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ge 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1976 FHIUAY, UO l UDcn i, lome classes may he held on Monday itor: A centennial celebration is an oc- 'ion that only comes along every lied years. On Monday, Oct. 4, i Texas A& M will celebrate their 100 years. In honor of the occa- the administration has sus- ed class from 10:00 am to 3:00 to enable students to attend a al program. hough many Ags. will use this ay” to replace the foregone day Labor-day weekend, >thers will attend the celebra- fowever, some of us get the ;ain! other day one of my profs informed the class that he >e lecturing Monday (with his approval). He added that al- attendance for this lecture not be mandatory, we would ponsible for the material cov- fhis is not just a single instruc- know of other professors doing aue thing. When utterances of y are raised by students, the jiiickly says that we can skip the . Easy for him to say. He won’t otally lost when he goes to lec- Wednesday, but we will be. s centennial celebration may not of any importance to some profs, it why do they take it upon them- Ives to give us an extra incentive »ot to attend. The profs ought to re-evaluate the importanct of their classes. What’s more important — a foregone hour’s lecture or a once every hundred years celebration? If the consenting deans think a lec ture should take over the Centen nial, I think they must be the ones with their priorities in the wrong or der. Don’t feel bad though; maybe if we miss this celebration, we can go the next time around. Jeff Elliot Editor’s note: A check with some professors revealed that some classes are meeting, but attendance is voluntary. The students will not be held responsible for the content of the lectures held. Flora fertilized Editor: A letter appeared in this column on September 28 that I feel was un justified. It concerned an attempted analogy between the flowers at Texas A&M and Dr. O’Connor’s Chemis try 101 classes. I am a regular “visitor” to Dr. O’Connor’s p.m. class, and I sit on the floor every day. There are always many empty chairs down near the front, and only if a student came in very late, would there be the possi bility that he might not find a seat. And whose fault would that be? Even so, a simple gesture towards Dr. O’Connor would promptly find this student a seat. I have the highest regard for Dr. O’Connor as a person and as a pro fessor and I feel like he should be commended on the control of his classes. I also think that a survey of his students would result in a similar overall attitude. Obviously, from the attendance in his classes. Dr. O’Connor grows a crowded “bed of flowers. But I can guarantee that he fertilizes his “flora” well enough to compensate for this abundance! Mark Sippel Editor’s note: This is the 20th let ter received on this topic, all ot them complimentary of Dr. O’Conner’s chemistry 101 program. Intelligence insulted IaJHV MOT ? WHy domt you R.UN IT ? you PR.oMiye.c> 8 HR.*/oav i NOT you O \ & TOO WHY CANT /ou .50 IT ? WHY CANT you ? cut: you should NclVOU . .. WHY. I... n Editor: All students attending A&M have recently had their intelligence at tacked in your recent “Editorial.” Any student with any ability to think for himself can easily see the error in your logic. First of all, when does less than 1 per cent of the student body deter mine what more than 99 per cent Ever think about doing something different? Meaningful? Have a taste for adventure? How about Peace Corps or VISTA? Give us your desire to help others plus your degree in health, social work, law, education, or business. We’ll give you 1 or 2 years that will change your life plus a living allowance, transportation, medical coverage and other benefits. 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It has been proven that only scientific polls can determine effectively and accurately what a large group of people think. A ran dom poll, such as the one performed by the student government, can not effectively tell what people want. Taking another group of 229 stu dents, the results would probably be the opposite. Second, when does any negative feeling help any situation advance positively? My belief is never! Ad vancement in a positive direction is what the student government and student body need. Third, I personally feel that the student body should vote for candi dates who cared enough about the student body and the student gov ernment to campaign for the first election, than to create an opening for opportunist to walk in and take advantage of the situation when they didn’t care enough to run the first time. Furthermore, your attack of Scott Gregson served no purpose at all. Taking phrases from his speech out of context, such as, he wants to “keep A&M unique” and implying that he meant to keep the Student Govern ment unique does nothing but con fuse the issue. It is obvious that Gregson meant that the University as a whole, is unique. I’m proud of A&M and the cursed uniqueness you talked about. If you don’t like going to a unique univer sity, maybe you should try t.u., at least you won’t have to worry about the uniqueness of pride and love for a University that Aggies portray. Mark Whitt Editor’s note: The answer to your first question (when does less than one per cent of the student body determine what more than 99 per cent really want?) is: every time the Student Government meets. Regarding the poll which you say should be disregarded: Why is a Se nate committee established to take such polls if the Senate puts no cre dence in the results? In answer to your second ques tion, you wrongly label a difference of opinion as negative. Just because someone disagreed that the world was flat, one wouldn’t call his a negative opinion. All progress is a result of conflict of opinion. Your third point is your opinion which it is your right to hold. Regarding your fourth point: The political-minded individual who holds himself and his opinions up for public approval must also be willing to have himself and his opinions held up for public criticism. Gregson, who voluntarily ac cepted the high-profile political po sition of spokesman for the opposi tion, must take responsibility for his words and actions. Regarding uniqueness, A&M’s student body should be known for its responsibility and logical thought rather than its emotional irrational ity. Slouch by Jim Earl« Thos The E [ournar the i tuden hairma lorn mi t Branc familia ea of t lents an ime. The to iy donati “Since everybody I know will be in Illinois for th’ game nobody will see this cartoon; so I think I’ll spend today juslf el) P 1 ' S1< l u • \ i” f 1 ' Surve talking to you! Bniversit — lay, Oct. Carter still needs a breakthrough « The ser ffiars of! WASHINGTON — In the flood of assessments of the Ford-Carter race in the days following the great de bate, this reporter has heard three comments that seemed eminently sensible. They all came from people who were somewhat removed from the fray, and two of the three were women. Rose Elizabeth Bird is a Demo cratic lawyer serving in the cabinet of Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration in Sacramento. Rita Emmett is a housewife in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park, who gave up watch ing television news five years ago. And Ody Fish is a businessman who’s been running the Republican Party in Wisconsin as long as anyone can remember. Rose Bird, like many others close to Jerry Brown, has not been a Jimmy Carter fan, but she said the debate “aroused my partisan in stincts,” and had her rooting for the Democrat to do well. She said she thought Carter did “better as he went along, particu larly in his summation, but they were both rather boring.” “The big thing that struck me,” she said, “was the symbolism of the breakdown of technology, when they were both David S Broder WEST LOOP LADIES CLINIC 2909 West Loop South Houston, Texas 713-622-2170 • Termination of Pregnancy • Free Pregnancy Testing talking about this being the most powerful nation and the greatest people.’ Here are the people who symbolize this power, and they’re totally immobilized when one little part breaks down.” Ms. Bird said she wished that her candidate had acknowleged that in herent orneriness of things, rather than talking like a technician who had unlocked the secret of efficient government. “Instead of talking like we could solve the energy problem by com bining this agency with that agency, I wish he’d just asked if anyone really thought the Ford administration has begun to solve this problem, or even addressed it seriously. I wish he had said: ‘Look, you’ve had two years of the Ford adminis tration. If you’re happy with it, vote for it.’ But don’t pretend that he (Carter) could make everything all right.” Mrs. Emmett is also a Democrat, an intense young mother this re porter encountered while interview ing voters last weekend in Illinois. She and her husband gave up watch ing television news five years ago, because they were having night mares over the Vietnam war scenes. So the debate was one of their rare opportunities to see the candidates. “I told myself before it started,” she said, “ ‘Don’t get hooked on the images,’ but when they lost the sound, I was so dependent on it, I just started shaking our set. I couldn’t believe how involved I was.” She gave the edge to Ford, she said, “and that’s the first pro- Republican thing I can remember saying in my whole life. I didn’t ex pect him to think fast on his feet, but he did.” What about Carter? “I’m so con fused about Carter,/’ she said. “My thoughts have changed so much. When he first appeared during the primaries, I though, ‘No, this can’t be happening. A man I’ve never heard of. But then I thought, ‘What if this guy is for real? Wouldn t it be something to have someone you could trust?’ “But now,” she continued, “I can’t understand what’s happening. All this about abortion and Playboy. What is all this about? What’s really important is what happens to people: their jobs and their taxes, those ’are the things that make a differ ence . . . .” “A month ago,” she said, “I knew I was going to vote for Carter . But everything’s getting cloudy. After the primaries, when he talked about having an intimate, personal relationship with the people, I thought everything would be crystal-clear. Like anytime I wanted to know something, I could just sort of call him up and get an answer . But it’s not working out that way.” Fish, the Wisconsin Republican, gave Ford “a pretty good” rating on CAMERA COMMITTEE MEETING: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4 301 Rudder Demonstrations on: Repronar Use Studio Use and Checkout Dry Mounting GET CHECKED OUT! .%■ '•»> <iz-: -ag.. .ag. -stg. <♦> >a&. jmk amt PEPE LOPEZ TEQUILA The Spint of Mexico. Available in White and Gold. Ftepe Lopez Tequila—80 Proof-Brown Forman Distillers Import Co . N Y. 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