Slouch
by Jim Earle
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“That pet armadillo that you had around here, where do
you plan to keep him?”
Touch the Fall
Cooler weather means more than taking sweaters out of
storage.
We turn off our air conditioners, and turn on our senses.
The insulated worlds we live in aren’t meant for Fall.
We are supposed to hear the pick-up football games out in
the street, and join it. We are supposed to smell the freshly
mown grass, and enjoy it.
The other day an editor for The Battalion was not at his
post in the office. He was outside — sitting on some steps —
gazing at the sky and passers-by.
“You know, ” he said, “I forgot what it looks like out here.
In the daily hassle the real world often slips away.
Fall is a good time to reach out and touch it.
Yea, school board
Monday night, the A&M Consolidated School Board did
not meet in a marathon session. As a matter of fact, the
meeting only took 45 minutes.
Granted, the agenda was small — only one item was up
for board approval. But in the past, an agenda like
Monday’s has been turned into a four-hour slumber party.
This time, instead of wasting valuable time arguing mean
ingless concepts, the board got down to business and
finished in a reasonable time.
the small society
by Brickman
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Texas A&M University
Wednesday
October 3, 1979
Window
Jealousy between House and Senate
have given new meaning to ‘comity
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Webster’s defines
“comity” as “mutual consideration be
tween ... equals.”
You can also choose “kindly, courteous
behavior” or “friendly civility” and be
eminently correct. But use of the word is
rare except in Congress, where it is ban
died about like slang.
Comity has always been a way of life on
Capitol Hill, artificial, perhaps, but nec-
cessary to keep Congress operating in
something at least close to what the
Founding Fathers expected.
Without this comity — often grandly re
ferred to as the spirit of comity — the Se
nate and House, filled with easily bruised
egos and volatile tempers, would soon
turn Capitol Hill into a bloody battleg
round.
The two chambers and their occupants
are plain jealous of each other.
The House considers denizens of the
Senate as averaged, publicity-hungry,
pompous and irritatingly slow to act —
lawmakers who get too many headlines
and too much credit.
The Senate looks on House members as
a bunch of nameless, undisciplined rag
tags, all just waiting to run for the Senate,
and who certainly should not be men
tioned in the same breath with a senator.
Hence, the need for comity.
There are signs, however, that comity
may be headed, like many traditions, for
the history books.
A year ago, the House vented its long-
nurtured frustrations and refused to ap
prove more money for a third Senate office
building, then well on its way up from the
ground.
The action was almost totally unprece
dented. Not only did it do violence to the
spirit of comity, it came close to blas
phemy.
Among the age-old unwritten rules is
one that the Senate decides its internal af
fairs and the House approves and the
other way around. That covers everything
from stamp allowance to buildings.
No matter that the architect’s plans
called for a gaudy extravaganza that would
have pleased Benito Mussolini — full of of
life’s neccessities like atriums, gyms, pine
paneling, rooftop restaurant and so forth.
That’s what the Senate wanted or, at
least, a majority and for the House to butt
in was unspeakable.
Having perpetrated the evil deed last
year (money has been approved since), the
House enjoyed its victory briefly and has
been uncomfortably waiting for retribu
tion since.
So, it was not surprising that the House
— from the office of Speaker Thomas
O’Neill down — felt the time had come
last week.
The House, after an uncomfortable sev
eral days of climbing up the hill and down
again, approved a 5.5 percent pay increase
for members of Congress. It is the most
painful exercise imaginable.
A day later, the House was thun
derstruck when the Senate Appropriations
voted 23-0 to kill the raise.
The first thought, which quickly
its way through corridors and offices
that the Senate had massively relal
for the office building — lured thelt
into voting for a pay raise and thenle;
brethren “twisting slowly inthewiik
The accusation was promptly deniei
though there is some question
the victims were convinced.
Republican leader Howard
laughed off a suggestion that the
would violate the spirit of comity#
issue as touchy as pay.
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riously, maybe not — showed that the
nate had not forgotten what the
did.
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Editor:
Many people are asking Ted Kennedy to
run for the President. Polls lately have il
lustrated how little the American people
know about what Kennedy is like.
He is a staunch believer in big spend
ing, welfare programs, government regu
lation of business and a small national de
fense. But most importantly, he wants to
strip the American people of some of our
freedom by increasing federal intrusion
over our personal lives.
To vote for Ted Kennedy would ensure
our country will become a socialistic state
where higher taxes would strip Americans
of more of their hard-earned money. Ken
nedy as President would destroy the free
enterprise system by increasing the al
ready overburdensome red tape business
must go through.
I am pleading for all Americans to unite
in preventing Kennedy from becoming
President. How can we do this? By voting.
In the last Presidential election, 53 per
cent of the people voted, and the real los
ers were the American people because we
have elected the worst President since
LBJ and FDR.
As a result, only by voting can we over
come the press’s continual praise of Teddy
(who they want to be President); the press
wants us to vote for another bleeding heart
liberal whose violin plays for the poor,
downtrodden and disadvantaged. The real
downtrodden in this country are the whole
American people who are barely coping
with government-caused inflation and
energy shortages.
Only if we elect a man like Reagan,
Crane, Connally or Baker will this country
survive the merciless evils of socialism.
— Richrd Leonardon
and widespread misconception. Woman
and even children are very capable of
learning and practicing hapkido, a Korean
martial art. Most of the techniques do not
require brute strength but coordination,
especially the throwing and joint manipu
lations. In this manner women can per
form as capably as men.
We recognize that violence is the ulti
mate last resort, but with sufficient train
ing one may realize the strengths and limi
tations of the body. This enables the hap-
kidoist to completely control himself and
his opponent. Whatever the results of the
confrontation, chances are that the hap-
kidoist can dominate the situation. Alert
ness becomes second nature, as do the self
defense moves. These moves allow you to
take down an opponent without causing
any injury, or to inflict severe damage if
necessary.
Martial artists have reckoned with the
“kung fu killer” image too long. It is high
time that we be respected as worthy
members of the community.
For more information please contact me
through Free U, or just come by the office
in the MSC and enroll in the course.
— Phillip Long
Korea Hapkido Assn.
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Pressure points and joint manipulations
can cause severe damage, accordingly the
practitioner must learn to heal or ease the
injury that he or another person may have
inflicted.
Editor:
This past weekend several of us at
tended the Corps Bash at the National
Guard Armory. When we were leaving the
party, we witnessed a car back into a
parked car. The driver (a CT) got out to
see the damage, got back into his car to
write a note, put it on the damaged car and
drove off.
— Karen Johnson,^
Editor’s note: This letter was accot
panied by three other signatures.
Correction
A caption in Tuesday’s Battalion intf
rectly described a new intra-campus k
route.
Although the smashing of boards and
cement slabs is a crowd pleaser, it is
entirely overemphasized. There are many
aspects of the martial arts that are little
known. Nobody ever sees a master use ac-
cupressure to instantaneouly stop an
epileptic seizure, as I have. Nobody ever
even considers the fact that we only want
to benefit the general public.
My boyfriend went to read the note and
found a grocery reciept from Skaggs with
nothing written on it! Fortunately we
noticed the license plate number of the
driver and made an announcement at the
dance. The owner of the damaged car was
very grateful for our cooperation.
The shuttle bus does not run
Veterinary Medicine Complex. Instead,
stops on Agronomy Road halfway betvft
the vet school and the Crop Scienct
Building.
This incident really disappointed me. I
have always been proud to be an Aggie
and have bragged about the members of
the Corps, how they’d always be the ones
to help in times of trouble. This guy is a
The shuttle — which is free to allTer
A&M University students, faculty audit
— also stops on the east side of the railife
tracks and by Beutel Health Center £
Bizzell Hall.
Buses run from 7:30 a.m. to5:30p®
The Battalion regrets the error.
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by Doug Graham
Martial arts image &
Editor:
Concerning Friday’s article on changing
the image of martial arts.
The article was good but it left out too
much for me to remain silent. Mr. Graham
told you that I wanted to debunk the
stereotype that karate in general has gen
erated among the public. Well, he did get
to third base but he did not quite reach
home plate.
Many people avoid martial arts because
they feel that they are not capable, that it’s
something superhuman. This is a common
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