The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Spring 2-21-1985 Maine Campus February 21 1985 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus February 21 1985" (1985). Maine Campus Archives. 1677. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/1677 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]. 'Ay/Maine Campus vol. XCVI no. XXIX The University of Maine at Orono student newspaper since 1875 Thursday, February 21, 1985 E Thorne Maine sportscaster lands Mets job 'excited' by Peer Gray moved back here and was a Staff Writer natural games. He will be announcing our games choice to announce UMO hockey. until the LIMO hockey season ends," "His knowledge of hockey, baseball Piette about A UMO assistant professor said. eallup and and football is exceptional," Bemis WABI radio sports announcer has said. "He truly is a fine sports broad- Thorne organized the Friends of recently been selected by the NOV York caster." UMO Hockey, a booster club which Mets' radio network to broadcast to majors the Bemis said he has no idea who will helps support the UMO hockey team. Mets'. games, WABI Radio Staff An- replace Thorne to announce UMO "He has been with nouncer Clifton Bemis said Wednesday. hockey. the group since its creation Gary Thorne, who broadcast UMO and has been the master of It's Not a "I assume he will finish announcing ceremonies by Anne Chamberlain hockey games at WABI when he was for our events," Piette said. a this (hockey) season, but I'm not Staff Writer UMO student in the 1970s, tter Word was chosen sure," he said. Piette said Thorne will officially begin out of 275 applicants by WGN-AM to Mike Piette, UMO assistant hockey broadcasting the Mets' games on March Gary Thome, assistant professor broadcast the New York Mets' games, coach, said, "Gary has the unique ablil- 16, when he announces the first 1985 of business law, sports announcer starting with the 1985 baseball season. ty to make radio listeners actually feel season exhibition game with Mets' : for WABI radio, sports announcer Bemis said, "I have (nothing) quick calculations but that they are in the ice arena at game veteran broadcaster Bob Murphy. ide for the Maine Guides baseball good things to say about Gary Thorne. that stress is not time When the team travels, fans still re- team, and local attorney, said He is a knowledgable sports "It's a given that Gary is a first rate rd. The problem is he announcer main very interested in the is "very excited" and teams' pro- sports broadcaster," Piette said. consider the word about going to one of the best in the business," gress because of the "The way Gary is able to concern for UMO sports nd should be work as a radio announcer for the Bemis said. involve fans is who can avoid- the listeners through the adequately New York Mets. "Gary announced UMO hockey when radio." fill Gary's shoes," he said. Thorne will be he was nderstood that col- working with a student at UMO," Bemis Piette spoke with Bob Thorne yesterday Thorne, 37, an Old Town native and of exams and living Murphy, who has covered said. "After he finished law school and said he was "concerned about con- Bangor attorney, served as ;es unprecedented Mets games since 1962, said (University of Maine Law School), he radio voice tinuing to announce the UMO hockey for the Maine Michael Ryan, manager of broad- Guides last season. casting Aroostook, Kennebec t thing to do is to for the Mets. He said considered difference between Thorne will probably do color commentary stress) and distress during the games while Murphy does most of the Single-sex Some mental and dorms may turn coed hat might indicate play-by-play announcing. "He (Thorne) possessed a talent by Doug Ireland rlf-image, poor con. before," Moriarty said, "so 1 perceive of making Oak and Salentine for play-by-play and commentary, Staff Writer coed next is "ties" (pencil tap- no major problems with the change." year if it's necessary." :adaches and many and, in addition, he has a certain The Residential Life style that will fit well in the New Advisory Com- Gregory Stone, director of York Com- nittee has recommended Stone said making the two York Com- tress reduction York marketplace, and with the Aroostook and plex and the committee's other are Kennebec co- plex dorms coed would help the reten- 'Nets style,' said Ryan. He said halls be converted from single- chairperson, said Moriarty ng, procrastination had inform- tion of students on campus even though there were oser 100 applicants sex to coed dormitories, the director of ed the committee usually just add to for earlier of the need for some individuals will be unhappy the job. Residential Life said Tuesday. additional with healthy approach coed living space, and then the change. Thorne H. Ross Moriarty analyze your week- said he was very surpns- said he received a asked members to find a solution. ed when he was first letter from the committee which pro- purposefully put in offered the "I think there are always going to be job. poses the two dorms become coed Stone said the committee at allow you toes- in discussed people who are upset." Stone said. "Obviously order to fulfill the numerous requests the changeover with dorm presidents do something you my style was one of "After living inn certain dorm for a year which they wanted, incoming students who want to live from each of UMO's hen stick to your similar to Bob in six single-sex or more, people feel they have made a Murphy," coed dorms. dorms and studied is not continuous he said. "We have a the amount of living home. It's a hard thing to deal with, but relaxed, "The letter is just a preliminary space available ts are reduced. professional attitude. We in these dorms. we will help them they best we notice," Moriarty can." ach is to reflect on enjoy the game, and try to get the said. "But it's a audience to enjoy it." logical decision (the recommendation) if re for a semester. It "The idea was to change Oak and Carol Cutting, committee member Working with Murphy will the majority of the students want to live s" person and then be a Balentine," Stone said, "but they and president of Kennebec Hall, said great opportunity, said in coed dorms." • your own corn- Thorne, wouldn't provide us with enough space. even though the change "sounded good because Barbara Smith, director of ant spare the time of his more than 22 years Stodder We also wanted to change Androscog- on paper" many Kennebec Complex and one of residents find that most of of sports broadcasting experience. the committee's co- gin and Gannett but this would give us voiced their disapproval. "He's chairpersons, said 85 percent 3 aren't enjoyable, one of the deans of ma- of last (about 130) more spaces than we jor league broadcasting," semester's incoming freshman males and goals and channel said need," he said. "People are really upset," Cutting Thorne. 79 percent of incoming freshman ngs you really do said. "We did a survey on whether peo- Ryan said Thorne was females requested coed housing. "We decided to use picked Kennebec and ple in the dorm wanted it to go coed. In over more experienced Smith said that because of these re- Aroostook because they iok at yourself on candidates are middle-sized less than 20 hours, we got 80 replies and because it was quests, there were 368 spaces in single dorms," Stone .ke a second and felt that he has - said. "This gives us the 75 percent of the people wanted sex dorms which had it to stay Are you grinding potential. He described Thorne as to be filled by space we need and gives us the option single-sex." students who wanted athing faster than "a diamond in the rough," and coed housing. g an hour to fall said that many of the applicants who have been announcing major 'bits will only wear Moriarty said league for several years are pro- ware of your own because there are bably as good as they can take off some of be, "more people asking whereas Thorne has potential to for coed spaces grow. than learn more about there are spaces," the Thorne started working ion methods, the as a dorms may soon sports announcer in 1964 on WABI _offers a stress become coed. radio. He has been announcing shop. Speak with However, he also said• Maine hockey games for r call the Shop II WABI final decision has since 1977. not It's located on the been made concerning Last season Thorne was the lancock Hall. whether the radio announcer for the newly- changeover will formed Maine occur Guides baseball and when it Magi. would take n's Horn place. Thorne currently works for the low law firm of Mitchell & Stearns and Moriarty said Hart lus Corner teaches a course in business law Hall turned coed in titled "The Legal Environment of 1983, and Colvin Hall our changes Business" at UMO. last fall. Both dorms W. Stanley ight Pub Devino, dean of the made the transition College of Business Administra- smoothly, without any - 1 a.m.