Students Rally for Peace at Student Union
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(fomectioft Satlfl (Eampua S Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXVNo. 120 University of Connecticut r-naay, April iy, iytj* Students rally for peace at Student Union By Mark Almand local bands performed rock UConn political science News Editor music and the UConn professor John Plank told Ultimate Frisbee team the crowds that the only hope A crowd of 150 braved displayed their talents. in maintaining an at- brisk temperatures and UConn Police reported no mosphere of international threatening skies Saturday arrests of unruly protesters. peace is to "let Ronald to rally on the Student Union "I didn't come to yell." Reagan feel our pressure. Mall in support of global one student said. "I came to Make our voices heard.'' peace. hear the band." . Plank said that "Reagan The rally itself was more "Peace is wonderful and and (Secretary of State peaceful than the student violence sucks," senior Alexander) Haig don't want protest of a decade ago. The Mary Preston said. "That's peace. They want defeat and crowd remained quiet as two why I'm here." humiliation (of Central American leftists). This is not upholding justice and human rights," he said. "If UConn budget sliced you want peace, first work for justice." A group of UConn studen- By Chris Schneider ts performed a staged series Staff Writer of mock-combats intended to gauge audience reaction to The State House of Representatives passed a total state violence. The skits included budget of S3.19 billion Thursday night after a 12-hour debate, a club-fight between cave- placing an amendment to the University of Connecticut budget men, an Elizabethan rapier which reduced it by 1.8 million dollars. fight, a fistfight. a rape The Republican-sponsored amendment, introduced by Rep. scene and a gangland style Otto Neumann, R.—Granby.and passed by a margin of 75-74. assassination in which a man moved 1.8 million dollars out of "other expenses account" and was shot for refusing to pay shifted into the tuition fund where the amount must be made up on a debt. The series, up by the University, in the form of tuition monies. which was choreographed by The joint House and Senate Appropriations Subcommitee on UConn graduate student Higher Education had proposed a $2.2 million increase over Bob Hall, was "an enormous Governor William O'Neill's recommendations of $79.4 million. success," said Russ Swan- The additional allocations were to be dispersed into personnel son, a participant. "The services, deferred maintenance, the computer science crowd was repulsed. One program, and the purchase of additional library materials. man even tried to break up a Last week, University president John DiBiaggio called this staged fight." Two students stage a mock execution at Staurday's peace move by the subcommittee "encouraging," though he warned rally on the Student Union Mall [Bob Pirrie photo]. that the legislature might ask for reductions. - According to DiBiaggio, the state has "directed us to Legislators collect additional funds from out-of-state students to make up Lewis resigns USG; the loss. There will be a tremendous burden on those students. to discuss These students will be using up the financial aid pool more quickly." bill 620 protests inefficiency At present, the 1981-82 out-of-state tuition is $1,230 per Tuesday night students year. It is projected that tuition will increase $2,000 over the can hear legislators and By C aria Van Kampen current rate, more than doubling it. administrators debate Bill Staff Writer Iita press conference Sunday night, student trustee Steven 620, which proposes the Donen said "the legislature passed the amendment thinking reorganization of the Student Ombudsman Jeffrey Lewis resigned Wednesday to there would be no impact on out-of-state students. They dum- state's higher education protest personality conflicts and inefficiency in the Un- ped the proposal in the lap of the Board of Trustees, telling system. dergraduate Student Government. them to make up the difference." A panel discussion "This has been the straw that broke the camel's back," Donen anticipates cuts in academic programs. "This act by sponsored by the Forum Lewis said, referring to U.S.G. Chairman Cheryl Hayden's the House will be responsible for decreasing programs and ac- for Political Awareness request that he hand in his office keys. cessibility for in-state students," he said. will present Rep. Otto Hayden had asked Lewis to hand in his keys because of Rep. Dorothy Goodwin, D.—Mansfield,said the Republicans Neumann, R-Granby, and complaints from U.S.G. Secretary Toni Riola that he had used in the House have taken the position that students should be- Rep. William Cibes, D- her desk phone after she had requested that no one be allowed come more responsible for a greater proportion of their New London, to discuss to make calls from it. Lewis admitted to using the phone on education. She said also don't believe the university should their views supporting Riola's desk, one of many incidents that caused Riola to go to subsidize a substantial amount of the out-of-state students'1 620. Both are members of Hayden and threaten to quit. college educations. However, she is concerned about the the Education Committee. Hayden was unavailable for comment. possibilities of scaring off potential out-of-state students Peter Halvorson, Lewis said the way Hayden has handled the incident angers because of high costs. president of the American him. "Hayden has been absolutely no use in mediating this," DiBiaggio said he will talk with state legislators early this Association of University he said. "It's sheer petty politics and there has been nothing week to discuss the impact the reduction in money will have on Professors, and a UConn administrator], will explain done to clear it up." the university. Due to a series of similar petty disputes, according to Lewis, "We're trying to explain the dual impact of out-of-state their opposition to the bill. the U.S.G. has been very ineffective. "I think the whole way. .student tuition and the student financial aid pool. Legislators Students can share the U.S.G. has been run for the past year has been absurd," do not see that responsibilities lie on the state, not on the their views on the issue following the panel Lewis said jeferring to the problems the body has had with the students. The Appropriations Committee agrees with us," he discussion. ski team, the elections, and with budget appropriations. said. Page 2 Connecticut Daily Campus, Monday, April 19,1982 dergraduate students at has little reason not to find Editorial UConn. All undergraduates his or her words in the Daily person to pay much attention Whose paper is it, anyway? at UConn are potential staff Campus. All they must do is to—why worry as long as members — imagine the adhere to a few journalistic everything seems all right? potential of a newspaper that rules—a minor point—so The point is: the staff at The Connecticut Daily readers, this paper is their has over 14,000 staff mem- that they read within the the Daily Campus is trying, Campus editorial staff for only source of news. That bers! All these people, with style that readers have and will continue to try to the 1982-83 school year means that over 14.000 per- all this knowledge, all this grown to expect from a bring as much information as begins production of the sons get only what the Daily insight—how can the paper newspaper. possible to the student body. newspaper today. As with Campus has to say about be anything but great? There has been, in the But we are students too; we any transition, it is a good what is happening on the But this potential must be past, a serious lack of atten- are learning as we go along. time to take a hard look at tion paid to the workings of And we'd like the readership what the Daily Campus is USG, the Student Union to learn with us. Board of Governors, the and what it should be. If the students have the in- (Hutmecticut Ifailfl (Eampua student Credit Union, the formation, they also have the The Daily Campus is the Co-op, and other student run opportunity to pass it on. University of Connecticut's organizations. This is unfor- ©rttar in OHriEf The best way to pass on that only daily newspaper. tunate, because each student information is through the Published Five days a week. pays these organizations, Jeff Denny campus daily newspaper. it offers campus news, spor- whether that student wants ts, arts and entertainment to or not. 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