Page 2AThe Battalion/Tuesday, November 26, 1985
Opinion
Introducing the gridiron gourmet
Watch out f ast
food emporiums,
here comes Jackie
— McS her rill’s,
that is.
Mr Sherrill’s is
the Aggie Club’s
latest business’
venture exploiting
Jackie Sherrill’s
rising popularity.
Early this week
letters will be sent
JohfvHalleft
out to former stu
dents around the world:
Dear former student,
Be the ENVE of your Aggie Club, be
the first to own u McSherrill’s franchise
in your hometown. McSherrill’s will be
wholly owned and operated by Aggies.
By purchasing a franchise, you can
show your support for the maroon and
white. Xot only will profits benefit the
Aggie football team, each McSherrill’s
will provide jobs for needy Aggies. Each
counter person will be made an official
A&M athletic hostess and cooks will be
come part of the 12th Man Cookoff
1 earn.
McSherrill’s will be carpeted with As
tro turf complete with yardlines and
hash marks. Each seal will be dedicated
to 12th Man contributors just like on the
second dec k of the East stands at Kyle
field. Ags can watch A&M football
highlights and videos of the Eightin’
I exas Aggie Band on McSherrill’s big
si reen I V. And no McSherrill’s will be
complete without a statue of E. King
( fill, the original 12th Man.
I he menu is still tentative, but here
are a few of the items McSherrill’s ex-
pec ts to serve:
'' Stumpburger — the basic no frills
burger. Comes with cheese option.
® The McMurray — (the franchise)
two all beef patties, special sauce, let
tuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame
seed bun.
® AgDLT — McSherrill’s new look
hamburger with all the options includ
ing lettuce and tomatoes.
® The Lynn Amedeeburger — no
doubt about it this burger is totally of
fensive, topped with Linburger cheese,
jalapenos and onions.
® The Triple Option — three quar
ter-pound patties of pure beef on a ses
ame seed bun guaranteed to beef up
any armchair quarterback.
® Grilled Franklin — for those Ag
gies who are vegetarians, this one’s for
you — all cheese, no beef.
® The Blitz — an awesome sandwich
guaranteed to sideline even Marshall
Land.
® Fickle Fries — the names for all the
other items may change with the passing
of the guard at A&M but the fries never
will.
® Kamikaze shakes — named in
honor of the 12th Man Kickoff Team.
Flavors include chocolate, vanilla and
And to advertise the grand opening
of the first McSherrill’s (the location is a
closely guarded secret) an extensive ad
campaign is slated for the Texas A&M-
Texas game on ESPN Thanksgiving
night. An anonymous source revealed
the content of some of the ads.
Rush on over to McSherrill’s for a
meal that’s sure to score with your fam
ily and friends.
Walk on over to the McSherrill’s
maroon.
® Extra point — single dip ice cream
cone.
® Tw'o point conversion — two dips,
your choice of flavors.
® Cotton Candy — Win or lose, Ag
gies can pick cotton anytime at McSher
rill’s.
In addition, McSherrill’s will offer da
ily Quick Kick Specials, costly but deli
cious apple turnovers. Pigskin pie, Soup
Bowl of the Day and John David Crow-
sant sandwiches — an All-American fa-
nearest you.
Butcher Bevo! Eat more beef at Mc
Sherrill’s.
Have a cotton pickin’ good meal at
McSherrill’s.
Finally, as part of the grand opening
promotions, McSherrill’s will have a
contest giving away free tickets to next
year’s A&M football games, home and
away, an expense-paid trip, including
tickets to whatever bowl the Aggies play
in this year, and an all-expense-paid
four-year education (five years for ca
dets) at, that’s right — Texas A&M — as
prizes.
So Ags, keep your eyes peeled for
McSherrill’s, coming soon to your
hometown under the Maroon and
White goalposts.
My advice to the competition? Move
over clown, here comes Jackie.
Attention, sports fans: Rumor has it
Karl Pallrneyer has promised to write a
positive column praising the Aggie foot
ball team if they “Beat the Hell Outta
Texas.” Watch this spot for further de
tails.
vonte.
John Hallett is a senior political sci
ence major, a columnist and News Edi
tor for The battalion.
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Letter to readers
Texas A&M should be proud of The Baft
From tiine to time
in my college career 1
have had the plea
sure of basking in the
glory of some project
Rhonda
Snider
Editor
or paper that proved to be outstanding.
I have that feeling again, but this time I
owe it to i he Battalion.
Several weeks ago, seven . Battalion
editors attended an Associated Colle
giate Press conference in Dallas. I left
the convention with a sense of pride and
accomplishment in what we are doing at
The Battalion.
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Southwest Journalism Conference
The Battalion Editorial Board
Rhonda Snider, Editor
Mu belle Powe, Managing Editor
Loren Steffy, Opinion Page Editor
Karen Bloch, City Editor
John Hallett, Kay Mallett, News Editors
T ravis Tingle, Sports Editor
Editorial Policy
The Biitiulion is a non-profit, self-supporting newspu-
pet operated as u community service to Texas A&M and
Br\ an-Collcge Station.
Opinions expressed m The Battalion are those of the
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resent the opinions of Texas A&M administrators, faculty
or the Board of Regents.
The Battalion also serves as a laboratory new spaper for
students in reporting, editing and photography classes
within the Department of Communications.
The Battalion is published Monday through Friday
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Out address: The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald
Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77843.
We occasionally are criticized for the
perceived “liberal slant” of our opinion
page. Yet we receive few criticisms of
our layout or coverage in general.
Another convention for members of
the Associated Press was attended by
our two news editors a couple of weeks
ago. During one of the seminars, the ed
itors received praise for their layout and
news selection in the paper.
From my discussions with other stu
dents and advisers at the Dallas confer
ence, 1 discovered we have a better sys
tem than about 90 percent of other
college newspapers.
Many college papers are produced by
using tne facilities of their local city pa
pers. Those colleges that do have their
own setup often nave only one or two
computer terminals to put out the pa
pers.
We have 20 terminals hooked to a
mainline computer that The Batt staff
uses. Another 20 terminals are available
.on which the beginning reporting class
can work.
We have our own typesetting facili
ties, and the printing center in the adja
cent building prints our newspapers.
We are even fortunate enough to nave
some equipment that many city and
metro papers don’t have.
In adaition, our organization and
quality staff help keep us from running
out of story ideas, a problem other
schools often are plagued with.
While many college papers are pro
duced by a staff of 10 or 12, and have
the format of a company newsletter,
The Battalion operates on a much
larger scale. On the news side of the op
eration, we have 50 students on staff,
and another 65 in the second level re
porting class who write regularly for us.
There are eight people in the adver
tising department, 15 in the composing
room and two who operate the printing
presses.
The Battalion has a circulation of
about 23,000, making us larger than 96
percent of Texas newspapers and in the
top one-third of daily Texas papers. We
are one of the 10 largest college newspa
pers in the nation.
While 1 realize that bigger does not
necessarily equal better, a large opera
tion does require quality personnel to
keep it going. And it advertisers did not
think The Batt was a valuable source of
news to the campus, they would not con
tinue to buy ad space.
The Battalion gets enough revenue
from advertising to pay its staff salaries.
This is one of the things l am most ap
preciative of, because I realize that
Higher quality individuals can be at
tracted to work whe'n pay is an incen
tive.
The large staff also allows us a
broader coverage of campus activities
and events than a staff of 10 or 12
would. Although our reporters aren’t
able to be everywhere at once, we do set
priorities, and I feel we do a more than
adequate job of covering all the major
events.
The Battalion is by no means devoid
of faults; I’ll be the first to admit that.
However, I also confess that I’m proud
of my staff and what we produce each
day. For a bunch of students who still
are learning about journalism and the
newspaper ousiness, we do a darn good
job. Texas A&M should be proud of its
newspaper.
Rhonda Snider is a senior journalism
major and editor for The Battalion.
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the writer.
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No way to build a reputation
EDITOR:
! On-campus
^spring semeste
students, indue
and graduate
Murray, the or
Hrvisor.
| Murray said
policy that nor
year seniors at
1 was embarrassed by the behavior of some Texas A&M fansafte from getting o
women’s volleyball game Wednesday night. A street gang-like grocjpuMly waived
oddly dressed Aggies appai cut I \ leh u a m.uui ot pride to ' sn
University of Texas cheerleaders. The UT mascot was attacked. |, 1 ie ! e ale
Hd graduate
These kinds of students will cen.tmh tonirihuie to a bad repunB? * 1<,usniK tn
tor A&M. It we want to cultivate a reputation as a serious 'Jniverstty«Mj vlui . Iav K j t j
produces thought!ul .mil I i\ ili/ed gi aduaies. we need to disC0urfl^Kj C y j s ' t<) a |j
type of impulsive, immature behavioi. 1 here are too many Aggies Wnts to live oi
b\ i In ii at lions, seem i<> i egard theii expei u m e here at A&M asaiBdenis vv ho a
tension of high school. Let’s grow up a little, guys. v Another of
, wib- 8 P 8 7 |0 percent of
Joe Wilkinson
Puberty is a rough time
EDITOR:
This letter is in response to the bold statement being made arid
campus by some libertarian(s). The vehicle for this statement has bet:;
campus fountains. Let me say that 1 personally am really taken baa
the bubbles overflowing from the fountains. It actually brings a leant
eye. 1 can’t even imagine what campus visitors must think. Butllw
few suggestions for you.
Puberty is a dif ficult time, and 1 know you’re feeling a lot ol ana
with all the changes going on in your little bodies. But there may bebq
ways to manifest your insecurities. How about throwing eggs at can
ringing doorbells and running? You might even try throwing toilet pi) there’s one
all over someone’s front yard. Or maybe you could even grow up?
Mike Sullivan
Bu$$e
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By BEC
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torches bun
roar of the
park the car.
A little decency, please
EDITOR:
I would like to use The Battalion to write to the fellow Ag who!
taken my red backpack. It was taken Monday at 10:10 p.m. in DeUi
Field House outside handball court 17. Seven tic kets (and sevenlici
books) for the UT game were in there. Lucky for us, 1 remember the
lion, row and seat number of the tickets so if you are there, I W’lLLFb
YOU.
Other items in this backpack which will be worthless to you arena!
glish and history books (yes, finals are only 3 weeks away) and rayh
(dorm, house, car, post office, etc.). Without these keys I willnotbei
to move my car, which is in football parking. My roommate’s calculati
in there which would be helpful to her in her Physics test.
Bonfire i
jgame days, i
nassive park
pie parking
parking zone
driveways of
I But the U
Service, in t
University P'
a solution th
bonfire easie
The last item is very important to me: my senior ring. Well,cm
Thursday me and my six big friends will be looking for anyone
ing to scalp OUR tickets or anyone sitting in OUR seats. Consideringtl
none of these items will bring you any joy or money why notshowso?
decency and return my backpack.
Ana de Cardenas
| The bus s<
shuttle from
I- Olsen Fie
site.
: The servi<
at 6 p.m. am
10 minute
p.m.
Bonfire i
uled to be lit
Policy change needed
EDITOR:
i The shutt
at the Olser
drop them
bonfire site
Throckmort
In additio
tie, the regu
ice will be fr<
The nigh
gins at 6 p
minute inter
This letter is a request for a policy change in The Battalion.
Recently a watch was found in the motorcycle parking lot acrossfi
the Bus Stop Cafe. Even with the Lost and Found in the MSC, finding;
items is next to impossible on this campus. With this in mind, we dec.,;
to locate the owner ourselves. Along with putting signs up aroundt
pus, an ad in The Battalion seemed like a good way to return the watdil
When we called the number listed in the classified section, we
surprised to hear that we would have to go down to The Battalionolf
and pay to have the ad printed. Pay? I realize that if I wanted to sellsoif
thing, buy something or even locate something I had lost, I shouldha4
go over and pay for the advertising.
1 do not understand, however, how helping someone getbadil*
lost property falls into this category. Now 30 cents a word and a wall
the Battalion office is not a great burden, hut it’s probably enougl'
throw the good intention of taking that extra step out of the windo#
the Found section of the Lost and Found were free, returning lostpf
erty would be as easy as a phone call. How about it?
Oh, by the way, if anyone thinks the watch is theirs, give us ad
764-8518 or 693-4839.
Robert Honley ’86
Phil Stuart ’86
Deceptive disseminations from deans;
EDITOR:
Is Dean Lutes insinuating that a liberal arts degree is ALL I
needs to achieve immense corporate success?
In a recent article, she mentioned three prominent corporationsij
have chairmen holding liberal arts degrees. The companies thatshe^
tinned are Xerox, IBM and AT&T. According to the 1985-86 edW
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, the chairmen in question art
spectively: C. Peter McColough, John Opel and C. L. Brown.
According to the same source, Brown holds only a BS in electrical'
gineering from the University of Virginia. Few people here consider^
to be a liberal arts degree. While Opel does hold an AB from "5
minster, he obtained an MBA before entering industry. Similarly, ^
lough, who holds an LLB from Dalhousie, received an MBA fron4
vard before entering industry.
Liberal arts may have all of the advantages that Dean Lutes' 11 '
tinned. However, we feel that her statements were extremely decepu"
not outright inaccurate. Shouldn’t a college dean be either bettc 1
formed or more honest with her students? We guess liberal arts is
ate for people.
Mark Barbieri, Engineering ’87
Matthew Sullivan, Liberal Arts ’87
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