Wednesday, November 27,1985/The Battalion/Page 3 mind Mail Call Awaiting Karl’s graduation DITOR: Words cannot express how glad I will be when enior journalism major and Battalion columnist arl Pallmeyer, along with the rest of the so-called ggies who expectorate in the face of Aggie tradi tion, walks across the stage in May. Is it really that * big of a deal to you that when some rich Aggie do minates a lot of money he requests that his name be Remembered at the same time? I get so sick when people like this kick in with the of “why don’t they buy books with the money” ’$ob story. Last year it was the Albritton Tower con- ■roversy and granted I was pretty steamed when I didn’t receive some extra books out of the deal, but 1 soon got over it. Like the people from AIRCO Technical Insti- , lute say .. .“The mark of any college lies in the suc- Ittess of its graduates.” Be grateful that the Albrit tons, Blockers and Zachrys of this University have . chosen to leave their mark on the world here on !||he campus of Texas A&M. If you have a problem with that, Pallmeyer, I’m sure the folks at Moscow U. will welcome you for their graduate school pro gram. It is my suggestion to The Battalion staff that you refrain from printing any more of this righ teous trash. It’s just a lot of the stuff that cattle are ' So good at making. Some rich Aggie might see it i and decide that we really don’t want his donation. Steve Lueckemeyer EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry Steve, Karl won’t be graduating until next December. Too much to ask? to all my tans: d>t is the night of tkj r we go to the Cl ■ t uted at Kyle h:, i 1 have restrained! g on the football lei IDITOR: .* apartheid, war,B All North Side residents wishing to copy any- ; thing have faced desperate times in attempting to copy their important papers in the A-l Lounge. It Seems the beautifully computerized, newly ac quired copy machine simply never functions. We are not sure if it has ever worked or if there are ac tually functioning parts within. The machine that it replaced at least worked 50 percent of the time. Students have made futile reports of this malfunc tioning alien to no avail. Could we please have a working copy machine is it too much to ask? i \rvpi mr a siucraj®; or/ stronomiul salam Katrina Miesch ’86 in. It we beai f Kecki Achee’88 omise to write anil Karen Majors '88 and the football teat Accompanied by 162 Signatures Beware of falling buildings r is a senior joum ^ ilumnist for Tkl: , . . , _ T ... 1 Nov. 18, right before noon, I was walking to a class in Heldenfels Hall. As I passed the Biological Sciences Building on the sidewalk between it and J ^ the Analytical Services Building, a relatively large j L chunk of cement broke off the third story of the s \-/l Iv Biological Sciences Building and crashed on the sidewalk directly behind me. The cement missed • added to thearsetii me > but only by a few inches. I was able to laugh at ranizations time as several witnesses stood staring at me rists do strike, cof witl1 huge eyes and open mouths. id willing to launck * have written this letter in the hopes of drawing ; anc [ execu t e m iljtiF attention to the proper party that should be aware ition to negotiatint this potential hazard, if they are not already i Israeli raid on Ent aware - ^ would not want the Biological Sciences Vest German oper building to fall on one of my fellow Ags. I would • how how a cartliw 0 hke to warn my fellow Ags to beware of falling veil-executed coJbuildings! essfully end a hose: LauraDoiron ntry should develop^. SKSSelective Aggie-ism rorism. EDITOR: s has been resolved,sj In response to Greg Dean’s letter of Nov. 12, I prisals against thef; would like to address a problem which I call “Se- be considered t( lective Aggie-ism.” This problem strikes those who i further attacks. Bn choose to participate only in those traditions which me than 2,000 Arak are fun or convenient. li retaliatory laido Regarding the reprimand Deans received for ime period, 1431 booing: it’s true — good Ags DON’T boo! First of terrorists. Althoud all, it is extremely rude. Secondly, if you are so use a revolutionarfB r and become y will send a cleat® itry deals with tew' loners harshly, has had some sif ists, such as the nfe; e Achille Laurohijw been hollow' victoritil nroads into the pow ions must begin to® live plan of pohiicalll ouical enhancement willing to “stand up to support our team” with all the rest of us, why is it so difficult to express disap proval with all of us? Anyway, I think it is much more effective for 37,000 people to “give ’em a horse laugh” in unison. Concerning the request to remain off the MSC grass, this was not some arbitrary decision made by the persons with the “conspicuously shaved heads” to irritate the non-regs. The MEMORIAL Student Center and the surrounding grass was dedicated to 1951 “in humble reverence ... to those men of A&M who gave their lives in defense of our coun try. Here is enshrined in spirit and in bronze en during tribute to their valor and their deep devo tion. Here their memory shall remain forever fresh — their sacrifices shall not be forgotten.” Have YOU forgotten, Deans? To me, Deans’ letter exemplifies the pattern of “Selective Aggie-ism” that seems to be growing here. If a tradition is enjoyable and exciting, then it should continue to be upheld. If, however, a tra dition does not meet with someone’s approval, such as not booing at football games, or — worse yet — is slightly inconvenient, such as taking an ad ditional four steps around the grass (or “sections of mud”) surrounding the MSC, then OB VIOUSLY the traditions are useless and merely touted by “holier-than-thou, power-hungry tradi tionalists.” Also, the same traditionalists that you criticize are the very ones that made A&M a “better, friendlier place” by instilling the importance of a cheerful “Howdy!” to everyone they meet (which is sadly becoming a dying tradition). By the way, if we “turn down the volume of the closed-minded traditionalists,” you may not be “having a blast” at too many more midnight yell practices. Kim Stout ’87 Library gifts benefit all EDITOR: What would you say is the most important as pect of a university? The ranking of its football team? The number of National Merit Scholars who are students there? What about the excellence of its library? Dr. Frank Vandiver, president of Texas A&M, emphasizes the importance of a library in our modern technological society: “The library has evolved into much more than a collection of books and documents. It has become an information cen ter essential to all aspects of the University.” A library is an indicator of the excellence of ed ucation available from a university. To elevate A&M to a position of world leadership in schol arship and research we must begin by improving the resources of our library. The Sterling C. Evans Library is currently ranked 42nd of the 105 members of the Associa tion of Research Libraries (ARL). This places the Aggie library a scandalous 36 slots below the 6th ranked University of Texas. The problem could be easily solved with one very important ingredient: money. There is a di rect correlation between the ranking of a library and its total operating expenditures. The libraries which spend the most have the highest rankings. Harvard, ranked number one, has total expendi tures of $24,658,246. Texas spends $17,012,306 and is ranked 6th. A&M spends less than half of what Texas spends: $8,260,270. Because tne library is essential to all academic programs, gifts to the library benefit all students, regardless of their academic interests or abilities. Anyone wishing to benefit this University may not readily do so by support of the Sterling C. Evans Library. Helen L. Miller Sterling C. Evans Library Development Council Letters to the Editor should not exceed 300 words in length. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit letters for style and length but will make every effort to maintain the author's in tent. Each letter must be signed and must include the address and telephone number of the writer. >gical enhancemenlj ? th. ke is a junior joun^ enior staff writerk zzzzzzzzzzzzzazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzfc ■S S s S S s - 'S ■ V I X V i 4 ‘n ice to Texas A&M andBrptW )i and do not necessarily repfttf ing and photograph) classes ^ testers, except for holiday and per full year. Advertising^ iollcge Station, TX 77843, s S K-BOB’S Tlfiautagivmg Dmnar with all the fixins $7.89 iWe will be open Thanksgiving ^ day from 11 to 6. 809A E. University 846-7467 MSC Camera Committee Bonfire Print Sale The "official" bonfire print SIZE 8x10 8x10 11x14 16x20 PRICE $4.00 presale order $5.25 $10.50 $21.00 Pre-Sale - Nov. 18-22 & 25-27 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Post Sale - Nov. 28 12:00-6:00 p.m. (game day) Dec. 2-6 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All sales at MSC 1st Floor Tables "Remember Bonfire '85 with a picture" . 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