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Will A8tM finally
let gay issue die?
The Supreme Court Monday let stand a lower court’s ruling
that Texas A&M mav not ban a student homosexual group from
campus.
The lower court’s ruling stated that A&M violated gay stu
dents’ rights by not officially recognizing Cay Student Services.
But AA:M appealed anyway, saving that recognition of the
.group could lead to “increased overt homosexual activity and re
sulting physical, psychological and disease ramifications ... in the
student body.”
Right.
For that reason, AJcM officials thought thev would Ik* al
lowed to discriminate against gays.
But such discrimination is unconstitutional. It’s official now.
A&M had to take the fight all the way to the Supreme Court to
Ik* told the obvious, but there’s no deny ing it now .
So is the battle of sex finally over at A&M? Have the powers-
that-lK* here* finally accepted reality? Have they finally accepted
that they can’t discriminate at will against people whose politics,
or sexual preferences, thev don’t like?
Doubtful.
It seems A&M will insist on fighting dead issues for some
time. University officials will continue to waste time and money
fighting, and the courts will keep throwing the cases i ight bat k
In the meantime, the rest of the world will move on, leaving
A&M behind.
The Battalion Editorial Board
LETTERS:
Infantile problems
plague Aggies
EDI I OR
Where is the public concern .it I exas
AJfcM University? Have v\e all forgotten
that we are the future? I he work! is not
the co/y place that some (good Ags)
might lead us to believe. Aggielancl is
not perfect either, and we shoukin't run
those with muftfdmiensional percep
tions out of town with Hig/iwav ti runs
b>nh wats. How can a place improse
when people are brainwashed into Ik*-*
lievmg that miflerfections are ttadi-
tional?
Puhlit concern is tradition in our
demotraiK society We should fix things
The Battalion
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EDI I OK
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Generation, ignorant of war,
often takes life for granted
Leigh-Kllen
Clai k
that are wrong, wliwh corresponds to
righting injustices. An obvious example*
of this is the recent uproar af>out letting
women in the !>and Can von rrallv tell
dial a woman or a man is marc hing it we
consider they are wearing unisex uni
forms and hkve their Iran pinned up.
With the addition of these new mem-
beis we mav even improve the band. 1
fielieve that women can play musical ih-
struments just as well as men. W Quid
anyone like to argue - 1
On to more important things: From
the looks of '£ he Battalion opinion page
I would havaguessed that tins is a high
school pajK*r: I haven't heard the over
whelming nitsconc eptions alxnit gavs
since at least that long ago I hen again.
I am from the Noith which must l>e be
yond this mlantik* coofv mentalkv
I here are. however, issues that we
should all be^discussmg — for example,
the major pi|)>lic policies, such as arms
control and nuclear war. Yes, Aggies,
there is an atomu bomb. I hese bombs
are dangerous. I here are many other
nuclear weapons as well Our environ
ment is begjnnmg to wilt before our
eyes, and wd ask “ . . <an a frutrrnity
exist .it AX-.W?" I think that we should
not waste the space m this editorial page
to discuss the restriction of human
lights, rather we should enhance* our
well-lreing bv disc tissmg public concern
Michael Forbush
Censorship problem
may have solution
EDI I OK i
I mav have found a simple, effective
solution to this uglv censorship contro
versy, and one thai is also m good keep
ing with the Litmus concept.
Litmus c«^nes m two colors led and
blue SowhVnot publish two versions of
Litmus, Ltttjtus Red and Litmus Blue
Litmus Red jwnukl be the originally in
tended uncVnsored version Litmus
Blue, lor people like Mr. (atefirring.
would tie set m lai ge print, mavlte pep-
|jered here Jiul there with cute hide pic
lures, and would featuie such tides as
“ I w inkle. 1 winkle Little Stai ” and
“Little Jack Horner".
Oops. Sorrv Perhaps that latter title
is a hit too njque
Tom Zanussj
A&M wouldn’t be
same without Corps
It's been 19 years
since Arthur Plato
Wright died. His he
lie opter shot dow n
over Viet Nam — mv
grandmother's youngest child, mv
mothet shabv brothei
The oftker came up die walkwuv to
mv grandmeaher s home at 7 a m .
much too earls fot visitors He rang the
f>ell and delivered the message on or
ders from Washington He* was \ei\
sorrv.
At 8:30 a in the telegram from the
IXepariment of the \imv at lived and
somehow seeing H in print made if line
huneial services wete jM ixting as itiev
wailed (he ai i ival of die ImhIv .
(.ajx Wrighito ihe government. A P
to his friends and Nonnv lo Ins sister.
Arthur was *20 veais old and unmarried
His promising miliiarv career was bul
led w »di a ihiee-vollev vduie .uxl a
j>rojM*rlv tokic'd flag dial v\as lain in mv
grandmother's arms
So 1 drove mv mothei t«nhe cemelei v
on the anniversary of that dav to take
flowers to Sonnv She* and I talked alxmi
the freshly mown grass, the smell c*f ram
and the sj>lashes of color from floweis
d<»ttmg tfu- ac res of gravest*mes
I he trees at the* cemeleiv are short
round cedars. Momma said she wants i«»
fn- buried under a shade* tic-e — I ve
. nevei reallv dxuigtii atvoni it
She* carried a jx»i of sunnv ctiiysan-
ihemums foi all the jov he bnuighf to
her and one rose because be vc.cs bei
hero. She set them on the stone and
lient down lo pull the stiav weeds ficHii
arcHind the marble. She said sometfung
about how she six Mild cc»me out heie
me »i e often to take c are of things but she
just got caught up in living
^thought what's w r on g with living-
But then all I know of this man. hei
brother, is a mahoganv and glass case ai
mv grandmother's house Inside die
case lies a pm pie heatt. captain's bars, a
j>iojM*tlv folded flag and a tenet from
the l N Ai mv — l fiev were vetv soiiv
I fial was all I would evei have ol
him, whether there were weeds around
his stone oi ix>t
But I realized something I guess I've
alwavs known — mv uncle is mv molh-
er s brother \nd “taking c aie ol things'*
didn't reallv mean the maintenance of
bis mar kei li meant rfie mamtenanc e of
be i bean and dealing with die gtiel
there I nevei knew him so I never had
cause to gtieve But he was hei brothei
and diev had sjK iit almost 30 veais to-
gethei. il wasn't the ixtimal ionise < »t
events that he should die w hen he did
\s mv relationships with mv two
brothers lias endmed punching and
tickling aijd comjK'ling foi parental ai
tentx*n I ve giitwn i*» l»»ve them I hev
are mv hei«k*s
I he oldest one. 10 veais mv senioi .
j)atlentlv babvsat when he* should have
l>een odk with bis friends He- ran along
!>ehind mv fusi bicvcle. complete wiifi
banana se^it ancf sissv bat. King all tlx
wav saving be was holding me up
when it was his encouiagement that was
keegping me upright and not bis
stietufdy He married and was gone Ik-
fore I even hit double digits and 1 dcMt't
sup|>c*se we reallv know each other any
more — but all it woukf take is a phone
call and ihe other would come running
I he middle t hild. just a veat ahead of
me in s, hctol. was mv handsome ally in
mischief All mv fi tends had a c rtish chi
him and all his tiiends thought I was a
jm*si H»* defended mv effotts all the wav
and said we toukf still lie buddies even,
w hen I fill wfiat seemed tike a jk*i jietual
uglv stage. Now we tall and compare
relatMHtships and giade jMants — I
won't tell on him if he won't tell on me.
I ve neve i thought of losing them
lint itien we ve nevei known a war.
It s l»eeit two weeks since Arthur D.
Nicholson. |i dic'd Ihe \imv majoi
was shot bv a Soviet sentrv in Last (ier-
maiiv — a tiuslxind and fathei to an
eigfit-\c*.ii -okf gu I
Ht w .«s eulogized l*v ihe commander
of the Ii.iis*>ii mission in Kin! (m i many
Ihe t ommandci s.ucl dial Nicholson
v\.is intenselv inteit'sted m l*eneting te
lalions Ik lwc*c*n die siijm i jk »v.ei s
I .ilei the S<»\i«*i Ambassatloi \n.itolv
Dobivnm met with Seci«*tarv ol Slate
( >eoi ge Shull/ atui said that die* talks
would Ik* aimed at “c losing the entire in-
cident Whethei it's all c losed oi not, il
won t Ik- reallv hvrgtHten and the len-
sx >n will continue to glow between the
i vs«> suj>ei jk >vs ers
I h<- ihreat *»t wai is t»nc* life t loset
.mtf makes me warn to Ik- closet to my
hei» k-s
/a-igh-Fr/Zen C'lark is a senior journa
lism major and co-rditor of At fast*.
Tea one of necessities of life
Fd CassavoV
We just wBnt to take this opp(Htun^v
to sav how great we tfnnk the Corps of
Cadets really is Ihe AJcM Ca>rps has
raised more me me v on thts year's March
to the Bi a/«>s than any cKhet group ever
fias in the BAi/os \ allev.
I he (orps trulv is and alwavs has
been an asaet to the L niversitv AfkM
could never jiave become the world class
L'niversitv it is lodav without the Corps.
Wav *o go. v'all' We’re proud to hr Ag
gtes with you! Keep up tne gcmitf work
Helen Miller
Kelly Black
accompanied by S3 signatures
Just like the
bod v and mind,
the* soul needs to
Ik* nurtured and
ted f-veivonr has
his ow n mdiv idtial
choke Some air
Still looking. st>mc*
will nevei tint!
theirs
lea has alwavs
had the- necessary.
almost mvsiKal aflect in removing some
tit the dieanness in mv life h is t»ne <•!
those intangible dungs that te|uvenale
the heatt
I like- interacting with tins devilish
and volatile cone*h tM»n And I can t help
but f»e fascinated bv the influence it had
ancf still has on human socieiv li is like
tiring a memhei of a sec let sck iriv
through the ages wars have fieeii
fought over it Ihe fortunes of India
and the Bntish Empire were tied cfosrlv
with il Ihe sck ia I psvctieot countries
such as I.iiglaml and |apan would will
wuhoui it.
Only tea has this powei
I sintpiv can’t gel worked up over*
such poor cousins as toffee oi soil
drinks.
Though their mas fie commevtials
expounding cmi ihe vutuew of coffee and
“bring a Prpprt." i remain unmoved
I feel sort of had that none of the in
herent elegante of tea drinking has evn
i u ht k*< t < >i t <>n <<>ttc-e I alwavs it*rl s«>ii
ttl like a “mug. in gangsiei ling**, w lien
ev et I <li mk blat k mud
Si ix k in mv mind is die- xiea dial « of
tee is die dim k <>t t Ix >x e bn nx >bsit is
(,ls drunks anti tiansienis I bat s rx>i
mv . ub. c up t »f te.i
f’eiscnial esjieiience lias shown dial
die mightv tea leaf tan suivive almosi
auv b.n tfsfnji«>i injustice \lnxist
Suite I vs as a hide kxl. tea was a ton
stain companion It woke me uj> in die
nxiiiung. n warmed me aftei plaving in
the sixivs il ctnisoled me lea was al
w av s diete w ben I nt*eded it
Retl Rose- vsas die tamilv tea It fiat! a
certain jilace on the counlei. the ait»-
malic bags tixketl into a silvei tea ton-
tainer It was familv
Since ihen their have fK*en manv
t hanges in mv i rlattonship w idi tea la-
lelv . I have seen the ev il and base side of
teas C a if lege Siatxm must take some of
the blame
I fie fxiitibk- wain twists the sufille
nuanc es of tea into t i ude t ai x atures of
its true form I he interior teas available
here air fiasiarth/ations of ihe original
mtrni
Mans a foreign tea drinker will tir
sur jm ised to in rive m e Ira w lien he asks
tor lea hoi me. thrte is no room tor
tlexihiliiv or compromise in die world of
teas
I here is tx > sue ft dung as c < »ki lea
(old tea is die death of a wise man
I he sei jk-iii in die ( •artlen <>t f dc*n, the
sinking tit die- i itanK I feel like a grave
ioIiIki wfienevei I sc*e jK-t>j»le sluiptng
tit »w n .i glass tif ic e tea
Mv tea tepxlness has subsxletf sorm*-
w bai since m\ intitxluc txm to the- Met-
t edes of teas — Iwuungs fall C .i-es.
(flange fk-ktK-. Iiish Bieaktasl and
t>dier gtKKfies are a sahe to mv wounds
Nt >w I tiav e a i aHv mg * i v . a I dinner l«»
vs av c and t a use lo t urt hei
I heir is no niiue pisi ievt»luiMin in
mv mind
\\ iien itie colonial \merx an* de-
< icfed lo leallv bug die clap *»ul of tfie
f ngtisti thev went fc»r die- jugular. Lhd
diev six m >i sokfiets. buin huildlllflgv,
d i .i w tunnv jnctuies oi the king? No
wav I hev bad ihe Boston I ra Baity.
Nfav tie it is lime foi a s<-t irtid such dis
j>lav I gue ss this is idealism at its best
and woi st | ea is ix m rxae tlv high on the
publx agenda
\jid I can t imagine < reaiing a new
flag displaving die mights lea flag for
mv new trptihlic So excitement, imi
zing
I ra rs like ion* lete. H is a necessity of
...r But n v amf generate excitement for
ilie jihgbi t»f con* tete tir tea lisa muc h
uxire tfilfx ull task
I tiguie die jKiwet of positise think
ing and a gtxid triesismhi commertial
will turn the situation around
Id
bd Craaaavoy is a Mentor journalist
jot and a weekly columnist for The
Battalion.