand, including a $1,000 grant
from the Texas Commission on the
Arts and Humanities. A similar
grant from the Coordinating Coun
cil of Literary Magazines is pend-
ing.1
Costa said he again feels thisn
lie the last issue of "Quartet j
he said “I believe that awareness
the arts and humanities isincreasi
at Texas A&M and will continue
increase, which may give J
magazine new life.”
SLOUCH
Jim Earl
“I can’t work on th’ bonfire because my arm REALLY is
hurt, but how will I convince anybody now?”
Aggietoons
Brad Foster
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