Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1976)
V Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 1976 Pot incident sends shock waves Associated Press Changing times have finally caught up with that last citadel of conservatism, Texas A&M Univer sity. Marijuana, or Mary Jane as it’s called by the dope pushers, has re ared its illegal head at a school which prides itself on academics, cadet corps, and football and basketball teams and clean living. All-American defensive back Pat Thomas, running back Skip Walker, and former All-Southwest Confer ence basketball player Cedric Joseph have been charged with possession of misdemeanor amounts of Writer to discuss conservation John B. Madson, award-winning outdoors writer, will explore the role of public opinion in the politics of conservation Tuesday. Madson, assistant director of con servation for Olin Corp.’s Winchester-Western Division, is a journalist and wildlife biologist with a degree from Iowa State University. His 7:30 p. m. appearance in Room 601 of Rudder Tower concludes a se ries sponsored by the A&M Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Department. Other participants have been U.S. Sen. John Tower (d-Tex.) and Texas Reps. Bill Sullivant and Bill Presnal. Madson, a former member of the Iowa Conservation Commission and writer on the Des Moines Register, joined Olin in 1958. He has written hundreds of articles, books and spe cial publications, gamering along the way a lengthy list of outdoor writing awards. Subjects have predominantly been on American game animals, promotion of biological game man agement, hunting, hunting ethics and non-game wildlife. He serves on the president’s councils of the Outdoor Writers As sociation of America and Great Lakes Outdoor Writers, two of many or ganizations in which he holds mem bership. pottepy Lessons call Yvonne Fares 693-8417 after 6:00 p.m. ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE 'Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set — Sizing — Reoxidizing — All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 thing to do with us sagging at the end of the season. I really have no straight answer why we tailed off. We were working as hard as we did all season. T think a lot of folks thought our season was wrapped around the Texas game . . . that we were over the hump when we beat them . . . sort of subconscious, you know.’ Robertson said, “There are a lot of things without answers — why can t Michigan beat Ohio State? why does told us that every party they go to in their high schools marijuana is avail able,” said Robertson. “They said if they really cared about it they could get it at lunch hour. They said marijuana is even prevalent down in the junior high school area now.” Robertson said, “What those kids were trying to tell us is it’s there il you want it no matter where you are. co-eds. Blacks are liberally sprinkled throughout the football and basket ball teams. There was a time in the 1950s when it was an all-white all-military school with 3.2 beer the biggest thing on campus. Some “old Army” Aggies fought any changes although attendance at the school hovered around the 6,000 mark. It’s no longer mandatory to be in the cadet corps. There are co-eds, all races and creeds are represented, and Texas A&M is becoming liberalized, ready or not. Liberaliza tion brings temptations. Not that any illegal acts should be condoned. It just took a marijuana bust that hit all the newspapers to make some people realize A&M is only human. marijuana. The innocence or guilt of those charged will be proved in the courts. The very fact such a thing happened has sent shock waves through the administration and former students. “It’s a scandal and now we know why the team tailed oflTast season,” said a letter written to The As sociated Press by an Aggie suppor ter. For such a thing to happen at Texas A&M probably is a scandal in the eyes of many alumni. But smok ing marijuana is a problem that has been available on the campus of 25,000 students for years, just like other schools. Texas A&M has never been im mune nor will it ever be from the controversial weed. As for the football team, there’s .no evidence marijuana was the cause of losses to Arkansas and Southern California after 10 victories which rocketed the school to the No. 2 posi tion in the country. “We talked to our kids all the time about the dangers of marijuana, ’’ said Melvin Robertson, the coordinator of college football’s No. 1 defense. “You can tell in someone’s perform ance if he has been messing around with that stuff. I saw no indication whatsoever. You can tell it by little things — missed assignments, snap counts. ” Robertson said, “I think we have a problem that’s no different than any body else. It’s prevalent on every campus and marijuana is here. But smoking the stuff is against the law. ” In a candid telephone interview, Robertson said, “Marijuana had no- “Marijuana had nothing to do with us sagging at the end of the Bellard explained to the prospects he wanted only kids with good character on his team. He was de luged with commitments to come to Texas A&M from the schoolboys, Robertson said. Alabama have trouble winning bowl :? But our problem wasn t games r marijuana. A group of about 50 schoolboys visited the Texas A&M campus over the weekend. Texas A&M Coach Emory Bellard openly discussed the marijuana problem. “Those kids came right back and “ We re going to have a super year, probably the best we’ve ever had,” said Robertson. “We re getting blue chippers like you can t believe. The Southwest Conference sign ing date for schoolboy prospects is Feb. 3. WEIGHT WATCHERS ANNOUNCES NEW CLASS Monday 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2nd A&M Presbyterian Church 301 Church Street — Fellowship Hall Call 822-7303 for other classes in Area “That marijuana thing is certainly not affecting our recruiting,” said Robertson. Texas A&M is a vibrant, fast- moving university now with 8,000 Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 THE GREATEST SANDWICH The greatest sandwiches in the Southwest are served 1 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day Monday through Frida, floor 11M, Conference Tower. The greatness of theses? wiches is no accident. There are several types of meals; you can select your choice and mix or match any threepiej for your sandwich on the bread of your choice. Two of the several types of bread are sour dough andbi fresh daily in our Duncan bakery. Further, these breads' prepared without shortening for the diet conscious guest : the greatest taste tempting delight just make your sandt exactly like you want it and pop it into one of the li*| micro-wave ovens. This wonderful sandwich and a bo# soup for only $1.50 plus tax will place you on cloud m We agree this is a bit of a long story, but it is difficulttos 1 talking about our tasty sandwiches. Open Sunday 11:00 A.M* - 1:30 P.M. for regular meal “QUALITY FIRST” 4 TRANSISTORS CRYSTAL COnROIfD I TRANSMITTER OUPOIM TROUBLE LIGHT HEAVY DUTY 15-fOOT CABLE USES 100 WATT OR SMALLER BULB afa fcoupoiMliB PITCHER Lif coupon MB ICE CUBE BINS RUBBERMAID STORES EXTRA CUBES SLIM COMPACT /coupon ICE CUBE TRAY FLEX QUIK 16 L6E. POP-OUT ICECUBES rt 3f |b‘fCOUPONlfca BEAUTINAILS NEW! SLIM! SHAPED FOR SMALLER HANDS ADHESIVE INCLUDED ^mrmmmaHsexsrai n I<g OUPOIM BIC LIGHTER DESIGNER CASE THOUSANDS OF CONTINUOUS LIGHTS H OUPOIM BINDERS t IL § UPON Ite] COFFEE FILTERS Bais/cOUPONk] DUST PAN GENUINE FILTRATOR FILTERS FIT MR. COFFEE. PROCTOR SXEX. MANY OMRS PLASTIC ASSORTED COLORS SCOOPS UP ALL THE DUST :(CQUPOIMj[ BEST BEAUTY BUY COSMETIC PUFFS 300 COUNT FOR BEAUTY FOR BABY FOR HOME REG. Mr NATES PIK SHOWER MASSAGE ja v «;«ASSASES §t : RELAXES 1111 STIMULATES A