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* - -■■■■■ . (Omtwrttrut iatlg (flamnta Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXVI No. 39 The University of Connecticut Friday, October 29, 1982 Socialist premier in Spain elected amid some violence MADRID. Spain (AP)—The the Democratic Center won banks in Bilbao, capital of the Socialist Workers Party won a 7.2 percent, to Communist Basque region in northwest solid majority in Thursday's Party 3.8 percent and the fledg- Spain, and injured two police- parliamentary elections, which ling centrist Democratic and men, one seriously. No group will make Felipe Gonzalez the Social Center party of former claimed responsibility immed- first Socialist premier in Spain Premier Adolfo Suarez. 2.6 iately, but it was assumed since the 1936-39 civil war. percent, Izarra dei Corral they were set off by KTA. the Interior Ministry undersec- said. radical Basque separatist or- retary Juan Jose Izarra del ganization. Corral said early Friday that Nearly 21 million Spaniards voted in the election, despite More than 130.000 police with all the votes counted for officers patrolled the country the 350-member lower house threats by Basque terrorists, sporadic bombings during the as long lines formed at the of Parliament. Gonzalez' Social- polling places in warm, sunny ists won 194 seats and their three-week campaign and fears of a military coup to weather. An hour after the nearest rival, the rightist Pop- polls closed, Interior Minister ular Alliance, 97. He said the block the expected Socialist victory. Two bomb explosions Juan Jose Roson said the tur- Socialists got 45.7 percent of nout was 78 percent of the the popular vote and the Pop- were the only violence re- ported. 26.6 million registered voters. ular Alliance 24.9. There were 8,150 can- The ruling Centrist Union of The bombs went off outside didates for 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes, the Spanish parliament, and for Company advertises 208 seats in the Senate. The This Samoyed Husky is UConn's "Unofficial" mascot- seats are allocated on the live mascots were discontinued in the 1970's when the basis of the parties' total votes university decided it was too difficult to care for them papers for purchase in each election district. and switched to a cloth Husky (Jack Wilson photo). By Stephen Geissler Staff Writer Voters to cast their ballots Small blue application forms for ready-made research papers have appeared once again on campus billboards. The use of purchased research papers by students is both a violation of university regulations and a detriment to the for new state amendments By John Yearwood 2. For the constitutional amendment con- student's education. Professor Milton R. Stern said Thurs- Staff Writer cerning regulations of state agencies. day. If approved, this amendment would reaffirm Stern, acting head of the Knglish department, commented In next Tuesday's elections, Connecticut in the constitution the present legislative prac- on the advertisements placed about campus by the Authors' voters will get a chance to add four new amend- tice of delegating regulatory authority to the Research" company. The advertisement promises to supply ments to the state constitution. executive branch, subject to the review of the the student "with an example of a properly written research The amendments were approved by the legislature. Although this is already standard paper."' At $4.50 a page, the student can choose from "nearly General Assembly and will become law if state procedure, its constitutionality was challenged 14.000 entries" covering "128 different categories." voters approve them. in a recent court case. According to Stern, students who use these papers are The following are the statements as they will definitely compromising their education." "When you write a 3. For the constitutional amendment con- appear on the voting machine ballot levers and cerning compensation of elected officials. research paper, you learn better than from any teacher," on the absentee ballots: This amendment prohibits, with some excep- Stern said, "there is no better teacher than yourself." 1. For the constitutional amendment con- tions, increases in the compensation of elected "I never really understood why someone would invest the cerning the requirement of a grand jury for capi- officials during their term of office. An official's time and money to go to school when it is so expensive, and tal offenses. salary, however, may be raised after two years if then fritter it away by not getting their money's worth out of This amendment would abolish the present the term of office is four or more years long. it.*' he said. grand jury system. Instead, probable cause— A. For the constitutional amendment con- Stern also said that, although it is difficult to spot, students whether or not a person is deemed likely to have cerning an appellate court. are definitely "cheating when using these papers." According committed a crime—would be determined at See page 4 a hearing. See page 4 WHUS finally granted separation from USG By Stefanie Rutty fluctuated from $19,000 to plan more than six months from the WHUS staff. A pri- grants tor equipment be- Staff Writer $24,000 each semester, about ahead of time before." he mary goal is to hire a full-time comes our own commitment 25"., of the USG budget. explained. engineer and secretary. and problem. We have op- Beginning in January. 1983. One advantage of financial With an independent bud- tions now." "We need a full-time engi- \VHUS. UConn's campus radio independence is the possibil- get, bookkeeping, purchasing, neer for maintenance, acous- station, will become finan- ity of long-term planning. and operation costs will be '"Bookkeeping will be faster tic improvements and trans- cially independent from the Murphy said. "We could never controlled bv a finance board since we can go directly to Undergraduate Student Gov- mitter operation," Murphy student accounting without ernment and will be listed as a said. "An engineer from the delays through USG." he said. separate item on student fee UCIMT does that work for us Listener contributions and bills. now." The University (enter outside fundraising will help The $10 student activity fee for Instructional Technology the station's budget. Murphy will decrease to $8 next sem- has been instmment.il. Murphy expects said, in providing student ester and $2 will be allotted to Financial independence WHUS on a separate line, workers, as well as other media services. was a goal of the station when alongside the Dailv Campus Murphy became general fee of $1. Murphy has been the only manager in October 1978. It This is the same level of full-time employee. A busi- grew into a joint project with funding provided by USG in FMF SDUND/MLTErVMAWWEi ness manager and secretary USG. and last spring Will's the past three years." WHUS are employed part-time. obtained final approval. general manager John Murphy 91 if ft said. The $2 student fee will Securing a loan for major Without USG cooperation keep WHUS operating, Murphy studio renovation and new the move would not have Hap- said, but the economy and in- equipment is another priority. pened, Murphy said. "We will flation will necessitate outside "We will have no other com- still retain our student identi- funding. peting interests." Murphy ty. " he said, "but we'll do a USG funding for WHUS has said. "So obtaining loans and better job now." Page 2 Editorial Connecticut Uailrj (Eamuus > , Scoring Stars Sine* 1896 Mftflffi' Friday. October 29. 1982 Editor in Chief Jeff Denny Managing Editor John Berry Business Manager \ Evan Roklen Senior Writer Dave Krechevsky Office Manager Lois McLean News Joseph Tate Whiting.Mark Almond,Ai Powell Thomas Clark Sports Bob D Aprile.Tom Restelli.Dana Gauruder Aits Carlo Van Kampen,Steve Hewins.Dan Davison Features Jockle Fitzpatrick. Carol Carangelo Photo Manager Jack Wilson Wire Stephanie Rufty.Jean Cronln.Sue Wailionis Copy Lisa Stenzo.Bob Brennan Advertising Diane Spiegel Ad Production ..." Ann Urban Night Production Sue Dowden Classified Cheri O'Neil Production Dennis Donovan Lynn Bodetka.Rosemary Homes W$ IS Laura Uliasz,Jamie Speer.Ken Davidson,Howard Urban. Kathleen McKlnney.Cathy Fisher,Bobbie Zambelli. Jane Retter. Lynn Kerrigan. Leslie Baker Re-elect the locals, re-elect the senator, dump the governor Don't rush into the 'Real World9 By Cathy Walton "Real World." After gradua- ligations. I thought I would Connecticut voters did a good job last election, A while back, while celeb- tion I was all set to live off my have oodles of free time to do G rating the 21st birthday of a parents until I saved enough all the things I wanted to do. and if all goes well, UConn's and the state's interests friend, I heard a discussion money to move out on my One thing nobody ever told will once again be well represented. Everyone elected between some of my college own. Not bad, I thought, free me was that work is tiring. last term should be re-elected. friends about how they long room-and board for as long as Many a night I come home Governor O'Neill was not elected last term, and his to be out of school and into I want. Wrong again-Reaga- from the office with just performance in office has been less than good for the "Real World." I had to nomics hits home. As soon as I enough energy to plop down chuckle to myself, for you see moved back into the house in front of the television. I UConn. Regardless of his political cronies' involve- I graduated in May and in the my mother made it perfectly never thought I would be con- ments with higher education, the governor has shown past five months I have had a clear that 1 was to start carry- tent to watch "The Facts of little concern for UConn.

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