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What disturbed
Silver Taps?
For the sake of those fallen
Aggies remembered at Silver
Taps last Tuesday night, I sin
cerely hope there is a severe
whooping cough epidemic going
around.
I would be greatly disturbed if
all the coughing and sniffles
were due only to some incredi
bly rude and disrespectful Ag
gies attempting to get some sort
of sick, personal satisfaction by
detracting from such a solemn
Aggie tradition.
Brian C. Murrell
Class of '95
When will Beutel
answer phones?
Recently, I sought medical at
tention at Beutel Health Center
for treatment of a minor illness.
However, I had extreme difficul
ty in scheduling an appointment.
The telephone scheduling
hours are supposedly in effect
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Re
gardless, I attempted to contact
the center beginning at 7:30 a.m.,
but listened to a recording until
7:40 a.m. As I had an 8 o'clock
class that morning, this delay
caused me considerable prob
lems.
It is my understanding that
the staff is compensated for their
work from the time of 7:30 a.m.
Therefore, shouldn't they be
working?
Jennifer Mullen
Class of ‘97
Where did all the
communists go?
Poor misinformed Michael
Kraft! In his letter which ap
peared Sept. 3, Kraft apparently
dated the cold war from 1954
and, calling it a hoax, laid the
blame for it at the feet of the CIA.
I wonder if Kraft heard of
Winston Churchill's 1946 speech
in Fulton, Missouri when he
said, "From Stettin in the Baltic
to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron
curtain has descended over the
continent."
The ringing down of the "iron
curtain" by the Soviet Union,
separating the communist world
from the free world, marked the
beginning of the Cold War.
The threat of the Soviet Union
was real. There was nothing hol
low about the Soviet domination
of Eastern Europe, their nuclear
bomb, their hydrogen bomb or
the bombastic threat of Mr.
Khrushchev to bury us. His mis
siles in Cuba were real!
If Mr. Kraft questions our role
in the Cold War, he should pon
der the meaning of the graves lo
cated near the remains of the
Berlin Wall. The young people
who died there were murdered
when attempting to flee to the
West! The wall was built, not to
keep people out, but to keep peo
ple in!
Two highly respected German
educators stated while visiting
Texas A&M recently, "Among
Europeans who have seen the
ravaging results of Communism,
one will find no admitted com
munist — nor even one who
would admit to having been a
communist.
"In fact," they continued,
"about the only place one would
find an admitted Marxists today is
in Eastern American universities."
Well, I suppose they are not
all at Eastern American universi
ties, are they Mr. Kraft?
Why are people
quick to judge?
This letter is written in re
sponse to Kyle Robinson's and
Francisco Sanchez's letter con
cerning non-regs, C.T.s and
Greeks which appeared in The
Battalion on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
First, I agree with your opin
ion that we are all Aggies and
that we should have the right to
pursue our individual prefer
ences in student lifestyles.
However, I disagree with
your opinion that all of us partic
ipate in the same traditions.
Bonfire and the building of it (a
tradition in itself) represents
Texas A&M's burning desire to
Beat the Hell Outta t.u., but not
all Ags seem to share this desire.
I believe this is best illustrated
by explaining why "much ani
mosity" is directed towards the
Greeks by non-regs and C.T.s .
This animosity originates from
many (not all) Greeks' choices to
participate in Aggie traditions
only when it serves their goals.
For example, many Greeks
will be in attendance during the
burning of Bonfire (another ex
cuse for a keg party), but prefer
to have some one else build it for
them so that during the fall they
can sleep in Sundays, hungover,
after their frat's eight-keg party.
Further, these Greeks will he
the same ones to complain about
how Bonfire stood for only ten
minutes when they did nothing
to make sure Bonfire was built to
their satisfaction. It is for this
reason that "much animosity" is
directed towards fraternities.
As for the yells that you heard
in the quad, these yells are not
used exclusively between non-
regs and C.T.s. These yells are
also used between rival dorms as
a motivational tool for dorm
members.
These yells were simply a re
flection of a friendly rivalry that
has existed between non-regs
and C.T.s since non-regs were
first admitted to this campus,
and these yells cannot be consid
ered more than a friendly rivalry.
What is great about the tradi
tions and students of Texas
A&M, is how the students can be
so diverse, push each other to be
their best, yet come together at
traditions like Silver Taps,
Muster and Bonfire.
Perhaps if you (Kyle and
Francisco) had spoken to mem
bers of the groups involved, you
might have discovered why and
for how long this arrangement
has existed instead of making an
uninformed judgment and get
ting upset over a tradition of fel
low Ags encouraging each other
to get involved and improve
each other's character.
Tom Arrigo
Class of‘%
Duke Hobbs
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