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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Fall 12-13-1984 Maine Campus December 13 1984 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus December 13 1984" (1984). Maine Campus Archives. 1649. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/1649 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Campus Archives by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Watch for Friday's Joke Issue! IE tcygiimaine Campus vol. XCV no. LXVIII The University of Maine at Orono student newspaper since 1875 Thursday, December 13, 1984 rig: An Pub task force submits recommendations se For by Kerry Zabicki • having alcohol consumption not be the The task-force committee was made Aceto said he is not surprised by the Staff Writer main emphasis of the pub; up of Deirdre O'Callaghan, a student recommendations and said the idea that tone The Pub Review Task Force, designed • having alcohol price levels set so as arid resident assistant, William B. the pub was going to be non-alcoholic to assess the value of the Bears' Den Pub not to unfairly compete with local Dalton, manager of catering and con- was a false impression students had r the most common to the UMO comrnunity, has submitted merchants; ferences services, Elaine Kruse, associate about the task-force committee. t is easy to do and II recommendations to the UMO • keeping the Den open until 1 am. week director of the Women in the Cur- In preparing the report for Aceto, ant is needed. Most administration. nights; riculum Program and assistant professor Ritzi said the group tried to maintain the :walking seriously Vice President for Student and Ad- • the continuance of the alcohol abuse of history, H. Ross Moriarty, director of "attitude that we shouldn't parent sing it off as being -ministrative Services Thomas Aceto in- program; Residential Life, Steve Ritzi, president of people" He said it wasn't the role of s. jogging an 8/12 itiated the evaluation of the pub in the • a monitored level of music volume; student government, William L. Soule, the university to act in that capacity. ns only 26 more summer of 1984 and is now reviewing the • the possibility of making the pub ac- associate professor of mathematics, and The group placed a questionnaire in king a 12 minute report. cessible to all students regardless of age; Robert B. Rhoads, professor of The Maine Campus,(10/24/84), asking the key to walking, agricultural engineering and chairman students to respond and impress their the better the con- of the group. feelings about the pub and its role on \long with the bur- "The students overwhelmingly responded that a pub "I'm very pleased with the effort of campus. ries, walking can with entertainment and alcoholic beverages filled a need the group. They put out a very fine One hundred students returned the heart rate, reduce on the Orono campus." report," said Aceto. completed survey. According to the improve the effi- Aceto said he had "no problems" with report, all respondents were those who and lungs. In order — Pub Review Task Force Survey nine of the II recommendations. He "enjoy" the pub. A slight majority of lent to benifit from declined to elaborate on which recom- those responding were off-campus irs, one must walk The recommendations made by the • establishment of other "student mendations were acceptable and which students. • classes. seven member group with a pub were not. "I feel I should wait until I talk are centers" on campus Eighty-six percent of the completed tes you could burn • establishment of a permanent to the group," group to atmosphere; he said. questionnaires were in favor of the Den Walking can also review alcohol sales mixed Aceto said group policies; • consideration to serving he and the are remaining open until 1 am. "The t of the stress and • a "mission statement" alcoholic drinks; scheduled to meet on Dec 19. The explaining students overwhelmingly responded that .s so high this time operating procedures and addition of "full-line" of food recommendations will be discussed there policies at the • the a a pub with entertainment and alcoholic t friend and go for and appropriate Den; to be available in the pub area itself. action taken, he said. beverages filled a doesn't take much need on the Orono One change that will be made "right campus," the report said. e surprised at just away" is the addition of food to the pub reel! itself, said Aceto. Ritzi said, "It's a good Aceto said he is "positively pred- Linda C. Benner Numerous jobs available idea to put food out in the pub area. It's isposed" toward the recommendations, hard to go out through the crowd and but will reserve any decisions until after for seniors, undergrads get food from the deli area." he and the group meet on Dec 19, ii Drunk by Chuck Morris Steve Dunlap, a mechanical eng- ing Staff Writer ineering senior, said the job oppor- tunities in his field are good, but not like mess Jobs are available in many occupa- in past years. tions for graduating seniors and "It's not as good as last year, but it is iek undergraduates, said the director of good for engineers," Dunlap said. Career Planning and Placement. Dunlap ER 9 - 15 said the job opportunities in Adrian Sewall said, "The job outlook engineering are down 23 per kBOUT DRUNK cent from for graduates is totally dependent on LINE last year. He said December graduates national trends. ED: also have an advantage over spring "(Job) demand is highest for people semester graduates. towed away with technical training and specializa- "Companies ndcuffed, finger- are looking for tion," he said. "It is also very, very graphed December graduates more because they strong in the business area." can't afford to offer a job eight least several hours months Insurance and banking are examples in drunks advance," he said. in the business area where there are a Sewall said, however, ire a judge in the job oppor- strong demand for people to fill job tunities should not change for this year's openings, Sewall said. graduating seniors. "There are still some areas where job fED: "Employment is now the highest in opportunities are scarce," he said. history," Sewall said. "We shouldn't inal, you spend at These areas, he said, are heavily depen- see in jail. any change for this year's dent on federal funds. graduates." tinal or civil, you Wildlife, forestry and geology are ast $250. examples of areas that are heavily depen- George Morrison, a senior in civil an alcohol educa- dant on federal funds, he said. engineering, said the job outlook is good for Steve Ridley, a senior in geology, said construction-oriented fields. ard is marked for the job outlook in his field is not very. "I think (the job outlook) is going to good. probably cost be pretty good for construction-oriented 1 you "The oil industry is way down," irneys, fines, toss- people," Morrison said. Sewall said Ridley said. "They're cutting back in ,etc approximately one-third of the student exploration. self-respect. population on campus is registered with "When they cut back in exploration Career Planning and Placement or use it works right the line. The down oil and the programs it offers. Sewall said many ritten and paid industries the main mineral are job students also use the career library or see opportunities geologists. they for "When a counselor. 116. dential Life. cut back in exploration they don't need attempts In second people who don't have the experience_ "We have a fairly active program for Rich Henry i jumper Maine's last 63-61 victory Valparaiso University Wednesday. on page They don't need the people who do the helping people find employment after over See dory 10. IFarazzi photo) field work." graduation," Sewall said. 2 The Daily Maine Campus. Thursday, December 13, 1984. 3 The Daily .1 Maine broadcasters to educate about OUI By Cohn Strainge in maay highway deaths," Mar- Stilphen said. He said efforts will "We are not just filling in Staff writer tin said. be made during the upcoming holes," Martin said. "Radio and 1A4 Radio is very effective in legislative session to toughen ex- TV commercials are being includ- Broadcasters in Maine are join- reaching young people because isting laws. ed in daily station program ing forces with several organiza- they Are the primary radio au- "There will be legislation on a schedules just like paid ads." tions in an attempt to educate the dience, Walsh said. Norman new drinking age and certainly a -Unto public about the hazards of Gallant of MAB said efforts are fine tuning of the present OUI law. All seven commercial television drunken driving, said a member of being coordinated with Mothers Particularly in the area of second stations in Maine and one public the Maine Association of Against Drunk Drivers and offenses," he said. Martin said back MAB will probably support those station, WCBB in Lewiston, are Broadcasters. Students Against Drunk Drivers to BHOPAL, Inc publicize changes in the law. producing commercials which will drunken driving as a Carbide plant w: Jack Martin said local television problem. The public service an- be circulated to the other stations throughout the state. tion to process th and radio stations have pledged Arthur Stilphen, commissioner nouncements will continue on authorities said 1 S250,0(0 worth of air time to get of public safety, said he supports radio and television until there is Governor Joseph Brennan also tion may their message across to Maine any effort to publicize the pro- a reduction in alcohol-related requi drivers.

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