THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1979
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By MIKE BURRICHTER
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wislll ^ ou J ust 8 ot a hot date to the
fexas A&M-Houston football game
unt when t ^ y° u discover that you’ve lost the
enow whatf Bst important document that any
ixas A&M University student
outaproljL 11 s > the football or all-sports
3m e phone “I K)n book. What can you do?
Well, before you do anything
blems, ortf Ls t> c like jump off Rudder Tower,
bout someie n across ^ylo Field during Mid
ly will simti ht yell practice or walk across the
r letteratil, lawn, you should go to the
the bureau- ^ et * c business Office,
get throui here y° u ma y ^ive your sob
r through i to the Athletic Business Office
ugh writini !" a g er ’ Penn y Kin %-
Tfhe Athletic Business Office has
stem of tracking down lost or sto-
ticket books. Students who have
books must go to the office, lo-
d at room 115 in G. Rollie
partments
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aren’t satii
White Coliseum and report it miss
ing to King. She records the stu
dent’s ID number and looks up the
receipt that has the ticket book
number on it. The ticket book
number is then put on a list and
posted inside ticket boxes at G. Rol
lie White.
The ticket clerks use the ticket
book number as a means of identifi
cation because it is printed on the
book and can’t be tampered with.
The ID number is written on the
book at the time of its acquisition.
When a student comes up to get
his ticket and presents his ticket
book, the ticket clerk checks the
list, and if the book is on the list, the
book is confiscated and the rightful
owner of the book is notified.
King said that 24,000 student
ticket books have been issued this
year. She said that 17 have been re
ported missing and three have been
recovered this year. “Last year we
recovered about 75 percent of the
100 or so ticket books we lost,” she
said.
Ticket books may not be replaced
under any circumstances, King said.
“Three years ago, we let students
sign a statement saying they had lost
their books,” she said. “The first day
we had 56 students come in.”
The system used now keeps that
number a lot lower. King said.
A student caught using a “hot”
ticket book faces no disciplinary ac
tion from the school. King said. “We
turn the student’s name over to the
ticket book owner and let them set
tle it themselves,” she said.
Ticket book clerks are also keep
ing a watchful eye out for ticket
book alterations, King said. “We’ve
caught students who have made
their own stamps and have stamped
“senior” on their books,’’she said.
“These stamps are just a little bit
different than ours.”
King said a student caught tam
pering with or altering his ticket
book will have his ticket book con
fiscated.
“Yesterday, a student came in and
said that we should go ahead and
issue him a new ticket book because
he had hidden his in his own room
and couldn’t find it and so no one
else could possibly use it,” King
said, laughingly, “but I had to tell
him we couldn’t give him another
one.”
“People who lose their all-sports
passes are really in a bind because
they must go without for it the
entire year,” she said. “All we can
do is try to find them.”
conomy may spur social protest
By CAROL AUSTIN
Battalion Reporter
ocial outbursts of the 1960s were
mpts to generate social change.
J. Steven Picou, a Texas A&M
versity sociology professor, said
ent economic problems may be-
e acute enough for people to ig-
another protest movement.
Picou said the recent farmers’
h on Washington and the truc-
strikes are traditionally con-
'vative groups who are eco-
aically motivated. “If problems
acute enough, people will col-
ively organize and act to their
i self-interests,” he said.
more people become collec-
vely affected by the economic situ-
tion, there is consciousness forma-
ion, and we can expect more
.roups to voice their opinions in this
way,” Picou said.
“Previous social problems were
the rights of blacks and the Vietnam
War. Now the problems seem to be
inflation, where people are getting
less and less for their money and are
getting hurt by it,” Picou said.
“A social movement may not have
to have a god to follow, but it cer
tainly has to have a devil,” he said.
The Vietnam War served as an in
creasingly negative thing to focus on
over a long, long period of time,
from 1963 to 1972. Since then, the
attention of the American public has
been on economic factors,” Picou
said.
“The tolerance level of the
American people is hard to tell,” he
said. “When expectations rise and
the notion that what one has is being
taken away because their situation is
not getting any better, people
mobilize,” he said.
“Trouble spots are hard to pin
down because it is difficult to de
termine just who is hit the hardest.
If things get bad enough for 25,000
people to march somewhere, with
law enforcement officers watching
them, you have the preconditions
for conflict,” he said.
“Conflict is a common part of the
social fabric, but since the ‘60s,
we’ve learned much about control
ling civil disorders and riots and
such,” he said.
“Unfortunately, the social control
agents are often the ones who initi
ate violence,” he said. He cited
Kent State as a classic example. “Be
fore this, law enforcement officers,
especially city forces, weren’t really
trained to handle large masses of
people,” Picou said.
Picou said that one of the best
strategies to keep violence from
erupting is to avoid personalizing
the issue. “Whatever the objective
the people are marching for, don’t
become the negative symbol where
people will personalize their pro
tests against you. ”
“If the intelligence of the Ameri
can public is continually insulted,
and the continuing explanations of
the economic situation is seen as
being unsurmountable, they will
eventually react,” he said.
T enrollment tops 44,000
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United Press International
AUSTIN — Enrollment at the
fniversity of Texas reached a record
MWO students this fall, the first
te the university has topped
ailment restraints approved 10
rs ago.
44,000-student total this fell
J.3 percent over the 1978 official
enrollment of 43,100. The in-
Base in first-time freshmen is
7, a 6.4 percent increased corn
ed to last year.
The UT board of regents in 1969
placed a limit of 5,500 on first-
lie freshmen and 5,200 on first
time transfer students. David Her-
shey, UT admissions director, said
this was the first time the university
had topped either one of the re
straints.
UT President Peter Flawn, how
ever, said he did not plan to insti
tute any enrollment restrictions at
the largest university in the South.
“I’m not planning on making any
recommendation to the board to
control enrollment in that way,”
Flawn said. “You know my general
feeling is that the best way to con
trol enrollment is through academic
standards of performance. ”
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
THEATRE ARTS
PRESENTS
Kurt Vonnegut Jr's.
RUDDER FORUM OCT. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
TICKETS: A&M STUDENTS $2.00
ALL OTHERS $3.00
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE RUDDER BOX OFFICE
— OR AT THE DOOR
845-2916
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FOR RESERVATIONS AND MORE INFORMATION
CALL 779-6942 AFTER 6 P.M.
Acting gives Vonnegut play
funny, touching moments
By LAURA
HERTENBERGER
Battalion Reporter
The Theater Arts Depart
ment’s production of Kurt Von
negut Jr.’s play “Happy Birthday
Wanda June” is fun, but not
necessarily for the whole family.
The contemporary dramatic
comedy about modern day
heroes and a changing society is
at times hilarious and at other
times touching. Vonnegut fans
will rejoice, and all theater-goers
will enjoy an entertaining eve
ning with the Ryans.
The story concerns the great
white hunter Harold Ryan,
played by James Hall, who re
turns home after 10 years in the
jungle. His wife Penelope Ryan
(Debbie Frazee) has given up
hope for his return, has had him
declared legally dead, and is
engaged to marry the peace-
loving Dr. Norbert Woodly
(Dean Sorrels).
Paul Ryan, the 14-year-old son
(Jorge del Angel), worships the
legend of his father but has a lit
tle trouble accepting the reality
of the new head of the house
hold. Conflict between the ideals
of Harold and Norbert leads to a
surprising ending.
The most likable characters of
the play are Looseleaf Harper, a
pilot who dropped an atom bomb
on Nagasaki killing 74,000
people, and Seigfried von
Konigswald, a German S.S. offi
cer known as “the beast of Yugos
lavia.” Keith Barber and Dan
Sullins deserve special recogni
tion for their portrayals of these
men.
Special effects of the play in
clude two unusual doorbells. The
front doorbell of the Ryan’s
apartment is the roar of a lion
and the back a hyena’s laugh.
Lighting changes shift the scene
from the apartment to heaven for
three short scenes.
The apartment is decorated
with trophies of Harold’s various
hunting expeditions. The walls
are hung with elk and tribal ar
tifacts. The mantel sports a stuf
fed iguana and armadillo. A
brown bear guards the door.
The dialogue of the play is
peppered with obscenities which
make the play a bit much for
young children. If the play were
a movie it would be rated PG.
The story is typically Von
negut. Its references to life after
death and what it’s really like in
heaven may be considered a bit
irreverent by some but do show
an interesting interpretation of
one man’s ideas about paradise.
This production makes a great
play even better.
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