opinion
Battalion/Paii
May 6,
Slouch
By Jim Earle
“This is the last year I rent a box. I figure that each letter
this year has cost me $2 when I figure in box rent.
See red ink before
firing on the budget
by Dick West
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The two biggest, or
anyway the two most persistent, news events
this spring have been the budget negotiations
between the White House and Congress and
the Falkland negotiations in Britain, Argenti
na and points north, south, east and west.
Both Finally outlasted Israeli withdrawal
from the Sinai in headline durability.
At this writing, there was still faint hope the
Falkland talks might coalesce, but the budget
discussions appeared dead in the water. Thus
prospects for a full-scale budget battle grow
daily more thinkable.
Any day now, we may see an armada of
administration fiscal advisers steaming up
Capitol Hill to spread a safety net over the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Then the battle will be joined, although
there is some confusion over which side cer
tain forces are joining. Symbolism counts for a
lot.
One sore point is the question of whether
liberals or conservatives shall have jurisdic
tion over the federal deficit.
Historians are agreed the deficit has been
in liberal hands for most of the past 180 years.
But with their seizure of the Office of Budget
and Management, conservatives got into a
commanding position to assert their own
sovereignty.
From the vantage at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, or somewhere in that neighborhood,
they were able to launch successful assaults on
the federal tax structure, plus make inroads
on social and regulatory programs.
Nevertheless, President Reagan has con
tinued to deny the conservative offensive cre
ated the recession, and liberal congressmen
have been equally reluctant to claim responsi
bility.
Unless that deadlock can be broken, there
is little chance of heading off an impasse.
Some of the even-handed mediators who
participated in shuttle diplomacy between
Capitol Hill and the White House proposed
two compromise arrangements:
1. Congress would continue to have
dominion over the deficit during the current
fiscal year, with White House authority gra
dually being extended until full deficit control
was acquired in fiscal 1984.
2. Congress and the White House would
share equal custody of the deficit until such
time as the economy moved either up or
down.
Neither proposal was acceptable to either
side.
What everyone wants to know now is which
side will win should the dispute degenerate
into an open clash in the Gallup Poll.
Political analysts tell me that liberals, with
their entrenched fortifications on Capitol
Hill, likely will dominate the coming primar
ies. But conservatives, with their “hit list” of
budgetary opponents, are given a good
chance of coming out ahead in the general
election next fall.
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Pre-eminent “world university” ...
Marvin Tate ... drawn sabers and honor
... Gay Student Service Organization v.
Texas A&M University ... resignation
attempts ... Wilson and Sherrill... Hubert
and Hansen ... the Hilton ... hazing... UT
memorial statues ... illegal computer ac
cess.
At least we never get bored.
During the past year, we’ve seen peo
ple come and go — some by choice,
others by force. It’s been said that we
need revolving doors installed in the
administrative offices, and that all Uni
versity mail should be addressed to
“Occupant.”
denise
richter
These problems aren’t limiltj
upper echelons of the Universiil
power struggles raged, Texas.l|
had to deal with a cadet vvhoi
the honor of Kyle Field with a
And with a federal casein™
University is being sued ford®
cial recognition to a gay service#
tion.
coming resignation. The search for his
successor ranged far beyond the bound
aries of the empire and culminated in the
hiring of Purdue President Arthur G.
Hansen.
And with a proposed on-a
ton Hotel.
And with eight juniors dismii
the Corps of Cadets for hazinj]
We’ve seen more activity in the past
year than most universities see in a cen
tury.
We watched the overthrow of Athletic
Director Marvin Tate. Four months la
ter, we witnessed the assassination of
Head Coach Tom Wilson and the coro
nation of Jackie Sherrill.
The University battle cry should be
changed. No more “Gig ’em, Aggies” —
“The king is dead, long live the king”
would be more appropriate. Certainly it’s
more descriptive.
Every kingdom has probleim
A&M obviously is no exception!
eventually will be drawn fr?
problems and the solutions L
vised for them. Whether theseb
utilized remains to be seen. BiJ
fellow said:
In August, Dr. Frank E. Vandiver was
chosen heir to the Texas A&M throne. In
January, he offered to abdicate that
throne — twice.
Later that month, System Chancellor
Frank W.R. Hubert announced his up-
Times have changed, as they do in ev
ery kingdom. We’re no longer content to
be good — “pre-eminence” is our goal
and our watchword.
"Look not mournfully into tkf M Qsc
It comes not buck again.
But the road to pre-eminence hasn’t
been an easy one. The public — at times,
the nation — watch as Texas A&M
attempts to deal with its problems.
Wisely improve the present.
It is thine.
Go forth to meet the future,
without fear. ”
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Letters: To fail or not to fail
Editor:
©1981 King Feature* Syndicate. Inc. World right* reaerved.
Ah — Finals, Finals, Finals!
To sleep, or not to sleep, that is the
question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to
suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous
professors,
Or to take arms against a sea of finals,
And by insomnia end them? To pass,
to sleep —
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The headache and the thousand natu
ral shocks
That a student is heir to; ‘ds a consum
mation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To fail, to sleep
of?
Than study that material we know not
Thus finals doth make cowards of us
all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of
midnight oil,
And studies of great places and events
With this regard their grades turn
awry,
And lose the name of passing. Soft you
now!
The end of my college career! Aggies,
in thy orisons
Be all my grades remember’d.
plete. On the other hand though,
much disagree with your statemei
the “Save the Grass” initiators madd
of themselves and lacked sincei
what they did. I feel you are verf
taken here.
856.
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Adminis
These people took a sincereintfi
a problem they saw on campus and 1 !
ed (and are continuing to work)tt|
our campus retain its beauty. The']
way made fools of themselves. I»|
what they have done is to help!
more people aware of an existing
lem on campus. It was anything
failure.
(A deviation from Shakespeare’s “Ham
let,” III.i.56-89)
To sleep, perchance to flunk, ay,
there’s the rub,
For in that sleep of anxiety what
dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal
campus,
Must give us pause; there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long a
semester.
For who would bear the whips and
scorns of tests,
The professor’s wrong, the studious
man’s contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the
woman’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
T hat patient merit of the scho pro
takes
Richard Braastad ’83
‘Save the grass’
campaign defended
Editor:
This is in response to Steve Scannell’s
letter regarding the “Save the Grass”
campaign. First of all, I agree that the
signs that were put up should have been
taken down when the project was com-
Even if the project only madefli
son more conscientious of walking®]
sidewalks instead of making trails]
successful. I know it made memor]
scientious and several other pe®
know. What we have here is a gr® 1
Aggies representing the Junior!
Society who care enough about
school that they took action to W
keep a beautiful campus we can
proud of.
The sincerity was certainly there
Darrell Pickatf
Dunn
Brasso talent criticized
Editor:
When he himself might his quietus
make
With a bare saber? Who would fardels
bear,
To grunt and sweat under M.E. 212,
But that the dread of something after
questions,
The undiscovered answers from
whose bourn
No G p R returns, puzzles the student,
hav^? ma ^ eS us rat h er bear those ills we
Just a note to the individual(s) who
so artistically enscribed “BQ 85” on the
dome of the Academic Building. With
final review, graduation and freshman
orientation coming up, I’m sure every
one will appreciate your contribution
to any photographs they take. In fact,
you did such a terrific job, I think some
one should encourage you to use your
Brasso talent on the rest of the dome!
Cindy Hollan ’83