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Wednesday, April 24, 1985/The Battalion/Page 5 * 9 wolrv $35 )2 Brvan UNT 1 l.D. ed) ) purchase a ring. Hi) ELRY 212 N. Main Bryan 822-3119 These Aggie rings are on display in the As sociation of Former Students lobby in the oto by ANTHONY S. CASPER Memorial Student Center. The rings show changes made from 1934 to 1935. Style virtually same since '35 Aggie ring tradition By JUNE PANG Staff Writer ig is a Texas A&M tradition. But can you imagine Aggies wearing dif ferent styles of class rings? That was the situation before the Class of ’35 — students could get class rings from any jewelery store, and numerous styles were available. The Class of’35 was the first class that received rings from a single company. This makes the Class of’85 the 5()th class to wear a uniform Aggie ring. According to “We are the Ag gies,” (a book by John Adams Jr.), in 1933 A&M President T.O. Walton appointed an official se nior ring committee to oversee the handling of the rings and any design modification that seemed agreeable with students. The con sensus was that if the design of the ring wasn’t controlled, the ring and its heritage would prove meaningless. Since the Class of ’35, two changes have been made in the design of the ring. In 1943 the ring was enlarged and the seal raised. In 1963, when Texas A&M College became Texas A&M University the ring under went a corresponding change. After working for four years for the rings, students become sentimentally attached to their rings. “Whenever I have some prob lem,” said Patrice Koranek, a se nior agricultural journalism ma jor, “I just look at my ring and think, I've done so much, I can stand a little more.” Bruce Todd, an accounting and finance major, said: “It helps me identify people. Wherever I go, I kind of look at people’s fin gers from even 10 or 15 feet away to see if there is an Aggie ring.” And if he finds one, he said, the bond immediately starts. Another Aggie, William G. Breazeale, Class of ’35, remi nisced about how he spotted an Aggie in late 1942 when he was on the Pacific island Guadalcanal. “I was stuck in a muddy hole in a jeep, and so was the other man in another jeep,” said Breazeale. “We waited until a truck pulled us out.” When the two jeeps were [ Hilled out, “We both cleaned our lands with banana leaves,” Brea- z.eale said. “Then 1 spotted his ring. We had a union right at that time.” Breazeale, a lieutenant colonel during World War II, was pleased to know that his class set the standard for the present-day Aggie ring. “You recognize a lot of people world-wide,” he said. “It’s just like having a stamp on your fore head.” An estimated 75,000 people wore Aggie rings in 1979. If the number of students who have graduated from A&M since May 1980 are added to that figure, about 110,000 people now wear the symbol of Aggie heritage. The L.G. Balfour Company has been producing Aggie rings since 1948. “They are pretty good at servi ce,” said Randy Matson, Class of ’67 and chairman of the Senior Ring Committee. “Unless we’re unhappy about it, we are reluc tant to change the contract.” Matson said he wants to stay with the same company to main tain the quality of the rings. MM It :v£ CBtS Bryan student suspended for distributing satirical work Associated Press BRYAN — A 17-year-old Bryan High School junior was suspended for two days because he wrote and iistributed a satirical newspaper lied “The Twisted Times” on cam- us without permission, school offi- |als said. Karl Evans, a straight “A” student ipped as next year’s editor of the imcial school newspaper, was sus- iended March 4-5 for violating a hool rule that requires students to submit materials for prior approval, Principal Jerry Kirby said. “What if students could pass out anything they wanted without any |nd of control,” Kirby said. “Can bu imagine what would happen?” The teen-ager’s parents, Rand and Mary Evans, claim the rule is jnconstitutional and should be re- j lealed. " I, “Karl didn’t violtite a legitimate rule,” the elder Evans said. “We don't think it’s a just punishment. Or a legitimate punishment.” Evans, a psychology professor at lexas A&M, said he plans to plead the case at the May 13 school board iceting. Karl told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that he got the idea for “The Twisted Times” last summer after seeing some issues of “Texas Ranger,” a University of Texas stu dent humor magazine in the 1960s. He typed the stories and pasted them on a sheet of paper. His mother read the paper for mistakes, then took it to a local printing com pany. T he first issue was stuffed in ran-. dom lockers at the high school in September, Karl said. It contained an article about a fic titious Riot Club at the school, a sa tirical piece on Dallas computer magnate H. Ross Perot and a car toon about coffee called “Java Man.” A notice on the back of the issue explained his intentions, Karl said. The notice read: “This material is parodied. This means that you are not supposed to consider any view valid in any way. If you do take us se riously, get therapy. Quick. Please.” The paper got little reactions from fellow students. Karl published a second issue. Karl and another student who helped distribute the newspaper were suspended after the sixth issue. Karl’s parents said the contents of the articles were tame. “I don’t agree with some of the terminology he used, but I’m from a different generation,” Mrs. Evans said. Wendy Costa, a Bryan school trustee, also said she thought the material was inoffensive, even funny. “There’s nothing in it that can be construed as obscene or as trash,” Costa said. But Kirby said the students were punished because the material was distributed without permission, not because of the contents. The rule requiring prior approval is printed in a student handbook given to each student at the begin ning of the school year, Kirby said. The rule also is standard policy used by many school districts across Texas, he said. But Gara LaMarche, director of the state American Civil Liberties Union, said the school’s policy “has constitutional problems.” LaMarche said the U.S. Supreme Court previously ruled that a school must show a publication “forecasts substantial disruption” or interferes with school activities before it can be censored. “Clearly, this newspaper is not dis ruptive,” he said. si oo 100% MIL-SPEC BATTLE DRESS UNIFORMS Brand New 1st Quality 50% Cotton 50% Nylon TIGER STRIPE Jacket or Shirt WOODLAND CAMO $29.95 each o.ooi SWAT BLACK Don’t be loolod by others peddling secondsl XS through XL Regular 1 Long AIR FORCE TYPE AVIATOR SUNGLASSES Sliver Finish Frames with Sweat Bar Specify Lens Color: Mirror, Clue, Green, Amber or Smoke ONLY $5.95 (.ss) VIETNAM TYPE JUNGLE BOOTS $22.95 o.ooi Olive or Camo. Whole Sizes Only REAL GERMAN ARMY COMBAT KNIFE $29.95 (i.eoi U.S.M.C. TYPE CAMO CAP $5.95 (»«! 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Application has been approved by the Credit Union Department of The State of Texas for the Texas Aggie Credit Union which will have offices at 2405 Texas Avenue, Suite 100, College Station. Graduating seniors are encouraged to become a charter member of the Texas Aggie Credit Union before they leave the Texas A&^M University campus. The Texas Aggie Credit Union will be in a positive position to offer support to full time stu dents through the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, small loans for their short term needs, and longer term loans for those seniors preparing to begin their careers. Loan applica tions will be available May 1,1985. APPLICATION FOR CHARTER MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEXAS AGGIE CREDIT UNION Mail your check and application to: Texas Aggie Credit Union P.O. Box 10091 College Station, Texas 77840-8191 Name. , Class. Social Security Number. Mailing Address.. City__ Employer or Occupation. 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