Students to Delllonstrate Housing Scarce

Students to Delllonstrate Housing Scarce

Weather Tuesday: sunny-50's Tuesday night: fak-30's -the -new hamp.shire Wednesday: partly sunny-60!s Volume 67 Number'9 · - Tuesd.ay Octo_ber 12, 19.76 ~------_...,....__~.......,.~--~~--~~....,..--------...~~----_,;....,,.....g~~~~-m,N.H . Parking, pass-fail a1nong issu-es Students to delllonstrate By Diane Breda "l think that meetings I The Student Cauqus unani­ A student body demonstration between students and ourselves mously voted on the student is tentatively scheduled for would be better," he said. "I've body demonstration at their Thursday Oct. 21 at 12: 30 p.m. been making myself available to ·weekly meeting Sunday night. on the frortt lawn of Thompson listen to students as .often as I Addressing the caucus,. Stu- Hall to voice student concerns can. I will continue to do so. dent · Body President Dave over the handling of student­ •· "Pass-fail is strictly a senate Farnham said the demonstration related issues. matter," he continued. "That's must be "professionally organ~ The issues behirid the demon­ the only p1ace it can be settled. ized." stration are: As for the things that happened Farnham stressed the point -24-hour visitation eliminated over the summer, well, that's that the support of the student by the administration· when when they came to a head and DEMONSTRA'fION pacre 4 Richard Stevens, vice provost of had to be dealt with." ' <=> student affairs, withdrew his recommendation supporting the policy last spring because of ·"ex.- Sti11ings food fight· - pressions of opinions from many people," -the Kari-van cutback in bus service this fall to the surprise of costs school $3,534 many Kari-van commuters, , By Duncan Sweet ·tial Life and Dining, Inge ·Lock -the two hour wait in line for Director of Residential Life said, "It was like kids irt diapers; registration this fall, · David Bianco closed the Stoke­ by the time they get to college -the parking situation in re­ stde of Stillings dining hall for one would assume they would spect to -students receiving tick­ Sunday supper and- part of Mon­ nave obtained a higher level of ets without warning. and the in­ day's lunch as a result of a food maturity_,.., She said it took adequate facilities, fight there at supper Friday - ''hours and hours and hours of -the pass-fail rulii:ig that "Stu­ night. overtime to clean up the mess." dents must obtain a grade of "G" This had led to longer lines., She described it as "sheer des­ or above to suecessfully pass a and.many irate students who say truction.,, .course he is taking pass-fail, they had nothing to do with the Bianco will meet with the Din­ -the tuition increase effecting food fight. ing and Residential Advisory all students. · Priscilla Caudill, dining man­ Committee (DRAC) on Wednes­ -the administration's lack of ager at Stillings, said the cost of day. The student ·committee and response to student needs ' , the food wasted, the dishes and Bianco will decide upon any fur­ -the changes in next year's gla5ses broken and the labor cost ther action, if any. calendar which ca11 for students of the cleanup after the food Caudill said she was told by a student at noon. on Friday that One of the younger Wildcat fans looks like she'd rather be at home to return after Christmas to take fight was about $3,534·. watching Sesame !Street than at a swampy Home¢'oming football finals, The University Police Depart­ there was going to be a fight. game ·atiainst Maine Saturday. Her date doesn't look too psyched -.the possibility that Schofield ment reeeived a call about 5 After being informed that either.-(Wayne King photQ) h0.use may close ~liminating the p .m.,. Friday as~ing for assi§­ Police were looking for him in counselling and testing center~ tance at the dining hall. Three connection with the fight, Saw­ UNH President Eugene Mills officers arrived and found the yer res'ident Aharon Bogosian No dorDl8 to he built said yesterday afternoon he fight wa8 all over. They asked turned himself in and was thinks there are better ways for the remaining students to leave, ~ested at the University Police that side of the dining hall. students to express their opin­ FOOD FIGHT, page 4 Housing scarce ions on student issues. Associate Director of Residen- By Milly McLean down by 1980, but this is not Nothing is being done to alle- true· in New Hampshire," he viate the housing· crunc~ on cam- said. "The migration rate into pus, according to DaVid Bianco, . the state is off.setting the birth director of residential life. ' rate." Vice Provost for Student UNH trustees decided last year Affairs Richard Stevens said, to level off the enrollment at ''There are no plans to build any 10,500 by gradually increasing · new residence halls in the next the present enrollment Of about five year.s." 10,300, Savage said. "There will continue to be This will increase the demand· prob-lems to obtain on-campus for housing over the next few · housing for all thQse who ap- years. The cutback in Kari-van ply," Bianco said. service this year will also make Last semester over 300 people more people- apply for on-Cllll1- were put on a waiting list for on- pus hausing, a~cording to_ Bian- -cam pus housing. 67 seniors co. _ were denied housing. • aDd all "I don't know how the hell transfer and readmissions stud- we'll deal with this," Bianco ents were required to live off said. "We'll have to reevaluate all campus. the housing priorities to decide Bianco said new dorms-would who gets housing an~ who not be a solution to the immediate . doesn't. problem because he predicts an There is "a good chance" that enrollment drop by 1980 the room draw procedure will be But Director of Admissions · chart:ged this year~ according to Eugene Savage said enrollment Bob Millen, chairman of the Din­ . would not decrease at UNH. ing and Residence Advisory "Nationally, the birth rate is Committee (DRAC). Walls, ceiling, tables, chairs and students are covered with food as the Friday evening Stillings food peaking. and will start going HOUSING,page 12 fight winds down. Other photo, page 4 (Peter Fait photo) ---INSIDE·------------------------- W. Germany Sanborn Champs Professor George MUSO k.et?ps rolling The men's tennis Rosomer of the politi­ al~ng, and on Friday team finished its most cal science department presented Saxophonist successful season ever recently returned from David Sanborn in the last Saturday as they West Germany, where Granite State Room. totally dominated the' he observed prepara· For ·the story see page Yankee Conference tions for that country's 13. tennis . tournament. -oct. 3 elections. Read ~ the stoiy on page about bis experience on 20. page 4. PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1976 -News Briefs·.....___... lfNH receives· 1ess money from · Voter registration - state than other state schools By Katie McClare Student -tuition and fee~ account federal aid we receive never While other state universities for about 31 per cent of the catches up to the cos~" _ . Saturday, Oct. 23 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. receive an average· of 52. 7 per budget. State subsidies cover ap- Most of the costs at Colby 2 elections. cent of their funding froll1 the proximately 51 per. cent, said Sawyer and New England Col­ In Durham, residents may register to vote tonight between 7 state, UNH gets only about a UMaine's Assistant to the· Presi- leges, both private schools re­ and 9 p.m. in the town offices on Main Street. Other dates for thii'd of its revenues from . the dent Steve Weber. ceiving little or no state aid, are registration in Durham are Oct. 16, between 2 and '4 p.m.; Oct. state of New Hampshire. This contrasts UNH's state met by students. A spokes- 1 19_, between 7 and 9 p.m. and Oct. 23, between 2 and 4 p.m. at Students here pay 40 percent· support of only 29. 7 per cent. woman in Colby Sawyer's finan- the town offices. of the costs. At Dartmouth Col- UNH' Director of Financial cial aid office said students there In Dover, residents may register to vote .at the City Clerk's of­ lege, a private Ivy League Sclwol Aid,. Richard Craig said, "Feder- pay 85 per cent. The remainder fice on any weekday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., now until .Oct. 23. with no state funding, students al aid here shows up as tuition." is paid by private gifts. In Newi:narket, residents may register to vote Monday through pay less -- 37.5 per cent. This .means that not all of the -New "t;~giand College receives Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 pln., now until Oct. 23 at the town of­ Other private schools in New students' contribution to the a . ~'negligible" amount of state fices on Main St., Newmarket. · Hampshire receive most of _their University budget is their own aid, said·the school's Director of.. Applicants must present.a birth certifi.cate-or other proof of age revenues from students. How- money, but comes from federal Financial ~ Affairs Elmer Roth. and citizenship in order to register. ever,. other, New England state aid. - He said 60 per cent of the bud. universities do not. The Univer- The situation is the same at get comes from student fees. sities of Maine _(Orono) and Dartmouth, where Director of Thomson on Nuke Massachusetts_ (Amherst) are not Fi n an c i al Aid Harland Head of FinanCial Aid for St.

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