THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979
student federation Joined last semester
quit old group after mailouts, report
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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 (,
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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.
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iters neglect Southwest,
A&M prof uses verses
paint pictures of region
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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