-INSIDE­ The UNH football team Cheese is featured prom­ Calendar__ page took the measure of the S inently in this week's Arts Lehigh Engineers to the Notices ·page 6 and Features section, so tune of 31-17 Saturday at Editorial_page.12 grab a glass of wine, relax \\ Cowell Stadium. See sto­ Features--page 15 and see story page 15. ry page 24. Sports page 24 The New Hampshire Vol. 76 No. 14 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1985 862-1490 Durh~m, N.H. Bulk Rate U.S Postaqe Pa i[1 ----------~=---------------------------------------------D_ur_h_am_~ H. Permit #30.._. Caucus seeks stronger voice By W. Glenn Stevens The parliamentary procedure used by the UNH Faculty Caucus is too formal and is stifling faculty-administration relations, according to several members of the caucus at a meeting last night. The meeting, which was not recorded by the caucus' secre­ tary, centered on caucus Chair­ man Lawrence Bingman's prop­ osal that the caucus be involved in "informal give and take early in the policy making process." The Faculty Caucus is com­ prised of approximately 40 elected faculty members who represent their department. The caucus meets once a month to discuss faculty problems. The meetings are held in an ex­ tremely formal, dry manner. For . RICHARD example, no one may speak HERSH unless called upon by the chair­ Main Street will be jammed with a colorful procession of floats as part of the Homecoming man and a faculty member may becoming more informal." celebrations this weekend. (Dave Sanborn photo) only speak once on a given Caucus member Steven Fan subject. said talking to the administra­ Academic Vice President Ri­ tion in the formal context of the chard Hersh said "people feel caucus "is like talking to a wall." uncomfortable" in the present Fan suggested some kind of a UNH remembers past glories caucus environment . ... I don't time limit from the adminis- like the language we use here," By Lisa Karakostas Also at 8:00 pm the UNH Mask who is in charge of Homecom­ he said. "I like the idea of CAUCUS, page 21 Tradition is the way to des­ and Dagger Society will present ing for Lambda. cribe Homecoming '85. Tradi­ "Side by Side" Sondheim in the Some dorms,~such as Hubbard tion from football games to Hennessy Theater at Paul Crea­ and Hetzel, are going to have fraternity parties. Tradition tive Arts Center. a coffee and· donut breakfast from horse and buggies to The fun starts early on Sat- while putting the finishing tailgating. urday. morning for many frater­ touches on their floats. There is no truth to the nities and dorms These floats will represent rumour that tailgating is going ~ La~bda Chi Alpha is hosting the Homecoming theme. Hetzel to be nonalcoholic this year. a cocktail reception for alumni is planning a salute to Karl's, It will be the same as usual, at 7:00 a.m., according to Curtis Barry, according to Sgt. Beaudoin of HOMECOMING, page 17 public safety. In fact, this year's theme, "Fall Glories,''. which represents tra­ Tailgating policy d)tion, ensures that the custom­ ary rituals which surround the homecoming fun every year will gets minor changes be the same as usual. The events start off with a By Jon Ekstrom the Homecoming game, with theme dinner in the dining halls Students attending the Home­ specific areas in A Lot for those Thursday evening. A traditional coming festivities at the Field vehicles.-'' New England meal will be House football field this wee­ Dean of Acacemic Affairs J. served including such old favor­ kend may want to keep both Gregg Sanborn said he felt ites as Yankee pot roast, cran­ UNH and Durham alcohol mos·t issues surrounding any berry nut bread, and carrot pie. policies in mind before they problems with alcohol were Mary Lou Fuller, a systems come and enjoy the game. dealt with in the statement on manager for dining services says According to Major Roger alcohol policy. the cost of this meal for anyone Beaudoin of UNH Public Safety, The statement, as Major without a dining card will be the UNH statements of policy Beaudoin said, differs little from $5.00. for such activities as tailgating past policy and simply sets down The customary bon fire and will be "essentially the same guidelines to be followed by pep rally in the lower quad starts except for restrictions against those persons wishing to con­ the Friday evening events. Some large vehicles entering the sume alcohol at the Homecom­ fraternities, such as Tau Kappa Homecoming area." ing. Epsilon and Lambda Chi Alpha The large vehicle restriction, Tailgating parties will take will have lobster/clambakes that cited in a UNH statement on place in the Upper Field, evening for brothers and dates. tailgating, states "all vans, Boulder Field and Lot A with This "student" was out to enjoy the autumn foliage this week. The UNH Jazz band will campers, pick-up trucks and no alcohol being allowed in perform in the Granite State other trucks and buses will be (Cindy Rich photo) Room in the MUB at 8:00 pm. required ·to park in Lot A for T.GATING, page 18 PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1985 The New Hampshire remembers 1939... Wildcat Mascot Is Missing! We often read of things like before the Harvard-Yale game, this happening in other colleges there is little doubt but what but like most people we thought some semi-sophisticate from "It can't happen here." But as Cambridge knows a great deal in: many cases it did, and some about Dan's disappearance: time this morning or late this What college was it that usurped afternoon "Butch III" disap­ the annual hoop-rolling cerem­ pe.ared. ony at Wellesley last spring? Now Butch was carefully kept More Joe Colleges from that ivy­ in a cage, from which it is an covered institution on the banks impossibility for him to escape of the Charles. If anything without some help. The as­ unusual happens in or about sumption naturally is that some Cambridge, fr.om a fire-alarm . one has, to put it mildly, "swiped to a mass murder, the citizens Butch." It is also natural to of that prank-weary city merely assume that he was not swiped remark, "It must be some of the by any New Hampshire student, doings of 'the boys'." They for he is certainly in one sense always refer to them as " the the property of the entire boys'', never as the college school, and the entire school is "men." extremely proud of him and Inasmuch as Harvard is our justly so. He is the center of next and last opponent, and attraction at the home games inasmuch as that particular and out of town games to which 'establishment is wont to indulge he is taken. New Hampshire in these high school, Hallowe'en students· can be exonerated. stunts, we will leave it up to the Since New Hampshire stu­ judgement of the students of dents did not take him, who did? the school as to the real perpe­ It is logical to assume that some trators of the deed. one who either didn't like New Blue Key has gone to a great Hampshire or who wanted to deal of trouble to secure the put a crimp in the plans of the Wildcat and Phil Dunlap has New Hampshire student body gone to a great deal of trouble was the cause of Butch's disap­ to train it. The student body has pearance. Butch's chief attrac­ contributed to the support of tion is at football games. We the animal and everyone on OUTRAGEOUS!!! have only one football game left, campus feels that the ·cat is with Harvard at Cambridge this partly his. Whoever stole Butch Butch III, famous wildcat out to check up on the animal towards Harvard. The rumor week. Is it not a natural assump­ has not only robbed Blue Key mascot of the University was about eleven forty-£ ive and he circulated that students from tion then that some Harvard and the football team of its abducted from his cage in the said his hurried inspection Tufts had taken the cat home organization is at the bottom mascot, but it has robbed the rear of the Lambda Chi. house showed nothing out of the with them, but this was found of the matter? student body of its sym~ol and sometime between midnight ordinary with the cage. He to be unsubstantiated when We think it is. This is not in mascot. last night and supper time this stated that he looked closely to traced down to its origin. the nature of accusation, but we The seizure of the cat was an evening. First reports were that see that the door was locked, Late arrivals at the Lambda do want to point out a few facts unsportsmanlike and unfair the much-publicized 'cat had as is his habit each evening. Chi house last night noticed no which may make the case even thing for one school to pull on broken loose from his impro­ Fear was expressed that im­ prowlers around the grounds clearer. Harvard has always another . .And some people call vised cage and wandered off into proper feeding and any undue and no suspicious persons .were been noted for pulling stunts New Hampshire a hick college. the woods, but all such thoughts strain on the 'cat might lead to seen on campus during the early like this. If Yale's bulldog, What a laugh! ~ere dashed, upon discovery its death, and no stone is being hours of the morning.