The N~ W Hampshire

-INSIDE The UNH baseball team Calendar__ page 5 won Scandal was one of six three games against N o,-t:ices ___page 6 the University of Ver bands playing at or near mont during the wee Editorial-page 14 UNH this weekend. See kend. See related story Features-page 17 stories page 17. page 28. Sports---page 28 The N~w Hampshire Vol. 75 No. 45 862-1490 Durham, N.H. Bulk Rate U.S. Posta,oe Paid Durham N.H. Permit #30 Distinguished profs awarded By Kris Lenfest began reviewing the 107 nom Dr. John C. Rouman, profes- inations in early fall. Full-time _sor of Classics, and Dr. Robert teaching faculty members who F. Barlow, professor of Econom had taught at UNH for a min ics and Administration, will be imum of three consecutive years this year's recipients of the were eligible for nomination. UNH Alumni Distinguished Rouman, when first told he Teaching Award, according to had received the award, said he Polly Daniels, assistant director remembered feeling proud and of the Alumni Association. surprised. "I think it's great, The award, which allows but I don't know if it's deserved." students, faculty, and alumni "This is my twentieth year to nominate teachers they feel at UNH and I've developed a are outstanding, was set up as lot of my own theories about a means of honoring distin teaching. I consider it very guished teachers and providing important, and I was proud to encouragement and an incentive be chosen. for excellence in their fields. Barlow, the second recipient Rouman and Barlow were of the award, was unavailable chosen on the basis of their outstanding qualities as teachers DISTINGUISHED, page 22 and their abilities to challenge and arouse interest in their students. Barton Both Rouman and Barlow will receive $1500 and a certif icate at the Honors Convocation to get The Stainless Steelers on their way to victory against the UNH Wildcats in the Field House.(Charle on May 5. Smith Jr., photo.) To award the honor, a com mittee of nine people including addition faculty, students, and alumni By David Olson The New Hampshire Fast Space not a problem at the mini dorms Track Capital Spending Bill, which includes the proposal for a $2.3 million addition to Barton By Michelle Bolduc House (environmental), Eaton after first semester, but some dorms, each student must do an Hall, was signed yesterday by The UNH mini dorms may (creative arts), Hall (outdoor stay because it is easier to get "addendum," or three hour Governor John Sununu, said not fill up every year with living), and Marston House a single here than anywhere else project, per semester. Students Gene Savage, vice chancellor on campus," she said. students who choose to live (formerly foreign language, now MINI DORMS, page 20 of the University Systems Re there, but current residents say personal awaren~ss) each house In order to live at the mini lations office. they love their housing, and about 50 students. · The Barton Hall proposal has won't let a negative reputation The dorm residents plan and been in the legislative process or rumors scare them away. carry out activities, projects, for over a decade. With Gov "In the last four years the trips and presentations, accord ernor Sununu's signature, it_ mini dorms ~ave become very ing to the dorm theme. becomes the first state-funded unpopular for the majority of But although students who academic building for the Uni students," Richardson House say they want to return to the versity in over fifteen years. resident Drew Horton said. dorms are exempt from the "The funding has been ap "The President (Gordon Haa housing lottery, only a small proved," said Savage, "bids will land) doesn't like the mini percentage will return, says be going out. to contractors dorms and wants to do away Woodruff House resident immediately." with them," he said. Louise Proctor. The bill had passed through But Carol Bischoff, residential "It's not unusual for the the House and Senate in late life director, says there's nothing numbers to be low one year for February but the Senate added to worry about. any one particular dorm," Bi an amendment forcing the bill "Before that could happen schoff said. back to the House for re (closing the dorms) a task force But low numbers mean stu approval. The House did not would be set up to study the dents who might otherwise live approve the re-submitted prop present situation and that isn't in regular dorms are placed in osal, said Thompson School being done now," Bischoff said. the minis.· Director Lewis Roberts. "There are so many positive "Ideally we wouldn't place This forced a meeting of the things about the minis; we have anyone there that didn't indicate Committee of Conference to no intention of dropping them," interest, but sometimes the attempt to resolve the differ she said. "We support them and people we do place there turn ences. The Committee resolved are very pleased with them." out to be the most ardent the differences in early April, The five "minis" located in supporters," Bischoff said. -"For said Savage. Area III below Williamson Hall, others it doesn't work out at all "It's a long time coming," said were built in 1976 to provide and.they leave." Roberts, "working on some "community living." Each has "We have 20 students at the thing for so long and having it a specific theme assigned to most that want to be here," The mini dorms are working on their image and hope to attract become a reality by a signature them. Richardson House (pol Proctor said. "Most drop-ins new students. (Charles Smith Jr., photo.) on a piece of paper was a i tiral awareness), Woodruff (students placed there) leave thrilling experience." PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1985 US policies responsible for Nicaraguan problems By Kelly Anderson ing it that way," he said. "Domino Theory,·· Chomsky Noam Chomsky did not talk In this policy of "maintaining said. He distinguished between about ruthless massacres by disparity," human rights, the "the version of the theory that Salvadoran death squads or establishment of true democ Reagan believes-that Ho Chi terrorist attacks by the Contras racies, and raising living stand Mihn is going to get in a canoe in Nicaragua. ards become irrelevant, and land on Long Beach" and Instead, in a brilliantly clear Chomsky said. the version in the minds behind argument presented yesterday In Latin America, "we sup our policies. The second version in Johnson Theater, Chomsky port police states to protect 'our' of this theory holds that the "rot explained why US foreign policy raw materials from indigenous ( of social and economic <level- ' is purposely responsible for peoples who might try and steal opment) will spread," he said. subhuman living conditions and them," he said. It is the "rot will spread" idea seemingly ineffective wars in "To mobilize US public opin that explains the "savage vo Central America and much of ion, we scream 'The Russians racity with which we attack the rest of the world. are coming!' It works like a marginal countries" like Gren "All of US history flows from charm," Chomsky said. ada and Laos, Chomsky said: He also talked about the a fixed geo-political position," The US government defines inability of the American people Chomsky explained. any country that doesn't con- ' This position, exhibited in to recognize the problems with tribute to the western industrial cheir government's policies, Greece in 194.7, South Vietnam economy or who is committed 1960's, and Central Amer which he termed a "subser in the to welfare of its people as the vience to power that makes ica in the 1980's is less than "communist," Chomsky said. · dictators turn green with envy." flattering. "These countries are not He says the press, too, has failed The US emerged from World necessarily communist-but to expose corrupt US govern War II with enormous global they will be Soviet allies by the ment policy, as in Vietnam. power, and subsequently created time we're finished with them," The reasons Chomsky gives a plan in which the whole he said. Western Hemisphere, Western for this silent support are what Europe, Asia, and the Mid-East Chomsky said the US pur distinguishes.his argument from became its "grand area," stra posely drives countries like a classic conspiracy theory tegically necessary in terms of Nicaragua to the Soviet Union "We (cooperate with the sys control, Chomsky said. "so that we will have an excuse tem) to get ahead, and then we In the US, where 50 percent to carry out the attack we are believe the rationale so that we of the world's wealth is owned going to carry out anyway." can live with our consciences," by 6.3 percent of its population, Another important motive he said. foreign policy is aimed at "keep- behind US foreign policy is the M.I.T. Professor Noam Chomsky addresses students in the People share same grammar Field House.(David Drouin photo) 1 By Marc Micciche Perspectives on Knowledge and field of generative grammar acquired by training and is used Linguists left the habit theory By the time a child speaks his Use of Language." have tried to fuse the study of by habit. This school of thought for one that considered language first words he possesses almost Spaulding Life Sciences Cen language and the study of the holds that new speech is formed an "internalized computational complete knowledge of how ter room 135 swelled with an mind and knowledge to develop by analogy.

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