Campus politicsat SMU motivate student leaders Charley Acquard major, originally planned to attend Trinity University in San Antonio but was dared by his brother to go to SMU. Weekender Editor Rounding out this year's student government duo is Vice Student Body President David Huntley hasn't always been President Brett Ledbetter, a junior economics and finance as successful winning elections as he was last spring. major from Houston. ~!.. "I ran for the presidency of my junior high school in Ledbetter spent a number of years living in Colorado and seventh grade and lost by a very narrow margin," Huntley spent his first year as an undergraduate at Colorado College. maid, and flashed a big smile. "I ran in high school my He became interested in SMU when he was in Dallas freshman year and lost. recruiting. Huntley "From that point on I shied away from major offices like Ledbetter said that Huntley influenced him to come to student body this or student body that." SMU. But when Huntley arrived at SMU from his native San An- "I talked to David a short time about that and David told Ledbetter tonio, he soon became deeply involved with campus me I guess what I wanted to hear - that it was going to be "To me school is what you "I decided to look at SMU and politics and lost his adolescent shyness toward running for a what Brett Ledbetter decided it to be. make it, but you can get into a when I did I fell in love with major student office. "That's what I always thought about anything. You can lot of. stumbling blocks...I it... It was not until I came to "It was not until I came to SMU and got involved with complain and complain but it's what you make out of it;" SMU school politics that I found myself wanting to do Ledbetter said he became interested in becoming student wasn't sure that there SMU and got involved with more." Huntley said. "As a senator I could do a great deal of body vice president as soon as he arrived on campus. The wouldn't be some blocked school politics that I found things, but as student body president - knowing holy obvious question remains as to his interest in the presidency. doors at SMU that I couldn't myself wanting to do more..." committed I can become-I felt it was the right thing to do." "I have not given it ' :rious consideration but I wouldn't get through." Ironically, Huntley, a political science and econonmics rule it out." The Daily Campus No. 3 bouthern Methodist University, Dallas, lexas, Wednesday, August 30, 1978 65th Year CPI, Mustan. in refrigerator Anne Elliott "If a refrigerator goes wrong or Staff Writer breaks, the student has the weight of SMU students living on campus may SMU behind him to have it fixed." said 'have trouble getting their $15 Conant. because of the contract with refrigerator deposits returned if they CPI. cancel their order with Collegiate Pro- "I'm not saying Mustang doesn't ducts Inc. to do business with Mustang repair, but I know for a fact that.We Rental & Sales, Inc., a competitive do." he said. Y. refrigerator rental firm. Jim Caswell, dean of students, said The CPI refrigerator charge is $56 a the contract fee from CPI is used in- year with a $15 deposit: Mustang Ren- stead of charging a student energy fee. tal charges $50 a year with a $10 "CPI is actually paying for all the deposit. refrigerators on campus." he said. Students have complained that CPI "Our intent is not in any way to be refrigerators must be picked up by the restrictive of student refrigerator ren- students while Mustang Rentals tals;" said Caswell. "SMU considered delivers the units. In past semesters CPI buying refrigerators and selling them has taken back their rented units before ourselves, but the storage cost and ex- final exams. penses were more than we wanted to CPI Program Manager Jim Conant get into." said it is company policy to refuse to Mustang Rental began as an en- return the deposits paid in the summer trepreneurship project of Jerry Patrick. phe by Tem Schmi or this fall if the student says he is a 1977 graduate of the SMU business transferring to Mustang Rental. school. With the help of his father and Last-ditch effort CPI; a national rental company, has a brother, the company has grown and contract with SMU to send information now rents to college students in the summer to incoming freshmen. throughout Texas. A 13,000-volt underground power line was laid in this ditch on Dyer to carry electricity to the south The company plays a fee to SMU to "This concentration of 18- to 20-year- end of campus. Present and future remodeling ot Perkins housing required more power tor the cover energy used by the refrigerators olds is a great place for entrepreneurs additional air-conditioning. in return. to come into." said Caswell. One dissatisfied CPI customer is Tim In 1976. a $30,000 law suit was filed Kelly, a freshman in Cockrell Hall, who by CPI.against Mustang Rentals, claim- was told his deposit would not be ing Mustang violated the company's Decline in grocery prices refunded when he decided to rent a agreement with SMU. which was made refrigerator from Mustang Rental in 1972. because he was displeased with the ser- The problem arose from. a vice from CPI. misunderstanding in the contract that some relief for consumers. "I.was sick of waiting for CPI," said allowed CPI to solicit and to distribute, months, and the July increase was tha Charles L. Schultze, chairman of the Kelly. "They were never at the sign-up but allowed Mustang only to distribute. Associated Press smallest since the 0.4 percent registered president's Council. of Economic Ad- table (in the student center.) Dorm staffers attempted to stop visers, saidthe price slowdown in July WASHINGTON - The first decline in last December. If continued for a year, "I decided to get a different delivery of Mustang refrigerators it would translate into a 12-month infla- was a "very heartening" development. grocery prices in a year gave consumers refrigerator because these people because they didn't understand the tion of 6 percent. The annual rate of some relief from inflation in July as in- He predicted food price increases will (Mustang) were hustling their product. directions. flation in the previous three months overall consumer prices increased just was be comparatively small the rest of the They were trying to please the As a result the contract was re- 0.5 percent, the smallest rise this year, 10.7 percent. year. customer." evaluated, and although CPI still holds the government reported Tuesday.. "We had been expecting the rise in Kelly said he mailed in his order dur- the contract, Mustang Rental is allowed Nine million Ford owners learned Tues- Grocery prices fell by 0.4 percent in food prices to abate during the latter ing the summer with the understanding to advertise. day their automobiles may .be recalled July following average monthly in- half of the year, and that expectation is he would have a refrigerator in the first "I think we've bent over backwards by a federal safety agency because of a creases of 1.6 percent during the first being realized," he said in a statement. week of school. Kelly said he has had to help them." said Caswell. potentially lethal defect in the cars' half of the year. The improvement was Schultze expressed disappointment T.C. Patrick, Jerry Patrick's father, transmissions. Story on page 3. problems picking up the refrigerator chiefly due to lower prices for beef, in the July trade figures but said there the company said the company is doing better than and has had to contact down 2.2 percent, and pork, down 4 should be some improvement in months he said should not they have in the past. several times, which percent. President Carter's special inflation ahead. "But it's misleading advertising," he be necessary. The government had been saying the adviser. Robert S. Strauss, said Tues- The July improvement in inflation said. "Parents get the impression that some brief support to the dollar on "We try to make it as convenient as refrigerators can only be rented upward trend in food prices would ease day the best that probably can be hoped gave after midyear. However, prices of for this year is total inflation of 8 per- currency exchange markets. But the possible for the student," said Conant. through CPI. "They send the deposit in during the goods other than food increased 0.7 cent, up from 6.9 percent in 1977. dollar went into a nose-dive when summer and all they do is sign up when "Mustang allows them to keep the percent in July, the same as in other re- He told the National Governor's Con- another government report showed the they get to school." refrigerators through final exams, and cent months, showing there has been ference in Boston that the administra- nation's foreign trade in July was nearly Conant explained that deposits will give the deposit back in cash when the no improvement in inflation in the non- tion is studying new ways to strengthen $3 billion in deficit, the fourth largest be refunded if the student buys a unit is picked up," said Patrick. food sectors of the economy. its anti-inflation program, but declared monthly deficit ever.