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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979 student federation Joined last semester quit old group after mailouts, report Page 5 y DILLARD STONE Battalion Reporter lOQt|, Relying mainly on Jeb Hensarl- lorter gs report to the student senate i I d United States Student Associa- n 0 | in (USSA) mailouts, Texas A&M iversity student senators last ester voted to resign the Uni- iity’s membership in USSA, said achersT ® ea ll> vice president for external er edurj curren ( Orol ded to join Hensarling’s new At the same time, the senate de- lerican Student Federation Senators relied almost exclusively on Hensarling’s report on a summer conference in Boulder, Colo. At the conference, two established national student organizations, the National Student Lobby and the National Student Association, merged to form the USSA. However, Beall said, as vice pres ident for external affairs, he was privy to a broader base of informa tion. Beall is also president of the Texas Student Association. By listening to p Ag parents be picked soon 1 down (, ^ageousl durance* By ERIN BECKERS France Battalion Reporter attent Wanted: one set of parents of a Texas A&M student(s) who have h ag«, ixintributed to their community and the University, along with being ily healtloutstanding parents. $66 pel Tl is is what the Parents Day Committee will be looking for when it tools’ ( .chooses the Aggie Parents of the Year. than Sw Nomination applications for Parents of the Year are available in the Student Government office in room 216 of the MSC and must be change turned in by March 19, said Ray Godsey, publicity chairman for the dude mlAggie Parents of the Year Committee. Aggie Parents Weekend is April 20-22. 1 policy■j&What the parents will be judged on foremost is what they have Hon t done as parents,” he said. Only 15 applications for nomination have oviden i: been picked up compared to over 40 last year and 70 the year before. ^prillW The reason for such a light turnout, Godsey said, is because the : of thejcommittee is working with a small budget this year. “There hasn’t been enough advertising,” he said, because the group could not af- extra cl ford it. matemlB Winning parents will be chosen by the committee, which is com posed entirely of students, Godsey said. These students were inter- ice planljviewed after the spring elections by the Student Government, ehensivei The Aggie Parents Award, which has been presented since 1958, is laximumj a way °f expressing our appreciation to parents for what they have Their, done, ' Godsey said. “We choose a couple to honor as a representa- spitalev tive of all parents.” The recipients of the award will be announced and recognized at policytl^HParents Day program in Rudder Auditorium April 22 at 9 a.m. A acuityislpl a( I u e, pendant and tie tack will be presented. m guide* The parents will watch the Corps Review from the reviewing nroe,: stand. They will also have seats in the president’s box for a home football game. 1 presu d that tlfl ; of m is beer shorts iters neglect Southwest, A&M prof uses verses paint pictures of region tuideliiil By JEAN LONGSERRE I Battalion Reporter Qualify JPaul Christensen is an explorer — s. Thevl ex pl <,res the Southwest and him- Detencer through his poetry, profess Christensen, a Texas A&M Uni- tal orti^'ty English professor, gave a al im 106 tty reading to a Basement Cof- gramorl e b ouse audience of about 150 eople Wednesday night. Christensen said he uses the Juthwest as a major theme in many his poems because of the chal- nge it offers him. "I feel as a writer that the South- sst is a subject which hasn’t been hausted as much as the East [” Christensen said. “There is -2611 feeling that it hasn’t really been uched.” Christensen said he writes about individual coming into con- lousness and awareness. I’m interested in situations that irtle and arouse me,” Christensen id. ;That’s another reason why I ritejabout the Southwest — it’s 11 an awakening for me.” Christensen’s poems have ap- ared in numerous journals includ- ? the “The Southern Review,” henandoah” and “Epoch.” His first book of poetry, “Old and ***** ING :Y? for y<™ nies Now you know United Press International Albert Einstein was 3 years before he could talk. old lat 69W ■aldv\ iLLEG! Jur Ter® -il 2 r 822-251 Icelandic announces the best deal to Europe: *034* roundtrip. ( $ I67oneway) No restrictions. alupe 1; BF# swate', to Eveiyseatat the same price. Confirmed reservations. Free wine, meals, cognac. 4 flights weekfy StayltD365<hws. Purchase tickets in the ELS.A. See your travel agent. Or write Dept. #_ Icelandic Airlines, 6 East Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois 60603. Or call toll free 800-223-5390. Please send me: □ A timetable of Icelandic’s flights from rk; Chicago, New York and Baltimore/Washington. Q Your brochure on European Fly/Drive and Fly/Rail Tours. NAME- ADDRESS, CITY ICELANDIC 25 years of low air fares to Europe. ICELANDAI* ’Price effective April 15 thru May 14 and subject to change. reports from other TSA member schools, and through his own ex perience with NSA and NSL, Beall said Hensarling’s negative evalua tion of USSA was accurate. “I’d seen both organizations, dealt with their officers, seen their ideology and Jeb’s evaluation cov ered the issues just about the way they were,” he said. Hensarling’s senate reports on the USSA conference spoke of de layed meetings, inefficiency, virtual dictatorship and a preoccupation with social issues. Hensarling and Beall both felt USSA’s concentration on social mat ters is inconsistent with Texas A&M’s philosophy regardimg the role of a national student organiza tion. Although Texas A&M was a member of the NSL for about five years, Beall said, student govern ment had always been wary of NSA because of its involvement in social issues outside of the educational spectrum. When the two groups merged, Beall said, any singular, preferential aspects of NSL were swallowed by NSA’s preoccupation with social is sues. “We sent delegates to the Boul der conferance to oppose the merger,” Beall said. “Apparently they made little headway, mainly because they’d been working to ward merger for quite a while.” Frank Jackalone, national chair person of USSA, said he wished USSA members would try to reform the organization from within, rather than forming a splinter group. Beall acknowledged that Texas A&M was taking a chance in with drawing from the established Wash ington group and joining the Fledgl ing ASF. “But we considered the chances of forming the new group to be about equal to those of reforming USSA,” he said. Freedom was a word that came up several times as Beall discussed the reasons for Texas A&M’s sup port for the ASF. - “USSA was tending to get in volved in the internal affairs of member schools,” he said. “That’s a the pretty repressive activity for voice of the nation’s students. ” In contrast, “ASF is supposed to express views, only educational views, rather than telling us what to do,” Beall added. Don't Get Behind STAY AHEAD WITH SPEED READING I Business & Communication Services 846-5794 CALL TODAY! m ■ “I LIKE TO PLAY BASEBALL AND IUKE TO DRINK LITE. Lost Rivers,” was published in 1977. Since then, Christensen has had two more books published. “Charles Olsen: Call him Ishmael,” pub lished in January, is a book of prose which Christensen says is a study of a poet who influenced him greatly. “You could call it a poet’s homework,” he said. Christensen’s latest collection of poems, “Winter Sunlight/Spring Rain,” is scheduled to be released sometime this spring. After the reading, a reception for Christensen was held at a local bookstore. The program was sponsored by the Memorial Student Center Arts Committee. Christensen hosts a radio show called “Poetry Southwest,” which airs on KAMU-FM, Saturday at 10 a.m. and again on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER WATCH ME DRINK UTE2’ Marv Throneberry Baseball Legend