Maine Campus November 15 1991 Maine Campus Staff

The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Fall 11-15-1991 Maine Campus November 15 1991 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus November 15 1991" (1991). Maine Campus Archives. 4073. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/4073 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]. Friday 'inc maw Lampus November 15, 1991 THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE NEWSPAPER SINCE 1875 Vol. 109 No. 27 •Public meeting Orono's members of the State House share insights, listen to suggestions of town residents, UMaine faculty and staff By Michael Reagan and made successful appeals." Staff Writer Cathcart said cuts in municipal revenue sharing will force towns to Orono's state senator and two rep- raise "the most unfair tax we have, resentatives took some time to listen which is the property tax. It hits very to the questions and suggestions of hard on older people who have fixed town residents and members of the incomes and on younger people." University of Maine community at Nancy On,Orono town manag- 100 Nutting Hall Wednesday night as er said municipal officials see the the state's budget crisis continues. end of revenue sharing as a perma- State Senator Steve Bost, Rep- nent elimination. resentative John O'Dea,and Repre- According to On, the town of sentative Mary Cathcart gave some Orono faces up to $300,000 in lost of their perspectives on the crisis funds from the state, which would (L)State Senator Steve Bost, Rep. Mary Cathcart, and Rep. John O'Dea speak at a public and then listened to comments from mean a cutback of 18-33 percent of meeting at 100 Nutting Hall Wednesday night. (Tirell photo.) members of the audience. the town work force. The police and Bost said that the state faces"the fire departments would face cut- most Draconian of cuts" because backs, the town library and recre- current state of the economy there One of Governor McKeman' s is very concerned about such wel- last summer the more serious cuts ation department may have to be may not be any improvement in the proposals for cuts was replacing fare cuts. were put off in hopes that the econ- closed as a result of the end of state budget soon. state welfare workers with an 800- Onejoke he had heard about the omy would be on the upswing. revenue sharing. O'Dea agreed with Professor number service. 800 number was that it is going to be He suggested that the Legislature The town would have to increase Ken Hayes, chair of the political Several members of the audi- called "1-800-KEEP-TRYING." "revisit" tax exemptions on Maine taxes by 16 percent just to meet the science department, who said there ence who work for the state's wel- Restructuring of administration statutes and defer tax exemptions for year's expenses, she said. was a political ideology underlying fare system said many people they was suggested by several members one year as a way to bring in further O'Dea said with the new round the governor's proposals. serve do not have phones to ask for of the audience as a way to cut costs revenue, but later added that there ofbudget cuts"we're venturing into O'Dea said the privatizing of advice or assistance. and Bost said this should include the would be significant opposition. uncharted territory." state services was an example of State Senator Mike Pearson of University of Maine System. "Every tax exemption has a con- He noted that about one-third of such an ideology since it will not Old Town, who is a member of the "If the system as we know it is stituency," he said,"consumers and the state's budget was cut with the provide immediate savings or defi- appropriations committee, was going to survive we have to rethink business groups have come to us last shortfall in July, but with the nite savings in the long-term. present in the audience and said he the structure," he said. •Administration •Guest speaker Hitt and ROTC subject of Controversy Luncheon discussion students to think for themselves and Force Brig. Gen. Monroe McClos- question authority," King said. key described some important func- nm King said the testing of authori- tions of Scabbard and Blade, an ty is at the core of all academic ROTC honorary fraternity. By Michelle Hikel disciplines and ROTC does not teach In that same year, the na,tional Staff Writer individuals to think for themselves. organization of Scabbard ancrBlade Her second assumption was "aca- published a series of bulletins on University of Maine Interim Pres- demicfreedom and shared governance, dangerous individuals and institu- ident John Hitt, one of six finalists for or faculty contml over course content tions that should be combatted. At the presidency at dr University of and faculty selection, are crucial to the top of the list was Jane Addams, Central Florida, has returned to Orono carrying out the educational mission." who was called "the most danger- after two days ofin-depth interviewing King's third assumption was"we ous woman in America." at the Florida campus last weekend. have such destructive power that -This was the same year President According to Hitt, his latest visit war must, as Martin Luther King Coolidge sent Addams presidential to UCF involved he and his wife said, be obsolete. congratulations to her for her social Martha undergoing a "comprehen- -This world will not survive if work with children," King said. sive set of interviews". force does not come to be consid- After more illustrations of Hitt, who said his visit to UCF was ered unacceptable as a solution to what she thought were other prob- also "an opportunity for the campus international problems," King said. lems of ROTC and militaristic community to meet the candidates" King then outlined her argu- ideals, King opened the floor to vying forthe presidential position,spent ments on how the military and questions to a crowd that was time speaking with UCF administra- ROTC "discriminate on irrelevant somewhat hostile. tors, faculty, staff, and alumni. criteria, promote militarism, teach One audience member, John Hitt said he also spoke with that the means always justifies the Battick, responded to King's claim Charles Reed chancellor of the Uni- ends, use a discipline whose es- that ROTC is told what to teach by versity of Florida system and Roy sence is obedience, and require the an outside entity (the Pentagon), McTarnaghan executive vice-chan- university to abrogate normal hir- saying "there are outside accredit- cellor, at a land grant university ded- Guest speaker Kathy King fields questions during her speech ing and course-control procedures." ing agencies that tell us what to ication in Washington on Sunday; a at the Socialist/Marxist Controversy Luncheon Series Thursday King then went on to illustrate teach as well." meeting which he said is a "very in the Union. some examples of where she drew Battick was referring to majors important part of this process." hercriticisms of militaristic thought.. such as engineering, that have to "These men are well-respected, By Joe Sampson tern's methods of Reserve Officers' "In the 1927 book 'Militarizing maintain good standing with na- highly influential leaders, who are Staff Writer Training Corps. led the discussion. Our Youth' by Roswell P. Barnes,he tional accreditation agencies. true leaders in this process. After King began by giving the basic summarizes many cases of militaris- Another respondent felt King speaking with them for about two The Socialist/Marxist Controver- assumptions behind her opposition tic attempts to suppress free speech. was misinformed, as much of her hours, I feel they came away know- sy Luncheon Series sponsored a dis- to ROTC. "We should remember there information was gathered at UCLA, lot about me," he said. ing a cussion yesterday on the connection -The first assumption is peda- was not even a threat of war then," where she teaches. According to Gary Whitehouse between highereducation and ROTC. gogical: The first purpose of higher King said. "I think that to speak at Maine, chair of the Presidential Advisory Katherine King,a UCLA profes- education in a democratic society One of the events outlined in the you should learn more about Maine," See HITT on page 12 sor who opposes the education sys- must be to open minds and to teach book was a case where retired Air he said. • ANC and opposition groups to hold preliminary talks NewsBriefs • Fox will become the first to air condom ads • Man found dead in boat beached on Swans Island •South Africa •Condom ads Mandela says black-white talks to Fox will air condom ads; other negotiate on a new constitution networks are still debating the idea JOHANNESBURG,South Africa(AP) — Nelson Mandela said Wednesday the LOS ANGELES(AP) — Fox Broadcasting Co. will become the first — and so far, white-led government and black opposition groups could launch preliminary talks 2only — TV network in the nation to accept condom commercials. 1 Nov. 29 on a new, non-racial constitution. Fox spokeswoman Andi Sporkin said that paid advertising will be accepted only if President F.W. de Klerk's government and Mandela's African National Congress both condoms are promoted solely as a method of preventing the spread of AIDS.

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