New Science Facilities Recommended By Ad Hoc Committee Plans Still Tentat ive —Jennifer Strode There are , at 130 students , as many.Biology majors at Colby as English majors. In the science departments combined there are well over 300 students. Little wonder then that the Committee to Study the Future of Colby (CSFC), as well as stu dents and teachers , have suggested that the science facilities need revi- . talization. 'Friday, the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee studying Colby 's science needs went before the Building and Grounds Committee for loca- tion of a possible building site. It is one of the many necessary steps in the chain that leads to the improve- ment of Colby 's science depar tments. The last step will pr obabl y come sometime this winter when the Board of Trustees either arccepts , rejects , or demands revision of the Ad Hoc Committee ' s recommendations. Plans for the renovation of Colby's current science buildings , Keyes and Life Sciences, as well as for the creation of a new facility, were initiated in the spring of 1 974, when the CSFC made its report. Under the headin g " physical plant" it recommended , along with Howie Tuttm an , relaxing for the fir st time this semester , donates his fair share. See story on page 5 an infirmary, a student union , and a theater , the im- provement of Colby s science facilities. Detailed examination of the CSFC recommenda - tions started last y ear , and in January the Ad Hoc Science Committee was formed by President Stride r. Maine Legisla tur e Passes The committee , chaired by Dr. Cham plin of the Biology department , consists , of faculty from each of the science departments: Di. Bennett , from Biology; Drs. Reid modernized Criminal Code and Machemer from Chemistry; Dr. Metz from —Kent Wommack . ... Physics ; Dr. Pestana , from Geology; Prof. Zukowski Although perhaps a m ore prominent change for col- , The following article is ^ from Mathematics ; and Dr. Gillespie, from Psychology; J onathan Lund kindl lege students , the Commissipn -bnly spent " approxi matel y-, thre e science, jnajots ; Dane Guirniak , David Kavanaugh , y^ ? now a private attor ney iii theFd Au^stt area , isHe a graduate of two per cent ' of their time dealing with Marijuana and drug and ?arry Rabin; thr ee admin istrators: Vice President s Bowdoin College and Ha ^a Ow;School. spent three a' •law reform Theinew law, effective in March of 1976, makes Pullen and Turner , and Plant Engineer Palmer; and four more one alumnus , Jane Abbott , who.is head of the science , years as Assistant County Attprii ^aiid isas . possession of small quantities of marijuana a misdemeanor . - ty Attorney before serving in the Maine iegislat^rie both:y punishable by a fine of up to $200, but no criminal record . department atiWat erville High School. Dr. Cham plin felt the committee wais well suited to its task , noting a representative and a senator. Mr. Lund was elected At- The principal reason behind the move was simply that dis- that science department representatives could well - torney General by the. legislature. whilei,chairing tht com- '** trict courts were not enforcing the old law to its maximum , ascertain the needs of their respective departments. mittee which was respiqrisible for the com plete revision of but were fining those charged with possession an average The students , he pointed out , were chosen as juniors Maine 's criminal code', finalized last June , 19' 5. fine of $100. Among other arguments cited for the decri- because they were by that time well acquainted with minalization of marijuana were : parallel to alcohol and thcsciencc departme nts and so that they could serve Jonathan Liind and other government officials have Prohibition , lack of evidence of seriously harmful effects, on the committee for more than a year , thus preserving recognized the need for a reyision-of Mai ic' s criminal code and antici pated similiar moves by numerous -states next year. continuit y. .since the mid-sixties, and attempted se;eral times to get the The first step in the Committee ' s study was to develop project off the ground. Each time the prop osition failed , The Commission took " surprising ly little " flak over a description of needs. This was done for each depart- this issue, even th ough the Democra tic Party with stood a ment as well as for the sciences communally. They dis- primarily due to lack of adequate funding. The issue was lot when they simply not -seen as a priority item by those holding the mo- made a similiar call in their party platfor m . cussed what is and what will be taught; what sort It did , however , tend tp attract people's attention , which of space this needs i.e. lecture rooms , lab areas; how large ney, and hence never battled successfully past the appro- Lund quips might not have been the space should be; what sort of extra rooms.are priations stage in Maine 's legislature. so bad , since it tended to underp lay some trul y radical and potentially explosive needed ., such as animal space, dark rooms , a wave Approximately six years age, the Federal Om nibus changes in other areas. tank; and what administrative space is required , Crime Bill of the Safe Streets Act was passed by Congress (continued on pace 3) and signed into the books by President Nixon. Through the (continued on page 5) Law Enforcement Assistance Agency, this bill provided fede- ral funds to states for crime control and related prob lems. At first the money was invested in hardware such as riot equi pment , shotguns , and helmets , but focus has now shifted to police training and other aspects of criminal jus- Local Paper Compan ies Picketed tice. One program funded throug h the L.E.A.A. is -Brandon Kuhk Water ville's Rehabilitation Program. This money provided As a result , these independen t men finally deci- the " magic tou ch," and so prompted by this availability The Maine Woodsmen 's Association (MWA) is ded to take a stand and make themselve heard collective- of fundin g, a "raft of stated" jumped on the ban dwagon staging a picket at the Scott Paper M ill in Winslow. The ly. "We 've been talking only to the tree s too long," says MWA represents the indepen dent woodcutters who harvest of criminal code revision. Democratic Gover nor Curtis Danny. "It 's time to talk to the com pan ies, but they won't pledged $10,000 to complement $40,000in federal funds , and transp ort wood to the Paper companies of Maine listen. " and appointed an eighteen person Commission to begin with out the benefit of union guaranteed wages and To m ake them listen , the woodsmen are asking that immediate work revising Maine 's criminal code. This was in company-supp lied equi pment. The companies pay these the picket, line be observed by truckers and railro aders • , men on a wood-delivered basis , and then no more than who have thus far responded 1972. (a cord pf wood* , effectively shutting down The heed for a comprehensive reordering of the state 's $25-30 per cord . 4x4x8 of saw timbe r). many northern Maine mills including those of Great criminal laws was painfully evident to nearl y everyone in-; However , it costs the independent woodsman $25-30 Northern Paper (GNP) and Diam ond Internati onal (DI). volved in the process of just ice. The laws had been accu- tp cut and transp ort the wood , so he is lucky if he can "When we first picketted , they (DI) laughed in our face. mulated patchwork style from old English Common law; break even. Most annual incomes average $4,000, not But we shut 'em down. They're not laughing anymore. " each crime had its own penalty derived independently of any much even in econom ically depressed Maine. Unfortunately , at that point they were not negotiating other , resulting in literally hundreds of different penalties But the financial problem s do not end there; either, HoweVer J -by 11 p.m. Friday night , GNP had for as large a number of crimes. Furthermore , the wording each jobber must make an investment of over $30,000 agreed to negotiate and Governor Longley ordered Scott was such that meaning could only be interpret ed by resear- in machinery, saws, truck and skedder (a log transport e) Paper to do likewise. Even so, the picket lines will ching past cou rt decisions , or case law, leading to confusion machin which must be paid for out of the $4 ,000 remain until real pro gress is accomplished in negotiati on. annual income,. Faced with rising expenses and fam ilies for both the jury and defendant in daily cour t cases, , Fri day evening a grou p of Colby student * visited the Mr , Lund , in particul ar , found the code " out of tune to suppor t, many woodsmen default on the payments picketers to obtain much of the reposseses the equipment. The woods- above information . with present pri orities and sense of impor tance. " The laws, and thus the dealer When we arrived ayments plus cost of restoring the , about six woodsmen were distributing he pointe d out , repr esented social priorities at the time they men are out their p flyers to passing cars while others slept or relaxed inside were enacted and that " traditi onal taboos against buggery , equipment. But then the woodsman has no tools to pickup truck s, awaiting their shift on the 24 hour vigil. sodomy, and homosexuali ty stem from the ancient Impor- earn a .living with.