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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1975
Fish object to ‘protect-the-campusitis’ story
Editor:
As freshmen at A&M, we have no
knowledge of how guarding was car
ried out in the past. However, hav
ing been involved in guarding this
year, more or less in the capacity of
observers, we wish to object to some
of the statements made in Wednes
day’s “Protect-the-campusitis” arti
cle.
The people with C. B. s, working in
conjunction with the K.K.s, are not
protecting the campus to preserve
their “$84 -a-semester building fee, ”
nor are they out because they love
the sight of blood, nor are they out
for a super-great-fun-time. We are
proud of this campus, we would pre
fer not to have Sully or the Systems
Building graced with a rainbow of
paints, nor do we want Reveille III
dug up and dragged through town
behind someone’s car. As for the vio
lence, the C.B.ers are well aware
that there are many people from
other universities staying with
friends at A&M who want only to
cheer on their team and see our
campus. No one is hassled unless
they are acting suspiciously, at which
time they are asked for their I. D. s or
the KKs are notified. We would be
happy to fork out our I. D. s to anyone
attempting to protect the campus,
and cannot understand how any
Aggie could resent being asked for
his I. D. if it will in any way help save
our campus from being vandalized.
If anyone really thinks that guarding
the campus is a recreational
pastime, go out and ask if anybody
with a C.B. needs a shotgun, i.e.
someone to ride with them and keep
them awake, and see how you feel at
four a.m.-the fifth night in a row on
an aggregate of nine hours sleep.
We feel that everybody who prac
tically killed themselves with
“protect-the-campusitis” did a great
job. They’re a dedicated, hard work
ing group of 100%ers, and they de
serve a vote of thanks, not the kick
they received in the form of a some
what hostile article.
Karen Morris
Deborah Schumann
Beth Miller
Tradition
Editor:
I am just a sophomore here at
Texas A&M, but I’ve been here long
enough to see a lot of changes
brought to A&M and the corps of
cadets in particular, most of which
seem to have brought nothing but
disgrace to this university. We talk
about how that school across the
river has no spirit, pride or tradi
tion, while we ourselves are slowly
following in their footsteps.
I will cite one example, and you
can decide for yourself whether it’s
about time we take a look around this
campus and start acting like Aggies
again.
PEANUTS
Friday afternoon for the first time
in 9 years the Aggies beat t.u.; and
what happens to Aggie Tradition? It
is set aside for “higher learning” and
classes are scheduled for Monday,
whether we win or get out-scored.
Most Aggies I talked to were pretty
burned when they found out classes
were to be held and cried, “It’s ‘trad
ition’ to have Monday off. ”
I must admit that’s pretty poor,
Ags; but here is one that tops that.
Tuesday night Silver Taps was held
for a fellow Aggie. (Did you even
know it?) Twenty thousand out of
25.000 students (80 per cent) at
tended the t.u. game, but only about
1.000 students (4 per cent) attended
the Silver Taps Ceremony. This was
pretty poor, but what made it worse
was the majority of the dorms off the
Quad didn t even have the decency
to turn off their lights (including
Christmas lights) or at least make an
attempt to cover them.
What I’m trying to say,
don’t gripe because one tradti
that benefits you personally is ti
from you and in the same breatlj
prive another Aggie of his resj*
and tradition. To hell with alls
talk of A&M No. 1 in number,In
get A&M hack on the track and mi
her No. 1 in spirt, pride andtai
tion.
Mark Ik
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