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Sherrill, football team
praised for efforts
Editor:
Mr. Fosberg, it is evident that from
your letter that you have no idea what it
takes to comprise a winning football
team. You cannot judge a team by last
year’s prospects and hopes which you
seem to be disappointed in.
It is also obvious that you were not
looking at our teams overall perform
ance, just the final score. We are all aware
that the final score does matter and that is
what counts, but with Coach Sherrill’s
help even that will come.
Coach Sherrill is a damn good coach
and very motivating. The entire squad is
very enthusiastic and impatient for
spring practice. I think that Coach Sher
rill will be more than willing to allow you
to watch a practice session. After you see
how he handles his team, I think your
opinion of him would change. He has all
my respect along with everyone on the
team.
So what if he makes a lot of money, he
damn well deserves it. For your informa
tion, coaching is not something that you
do for the hell of it. It is a Job also, and not
a steady one at that. There are no lifetime
guarantees that you will have your job the
next day, you know nojob security. The
man does have a family to feed. And for
him to leave Pittsburg he had to get some
thing in return. Are you not going to sign
with the company that offers you more
benefits and money? I heard enough ab
out Coach Sherrill’s salary. He has it now,
why not let him keep it? He deserves it!
Now, about the team. I have been out
there and he has top quality people out
there; coaches and players. Different
than Wilson’s system, he has more com
petition for the positions, which is why he
has so many changes in his line-up each
week. If he feels you can play you will.
Mr. Fosberg, if you can do any better
than Coach Sherrill, I suggest you apply
for the job.
Rayford O. Irvin ’83
Thanks, coach
Editor:
First, we would like to thank Coach
Sherrill in his endorsement of the Corps
of Cadets. Secondly, we would like to say,
if you want to be a member of the Ross
Volunteer Company, Fish Drill Team,
the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, and The
Twelfth Man Kick-Off Team, join the
Corps this spring.
Grant H. Gilson ’83
John W. Robinson ’83
Editors Note: This letter was accompa
nied by 20 other signatures.
Celebrate success
Editor:
I’m tired of hearing about how bad
our football team performed and how
Jackie Sherrill is so incompetent and
blah, blah, blah, blah. Don’t these ignor
ant people realize that our great that our
great Aggie team is far superior to such
powerhouses as Alabama and Penn
State?
As preposterous as this may sound,
there are a few things to take into con
sideration. First of all, we beat Louisiana
Tech 38-27. Louisiana Lech, in turn,
knocked off Southern Mississippi and
Southern Mississippi beat Alabama. That
means we’re better than Alabama. Alaba
ma beat Penn State, so that means we’re
far superior to Penn State. (Penn State
beat a lot of teams, so we could go on and
on.)
It makes sense to me. It makes sense to
my friends. I mean, what could be more
logical?
Tonight, me and my buddies are going
to celebrate in honor of our great Aggie
team; the rest of you deadbeats can sit
around and cry over nothing.
Joe Sands ’81
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Decembef1] 1 |l
Proposal calls for election refobo
by Clay F. Richards
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The explosion of mul-
timillion-dollar campaigns this year and the
operations of groups like the National Con
servative Political Action Committee has
sparked a new round of calls for election re
form.
Barred by a 1976 Supreme Court decision
that said attempt to put spending limits on
congressional campaigns violated free
speech, a group of 13 House members last
week introduced a constitutional amendment
to “solve” the problem.
In simple language, the amendment would
allow Congress and state governments to
“enact laws regulating the amounts of contri
butions and expenditures intended to affect
elections.”
That would mean Congress could say how
much could be spent on its elections, and state
legislatures on state and local elections.
But the impact would be much greater than
that. It would knock out another Supreme
Court ruling earlier this year that prohibits
regulation of independent expenditure
groups like the much-hated NCPAC.
The constitutional amendment was prop
osed by a group of liberal-to-moderate Demo
crats and Republicans led by two who are
retiring—Jonathan Bingham, D-N.Y., and
Millicent Fenwick, R-N.J.
Fenwick, defeated for the Senate in
November by Democrat Frank Lautenberg,
who spent millions of his personal fortune in
the campaign, said reform is “absolutely
essential” to the future of Congress.
“If we don’t do something we’re going to
end up with a bunch of millionaires and peo-
f »le taking money from wherever it comes
rom,” she argued.
True, Lautenberg used his fortune to come
from being an unknown to a senator. But
Lewis Lehrman did not become governor of
New York and Mark Dayton did not become a
senator from Minnesota despite the fact that
each is several million dollarspoorerJ
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Letters: Theft of parking permits
Editor:
Free U refunds
I am writing to imform the students of
Texas A&M of a problem on campus —
namely the theft of current parking per
mits from cars parked on campus.
This weekend I had my permit stolen
from my car which was parked in Lot 24.
Although it expires in less than two weeks
and therefore is of little use to the person
who stole it, I was informed by the Uni
versity Police that my case is by no means
an isolated incident, and that sometimes
up to 10 thefts a day have been reported.
Editor:
I was advised that the best method of
prevention is to apply the sticker flat to
the car window, rather than using only
part of the adhesive surface. With proper
application, the sticker is extremely diffi
cult to remove. Also, the theft should be
immediately reported to the University
Police, in order to avoid being held re
sponsible for tickets that another person
has received under the stolen permit
number.
If you ever have had to get a course
refund from the MSC Free University,
you will easily comprehend what I am
talking about. I understand that my ex
perience with Free U is not at all unique.
In September I had enrolled for a
Free U class which was later cancelled
due to lack of student enrollment. I
promptly filled out a refund request and
was informed that the check would be
Marie Venuto
P.O. Box 8380
Ags should help
Editor:
Howdy Ags, I’ve got a little story to tell
you. Today I was walking across campus,
as usual, and had the unfortunate experi
ence of being amongst a crowd of Aggies.
The reason it was an unfortunate experi
ence was because a middle-aged hand
icapped man fell. Before I could even get
to him to help, four or five quote
“Aggies” simply ignored him and kept on
walking.
Being a freshman at Texas A&M, I’ve
been exposed to all the tradition, pride
and honor that goes with the title Aggie.
On a campus where “HOWDY” is so
damn important, the behavior of these
people is incomprehensible and dis
graceful.
If this is an example of “The Spirit of
Aggieland,” I’m getting on the next bus
to t.u.
Susan Tulinski ’86
Berry s World
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forthcoming in a month or so. '
over nine weeks and still I Havel
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carrel have produced no tang# k. sh
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with someone, I was alternately is
that “the check was in the mail’®
cessing was held up.” Whydoesf
sing or refunds take over two mo®
something unexpected com®
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about the delay? Meantime,Ihopf
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