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FREE Monday, October 27, 2014 mainecampus.com The Maine Campus The University of Maine student newspaper since 1875 Vol. 133, No. 7 Sports Culture Opinion Men’s Hockey captures frst win B1 Most haunted places on UMaine campus A12 Budget cuts part of higher education reality A6 Collins, Bellows face off in second debate Candidates in senate race discuss variety of issues at Husson University, including minimum wage, Ebola Buck Johnson to attend the university. They Contributor have a right to practice their rights peacefully on campus,” On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Pizzulli said. incumbent Republican Sen. The crowd of Collins sup- Susan Collins and Democrat- porters eventually relocated ic candidate Shenna Bellows further down the hill from the squared off in a debate at Hus- auditorium and greeted Senator son University in Bangor. The Collins as she arrived shortly event was hosted by the Bangor after the controversy had end- Region Chamber of Commerce ed. and featured the candidates’ Once inside, Collins joined views on a number of national Bellows in mingling with the and international issues, rang- crowd and speaking with the ing from Ebola and the mini- Chamber of Commerce rep- mum wage to the progress of resentatives. The Chamber of ISIS in the Middle East. Commerce attendees included Collins supporters were many of Bangor’s business lined up on both sides of the owners, managers and vice sidewalk and were making presidents. Both candidates noise with Collins-branded thanked the Chamber of Com- thundersticks. Before the Col- merce for hosting the event. lins supporters could greet The lobby of the auditorium their candidate, Bangor Region was bustling with excitement. Chamber of Commerce Presi- Several booths were set up by dent John Porter went outside supporters of each candidate. and told the supporters to leave: Mariel Martin, a feld offcer “Disperse! I’m not going to from the Bellows camp, spoke Bellows and Collins debated a range topics at Husson’s Gracie Theater. James Winters, Staff Photographer talk about it. You have to leave. about what she was most excit- This is not OK.” ed to hear about in the upcom- issues concerning Mainers. amount of time to answers other and were also given the structure — mainly broadband Porter went on to say that ing debate. Jennifer Rooks of the Maine questions and will not [exceed opportunity for rebuttals. Each Internet. Collins agreed that the prior to the Collins supporters “The minimum wage, stu- Public Broadcasting Network the allotted time].” round would be divided by a rural communities must receive arrival, the Bellows camp had dent debt reform and Citizens was the debate moderator for The debate was to be bro- commercial break. adequate Internet if it intends to also set up a demonstration out- United are some important is- the live, televised event. Before ken down to three sections. The opening question was compete with other states for side the auditorium but were sues to me,” Martin said. the cameras began shooting, First was to be broad questions on a critical subject for all jobs. Collins also stressed that also told to leave. The candidates were soon she explained the structure of where candidates would get Mainers — how the candidates college students need to receive The Collins supporters were ushered behind the stage to fn- the debate and laid down the two minutes to answer. Next plan to keep jobs in Maine. the specifc education and skills not pleased with being told to ish fnal preparations for the de- ground rules of the debate. was the lightning round where Bellows spoke on how she that employers are seeking. leave. Justin Pizzulli, a mem- bate and the attendees fled in to “I have two rules: this will candidates were asked to an- walked 350 miles across Maine “We need to identify the ber of the College Republican their seats. The 500-seat Gracie be a fair debate, and we will swer the questions posed in to speak with Mainers about jobs of today and tomorrow,” National Committee, spoke on Auditorium was packed with keep the train on the track,” only yes or no answers. The how to boost jobs in the state. Collins said. behalf of the demonstrators. voters ready to hear the candi- Rooks said. “Each candi- fnal round was for the candi- Her suggestion is to expand “These are students that pay dates duke it out over many key date will be allotted a certain dates to ask question to each the state’s investment in infra- See Debate on A4 Public, offcials wrestle with Citizen petition possible housing moratorium addressing water quality presented to Orono Town Council Lauren Abbate can have detrimental health Staff Writer effects, however levels of this nature would never be A group of citizens con- found in drinking water. cerned with the water qual- However, long-term expo- ity and management of the sure to any levels of carcin- Orono-Veazie Water Dis- ogens can increase the risk trict brought forth a pub- of cancer, especially among lic petition to the Orono children, pregnant women Town Council at their Oct. and the elderly. 20 meeting. The Council is In 2005 the Environmen- going to discuss this matter tal Protection Agency began further at a special commu- regulating the levels of THM nity development meeting on in public water supplies the Jay Knowlton, a UMaine student, shares his experience living in residential Orono. Cameron Paquette, News Editor Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m. size of the Orono-Veazie Wa- “Our community is deep- ter District. The regulation is Cameron Paquette table early in September to drop in the number of single ing address, the subject was ly concerned about how our based on a running annual News Editor address concerns that the family-occupied homes in the opened up for public com- water is managed … High average of a maximum con- number of family homes in town, resulting in a decrease ment. Each side of the debate levels of carcinogenic com- tainment level of 80 micro- The potential looming Orono is getting too low be- of property values. was supported by an equal pounds have existed in our grams per liter. Currently, the moratorium on student homes cause they are being bought “The town is pretty consis- number of people, with fami- water for at least a decade, Orono-Veazie water supply was the hot button topic at and converted into homes tently trying to fnd the right lies tending to be for the mor- and we need a comprehen- has THM levels of 70 micro- last Monday’s Orono Town for students. If a moratorium balance between having stu- atorium while students and sive public plan,” said Tim grams per liter. Council meeting, where the were to be implemented, the dents be part of our neighbor- multi-property owners were Warring, an Orono resident The Orono-Veazie Wa- subject was opened for public conversion of homes on the hoods, part of our town as the against the moratorium. who spoke to the Council on ter District was found to be input. Students and town res- market into student homes lifeblood of this community, “I don’t have anything behalf of the 270 community out of compliance with EPA idents gathered to make their would cease for six to 12 and making sure that proper- against students, I was a stu- members who signed the pe- THM standards in Nov. thoughts known to the coun- months while the council ty values and the numbers of dent myself. I believe almost tition. 2011. The district was given cil, which will take all of the fgures out how to set about homes with families is sta- anyone in this room has been The carcinogen, trihalo- a remedial time period to get comments back in the hopes changing the land use ordi- ble,” Richert said. a student and I know if there methane (THM), is a disin- the levels back in compli- that it can better inform their nance to accommodate both “Don’t ban them from had been an ordinance against fection byproduct that results ance, which it did by May work as they struggle with parties. neighborhoods, they’re wel- student housing when I was from organic matter in wa- 2013. whether or not to implement This is nothing new, ac- come in neighborhoods, they in graduate school I would ter mixing with the chlorine “[The running average such measures. cording to Town Planner just can’t dominate neighbor- have been homeless. But we treatment that makes the wa- system] has made it possi- The town brought the op- Evan Richert. Over the last 10 hoods,” Richert said. ter safe to drink. Exposure to tion of a moratorium to the years has seen a precipitous After Richert’s open- See Moratorium on A3 high levels of this carcinogen See Water on A4 Tuesday High: 54° Wednesday High: 61° Thursday High: 51° Friday High: 49° Saturday High: 46° Sunday High: 40° Low: 46° Low: 41° Low: 33° Low: 35° Low: 33° Low: 31° Police Beat - A5 Opinion - A6 Diversions - A8 Reviews - A11 Culture - A12 Sports - B1 A2 • News The Maine Campus Monday, October 27, 2014 Students voting early share their views Chase Brunton Maine.