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By TRACY L. FENTON
Battalion Reporter
I Many people enjoy football game
souvenirs such as cups, buttons or
Ibennants. But some people get a lit
tle carried away in their quest for
Souvenirs.
I Texas A&M University students
Bitching memorabilia from other
schools’ students is nothing new.
| Last year the University of Hous
ton s mascot’s tail was taken and the
diversity ofTexas’ cannon was fired
|fore its time. This year, Texas
ech Saddle Tramp bells were
ken.
•Commandant of Cadets Col.
nes R. Woodall said items taken
host often are Texas Tech bells, hog
Bts from Arkansas and band hats
om the Rice MOB (Marching Owl
hnd). He said Corps of Cadets hats
; popular with students from other
hools.
jThis sort of thing has been going
thi for years,” Woodall said. “To me
it really belongs more in high school
than in a university. ”
Woodall said stealing from others,
even as a football tradition, is still
wrong.
“I think it’s juvenile and I also
think it’s really stealing when you
take someone’s property and you
don’t intend to give it back,”
Woodall said. “That’s theft.”
Corps Commander Ken Cross said
a reason for some thefts by Corps
members is because “war stories”
glorify articles taken and pranks pul
led. Those stories give some fresh
men ideas because of a spirit of
adventure.
Sometimes upperclassmen send
freshmen on missions to get souve
nirs, Cross said.
“We don’t endorse that at all,” he
said.
Cross said if a person who has
taken something is caught, he must
return the stolen article.
He said when a Corps member
takes something, the blame is usual
ly generalized to include the whole
Corps.
“You do something in uniform
that’s not supposed to happen and
it’s a lot easier to generalize,” Cross
said.
Cross said he is bothered because
the Corps sometimes doesn’t get
plaudits it deserves.
For example, at the Texas Tech
game, the Red Raider and his horse
were not going to be allowed in Kyle
Field because the horse’s hooves
might damage the new track.
“However,” Cross said, “Parson’s
Mounted Cavalry found this out and
they went and personally shod the
horse with special shoes so he could
be on the track.
“We’re never going to get a letter
from someone saying, ‘You know, we
really appreciate that. Thanks Corps
of Cadets for helping our mascot.’
But we’ll get a letter about the bells
that were taken.”
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jrass — a living memorial
Signs to end MSC conflicts
nt activities
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Please stay off the grass. This
lilding and surrounding grounds
re a living memorial to Aggies who
ive their lives in service to their
r ayearani Junfry. Please respect this time-
theteamaai onored tradition.
r the debate I By LYDIA D. JOHNSON
son the teas I
funds fortle! . Battalion Reporter
IThe long-time controversy over
h he wnrlwlt ie ^ ierornot t ^ ie g rass surrounding
ie Memorial Student Center
ipuld be memorialized has ended,
gns with this message will be
alone wit!r ecte ^ t ^ ie next ^ ew wee ks.
.1 ,. lUn early 1979 the student senate
i illP rove d a resolution that recom-
0 ijjKnded establishing an official
Hbmorial.
rung r^P^U'People weren’t aware of our tra
dition of not walking on the MSC
grass,” said Eric Langford, vice pres-
Hent of student affairs. “People like
O jreshmen and visitors just don’t
pderstand and then the students
(who knew about the tradition)
|ould yell at them.”
HSC asking everyone to take off
Beir hats.
“Our signs will politely ask them
to stay off the grass and explain the
tradition,” he said. “And besides,
the grass really looks nice when
there aren’t a lot of trails through it. ”
Problems getting the signs to
match the ones in the MSC have
delayed their arrival.
“We were waiting for that bronze-
colored aluminum frame to be deli-
The cost to end the
confusion and enlighten
students and visitors
about $1,265.
versed,” said Carolyn Adair, direc
tor of student affairs.
Adair said one sign will be put up
on the corner of the MSC facing the
YMCA building.
The cost to end the confusion and
enlighten students and visitors is ab-
Adair said the signs should be
ing them depends on the schedule of
the ground maintenance workers.
Gene Ray, director of grounds
maintenance, said he didn’t know ex
actly when the signs would be put up
because other projects are already
scheduled. They should be up within
a month, he said.
Shooting a first;
other crimes low
The shooting Saturday at Texas A&M University is believed to be
the first in the history of the 104-year-old school.
“A review of our records indicates that never before have we had a
shooting of another person on campus,’’Thomas R. Parsons, director of
security and traffic, said Thursday.
“That record still stands in terms of action initiated by a Texas A&M
student or member of the faculty or staff,” Parsons said. The Saturday
night shooting was carried out by a young Houston man who was not a
Texas A&M student.
The University Police investigation and justice of the peace inquest
determined that Michael Bruce Duchin, 19, killed himself after shoot
ing his former girlfriend twice in the stomach.
The victim, Janie Koester, a freshman from Cypress, was transferred
Thursday afternoon from St. Joseph Hospital to a hospital in Houston.
She was listed in stable condition.
To stress the safety of the Texas A&M campus. University officials
cite 1979 FBI statistics showing Texas A&M had the lowest rate of
violent crimes per 1,000 students for any large- or medium-sized
four-year college or university in Texas.
The FBI report printed in the current issue of The Chronicle of
Higher Education, a national weekly publication, listed Texas A&M
with a rate of 0.1 violent crimes per 1,000 students. This rate was also
among the lowest for the more than 270 institutions included in the
survey.
Texas A&M did not have the lowest rate of property crimes per 1,000
students, which were also included in the report, but its 33.4 rating
compared favorably with many other large institutions around the
country. University officials said.
Dr. Charles H. Samson, Texas A&M’s acting president, noted that
only reported crimes can be included in such statistics.
“Our police willingly receive reports about minor thefts — even loss
of books — and include such incidents in statistics reported to state and
national law enforcement agencies,” Samson said.
“We may well have a situation here at Texas A&M that more
property crimes are actually reported than elsewhere, reflecting the
responsiveness of our students, faculty and staff — and their respect for
the university police and confidence that appropriate follow-up efforts
will be made.
“We’ve traditionally had an exceptionally fine, law-abiding student
body — not just in terms of crime, but in orderliness generally,”
Samson said.
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