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The Battalion Serving the University community 76 No. 57 USPS 045360 20 Pages College Station, Texas Thursday, November 18, 1982 OP to study voter complaints body to go out and vote? “My goodness, the students would sweep the county and then no telling what they’d do. They’d raise the taxes 1,000 per cent, put in student lounges all over town, low cost housing for students -— supported by the city. And then the students that did it would move away the next year.” That’s the kind of perception stu dent voters are up against in Brazos County, Stadelmann said. “Some people conjure up in their minds visions of what happened at the University of Berkley,” he said. “Students took over the city govern ment. (They) appropriated money to put in bike paths, raised taxes for eco logical projects, new parks, et cetera. “When you have a college of 35,000 students, most of whom are of voting age, with spouses who are of voting age, the political blockjust has overwhelming potential. But 1 don’t think there’s any danger of that sort of thing happening in College Sta tion.” Republicans and Democrats both fear the student vote, but the Demo crats’ fear of Texas A&M’s primarily Republican student body. Much of the discrimination also is because of the Democratic Party’s fear of the primarily Republican student body here, Stadelmann said. Neely Lewis, the chairman of the Brazos County Democratic Party, said that it is “ludicrous” to say that the Democratic Party is afraid of Texas A&M students. “What he (Stadelmann) is talking about is a tempest in a teapot,” Lewis said. “I don’t think there were hordes of voters turned away. “If you ask around to the students, you’ll find it wasn’t a problem. The only ones I’ve heard screaming are the Republicans. “You 11 have to admit it smacks somewhat of sour grapes.” Stadelmann said similar problems were experienced in the election of 1980, so poll watchers were placed in every precinct and have written re ports on what they observed. Those reports still are being reviewed, he said. “The poll watchers’ reports have varied from very general see ELECTION page 14 CS policeman hurt in brawl A College Station police officer was injured early Wednesday morning af ter arresting a College Station man for public intoxication at the Rox-Z Club in the Skaggs Shopping Center. Officer James Bailey, working as an off-duty security officer at the club, was asked by club personnel to remove Lloyd Lee Bliznak, 21, for re ckless behavior. Bliznak reportedly threw a drink on Bailey and screamed as he was dragged in handcuffs out of the club. Later at the city jail, Bailey went to remove the handcuffs from Bliznak when he kicked the door of his cell hitting Bailey in the head. Bailey is in St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan with neck injuries. Bliznak, who is not a Texas A&M student, was first charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, but was charged with the felony offense of aggravated assault after the incident in the city jail. He was released on $10,000 bond. Aggielands ready for pick-up today its laccment Center problems increase 16 P.M P.M les Suppressing the urge Staff photo by Irene Mees Tau Kappa Junior Honor Society is sponsoring the Great American Smoke Out today. Angie Stooksberry tells Dirk Sigtenhorst how the Larry Hagman Special Stop Smokin Wrist Snappin red rubber band works. Whenever a smoker has the urge to smoke, he just inflicts pain on himself by pulling the band and letting go. Angie is a junior biomedical science/food major from Mesquite, and Dirk is a senior microbiology major from Waco. The 1982 Aggielands are avail able for pickup today in the Com mons from 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. Students can pick up their year books through Nov. 23 from 8:30 to 4:30 and on Nov. 24 from 8:30 until noon. Students must present their student I.D. Aggielands will be available for purchase and pickup after Dec. 6 in Room 216 of the Reed McDonald Building. Computerized sign-up system on line by Jaime Bramer Battalion Reporter In an effort to end interview sign- p problems — which have increased icause fewer companies are coming interview — the Job Placement enter has accepted a proposal for a tmputerized sign-up system. Overcrowding is the biggest prob- tn at the center because the inter- Iwers are out-numbered by the in- fviewees, said Louis Van Pelt, dire- torof the Job Placement Center. “It’s like waiting in line to get tick ets to a Willie Nelson concert or the (University of Texas) game,” Pelt said. The center has accepted a propos al that will computerize the interview sign-up procedure to alleviate the present scheduling problems. The proposal, developed by Lynn Slater, a senior computer science ma jor, is a bidding system that will help students get the interviews they want. Students who want to schedule in terviews through the center would be given a specific amount of points used for bidding on corporation recruiting schedules. Students bid only for inter views with companies that they want an interview with the most. The com puter will select students at random. Once the students have used all their points, they will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis through the computer. Any additional open ings on a particular recruiter’s inter view schedule also will be filled first- come. first-serve. Slater received $500 from the cen ter to design the new system. John Goudelman, the center’s asso ciate director, said that the proposal is still in the early stages, but he hopes it will be in use by September 1983. “We are still faced with the prob lem of getting the money to imple ment the system,” he said. “Making the system operational would include the cost of buying terminals, as well as hiring a programmer and a key punch operator.” The center has eliminated some of the crowding problems and overnight camp-outs by starting interview sign ups at 6 p.m. “Using the present system, sign ups take about 45 minutes, however we still have the problems of long lines and the danger associated with the crowds,” assistant director Judy Vulliet said. Goudelman said the interview scheduling problems have increased because fewer corporations are com ing to recruit. “Companies don’t have as many hiring needs because there aren’t as many job openings,” he said. “The interviewers are out-numbered by the interviewees.” Other universities are experienc ing similar problems in their job placement centers and are trying to cope by developing their own sys tems. At Mexico State University, stu dents are allowed one choice per sign up period. Colorado State University permits 10 sign-ups a semester for each student. ^Anti-graffiti group calls artist’s work ‘trash’ by Carol Smith and Patti Schwierzke Battalion Staff Russell Sanders is a senior environmental esign major from Abilene who is on a per- malcampaign to put a little art into the ev- ryday life here. Bill Booth, a resident of Hart Hall, is a mior petroleum engmeering major from louston. He is a member of “Aggies Against iraffiti” — a roup whose aim is to rid the ampus of what it terms “trash.” Sanders and Booth are on a collision nurse. ; Sanders has placed three paper plate ailptures, arranged to represent musical nmpositions, on the front lawn of the Acade mic Building. Booth and the “AAG” have thrown away each sculpture. “Paper plates are trash,” Booth said. But Sanders says trash is in the eye of the beholder. “Even if they are trash, they are attractive trash,” he said. This fanciful set of circumstances grew out of Sanders’ wish to bring art to the campus and to the students. After his third sculpture — “Pennies From Heaven” — was stolen from the front lawn of the Academic Building, San ders issued a plea for the return of the sculp ture. He even offered a reward — $1. But the sculptures can’t be returned be cause they were thrown away by Booth and other AAG members, who also are Hart Hall residents. “I woke up one morning to find trash in my side lawn,” Booth said. “So I went and threw it away. We throw away all the trash that gets nailed down in front of the Academic Build ing. It’s paper plates — it’s trash.” Sanders said he didn’t realize that the Academic Building lawn belonged to the resi dents of Hart Hall. “I thought it was a public place that be longed to the citizens of the State of Texas,” he said. Booth said he doesn’t believe that the lawn is the proper place for this type of “art.” “There are places on this campus set aside for that very purpose,” he said. “There’s a whole room in the MSG just for art. We have more than ample art at A&M. Why he feels he needs to put this trash in front of the Acade mic Building is beyond me.” But Sanders said he has a good reason for putting it there. “Art must be out where you have to look at it,” he said. “You must encounter it. It can’t be locked up in a little room.” Everyone doesn’t have to appreciate his work, but it should at least stimulate a reac tion, Sanders said. He said whether the reac tion is good or bad doesn’t matter to him. “It is one thing to dislike the art, but quite another to deprivfe others of their right to look at it and formulate their own opinions,” he said. But Booth says the art is offensive. “If you want to have a distorted view and call it art, then you can call toilet papering a house art,” he said. “It’s still graffiti. There’s not a better word for it.” Booth said he had tried to contact Sanders to ask him not to display his art on campus anymore. But Sanders has two more sculptures plan ned to finish the paper plate project, which he calls “Great Musical Hits: A Five Part Series.” And he said that he intends to nail them down on the Academic Building front lawn. “If he keeps putting it out there, we’ll con tinue to throw it away,” Booth said. Graduation speakers named Texas Tech Unversity President Dr. Lauro Cavazos and Dr. John Calhoun Jr., deputy chancellor for engineering for the Texas A&M Sys tem, will deliver the fall commence ment addresses here. Cavazos will speak at ceremonies for degree candidates from the Gra duate College and the Colleges of Agriculture, Architecture and En vironmental Design, Business Admi nistration and Geosciences at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in G. Rollie White Col iseum. Calhoun will address graduates from the Colleges of Education, En gineering, Liberal Arts, Science, Veterinary Medicine and Texas A&M University at Galveston at 9 a.m. Dec. 11 in the Coliseum. Nearly 2,400 degrees will be awarded during the fall ceremonies. In a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 11, approximately 68 graduates will be commissioned in the armed forces. Commissioning speaker is Adm. Ken- naird McKee, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in Washington, D.C. The first Texas Tech alumnus to serve as that university’s president, Cavazos grew up on the King Ranch, where his father was foreman of the Santa Gertrudis Division. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas Tech in zoology and cytology and a doctoral degree in physiology from Iowa State University in 1954. Cavazos is the author or co-author of 75 publications in the areas of phy siology, reproduction and fine struc ture of cell tissue. Calhoun came to Texas A&M in 1955 as dean of engineering. A gra duate of Pennsylvania State Universi ty, he served as vice president for academic affairs and executive vice chancellor for programs before being named to his present post. A member of scores of national and international boards and councils, Calhoun is also a distinguished professor of petroleum engineering and director of the Texas Petroleum Research Com mittee. inside Classified 8 Local 3 National 9 Opinions 2 Sports 17 State 5 What’s up 20 forecast Today’s forecast: Cloudy and warmer with a chance of showers through Friday.