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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Spring 2-2-1987 Maine Campus February 02 1987 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus February 02 1987" (1987). Maine Campus Archives. 1928. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/1928 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]. 'gay/Maine Campus vol. 100 no. 16 The Uri:versify of Maine at Orono student newspaper since 1875 Monday, February 2, 1987 Fire causes Aroostook Hall evacuation Friday by Mike Laberge Staff Writer Aroostook Hall had to be evacuated Friday morning after a fire broke out in the basement and filled the building with smoke. David Fielder, University of Maine npshire 2:00 fire chief, said the fire began in a freight 'nal 1E30 elevator and-probably started when trash 3owdoin 1. or paper in the elevator was ignited. "It appeared to be accidental," he said. Lt. Peter Noddin with the fire depart- ment said the fire was probably caused by a cigarette that was thrown in one of the-trash hags in the elevator. "The elevator was full of garbage,' he said. Ray Thomas, assistant fire chief for the department, said smoke from the fire quickly filled the basement and spread throughout the building. "There was smoke everywhere," he said. Duane Bassett, Orono fire chief, said overall damage to the building was limited to smoke damage and was "minimaL". "We got all the water up from the tiles in the basement before it caused any damage.' he said. Fielder said police were alerted of the fire at 10:30 a.m. (see FIRE page 2) (Mania photo) Fiji marathon getting ready for another round by Linda McGivern come from any bonafide organization, school, dor- because it is easier on individual runners and it is bet- Staff Writer mitory, or off-campus group. ter for moral support, he said. According to Russpil, high school and community Radio station WWFX (Fox 104.7 FM)will be broad- The University of Maine fieldhouse will be a 24 hour organizations as well as university groups organize casting live from the fieldhouse during the marathon home to a couple hundred runners next weekend when learns. to help lend moral support to the runners. the annual Fiji 24-Hour Relay Marathon gets under- For example, a Navy team from Winter Harbor will Russell said new marathon T-shirts have been design- way Saturday, Feb. 7. be participating in the Feb. 7-8 event. ed with the help of WWFX. The marathon, sponsored by UMaine fraternity Phi The station has helped to generate added publicity Team members obtain pledges for the miles they run, Gamma Delta, has been held each year fqtabout the about the event, he said. and each team is required to obtain a minimum of $5 past eight years.. It has raised more than $22,000 for pledges for each member they have. John Lamarre, a UMaine student who participated American Cancer Society. in the Maine division of the in past marathons as a lap counter, said he enjoyed it. chairperson of this year's race, said Mark Russell, Pledges are collected for the miles run by a team, "I just kept them up, went to (the store) for food, the marathon "looks really good" so far. not individual runners. - stuff like that," he said, adding that ,he ran laps already signed up for the He said 13 teams have Each runner runs 1.1 miles (eight laps) when it is his with team members to help "psychologically." marathon which begins at noon Saturday and ends at or her turn to run. noon Sunday. The deadline for entering the marathon is Feb. 3. He said he expects a few more teams to submit en- Russell said the marathon is being held in early Pledge sheets and registration materials are available try forms during this week. February this year because there were some problems at the Fiji house on College Avenue, information "People don't really sign up until the last week," with last year's March marathon; students had trou- booths in the Memorial Union and at the Bangor Mall. he said. ble collecting pledge money right before break. Russell said he encourages people who don't want Teams are composed of two to 10 members and may People are encouraged to have ten-member teams to run to help with the lap counting. University admission standards still intact by Marc Larrivee coming students more strict, class over a full academic year give any specific requirements history or social science and six Staff Writer said Elaine Gershman, associate before a decision is made on for admission, such as a high electives: dean of Arts & Sciences. changing the entrance re- school grade-point average, "When we review the Admission standards for en- "The students under the new quirements once again. because numerical figures vary freshmen class we will be look- trance into the College of Arts requirements we established too much from school to ing at relevant data such as the & Sciences will be maintained at have only been here at the Gershman declined on school. number of students placed on dismissal and academic proba- current levels for one more year. university for one semester," disclosing the specific entrance "In one school passing is 60 In November requirements as they currently tion, and grade-point averages of 1985 the Gershman said. percent and in another it's 70, stand. to determine where to go with so it's hard to give out the entrance requirements," 'llre want to increase the qualitv of "It is difficult to give out figures," he said. Gershman said. undergraduate numbers because people focus education, so we are According to a UMaine pro- She said she does not foresee on them too much, she said. recruiting students who can meet higher stan- file sheet from the admissions the admission standards being dards." However, she did say the col- office, the College of Arts & lowered in the future. lege had raised the minimum Sciences requires incoming "We want to increase the Elaine Gershman Scholastic Aptitude Test scores students to have completed four quality of undergraduate educa- English, two years of are recruiting College of Arts & Sciences She said the college wants to they consider acceptable from years of tion, so we one foreign language, one year who can meet higher made the decision to make the have the opportunity to review applicants. students geometry, one year of entrance requirements for in- the progress of the freshmen William Munsey, director of of plane standards," she said. Daily Maine campus. Monday. 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United Sti He said by the time he became involv- to free pri! ed in the project "a lot of the bugs" were said Israel aleady worked out of the unit. said Israel -.With Smith's background they were its own pi by Jeff MacNelly - . -able to develop a new _combustiortsVrstem The de SHOE for the unit, Soule said. Lebanese John Riley, chairperson of the depart- not possit 'ment .of agri(Ailtiiral engineering, said It we writ the system is.a high temperature corn- as the inte bustion unit similar to an oil furnace, countries but the major difference is that it burns of this c wood chips. draw)," ``The burner cut my...heating -costs almost in half, Soule said. On Satt, He said his major contribution to the delis ered oject was to help design the system to Islamic .1 properly Suit his home. Liberatior four Bent A source for wood chips and a way to kidnappet s keet" them dry were also necessities to treed put the burner to work. not Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU "We were able to get waste wood from The fot a mill in Norway, and I designed a way of Boise, 1'14 GOING TO to dry the chips in my garage," Soule Boston; R HAVE TO 0•643ZC said.