University of New Hampshire - Granite Yearbook (Durham, NH)

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Il I Carter relied heavily on TV ads from the Boston stations aimed at New Hampshire. His big test awaited him in Florida on March 2, where he faced Alabama George Wallace in head-on battle. Carter's big advantage nationally was his convincing por- trayal of being the non-establishment candidate. He had never held elected office in Washington, D.C. And after the Water- gate situation, he was perceived by many to be a welcomed change. Not too many New Hampshire politicians supported him, however. But Carter did score a third of the Democratic votes, which represented an important win for this aspiring presidential candidate. Birch Bayh, a latecomer hoping to catch tire, was doused with water before he could get started. He only received seventeen percent of the Democratic vote. While Bayh was looking towards the New York primary on April 6, State House Minority Leader Chris Spirou led an inspired campaign organization. Unfortunately, Bayh did not have as solid a group as Carter, Harris, or Udall. Without it he did not pick up many of the undecided voters during the last week of campaigning. The 23 percent of the Democratic vote which Udall received would have to be reaffirmed in Massachusetts a week later. New Hampshire was a small piece in his puzzle for the Presidency. Jimmy Carter's victory meant a lot to his Presidential cam- paign. An unknown, he swept to victory and used the slogan send them a President, not a message . His New Hampshire victory was helpful in stopping Wallace a week later in Flor- ida. Henry Jackson did not campaign in New Hampshire, choos- ing instead to tacitly support his Delegates for Jackson slate. Ronald Reagan missed an excellent chance to defeat Ford here in the Granite State. He has a superior campaign organi- zation, but lost by about 1,000 votes Qfifty-one percent Ford, to forty-nine percent Reaganj. Reagan fumbled a chance to start the f'Dump Ford ball rolling. But future primaries in 1976 promised that this mistake wouldn't reoccur again. The New Hampshire primary echoed the sentiment of the Nixon Administration's collapse. The Watergate Hotel break in and the subsequent coverup played an important part in the formulation of public opinion. Watergate exposed certain lawyers and politicians as liars, felons, and plotters against individual Constitutional Rights. With the Replublicans tainted, the entire establishment subse- quently suffered. Voters didn't seem to realize that Nixon wasn't the only politician involved in questionable activities. Nineteen seventy- ! ll I ! E H , MLMRL-i E ,H va.-aM.,,..............!z,,.-..,,. .,,, . nw- Irw- - W- f11. '...Z!:7'N' .' 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The voters of New Hampshire, tired of picking up their afternoon daily and finding out about some new scandal or illegal payoff, voted for Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. They earned strong showing because they are relatively fresh personalities. In 1976, New Hampshirites prefered a nuclear physicist and a retired movie actor. New Hampshire, which receive attention every four years is not moving to give up it's first-in-the-nation primary in favor of a regional one as suggested by Massachusetts. To the tourist trade, it would mean a loss of much money. But the state is changing in its character despite the notarization it receives for front-page editorials from the state's largest newspaper, The Manchester Union Leader. Have the people of New Hampshire as a whole, moved into line with the national mainstream of thought? Has there been a decline of the William Loeb paper? Has the inilux ofl Massachusetts immigrants into southern counties of the state balanced the liberal-conservatism balance of political senti- ment? Massachusetts' state representative Barney Frank QD-Back Bayj argues that New Hampshire is so unrepresentative that it should not be allowed to hold the first-in-the-nation primary. Massachusetts and Vermont continually challenged New Hampshirels status by moving up their primary dates in line with the Granite State's. The New Hampshire legislature has recently responded by passing a bill which put New Hamp- shirels primary dates one week before that of the state of Massachusettsv, and any other state who boldly,' challenges us. All of this may be unrelated to the purpose of New Hamp- shirels first-in-the-nation primary Cwhatever that isj. But one thing's for certain, we won't let anything affect our tourist trade. And if tradition holds true for this Bicentennial year of 1976, it wonit be surprising to see New Hampshire leading off the list of primaries again in 1980.

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Political NOBGS OI1 The thirty member Student Caucus resumed its Sunday night sessions in September, 1975, led by seven incumbents including Chairperson Debbie Mekelatos, an Elementary Edu- cation major who liked to use the chalkboard to illustrate important points. Two issues drew immediate attention - increased parking fines and the abolition of the ski team. The ski team was eventually reinstated as a club sport. Student Body President Larry Meacham talked about suing the university over the S50 parking fine. Then Vice President David Farnham was very visible in his efforts to lower the fines. Farnham was to later campaign for Meachamis office. Two of student government's Vice Presidents, Greg Cope and Dave GaNun, characterized the new caucus members as unmotivated. Charges and countercharges from the news- paper and the caucus iioor tried to fix the blame on the Chairperson, the President, and the caucus members them- selves. It was resolved to go to the people by holding an October caucus meeting in the lounge of Hubbard Hall. Ten observers showed up. The Union for Progressive Action, a group working for a greater voice in the operation of student affairs, submitted a 22-page proposal to the caucus urging the creation of a MUB Board of Directors to run the student union. The board was to have taken on the responsibliity in an area currently managed by Vice-Provost for Student Affairs Richard Stevens. U.P.A. and the caucus had a clash of personalities. The resulting indecision sent the proposal to the Student Welfare Committee of the University Senate, where it subsequently died. Promising more open communication candidate Dave Far- nham garnered over 80 percent of the vote for Student Body President, crushing his opponent Jim Hercheck a former U.P.A. member. Farnham appointed Marshall Carbee as Vice- President for Commuter Affairs. Carbee, a self-styled 'fBonzo oommandov, was an activist in the People's Bicentennial Com- mission. The P.B.C. advocated a socialist stand on a number of issues. After attending two caucus meetings all year, Carbee finally quit his post. Farnham came under fire for appointing Laurie Goodrich to the directorship of the Bureau of the Budget, the financial committee of the caucus. The newspaper and several BOB members characterized Goodrich as 'finexperiencedf' On pro- bation throughout the budgetary hearings, Goodrich proved Farnham's confidence that her character is such that I can easily work with her. . The Student Caucus and the Bureau of the Budget spent nearly eight weeks in the months of February and March approving eight organizational budgets, barely in time for review by the Board of Trustees at their monthly meeting. Allocations for SCOPE, MUSO, Student Press, WUNH radio, The New Hampshire, The Granite, and Student Government were all increased over the previous year. Funding for these organizations, as well as for the Student Video-Tape Organiza- tion, came from the Student Activities Tax which increased from 818.90 to 522.30 a year. It has then learned that this increase would be accompanied by a campus wide increase in higher tuition and room fees. Farnham's choice for vice-president for student services, Arlene Baer, served on both the Health and the Legal Services Advisory Committees. During 1976, Arlene worked to get student lawyers John Barrett and Malcolm McNeill a S1500 raise, even though the caucus had denied a womenls welfare group CDWHEJ access to the free legal aid for a welfare test case. After polling 144 students, Baer along with Hood House director Peter Cimbolic, recommended that students should pay S55 each per year to have improved medical service facilities on campus. Farnham organized a petition drive op- posing the institution of the S55 fee. In the first of a series of tightening up measures, the Student Caucus worked with the University Senate to dis- continue the policy of mandatory admissions to UNH of any New Hampshire high school student who finished in the upper 188