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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1976 Bill Mauldin v Love will come 1 Reagan has ‘no intention’ of folding campaign tent No need to worry The Student Senate is considering a resolution which would support a ward system of election in College Sta tion. Their arguments in favor of the system are tenuous at best. They say such a system would make the campus a separate ward, and consequently, a student on the city council would be guaranteed. So what? Under the existing at-large method of selecting council members students conceivably could be elected to all the council posts. And that is particularly the fear that other proponents of the ward system harbor. Councilman Homer Adams strongly supports the ward system saying it would prevent a minority, such as stu dents, from taking over the council. His objections to students? “I don’t think they’ve got any business here (on the council) when they’re here for a limited period of time. ” He needn’t worry. This year only one A&M student filed even though there were six council positions up for election. The ward folks also feel their form of representation would insure the concept of one-man, one vote. Thus, instead of six council representatives, each voter would have only one. And would they really know that one representative any better just because he lives across the park rather than across campus? Wards usually are found in large cities where there are large ethnic blocs and neighborhood solidarity. Since Col lege Station is a smaller town, albeit a rapidly expanding one, the issue of redistricting would be a continual prob lem. Minorities would rail against inequities and redis tricting would become a political tool, just like in the Texas Legislature. As for providing a “well-balanced city council,” as the proposed Senate resolution states, such would only be an ideal. The black and Chicano population in College Sta tion is not located in a particular area of town, but rather scattered over several areas. Their voting power would become non-existent. Students might be able to pick up an additional seat from an apartment-dominated ward, but who would be the candidate? A free choice demands a choice. j p Associated Press President Ford’s advisers were counting Ronald Reagan out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, but Reagan said he has no intention of folding up his campaign tent. Reagan, who lost his head-to-head showdown with Ford in Tuesday’s Florida primary, and George Wal lace, who finished second to Jimmy Carter in the Democratic voting, were already in Illinois trying to build some momentum for the pri mary there next Tuesday. Reagan insisted his chances of winning the nomination are undi minished despite Tuesday’s loss. “Getting 48 per cent of the vote in New Hampshire and then 47 per cent of the vote in Florida does not mean that you fold your tent and si lently steal away, ” Reagan said in the north-central Illinois town of Ot tawa. Carter said in Peoria that only two principal challengers remain in his path to the Democratic nomination. Wallace was not among them. The former Georgia governor said only Sen. Henry Jackson and Rep. Morris Udall have been able to sus tain their campaigns. “Wallace is not a viable candidate and never has been,’’ said Carter. In Washington, the Ford camp was saying with one breath that Re agan has no chance now of being nominated but that the President was going to continue campaigning at full steam. Carter will be watched closely in Illinois by Democratic voters and leaders who want to see how much support he has in the northern indus trial areas, where both Udall and Jackson have some strength. Carter said his goal in Illinois was to come in first next Tuesday, noting success would prove “I can win iillllElii C onstruction Editor: I realize that progress and renova tion must go on in spite of conse quences to the society affected by them, but must they be as pointless as they seem? I am talking about all the construction on campus. Coming back from Christmas vac ation I was looking forward to seeing a couple of my pet sidewalk areas of the campus completed. But, as I ap proached one of my corners, I saw that the other side of the walk was torn up worse than the previous one. I walked around; the whole campus was worse than I had left it. Where will it all end? That first day on campus reminded me of what I had seen in Tehran (Iran). All the construction around the city were either half-done, just started or nearly finished; yet prod uction on them had stopped. But the workmen had a very good reason. They couldn’t get the materials needed to complete the jobs right away. I have no objection to constructive renovation, but when I see struc tures resembling a fountain and glossy, colored little rocks that make me slip and slide all over when wet, I wonder what happened to progres sive education. Our library could use some more books. Sometimes it’s necessary to reno vate old buildings but to turn them into stark, modernistic, sterile- looking classrooms is depressing. What ever happened to the ar chitects who designed the old geos ciences building and the animal sci ence building? And, what is wrong with a little dirt around our poor, choked-off-looking trees? 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Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Acting Editor News Editor City Editor Contributing Editors Sports Editor Photo Director Staff Writers Carolyn Blosser, Ray Daniels, Pat Edmondson, Tony Gallucci, Lee Roy Les- chper, Jerry Needham. Roxie Hearn T. C. Gallucci Jim Peters Sandy Russo, Steve Gray Paul McGrath Douglas Winship ft K THURSDAY LET’S DO IT AGAIN TONY’S PIZZA VILLAGE BEER 10C ALL NIGHT LG. PIZZA *2.85 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 against opposition in an area having voters of diverse backgrounds. ’’ Though Ford never said Reagan could not recover from the Florida and New Hampshire defeats, his fol lowers clearly believe Reagan’s fail ure to beat Ford in the first southern primary will prove fatal. Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill., said Ford’s victory in Florida effectively ends Reagan’s chances at the nomi- News Analysis nation, reflecting the view of Ford campaign manager Howard Calla way, wbo said as the returns came in Tuesday night, “I don’t see any way for Reagan to win’’.the nomination. And Vice President Nelson Roc kefeller, who has taken himself off the Ford ticket, was predicting Il linois would be a “make or break test’’ for Reagan after what he termed a significant setback in Florida. But the Reagan campaign showed every intention of fighting on. Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., co-chairman of the Reagan effort, said in Washing ton, “The Reagan campaign is very much alive and well. ’’ Laxalt said polls taken after what he called “the President’s Santa Claus visit’’ to Florida indicated Ford had 51 per cent of the vote and “we were able to capture nearly all the undecided votes.” Ford received 53 per cent of the vote in the primary and picked up 43 GOP delegates to the national con vention. Reagan won 47 per cent and 23 delegates. The delegates were apportioned by both parties under complex for mulas based on the vote in the 15 congressional districts as well as the statewide vote. Although Laxalt said he thought Reagan would do well to get 40 per cent in Illinois, which would be his fifth straight loss to Ford, he said it was not necessarily essential that Re agan win one of the early primaries. Ford said in Washington he ex pected Reagan “will be in the ballgame up until the end” when the Republicans pick their presidential nominee in Kansas City in August. “We aren’t predicating any of our plans on my opponent dropping out,” Ford said in an interview in his Oval Office for four Chicago televi sion stations. “We re planning the whole strategy on the basis of we ll be in there in Kansas City and we re going to win, and what he does is a matter of judgment for him.” Reagan, meantime, was cam paigning in downstate Illinois and predicting he will lose the state next Tuesday. “Illinois?” Reagan said. “I never expected to win there. In Illinois there is a political hierarchy, a machinery, that always goes to the incumbent. Reagan said he is pinning his hopes for the nomination on West ern, Southwestern states and the “typical South. ” “SAVE A BUNDLE” Remember the old, Cash and Carry, money saving trick? 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