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slouch by Jim Earle “It may look like lying around to you, but Vm doing research for a best-seller—and please keep it under your hat! It will be called ‘The Book of Sleeping. Opinion It can’t be ignored An important article appears on page one today. It is about a subject everyone would rather ignore. It is about rape. The friendly atmosphere of the Texas A&M campus creates a sense of security for most women. And for the most part women are safe on the campus, but they should be aware of the possibility of rape. With a campus population of 31,000 and combined city populations — without students — around 60,000, the area is metropolitan and has metropolitan problems. Rape is one of the more serious problems. The story has statistics that show no rapes have occured on campus this year, and one rape and one attempted rape were reported last year. In Elryan 10 rapes or attempted rapes were reported, seven in College Station. Unfortu nately, no one knows how many went unreported. Failure to report rape is one of the main reasons combat ing the crime is difficult. Victims are afraid to report them. They fear retaliation. They fear what their friends may think of them. The crime makes them feel dirty. Fighting the crime will not be effective until the public removes its illogical taboo against rape victims. The victim of the rape is not a criminal — she has done nothing wrong, but she is made to feel that she has. Rape trials tend to put the victim on trial rather than the defendant. It is a sad and sorry situation. Rape itself is undeserved punishment. The story outlines ways to stop rape. And the methods are effective. A person never knows when or where a rape will occur. It can happen in the middle of the day, or the middle of the night. No time is a safe time. The purpose of the article and this editorial is not to create a rape panic. The problem is not epidemic here. The article’s beginning describes what happened to one woman here last week. She was fortunate. She could have been raped or murdered. Her story is the perfect example of the suddenness and violence of rape. Her story illustrates the purpose of the article and this editorial. Students here need to be aware of rape. It is an ugly, vicious and violent crime, but it can be prevented. The Battalion USPS 045 360 LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 wofds and are subject to being cut to that length or less if longer. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit such letters and does not guarantee to publish any letter. Each letter must be signed, show the address of the writer and list a telephone number for verification. Address correspondence to Letters to the Editor, The Battalion, Boom 216, Reed McDonald Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Represented nationally by National Educational Adver tising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. 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Managing Editor Dillard Stone News Editors . .Karen Cornelison and Michelle Burrowes Sports Editor Sean Petty City Editor Roy Bragg Campus Editor Keith Taylor Focus Editors Beth Calhoun and Doug Graham Staff Writers Meril Edwards, Diane Blake, Louie Arthur, Richard Oliver, Mark Patterson, Carolyn Blosser, Kurt Allen Photo Editor . . .Lee Roy Leschper Jr. Photographers Lynn Blanco, Clay Cockrill, Sam Stroder, Ken Herrerra ■Cartoonist Doug Graham Regents. The Battalion is a non-profit, self- supporting enterprise operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Editorial policy is determined by the editor. Viewpoint The Battalion • Texas A&M University Thursday • September 13, is; WASHINGTON Cabinet shuffle improved leadership, but may be just ‘whistling in the dar\ By HELEN THOMAS UPI White House Reporter WASHINGTON — Things are better at the White House since the mid-summer upheaval, but the real test is still a year away. With the Cabinet purge completed, and some of the Carter Georgia loyalists eased out, aides say operations are smoother and jurisdictional lines more clear cut. But, says chief of staff Hamilton Jordan: “The real judgment will be made a year from now. The question is, did the changes improve the Carter presidency or not? I know we have improved the situation.” At the 12-day Camp David “domestic summit,” Carter heard criticism of his Cabinet and staff. In a series of dramatic actions, which sent shock waves through Washington, he asked for the resignations of his entire Cabinet, and replaced five members. He also shook up his own staff, basically keeping intact his close inner Georgia circle, but lowering the status of others in the reshuffle. In the White House, where proximity to the Oval Office is still the key to power, staff changes were accompanied by alterna tions in the physical layout of offices with new partitions. Under the new organization, retired Time Magazine executive Hedley Dono van is on a par with Jordan as a presidential adviser, attending the top-secret Friday foreign policy breakfast meetings. Other newcomers who have come aboard are Alfonzo McDonald, a manage ment consultant, who is taking over the administrative chores, which, Jordan freely concedes, are not his cup of tea. A powerful new face is Lloyd Cutler, who replaced Robert Lipschutz as White House counsel. Cutler has more than the presidential legal work cut out for him. He also is a key adviser on the selling of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and other programs. In the press department, Ray Jenkins, a prominent southern newspaper editor, is taking over as deputy to press secretary Jody Powell and will be handling some of the news briefings, probably as Powell gets more deeply involved as a political adviser to Carter. Three women have top positions in the Carter White House: Anne Wexler, who handles liaison with a wide range of groups; Sarah Weddington, who has become a top political adviser, and Kit Dobelle, who moved from the post of chief of protocol to chief of staff for Rosalynn Carter. Mrs. Dobelle also attends the senior staff meet- cai A6M SI By MIKE Battal Have you he rgie who skie It may soum ,se jokes, hi hi you see ig down M mgs. The main accomplishments of the recent upheaval, according to aides, are: —The quality of ad vice the president re ceives has been broadened with the addi tion of outsiders to the inner sanctum. —The White House is better organized and the quality of leadership has been en hanced. So far, there have been no loud public complaints about access to the president, although Jordan’s power has been greatly consolidated. Carter has said that Jordan speaks for him, and Jordan as saidtlm things concerning the White House opt tion, McDonald speaks for him. Now that the machinery is in place Carter is getting a new handle on his executive branch bureaucracy, thep dent and his chief advisers would lilt defer on wholesale politicking until can steer his energy program and through the legislative shoals to homepo But with Sen. Edward Kennedyraalj overt signs that he will challenge Carted 1 the Democratic crown, the Carter can may be whistling in the dark. Like Chi »' mas, the presidential campaign sea* seems to be a little earlier each6* around. As for Carter’s mood as Democratic^ gressional leaders are either jumping or sitting on the fence, an aide said: “ assume the worst. We’ve assumed would not escape oppositions. It was! ficult to get here and we never would be easy to stay here. If the presi udents and decides to run we’re going to have toy\l Univer for it. 5 mmv imaz tg>trMp/cnie&,-naBi»j2:. DICK WE ST Lone Ranger and other TV westerners don’t compare with movie counterparti By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON —The recent unmask ing, or demasking, of Clayton Moore as the oldest established Lone Ranger puts a vet eran western fan in a comparative mood. This transition period, during which the world awaits anointment of a new Lone Ranger, seems a good time for a definitive appraisal of how television cowboys in gen eral stack up against their movie counter parts. Although the Lone Ranger made it big on the tube, he was first and foremost a radio cowboy. The series you saw on televi sion was essentially a radio serial transfer red to a visual medium. Except for the pictorial personification, television did lit tle to advance the basic concept. It is, therefore, as a radio cowboy that the Lone Ranger should be judged. I rank him, by Moore’s interpretation, as a journeyman horse opera hero at best. By that I mean that such basics as horseman ship, marksmanship, dare-deviltry and sense of honor were barely above average, when rated on the world class level. The Lone Ranger was a sharper dresser than most. I’ll give him that. Nevertheless, I remain convinced he could never have achieved superstardom on cowboy skills alone. Let’s examine that a bit further. Radio-televison heroics are by nature episodic. I’m not just talking about the Lone Ranger here. This applies to Marshal Dillon, Paladin, Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman and all the others who rode the television range in the golden age of electronic oaters. Those guys could shoot their way out of tough scrapes all right, and otherwise ac quit themselves admirably, but they rarely had to prevail more than 60 minutes at a stretch, less commercial interruptions. And some had half-hour shows. Would they have had the staying power — the stamina, steel nerves and all — to substain that hard-riding, straight shooting, two-fisted pace throughout full- length movies without commercial inter ruptions? There’s the true test. The Lone Ranger did make at least two movies. Both starred Clayton Moore, who is now, because of his advancing years, under court order not to wear his mask any more for personal appearances, lest hep the Ranger a senility image. But neither film was a critical, artisticn Center. Pai financial success. Which reinforces By 1 Batti The plans exas A&M N “The feder 30,856.10 in student us this year, lent Wanda The total of ithin the st car was $57. Except for ips, the re divided anizations v ich as the ; iggie Band, 'arsons’ Mi thers. The Mothe ical basis wi ad districts. 166 clubs, 6 ouisiana. The Beaun graduating tine Memoi “It is a $75 f the origin lb,” Panic: Other acti yleshow, ir 'ill model n The Braze anizing a ba .pril. Half of th ert will go t Irs. John 1 Each club littee whiel uired throi ions. “Students cholarship i nember o lometown t lecessary p; live out twe ear to a bo Federatii times a year being planni view that most television cowboys, wkifltems to uggestions ncreasing capable of giving good accounts of then selves for relatively short periods, i survive the feature length crucible inwlid aising mon such movie cowboys as Tom Mix, Gibson, Ken Maynard and Gabby Hay were tried. In my heart of hearts, Clayton Moos will always be the Lone Ranger. It is, ho« ever, my considered judgment that bah not been for the mask mystique catchy little theme song, the progriJ would have been cancelled after the irt Letters Yelling woo when Woodard’s not playing is putting Aggie spirit in the wrong ploi Call Editor: At the BYU football game, I was very upset to hear the fans calling Woo-Woo for George Woodard when he wasn’t on the playing field. I have the greatest respect for George Woodard. He has made great accomplish ments for A&M, being the second highest gainer in our school’s history. He has made great personal accomplishments, losing over 50 pounds to get down to his playing weight. But it seems to me that the A&M fans are forgetting someone who has also made great accomplishments for A&M. Respect at Taps Editor: I am addressing this letter primarily to the student who rode his bicycle in front of Bolton Hall during the playing of Silver Taps Tuesday night. I cannot understand why anyone, especially an Aggie, would purposely disrupt the solemnity of this memorial ceremony. I sincerely hope that what you did was done in ignorance of what Silver Taps means to all Aggies. I would like to think that you are new here, and that you really were not aware of the true meaning of Silver Taps. Silver Taps is a final tribute paid to an Aggie who, at the time of his death, was enrolled in classes at Texas A&M. Silver Taps is a memorial service for a departed Aggie; it is a solemn occasion for all Aggies, and all Aggies observe it as a gesture of Aggie friendliness and unity. I think most Ags would respect yourdf- cision not to participate in the Silver Iff ceremony. In return we want you to re spect our right to willingly observe Taps, and to pay tribute to our fellowAg! gies and our fellow men. L If anything, I ask you to remember te J Silver Taps could one day be heldforyou- tt-kicki MA «MAN< if so, we would rendef the same respectand £ courtesy to your memory that we are ash? of you now. —Michael Boyd SI {The IV {Star V {North David Brothers has been a starter since he was a freshman at A&M. He has played almost every game since then and has many times been the leading rusher in the game. He has played consistently well and neither Emory Bellard nor Tom Wilson has ever complained (at least not publicly) about his desire or his abilities. Tom Wilson has stated many times that Brothers is the start ing fullback. THOTZ by Doug Graham 1 think the fans owe Brothers an apology for treating him like he’s second string. If Woodard can take the starting spot, more power to him. And if he gets put into a game for whatever reason, I’ll Woo along with everyone else. But until that happens I think Coach Wilson knows best who can play where. The fans should support the whole football team. —Sam Melton, ’80 SK 2( Li Blc i The i 211 i