Page 2 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1977
Opinion/Commentary/Letters
Bombing of Corps bugle stand was senseless
Editor:
Of the many landmarks on our
campus today, the bugle stand is
one of the oldest and most familiar.
It was dedicated on May 10, 1936 to
Edwin O’Brien Bellinger, class of
1936, who had been killed during
training exercises. For the past forty
years, this memorial has remained
intact, despite being moved twice.
The reason for this outstanding rec
ord lies in the fact that Texas A&M
students through the years have had
a deep respect for the memorials on
campus and what they signify.
Recently, however, an increasing
sentiment of animosity seems to
have developed in the student
body. An example of this is the
bombing of the bugle stand last
week. The damage was nominal —
it is the act itself which is worri
some. A memorial such as this de
serves more respect than a demon
stration of destructive hostility
which merely provides a
momentary thrill or possibly feeds
the ego of those involved. Anyone
who has the true spirit of A&M and
the pride of an Aggie would not
even consider committing such an
abominable act. Hopefully, the
majority of students fit into this cat
egory, for they are the ones who will
keep Texas A&M the proudly
unique university it is.
— James B. Koehler
Corps Bugler
toward maintaining (or seeking) the
freedom of thought and expression
in our universities and newspapers,
for those places are where the
ideological wars are primarily
fought.
Aggie hospitality
impresses
Editor’s note: Your letter is the
first report that The Battalion has
received about bombing. From
all accounts, damage from the
bombing was minor and has been
repaired.
There has been some hostility
toward the military and ROTC on
many campuses during the last
decade, but one would think that
any serious student activist would
have taken his lesson from the ’60’s
and realized that violence and van
dalism are not viable methods to ef
fect any changes.
It can only be concluded that this
was a senseless act. If ideology was
a motive, the action failed because
it only served to entrench the
military-minded more firmly in
their position.
Ideological wars within a free so
ciety are won by changing minds,
not by changing concrete and steel
configurations with gunpowder
blasts.
We need only keep a vigilant eye
Editor:
Now that SCON A 22 is now his
tory, we believe that some con
gratulations are in order for its suc
cess. The SCONA 22 committee did
a very fine job in selecting a topic
and excellent speakers, as well as
providing the many services and ac
tivities necessary for a successful
conference.
Delegates from across the nation,
as well as Canada and Mexico, par
ticipated in an experience which we
are sure they will remember for a
long time. However, apart from the
conference, there was one other
thing that really impressed the stu
dent delegates — Aggie Hospitality.
Many delegates were amazed at
how friendly Aggies are, and were
caught by surprise when greeted
with a friendly “Howdy!” The
friendliness that Ags express is
taken for granted here at A&M, and
we don’t realize that other college
campuses don’t have the same at
mosphere as we do, and aren’t as
friendly. So, be proud Ags. The im
pact of your friendliness on these
delegates was contagious, and might
promote them to express similar
feelings on their own college cam
puses.
In summary, we would like to
thank everyone connected with
SCONA 22, especially Van Steed
and the entire SCONA 22 commit
tee for its organization and its
friendliness to all the delegates and
guests that attended the confer
ence. We would like to thank all
Aggies for doing what they normally
do, and for doing it well.
—Bill Griffin, ’76
—Allison King, ’78
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name of the person to whom they’re
speaking when phoning offices on
TAMU campus. Here’s what hap
pened to me because I didn’t.
I graduated in December and de
cided to take an additional course
even though I did not need it.
However, I wanted to make sure I
could drop the course if a job be
came available so I called the fiscal
department to check on the refund
policy. I asked what the percentage
increments were, and was told per
centages were no longer used — it
was now an all or nothing policy,
and I could get 100% refund if I
dropped the course prior to Feb
ruary 12.
It became necessary to drop the
course and I called to double check
the refund policy three weeks later
and was told the same thing as be
fore. I went to drop the course and
was told I would receive only a 60%
refund. I checked with the fiscal of
fice and was told they would check
to see if they could locate the person
who had apparently given me incor
rect information via phone. It did
not surprise me that they couldn’t
find this person — who would admit
it and risk losing their job?
So — I am out a 40% refund (I
haven’t received the 60% refund
either!) and a lot of headaches be
cause I didn’t get the name of the
person to whom I spoke. Appar
ently if I had the name, I could have
received my 100% refund. Don’t
make my mistake, it could be a
costly one!
I also hope those who work where
information is frequently requested
will not hesitate to say “I don’t
know.” I, personally would far pre
fer hearing that than being given in
correct information.
—Susan Tribble
besides my name being misspelled,
nothing was mentioned that until
recently I was also teaching here in
the Engineering Graphics Depart
ment. Finally, I doubt if the
spokesman for Sen. Tower was right
saying that legally, senators cannot
approach a foreign government per
sonally. This was done in my case,
apd just recently thirty-six U.S.
Senators have written Leonid
Brezhnev to let a Russian go to Is
rael, according to the Houston
Chronicle.
—George Raczkowski
A rose by any
other name
Editor:
Would you please explain to Fred
McClure that anytime he sends a
letter, typed by the student gov
ernment secretary on student gov
ernment stationery and signed,
“Fred McClure, Student Body
President,” to President Freeman
that, contrary to what he was
quoted as saying, he is speaking as
student body president? Thank you.
—Tom Dawsey
Student Publications Board
Student Organizations Board
Billy Carter
humor old
You made one
SMALL mistake
Editor:
Please save your readers time and
trouble (not to mention money) by
telling them to ALWAYS ask the
Editor:
On Wed., Feb. 23, 1977, The
Battalion published an article titled
“Alone in U.S.” describing my case.
I would like to express my
gratitude for this excellent and pro
fessional job by Mr. John Tynes.
There were some errors though.
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news are limited, I cannot help
wondering what piece of news we
will never know because it was
thrown out to make room for the
Billy Carter story.
I will agree that once in a while
the President’s brother may say or
do something newsworthy, but cer
tainly not often enough to merit
such rapt media attention.
If the news media is to retain its
function as the public’s watchdog on
the government, then news space
must be filled with news and the
humor left to be fit in when possi
ble.
With all the problems that de
serve attention in our country to
day, no one really cares how much
beer Billy Carter can drink, or how
many times he has been to church
in the last 20 years.
Perhaps we should focus our at
tention instead on his brother
Jimmy and keep a very close eye on
what he is doing.
— Gary Welch, ’80
Litterers should
clean up area
Editor:
Everywhere I look I see Billy
Carter.
One day he is on the “Tomorrow
Show” telling how Plains, Ga. is
ruined and the next day he is in
New Orleans toasting a Mardi Gras
parade.
What bothers me is not that he
travels, but that he receives such
heavy press coverage wherever he
goes. Before the last presidential
election, some newsmen would
throw in a comment about Billy
Carter to add humor to a story, but
now there are often complete
stories done about him.
Almost every day I read or hear of
one of his escapades, and after a
while the Southern redneck peanut
farmer humor gets very old.
Also, since space and time for
Editor:
Why can’t people pick up their
trash and not leave it lying around?
This problem is particularly bad
in the Memorial Student Center
brown bag area. Each time I go in, I
find most of the tables littered with
an assortment of napkins, food
wrappers, plastic forks, etc.
I don’t think it would be such a
difficult task for those using these
tables to dispose of this garbage
especially with several trash con
tainers nearby.
Instead, many people leave ev
erything on the table for the
maintenance personnel to clean up.
I don’t think the maintenance
personnel nor I should have to do
this. It is so simple to just toss the
trash into one of the containers on
your way out.
Nothing turns a person’s appetite
off quicker than looking at someone
else’s mess.
—Margie Kovar, ’78
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