The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Fall 11-7-2016 Maine Campus November 07 2016 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus November 07 2016" (2016). Maine Campus Archives. 5257. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/5257 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]. FREE Monday, November 7, 2016 mainecampus.com The MaineTe University of Maine studentCampus newspaper since 1875 Vol. 135, No. 9 Sports Culture Opinion Women’s Basketball wins exibition game. B1 Students and community celebrate Culturefest. A12 Don’t forget the alumni who made UMaine great. A6 UMaine research leads to Norway spruce earning construction grade UMaine holds a press conference at the Advanced Structures and Composite center about a new type of Maine wood developed to be sold as lumber. Robin Pelkey, Staff. Jacob Posik home construction and in- 1,300 pieces of lumber grown spruce-fr pulping operation casion for the building indus- tifcation. News Editor dustrial applications. in areas of Maine, Vermont, in the state, there was little try,” Jeff Easterling, president “It has inspired students to UMaine invited leaders New York and Wisconsin. economic use for the species. of NELMA said in a news pursue careers in the feld and After months of extensive of the state’s forest products The team of researchers con- Now the Norway spruce release. “The addition of a we look forward to a contin- testing at the University of industry to a press confer- ducted tests of bending, ten- can be used in everyday new species hasn’t happened ued partnership with NEL- Maine’s Advanced Struc- ence on Wednesday, Nov. 2 sion, shear and compression building, including home in almost a century, and it’s MA and the forest industry,” tures and Composite Center, at the Advanced Structures of the Norway spruce. construction uses as wall been a very exciting year as he said in the release. the Norway spruce earned and Composite Center to an- The new certifcation of studs and foor and ceiling we’ve worked to shepherd it The Norway spruce has certifcation for commercial nounce the new certifcation, the Norway spruce is ex- joists. through testing and bring it been used for building in and residential buildings, including representatives pected to have a tremendous Maine’s lumber industry, into the mainstream.” Europe and other places in making it the newest species from Pleasant River Lumber impact on Maine’s econo- including landowners, log- Associate Director for the the world for decades, how- of tree to earn certifcation in and the Northeastern Lumber my and the forest product gers, lumber mills, retailers Composites Center, Stephen ever the species was never almost 80 years. The Ameri- Manufacturers Association industries. Prior to the new and builders are expected to Shaler, who also directs the previously certifed in the can Lumber Standards Com- (NELMA). designation, Norway spruce beneft from the new certif- School of Forest Resources U.S. because strength tests mittee awarded the inclusion Students and other re- was previously harvested as cation, creating a new market at UMaine, says that students of American-grown Norway of Norway spruce to the ap- searchers tested the species a pulpwood. However, after for the Norway spruce that and faculty have a multitude spruce trees had never been proved lumber list on Oct. 20 at UMaine for approximately the closure of Madison pa- never previously existed. of new opportunities within conducted. and it can now be used for fve months, using roughly per mill, which was the last “This is a momentous oc- the feld due to the new cer- UMaine anthropology UMaine a target professor and in ring of catalytic archaeologist passes converter thefts Haley Sylvester acid rain. (207) 581-4040 with possi- Staff Writer The most popular pre- ble leads. The investigation away at 63 cious metals inside the cata- is being led by UMPD De- University of Maine stu- lytic converter are platinum, tective Keith Mercier. Jack Barber Robinson was able to evalu- al time in Maine archaeology dents have recently fallen palladium and rhodium. When the catalytic con- Contributor ate archaic diets. Observations as he saw the Native American victim to a rise in catalytic These metals are highly valu- verter is removed from a in diet refected by the animal Graves Protection and Repatri- converter thefts, which were able and have become a pop- vehicle, it is essentially like Dr. Brian S. Robinson, a remains at key historical sites ation Act (NAGPRA) passed. stolen from cars parked on ular commodity for thieves taking off the muffer on a professor in the Department of show the change in local spe- NAGPRA gave rights to all the Orono campus. Over because of how easy they are car — it will run signifcant- Anthropology at the University cies all the way back to the last burial artifacts to the Natives. the weekend of Friday, Oct. to steal and the lack of iden- ly louder. of Maine, died Oct. 28 in his ice age. Before NAGPRA, archeolo- 21 to Sunday, Oct. 23, there tifying markings on catalytic Husson University in home after a long battle with Robinson played a major gy was previously a “fnder’s were 10 reported thefts, sev- converters. Once a catalytic Bangor has also seen a few an illness. Robinson was an role in the Maine Academic keepers” arrangement. Robin- en of which were reported converter is removed from a thefts on their campus ac- award-winning professor and a Project Initiative (MAPI), an son mentioned his support of between the late hours of vehicle, the individual met- cording to Raymond Bes- Climate Change Institute (CCI) anthropology summer feld the “long overdue” NAGPRA Friday evening and Saturday als can be sold for hundreds sette, Executive Director of researcher. Robinson was 63 school. Students in MAPI in his literature regardless of morning. of dollars. Campus Safety and Security years old and had been with the participate in archaeological whether or not the Act made his A catalytic converter is a “The catalytic converter at Husson. University of Maine for over feldwork at sites where archaic job more diffcult. device incorporated into the is attached to the muffer, and “It’s a crime of opportu- a decade. This was the second Wabanaki artifacts have been Anthropology graduate stu- exhaust system of a vehicle. the thieves are using pow- nity and is being driven by death of a CCI researcher in found, such as the petroglyphs dent Kendra Bird was a student The device uses a catalyst to er saws because it’s a clean the market value of precious October after Gordon Hamilton in Machias. of Robinson’s. Bird is current- convert three harmful com- cut,” University of Maine metals,” Bessette said. died in Antarctica on Oct. 22. MAPI aims to emphasize ly working on her thesis at the pounds in the car exhaust into Police Chief Roland LaCroix “Based on my previous Robinson was an expert on the importance of Native peo- Machias site of the MAPI feld harmless compounds when stated. “The older model cars law enforcement experi- Northeastern archaic anthro- ple’s involvement in their feld school. leaving the car. These com- are the ones [they’re after].” ence, when the value of cer- pology. His research helped work. In the past, this involve- “When you’re around pounds include hydrocar- According to LaCroix, tain types of metals goes up, identify the sites of different ment has occurred through someone who gets that much bons in the form of unburned the vehicles being targeted you will see an immediate cultures and shifts in burial rit- including Native students and enjoyment out of what they’re gasoline, carbon monoxide are typically between the increase in these types of uals through time. He observed government offcials in their doing, it really does carry to the formed by the combustion years of 1996 and 2004. The thefts (e.g., when the price differences in artifacts such excavations. MAPI is one of people around them. He always of the engine and nitrogen thefts seen on the Orono of copper rises, you will see as projectile technologies and the few feld schools that in- made every topic engaging, he oxides created when heat in campus included six Hondas, an increase in thefts of wire/ the size and shape of the buri- state students can attend for always had creative ways of the engine forces nitrogen in two Acuras and two Chev- cable, or abandoned homes al grounds to determine where free. expressing various topics, he the air to combine with oxy- rolet Cavaliers. UMPD is being broken into in order to cultural boundaries and chang- Robinson made the respect- cared so much about his stu- gen. Hydrocarbons produce currently working with the steal the copper piping from es in rituals occurred. ful and ethical treatment of the dents,” Bird said. “I specifcally smog, carbon monoxide is a Maine State Police and other inside, etc.),” Bessette said. Through his observations of cultures he studied a high prior- poison for animals and nitro- entities on the issue and are fsh bones in Seabrook, N.H., ity. He worked through a pivot- See Professor on A3 gen oxides lead to smog and encouraging people to call See Converter on A3 Tuesday High: 57° Wednesday High: 52° Thursday High: 49° Friday High: 49° Saturday High: 38° Sunday High: 39° Low: 34° Low: 32° Low: 36° Low: 28° Low: 27° Low: 27° Police Beat - A3 Opinion - A6 Diversions - A8 Reviews - A11 Culture - A12 Sports - B1 A2 • News Te Maine Campus Monday, November 7, 2016 Maine DOT planning to add roundabout at dangerous UMaine intersection The proposed roundabout at the Rangeley Road entrance.