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tEhe SatUt dammts Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol LXXXVIIINo. 28 The University of Connecticut Wednesday, OcU 17, 1984 May delay construction Board questions research par k By Chuck Undberg of plans for the buildings scheduled for project Staff Writer High technological companies will want con- A preliminary rejection by the State Proper- struction of their buildings done quickly, ties Review Board has set back the Makuch said, and if a series of critical standards timetable for UConn's planned industrial and for the buildings could be written out and residential part. This rejection has not, however, approved by the board these companies could cancelled the plans for the muIti-million dollar have approval for their buildings within 30 days project of their submitting the plans. If architects "We haven't heard that the project is designing the facilities follow the standards fatally flawed and it will not be finally approved by the board the building would be approved" said UConn's administrative approved Makuch said liason for the project, James Makuch. Another part of the proposal which the board The review board temporarily rejected the questioned was why the 99 year leases were plan because it lacked references to applicable chosen for the companies in the industrial park. state statutes, which are necessary for final "The 99 year lease is fairly standard" Makuch approval. said "it allows for the maximum length of time If the proposal could be approved by the end for mortgages and tax advantages for com- of November, there would still be enough time panies leasing in the park." to begin construction on the project by the spr- At this point there are no specific companies ing of 1985. Because the process of getting which will be leasing in the planned 390 acre approval by the boards is so complicated, it is a park. Most likely leading high technology com- time consuming process, Makuch said panies will lease in the park, Makuch said Com- One problem that the Board noted in the pro- panies will perform their own construction or posal was the 190-acre that there was no review hire out to private construction companies. About 75 students listened to 2nd District Congressmen USG argues over food spending Sam Gejdenson speak on world hunger yesterday as part of the World Food Day program. See story on page 3. (John Metaxas photo). By Maryann Lennon Other issues discussed at President Marcia Knous, pro- Campus Correspondent the meeting was a possible posed that the "USG presi- The Undergraduate Stu- proposal for a policy to " repri- dent be editor-in-chief ex- dent Government decided at mand and censor" USG mem- official and exercise general Marine Science program its Executive Committee bers for "improper actions" supervision of the Nutmeg meeting yesterday, to serve that will be the responsibility yearbook" (as it is a USG coffee and doughnuts rather of and Ethics and External publication). (Knous ration- than pizza at its next meet- Action Committee yet to be alized that the yearbook gets grant to buy subs ing. formed Actions to be con- By Marc Frucht According to Jay Stolfi, sidered include dealing with needs supervision because in Staff Writer Public Relations Committee "press institutions" in "tactful the "last five years the year- GROTON— The Sea Grant research organization located at chairman for USG, the deci- ways" according to Gawkins. book has operated at a loss" UConn's Southeastern branch at Avery Point will soon sign a $1 sion to make the change was The idea of the formation of and because of last year's million contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric founded because coffee and the Committee will be dis- expenses, USG "ended up Administration to finish its Underseas Research program doughnuts were "less of a cussed at the next meeting. paying something in the tune The program, headed by Victor Scottran, director of Sea food substance". Also at the meeting USG of $1500 in extra charges". Grant will add completing funds to a project that already The issue was brought to exists. debate at the meeting be- Most of the funding will go towards the renting of ships and cause of recent criticisms that submersibles, according to Scottran As soon as-the contract is funding was being improperly College enrollment signed they can go about reviewing proposals from industries used for refreshments at throughout the region. _ USG meetings. About one-third of the grant will go to the Great Lakes region "The Board of Governors down slightly in state with the remainder going to the Northeast coastal states, said goes to Cape Cod and they Scottron. The money will be allocated on a "purely compet- use students money, we buy Connie Zak enrollments dropped unex- itive basis". pizza and its for everyone not Special to DaLy Campus pectedly. Enrollments held The center's staff at Avery Point will screen project appli- just for USG members" Stolfi WATERBURY- Preliminary steady at the University of cations and pass them onto Washington with recommenda- said tuesday. headcount enrollment at Connecticut at Storrs and at tions. Pat Gawkins, Academic Connecticut colleges and uni- the Connecticut State Univer- The Sea Grant research will consist of fisheries, marine and Affairs chairman, said he versities is down 1.6 percent sity, with 19,203 and 33,666 fresh water pollution and its impact on the environment sea and doesn't "see what the big has- from a year ago, but with 161 - students respectively. The in- lake floor processes and properties and ocean services. sle is" because at any govern- 470 students, is still the fourth dependent sector showed Regarding fisheries, Scottron said proposals would likely ment level there is "always a largest ever for the state • gains at the more selective include studies of resource assessment by habitat type-what slush fund where they don't Fall enrollment at public in- colleges- Connecticut Trin- kinds of fishes are in what areas. say where the money comes stitutions dropped two per- ity, Wesleyan and Yale-- Under the heading of pollution effects, the proposals would from but they go out and cent to 99,533 students, while where student numbers grew include municipal sewage, dredge spoils, and industrial waste buy things." the number attending inde- by 4.4 percent to 18,094 and at Studies of the sea and lake floor would probably involve the Stolfi said USG should pendent colleges dipped just the two-year private colleges sedimentary processes and geologic hazards such as earth- definitely have refreshments under one percent to 61,147. where enrollment rose from quakes and slides. at its next meeting because In the public sector, the de- 1,614 to 1,601 or by 4.8 per- Scottran said the project will also develop charting of the otherwise it would "look like cline occurred within the two- cent See page 3 we thoght we were wrong." year systems where part-time Inside Today: Weather Forecast: • ROTC attracting a record number of women, see page 5. Mostly sunny today with temps in the high 60s Clear and cool tonight • Deadheads experience another 'trip' to Hartford, temperatures dipping into the 30s see page 7. te Page 2 The Daily Campus, Wednesday. October 17. 1084 News Roundup State Tutu receives Nobel prize HARTFORD (AP)—The awarding of the 1984 Nobel peace prize to Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu was greeted with acclaim Tuesday by people who know or worked with the anti-apartheid leader of the South African Council of Churches. "If s marvelous news," said Colin Campbell, president of Wesleyan University, where Tutu spoke in March. "He has made invaluable con- Fire fighters sift through the charred remains of the home of Beatrice Vitelli in tributions to worldwide understanding of evils of apartheid Wallingford after an exposed gas line ruptured and exploded Monday (UPI photo). "He has done so at great risk to himself, with considerable eloquence and compassion," Campbell said The Rt Rev. Arthur E Walmeley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, compared the award to the recognition received by two more prominent opponents of injustice, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Nation World Jr. and Mother Teresa "I cannot believe it will not strengthen the resolve of a lot of people to address the issue of racism wherever it exists," Walmsley said in a Nurse not guilty Arms talks req uest ed telephone interview from his Hartford office NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP)-A jury on Tuesday BONN, West Germany (AP)—The leaders of Ro- acquitted a private duty nurse of charges that she mania and West Germany-members of hostile mili- tried to kill a patient at his home by turning off his life- tary blocs-said Tuesday there can be no alternative support system to resumption of U.S.-Soviet talks on reducing nu- Canadian geese dying Victoria Knowlton, 36 of Rockport, embraced her clear weapons. attorney when the jury returned the verdict after But president Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and SIMSBURY (AP)—Authorities are trying to determine what chemical about 15 hours of deliberation over three days. The Chancellor Helmut Kohl disagreed on involving other is responsible for the death of more than 125 Canada geese around verdict came shortly after the jury had reported it was nations in nuclear arms negotiations between Great Pond State Forest over the weekend deadlocked superpowers. Dennis P. DeCarli, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Eileen Cronin, the wife of William Croryn, who said Kohl, speaking at a luncheon for Ceausescu, said, Environmental Protecton, said Monday that diseases have been elimi- Mrs. Knowlton switched off his respirator, burst into "We both agreed there is no alternative to a dialogue nated as the cause of the deaths by officials at the Northeast Center for tears in the courtroom She and two daughters were and negotiations on arms control and disarma- Wildlife Diseases at the University of Connecticut comforted by other relatives and friends who have ment" "It seems to be a chemical, but we don't know what the chemical is or accompanied them throughout the trial.