Monday, October 28, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3
Mail Call
Hurray for Dick Tracy
to make the library a more enjoyable place to
study.
EDITOR:
■Well, I’ve got to hand it to the University Police
loi busting the infamous car-parts theft ring. For
another time in im tom and one-half years and
Texas A&M, I've seen the University Police do
something other than tic ket cars, polish their re
volvers and post the “Police Beat" article (1 was
starting to wonder whether they were employed to
dream up all the things that appear in that article).
■Although it doesn’t take Dick Tracy to figure
out what two guvs were doing driving slowly
around a parking lot at 2 a.m. with a load of car
arts, in arresting those two students they dis
played the real purpose of the University Police —
to protect the students and their belongings — not
to harass them. Now that they have put a notch in
their revolvers and have taken a step in the right
direction maybe we’ll see a decrease in the length
ol the “Polic e Beat" article.
■All sarcasm aside, the\ do deserve credit for
their actions, and now that thev have proved them
selves, maybe w e’ll see a more professional attitude
and a decrease in AN-M's crime rate.
A'ay to go, Dick 1 rac \.
William Grimes
WliOR'S IS’O IE: I he University Police luive
nothing to do with "Police Bent."It's compiled
Wm the police reports by a Bnttnlion stuff writer.
Steve Mermelstein
Beware the 12th Bear
EDITOR:
The date was Oct. 19, 1985. It was an overcast
night and things were looking bleak for Baylor. Al
though they had scored to take the lead and had
then intercepted an errant pass, the courageous
Aggie defense held them on three downs and it
was time to punt.
The Aggies would get the ball with enough time
to drive to a winning touchdown. T he Baylor
coach scanned the bench. Who could he count on
to secure the victory? Tension gripped the air. The
ball was snapped, the backfield judge surged for
ward, reached for his pocket and the rest is his
tory. Thus the legend of the Twelfth Bear was
born.
To this day, loyal Baylor fans wear yellow in re
membrance of the immortal Twelf th Bear.
Charles Bennett
Let’s talk about it
Bring back the food
EDITOR:
S MAs everyone w ho uses the Sterling C. Evans Li-
bltrv is now aware, there are no food or drinks al-
lilvecl. To enforce this policy, the library has hired
iaper Asu |tll “LIBRARY POLICE," people who do nothing
ationandifc bin force others to throw away the snacks which
oonvHista: thn liave brought.
jjPBs-i-Blhe reason for this polit y, I am told, is to avoid
ons a.silled drinks and crumbs, preventing damage to
1 he Wash books. What is so funnv is that inside almost every
i 1 itnefwHiduate study room there is a coffee maker and
other assorted snacks. For the less fortunate un-
dligrads, we are forced to use the student lounge,
line, except main students study better with a
(bid drink and/or a snack In their side, and the
" student lounge is certainly no place to study.
Hjsing the money paid to the Library Clops and
[111 It P 1 'Tits Imm the vending machines, certainly
I I there would be enough to hire a few part time peo
ple needed to clean up the extra mess. Personally,
EDI TOR:
I am writing in response to Kimberly Motley’s
Oct. 18 letter to the editor, about my disparaging
remarks concerning the decor of the Memorial
Student Center. She took great affront to the dis
honor I ostensibly did to those honored in the
MSC, notably the Medal of Honor recipients.
Motley evidently is not familiar with the history
of that medal — it is quite often awarded to those
who did not die for their country, but who per
formed meritorious and valorous service.
I’d say that those who were awarded the Medal
of Honor posthumously should not have received
the highest military award of the United States,
but something less. I cater more to the sentiments
of Gen. George S. Patton, who is supposed to have
said, “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his
country. He won it by making the other poor,
dumb bastard die for his country.”
If Motley would care to discuss the matter in a
civilized way, perhaps we could talk about it over a
couple of beers — somewhere off campus.
William H. Clark II
ther yd! - jTd that most of the people who use the library
me responsible enough to clean up after them
selves, but whatever the answer, let’s do something
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