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. Since Egypt’s President
Anwar Sadat is now the Americans’ best friend in the Arab
world, U.S. access to Egyptian landing fields would seem
assured if the need should develop.
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The Battalion
Texas A&M University
Wednesday
January 23, 1980
Men with dandruff told to flake off
T.V. ads ‘scale’ new heights
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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
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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.
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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.
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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