the new hampshire Volume 64 Number 43 Friday, May 3,1974________________ ~ Durham, N.H. Federal GSO Committees decision to probe stands room and By Olivia DeCastanos Federal Judge Hugh H. Bownes ruled board rates Tuesday that he will not block state Su­ perior Court action against the Gay Stu­ By Kal Lampron dents Organization at UNH. In a four-page court order, Bownes said At least four separate committees have his interference with the state court pro­ begun investigating possible discrepancies ceedings is unnecessary because a state between the cost of living for UNH resi­ court decision would not affect his Jan­ dent hall students and room and board uary 16 ruling. At that time, Bownes ruled costs for n ex t year. that the University must consider the GSO, According to Assistant Vice Provost of and allow it to function, as all other stu­ Student Affairs J. Gregg Sanborn, three of dent organizations. the committees will review a breakdown of The trustees filed a case with the state room costs while the fourth will study Superior Court, asking Superior Court costs at the dining halls. Judge Charles J. Flynn to clarify the trus­ None of the committee members con­ tee’s authority over the GSO. tacted forsaw a reduction in the room and One of the issues before the state court is board rates for next year. The Board of whether homosexuality is a mental illness. Trustees has recently approved an average If it is, trustees contend they should be room increase of $98 and an average meal able to restrict social activities of the GSO, ticket increase of $95 for 1974-5 while allowing it"to continue to meet under A letter from Student Body President the student’s right of free speech. The Alec Buchanan and Student Caucus Vice GSO was the target of much friction from President for Special Assignment trustees this year when they sponsored two Frederick Hebert to the Board of Trustees open dances and on© play about homo­ prompted the trustees to request adminis­ sexuality. trators and students to review any possible Judge Flynn said he will take up the discrepancies. mental-illness question, but has not yet set In their letter, the Student Caucus ex­ a hearing date. pressed concern over “the funds allotted to The GSO, represented by the New the Service Department by Housing. In our Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, asked opinion, the use of these funds has been Bownes to issue an injunction blocking questionable, particularly with regard to continued state Superior Court action snow removal, lawn care, and exorbitant against them. labor costs for m enial tasks,” The motion states the injunction is nec­ “I’m pessimistic about any room and essary to “protect and effectuate” his Jan­ board decreases for the 1974-5 year.” Ed Acker photo uary equal treatment judgement. Hebert said. “However, I am very optimis­ Bownes ordered Tuesday, however, that I think studying for Animal Science has really gone to my head.” tic about a decrease for 1975-6.” “the motion for injunctive relief is denied” because a state Superior Court decision HOUSING, page 13 will not change his earlier ruling and an injunction is therefore unneccessary. Bownes’s order also states his equal treatment ruling can be challenged only by an appeals court decision. Trustees and Gov. Meldrim Thomson, who has Bridle soon to be a four year trustee? threatened to cut off state funds to the University if the GSO is not abolished from the campus, appealed Bownes’s decision to By Paul Briand tary, said, “ This is the first I’ve heard of the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos­ He explained that of the 24 members it.” He spoke in reference to the rumor who make up the Board of Trustees, 11 are ton. Rumor has it that Allen Bridle, student which was related to him Tuesday after­ appointed directly by the Governor with Thomson’s lawyer, Charles G. Douglas trustee from Plymouth State College, may noon. ultimate approval by the Executive Coun­ III, said he believes homosexuality is a be appointed by Gov. Meldrim Thomson “I don’t want to pre-suppose the Gov­ cil. With this appointment power, said mental disorder and trustees have the right to a four year term as a regular trustee. ernor,” McDuffee added, “he may have to restrict the GSO. Bridle and Thomson’s office, however, Hayes, Thomson could possibly nominate talked with Bridle, but if he did I don’t Bridle as'a regular trustee. have flatly denied it. Bridle’s term as stu­ know of it.” Hayes and another Executive Councilor, dent trustee ends June 30. The last time he spoke with the Gover­ Robert Whalen, opposed Bridle’s nomina­ Bridle called The New Hampshire M on­ nor, said Bridle, was during the last Board tion for student trustee last summer. “I’ve day afternoon to squash the rumor before of Trustee meeting which took place at opposed him before,” said Hayes, but he it reached the Durham campus. But it pre­ Plymouth April 20. was not sure he would oppose him again if Inside . ceded him by two days. Thomson congratulated Bridle for his A source in Plymouth guessed the rumor indeed he was nominated to be a regular work in opposition to room and board in­ trustee. Refinery overview may have been started by Bridle himself. creases at the Durham campus. “You’re “Bridle is known to brag a lot,” the doing a good job,” Thomson told him. Olympic Refineries Inc. may have source said. “He’s done so long before he Since that meeting, contends Bridle, he moved out of Durham but the issue isn’t came to this position (as student trustee). has had no contact with the Governor. over for the seacoast area yet. Olympic It’s a personal habit.” The source added agents are still considering nearby sites I know of no one in the University Bridle’s bragging tendency may have System closer to the Governor as I am,” and Rochester voters Wednesday as­ prompted him to speculate that Thomson said Bridle. “In my own experience, he serted their willingness to accept a refi­ may nominate him as a regular trustee. talks to a person before he nominates them nery in that town. See story page 3. The source said, “The rumor has a basis for anything. He wouldn’t nominate me in logic because the Governor likes the job Minus grades (for the four year trusteeship) before ask­ Bridle is doing.” ing me ab o u t it.” Students interviewed “on the street” Bridle was appointed by Thomson as stu­ Asked what the rumor of his nomination offer their reaction to the recently insti­ dent trustee in August 1973. At the time was based on, Bridle said, “Sheer specula­ tuted minus-plus grading system. See he was given only three days notice form tio n .” ry page 3. Thomson that he had been nominated to James Hayes, one of five members on the the Governor’s Executive Council as his Governor’s Executive Council who would ‘In Circles’ choice for student trustee. The five man have to first approve Bridle’s trustee nom­ The University Theater’s last drama council approved him with a 3-2 vote. ination, said, “It appears he could be production of the year will involve the According to the source, it would be named” to a four year term as regular trus­ audience in the play unlike any produc­ characteristic of Thomson to make such a tee. Hayes added he had not heard the rum­ tion this year. See advance page 15. short notice nomination of Bridle again. or about the nomination before being But Jay McDuffee, Thomson’s press secre­ asked about it Tuesday afternoon. Allen Bridle, student trustee. PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY MAY 3,19 74 Bonner, Mills urge evaluation tion.” He said he wanted to will become acting President until By George Forcier “avoid a hasty judgement” by a re p la c e m e n t is chosen for About 9,000 copies of the allowing the community “ample Bonner who has resigned effect­ recently completed governance opportunity” for discussions and ive June 30. commission report are due to questions before “any move for Bonner seemed to feel the pro­ flood campus today. implimentation” of the suggested posed system should be the basis In a press conference yesterday governing system. for whatever is ultimately President Thomas Bonner and Mills also stressed “ the accepted in the fall. Provost Eugene Mills hailed the importance of widespread review He said the “ambiguity of the recommended governance system of the document” to “give our­ present Senate’s nature and as one which would increase, not selves the opportunity to profit” power makes it difficult for the decrease, community involve­ from the commission’s work. Senate and those dealing with it” ment in University policy- and Mills said he was “not rushing presumably the Administration. decision-making. into” anything, but wanted peo­ Bonner suggested the time has Both Mills and Bonner gene­ ple to realize evaluation of the arrived to decide “whether or not rally supported the proposed report “is not something to the Senate at Durham should be system which decentralizes poli­ approach at our leisure.” an academic senate or a commu­ cy-making on campus and In answer to questions Bonner nity sen ate,” as it is presently. involves in policy-making only said Nov. 1 was a good “target The commission suggested the those groups with a special inte­ date” for a decision about impli­ former in its report, and both rest or expertise in any particular mentation of the recommended Bonner and Mills agreed.