The New Hampshire, Vol. 75, No. 34
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-INSIDE Calendar_page 5 The men's hockey squad N otices--page "The Visit" opened at tied Lowell 3-3 Wednes 6 Editorial page 12 Johnson Theater Thurs day night at Snively .See day night. See review related story page 24. F eatures,___page 15 page 15. Sports--page 24 The New Hampshire Vol. 75 No. 34 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1985 862-1490 Durham, N .H. Bulk Rate U.S. Postaoe Paid Durham N.H. Permit #30 Campus Fraternity c_op bill fined $25,000 By David Olson sion and were sold alcohol at pulled UNH fraternity Pi Kappa the fraternity bar. Alpha was found guilty last Durham police Chief Paul By Francoise von Trapp week by the Strafford County Gowen said one of the young A New Hampshire bill to Superior Court and fined women became unconscious upgrade l.JNH Public Safety $25,000 on three counts of later that evening and had to officers to full-time police of selling alcoholic beverages with be carried back to Stoke Hall, ficers was withdrawn from out a license. where she was a resident. House legislation Wednesday However, $20,000 of the fine An ambulance was called and after officials decided the prob was suspended said County the woman was b"rought to lems with the present situation Attorney Lincoln Soldati. Pi Exeter Hosptial, reportedly could be solved without legis Kappa Alpha will have to pay suffering from acute alcohol lative measures. $1,000 a year over the next five poisoning. The · bill was proposed by years, he said. John Bosen, Pi Kappa Alpha Attorney Brian Snow of Nashua, The charges stemmed from president, declined to comment ' and introduced by NH Repre a September 25, 1984 party at under the advice of the frater sentative Richard Duprey Jr. the fraternity wher_e Durham nity's lawyer. He said he would (R-Nashua). police said three underage fe not comment on the situation Snow proposed the bill as a male UNH students paid ~dmis- until at least next week. solution to his concerns about the lack of authority of the Public Safety officers. Electric outage Since the Public Safety offic e rs do not undergo the same training program as regular full closes library time police do, they are not By Ken Fish also affected by the short circuit. eligible to be certified. Dimond Library lost electrical But Sanders said these buildings "People in uniform should power early yesterday morning had their power restored by be certified," said Snow. and had to be evacuated when 10:30 a.m. and Dimond Library UNH Student Body Vice electrical lines leading from had power by 2:15 p.m. President Ted Eynon said the ' circuit three broke down. We changed the circuit over problem with the bill was its John Sanders, director of by switching from circuit three presentation. He found out plant maintenance and engi- to circuit five, using something about it through a list of bills neering said circuit three, part like a huge 'extension cord'," being proposed in the newspa of the underground power dis- Sanders said. paper The Union Leader, and Mary O'brien of the UNH Figure Skating Club practices her tribution system which supplies He said he had not heard of brought it to the 8.ttention of pirouettes in Snively Arena.(Robin Stieff photo) power for the core-campus area, any damage to buildings or USNH Vice Chancellor Eugene had an apparent short circuit systems affected by the electrical Savage. in powerlines. outage. Savage said he was made use the proper channels." relationship between the Uni "Three-phase" powerlines Dimond Library was evacu- aware of the bill a few days Savage said the administra versity and the town of Durham. carry 4,160 volts to supply ated because the battery before Eynon contacted him, but tion did not feel it was approp "Public Safety Director Dave electrical needs on campus. powered emergency lights in the bill had not come from ,riate at this point to deal with COP BILL, Parts of Demerrit and James IN-THE-DARK, page within the university. this type of legislation. He said page 11 Halls and Pertee Haouse were 11 "University issues have to he told Snow that President pass University proceedings Haaland and other administra first," said Eynon. "They didn't tors were concerned about the Durham, UNH cops to fight vandals By Catarina de Carvalho Police. Gowen said some of Durham residents of Cowell those cited for the crimes were Drive through the years have UNH students. complained of property destruc- Despite town officials' efforts tion from vandals and tres- to remain non-judgemental passers who have usually turned concerning the offenders, Gow out to be students. More recent en said members of the com acts of vandalism have stifled munity are assuming that UNH residents to take action against students are responsible. the continuous abuses, said Gowen said part of the rea Durham Police Chief Paul Gow- sons why UNH students are en. being singled out comes from The trespassing problem has individuals' disregard for a lead to such destruction as community that is not theirs. broken windshields, uprooted He said an individual is cap lamp posts, corn-down fences able of doing things in a com and a scattering of broken beer munity they would not do in bottles, he said. their home town. 4 Since the fall of l98 , l l 5 Director of UNH Public UNH Juggling Club members Rod Pitman, Dave Haffer and Erik Gleske, (1 cases of criminal mischief have tor) practice in the _:__:_·,oeeir=reptrttecfL{Jtlfe'.D'ctihaiir· ~MtseHIEF,'page:lt -_-::-··-. - ~. Granite;.St.attLB:tlOm oftbe -MIJR(Karen.J-.ewe~to): - J' .,. , - .. • .. · • .-,~..... _·_, . 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CO conce_ntration by half but Paul Lavoie, who graduated in the chamber, under pressur from UNH with a degree in ized oxygen, the CO content can engineering and has been with l-be halved in 23 minutes. An inside view of the UNH hyperbaric chamber shows the seats and the bunks on which the Marine program since 1974, CO poisoning is dangerous patients are treated.(Charles Smith Jr. photo) _is the cha mber'<, Oper::irio n~ l bec~u~e ir_d_eprives the l:>rain and _ _ _ Director and UNH's Marine other tissues of oxygen. He multiple treatments, but it gets of charge. "We don't charge for· by vofunteers. it takes four- to Safety Officer. He is in charge explained, "An add·ed feature to the point of dimishing re-: this at all," Lavoie said. "We five people to run each treat- ~ -~~==~-oI.deep~seia1-viiig.:hasicSCDBA.,=__'jj£o_xygeii::in -~cnariibet·g-fJYa'C- tiifn£-ne ·said·.-_--· ---------_ -- _------ ·- w"i'ltao_what-is nece·ss,gy,Jio our--··1trent: a~hY§idan offthe-outsfde;·_-·--· -- ... _ research diving, and diver cer- oxygen can dissolve more read- The four to five hour treat- best to follow through and do an emergency medical techni- tification. · ily in the plasma." ments, which cost between $700 what~dically sound." Lavoie says working with the· - -'-'Seriou-s accidents re . 1:1-ire and $1~00-each are iven .free .'.f-he chamber .is. usuaLly run - CHAMBER,_page 18) chamber makes his job "both · ·· -- -- --------- ~:i~~~~!1~~~1~c~:r~-~::ee~~--- -- ----- ·Day____ -- t_ Otia Beaclr travel e:rs:-1,eware -···· the· chamber and the diving program. B L. M s· .~ .. \ /J. "UNhH got it (the chamberd) Y .•s~ -~~.'\ _rna~r, \ .. ibited"·ow- n.-vd·- ~. •· ",. about t ree years ago. 1t opene Don t'":. · ,'. caug 1, ·-9fficiallyfo_r-busi_ness ·a·y~-r·ago -- ~arrona, ·fl ·.;·st-r .-1 ·~v• - · • . in March," Lavoie said. "Orig- open contain~r wimming · inally the chamber was for use you'll be forced t n't have in treating diving accidents. We of your v;~ a<L,,"'¾$V-.hic · ese "for- expected to do about ten treat- of on thci1Tlac drlekin ay within ments a year." "Have'fu~ ,:.'..... scud-~ " Muffo- "In eleven months we've done said Lt. J. .h~_,,;_,chabge e. twenty-four treatments on thir- Commu{. rt- Ale ,., be aware teen people, five of which were ment of • i z eacli~ ... eit'llel .. '.': Stay clear of carbon monoxiqe (CO) poison- Police Cqdf <#',,, """ a veij M "" • gjng~~, sites. ing," he said. "When the hyper- Each s · Peb · 1o· i~1- istered motel ·-•·•-- .... -- · bane chairibfr"rn "New1.ondon,---t6' .. ta'ke " arintt•d- : . uf.. ~ t anager,rsksymr-·-~~-----, Connecticut stopped treating Beach's '. ole~ •~. • t-~~it ·-bu premises for any the public last year, the chamber waters, ij».'t orget\a ted- . :· 'u1'ns h~ e, do so. "You must here went from treating just of the b~ii a.ti n that\ a ~tt~~-~Jll-~.-his·:11utretoh' the law," he said.