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Viewpoint The Battalion Tuesday Texas A&M University October J, 1980 By J Hut The muse with plants. Slouch By Jim Earle THANKS toVp. “At least there seems to be some ground for agreement in this Iraqi- Iran mess, at least among those of us who are Aggies. ” arter, Anderson face debate problems By DAVID S. BRODER WASHINGTON — Publicly, John Anderson is the candidate who is most unhappy about the apparent collapse of prospects for further “de bates” in the presidential campaign. Anderson had counted on the joint appearances with Jim my Carter and Ronald Reagan to sustain his long-shot bid for the White House. Without them, he has few cards to play. But in traveling through the key states of Pennsylvania and Illinois last week and talking with some officials in both the Reagan and Car ter campaigns, it became evident that there is a considerable degree of nervousness in those camps as well about the consequences of the “no-debate” decision. Officially, the Carter campaign would have you believe that it is delighted to have the debate monkey off its back. Carter accepted last week’s bid from the League of Women Voters to save the “debates” by having a Carter-Reagan one-on-one followed by a three-way match including Anderson. Reagan said no to that, ostensibly because it would be unfair to Anderson and would require Reagan to prepare for three of the joint appear ances while Carter did only two. After taking a good deal of verbal and edito rial abuse for boycotting the first of the League panels. Carter was happy to let Reagan be the fall guy. But in the states where Carter is battling Reagan on even terms, there were some Demo crats who suggested that Carter is still in trou ble on the “debate” issue. They made two arguments. Carter’s paid media program is more modest than Reagan’s, in part because Reagan has the advantage of the “independent” expenditures by conservative groups and in part bcause the Reagan campaign has managed to lay off onto state Republican parties more of the costs of phone banks, direct- mail and headquarter operations than Carter has shifted from his budget to the Democratic state committees. By absenting himself from what will appa rently be the only “debate” of the year, Carter forfeited an opportunity to make his basic case for re-election to the biggest free audience of the campaign. The second argument concerns the future of the Anderson candidacy. With the indepen dent challenger now declining, it is foresee able, these Democrats say, that in three weeks or so Carter or his emissaries might be in a position to remind Anderson of his earlir pledge not to be a “spoiler,” if his only effect was to increase Reagan’s chances of victory. But, as one astute Democrat remarked to me, “How in hell does Carter ask Anderson to step aside, if it’s Carter, not Reagan, who has refused to meet Anderson in debate? I think we’ve got another (Ted) Kennedy situation, where Carter’s refusal to debate makes the challenger reluctant as hell to quit the race just to accommodate Jimmy.” As for Reagan, leading Republicans in both Illinois and Pennsylvania — including both ear ly Reagan supporters and some who are very close to running mate George Bush — express ed real misgivings about Reagan’s decision to shut off further “debates. ” “I would never be reluctant to send Ron Reagan into a debate,” said his Illinois cam paign chairman, Don Totten. “He (Reagan) doesn’t need to be protected,” said a senior Republican official in Pennsylvania. While these Republicans have great respect for the polling data of Richard Wirthlin, which made the Reagan senior advisory board believe the challenger was far enough ahead of Carter not to need another “debate,” their own assess ment of the situation in their states is less san guine. “I don’t think we have this thing nailed down near as solid as it ought to be, when you’re facing an incumbent,” one top Pennsylvanian said he told Bush on his swing through Pennsyl vania. According to him, Bush indicated that he shared the sense that Reagan could not afford to “sit on his lead” and adopt a minimal-risk strategy of avoiding any face-to-face meeting with Carter. An argument used by top Republicans in both states is that the shaky world situation makes a Reagan-Carter debate more impera tive from Reagan’s viewpoint — not less. “It there’s a date for a debate, and the Middle East or something else blows up, then the onus is on Carter if he cancels,” I was told. “But if there’s no agreement, and there’s an interna tional crisis, then he (Carter) becomes Mr. President and Mr. Commander-in-Chief on the news, and our guy (Reagan) is just another bystander, watching it all happen.” For all these reasons, the “missing debates could undercut more than Anderson s cam paign strategy. Warped Designer clothes confuse, bring desire for label of own Igs. Harlan ig is a butte pr a white A self-tau irted paint even years i, and has r cs and air b Shoulders cs because U, are wat( nd the colo Growing up in a family of four women, it was considered a financial blessing that my mother sewed. She was always wonderful about using her trusty Singer to whiz out dresses just like Suzy’s, formals for the junior banquet, and mouse costumes for the Christmas skit. She dressed us all with a new Easter dress every year, majorette and cheerleader uniforms, and play clothes that would go through all three sisters with no sweat. Though her skill was more of an art, it was hard for me to appreciate her work at the age of eight. All I could worry about was why I couldn’t buy my clothes at J.C. Penney like all the other girls in the second grade. It was a real treat when I got a “ready-made” dress, and I remember wanting to leave the tag on so every one would know that this dress was store bought. Thanks to my mother and Daddy’s pocket knife, I was kept from entering the clas sroom with a Sears tag dangling from my sleeve. I learned that wearing tags on your clothes was uncouth. You can certainly understand my confusion, Offhand By Venita McCellon aid he rece I became an observer of fashion, atJLtiiul bac appalled at the number of uncouth peoj He uses r ing around with tags all over their do lain tings, am It was a fad that had slipped bymySjre and t< and all of my hometown. At New Diai® am an E School, the closest we came to designtlf t0 ac h the little orange trademark t3»» ure ’ " e Si then, when I came to Texas A&M University and entered the region of designer labels. The first labels I came to recognize were those that were noted by an animal somewhere on the garment. I first thought these must be some new adult line of Garanimals, the chil dren’s line of clothing that helps them learn to be color coordinated by matching hippopota mus pants with a hippopotamus shirt and hip popotamus socks. I was sure that if the fashion conscious wore alligator shirts, they must also wear alligator pants to keep from accidentally matching green plaids with blue polka-dots. Naturally, when I saw a girl on the street with an alligator shirt and swan jeans, I began to investigate. was tne little orange ... mv.... f Levis. Alas, I was missing my chanceJj stige and clout. » c ts, altb Further investigation, though, sooi )U 5idi nRS ant that any benefits I reaped from wearinMly Jove to ner labels would be well-earned. SoirtBs, and ot couldn’t bring myself to pay a wed tejsaid. have Calvin Klein plastered across m\:|§bouIders: And it isn’t just the money. I still cat!® 35 that simple rule I learned in second grw intei T stei just isn’t nice to flaunt your brand ofciB’ should But, since I now sew most of myowTiB ors to j_j 0 on my own trusty Singer, it may becoii J thinks Te sary, just to keep up, you understand diool for thi my own labels made. But, my label I Shoulders unique, and though it may not get me leads, books, or prestige, it will read “Only Mine- * es an d som Rise’s. ’ animals, wl tuny of natu (is artwork. Serving six ravelled to i he world, i Sfoes, Hawai apan, Kore faiwan and ot sast Asia. He eadir Be It’s your turn By G. P Butt; The small ; waiting. The a anversations ren were pla ere impati 'aiting. Suddenly c 'Wt they bad us. A wave Brough the cl A it approacl Itwasn t an i dndows or oungest chih Sat this bus mere that th tookmobile h Started in unty, the 1 nents the Different view about life as a ‘triplet’ Editor: I am afraid I have to disagree with the overly optimistic view that was presented in the Batta lion concerning three-to-a-room life in Neeley- Hobby dorms. I am a “triplet” who is not very happy with the “temporary” situation. The reason I am displeased is not because I am having trouble with my roommates, although I do know other girls who are having this prob lem. On the contrary, the three of us get along fine. I would like to voice some complaints, however, that I feel were not adequately co vered in your article. Not enough room is probably one of our big gest problems. We are located on the short side of Neeley Hall. For those of you who are una ware of it, the rooms on one side of Neeley (the side facing Hotard) are considerably shorter than the other side. Our room is approximately three feet shorter than the room across the hall, which intensifies our lack of space. Some of the cramped situations could have been avoided if the Housing Office had assigned girls low on the list to move out to the longer rooms. This was obviously not a consideration, though, since there are at least as many, if not more, “tempor ary” girls still living in the smaller rooms. The fact that the rooms are specifically de signed for two people, not three, is also creating problems. There are only two desks in the room, two sets of drawers, etc. No matter how hard one attempts to be fair, it is impossible to give each of us 2/3 of a desk. Even if we were able to get another desk, there would not be a nlace to put it. Another thing which bothers me is that we have not, as yet, gotten any real indication as to when this “temporary” living situation will be terminated. The Housing Office did tell us to expect that the temporaries would be with us the rest of the semester. But who is to say what will happen next semester? And what guaran tee do we have that this over-crowding will not happen again? Admittedly everyone, even the Housing Office, is allowed a few mistakes, even mistakes of such great magnitude such as this. But it seems that we are the ones having to pay for the Housing Office’s mistake. This is one person who is far from pleased with the triplet situation. Karen Huth ’82 Editor’s note: This letter was accompanied by 14 other signatures. ranes as a n an Public The Bookrr bout 3,000 bt chools, and a Deal kinderga ling centers itation area. Although th |rried in the pung readers ||ge number This is in response to the second lettemiave been ade day s Batt. ; Jean Muetz Doesn t mind a remit Editor: It disturbs me to see that someone IP’ a< j^ e ^. ^ openly foster apathy in regards to Aggifr 100 ec 10n tion. At times, I have forgotten traditiF have done things like walk on the M and wear my hat in Kyle stadium. Peopl me and tell me I am doing the wrongthil not look on that as “playing Joe good Ag f that as someone who cares enough abonl A&M to remind me so that I come to4 Aggie tradition, not loathe it. Ifbeingreffl bothers you, perhaps you should abide 1))| tion and appreciate it for the thing Aggies unique instead of condemning “Good Ags” for caring about their scW Glenn Gardn 1 By Scott McCullar lOV HAV£ MORE Fua/ WITH A JAV/8KE.A1AER THA/V AA/YOVE I'VE EVER SEEAL^ The Battalion U S P S 0-45 360 MEMBER Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Editor Dillard Stone Managing Editor Rhonda Watters Asst. Managing Editor Scott Haring City Editor Becky Swanson Sports Editor Richard Oliver Asst. Sports Editor Ritchie Priddy Focus Editor Scot K. 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