Opinion
Northga te s becom e
hazardous to health
Three of the most popular hangouts for Texas A&M students,
The Dixie Chicken, Duddley’s Draw and The Flying Tomato, also
are three of the most potentially hazardous nightspots in town, par
ticularly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
On each of those nights, crowds gather at the entrances of those
establishments and spill out onto a heavily travelled University Drive.
At the same time, motorists are haphazardly speeding by those
Northgate hot spots.
Northgate’s nightly clientele has been lucky so far that no one has
been killed by a passing vehicle. However, if they continue to play
the odds, eventually someone is going to lose.
The owners of these businesses and the College Station Police
Department should take steps to prevent a tragic death from occur
ring on University Drive. The Chicken, Duddley’s and The Tomato
should not allow its customers to leave the premises with alcoholic
beverages. And the CSPD should continue to monitor the activity at
those businesses to ensure those customers’ safety.
The Battalion Editorial Board
EDITOR:
A letter in Friday’s Mail Call was calling for a “grand apology” from Michael
Deaver for speaking on a topic other than “Presidential Image-making,” as was
planned.
Instead, Deaver gave a presentation about ethics in government, but he did not
intentionally change the topic. MSC Great Issues arranged his visit through a
speaker bureau that offers the services of many well-known speakers.
Unfortuantely, the agent we worked with did not inform Mr. Deaver that we
wanted him to make a presentation on campaign image-making — his area of
expertise.
Because he had planned on speaking about ethics in government, Mr. Deaver
did not have the materials necessary to present “Presidential Image-making.” We
quickly contacted the agency to inform them of their blunder, and we will dela with
more professional agencies in the future.
Upon learning of this mix-up, Mr. Deaver agreed to cut his presentation to 45
minutes and focus on presidential image-making with an extended question-
answer session. I would like to thank the audience for their understanding and
their interest in this program. Fortunately, they were well-informed and asked
pertinent questions.
James Cecil
Chairman, MSC Great Issues
Mail Call
Deaver should be excused
Gifts what A&M all about
EDITOR:
I am displeased with the comments made by Anthony Wilson concerning the
lettering at Kyle Field. This gift is not something to “gawk at.”
It is a symbol and constant reminder of all Aggies’ readiness to play in case they
are needed to go into the game like the original 12th Man, E. King Gill.
Mr. Wilson’s references to the Eternal Flame, statues and plaques on trees and
stones are revolting. The Eternal Flame symbolizes “the undying spirit that all Ag
gies have for Texas A&M.” The plaques on trees or stones are memorials to fellov\
Aggies who gave their lives in time of war. The remainder of statues or plaques
recognize other individuals who helped to further Texas A&M in some way
shape, or form.
These gifts are not “marks that senior classes want to leave so that years later
they can come back and tell the kids what a legacy Mom and Dad left at A&M.”
Instead, these gifts are each classes way to show their pride for Texas A&M
and symbolize what Texas A&M really is.
Bryan D. Dierlam ’92
Somebody get Joe Bob a rope
EDITOR:
I am writing in response to Ms. Purser’s editorial concerning the “good-ol’-
boy” syndrome of native Texans.
It was apparent she was as anti-Texan as her “good-ol-boys” were pro-Texan,
except for her “wimp-out” paragraph where she tried to pacify every other native
Texan already frothing at the mouth by saying, “And 1, myself, like Texas well
enough, or I wouldn’t still be here.” Oh, well, that makes me feel MUCH better.
I have never visited New Mexico, so I would never begin to criticize or belittle
the state or its people. The argument of Texas’ secession from the Union, while
theoretically leasable, is unlikely and unrealistic. The argument that many “good
of boy” Texans have never traveled outside the state is ridiculous.
I used to have this same argument with a friend. She was going to college in
London for a year to broaden her horizons, and then she was going to live in New
York so she could be where the action was. She could not understand, much less
respect, my decision to attend school in Texas and move back to my hometown to
start a business.
“You just don’t have ambition,” was her constant response. Ms. Purser, can’t
you understand that many of us “good-of boys” are content and happy here?
I know that I was angry after reading your editorial. H I was angry, I know
some of those “hard-core Texas zealots,” as you call them, are furious.
Ms. Purser, be careful because some of those good-ol’-boys might introduce
you to another Texas tradition —lynching.
Wade Sales ’90
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'THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROtt TIME TO TIME
WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS/
— JEFFERSOM
Housewife or professional:
Women have right to choos
By
I’m not a women’s libber, but 1 do be
lieve that women are the equal of men. I
have the same right to happiness as
men, and I certainly expect that right to
be respected.
So why am I getting on my soapbox
and singing the battle hymn of Women’s
rights activists?
Lydia
Berzsenyi
Columnist
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ented young woman plans toi
die engineering world andisoBf
entr\ level position with a pi
engineering firm. Let’s say
h.is done research inihepasu
been recognized for outstanding
but ions to the engineering society
Because my rights are being threat
ened. The threats are not being made
by organized groups of conservative
bigots. They’re being made by my own
fellow students.
least, a decision made by her and her
husband — not by the husband alone.
And what if, at the same
voting woman isofferedap
marriage by a young man ofwte
A friend of mine was told the other
day that because she wanted to use her
talents and abilities in the professional
world in a full-time capacity, she could
never hope to have a successful mar
riage.
Few people will deny that women
have a right to an education, but main
will not hesitate to deny women the*
right to use the knowledge gained in a
professional capacity when working
would interfere with raising a family .
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I lovvever, the* youngmante
c lear that he does not want
work while the children are y
It’s hard to believe that in this day
and age there are still people who hold
such archaic opinions. Is it possible
there are members of today’s world who
slept through the sexual revolution?
(For the purpose of this column,
“professional capacity” means working
outside of the home.)
Actually, I don’t think so. If there
were a random poll taken of a cross sec
tion of today’s society. I’m sure the per
centage of those who are not aware of
the women’s rights movement would be
small. But how many of those people ac
tually believe in women’s rights?
How many men do you know who are
planning on having a family set-up
which involves their staying home with
the children as much as their wives? I n-
less the children will be kc-pt in daycare
or by a babysitter, the women are
usually the ones expected to abandon
their careers and stay home with the*
children. Few men will openly admit
planning to abandon their careers to
raise a family.
I'm not going to say what lilt
woman should c hoose. She may*
raise her own children fronidiij
dates. She* may want to havetu
dren and then hire a babvsiueic
of them.
But that should be herdedat
anvone else s.
How many believe women they know
are being denied their rights?
Now, in all honesty, not all women
want a marital arrangement in which
both parties would stay home an equal
amount.
I know people are readingi
umn and thinking that I’mjusi|
on men and that fm saying
this whole situation lies wit
half of the human population"!
not. Women are to be blamed*
as men because so many womenlf
choices he made for them. If won*
not stand on their own two feel il
cide what they want out of life,di
cisions will be made for them.
Women’s rights go beyond the right
to vote, the right to certain jobs and the
right to compete against men.
Women’s rights include the right to
choose how to spend their own lives.
Whether a woman wants to work while
her children are growing up or whether
she wants to stay home with them
should be her own decision, or, at the
Many women still like a home in
which the men bring home the bacon
and the women cook it. They would
rather raise the children and run the
house instead of working in a profes
sional capacity.
Women's rights have been a to
for centuries, and dial issue is $
fat from being resolved,
pie stop accepting old-fa
and start thinking for themselvft
is no hope for advancement
That’s fine. But it should be the wom
an’s choice.
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