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McMahon residents protest room search By SUZAN BIBISI tor for Hilltop and McMahon, -answered and KAREN GOULEKAS questions from students' clad in "Dump Residents of McMahon Hall met Tuesday Debbie Dustin" T-shirts, holding banners night to question the legality of a room search which read. "ORL is Corrupt." and "Who during Easter weekend in both north and Searched Our Rooms?" south towers of the dormitory. The search is in The room search was prompted by the theft apparent violation of the University Housing of a stereo from the Head Resident. Mark and Student Conduct Codes. Schafer's. The recent firing of two R.A.s triggered Doyle said Dustin suspected Schaefer's lock students to question the judgement of head was picked or a pass key was used to gain resident Debbie Dustin, who authorized both entrance to his room, and authorized R.A.s to the firings and the room searches. conduct a search throughout McMahon Hall. About 400 residents and non-residents of Students said they received conflicting McMahon Hall gathered during a dormitory stories about the purpose of the search. Some council meeting to discuss Dustin's actions. whose rooms were searched were told it was a Although Dustin was unavailable for fire inspection, while others were told it was a comment, her immediate supervisor, Jim search to determine if other rooms had been Residents of McMahon Hall Tuesday protest a search of Doyle, attended the meeting to clarify broken into. their rooms by the Office of Residential Life Iphoto coartesty Dustin's authorization. Doyle, area coordina- SEE PAGE 3 of Dave Lasnie k I. Connecticut Satlg. (Eampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXIV No. 128 University of Connecticut Wednesday, April 29,1981 Reagan calls for action on economic package WASHINGTON (UPI)— sick until Congress accepts Congress and a national table patterns of old side a Washington hotel. Thanking Americans for his budgetary cures. broadcast audience to plead economic practices," the "The warmth of your wor- their show of love after the Reagan, making his first for action on his economic president declared. "Isn't it ds, the expression of friend- attempt on his life. President public appearance since he package. time we tried something ship and. yes, love, meant Reagan said Tuesday his was shot March 30 by a "The one sure way to con- new?" more to us than you can ever health is "much improved" would-be assassin, went tinue the inflationary spiral know," Reagan said in but the economy will remain before a joint session of is to fall back into the predic- Earlier in the day, three remarks prepared for conservative mavericks fell delivery. "You have given us into line with other a memory we'll treasure republicans and three forever. democrats in the Senate Budge; Committee to vote "And you've provided the for the president's $699 answer to those few voices billion budget. But in the that were raised saying that House, Democrats worked to what happened was evidence rally support for their alter- that ours is a sick society." native budget in a crucial vote expected next week. Reagan spoke on the eve of his 100 days in office. His Reagan began his brief appearance also was message by thanking designed to demonstrate to Americans for "your the nation that he has made messages, your flowers, and a quick comeback from the most of all, your prayers" for gunshot wound and to push him and three fellow victims for his economic package of the gunman who opened working its way though fire on them March 30 out- Congress. Atlanta victim's death The space shuttle Columbia is carried ''piggyback1' atop a Boeing 747 Tuesday. The jet lands here at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma for fuel en route to the Kennedy Space caused by asphyxiation Center in Florida [UPI photo). ATLANTA (UPI) — Jimmy Ray Payne, the 26th young Atlanta black to be slain in the last 21 months, died of asphyxiation like 14 others before him, medical examiners Reusable shuttle Columbia said Tuesday. "Asphyxia is the working diagnosis we have at this point." returns to Cape Canaveral said Dr. Saleh Zaki. associate Fulton County medical examiner, adding that he arrived at that conclusion by a CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (UPI) — The who watched the jet roll to a stop next to the process of elimination. shuttle Columbia, man's first reuseable towering steel demating device used to He said there were no visible injuries on Payne's body, the space ship, returned to Cape Canaveral in unbolt the shuttle from the 747 jet. fifth to be pulled from the Chattahoochee River that borders "excellent shape" Tuesday and will be "It looks a lot better than the first time it Atlanta on the north and west since Atlanta's child killers first prepared for a second orbital test flight came here," Smith added, referring to the struck in July 1979. early this fall. newly built ship's arrival from the factory Since that time 26 young blacks have been found slain and The two-day return trip from California minus some of its heat sensitive tiles. "I another. 10-year-old Darron Glass, is officially listed as atop a 747 jumbo jet brought the orbiter don't see why it can't go 100 times." missing. into Kennedy Space Center at. 11:23 a.m. Along for the trip was a 6-foot card from Zaki said the body looked as if it had been in the river about EDT just a few miles from the launch pad space workers at Dryden Flight Research five days, repeating what Public Safety Commissioner Lee P. where it thundered into orbit 16 days ago. Center in California who got the orbiter Brown had said Monday five hours after Payne's body was About 500 space workers and their ready for the return flight. The card pulled from the stream. families waiting on the hot tarmac cheered addressed to Kennedy Space Center. Fla. Brown said Payne's death was assigned to the special police as the jumbo jet carrying rock-plane said "Return to Sender. Let's Do It Again. task force and was being "investigated as a homicide" piggyback came intd view over Patrick Air because it was similar to previous killings. After demating Columbia will go to the Force Base and flew north up the Atlantic All of the victims have been black and most have been Orbiter Processing Facility for trouble coast before banking west and coming in between the ages of 7 and 16. but Payne. 21, was the fourth shooting and about three months of for a smooth touchdown. consecutive adult victim of the killer. "It's in excellent shape." said Richard refurbishing before roll out to the launch pad for its second flight. Smith said. Two of the three previous adult victims, both 21, were Umith, director of Kennedy Space Center, retarded, and the last one, 23. was described as slow-witted. P«g«2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Wednesday, April 29,1981 Buy a yearbook, remember college Many years from now we will all be middle-aged alumni. Wc will get a monthly newsletter telling us what other alumni are doing and we'il watch UConn basketball games on television. But will we remember our days spent bere at Storrs? It's doubtful. But if students wou'.u purchase a copy of the Centennial yearbook. Nutmeg '81. vaguely they might recollect 8:00 a.m. classes and Thursday^nights. This year's yearbook promises to capture the spirit of UConn's Centennial. It will include old photographs of the University obtained from local residents, the University archives and the collection at the Bcnton Museum. It will also capture the spirit of this year, through portraits ,)f the Class of 1981 and many candid pictures of UConn students in there daily routine. Moreover, it will include pictures of special events which occurred here, such as the elective by Dick Gregory, and concerts by Marshall Tucker FUNNYmAFlSR ALL THese YeARS OF COMPLAINING AND NOW 5H6 INSISTS Band. Beatlcmania and the Founder's Day celebration in ON K6ePIN6 MY COFFEE CUP FULL,., Hartford. In the past, many UConn yearbooks have been done at the last minute. The yearbook for 1980 still hasn't been published. And some of the past UConn yearbooks contained obscene photographs. This year, the editors have done serious and tasteful representation of life here at Storrs. Wc urge all students to order Nutmeg '81. It might be a while before alumni are proud of the University of Something ORL did not expect Connecticut. It might take a new field house, a full stocked In a few short weeks most of us will be As one Stowe vermin said upon his library or even a winning football team, but to have a copy of carting our books and sound equipment back expulsion, "Damn, if I knew 1 was going to get your college yearbook yearbook is a step in raising your sense home. And those who plan to return to kicked out. I'd never would have burned that of pride towards this University. Nutmeg '81 can be ordered campus will store their furniture in the wood." any afternoon at the yearbook office in the Student Union dormitories. Other students are also beginning to realize Building, or can be ordered at the graduation ceremony. But the Office of Residential Life has the importance of preserving firewood. It's announced that lofts and bunk beds can't be just become too precious a commodity to left here.