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Slouch by Jim Earle “Can you tell me more about the source of this new policy which has prohibited after-dark studying as an energy saving precaution?” U.S. should maintain ties with Egypt U.S. and Egyptian air force teams have been holding joint air exercises — their first ever — in what seems a prelude to closer military contact between the two countries. Holding the maneuvers was a constructive move, and their timing was right. The exercises . . .were conducted in a subdued way to send a clear but low-key message . . .to Moscow . . . .Americans definitely plan to expand their military presence in the Middle East. The United States is being properly cautious at least in public about any new military link-up with Egypt. The most that the Pentagon is saying now is that Americn military men can be expected to return to Egypt from time to time for additional training exercises. 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Viewpoint The Battalion Texas A&M University Wednesday January 23, 1980 Men with dandruff told to flake off T.V. ads ‘scale’ new heights We mi) By DICK WEST United Press International My favorite television commercial of the new year is the one where this young man sidles up to a young woman at a party, object dalliance, only she notices him scratching his head occasionally and, sus pecting he has dandruff, gives him a quick brush-off. Maybe I am reading something into it that isn’t there, but I like to think it signals a return to old fashioned virtues. meant to convey, it truly is a refreshing departure from the trend of recent years. The trend has been for children, the un grateful little wretches, to ignore their pa rents’ guidance, or, in many cases, deliber ately to pursue the opposite course. I like to think the girl had been admon ished by her parents not to fool around with men who had dandruff, and that she was dutifully heeding their strictures. If that is the message the commercial was And that trend has been accompanied by a crumbling of standards — the indulgent attitude that there is nothing wrong with young men having dandruff and nothing wrong with young women going out with young men who do. The reason I can address this matter with an air of authority is because I have two daughters who were strictly forbidden to date boys with dandruff. But neither. I’m afraid, was as scrupulous as the young woman in the television commercial, who breaks off contact with a young man on mere suspision that his scalp was scaly. My daughters, I regret to say, regarded head-scratching by young men as an ad junct to mental activity. In consequence, each from time to time had boy friends who, might have been a little flaky. And one of my daughters eventually married a young man whom I still believe is a carrier. But that was nothing compared to the( rebelliousness and breakdown of parental authority so prevalent in the last few years. Just the other night at a movie theater I sat directly behind a young man upon whose shoulders dandruff flakes were as A6 sed ii et vvi dropping as the gentle rain from hean Yet his female companion was disphi t w( affection as though oblivious to the ii ^ zard. 1 couldn ’t help but wonder what soil upbringing she had. Making a little of my own, I could see her as achildwluj favorite uncle had been shunned by! family for using the wrong shampoo.h] result of that adolescent emotional trai she was subconsciously drawn to men dandruff. There may, indeed, beavalidpsyi gical explanation for all such indiscrel Nevertheless, it is heartening totindal vision advertiser willing to strikeabb maidenly inhibitions for a change. ive < men rainf; incre he W onal s in tl resei bpmei Ither You wanna really drive'em nuts?... Let's whip on over to Tehran and. spring the hostages! TERS Greeks resent sorority cartoon Editor: I have a question: Who edits the cartoons that are printed in this school newspaper? I was under the apparent misconception that The Battalion represented, and was for ALL Aggies. I don’t know the artist of the Jan. 21 cartoon, John Winchester, but I don’t feel that he was very wise in his choice of people to criticize. Does he realize that there are over 1000 Greeks at Texas A&M? Why, that’s five times as many “Greeks” as there are black students at this university, Can you imagine the uproar if he had, say, made “John’s” friends sorry for him because his sister was marrying a black boy, and had printed “Blacks are Geeks” on their t- shirts? I feel that, overall, the Greeks at A&M have been great sports about being made fun of and criticized at our own school. Does anyone take note of all the good that Panhellenic, IFC, and the indi vidual fraternities and sororities do for altruism? We give to organizations such as Juvenile Diabetes, Muscular Dystrophy, United Way, March of Dimes, rehabilita tion, Heart Fund, minimally brain damaged children, the list could go on and on. Even though the university does not formally recognize Greek social organiza tions, we have a strong backing among the faculty, so we cannot be all bad. Iranians respond Editor: It seems funnier to us that one of your readers (Steven A. Stewart: Battional Jan. 17) knows so much more about the present crisis than we do. Further, he forgot a few facts that must be pointed out to him: Imam Khomeini has not set Iranbacklm dreds of years socially and economii Now Iranian people have more than ever before, and Iran’s agriculw products have increased by 50 perce | since last year. k» :X I I wonder about the reaction of the girls who saw the ad for sorority spring rush and then read J. W.’s cartoon in that same issue. That hurts us when we are sabotaged by fellow students. Perhaps a large part of the student body chuckled at the slight made to sororities, but I’m sure that it offended many. — The criminal ex-shah was not a friend of the Americans; he was a puppet of the CIA. — No innocent people have died) the hand of Imam Khomeini. Those were put on trial were either traitors! they tortured and killed thousands ofiai cent people when the criminal ex-shaliti in power backed by the U.S. governr®’ — Under his rule, Iran did not gain the so-called “new technology,” but every ma jor industry was dependent on foreign technicians, and Iran did not profit from oil Even though my sorority does not in dulge in the practice of “blackballing,” I sure would like to have the honor of drop ping one for J. W. someday. Mary Ann Robinson ’80 revenues but 95 percent of the oil revenues were spent outside Iran by him and the members of his family in order to stay in power. — The leader of the Islamic Revolution, — Yes, the Iranians recently’ plug” on American TV networks toprevesj the world from seeing the spiteful cove® of the events in Iran by the U.S. rt media. — You also need to know that we aiM against the American people. We ^ trying'to reflect the facts. The Society of Iranian Student THOTZ By Doug Graham