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-INSIDE Calendar__ page S Billy Hayes, author of Women's swim team defeat Notices page 6 Midnight Express, re Keene State 100-30 here at counts his experiences smug Swasey Pool. See related Editorial page 12 gling hashish. See related story page 24. Features,__page 15 Sports--page 24 story page 15. The New Hampshire Vol. 75 No. 23 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984 862-1490 Durham, N.H. USNH sues firms for $5 million By Susan Moult<;m bankruptcy of Johns Manville, The University System of who supplied the asbestos used New Hampshire filed a $5 by the other corporation. million suit against 32 corpo No one has sued the Unvier rations who used asbestos in sity System for-damages due to USNH buildings. The suit was asbestos, said Pat Miller, direc filed in the U.S. District Court tor of facility services at UNH. in Concord on November 13. USNH charges in the suit Owens Corning and the Na that the corporations "knew: or tional Gypsum Corporation are should have known about the two of the major companies dangirS of their asbestos pro being named in the suit. ducts," but did not tell the In a separate suit USNH is preparing a petition against the ABSESTOS, page 19 Panel says two Christen Carlson watches Donna Harkins painting at the Christmas Craft Show being held students move in the MUB.(Robin Stieff photo) By Dan Landrigan faculty member and a.. Residen A committee established to tial Life administrator. · examine problems adversely The committee recom Senate lobbies NH Senate affecting the living environ mended undergraduate student ment of ·Babcock Hall recently Jeff Bennett and graduate stu By Edmund Mand~r of the lobby will be to provide signatures to protest cuts (in made 16 recommendations for dent Mark Weiss be removed , Student sePators will be writ a student response to any future student aid)," Puglisi said. improvemen~ to the Depart from the hall. Both Bennett and ing directly to state senators to local or national government A student senator will be ment of Residential Life, includ Weiss claim to have been evict inform them of student and initiative which might be per assigned to each state senator, ing requests for the eviction of ed. Bennett said he received a university issues under a plan ceived as detrimental to univer and will be expected to write two residents. letter from Bischoff evicting devised by Bill Puglisi, chair sity or student interests. and meet personally with his The committee met two him from Babcock, effective person of Students for the ~ He quoted the current sug or her correspondent, Puglisi weeks ago and heard complaints Dec. 1. University (SFU). gestion to separate universities said. from about 20 Babcock residents Weiss said he was told he Puglisi's campaign was ap from their tax-deductiable status "It's a trial and error type of and then made recommenda- could remain in the hall until . proved by the student senate as an example of a measure thin~; we are t_.£ying to de~elop - tions to Carol Bischoff, director the end of this semester. at their meeting Sunday. students might wish to protest., of Residential Life. The com However, Bischoff stresses, Puglisi said a major functio_n "Two_yeJr~ ago _w~_~ot 20Q9\ LOBBYING, page 11 mittee consisted of _s.tude!J:ts, a "I clearly didn't evict them, (the claim of· eviction) is clearly notsubstantiated any where other than perhaps in their own UNH fraternities minds." Bischoff said Weiss said he planned not to return to Babcock elect presidents_ after this semester and Bennett filed a petition to be allowed By Ken Fish Mazzocca said the fraterni- to leave the dorm before the end Elections for the presidencies tites .have had trouble in the of the semester. of the Inter-Fraternity Council past. Bennett said he did petition (IFC) and the Greek Senate were "There's a right way to do to leave, but was denied permi held last Tuedsay and Wednes- things and a wrong way to do sion, only to be evicted later. day, at 6;00 p.m., respectively. things. We were doing things Weiss agreed he did not intend Rich Mazzocca of Acacia was the wrong way before, but now to return to Babcock, but said , elected president of the Greek we're going to do them the right he' was upset because he was Senate and Ken Eagleson of way," he said. never formally charged with Sigma Phi Epsilon became vice- Thompson said the "key" goal violating any U niverstiy rules. president. · for his administration will be A letter from Bischoff to Richard Thompson, also of to "boost everyone's view of the Weiss addressing the problems Sigma Phi Epsilon, won the Greek fraternity system (par in the hall does not indicate he election of IFC presidency, ticulary the University admin was evicted. The letter chastised defeating Sigma Beta brother istration) and to improve the Weiss for his "unacceptable" Greg Smith. image of the IFC." behavior. The letter only states Mazzocca said "we need the The IFC, according to the that the committee recommended evicting V.P. working at the Dean of Caboodle, is supposed to pro Weiss. Students' Office and the Greek mote fellowship, scholarship "It's fortunate that this re Coordinator to put out a weekly and cooperation among social commendation and your inten newsletter." fraternities in addition to coor- tion to leave the University at 'T d like to get better human - dinating Greek rushes. Tom Calaruso, outgoing Greek System Senate president, the end of this semester coin- service projects going, involving The IFC has been considered conducted elections for his antecedent ~n W ~dnesday eve EVICTION, page 10 the entire Greek System," he ELECTIONS, page 18 ning.(Debby Yale photo) said. · PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984 Colleg~ cocaine user: ·confessions of fear By Steven Morse sipping a beer, a neutral look shoulders and slim build. suspect t!,.1<:-clean-cut young man over me." Mark said in an Mark, age 22, once a college on his fine featured face. He was He looked like a typical col- was a cocame user. interview at a Portsmouth bar. athlete now a college dropout, 6' 8" tall and clothed in a tweed lege jock out for a good time. "I guess I'm really afraid to Mark, who requested his last stood alone at the en~ of the bar suitcoat accentuating his broad The ~asual obs~rver wouldn't admit t}:ie power cocaine 4~~ name not be used, admitted, "I need to have it almost all the time." There were dark circles under his eyes and he sniffled con stantly throughout the inter view. "My mother is always asking me if I have a cold. Christ, she must think I've had this cold for three years," he s.aid. "I was a real jock at UNH, _ belonged to a frat, got real good grades the first semester ... all I ended up doing was partying," lie :,aiu. Mark said he had his first experience with cocaine at a friend's house during a party. "My friends told me about the clean high I'd get off it. It seemed sort of prestigous to be - snorting coke." Mark continued snorting it with friends when they offered it and then movediup to buying it for himself. "On~e I found out who was using it, i't was easy to find out where to buy it. At least you don't need an I.D. to buy coke." he said. "I stopped waiting for special occasions to snort it and started A sample of typical cocaine paraphanalia.(Frank Consentino photo) using it to make things seem more interesting. Coke takes - any humdrum situation and supercharges it for me," Mark , said. Cocaine.abuse leads to addiction "I would buy an eight-ball (3 grams) with plans of selling · By Steve Morse anything to get more so they tion. Cocaine users aren't like UNH students. enough of it to pay for what I Director of UNH Health can avoid the depression and heroin users in that they usually "There is a lot of it every used, and end up doing it all in Services Dr. Peter Patterson withdrawal that follows. If they use it in binges. They might where ... but to use it more than two days instead;" he said, said cocaine, a stimulant and can't get more coke, the three decide to shoot it for one night, once is insanity," he said. "there were checks from home, anesthetic, is "probably the most most common drugs they turn out when they come down, they Patterson explained it was good old mom and dad, to help . dangerous of addictive drugs." to are pot, alcohol and tranqui go bonkers, and they're off difficult for some people to say pay for it and if I really got stuck He sald cocaine can be "snort lizers," he-said. looking for ·more." whether or not they were ad I could always find someone to ed" or taken intrav-enously. Patterson said snorting co "The long term use of cocaine dicted to cocaine or any other borrow the money from. I could "When they use the needle, they caine can lead to a breakdown would probably kill you," he drug. always talk mom into believing get an instant rush," Patterson of the nasal septum and leads said. "The best indicator is if a user I needed__~!1:e money for some- to further ear, nose and throat said. Patterson said he thought thinks they have a problem, they "When coming· down, the problems.