• September 16,
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Opinion
The Battalion • Page 7
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ver the last four years
I’ve been accused of be
ing a “two-percenter”
lore times than I can remem-
r. These accusations stem
Bom the fact that I can count
Be number of football games
I’ve attended in the last four
years on one hand, and that I’m
not particularly fond of Bonfire
. , (although I did actually go one
i nterventifime—whoop).
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s the appallingnati« 1 take Silver Taps and Aggie
re Haitians’ plight. ■ uster ver y seriously,
irninistrationhasinfl And I’ve never even contem-
s with the dilemiBated walking on the grass or
e of action on thefl«earing a hat in the MSC.
■d States, dependeniB But above all, I’ve never bro-
-power role in worl: ken the Aggie Code of Honor.
1 out its threat oft You know - that little thing
ids to maintain ihi: that says “Aggies do not lie,
nd military credit: cheat or steal.”
iw can the Un::p Gene Zdziarsky, director of
States make demsHtudent Life said he takes the
of other nations ! Aggie Code of Honor very seri-
cannot even Jjusly also.
tie unrest™ Zdziarsky has seen to it that
just outshflliany students have been sus-
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lended from the University
Iven for first time offenses.
I Last year there were 41 cas-
Is of lying (usually cases of pro
liding false information), 12
, • i , Jases of cheating and 74 cases
ust act if it intent, I f stealing Zdziarsky said .
€ r° e ,° SU n perp0 W O ur of these students were ex-
as^ahied UeDa gelled and six were suspended
gin with? Apparently the up
per classmen on this campus
aren’t instilling in new stu
dents the importance of holding
the Aggie Code of Honor in high
regard, because theft in partic
ular is a growing problem.
Just this summer I was
ripped-off by an Aggie thief.
After the lecture in my History
106 class ended (I finally broke
down and took that course), I
went to the front of the room to
discuss the final with the pro
fessor and left my backpack
and umbrella at my desk.
When I went back to my desk,
my backpack was there but my
umbrella was gone.
Now, this wasn’t just any
umbrella. My uncle, Class of
’43, gave it to me when I first
came to school at A&M and just
like many seemingly minor
things that are stolen, it held a
lot of sentimental value.
By the way, it’s a maroon,
heavy canvas umbrella with a
curved, blonde wood handle
and blonde wood tips at the
Maybe the threat of listing the
perpetrators' names in The Bat
talion would deter students from
lying, cheating or stealing.
Guest Columnist
is the only option le:
Although this seems like
very few offenses for a campus
f 40,000 students, it’s actually
a lot when you consider that all
offenders are not caught.
And aren’t Aggies supposed
to be above such crimes to be-
ends of the frame. If you see
anyone carrying an umbrella
fitting this description, grab
the umbrella, beat them repeat
edly on the head with it (care
ful - don’t break the umbrella)
while screaming at them what
a worthless heathen they are.
Then return the umbrella to
The Battalion, room 013 Reed-
McDonald.
You will be duly rewarded.
Obviously I’m still not over
the loss. You should see me on
rainy days scoping the horizon,
searching longingly through a
sea of maroon umbrellas for my
kidnapped little bumbershoot.
This incident not only made me
very sad, but also very aware
that theft really is a problem on
this campus.
So what are we as Aggies to
do about this problem?
Well, the first step could be
to request tougher punishments
for all the students who break
the Aggie Code of Honor.
Maybe the threat of listing
their names in The Battalion
would deter students from ly
ing, cheating or stealing.
Or, maybe if we beat the hell
’outta thieves, liars and
cheaters (as I suggested earlier)
instead of t.u. and Tech all the
time we could have a lower in
cidence of crime and academic
misconduct.
For all you good Ags - and
there are a lot of you out there
- thank you.
I have heard countless
stories of students being
tracked down to have their
senior rings returned to
them. I’ve seen signs all
over campus for “found”
objects, and have even had
a twenty dollar bill that I
dropped between classes
returned to me.
These acts of goodwill are all
indicative of what it means to
be an Aggie and to carry the
Aggie spirit.
See - it isn’t about winning
the Southwest Conference
Championship or watching a
funeral pyre burn for a cow
named Bevo.
It’s about camaraderie and
the love of honesty and loyalty
we share that creates the Spirit
of Aggieland.
Constance Parten is a senior
journalism major
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Football deserves spotlight
Upon picking up my copy of today’s Battalion, I
was astounded that our football team failed to re
ceive front-page recognition. Instead, I read about
endangered species and Harris County’s death
penalty rate. I do recognize that these are impor
tant issues, but what about something more local.
After all the hard work that Coach R.C. Slocum,
his staff and the Aggie football players have put
in, shouldn’t they receive a little more recognition
than this for beating the hell outta of O.U.! The
Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football Team deserves to be
in the spotlight for everything that they bring to
this place we call Aggieland.
Scott Thacker
Class of ’96
End religious-secular bickering
Josef Elchanan’s views were very offensive in
his column (Sept. 13) on religion and freedom in
America. Separation of church and state in the
Constitution has, recently, been pushed to the lim
its. Our forefathers meant that the government
should not impose a set religion for everyone, not
for there to be no religion.
Elchanan crossed the line when he said that re
ligious groups trying to defy the Constitutional
guarantees that ensure separation of church and
state offend and threaten every American.
I am an American, and I am not offended or
threatened. “Outright prayer in classrooms” is op
tional and voluntary, so he should not feel threat
ened. Saying that the ideas of Creationism were
“backward and illogical” was too much! How can
Elchanan look around at nature and at the stars
in the sky and say God did not create these?
Elchanan said that those who say this country
was founded on religion, lie and tamish the names
of those who sacrificed their lives for it.” God let
us win the war(s) for this country, and He appar
ently did not want or need those people (who died
in the wars) on Earth anymore.
Even though it is hard for us to handle death,
we have to accept God’s plan. The Bible says,
“Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one an
other” (Romans 14: 13a).
Let us stop this constant bickering between the
“religious” and “nonreligious.”
Jason O’Neill
Class of ’98
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