Maine Campus February 10 1987 Maine Campus Staff

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For more information, please contact [email protected]. !tun 9, 1987 tzniyA/laine Cam ol. 100 no. 22 The Unhersdy of Maine student newspaper since 1875 Tuesday, February 10, 1987 Budget committee to decide MPAC future Lee lectures on shuttle by Matt Mullin "I felt that if individual senators did not let their in- by Michael Di Cicco Staff Writer — dividual biases get in the Staff Writer Action way, it would pass," Allen The Maine Peace After last year's shuttle disaster it was found Committee's funding has said. the craft needed 200 components to be redesign- General been renewed by the The debate that centered --ed, astronaut Maj. Mark Lee said last night Student Senate. around MPAC's budget, before a crowd of more than 300 in Neville Hall. The amount of money came as a result of the , Most of,the parts to be redesigned are sensory nd has not yet they will receive senate's questioning of parts that detect temperature changes, and new as the Ex- -"been determined, whether MPAC was---a-- software must also be made to control this new 1987 ecutNe Budgetary Commit- political Organization. equipment, he said. tee will vote on MPAC's pro- "We put our lives in the hands of computers budget Wednesday- "A lot of the oultAnts -are posed every ant we go up. ' - depressed at the behavior of evening. "The crew needs to train on this new software in the GSS some of the senators," The debate and equipment, Lee said. ine Allen said. "Some of the whether to renew the con- Lee said components not being redesigned were debate was of the 'I hate you' troversial group's funding to be inspected much more often. type." was heated. "Those parts that were checked after every four that we are going to "I feel "I sponsored a bill to give or five flights now will be checked after every other set a precedent for any the MPAC funding for just two,' he said. group, either religious or its activities, films and lec- that comes to us political, tures, a sort of a com- (the senate) for funding," Alege promise, but I withdrew it Astronaut Maj. Mark Lee. (Baer photo) senator "We put our lives in the hands of Gary Bresnehan, a when their funding was Hall, said. "If from Knox re-stored,' Bresnehan said. computers every time we go up." other groups do come for It was a cold day; the temperature was below funding I feel that we will -Somewhere along the line 40 degrees, and the gaps were not filled. This let have no right to turn them something may come up in Maj. Mark Lee the propellent in the booster through the cracks down," • the senate to revoke the fun- and caused the explosion, he said. The final vote was 18 for ding," he said. "At the time of the disaster we knew that we renewing MPAC's funding, The 0-ring failures which caused last year's needed the 0-rings but we didn't know about the "We are one of the most 13 against it, and three disaster were a major oversight by NASA, Lee temperature problem," he said. active groups on campus. abstentions. Only 33 ofithe said. Lee said the joints on the boosters have been Several thousand students at- 55 senators were pres`fiti at -The Challenger flight was not the first time redesigned and this new design has been proven tend our activities, which to the voting. we had trouble with the 0-rings, it had happened to take care of the problem. us means that several thou- "If we had hakth ther eight or nine times before. The next shuttle flight is scheduled for a little sand students support us. I 20 senators present it could "We simply didn't realize the importance of the over a year from now, he said. felt that the renewed funding have gone the other way," problem," he said. "I don't think there will be any civilians on the was what we deserved," Bresnehan said. Lee said that the 0-rings were designed to fill next five flights or so, but hopefully down the Allen said. "Tome it was only a ques- the gaps between expanding and contracting road we will be able to bring that program tion of fairness, ". said "I have confidence that on joints on the solid rocket boosters during the first back," he said. Doug Allen, a professor of Wednesday, if the senators minutes of flight. Lee said that the current shuttles should last science and MPAC vote with fairness, that our The problem was one of temperature, he said. until at least the year 2000. political — t member. "Obviously I was budget will pass." Allen The primary 0-ring stops functioning correctly "'Right now we have no funding for a new happy that it 'sassed." said. at 75 degrees, the secondary 0-ring at 40 degrees. model," he said. Athletics can -bring 'two Maines by Christopher Hames that the southern part of the state is go- UMaine can strengthen the bonds bet- According to Stu Haskell, Director of Staff Writer ing extremely well and the northern part ween our northern and southern regions. Physical Education and Athletics, is struggling. He said that when he first came to scheduling UMaine teams to host con- The University of Maine can play an "There's a sense that people are do- Maine he asked people in the Portland tests in the Portland area is not a new important role in bringing the northern ing more for the southern region and less area about UMaine baseball. concept. and southern regions of the state closer for those in rural areas," Lick said. They swelled with pride and seemed "This is nothing new. We've been together, said Dale W. Lick, president of Lick said he didn't know if this is true, eager to talk about Black Bear baseball, hosting contests down there for 20 years the University of Maine. but people do have these perceptions Lick said. — - - now," Haskell said. "There is a feeling in parfS of Maine about a divided state. "They were from the southern part of "Our football team played there for its that there is a 'two-Maine problem:" "We have to deal with perceptions," the state yet they still took this great third time just last year," he said. Lick said. he said. "They may not be the same as pride in UMaine baseball," he said. Haskell said that UMaine teams "In part it's factual and in part it's not facts but they have more impact because "To them our baseball team generally host an average of eight to 10 factual, depending upon how you look people believe thenL7 represented one Maine, not two Maines. contests each year in the Portland area. As for upcoming events in Portland, at it. At any rate, Lick -feeisihit -.15 -- Whether people are in Orono, "There are certain ways you can look enough of a "perceived two-Maine pro- Aroostook County, or Portland, it's still Haskell said it's too early to say at the state and see two Maines, or there blem" that as one of the leadership en- their team, Maine's team," he added. specifically what contests may be played are other ways you can look and see us tities of the state, UMaine has an obliga- "We have the only (NCAA) Division there in the year ahead. as one entity," he said. tion to lessen the concerns that come I athletic program in the state. Why can't Haskell said he wouldn't mind seeing Lick said that if you look in terms of from such perceptions. we use it to help create this one-Maine more athletic events carried to the sports, for example, we are often one "We need to get people working psychology," Lick asked. southern part of the state. Maine. together to appreciate each other, and He believes we can indeed use athletics "We (the Athletic Department) will be When the Boston Red Sox made it to realize how important each is to the to that end. happy to accommodate President Lick the World Series last fall, the entire state other. "We're carrying our football program and his proposals," he said. considered the Sax their team, Lick said. down to southern Maine, we did last year Lick also mentioned the UMaine "The southern part of the state is ex- Similarly, all of Maine considered the and we hope to do it again this fall. hockey team's earlier venture south for tremely important to the northern part UMaine Black Bear baseball team its "We've just announced (Thursday) a game, an event which attracted 6,200 and, conversely, the northern part is very spring, he said. that we'll have a women's basketball fans. team last important to Portland," he said. "On the other hand, if you look at tournament in Portland. And we would "It wasn't like a Bangor versus some of the questions of economic Lick believes that collegiate athletics like to play more baseball down Portland matchup, but rather a game in.

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