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ItillillS ill all at1110Sphele that is l’elaXeil Ch\( cargo list: HaWaik111 Alaskan King Crab Mall i Malii Australian Lobster Ratatouille Salad Buffet stixt * College Station k Tetuple Corpus aristz Baylor . . . from page 12 McCall’s threat to invoke unnamed sanctions against Betty Baylor if she flaunts her pubescence in those pages. I do wonder, though, if he is really concerned about the pictures’ effect on the alumni, and not on the angels. How about his edict’s ultimate effect on the multitudes who are neither? It disappoints me when political conservatives, opponents of strong government, turn radical-centralist to put down nonrevolutionary dissent. Similarly, it frustrates me when powerful members of the denomination described in the Baylor Personnel Handbook as “committed to the view that the individual is endowed with the right to decide all issues for himself’ renounce that commitment in the face of an unreceived decision on some issue. Once committed to the fight against Playboy, President McCall might yet have avoided the crisis by merely urging the editors of the Lariat to use all the restraint their journalistic consciences would permit them in reporting and commenting on the issue. Instead, he rebuked the editors, challenged them to quit, imposed an ex post facto policy that ignored the clear disclaimer on the editorial page of the Lariat: “Editorials reflect the opinions of the authors and not necessarily of the student body or the administration.” This was splenetic and unfair, and the world quickly heard about it. Baylor should not scorn the opinions of Outer Mankind. Endowments may flourish best in alumni bubbles, but some fine students, at least up to now, have come from the great outdoors. It would be too bad to cut off the supply, because then the air holding up the Baylor Bubble would reek of an obedient sameness. That is the wrong smell for a university campus. I hope Baylor’s good qualities will abide. But the administration, particularly in dealing with students, needs to remember which is the greatest of these qualities. Both St. Paul and that Attachment to the Faculty Contracts have something to say on that subject. Donald Williams, a former member of the department of journalism at Baylor University, resigned Feb. 29 to protest administration censorship. The Observer asked Williams to recount the events and reasons leading to his departure for this Participant report. the legendary RAW DEAL Steaks, Chops, Chicken open lunch and evenings 605 Sabine, Austin No Reservations Isn’t it time we started to stress the spiritual aspects of funerals rather than the material? At Reveley Memorial Services we believe the truly dignified funeral is the simplest possible funeral. Money lavished on the vanity and theatre of conventionally expensive funerals, money literally put into the ground, could be much better utilized, in a living memorial, by your church, your charity, your family. To assure that your wishes are carried out and to spare your family the possibility of being sold a high priced funeral you personally would not want, contact us to learn more about our pre-need program. REVELEY MEMORIAL SERVICES Simple Funerals San Antonio 533-8141 Austin Intim-mat ion Center 441-7500 IF YOU ARE an occasional reader and would like to receive The Texas Observer regularly or if you are a subscriber and would like to have a free sample copy or a one-year gift subscription sent to a friend here’s the order form: SEND THE OBSERVER TO name address city state zip this subscription is for myself gift subscriptionsend card in my name sample copy onlyyou may use my name $15 enclosed for a one-year subscription bill me for $15 MY NAME & ADDRESS THE TEXAS OBSERVER 600 W. 7th, Austin, Texas 78701 THE TEXAS OBSERVER 23