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For more information, please contact [email protected]. the daily The University ofillaine at Orono cline student newspaper campus since 1875 t place )s are vision is the .e in fir ampus m Han- vol. 86, no. 45 mends Thursday, April 3, 1980 Patrick games m play - i to be ril 9 at Club debt responsibility questioned will oe by !eks in- Glen Chase Kevin Colley. a lacrosse club representa- Greek Weekend and S110 to be used in a The cabinet also started to review the polo. Staff writer tive, said the club originally owed more tax workshop for the fraternities. proposed budget for Student Activities and than S3.100 to the and co- Brine Company for The money was reallocated from monies Entertainment. The Whose responsibility are debts run up by equipment cabinet also tabled for mes for and to the University Motor planned for this year's Winter Carnival and review a proposed clubs at UMO? Pool. charter, outlining the nesday. a conference that Board President William New Edition's relationship with student I teams Lomas declined The UMO student government cabinet is to attend. government. he In- The debt to the Brine Company has been unsure and Student Government President o com- reduced to $1,000. Colley estimated the David Spellman said he is going to seek an club can operate for the rest of this opinion from Chalmers Hardenburgh of semester on approximately $800. e%ent Student Legal Services. place men's Spellman said he was worried about Spellman. speaking at the cabinet's +ril H. other groups accruing large debts and A question ofsurvival regular weekly meeting said. "What we whether or %%ill be not student government is are doing is policy'• in referring to a responsible for the for them. Any further. action request from the UMO Lacrosse Club to was tabled until the eld on lega situation is by Glen Chase reallocate $2,100 to pay off debts incurred cleared up. IC mor- by the group. Staff Writer In other action, the cabinet reallocated With the fate of UMO's elm trees "Technically, I don't think we are S610 in the budget of the UMO Fraternity up in the air, the director of the responsible. but who is?'• Spellman said. Board, approving and additional $500 for Dutch Elm Disease research pro- gram called the problem a question of aesthetics vs. tree survival. Richard J. Campana. professor of botany and forest pathology, said his goal as a biologist was tree survival. while the goal of the grounds and services department is that of homogenuity on the UMO GHT ,et landscape. "I would like to have the elms forever because they are a testimony to our research." Campana said. He added "the fat will be in the fire" this June if any of the trees become infected with the disease. Campana said Associate Professor James Swasey, a landscaping con- sultant to the grounds and services department. will look on any infec- tion this summer as a cause to remove a tree. On the other hand. • • . Campana said he would "look at it as a challenge to save it." "The elms on campus are con• sidered to be healthy where the Dutch Elm Disease is concerned," he said. He added that some elms may have the disease that he doesn't know about yet while others have been saved through treatment. Campana has been doing research on the disease for approximately 20 years. He said he had "kind of Cabinet adopted on-campus elms as an member William Lomas defended the UMO Lacrosse club, saying the group had -rut outdoor research laboratory" with their own throat- in putting in an eflOrt to take care of their debt of 52.100. (photo by Donna Sotomayorl the "excellent cooperation" of the grounds and services department. In the past 20 years, Campana Student estimated he has been provided with senate meeting approximately $200,000 for research on the disease. Most of this money has come from federal and state sparks heavy criticism grants, in addition to some money from private sources. by Stephen Olver half ago. the senate sent two questions to "Who pays what is not terribly Staff writer referendum, dealing with a possible important." said Campana. "The olympic boycott and draft registration. important thing is the tremendous Tuesday night's student senate defeat of "However, when it comes to an issue amount of information we've gotten a proposal which would have allowed the that is of vital importance right here on out of the trees." He said numerous The fate of UM0's elm trees has becomi student body to decide the issue of campus, the senate feels it's unimpor- papers and theses have been written more a question ofaesthetics than survival Panhellenic representation on the cabinet tant." he said. from information gathered in re- (photo by Donna Sotontayorl has received wide-spread criticism. Bucherati also commented that admini- search on the trees. "Most senators made totally irrational strators. Thomas Aceto, Dwight Rideout Campana said while he did elms. arguments and voted only on their and Prof. Paul Camp. all present at the recognize the inevitability of the "Last fall. we (Campana and emotions." Student Government President meeting, probably left with a negative elms removal, it does "throw a Swasey) came to the conclusion that David Spellman said Wednesday. "It's feeling about the senate. monkey wrench" into his research. many of the elms could be kept by a unfortunate and really bothers me the way "It will be a long while before the senate However, Campana said he was little judicious pruning." Campana the senate acted." gains respect in the eyes of the admini- one of those who urged the univer- said. Former Student Government Vice Pres- stration." he said. sity to underplant the elms with Campana. 61. said he has a ident Steve Bucherati also criticized the Panhellenic Council President Lauren another kind of tree. He said at the "feeling" that once he retires. the senate vote. Hendrickson echoed Bucherati's feelings. time, there hadn't been enough Dutch Elm Disease program on "I was embarrassed and disgusted." "I feel very had about the defeat mostly research to know whether or not the campus will end because there is no Bucherati said. '•1 used to be tremendously because, as a student. I felt like I was trees could be saved. economic need for the elm and the proud of the student senate, but right now slapped in the face,- Henderson said. The ash trees on the mall were university is not likely to get another I'm glad to be out of it." She called it another example of the planted in 1973 and recently have forest pathologist who is preoccupied Bucherati noted that only a month \...sLarted and a (see PANNELL page if being overshadowed by the with elms. 2 local Maine Campus • Thursday. April 3. 1980 UMusicalgroup gives driving performance t) Brian I- ark band" era tunes, some jazz, some blues. Statt s rtter and even some "Ease on 'lova n the Road" funk-rock that had everyone tapping and clapping and nodding their heads in Here's a new definition for Webster's approval. dictionary. 20th Century Music Ensemble: Rounding out the program were vocals a UMO musical group that combines talent by Cathy Cyr and Judy Labbe, who both and drive to produce toe-tapping. hand excelled. Labbe's powerful voice compli clapping swing. wailing blues, and funky mented Stratton's arrangements of "Nine rock music, making it all look like fun. Times Up- and "Summertime." Espec- Under the direction of Don Stratton and ially good was Cyr's. own beautifully Associate Director Bill Picher, the en- flowing arrangement of the Loggins- semble "wowed" a receptive audience at Messina song, "The House at Pooh Hauck Auditorium Tuesday night with a Corner," which received an enthusiastic round of avvlause. In addition to Stratton's songs. compo- sitions from local songwriters Bill McCarthy. John Norton, and Frank Picher Review were woven into the program. The evening certainly ended with a bang. The last scheduled song was lively program that featured the musical Stratton's "UMO Blues," a tune that has a %orks of Gershwin. Kenton, and Don Stratton. beat not unlike "The Stripper.- That only Ji made the audience hungry for more as they stra The real stars of the show, however. demanded an encore. And what an encore Dist were the musicians themselves. Several they got. A driving rendition of "Mr. C's outstanding talents were spotlighted Boogie,- a tune borrowed from the throughout the evening. Especially well Tonight Show's musical library'. was a received were solos by Stratton and Picher perfect choice. As Don Sratton strutted on trumpet. Al Bernardo on sax, Steve around the stage wailing away on his Soucy on trombone. Tom White on guitar. trumpet. one could sense the satisfaction Don Holder on bass. and Donna Langdon he was getting from the golden music his on drums. Perhaps the most impressive ensemble put forth that evening.