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Thursday, December 3,1992
The Battalion
Page 9
How Lee Corso stole Christmas...
Or, 'Let's squash FSU like bugs in the Cotton BowT
Editorials
Legislative bickering
School finance solution no closer
Sadly, it appears that the Texas
Legislature will close the current
special session having accomplished
nothing. The school finance prob
lem will be no closer to being solved
than before.
Republicans and Democrats have
done little more than trade accusa
tions and have come no closer to the
essential compromise which must
be reached to solve the state's edu
cation funding problems. Senate
and House members each have ac
cused the other body of not serious
ly tackling the issue and not really
trying to compromise.
The Democratic leadership pro
posed their "Fair Share" plan with
out Republican input; therefore Re
publicans claim to stand on princi
ple in opposing it. Unfortunately,
when Republican Rep. Steve Ogden
proposed his own bill, which some
viewed as the beginnings of a com
promise attempt. House Republi
cans withdrew support.
There are obviously many com
plicated issues involved in solving
this problem.
Republicans want a spending bill
passed which will guarantee no tax
increase before they will allow a
constitutional amendment, whereas
Democrats have exactly opposing
priorities.
Neither party will get the three-
quarter majority vote necessary
without bipartisan cooperation.
The legislature must quit wasting
time and tax money fueling irrecon
cilable partisan animosities and
make an earnest attempt to compro
mise. Or, in words they might all
understand — just do it.
With all due respect to the great Dr.
Seuss and his Grinch who stole
Christmas, I give you the great
Christmas football epic, part two —
the revenge.
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very Ag down in AgTand liked
Cotton a lot...
STACY
FEDUCIA
Assistant editor
But Lee Corso who lived north of
AgTand did NOT!
That Corso hated Cotton! The whole
Cotton Bowl thing!
He hated the Aggies!
He hated their team!
He did not like them in the day.
He did not like them any way.
He did not like them in the bowls.
He only liked the Seminoles!
You're a mean one, Mr. Corso. Not a keen one, Mr. Corso.
You're a little green man, with a little round torso,
Mr. Corso! Mr. Corso.
(Again, I mean this in the best way possible, with due
apologies to the Grinch.)
"Those Aggies in Texas! They're having such fun!
'Cause they're 12-0, and we're 10-1."
But we've got those handy, dear polls on our side,
And fourth place is disgrace to their Aggie Pride!"
How sad and how tragic, that he should think that
Not that we've cared that there's where we've sat.
"Don't look at the rankings," said dear old R.C.
"Our record speaks for itself, as plain as can be.
We throttled the Cardinals! We pounded Mizzou!
We ran roughshod over Houston and even t.u.
We outscored the Mustangs! We outscored the 'Frogs!
We declawed the Bears, but didn't play the Hogs —
(SMU took care of them for us — thanks, guys!)"
So OK, I broke rhyme. Sue me.
"Played one game at a time, and each team would fall.
We butchered them! Butchered them!
Butchered them all!"
But that nasty old Corso, that grinchly old fiend
Just butchered the Aggies when he got on the screen!
The television screen, that is — he was not on the field.
He neglected to mention the Aggies' great power
That had shown through those boys in their finest hour.
(Usually the fourth quarter.)
He forgot Marcus Buckley, Aaron Glenn — no slim pickins!
He forgot Steve Solari, Eric England, Ray Mickens!
He neglected to mention Carter, Thomas and Corey,
Forgot all about their victory glory!
Didn't say a thing about Davis or Hill!
But just wait 'til they give those 'Noles a Cotton Bowl thrill!
Dare I say it? Did he do it? Was he tempting the fates?
By ignoring our resident headhunter Bates?
(We're not worthy! We're not worthy!)
And let's not forget Teichelman and Atkinson.
O Corso, you may say what you can —
But wait 'til your Seminoles meet the Fightin' Twelfth Man!
If we happen to play them, we will romp on the 'Canes.
Then we'll laugh, and we'll cheer as you take the pains
To beg pardon, dear Corso, of old Aggieland —
And come down to join us, now that would be grand!
Because you know what happened to the Grinch in the end,
He said "Sorry" to the Whos and said,
"Hey, I'm your friend."
Because, you're probably not a mean one, Mr. Corso,
Probably a keen one, Mr. Corso.
But we're gonna stomp your team,
And with class, even moreso,
Mr. Corso. Mr. Corso.
See you in Dallas, Ags!
Beat the hell outta some team from Florida.
Feducia is a senior English and history major
Deregulate trucking
Unnecessary rules stifle economy
Texas has an opportunity to catch
up with the rest of the nation by re
forming the Texas trucking industry.
The Texas economy currently lan-
uishes beneath the price-fixing
exas Railroad Commission, whose
rates border on surreal — it costs
more to truck jeans from El Paso to
Dallas than to ship them from Tai
wan to Dallas. Texas trucking rates
are 40 percent higher than, and of
ten twice as much as interstate rates.
The cost to the Texas economy is
about $1.2 billion.
Transportation is an input for the
production of virtually all goods, so
nigh trucking rates increase operat
ing costs for other firms. Many
firms will not locate in Texas, and
other firms have left in order to
move freight via low-cost interstate
rates. It has been estimated that
trucking deregulation would add
between 20,000 to 35,000 jobs to the
Texas economy within 10 years.
Concerns over safety deteriora
tion with deregulation are mis
placed. Since deregulation of inter
state trucking in 1980, traffic acci
dents, fatalities, and injuries associ
ated with trucking have continued
to fall. Studies have not found any
correlation between economic regu
lation and safety.
Employment has surged in the
trucking industry, as have women
and minority carriers. Small busi
ness carriers that earn less than one
million dollars per year have more
than doubled.
Trucking reform is long overdue.
Deregulation will encourage compe
tition for routes, create more jobs,
drop rates, and improve service. It
will help take the Texas economy
into the 21st century.
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Debating who hates
whom waste of time
A funny thing happened to me the
)ther day that I thought you'd want to
ear. I was in one of the local bars
Jrinking a politically incorrect beer (St.
Pauli Girl — the low-cut neckline on
ihe dress of the barmaid on the bottle)
md thinking politically incorrect
houghts about the multitude of female
^gs around me.
I turned around and was bumped
nto by a politically incorrect individual
>vho told me in a very politically
^correct manner to get out of the way.
Of course, being the hypersensitive
rybaby that is so much the rage here at
A&M these days, I imrpediately
ealized that I needed to write the Batt
*nd complain.
I was then struck with a brilliant
dea. This person obviously didn't feel
he same way about social conduct as I
hid nor did he like or appreciate me, as
I thought it would be a good idea to
campaign on campus to have
mandatory multi-personality courses
for people who don't agree with me.
Let it be the rule that all those who
do not agree with me be forced to take
a class on appreciating me, Steven
Kling.
Then everyone would be bright-and-
shiny happy and I won't have to worry
about people offending me anymore.
Granted, condemning others for
holding different views and forcing
them to take indoctrinating classes to
mutate their opinion goes against the
very ideals this country was based on,
but what the hell, we've got crybabies
to satisfy.
It seems these days that everyone
has a bee in their bonnet about
.something. It's amazing how many
man-hours (yes, I said "man" -hours,
not person hours; file a complaint) have
been wasted on petty acts of hate;
whether it be the act itself or the useless
responses to it.
Steven Kling
Class of '94
Wilson visit nothing
but attack on A&M
If the objective of the MSC Black
Awareness Committee on Monday
night was to bring cultural sensitivity
to Texas A&M, it failed miserably.
I came to the assembly with an open
mind.
I arrived early, as instructed, to
proceed through the "necessary"
security checks. Once underway, the
attenders were treated to an
antagonistic history lesson by Mr. X.
Following Mr. X, Rep. Wilson
engaged in a lengthy assault of the
privileged people who attend this
public university.
He made the comment that poor
minority children were helping to fund
this institution through our state sales
tax.
His position was that our university
had a responsibility to those children
not only to be sensitive to their culture,
but provide them with an education,
even if it meant lowering the standards
of admission to attend this school.
He felt that mere funding of higher
education, through taxation,
guaranteed an individual the right to
attend a public university of his choice.
I am sorry, Wilson, but I am not
going to allow you to destroy the
integrity of higher education.
The problem with lack of minorities
in higher education is not in the
admission standards but in the
standard of living. How can a minority
avail himself of the opportunities
before him if his motivation in life is
survival?
When the average lifespan of a black
male is shockingly low, how can college
be a helpful alternative? Pruning of the
branches will not rid our country of
racial insensitivity, but attacking at the
roots will.
The responsibility lies in the hands
of Wilson and the rest of our elected
officials. The question at hand is
whether or not Wilson is bold enough
to seek out the real issue and apply a
proper solution.
Scott E. Doyle
Class of '93
Aggie Band members
embarrassed school
Although school rivalries usually
consist of simple, healthy competition,
there is something unique about the
A&M-t.u. rivalry that often tends to get
out of hand.
After witnessing and reading about
the decision by a few Aggie band
members to walk off of the field at the
t.u. game, I find myself embarrassed to
be an Aggie. What occurred was an
example of poor taste and selfish pride.
I agree that the t.u. fans behaved
extremely rudely, but do we have to
stoop to that level? Instead of taking
the opportunity to show maturity and
good sportsmanship, these band
members, by walking off the field.
displayed nothing short of childishness.
I admire and support the action
taken by Col. Toler in his decision to
remove these members from the band.
I realize that not all members of the
band were involved; therefore the
punishment individually instilled was
justified. When participating as a
member of any organization on
campus, you are representing our
University as a whole. The irrational
and unsportsmanlike action taken
reflects heavily on all Aggies. It is a
shame that the action of a few could
taint the reputation of so many.
Krista L. Turner
Class of '95
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