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Volume 66 Number 12 Tuesday, October 14, 1975 Durham, N.H. Irving 8 drop By Roger Rydfell in L ieutenant John B. Irving and w o r th w h i and save Officer Andrew Buinicky of $ 10.” UNH security said last week “Last year no one cared about there will be a, 50 percent re paying $1 so they didn’t appeal. duction in parking tickets this This year everyone figures $10 is year over the previous two sem too much to give up without a esters. fight,” Irving added. Both officers said the new $10 “Most of the appeals are ridic fine instituted by the UNH Traf ulous. If the 100 cars we tick fic Committee will keep the eted everyday would just park in number of tickets down. lot A where there are spaces, we Irving said there were 2133 wouldn’t have to issue a single less tickets issued during Sept ticket,” said Irving. ember than had been issued dur 39,860 tickets were issued last ing the same month last year. year and of those only 626 were “Too may people parked il protested. This year only 2,759 legally last year and found it rea have been issued and 356 have sonable to pay $1.00 per day,” already been contested. said Irving. “One dollar per day “1 don’t give anyone breaks was a pretty fair parking rate and I don’t discriminate against The UNH Security Department predicts that there will be less tickets issued this year for parking considering you could park any students,” said Irving. “The fac violations. (Ed Acker photo)___________ ________ _______________ _______________________________________ where you wanted.” ulty and staff at UNH has ap Buinicky said the number of pealed many tickets already this tickets has decreased but the year as well. number of appeals has risen Buinicky said a reduction in from fifty-two per month to 356 Faculty Caucus wants barn the $10 fine would reduce the per m onth. deterent for parking illegally. He explained the reasons for “Ten dollars is a nice round appeals were similar, except for figure and an amount people decision delayed a month a large influx claiming the viola take seriously. If it were lowered tor “could not afford to pay the weren’t on campus.’ to $5 more people would begin By Rich Mori Student Caucus and the Profes fine.” “Things have changed; I just to park illegally,” said Buinicky. The Faculty Caucus voted sional - Administrative - Tech “The price of the fine does hope the students can generate 228 of the 626 appeals last unanimously to support the Save nical - Staff (PAT) in asking for not effect those that don’t vio enough enthusiasm to save the year were successful while 74 of Our Barn Committee’s (SOBC) a delay in the barn decision. late,” said Buinicky. “It only ef barn like they did in the stu the 356 issued this year have motion to delay the demolition “I think the student support fects those who try and beat th** on this issue has been remark dents for a park campaign^” she gained acceptance. of the UNH livestock barn yes system .” : added. She was referring to a “We have 1211 additional ve terday. able,” said Bicentennial Chair Buinicky said that money re group of students who stopped hicles registered this year and “The motion asked for one man Marion Beckwith. “But ceived from parking violations is the building of a parking lot 2133 less tickets issued for the month’s moritorium on a decis time is so short. The Caucus has placed in a general fund at where East-West Park now month of September than for ion on the barn,” said Thomson asked for a month delay. We Thompson Hall. “We don’t care stands. the same month last year. It has School senator Donald Silva. need a year to really get this about the money,” said Buin In other business, the caucus to say something for the new “We want to see what student thing going.” icky. “We never see it and we support the barn committee can Beckwith said that the Faculty voted 7 to 4 in favor of a motion system,” said Irving. by English Department senator don’t work on any kind of quota “The people who write most get.” Caucus decision to support the or commission basis.” : The motion was passed by delay gives the barn committee a John Richardson that said that Irving stated that the primary TICKETS, page 5 voice vote. united front. “When we solicited CAUCUS, page 5 reason for this months increase The Faculty Caucus joins the pledges last July the students Durham-UNH fire fighters always busy These men don’t play checkers By Amy Short “You check in there,” Lt. John ants, eight privates and ten call men Forks dropped. The home fries were Rines said and motioned to a door. per shift. Arthur Fiedler, conductor of left to harden in their own grease. The “Right,” I said and flew in. It was the Boston Pops and member of “al second fire signal sounded. Blamp the ladies’ room. most every fire dept, in the world” is Blamp Blamp. Blatt-Squaaaa “Spauld A sporadic number of late night vis in the middle of the honorary list. ing Life Science Center. Professor re its to the Durham-UNH fire depart Earlier that night, I’d been part of ports smell of smoke. No flame vis ment last week led me to meet Mid weekly training when we pulled the ible.” David Heller’s calm voice over night,, the cat, Maggie the dalmation, alarm on Babcock. the dispatch box acted like a pat on and an assorted group of dedicated fire We crept up on Babcock around 10. the hand during a tetanus shot as_ the fighters and volunteer call men. Mid The huge truck with its red light flash four fire fighters made for the stairs. night is the only one I ever saw nap ing, was left guarded as our bunch of yellow-slickered, tin-man group The Flintstones, the talk over the ping. : success of the previous day’s Open These men do not sit around and stumbled up in rubber boots into the House and justified jokes about the play checkers. lobby. food at Sunday brunch were left hang “With the amount of things we have “It never fails, some guy always asks ing in the air. The men moved to their cohodulpH for training and education, me if its Halloween,” call man Dave positions and my own adrenalin carried the last thing we have time to do is to Curran whispered to me. me down the metal stairs, into my fight a fire,” Lt. Don Bliss told me or The fire technician activated the coat and size 12 boots and to the my first night there. alarm . scene of the fire in minutes I couldn’t The A,B,and C shifts run from 8:00 remember. They only came back to a.m.: to 8:00 p.m;, or 56 hours a week “You men take the left tower,” said me when I found myself clutching my with four days off at the end of each Lt. Bliss and I started running with an breakfast napkin while running down I cycle. A huge black board chalks out excited grin on my face for the stair Amy Short, firefighter for a week. (Mike the hall of Spaulding laboratories, the breakdown of men: Chief Long, well. With a limit of 15 minutes to D’Ahtonio photo) looking in rooms and shutting doors. deputy chief LaRoche, three lieuten FIRE FIGHTERS, page 4 INSIDE — Housing Football Gunfighter In trying to say some- Some new apartment Bill Burnham con thing profound about buildings went up this tinued his heroics last violence and the human summer. They weren’t Saturday, when he condition, actor-writer- part of a UNH housing rushed for 75 yards and director Tom Laughlin project. They’re units scored three touch has turned out another built to house Durham’s downs to pace the UNH elderly. For the story on Wildcats to a 24-15 win senseless, unreal film a project sponsored by over UMaine, at the like his Billy Jack en Durham’s churches, See Bears homecoming game deavors. It’s called The page 3. in Orono, Maine. For Master Gunfighter. See story, see page 17. Entertainment, page 11. PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1975 Trustees unsure of barn’s future By Diana Gingras money than it was worth” to re Interviews with 11 of the store. He said it should be torn more than 20 University Trus dow n. tees last week indicates that the Paul Holloway, a member of majority will hear the recom the Property Committee,--was mendations of the Property concerned about the physical Committee before deciding condition of the building. whether the UNH livestock barn “One of the things that hasn’t should be razed or restored. been mentioned inThe N ew The Property Committee fa H am pshire, he said, “is whether vors destroying the barn to make or not the building has been con room for about 100 parking demned. The building shouldn’t spaces. be spared if it creates a fire or Many said either they were un safety hazard.” familiar with the issue, or had According to lieutenant not yet formed an opinion. One James Breslin of the fire de exception was Stacy Cole, chair partment, the barn has not man of the Agricultural Affairs been formally condemned.