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The Battalion Vol. 71 No. 32 8 Pages Friday, October 14, 1977 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Inside Today: Shall we dance? P.E. students learn how to cha-cha, p. 6. Leader says Mexican-Americans civil rights crisis, p. 3. Kenneth Taylor: newcomer to Aggie defense, p. 8. Tony Goldwater says Carter’s policies hurting economy A Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. “free enterprise system is slowing down” By MARGIE SANTAMARIA The American free enterprise system is slowing down, Congressman Barry Gold- water Jr. said last night in a Political Forum presentation at Rudder Theater. Goldwa ter is a Republican from California. Goldwater, son of Arizona Senator B. Goldwater, has served in Congress since April 19, 1969. He said the “great engine of America’s economic machine’ is slowing down because of heavy tax increases im posed by President Carter. Historically, America has had plenty of luck and plenty of resources, Goldwater said. “We’ve used up our abundance of energy and are resorting to “hard-to-get- to” gas and oil, he said. “A tax on well heads — that’s pure socialism,” Goldwater exclaimed. If we follow Carter’s energy plan we 11 surely run out of oil and gas. He said the key to American prosperity is economic endeavor, yet there are too many governmental regulations. Tax increases are resulting in a “choking off” of invest ment capital, Goldwater said. “Compared to other industrial nations, we rank last in real wages and benefits. I bel ieve decisive action to reduce taxes without inflation should be taken,” Gold- water said. Goldwater proposed a 30 per cent tax cut over a three year period, ten per cent each year. Savings, which would be the result of a tax cut, would provide an increase in tools for production and yield net expansion, Goldwater said. “Most Americans pay more Social Secu rity taxas than income taxes,” Goldwater said. He reasoned that fewer workers are supporting an increased number of re tirees. Social Security’s benefits have in creased, he said, but its taxes didn’t in crease proportionately. Goldwater’s solution to the Social Secu rity problem is to create separate funds for programs like Medicare, which he termed “extraneous. ” This would eliminate limita tion (allow retired people to return to work and continue paying Social Security) and would stop inflation by cutting taxes. Goldwater said he feels the American people have been outrageously misin- fo rmed. “Americans believe that America has prospered because of what the gov ernment has done for them,” Goldwater said. “It’s what individuals have done for the government.” is a rom ini Crawley tudent withdrawal ate lower this year Student radio may close if finances don’t improve atei. By STEVE MAYER nEver think of dropping out of school? \s of last Wednesday, 229 Texas A&M Jdents have officially dropped out of < s ( ’ 1 ,ls Niool — or “withdrawn as university of- irtedly win ison foot!* p.ils refer to it. I\t the end of Fall semester 1976, the foinu hjilidrawal total was 522. ions, e Rj ves assistant director for sto le is notgi® n t affairs, is in charge of university "n A ft'drawals and keeps statistical informa- illege 0 Bn on withdrawal students. She said she ns home mBpgj to compile and compare A&M’s fig- Sti - i u tl Iiir s ' v ith other universities. P a ' c (11 ,||b a sample of 50 students from Rives’ suppose !fc, 24 lived in apartments, 18 in houses, lt<) ' 11 ''ijdldur in dorms, three in mobile homes paid ba aij® one j n married student housing. 11 because(•pijg avera g e withdrawal age is 23. ' ) 0 " () .Vb This age is high because many U)U , and older students withdraw ''l -A 1 W n they find jobs,” Rives said. She said at as P reet yre are fewer Corps members withdraw- ithlete,ac«| this year than , ast year 11 E. jRives said an undetermined number of dents put themselves at a disadvantage | dropping out of school without going rough proper channels. If a student doesn’t process a withdrawal form, course grades will be recorded as failing. Any fee refunds cannot be ob tained, and, if the student is not in good standing with the university his records may be blocked. The form must be signed by the college dean, the financial aid center, the housing office and the registrar’s office. Rives said she determines additional departments that must clear the student, such as the University Police and Corps Commandant’s office. One student at the withdrawal office, located in the YMCA Building,, said he is dissatisfied with the system. “It’s a run-around, he said. T don’t owe these people anything, heck, they owe me money.” When the student got tired of waiting he commented, “I can drop out anytime, and he left. However, secretaries in Rives office said there is usually no crowd waiting. Rives said she expects withdrawals to increase after mid-term grades are mailed. Not all students drop out because of poor grades according to Rives’ files. Their reasons are varied: realization of becoming an alcoholic, inability to find a babysitter, health problems and simply not wanting to attend school. “Before coming to the withdrawal of fice,” Rives said, “students can solve their problem through other sources. ” For academic problems, she suggested consulting professors, department heads, academic advisors and the college dean. For personal problems, she advised the Personal Counseling Service in 017 YMCA and for health problems, Beutel Health Center. After withdrawing, a student heeds only to apply for readmission to return to school. Rives said. She said students can withdraw as many times as they want. She noted that if a student attends another school before reapplying, a tran script must be provided. By KYLE CREWS Student Government may foreclose on a $5,783.64 debt o\yed by student radio station KANM and suspend its opera tion if the station is not self-supporting by the end of this semester. A resolution presented at the October 5 meeting of the Stu dent Senate stated that the student radio board has proved to be ineffective in handling the financial responsibilities of stu dent radio. The resolution also stated that the radio board be dissolved and that the executive branch of Student Government be given control of KANM until December 31, 1977. The final vote for the resolution will be taken at the October 19 meeting of Student Government. If it passes. Student Gov ernment will provide student radio with $500 (from the Stu dent Government Reserve Account) to cover operating costs of the station up to January 1, 1978. Any unused money will then be returned to Student Government. KANM was created in the spring of 1973 as an agency of Student Government. The student radio board took over oper ation of the station in 1975, but Student Government has con tinued financial support. Student Body President Robert Harvey said the the Student Senate will review the station’s finances in December. If it isn’t financially sound, he said, student government may suspend broadcasting and sell the station’s equipment to regain some of the money invested. “We want them to at least start meeting their monthly ex penses and quit being a drain on Student Government,” Har vey said. “When the money was loaned to the station, the agreement was for it to start generating its own income and begin paying some of the money back. So far, it has done neither and we are getting taken on the whole deal.” Hoyt Thomas, general manager of the station, said it can be self-supporting by December. Thomas said KANM will have to rely heavily on advertising subscriptions from area merchants for financial support. The station broadcasts out of RidgOcrest Barber Shop on Texas Avenue. To continue operation, KANM will need $197 a month to pay rent and meet other expenses. “We would like to operate out of the basement of the Memo rial Student Center, Thomas said. “If we could operate as one j of the committees sponsored by the MSG, we wouldn’t have t6 pay rent. Our only cost would be running phone lines to the cable companies that carry our signals. “It would also be handier for students who are interested in working with radio. Our present location isn’t very conve nient,” he said. Eighty-five students work at KANM. They are responsible for the station’s programming, advertising and accounting. “There is no licensing requirements for students who help out at the station, Thomas said. “Since we are carried by cable^ only and our signals don’t go out over the open air, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) doesn’t regulate us.” Lynn Gibson, president of the Memorial Student Center Council and Directorate, said the possibility of the station be coming an MSC committee depends on the group’s plans. “I have checked into the possibility of them becoming a part of the council and I see no problems with it, unless they plan on broadcasting open air rather than on the cable,” Gibson said. - Under present FCC rulings, a university can have only one station licensed to broadcast over airwaves. University-funded KAMU-FM has such a license. It began broadcasting on campus March 30, 1977. “KAMU-FM doesn’t really want anything to do with us,” Thomas said. “They are set up entirely different than KANM and past negotiations haven’t brought about much.” Bonfire won’t be at TWS evelopment council avors control tower Committee turns down offer By GARY WELCH The Brazos Valley Development Council , Board of Directors unanimously Pproved a resolution Thursday night sup- °rtmg continued rperation of the Easter- l 0 ® Airport air traffic control tower. ■ he resolution was passed in response to [Went f A A study that suggested the tow- r Cost outweigh its usefulness. If the ■ were to implement the study’s find- n < 641 l ty health laws mended; allows ice crearn sale 3nds College ■"ended la: Station health laws were 1st night by the city council, al- n g a non-dairy “ice cream” manufac- o sell the product to local restaur- I rostli »e representatives Larry Rod : j ez <lnc l Jeff Thoma swered council- s questions about their product. r 011 v. an eompare it to a non-dairy "V r ’ Thomas told the council. “Milk p ? aLe d by milk substitutes.” j]i°! n com by-products replace the •n the ice cream,” Thomas said, ct sa *d the softserve is a dry prod- ith * ls eooihined with water and served tial „ ania , ine- It will be sold for commer- Thf or >ly. 846#"endme U n n t dl Unaniniousl >' approved the |L action, the council authorized s taff to negotiate a contract with the f ^Tnci () f a swimming pool for Thomas Th "' council also turned down a request A * Don Dale, owner of Pooh’s Park “ )n g hTs^l' 1 * j enter ’ to P ut three eurbcuts 1 | ;^ < the council to suspend city ,..11 an( . allow him to put the three Citv 1-' * <m ^ ft. of Texas Avenue, hat n„|- n ^ Ineer Flrey Ash told the council '2() f,, et 1C ^ Was t<> allow three eurbcuts for >4..'^- Was made to approve or deny notj ()11 ' ( l lIt ‘ s t, which died for want of a Mie Urb, ings, the Easterwood tower could be closed. The BVDC passed the resolution “for whatever weight it will carry” in urging the FAA to continue tower operations for eco nomic and safety reasons. Among economic reasons stated in the resolution is that Bryan -College Station is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. Also, the resolution said much of the economic growth and stability of this rapidly growing area depends largely upon transportation facilities, including Easter- wood Airport. Safety was also listed as a major concern in keeping the tower open. According to the resolution, the safety of the thousands of persons who use Easterwood Airport an nually depends upon continued operation of the tower. A BVDC summary of its findings about the tower listed some other considerations about the FAA s approach to the tower’s economic situation. The summary questioned the FAA s placement of a dollar value on lives that could be lost because of a lack of tower assistance. Also, the BVDC pointed out that the FAA study did not count the tower’s bene fits associated with a national aviation sys tem . Another economic consideration states that the FAA has contributed more than $1.1 million to Easterwood Airport since 1971. The BVDC questioned the FAA’s possible step backwards in closing a tower at an airport in which so much money has been invested. The BVDC summary also noted that Easterwood Airport is the only commercial and general purpose public airport with regularly scheduled passenger flights in the entire BVDC area, which includes Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington counties. Board chairman William R. Vance stud the tower’s increased activity, combined with economic reasons and continued pub lic support should deter the FAA. “I think all of us who know about the tower know that if the FAA closes it they will probably have to open it up again,” he said. By RUSTY CAWLEY Battalion City Editor Texas World’s Speedway’s offer to hold Texas A&M’s annual bonfire this year was turned down by the proper committee. Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student services, said Thursday. Earlier newspaper accounts questioned whether the offer was presented to the proper authority. But Koldus said it defi nitely was. TWS vice president Mike Connors made the offer directly to Koldus in mid- September. The University would have been allowed to use the facility free of charge. Koldus said he immediately phoned Tom Parsons, chairman of the bonfire and yell leader committee. Koldus told him of the offer and asked him to bring it up at the next committee meeting. Parsons is director of University traffic and safety. The committee turned the offer down by an 11 to 1 vote Sept. 27. One member was absent. The committee, Koldus said, is predominately made of students. Koldus said the offer was turned down for several reasons. First, the committee considered the speedway to be too far away from the cam pus. Because students do much of the bon fire work in times between classes, the The only way to travel Battalion photo by Donnie Brannen Andrew Brannen zooms across the Campus of Texas A&M’s Moody College in Galveston. Bran nen has joined a growing number of pedestrians who have found that rolling beats walking anytime. speedway would be remote. Also, the committee said, the speedway is in the opposite direction from the bon fire cutting area, which is north of College Station, near Hearne. The speedway is six miles south of town. The committee also mentioned security problems, such as guarding the bonfire and equipment used to construct it. In addition, the committee said, the move would interfere with Town Hall per formances planned for the same evening as the bonfire. But the most important reason the committee gave, Koldus said, is that it would move bonfire construction out of sight of students and former students. “This would lessen the emotional im pact of the bonfire,” Koldus said. TWS vice president Connors said he first contacted College Station Mayor Lor- ence Bravenec with the proposal. “We had heard the city was trying to get A&M to move the bonfire,” Connors said. Since we had the facilities, and since we feel we re part of the community, we thought we’d at least make an offer.” Bravenec referred him to Koldus, Con nors said. “The mayor told me Koldus was in charge of such matters, and that the bon fire committee reported to him,” Connors said. “So I called him.” “He was very cordial about the whole thing. He simply said, T’m sorry Mike, but it isn’t what the committee wants.’ Connor^ and TWS general manager George Martin both said they disagree with the committee’s findings, particularly on the matter of security. “We’ve got an eight-foot chain link fence around the entire property,” Martin said Wednesday. “I don’t see how anyone can call that insecure.” Martin said the speedway infield is ideal for bonfire, and that the stands could hold as many people as would be required. “And they could all see,” he added. The speedway also offers restrooms and concession stands, Martin said. : “They would have to bring their own soundsystem,” he said, “but other than that, the speedway is perfect.” Conpors said the offer is still open. “The University turned it down, but they can take it any time they want,” Con nors said. “I think they understand we re not trying to push this on them. “If they want it, it’s theirs.”