-TNSIDE­ Five O'Clock Heroes took · The UNH football team · Calendar_page 5 the MUB Pub crowd by · . won 58-0 over the Buck­ Notices page 6 storm as they ran away nell Bison Saturday in Editorial-page 12 with 1st place in last Pennsylvania. See, story Features-page 15 week's Battle of the Bands page 24. competition. See story Sports page 24 page 15. The New Hampshire Vol. 76 No. 1p IL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1985 862-1490 Durham. N.H. Bu lk Rate US Postaoe Paid --~----=-------------------------------------------------D_u_r_ha:._m_l\J H. Permit 1130 Institute causes ripples By Michele Valway programs will be presented to Professor of Animal Science, The New Institute for the the Graduate Council and the Richard Strout, said, "I am sure Study of Earth, Oceans ancl Graduate Faculty for approval the institute will strengthen the Space (EOS), is devoted to following normal review proce­ University but I hope not at the research and education only at dures, according to President expense of undergraduate pro­ the graduate level. Haaland's report on May 1, grams." "The institute is the result 1985. "My concern would be that of a committee set up by Pres­ "One to five new tenure-track the institute has primarily grad­ ident Haaland to investigate faculty wilt be hired in the Fall uate education. UNH is a prim­ how marine and space sciences · of 1986, depending on the ary undergraduate college," said and the Complex Systems Re­ availability of research money," Donald Murray, Professor of search Center can be formed said Haaland. English. He said he wonders if into a coherent group," said "Graduate students will be "the institute will be the elite Roger Arnoldy, Interim Dire.c­ recruitea by the Fall of 1987, place to be, having· two classes tor of the Institute and Professor pending.approval of degrees," of faculty members: the elite of Physics. said Arnoldy. and the peasants." The Oversight Committee, Haaland said no undergrad­ "UNH is an undergraduate made up of 16 faculty appointed uate degrees will be offered. It university,'' said Carl Dawson, by the President, submitted a is primarily a graduate institute. Professor and Chairperson of proposal to form a college, but Possible undergraduate courses English. "The institute is not .,,,,,.. JS' ' established the institute in May and general education courses emphasizing undergraduate ed- b\.,,, of 1985 instead. It is expected will be introduced in the future, . ucation." to become a school or college he said. Professor and Chair.Person in two to three years, said "Some faculty are worried ·of Mathematics, Richard Ba­ Arnoldy. that the institute is primarily lemenos, said he was not in a "The educational aspect is at focused on research," said Gregg position to talk about the in­ the graduate level,". said Ar­ Sanborn, Dean for Student stitute. noldy. "There are two possible Affairs. "I think there may be Professor of History, Hans degree options at the present the perception that (the insti­ Heilbronner, said he was not ·rime: Space Science and Geo­ tute) will detract in some way justified to have an opinion. The future Ea~h, Ocean and Space Institute has been the subject chemistry." from the teaching of undergrad­ of controver.sy between the administration and faculty. (Cindy A maximum of three des_ree uate students." ESO, page 10 Rich photo) S. Africa teach-out did not reach out By Joseph Moreau of five dollars a day. If they can Last Friday's ·educational force him (the worker) to do "teach-out" sponsored by Stu­ it, they can force us to do it." dents for a Free South Africa Stevenson works for the (SFSA) failed to generate sig­ General Electric Corporation nificant student interest. The which has operations in South teach-out was held on Thomp­ Africa. son Hall lawn on October 11, Heather Randall, the other a day of protest observed on featured speaker, commented many of the nation's campuses. on the need to get U.S. workers "There wasn't enough time involved in the debate over or money (to organize)," said South Africa. "We want to get Julie Jeffrey, a SFSA spokesper­ them active," she said. Like son, " We just had to use our Stevenson, she linked black creative energies." oppression in South Africa with campus yesterday, causing some confu~ion among AT&T reached out and touched the entire Organizers originally sche­ situations around the world. people who are as yet unfamiliar with the new system. (Guy Brooksbank photo) duled a full day session of "It's a problem here and in education and discussion on the Central America," she said. South African issue but the Randall is a member of the New phone lines hit a snag protest lasted only from noon Young Socialist Alliance, a to 1 :30. branch of the Socialist Workers Addresses by two guest speak­ Party. She works at a textile mill By Edmund Mander "Terrible," was Lisa Seger­ calls from people seeking Din­ ers were the highlight of the in Lawrence, Massachusetts. library assistant tried man's verdict on her day at MUB ing Services," confirmed Jane When a rally. Each spoke for a few Student reaction to the teach­ to transfer a call to the micro­ information. The telephone Howell, secretary and book­ minutes to about fifty students out was generaJly positive. Many media room yesterday, he found system was switched on last keeper for the Entomolgy De­ 1who stopped to listen as they expressed amusement at the to the Poultry Friday evening, and was put to partment. himself talking passed. Both stressed that black informal and unstructured na­ Attempts to reach the test yesterday when staff Explanations for the confu­ department. oppression in South Africa ture of the rally but thought its the Periodical room proved and faculty turned up for work. sion were varied: "The lines are parallels worker oppression in intentions were good. .less, when the un­ "We have a sorority that all tangled," offered Roland equally fruit the United States and elsewhere. "It's a good thing that they fortvnate assistant found him­ comes through to one of our Goodbody, a library assistant. "Worker problems anywhere are informing people about talking with the Physics professors here," complained "People are forgetting they self are problems everywhere," said is happening," said John department. ·Political Science Department don't have to dial that number what Mark Stevenson, a member of Sedensky, a student attending "A lot smoother than expect­ secretary Ramona Brown. two," said Vicki Bonneau at the the International Union of the rally. ed." was how UNH Telecom­ Several calls directed to Din­ Business Office. Electric Workers. Mark Abdy, a South African 'munications' Administrative ing Services were diverted to As is turned out, human and On the white industrial man­ who attends UNH, said Assistant Suzanne Davis des­ the Entomology Department, mechanical error shared the native agers in South Africa Stevenson Valerie Gobron, a for yesterday's confusion. cribed the University's first day reported blame said, "They pay on the average with the new $3.5 million secretary at Dining Services. "TEACH-OUT", page 8 telephone system. "We're getting a great many BUSY SIGNAL, page 18 PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1985 ::; uiderman Edward Tillinghast: UNH's amazing ~ By Jennifer Candon delicate structure of its own web, carbohydrates and sugars in' Dr. Edward Tillinghast, a he set out to understand why webs. One of the sugars seems physiologist at the -University the web is sticky. to resemble the sugar in f ibro­ of New Hampshire, believes "The stickiness of the spider's nectin, a substance believed to research should not always be web may be related to t.he bind animal cells to form tissues a race or compeEiti-on. He be­ stickiness that holds our cells such as skin and muscle. lieves research should simply together," he explains. "We don't understand yet contribute to our understanding Since the turn of the century, ~xactly how f ibronectin works, of the "nature of life." Tillingh­ it has been thought that spider but studying how these webs are ast collects and studies spider­ webs consisted mainly of pro­ _glued together may give us some webs. tein. Dr. Tillinghast said he and important clues about how our He began studying the webs two colleagues at UNH, Ken­ bodies are constructed," said of the Ar_giope or Garden spider neth Andersen _and Miyoshi Tillinghast . in 1977. Fascinated with the Ikawa, were the first to find If this substance could be extracted, it would most likely have enormous worth in the Red balloon used medical field. Before Dr. T_U- linghast can even conceive of such a happening, he would to explain Dadaism simply like to understand this important property the webs By Bryan Alexander flourished with the outbreak of display. This understanding of To begin her lecture on the World War II. the "nature of life" is all­ colorful form of art known as Through their bizarre style, important in Tillinghast's re­ Dada, Margot Clark produced Dadaist's hoped to make their search. a single red balloon from be­ audience believe that a work of "Spiders are such interesting A fear of spiders could cause a problem for anyone wishing neath her podium. She proceeded art was not a permanent artifact, creatures, with such tremendous to visit Professor Edward Tillinghast's laboratory. to blow it up, and stick a pin to but simply the audiences per­ variety in web and physiology it, sending a nervous laugh ception. Their goal was to make and habits," he said with enthu­ amount of moisture," explained "The female Argiope, which is through the crowd that had each work of art bring out a siasm, _"It may take a long time Tillinghast, "So we keep the larger than the male and builds gathered in the Berkshire Room different reaction from the to find everything we want to boxes misted." a more complex web, needs a of the New England Center, individual viewer.