• Thomas lS back--/of now By Steven Morrison on one side, Thomson, Rock and This is the question that Rock · Boston Globe columnist Jack trustee Nathan Battles. These a~d Battles are now_ pursuing. Thomas is again teaching news­ three are publicly opposed to It 1s the question Mills and Morse writmg in the UNH English de­ Thomas being here. They are up­ would prefer they did not press. partment, despite efforts by Gov. set at UNH President Eugene Last November, Thomas wrote Meldrim Thomson and Univer­ a column about New Hampshire sity trustee D. Alan Rock to have for The Boston Globe that ap­ him fired. peared on page one. In it Tqanias But while Thomas can be as­ News Analysis called the Granite State "a ed­ sured of job security at UNH at dlesome, unfriendly nei~hbor." least through the end of this Mills and board Chairman Rich­ He described Thomson , s "a semester, the issue is not dead ard Morse for backing Thomas. bumbling busybody best; known among members of the board. But the issue and conflict have for butting into situations he Thomas' teaching at UNH, and transcended whether or not doesn't know anything about." ~ . the efforts of some trustees to Thomas remains. Now the Thomson was upset, calling the ... , fire him, have led to conflict problem is whether or not a column "an inaccurate, fiction-, among some of the 24 trustees. trustee may visit a class when­ alized and insulting piece of gar- The active parti~ipants are, ever he or she wants. THOMAS, page 6 Sen. D. Alan Rock -Vo'iume 68 Number...:..:.::.~;.;__----------:-----------------------------------=-:.: 27 Friday January 20, 1978 Durham. N.H . Morse New PUB problems brew reveals after committee resi~ns By Mark Pridham as a scapegoat for operations • The financially troubled MUB mismanagement,'' Austin Pub is facing renewed problems charged in a letter of resignation his plans .. this semester, following the to Steven LoPilato, chairman of resignation of the entire Pub Ac­ the Pub Board of Directors. tivities Committee, the group in I Instead, Austin blamed the By Diane Breda charge of nightly entertainment • Pub's problems on "warm beer, Long-range planning for 1980 at the Pub. higher prices, limited selections, through 1985 by the University In a letter of resignation to the atmosphere, poor service, and Syste~ Board of Trustees is its Pub Board of Directors dated the downward trend in beer sales top priority this year, according Dec. 16, Rick Austin, chairman of experienced everywhere down­ to trustee Chairman Richard A. the now-defunct committee, said town." Morse. it was "impossible" for him to Both Austin and LoPilato were Morse leaned back in the soft continue working with the com­ unavailable for further comment cushioned chair in his modern mittee, and ''please the Pub despite numerous attempts by Manchester office in the law firm Board (of Directors) at the same The New Hampshire. of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass and time." Bruce Pingree, a member of Green, one of the state's largest. Richard Morse ,,, The seven m~mber student the entertainment committee and He spoke of his plans for the Uni­ enrollment in Durham at 10,500, committee, which was the focus former music director for WUNH versity this year and the issues so we will have to use the cam­ of repeated criticism because of radio, said he resigned because and problems facing him and the puses at Keene, Plymouth and the entertainment it hired for the he was "fed up with it. The (Pub) board. Merrimack Valley to absorb the Pub, resigned along with Austin. Board of Directors was screwing "We have to look five to ten ! increased enrollment," he added. The Pub has been in serious us over.'' years down the road. We have a Fiddling ·with his glasses he financial trouble since early last Pingree said many promises unique situation here at the Uni­ said, "We no longer have four semester. In all, the Pub lost made by the Board at the start of versity. The population in the institutions that can each go their $10,300 in 15 weeks, according to last semester remained un­ Rich Kane state of New ~ampsnire ls m­ own way. Tilt vtoplc making the Rich Kane, Pub m;:m~ger and fulfilled. ,,."We were told that a approve what we booked. It creasing and so are the number budgets won't stand for that. Our catering services coordinator. changeover was planned to bogged everything down. of applicants, while all over the financial resources are limited.'' Poor entertainment selection upgrade the food at the Pub," he "We didn't even know if we country colleges are receiving a The 1951 UNH graduate was has frequently been cited as the said, "but it never got done.'' (the Pub) would be open seven drop in applicants," said Morse elected chairman of the Board of major reason for the sharp drop Pingree said the Pub Board of nights a week or four,'' Pingree seriously. Trustees in November 1977. He is in beer sales and the Pub's Directors put too many restric- · said, "so how were we supposed "We're in a different position. a native of Manchester and was staggering financial losses. tions on the entertainment com­ to book entertainment?" We will start to write up plans educated in its public schools. The Pub Activities Committee mittee and prevented it from Pingree termed the restrictions concerning enrollment, facilities, While at UNH, he was active in disagreed. _w9rking effectively. placed on the committee by the budget and- personnel to accommo­ "All too often the entertain­ ''They (the Pub Board of Direc­ Pub Board of Directors as "one date the growth. We have to keep MORSE, page9 ment has been criticized and used tors) wanted us to book all enter­ major pain for the students.'' tainment one month ahead of ... which do not -include time, and they were supposed to PUB COMMITTEE, page 14 an in-state tuition· increase ,Parking Request By Diane Breda . for in-state students attending people to replace resigning ad- any of the ·colleges of the Univer~ ministrators and staff, said H "In-state tuition was not in­ sity System, at least through Morse. Reserve funds are also · _enry Dozier, director of Physical Plant, Operations and creased this semester because of June 30, 1978. allocated for travel and building Mamtenance has asked ·that all students remove their cars the many cutbacks and heavy from A lot, across from the field house "by not later than pressure put on the presidents of Some $800 000 was taken from maintenance. midnight Friday night to aid snow removal operations in each campus to save money," reserve fudds to balance the Morse said the University is the morning." explained trustee Chairman colleges' 1977-78 budgets without taking a chance by depleting its Dozier said all students may park their cars in core-campus Richard A. Morse this week. increases in current tuition reserves. lot_s without being ticketed Friday night and Saturday. He charges, said Morse. "The University System needs said students may resume parking in A lot "any time after The University System Board to have a good healthy reserve. noon on Saturday." of Trustees · approved an The reserve funds are usually ..._ __, That's good business policy," "-- ________________________ ~ operating budget on Dec. 17 used for buying additional equip­ which would not increase tuition .ment in laboratories or- paying TUITION, page 16 INSIDE · ~nergy Arts Surge Energy use on cam­ While you were all off Find this sculpture at ; taking it easy on va­ _pus has decreased in the UNH galleries. Ex­ recent years, but ris­ hibit review along with cation, the UNH hockey ing prices are keep­ a look at the Tokyo . team was busy get­ ing costs high. For Quartet. See pages ting itself . back into the details, see page 3. the play-off race. See 12 and 13. the story on page 20. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY JANUARY 20, 1978 PAGE TWO ..--News Briefs Studenf,S laud lineless registration tention of taking five courses. Christmas weekend 1. That gave Main Street melee By Debby Gaul . They just wanted to see which my office only two-and-a-half The lines at Scorpio's this Sun- ones they could get into. weeks to work with schedules of A downtown Durham · brawl i.nvolving some 30 people broke day and Monday were longer "It was a good strategy for those students who didn't get the out shortly after the bars closed Monday night and resulted in than the lines at registration, them, but didn't give an accurate courses they wanted. The pur­ a UNH student being treated and released for a laceration under which Registrar Stephanie picture of which courses would be pose of the early registration was his eye early Tuesday., according to town police. Thomas labeled "a big success." filled. Several students got closed to give the students with less than Mark Spiedel. 19, of Sawyer Hall. was taken to Hood House Thomas said approximately out of courses which actually 12 credits top priority in choosing and then transferred to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover 7 100 students received all their would be open after drop cards courses still available." after apparently being kicked in the face during the snowball c~urses--though not necessarily · were turned in,'' Thomas said. Thomas said she can't be sure fight, said police. the course sections they had pre- Thomas said it took an average how many students took advan­ Det. Sgt. Paul Gowen said the fight apparently started as a registered for last December.