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Trustees Discuss New Proposals The women's basketball team pulled out a last second 64-63 victory over the Villanova Wildcats Saturday night. Heidi Robbins sank her first career three-point-shot with only seconds remaining. The Huskies recorded their first victory over Villanova, and set a school record of 18 wins. (Charles Pickett photo) The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCII No. 75 The University of Connecticut Monday, February 13,1989 Trustees discuss Wright warms winter weekend There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore and looking like an id- new proposals iot," says Steven Wright, who By Jennifer Pratt called the Washington Forest. performed the Winter Weekend Daily Campus Staff This area has been used for the concert Saturday night at Jor- The UConn Board of purpose of teaching. It is gensen Auditorium. Trustees held their second wooded with a small pond and Steven Wright is a comedian meeting of the new year several trails. The costs will well know for his one-liners Friday. Among the items be met by private funds. The and particular style of deliver- discussed was the president's Board approved the proposal. ance. Wright is totally serious report Another item up for proposal and talks as if he were just having a normal conversation. UConn President John T. was the reorganization of programs in the School of No gimmicks like screaming Casteen III said the budget is in to the point where no one can the process of being reviewed Business, which would involve the Business Environment and hear him, no language that by the governor's office, and needs censoring, no heavy po- that the main objective of the Policy Department (BEAP). litical comments. Just good, analysis is to save money. Another proposal was for a old fashioned, comedy. Casteen said that UConn program name change in the Wright's show at Jorgensen, will continue following a three School of Allied Health which lasted about an hour, percent budget reduction, by Professions. This would was a mix of his older material reducing the authorized change the name of the with some new material. He employment level. This will Clinical Dietetics Program to commented on everything from result in 30 fewer new Dietetics. The final proposal walking a dog to dating. As for positions at the UConn Health within the Institutional Policy hitchhikers, well, Wright has a Center in Farmington, said Committee was a little fun with them. Casteen. This will also mean reorganization within the "Whenever I pick up a that there will be 43 fewer new School of Education. hitchhiker I wait a few minutes Steven Wright performs before a sold out crowd at positions for UConn. Casteen The Board approved all of to talk to him. Then I say, Jorgensen Auditorium Saturday night (Kevin Fraser said that the reduction in Storrs these proposals and more 'How far do you think you're photo). represents a one percent research will go into their going? Buckle your seatbelt, I reduction. comedy was what he wanted to pointments of Dennis Jen development before action can want to try something. I saw it do. The Comedy Connection in nings," which was written by Among the items thai were be taken. in a cartoon, but I think I can Boston was the first place that and stars Wright. It is about a brought before the Board were The Community Relations do it- he ever worked comedy. He man who kills his psychiatrist proposals brought by the Committee chair-person, Wright's show, although a was granted a two minute spot. and it comes out in March. He Institutional Committee Elizabeth Bradlau, brought up bit short, was jam-packed full That was ten years ago at age has also been offered the part of chairman, Otha Brown. One another proposal before the of one-liners that made the 23. Ever since he has played at Dwayne Hoover in a movie was a proposal for an Albert E. Board. This calls for the crowd howl with laughter. At Catch a Rising Star, Harrah's, version of Kurt Vonnegut's Moss Forest, Wildflower and renaming of Hilltop Road to one point in the show he made where he once parked cars, and "Breakfast of Champions." Wildlife Sanctuary. Alumni Drive. The Board also the lighting director take the various other comedy clubs and Otherwise, he spends his pro- Albert E. Moss was a approved this proposal. spot lights off of him and then HBO specials. fessional lime touring. He does professor of Forestry at the The next Board of Trustees he tried to blend in with the Wright, a graduate of Emer- about 70 cities per year. university from 1914 to 1942. meeting is scheduled for curtain backdrop. He was dis- son College, majored in radio How did Wright come upon The area proposed for the Friday, March 10, at 10:30 appointed when it didn't work. and mass communication. his style of comedy. It is just sanctuary is a 157 acre tract a.m., in the Bishop Center. Wright walked around quite a When asked what if he planned the way he always is. He is not bit and even laughed a few to host a T.V. talk show, he hyper, he is calm and serene, times, something not often replied, "They would never let hence his style of comedy. He seen from calm, serene Wright. me host a show, 'So what are has never tried a different style, Wright has been interested in you, an actor or something?'" and certainly does not need to comedy since he was 15. He So what is next for Wright? experiment now. He has found watched the "Tonight" show He has a movie coming up on a formula that definitely works. every night and thought that HBO. It's called "The Ap- Recruit loses scholarship An all-star high school foot- fered a scholarship as a result campus and who brought him ball player from New York to the restaurant. Turner and City was denied a scholarship of the incident. Culhane's football coach, Jackson would not identify the to attend the University of UConn player. Connecticut after being accused Carmine Colasanto, confirmed of beating a UConn student that Culhane was involved in State police are investigating while on a recruiting visit. the incident. the incident and would not Daniel Elsbree, 22, a UConn "(Culhane's) a good kid who comment, state police student, said he was punched in got caught in a bad situation," spokesman Scott O'Mara said. Colasanto said. "It was a mat- the face and knocked uncon- TODHY IN scious on Jan. 28 outside Ted's ter of defending himself." Restaurant near the Storrs Colasanto said Culhane, a THE DRILY CRMPUS Arts campus by Thomas Culhane, linebacker, has been told by a pages 9,12,16 18, a student at Lehman High lawyer not to comment on the Comics pages 14-15 School in the Bronx borough. incident. Editorials pages 10-11 UConn Athletic Director Turner said he and Coach Features pages 6-8 Todd Turner would not confirm Tom Jackson would consider News pages 1-5 People from all ages took part in this weekend's the name of the recruit, but he disciplining the football player Sports pages17-20 annual one ton sundae (Chris Nelson photo). did say the student was not of- who took the recruit around AROUNDTHE WORLD Arafat Says Israel Secretly Contacted PLO ROME (AP) — Yasser Arafat says Israeli authori- ties secretly have contacted the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to an Italian newspaper. However, the PLO leader said the Israeli govern- ment also was planning "new attacks on our leader- ship," according to an interview in the Rome-based daily D Messaggero. Israeli authorities "are sending us many messages secretly, through our representatives in the occupied territory us many messages secretly, through representatives in the occupied tcrritorng us many messages secretly, throughally says it will not nego- tiate directly with the PLO. Asked who sent the messages, Arafat said: "I'm speaking of Israeli authorities. And in the past there were also these kinds of indirect contacts. Also during the occupation of Beirut there were negotiations through Philip Habib, the special (U.S.) envoy from Washington." Israel sent troops into Lebanon in 1982, forcing the PLO to abandon Beirut. "At the same time, (the Israelis) are planning a scenario of war in southern Lebanon" for the late spring or summer, he said. Boston, MA.- Bishop Barbara Harns is presented to her flock by presiding bishop Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas have clashed the most Rev. Browning (R) after Harris was consecrated as the first woman bi?hop frequendy in south Lebanon since Israel withdrew in the 450-year history of the Anglican church yesterday(UPI Photo). most of its soldiers from the neighboring country in 1985. Israeli troops remain in Israel's self-designated security zone along the border. Elections spur Washington and Bobby Bischoff of tament teachings to turn the other Arafat also said he would agree to Israeli Defense Wilson, N.C., whose fathers are cheek and not take vengeance. Minister Yitzhak Rabin's proposal to hold elections violence, 55 die among missing U.S. servicemen, "We have left behind us, we pray, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip only COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — and Jeffrey Donahue of Cocoa a situation in which our country "after the withdrawal of Israeli troops and under At least 55 people were killed in Beach, Fla., whose brother is reached almost the very depths of United Nations supervision." the last two days of campaigning missing.
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