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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Spring 2-6-1979 Maine Campus February 06 1979 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus February 06 1979" (1979). Maine Campus Archives. 955. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/955 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]. Midweek A/laineC vol. 84 no. 28 Tuesday, February 6, /979 Orono, Maine Bus service to continue in Old Town by Susan Kadezabek and Tammy Eves In a packed council chamber Monday night, the Old Town City Council voted unanimously to keep "The Bus" (formerly Citibus) running in Old Town. The crowd, including Old Town resi- dents, senior citizens, and a handful of UMO students, turned out to voice their support for the bus service. Although City Manager tieorge Campbell argues UMO students living in Old Town can't really be considered taxpayers, one student said, "the students and people who work at UMO are a vital and important part of the economy of Old liveswannl.eEves, an Old Town native who Tojnow ' in Orono and depends on the bus, said UMO students in Old Town are contributing indirectly to taxes through rents they pay to their landlords, which help pay for property taxes, and the purchases students make downtown, which help the merchants pay their taxes. But he added, "services should not be oleAfteerrLtth lberfiar7t hectic days ofciasses this sleepy studentfound refuge in the stocks of provided on the basis of who pays taxes, Tired already ? 'photo by Don Vickery] but upon who needs the services, otherwise the rich people would get all the Becauseices." over half the Old Town residents using The Bus are UMO students, Dental Campbell said he does not think Old Town program criticized •••• "taxpayers" should pay for a service less than 50 percent of them use. UMO pays a by tnid Logan and John Donnelly The statement, which was submitted program, find another occupation," the $3500 subsidy yearly and Campbell said he anonymously by the 28 women in the report said. thought his amount should be increased. Serious internal problems plagued the program. criticized the department on Other criticisms include poor instructor Sharon Dendurent, assistant dean of6 Bangor Community College Dental issues ranging from teacher incompetency attitudes, "frustrating" course qualifica- student affairs at UMO said, "I think it's a Hygiene program last semester, according to favoritism for certain students. tions and intimidation by faculty. pretty narrow argument that Old Town to a statement from students in the "When people ask us about the Dental There are eight full-time and three has. The students are pictured as leeches program which was recently obtained by Hygiene program at BCC our reply is they part-time instructors in the program. In Continued on page 6 the Campus. go somewhere else and don't even join the addition to the 28 second-year students who worked on the report there are 23 Strike plans Iranian student backs Khomeini, first-year students in the program. Dental hygiene is a two-year program. Hope W. Burns, program director. shelved, report blames CIA for political unrest refused to comment on the issue last week, saying "They (the issues) would be handled internally." by Tammy Eves news reports describing the violence with now Another source close to the situation holds key which the army has met anti-Shah, said recently the problems "have been Reza Kashkooli has lived in this country pro-Khomeini demonstrators. Kashkooli worked out with the faculty." by Dan Warren for three years now; most recently at UMO. said he is not afraid for his family. Other sources say, however, a The But his home is Shiraz, Iran; about 200 Continued on page 8 spokesman for UMO's 470 service miles from Tehran. committee appointed last semester by the and maintenance workers said Monday BCC Student Senate Kashkooli romantically described Shiraz to look into the night that his group temporarily plans to allegations has not released as a "city of roses, black-eyed girls and any findings strike, choosing instead to "lay low" and the matter. poets." an image in stark contrast with the on wait for the recommendations of the third "Everyone came to one meeting, mood of the country now in the midst of then no party in the 14 month-old negotiations with violent conflict. one came to the next," Reed Jordan. vice UMO. president Kashkooli has not been back to Iran of the Senate and chairman of Frank St. Louis. steward in the steam - committee since the turmoil began. but he said he the said. "I don't know what's fitters shop in the UMO steam plant, said happenning." supports Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the third party's report should be out "before the end of the month." He refused to speculate whether the fact- Campus Corner "...go somewhere else finding would be favorable to UMO workers or the administration and whether the recommendations would Iran's Moslem conservatives, and he be accepted and don't even join by the UM trustees. welcomed the downfall of Shah Neither side is required Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. to accept the recommendations of fact-finding, "It was great." he said, and added Iran the program..." which started Dec. 31, 1978. has undetgoite a "kind of long sleep. but St. Louis confirmed reports that the the people woke up. Suddenly the people workers, having voted solidly last month realized they can do something. they can The report was submitted anonymously because of fear of repercussions. "We are not to strike, are now taking their case to change. Before they saw themselves with the public. no power, but it was like an explosion. afraid to speak out because we feel we will Asked what his group of employee They saw they don't want the Shah and be discriminated against in the way of our moo". leaders got accomplished at a Monday way the country (was run)." grades." the report said. [photo by Don VicketYI night meeting in Veazie, St. Louis said, "Most of our exams are the subjective Kashkooli will remain at UMO, but his "Nothing. We didn't do a thing. We were type and we have seen in the past how an brother and sister, also students, will soor Reza Kashkooli waiting for you (the media) to show up." be returning to Iran. Despite American Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 2 Maine Campus • Februar$ h. 1474 •Internal problems plague dental program From page 1 According to sources who asked to "This is fine if we had nothing else to do dislike for was singled out in front of all of instructor's likes and dislikes of a student remain anonymous, students often end up in those spz..:e hours. But we have things to us...after the discriminated student was are indicated by hisgrades. We realize this asking complete strangers to do this favor do beyond papers, labs, homework and ridiculed Hope turned around and is an effective but sneaky' way to 'get us for them. Off-campus students in the X-rays. We are people and we do need laughed," the report said. back' for putting them in this awkward dental hygiene program find this a bigger some time for ourselves," the report said. situation," the report said. Robert C. White, chairman problem because they aren't as familiar Favoritism among students also drew of BCC's Health and Human Services with dormitory residents, the report said. fire from the report. "A student which she department, The statement dealt with concerns with could not be reached for "There have been times when a student (an unnamed instructor) has a definite comment. what they thought were "real" problems has had to sower nimsest so sow as to "brushed off as our problem." The pay for a student, so we won't have an statement said further, "(We) tried to absence. It's a terrible experience to have speak to her (Burns) but all we get is to bribe a person and end up paying their sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm." way in to have their teeth cleaned," the Placement office An example of a "real" problem report said. involved patient cancellations. Students also questioned the profession- Four appointments are given each alism on the staff. "It (professionalism) semester and are used for patient has been stressed and re-stressed to stresses capabilities, absences. If there are more than four us.. (but) often we have found the cancellations. "we are subjected to having instructors' attitudes are very unpro- points taken off our grade, and we receive fessional in front of patients, and this is an incomplete for the semester," the very embarrassing for the student," the not majors,for jobs report said. report said. 'They are not getting across the basics and by Debbie Noack weekly newsletter available to all students. He said the center has listings from a our level of confidence and competence in Students should be more aware of their broad mixture of companies. "We have capabilities when they go looking for a job, both small and large companies and both real-live career situation Adrian J. Sewall, director of the Career state and national firms," he said. order to face a Planning and Placement Center, said. Sewall said that it is usually the big "Th y don't know what to go after," he companies with large numbers of jobs that Whi4 is ridiculous.' said.