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Connecticut laiuj (TJampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXIII No. 19 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Monday. September 24. 1979 Inspection slated for laundry roooms By JOANNE JOHNSON A team of two inspectors from the state fire marshal is department this week will reinspect basement areas in South Campus and Northwest Quadrangle dormitories in hopes of "making some kind of accomodation so laundry facilities can be made available." according to student trustee Steven Donen. Donen said deputy state fire marshal! Major Arthur Woodend conferred with state fire marshal I Sgt. Michael Whalen before making a decision Friday to conduct another inspection. According to Donen. Woodend considers dormi- tory storage areas, which contain flammable material, the biggest potential fire hazard in the basements. The inspectors will make measurements between basement areas to determine the feasibility of closing off the storage rooms and recreation rooms ("pits") and leaving laundry facilities Phiiln ht V im,, , accessible. Donen said. Depending on how quickly the inspectors are able to make out their reports, a decision is expected to be reached this Score! week. Donen added. Thousands call Lauren Fuchs [above], who said It "was the cage, much to the joy of her teammates the first time I was ever nervous taking a [below]. UConn defeated Delaware in the penalty shot" digs in for a blast during the championship game 3-1, a day after they for safe energy championship game of the first annual crushed Old Dominion 7-0 in the opening Husky Field Hockey Classic. round. See the story on page 8. NEW YORK (UPI) — Tens of thousands of, anti-nuclear Fuchs1 shot scored and bounced out of protesters gathered Sunday in the shadow of Manhattan's World Trade Center towers to call for a complete shutdown of nuclear plants and listen to rock and roll. The youthful audience was drawn by such headliners as actress Jane Fonda, her husband Tom Haydcn. singers Pete Sceger. Graham Nash. Jesse Colin Young and Tom Paxton. consumer advocate Ralph Nader and form Rep. Bella Ab/ug. "We can have safe, more job-creating sources of energy." folksinger Bonnie Raitt told reporters as long lines of protesters poured into the lower Manhattan site. "And it we can attract more people playing music - that's why I'm here." The September 23 Rally Committee, which sponsored the protest and IN other similar actions around the country Sun- day, estimated that 150.(XX) people might attend the gathering. Unofficial crowd estimates put the crowd below the 150.000 mark but sponsors said the number would rise b\ day's end. The crowd on the three-block-squarc Battery Park >Cit> project was'packed shoulder-lo-shouldcr. "This is for the oil industry that puts profits above people." Ms. Raitt told the crowd before launching into a rendition of "Give It Up." Protest coordinator Donald Ross promised In build a movement to elect an anti-nuclear power will be elected president in W80." he declared. Beer and the scent of marijuana were as common as the Former Co-op employee red "No-Nuke" T-shirts al the rails. Mam at ihc shirts. which showed a yellow burning sun silhouetting ihc Statue oj claims unjust treatment Liberty, were quickly removed. By ED SUM KS 11 IN Vcrrcv said "You don't have anything to say? You're fired. Get out. Get out or I'll Thomas McKcith. who was fired from his call the police." "McKcith said. job at the UConn co-op for willful miscon- I told him I wasn't going to leave until I duct, alleges that during his termination in- was given the reason why 1 was fired. He INSIDE... terview he was' hit in the arm by Co-op picked up the phone and I put my finger on general manager Ray Verrcy. the two buttons. Then he hit me on the arm. Mostly sunn) Monday, highs in the 60s. Increasing Vcrrcv declined comment on the inter- Later I reported it to the campus police." cloudiness not so cool Monda\ night, lows 50 to 55 along view, which took place in his office Aug. 15. McKcith said. A witness to the interview, book manager the coast, mid to upper 40s inland, fuesda) cloudy with Gary Shapiro, was unavailable for comment. chance of showers, highs again in the 60s. "Our investigation showed that no assault According to McKcith. there was a rumor t(H)k place." Lt. Michael Pander of the among the Co-op employees that' he was University Police said. "After McKcith hung fired for stealing a copy of a magazine. up the phone on Verrcy. Vcrrcv pushed It was a tough weekend for the UConn football and soccer McKcith denied that assertion, and said he McKcnnas arm away." he added. teams, both squads losing on the road. The Husk) hooters was never told the reason for his dismissal. Both Pander and McKcith said Shapiro were beaten for the third straight time al Vermont, and was a witness in the room at the time of the Navy defeated the gridders for the fourth consecutive \car. See page 8. *'I had been working for one year and incident. about seven months and had handed in my month's notice. Nine days before leaving. Mr. Verrcy came into the receiving room Verrcy refused comment on the incident. and asked me to conic into his office." stating "I don't discuss personnel questions publicly." Julie Harris comes 10 UConn tonight She will star in McKcith said. "The Belle of Amherst" at Jorgensen. Sec page 4. "When we got in there he lifted a Pen- Harry Johnson. Co-op Board of Trustees thouse or Playboy magazine on his desk and president, declined comment because of asked me what I had to sav about it. Then McKeitb's planned appeal to the Board. Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Monday, September 24, 1979 no windows. Calling this the Hawley Armory field, mance at West Point on nel, several of whom con- Letters proposed structure inviting. and a slap in the face of Sept.. 15. Connecticut's veyed their admiration of Norman Bver is cither a those who fought to save it. student band more than the UConn performance to me. « man of rare vision or one of Thomas M. Roberts held its own in a comparison 1 was proud to be from Co-op is offensive poor taste. I urge Mr. Bver with the full-time Connecticut, and to have to consider more carefully professional West Point not inviting UConnband two children at Storrs, and I what the windowless band. look forward to a repeat warehouse effect ■ will be. Since I was seated in the To the editor: earns respect triumph (of the band, of Mr. Bver proposes that USMA colonel's, section I The architect for the new course!) in New Haven. the new building have only To the editor: can vouch for the delight Co-op is designing i Rene Liegot two floors, one a basement. Congratulations to the and amazement expressed building which looks like a Yale '50 warehouse inside and has This is an inefficient use of UConn band for its perfor- by the West Point person- In our opinion— CALCULATOR , SALE! , ('jatne^rit^cisldSt semester botvce Leek of taste exceeded didn't raise-tWem s lite We 4',A titfvnn by lack of foresight e\se) V/HOWNNTS he new $1.9 million Co-op is scheduled to take its VIMT TO ie VfiVHE«S.< place near the new University library by the fall of R80. It seems fitting that two of the ugliest T buildings on campus should be located sidc-by- side. Co-op architect Norman Bver has described his creation as one which will •invite people in.'* Does Mr. Bver also consider carhoard boxes attractive? Lack of architectural taste is only exceeded by the Co- "WELLTTT* TftUE vtft use Voup. MoNcy" PP.EE, CHMi&e ?fc\C4V op's lack of foresight. Limited parking facilities are already a severe problem on campus. There are now more HlQrKR THAN THE: CoiAPETlTiOMfc£ T€A(Uf(6 OP >/OVJ8. SOfTBN-L F\C<-D TOK Ov*. NEW CotAVlFfs *nt> OPEMTS AT than two cars for every parking space, and limited parking proposed for the new Co-op will only increase business for A ?r\0F\T VffltL-6 CLA\NVN(V NOM-PROFIT 9tiWS,'fcffl TW5 meter maids. NQ frisson TO F££<- you're Genmcj EAPpetrorr Besides limited parking, the new Co-op will be built without windows. As solar energy use increases to combat the world's energy shortage, it's ironic that the Co-op has planned a structure without windows. A ray of sunshine or a degree of solar heat will not be able to penetrate the Co-op's aluminum bonded walls. Real estate reigns in D.C. It's too late to protest the Co-op's building. It would be difficult to fill a 32.000 square foot hole in the middle of By ART BUCHWALD Hawley Armory Field. A field once constantly used for WASHINGTON — Your status in It's funny I don't remember inviting Frisbec and after-dinner Softball games, and which 1.352 Washington is no longer based on your title Kissinger. He rcallv doesn't fit in with students voted to preserve in a Co-op referendum vote in government, nor how much entertaining these people." she said. last April. (139 voted for construction of the Co-op on the you do. nor even if you come from Georgia. "You certainly turned out the stars." I field). You are now judged strictly on real estate.