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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1976
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Readers’ forum
SCONA criticizes Batt
Now that the Battalion has exercised its right to publish
that part of the news it deems fit to print, I would like to
exercise my own prerogative to express some personal
biases on the editorial page — a section which, in most
newspapers, is the sole section reserved for that purpose.
I wish to point out some deficiences in the Battalion s
February 17 coverage of SCON A 21. The items to which I
take exception are an index brief stating, “SCONA ended
Saturday and leaders say SCONA brought little discus
sion,” and a sentence in a page 5 article stating, “Three
SCONA executive (sic) said the round tables had been
quiet and not very anxious about discussion. ” Upon dis
cussing the coverage with Sandy Russo, the reporter re
sponsible for the article, I learned that no SCONA leaders
actually said “SCONA 21 brought little discussion,” but
that the Battalion editors manufactured the statement
themselves after reading her article. The fact is that each
of nine round tables engaged in more than ten hours of
discussion during the conference. No one I talked to,
including Sandy Russo and the SCONA Executive Com
mittee observed any periods of abnormal silence during
the discussion. If the Batt editors want to interpret 90-
plus hours of round table discussion as “little discussion,”
that is their privilege; I choose to interpret it differently.
Sandy’s explanation was that when she wrote “quiet” she
did not mean “silent” but rather “not fiery” — a small but
important factor in the reader’s comprehension of the
article. So much for clarification.
In deftly writing off $20,000 and countless man-hours in
barely 2 paragraphs of newscopy, Sandy neglected to
include some important measures of the conference’s suc
cess including smoothness of operation, quality of the
speakers, comparison to other campus’ conferences, and,
most significantly, response of the delegates.
An objective evaluation of the conference will not be
available until the participants’ evaluations are returned
to us within a couple of weeks. In the meantime, my
judgment is that the conference was a tremendous success
in all areas. I close with the following quotes (Quotes, by
the way, were noticeably lacking in the Batt article.)
which back up my opinion and supplement the Bait’s half
of the story:
“This place is unreal! It’s cultural shock
coming to Texas and meeting so many nice
people. Your conference is much better than
SCUSA (Student Conference on U.S. Affairs
at West Point) in most respects.’’
Mark Kimmitt
United States Military Academy
“l must admit — l was skeptical when l
first accepted to be a round table cochairman.
But, in addition to learning more about the
subject matter of the conference, I gained a
perspective of the views of you delegates,
which I am sure will be incorporated into my
own opinions and decisions. ”
Dr. Charles Hanrahand
Economic Research Service of the USDA
“l attended the conference throughout its
entirety last week and found it to be an enrich
ing experience. The lectures, round table dis
cussions and various other aspects of the con
ference were well executed.”
Alton Porter
President, Sam Houston State Student Association
Joe K. Carter
Chairman
SCONA 21
Editor:
This is per the Batt. “editorial” on
Thursday. May I suggest that before
you criticize something, that you
know your facts.
• Vigilantes, we are not. Sure
some unruly actions and idiotic
moves by a few over enthusias
tic Ags occurred over the Baylor
week. This cast a heavy shadow
over the few dedicated con
scientious few who spent many
long cold nights during the
week preceding and including
bonfire. How much vandalism
was shown for that week—?
None that I know of. Why? Be
cause a few people spent their
knowledge and dedication help
ing with the bonfire spirit. What
thanks did we get? None except
for those of us who knew there
was no paint on the campus.
However, we did get a lot of
criticism about our work and a
lot of people did a lot of bitch
ing, but not many offered help
late at night.
• The Campus Police did Not
form this organization! There
was a group of individuals like
myself who worked hard those
cold wet nights who separately
came up with a plan to organize
ourselves. It was not the police
who designed it. It is not for the
police to utilize for things that
you suggested.
It is a faculty/student organi
zation in which the students
have chosen their own form of
control from people we feel
have the knowledge and experi
ence to teach us to help others.
This help I speak of is something
most C.B.ers are proud and
willing to do.
Personally I don’t feel anyone who
will be in the organization will
bother with playing narc (I am sure
they won’t) or bother a couple in the
back of their car.
Maybe you do not know anyone
mature enough to make value
judgments as to what is wrong —
felony auto theft, and vandalizing
state property, and what is not, but I
do and most of my friends are of this
caliber. Also, I could care less who
gets stoned in their car — this is their
business. I have been affected by
Sully getting painted and having a
radio stolen from my car. I am glad to
see you have taken a stand on the
subject but first I wish you would get
some facts straight before you con
demn something which bears strong
potential of aiding the school.
I feel that were you to meet these
people and see them in action, you
might change your opinion on the
issue. I would publicly like to invite
you to observe our group at our next
meeting (Feb. 23, 7:30, in Rudder
Tower) and see how they feel about
the organization.
Mark D. Snider
Parking —again
Editor:
I want to complain about impro
perly marked parking areas on cam
pus. Several people I know have re
ceived tickets for illegal parking in
these places.
These areas are the U. S. D. A. sec
tion of the parking lot beside the
Davis-Gary Dorm and the parking
spaces along the Parade Grounds on
Old Main Drive.
The main U.S.D.A. section is
marked (though its sign is usually
hidden by tree branches), but there
is an island of U.S.D.A., spaces in
front of those marked spots, that is
not properly marked to indicate
U.S.D.A, parking only.
Parking spaces on the Old Main
strip are reserved for staff parking,
but there is no sign designating such.
Without the aid of a parking map
people cannot possibly know if such
areas are reserved. Signs should be
posted to serve as a guide for campus
parkers.
Jo Shankles, ’79
P.E. grading
Editor:
I would like to comment on the
P.E. department’s method of grad
ing. I think it’s unfair to place natural
athletes and those lacking physical
coordination in the same class and
grade them only on the basis of their
performance, using the letter-grade
system, without consideration of the
effort or the improvement of the stu
dent.
For example, when I was taking
tennis, there were both those who
had been on their high school tennis
teams and those who had never seen
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Ec ^ tor James Breedlove
Managing Editor Roxie Hearn
News Editor Run Whigham
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a racquet before enrolled in the same
class. We were graded on our per
formance in skills tests and by the
number of tournaments we won. No
matter how hard a student tried, it
was nearly impossible to make a good
grade if he chanced to be pitted
against one of those Rod Laver types.
The situation is the same in many of
the other classes, including bowling
and swimming.
There are several solutions to this
problem, such as more emphasis on
effort and improvement and less on
execution, the use of a pass-fail grad
ing system, or better division of the
classes into beginning, intermediate
and advanced sections.
Pattie Westman, ’78
Editor:
I was appalled to discover the
MSG banner advertising the all-
night Centennial Fair. This is
another example of the degrading
use of women as sex objects in adver
tising. The banner relies on sexual
appeals to attract people to A&M’s
Centennial Fair.
What class?
Editor:
I would like to relate to you an
incident that occurred at the A&M-
SMU basketball game which showed
that SMU fans have class too.
I was sitting high up next to the
pressbox, and there were some very
young children, about six of them
around eight years old, sitting on the
top row just behind me. For chil
dren, these little guys really knew
their slang, and they did not hesitate
to use it against the Aggies. Kids will
be kids, so I let the abuse slip by.
However, there was a young lady
and her SMU male friend sitting to
my right who did not approve.
This young woman turned around
to the kids and said, “If you don’t
stop that, I will have the gentleman
down there remove you. I don’t
mind if you yell, but just don’t boo
the other team.”
“What class,” thought I.
Then, as Ira Terrell executed a fast
break, Sonny Parker came from be
hind and stuffed the lay-up down
Terrell’s throat. When the referee
called jump ball, the aforementioned
young woman, and her friend,
jumped up and commenced to bo
oing and screaming and chastising
the referee with such zeal, I feared
she might fall forward into the fans.
“Yeah; What class???,” thought I.
Douglas W. Erck
Thanks
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For those fortunate enough not to
have seen it, the banner depicts a
full-bosomed, short-skirted, bare
footed female illustrating the slogan,
“Come spend the night with us.’
This seems to be the wrong approach
to take for our Centennial Fair. It not
only degrades women, but also de
grades the institution it represents.
Moreover, there is no logical con
nection between the advertisement
and what is being advertised.
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cepted as equal at A&M and I feel
this is a step backwards. This type of
advertising does not represent the
contributions that women have
made and will continue to make at
Texas A&M University.
Carol Kingsberry Hounsel ’76
Editor:
We, the Guatemalan students at
Texas A&M thank all of the people,
and especially the members of the
Texas A&M Radio Club (W5AC),
who were responsible for helping us
contact our families during this time
of tragedy.
We also appreciate the concern
that all of our friends have expressed
with regard to the safety of our loved
ones.
We would like to appeal to our
fellow Aggies for any contribution
which will help our people in
Guatemala. Please take donations to
the first floor of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. We have a table set up
across from the bookstore.
Sincerely,
Eduardo Castillo
Ed. Note: There are 10 Guatemala
students now enrolled at A&M.
LIFE TABERNACLE
CHOIR
ON CAMPUS FEB. 20, ’76, AT THE
ALL FAITHS CHAPEL
YOU ARE INVITED TO HEAR THIS SPIRIll
FILLED CHOIR AS THEY PRAISE THE LOR
IN SONG
AND THEN!
HEAR JAMES KILGORE, ASST. GEN. SUPT.
THE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, INTEF
NAT., AS HE BRINGS A TIMELY, SPIRITEt
MESSAGE.
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TO PLACES LIKE WASH. D.C., NEW YOI
CALIF., SALT LAKE CITY, AND JUST RECENTi]
RETURNED FROM THE FIRST BAPTI
CHURCH AT FT. WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
FRIDAY FEB. 20 at 8:00 P.M.
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Feb. 21, 1976
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Would you be interested in a charter flight to Europe?(y^
or no)
Me you:
A. a student?
B. a faculty member?
C. a staff member?
D. a member of the immediate family of the above
When would you prefer to leave?
A. Mid May
B. After June 1
C. Other
How many days would you prefer to be gone?
A. 14-21 days
B. 21-28 days
C. All summer
D. Other
Would you prefer:
A. Air only ($400-500)
B. Package plan ($500 plus). How and how
willing to spend?
C. Other
Which European port of entry do you prefer?
A. London (cheapest)
B. Paris
0. Rome
D. Other
Cheapest most feasible route: May 25-Aug. 26, air only,
London. Need immediate response.
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