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age 51 •T. frit* Via) ^ab o s Cex OC 3il < jipl md ilVt squ is .1 eh? tat AS tio sit m< E> to) he Pi i; A) Of ei tx it k c ri I -} J J I ’I Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1977 Opinion/Commentary/Letters Situation of students is common Do you live in a student ghetto? Do you wish you could sell your roommate to the gypsies? Do the folks above you give By Art Keewey and Mark Willis able is in the dorms. No, not those by the golf course, but all those others that give the Texas A&M University campus a little bit of that good old Harlem atmosphere. square dancing lessons at two in the morning? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, this column is for you. It will not improve your condi tion in the least, but it may make you feel less alone. Probably the worst housing avail- Those of you who live in these monuments to the forties, you have our deepest sympathy, we have been there. We have known that feeling of actually living in the same room your father once lived in as a student himself. We have tasted mystery meat, coming and going. Unfortunately, there is little chance of your living conditions improving; they have become tradition. Slouch by Jim Earle “I FEEL MORALLY OBLIGATED TO WRITE A LETTER IN REBUTTAL TO YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR THAT YOU’RE WORKING ON. WOULD YOU TELL ME WHICH SIDE OF THE ISSUE YOU’RE TAKING SO I CAN START MINE?’’ Dorms will probably always have the intellectual atmosphere of a swamp. Legett Hall will probably always serve as the breeding ground for experimental rats used by the biology department. And Sbisa will probably always rate slightly below McDonald’s in the gourmet’s hand book. Yet, there are certain advantages to living on campus. You’re close to your classes, a questionable advan tage, we admit. But, where else can one see and hunt the mythical 12- point buck roach, never discover that your roommate can’t cook, and find prehistoric ruins right in your own room? If you still insist on mov ing off campus, despite these advan tages, there are some things you should consider. First, apartment rent is expen sive. Yet, the price is reasonable compared to your fuel adjustment bill, which for those of you who don’t know, can steal the book money right out of the hand of a baby-faced freshman. The benefits of apartment living, however, may well be worth the price. The social life is great. You will know this because inevitably, your next door neighbors will be the area’s social leaders. The sound al ways gives it away. There are tennis courts, where you can sit and watch others play all day, knowing you will not have to tire yourself because you won’t get to the front of the line untill after graduation. Then there are the pools, heated, of course, by more than 2,000 human bodies at any one time. And last but not least there is the joy of shuttle bus riding, where you really get close to your neighbors. So close in fact, that sex ual satisfaction can be attained without detection or even recogni tion. Your third choice of living ac commodations, is in real honest- to-God houses. Yes, those things your parents live in, with rent, and bills, and upkeep, and everything. They may be a dying breed, but oc casionally you will meet someone who lives in one. They will tell you of the hardships of lawn mowing, frozen pipes, no A/C, and terror of terrors, local landlords. Again, however, there are advan tages. No one lives on the other side of the wall. You have a yard, al though many are better described as swamps during the rainy season, Jan. 1 through Dec. 29. Often houses are actually cheaper than apartments, despite bills for every thing from gas to sewer improve ment (which means they make your toilet run the right way). It all depends on what you’re looking for— economy, privacy, or even luxury, and how hard you look. You won’t find any of these things, but the longer you look, the fewer that are available, so that in the end the choice makes itself. Over the wall President chosen at Lamar University LAMAR PRESIDENT INAU GURATED Dr. Charles R. Kemble took the oath of office Tuesday as president of Lamar University. Kemble has been president of New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell since 1972. The selection of Kemble ended a 100-day search ac cording to a report in the “Univer sity Press. The 30-member selection advi sory committee included students, faculty, staff, alumni, and regents, regents. SIDEWALK LETTERING A DILEMNA The NoZe Brotherhood, a sort of anti-fraternity fraternity on the Baylor University campus has been victim of a mad sidewalk stenciler, and no one knows what to do about Approximately 35 “Unrush” an nouncements appeared mysteri ously on Baylor sidewalks in Sep tember. The reversed lettering, applied with blue spray paint, an nounced the NoZe’s unrush meet ing, said an article in the “Baylor Lariat.” After the announcements ap peared, a spokesman for NoZe said the group was not responsible for the writing. The lettering is still there. No de cisions have been made concerning what to do about it. The NoZe group has offered to paint the rest of the sidewalks blue. So far the ad ministration hasn’t taken the mem bers up on their offer. UTA EDUCATION HEAD RESIGNS Jon Wiles, education department head at the University of Texas at Arlington has resigned. He said his reasons for resigning were organiza tional problems. In a report in the “Shorthorn”, Wiles said he was limited in financ ing, staffing, and establishing cer tification standards. He said there was not enough support on campus to establish and maintain a quality education program. Let Our Musical Figurines Say We Also Have A Large Selection of Music Boxes £ Happy Cottage & Pardon opens wound agm Editor: President Carter’s attempt to heal one of the last of the national wounds caused by the Vietnam in volvement has only torn open another. By unconditionally pardon ing draft evaders, he has angered not only veterans and Legionnaires, but many other citizens as well, my self included. I recognize that the move into Vietnam by the United States was a naive, ill-advised one, and perhaps these draft evaders were justified in their resistance to the war effort. But regardless of the reasoning, they broke the law. If a society is to function effi ciently, its citizens cannot be al lowed to decide which laws they do or do not wish to obey. If we obeyed only the traffic laws we believed in, our streets would be littered with wreckage. President Carter’s pardon sets a dangerous precedent in the case of our Selective Service laws. How are we to raise an army in the future, if need be, with this pardon hanging over us? Nobody wants to be shot at, and this pardon just offers an ex cuse not to serve for that reason. But perhaps more important is the case of those men who faced the consequences of their beliefs by serving time in prison. How does the President propose to make up that lost time of their prime years? And then there are those men who bravely went and fought in Vietnam regardless of their personal opinions of the war and suffered loss of limbs, sanity, and even life. Who will pardon them from their wheel chairs, hospital wards, or cemeteries? Former President Ford took these ideas into consideration in formulating his amnesty program. Those men who truly loved the country were glad to perform alter native duties to return, and many Get into some great pants! TOP DRAWER Culpepper Plaza MAHENDRA THAKRAR, M.D. takes pleasure in announc ing the relocation of his medical practice specializ ing in Obstetrics and Gyne cology at 2112-B Villa Maria Bryan, Texas 779-7943 Positions Now Available APPLICATIONS FOR MSC PRESIDENT, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ARE NOW BEING TAKEN IN THE MSC STUDENT PROGRAMS OFFICE, RM. 216 OF THE MSC. ANYONE MAY APPLY. PRESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS - OFFICER APPLICATIONS - CHAIRMEN APPLICATIONS - DEADLINES JAN. 24 FEB. 4 FEB. 18 step into the msc circle v O*/ 0toom Top of the Tower Texas A&M University Pleasant Dining — Great View SERVING LUNCHEON BUFFET 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Each day except Saturday $2.50 DAILY $3.00 SUNDAY Serving soup & sandwich 11:00 A M. - 1:30 P.M. Monday - Friday $1.50 plus drink Available Evenings For Special University Banquets Department of Food Service Texas A&M University “Quality First” m took advantage of the program. Maybe those who did not take advantage of Ford’s program felt they didn’t owe the country any thing for living here. They were wrong. This great country of ours doesn’t ask a great deal of us in re turn for all the freedom and oppor tunity it offers. We are asked only to pay our taxes, serve on juries, and serve in the military if our leaders feel it is really necessary. Not much if you think of the return on that investment. Perhaps if President Carter can resolve these issues, he can indeed heal the wounds of Vietnam. I hope so. It would be nice to finally leave the Vietnam matter to the histo- versity since the fall of noticed that the University cial adjustments for the [ ped. Mainly, ramps for wheelchairs, elevator numl Braille for the blind, andeva| cial accommodations in tie rooms. But it seems to ml A&M has forgotten one area, they are by no means hani left-handed people arediffei they need special desks tow It is very difficult to take class when the desks are handed. t k) Scott Perkins, ’77 More seats for left-handers I believe that adjustmei left-handed students woull great improvement in tie room. There are a lot of left Aggies out there who are bent out of shape by tryingli form to a right-handed world Editor: I have attended Texas A&M Uni- I think A&M should instal tain amount of left-handed di each room so they will not l criminated against. -Sandri 5 Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not neces sarily those of the University administration or the Board of Regents. The Battalion is a non-profit, self- supporting enterprise operated hy students as a uni versity and community newspaper. Editorial policy is determined hy the editor. 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