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Opinion
Poor reception
No one showed up at the Bryan City Council’s public hear
ing Monday on McCaw Cablevision’s proposed rate increase.
With the recent grumblings from the community over McCaw’s
current rates, it’s disturbing that no one came forward to voice
their opinions.
The franchise agreement McCaw has with the city states that
the cable company must inform the city of proposed rate in
creases, and the city can then either do nothing — a signal of ac
ceptance of the new rates — or set the rates itself.
If no one appears to protest the new rate hike, the Council
could interpret it as a sign that the public will readily accept the
new rates.
If that is the case, then the recent anti-McCaw banter circu
lating in the area must be just idle chatter.
The Bryan City Council makes its final decision today at 10
a.m. However, College Station residents, including many Texas
A&M students, will get a chance to let their city know how they
feel about the cable rate increase. The College Station City-
Council will discuss the rate increase today at 5 p.m.
If residents don’t exercise their right to express their views,
they soon may be paying more for their viewing rights.
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Regents attempt to deal with growing liberal trem
Wlmt you are
about to read is a
parody. Any simi
larities with fac
tual persons or
events are purely
coincidental — I
think.
Disturbed by
what they consider
a growing liberal
trend among stu-
Glenn
Murtha
dents and faculty members, the Texas
A&M Board of Regents took decisive ac
tion today to stop this leftist swing.
In 3 bold strokes the Board voted to:
1. Change the name of the College of-
Liberal Arts to the College of Conserva
tive Arts, then decided to abolish it alto
gether claiming, “it’s where all the
commie-pinkos hang out.”
2. Change the Aggie Code of Honor
to “Aggies should not lie, cheat, or steal
except to help recruit players for the
football team.”
3. Require Aggie Admittance tests for
all prospective students and faculty
members.
When asked why the Board took such
decisive action, one Regent commen
ted,“t’ git beck t’ thiem days whien mien
was mien, wiemmin was wiemmin, en ol
thiem queeirs wient t’ t.u.”
Another promptly added, “Beck
whien Aggies had ther prierties stret -
fuitball, tradishiens, en wiemmin!”(not
necessarily in that order).
Through some harrowing detective
work of my own, I have managed to ob
tain some example questions from the
tests:
Student lest
1. What do you feel is the most im
portant reason for attending Texas
A8cM? (refer to question 2)
a. Fuitball
b. Tradishiens
c. Wiemmin
d. All of the above
2. After fuitball, what do you feel is
the second most important reason for
attending Texas A&M?
a. Fuitball
b. Tradishiens
c. Wiemmin
d. All of the above
3. Religion. Identify any 3 of the 10
commandments (preferably from the
Revised Fuitball Version of the Aggie
Bible, King Jackie Edition).
Hint:
1. Thou shall have no other coaches
before me.
2. Thou shall not take the name of
thy Coach in vain.
3. Remember Football Saturday, and
keep it holy!
Faculty Test
1. Are you a commie-pinko?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe so
2. Who did you vote for in the last
presidential election?
a. Ronald Reagan
b. I didn’t vote, but I supported Ron
ald Reagan
c. The other guy
d. Mikhail Gorbachev (for commie-
pinkos)
3. Would you be willing to contribute
a fair amount of your salary to a charita
ble f und to provide adequate trai
tation for football athletes on
arship?
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joe Eiberty, an attorney for thau
thinktank People for the Longhorn
(PLOW) immediately attacked the
as unconstitutional and beyond
mentality of the typical prospectit;|
joe stated, “ I he tests discrinii
against those people who have cm
nure for brains.”
Will this crisis be resolved?Stay
for another episode of “The Board
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Down the Law” or “Tar and Feathe;
Commie-Pinkos.”
Glenn Murtha is a senior polhkil
ence major and a columnist fat I
Battalion.
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Mail Call
Bravo for the Editorial Board
EDITOR:
Bravo on The Battalion Editorial Board’s editorial “Mind over
Materialism,” and its call for student concerns, not over becoming Yup
pies, but helping people and participating in community service.
I would be delighted in being the faculty adviser to any such group,
and I am sure that many of my colleagues in the College of Liberal Arts
would also participate.
Terry Anderson
Associate Professor of History
include the unborn. The most basic right in our society in outsort
the right to life.
It is true that it has not been conclusively proven that a fetusii
man from the time of conception. However, it has not been proven
it isn’t. Is human life something we should be gambling with?
Meghan A. Carmody
Class of’87
Don’t be fooled by liberal tunes
Same could be said for slavery
EDITOR:
In the concluding paragraph of Glenn Murtha’s column on abortion
(Opinion Page, Jan. 23) he says, “The fact that strong differences of
opinion exist indicates no absolute right or wrong.”
In its time, the same could have been said of slavery.
Paul R. Koch
Graduate Student
Dept, of Agricultural Engineering
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Several points on abortion
EDITOR:
This letter is written with regard to several points concerning abor
tion raised in the Jan. 23 issue of The Battalion, particularly in relation
to a column by Glenn Murtha.
In the abortion controversy, I take an anti-abortion stand, and base
my judgement upon two basic premises.
The first deals with the question of life at conception. I believe this
dilemma is mute, as the organism obviously possesses the most basic
qualities that define life: respiration, growth, expenditure of energy,
etc.
Secondly, is the fetus human? Although this can be argued, I believe
scientific evidence indicates that it is. Modern theories of the generation
of life are based on the conclusion that one life form does not spring
forth spontaneously, but instead, develops from pre-existing cells of the
same form. The fetus has, from the moment of conception, the 46 chro
mosomes of a human organism and a unique genetic make-up. It does
not magically metamorphose into a human being at some legally set
point in time; it simply matures.
As to the quality of life which Murtha discussed, I pose the question:
Have we the capacity or the right to judge the quality of another’s life to
the point of passing sentences of death? When this was done to hand
icapped persons in Nazi Germany, we called it a crime against nature.
Murtha also questions the situation of a pregnant woman’s financial
state. Can poverty justify murder? The same argument used by Murtha
could excuse infanticide in the case of a woman who could not afford
her newborn. I find a sad trend in our society toward self-centeredness
and weakness, rather than strength and courage, in the face of hard
ship. Flave we no backbone?
I believe firmly in the rights of the individual, which I think should
EDITOR:
I am shocked and indignated. 1 went to the record store the
day to get a Twisted Sister album, and having accidentally walkedb'
jazz section, I noticed a section entitled “New Age” music. What I
to know is how long has this New Age/Globalist/Secular Humanist
spiracy been going on in the music business?
For those of you as yet blissfully uninformed about this concattl
tion of a conspiratory movement, it is run by some of the most potrt
people on earth. These people want to eliminate God, the family
the United States as we know it today. They have already taken over
government schools and are now trying to impose a one-worklgovfi
ment and a one-world religion, just as predicted in Revalation
It has now become clear to me that their stronghold on the A'
campus is KAMU-FM. T his station regularly and blatantly broadoj
such New Age music as Andreas Vollenwieder and music frond'
ham Hill Records, in addition to their regular left-wing propag®
from National Public Radio. Don’t be fooled by the sweet melodion'PWyi
of this music; it is intended to make the population weak-willed#™'
thus easier to control. I have myself almost been taken in by thistBiP* v
but luckily, God spoke to me and told me to burn my New Age albi r fj| e
which I promptly did. __Jhea
In closing, my suggested
plan of action is to boycott
KAMU now. By taking this
action during their fund-rais
ing drive, we can hit them
where it hurts — in the pock-
etbook. Lastly, I urge all of
you to boycott such liberal
publications as the New York
Times and The Battalion,
and subscribe to some real
journalism such as the Hour
of Prophecy.
Brian Sterling
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