VOL. 80, NO. 28- 3-6 TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1990 (603)862-1490 Jury: Brown guilty of first-degree assault By John Doherty and that steroids have been found Jackson by slitting her throat or Gary Brown, the Merrimack to cause aggressive behavior in stabbing her in the chest. man on trialfortheSeptemberll, users. Brown was originally re- 1989 stabbing of UNH freshman Brown was at UNH visiting leased on $10,000 bail but was Mary Jackson, was found guilty his then-girlfriend Jackson, also returned to Strafford County jail of first degree assault by a jury of Merrimack. Jackson appar- after review of his bail. last Friday. Sentencing will be ently broke off the relationship The September stabbing in- held on April 16 for the charge, with Brown in a conversation cident was one of several assaults which carries a 15 year maximum outside of Devine Hall where the on campus that captured the at- jail term. stabbing occurred. tention of the local media and Brown was found not guilty Jackson was stabbed twelve caused security and violence to on a class A felony charge of at- times and lost one-third of her become a central issues on cam- tempted murder, which carries a blood. pus this fall. 30 year maximum term, for the Arguing against the at- Ironically, Brown claimed same incident. tempted murder charge, Brown's that he carried the switchblade In his defense, Brown defender Paul Twomey, claimed used to injure Jackson in reaction claimed he was on steroids for that at 200 pounds, Brown could to the previous assaults on cam- several weeksbeforethestabbing have easily killed 98 pound pus. Trustee committee established to study chancellor's office By April Treshinsky Jacobs office level for the University land.said "It seems inevitable that A special trustee committee Syste~ of New Hampshire. when money is scarce people begin has been formed to study cost­ In a press statement on to point fingers and to second effectiveness at the chancellor's March 9, Trustee Cotton M. Cleve- guess the management and op­ erations of public organizations. These are clearly such times. " According to USNH Secre­ tary Art Grant, an article in The Seabrook protesters tossed portions of the NRC decision in a fire in New Hampshire Sunday News con­ a demonstration last Saturday. (Mark Miller, photo) cerning the number of staff within the chancellor's office was " ... grossly misleading ". The article Seabrook protestors implied that staffing at that level might be examined in terms of cost effectiveness. The chancellor's office staffs burn NRC decision 23 people in direct support of the chancellor, while there are a total By Laura Deame difficult, because every other car of 141 people who report directly A group of teenagers, tod­ blared its horn in support of the to the chancellor as part of a sup­ dlers, Moms and grandparents anti-nuke signs and screams. port system of the entire Univer­ stood around a flaming trash can Ronnie Fournier, age 18, sity System of New Hampshire.. outside of the Seabrook station drove up from Amesbury, MA The majority of the support on Saturday afternoon. with some friends for the demon­ staff, according to Grant, work in "Burn, baby, burn!" yelled stration. According to Fournier, the computer office. These people an older woman as the flames ate Amesbury is in the ten-mile ra­ provide administrative computer the torn remnants of a reproduc­ dius that has boycotted the NRC's support for all of the USNH insti­ tion of the recent Nuclear Regu­ proposed evacuation plan. tutions. In addition to the com­ latory Commission's decision to ''This needs to be done.... I puter support staff there are the grant Seabrook its full-power li­ think it (the opposition) is going to Controller's office, the Internal cense. get more motivated." Audit office, payroll, and Central­ The Clamshell Alliance, an For Warren Davis, also of ized Purchasing, as well as a organization of Seacoast residents Amesbury, this was a first stab at nurnberofotheroffices with small opposed to the plant, organized protesting the plant. numbers of support staff. the latest protest. ''This makes it clear to the As part of a centralized sys­ "I think the one thing that is public that an effort needs to be tem, support offices for the uni­ very clear is that the Seabrook li­ made.. it's very unsettling to read versity system as a whole operate censing is by no means resolved. in the papers thatthe plant will get together instead of having to rep­ . there's a good chance of a its license." licate the functions performed at repeal of the license by the court," An hour of sign-waving and each campus by these offices, said said spokesperson for the Alli­ cheering later, the protestors Grant. ance, Roy Morrison. moved into a small group around Grant also pointed out that if The opposition is being aided a small shiny trash can. "We are staff at this level were eliminated by Massachusetts Attorney Gen­ now ready for the ceremonial they would have to be replaced by eralJ ames Shannon and Seacoast burning," called one woman. A individuals operating at the same Anti-Pollution League attorney microphone was set up, and one level on each campus, since their Robert Backus. Both intend to by one, members of the group read functions are vital to the univer­ file for a judiciary stay, asking for the articles of the NRC decision. sity. a delay in the plant operation After each reading, the paper was The special trustee commit­ until a court can consider the is­ tossed into the can amid boos and tee for cost effectiveness is a direct sue of full-power operation, ac­ yells. resultofGovernorGregg'srequest cording to a r~ent issue ofFoster's Then, they torched the trash that these matters be given greater Daily Democrat. can. Three policemen standing 40 consideration . The 70 protesters gathered yards away quietly observed as .&kiA .. The committee will consist of at noon outside the gates of the The recc:!t weather has been just great for playing a few games of SEABROOK, PAGE 8 plant. Conversation proved to be basketball. Mike Pamham hoto COMMITTEE, PAGE 8 PAGE2 THE NEW HAMPSHIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1990 Smaller study session sets simply spell success By Colleen Sebastian groups and feels that there are Twoheadsarebetterthanone, many advantages to them. sotospeak, whenitcomestolearn­ "I get to know people in my ing at the college level. class, which makes me feel more According to a recent Har­ comfortable speaking in class vard University study, research­ since I know students," Fuller said. ers found that students do their She added, "It's more interesting best when they conduct some of working in groups than alone; I their studying in small groups as pay attention more since I'm part opposed to studying alone for long of a group and I feel I learn bet­ hours. The findings also showed ter." that students in small groups The Harvard study also generally spoke more, asked more found that students learned best questions and overall were "more when they had frequent papers, engaged" than those in large quizzes, tests or oral examinations, groups. or were given the opportunity to The findings are not surpris­ revise and improve their work. ing according to Bruce Mallory, Annmarie Timmins, a senior Chairman of the UNH Education journalism major, has a paperd ue Department. Past studies con­ every week in one of her classes. ducted with elementary and sec­ Timmins admits that she wouldn't ondary schoolchildren showed read and understand the material that they performed best when in as thoroughly if papers weren't small groups. · always due. ''There's no reason to believe Unlike this semester, last that the benefits of small group semester Timmins had a class learning wouldn't transfer to col­ were there were no weekly as­ (Jen Flad, photo) lege students," Mallory said. Next time you visit the library, don't study alone... Bring a study partner. signments and only two exams Students seem to do better in andafinalduringthesemester. "I smallgroupsbecauseitgivesthem where students are encouraged to small groups enable students to her classes she would spend less didn't have to do anything. ·There the opportunity to collaborate and role play and argue, the formulas be free thinkers since they' re more time preparing for them. was no daily work. The class was discuss ideas. According to Mal­ come more easily to him. "Since willing to explore and venture "I reread all the material and so easy to skip. I didn't care about lory, students will become more the class is active and the material their own ideas. think through any questions I have the class," Timmins said. engaged in their work if the mate­ is more real to life, learning is more '1've found that students clam or that students might have. Then Generally, colleges are not rial is related or can be linked to natural," Valgenti said. Valgenti up much more in large group set­ I come up with questions that doing a good job of teaching stu­ experiences in their lives. added that the best class for him is tings," Heron said. She added, would be interesting for the small dents according to Mallory. Frank Valgenti, a junior ma­ a class where the material relates "Small groups allow students to groups to discuss," Heron said. ''Teachers rely too heavily on tra­ joring in business administration, somehow to life and he isn't sim­ look for the answer themselves." Until this year, Helen Fuller, ditional methods of teaching such said, "When I took Admn 653, I ply sitting and listening to a pro­ In order to have good group a junior majoring in communica­ as lecturing.