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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1978)
'e malfesj ^ monil nd addij the den L) epositi| en $20 the dej t'one ^CTE ^ays sail off-cauj wkupfi 8as in |( rvices area an id new THE BATTALION MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1978 Page 3D Time eases fish confusion Former freshman offers advice toapplj deposit i refundi! it often have an 3as but f reside on oven tionaldr] tomersl United Press Intemutional udet 0LYMPIA ’ Wash - ~ dashers •eginnij ink e for ice is Cjrca Flashers on highways t ■re taking to the freeways in Wash- njMgton state to encourage com pliance with the 55 mph speed jmit. These are not the type of flashers iu might suspect. No raincoats are volved. Let’s say you’re motoring down e freeway and there are no traffic ops in sight. You press your foot on accelerator and increase your iced to 65. "Just when you start to pass the rst guy ahead of you travelling at 5, you encounter your first flasher. Beholds up a bright yellow card a his window that says in big black iters, “55 PLEASE .” He might even shake his fist and own. That s it. You’ve just been ashed. The man who promoted this citi- ;en effort at moral persuasion is any Bradley, director of the state .nergy Office. ; Bradley, Gov. Dixy Lee Ray’s hdj hoice as the state’s primary energy iryan on must ee at i i senkt an III epositii s and reside® Hv havean es but >idenct vever, sign a ro dents 1 theird it ford rdepo identtl the lanner, began enlisting members n his 55 Flasher Club’’ a few 1 n e H lonths ago. He said he was othered by the lack of attention to he national speed limit which was mposed as a means of reducing fuel I consumption. Bradley became the first highway dasher in his own right with a home-made card. Then, with the S cooperation of the Washington State fatrol, Bradley issued orders to print 10,000 of the 8-14 by 11-inch signs. roiW . Noting else seemed to be work- label he said. “We needed a gim- eai* ™ c ' < t° get people’s attention and labels! this only cost $300.” consul eiTi Bibliophiles make TCkf* and meet to honor Twain Fm! \i7 "■'** v * anidii n.jwii in 11 n "estern Connecticut to browse through and buy the more than ft),000 volumes which will be on isplay at the biggest book fair in ston ial eff the Northeast. d dire United Press International REDDING, Conn. —A tradition 1 S 6 Pec ^ n g event held over wbor Day honors the town’s most ustrious former resident and ben- !L lts .the town library which Mark w ain founded and which also bears nis name. Some of the signs were distrib uted to state workers. Some went to colleges. Others were distributed in local offices of Seattle First National Bank, the state’s largest. So far, results of Bradley s project are mixed although Bradley has gained a lot of notoriety out of the deal. Some motorists laugh when they are flashed. Others get mad. Some respond by flashing hack the same sign former Vice President Roc kefeller once displayed to a group of hecklers. Most seem to continue traveling above the posted speed limit but a few slow' down, based on reports from people who have tried Brad ley’s experiment. Some people get a big laugh out of the instructions Bradley printed on the back of the cards. Others have framed them for wall displays as an example of the bureaucratic mind at work. First, the hearer is told the card is not a bona fide road sign and that possession does not make him a traf fic cop or an employee of the High ways Department. He is told he is not entitled to set speed traps, use radar, or install flashing lights on his car. "Also, while you could post it leg ally in your living room, it is highly doubtful that you could be in viola tion without a significant impact on your furniture.” Flashers are advised to show the card from the driver’s side of the car if the speeder is passing on the left or on the passenger side when passed from the right. They are asked not to flash when changing lanes or making turns and are told not to chase or antagonize speeders. Other things to keep in mind: “1. Don’t sit on this card, it s un comfortable, doesn t do a whole lot for the card and makes its use rather difficult. “2. Hold it right side up and out. “3. Try to avoid flashing such people as state troopers and airplane pilots. “4. Care should be exercised while flashing with open windows. Littering is against the law.” Bradley said use of the cards demonstrates a concern for conserv ing energy as well as a sense of humor. Cards with the instructions on them may soon be collector’s items. After some teasing, Bradley said the next batch of cards, if any more are printed, will only display the flasher’s message. His next project is now on the no® 1 ' irsii of$ Him itioni ecM )!*' mipf til)!' lanf iric* g;a If drawing board. It involves fastening large signs on the back of state- owned vehicles similar to the adver tising signs often seen on the back of taxis. Bradley envisions various motor pool fleets as a collection of pilot cars on the freeway. Each sign would say something like. T in doing 55, how about you?” By MARK WILLIS Battalion City Editor As the Guinness record holder for the most semesters attended as a freshman, I have been asked to give the freshman class the benefit of my experience. Those of you who are freshmen are probably confused and a little scared. Don’t worry too much; you scare your teachers, too. To them you look like the barbarian hordes that destroyed Rome and with good reason. Many portions of this state are still considered to be in the Stone Age. As for finding classes, you won’t for at least a week or so. The trick is to master the campus maps the Uni versity supplies. True, they may look like they were drawn by a three-year-old with broken crayons, but you will find them far more reli able than any upperclassman you might ask for directions. The first thing you will learn here is that despite the superior all knowing looks most upperclassmen sport, they know almost nothing. If you attended Fish Camp you prob ably know more about A&M than the average senior. However, if you are interested in the local bars and nightlife almost every one is an ex pert. There is night life here, despite what you may have heard. True, most of it consists of nocturnal ani mal activity, only occasionally hu man, though often the two are con fused. Seriously, there are some very nice places to spend an evening in the area. There are also some places to have a good time, if you’re of the right moral persuasion. Jogging To The Car 101 is an un official P.E. course here. The only way to avoid it is to sell your car. Humor You might consider renting a garage in Snook since your car will be in the area anyway. As far as classes go — and some will go farther than others — it would be wise to attend. The art of attending classes in spirit only takes years to perfect, probably more years than any of you care to spend as undergraduates. Many people feel that 8 a. m. classes are an excep tion to the rule. Sadly, most profs take a dim view of giving lectures to empty classrooms and will take ac tion to force attendance. If you simply cannot handle early classes, or find the prof does not speak your language, tame classes are usually offered at different hours and you can often switch. If not, you might adopt the fa mous "Manana Approach to Educa tion/’ which takes the view that if you wait long enough the course will he offered at a different hour next semester or dropped from your re quired courses altogether. This method does require stamina. Some students have gone so far as to wait for a prof to retire or die before attempting his course. If you have the time and a taste for the college life, this method has attrac tions. If you live on campus you will find that most of the dorms are fairly nice and that you have unlimited chances to meet people, should you wish to or not. Proximity alone does not leave you a choice. Some of the older dorms, while well-suited for archeology majors, will be an educa tion in themselves. Be glad the worst of these relics have been con verted or destroyed in recent years. The food on campus will speak for itself, at times literally. Usually it attacks without warning in the small hours of the morning. Still it often is superior to the fast food most off- campus students live on. Housing off campus runs from horrid to bet ter than home, hut both types are expensive. Fuel hills will prompt a call home for money and many will find that their apartments seem to have been built by Tinker Toy Inc. Off-campus students will also dis cover close encounters of the shuttle bus kind, though at times the close quarters are nice — depending on tne company. For the freshman sports fan there is no hope. At football games all you can he sure of seeing from your seat is the stadium itself. Crowd noise will let you know how the game is going. At any rate, you would not nave time to watch the game if you could, for you will be engaged in some rather bizarre gyrations and exercises that we Aggies use to punctuate our rather unique cheers. It is really rather fun, believe it or not. Don’t let these warnings add to your already growing apprehension. Much sooner than you think you will find you have become a willing member of the world’s proudest minority group, “Agro-Americans.” And despite all horrible things you will say about the place, you will come to love it, though you will probably never understand why. AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS! ENGINE STANDS ENGINE HOISTS TIMING LIGHTS WIDE VARIETY OF PULLERS PARTY SUPPLIES! PAPER GOODS BEDS CAMPING SUPPLIES HOUSEHOLD CLEANING EQUIPMENT BRYAN 1904 TEXAS AVENUE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SEARS 779-0085 RENT COLLEGE STATION 2305 S. TEXAS AVENUE 1 BLOCK PAST WATER TOWER 693-1313