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·~· __., TWENTY/Tfte Press/Friday, May 1, 1987 By GWEN FOWLER waste into the national economy and that it is a John Sevagion~ NYPIRG \valuable national Statewide director of nuclear resource.\ issues, and: Bill Griffen, of. . The radioactive isotopes; the educatiOn department, .::::obalt:-60 and Cesium-134, discussed the nuc.lear waste mad~ from nucleat.i-ons are problem last week~nd. used to preserve food in the S.evagion said n11clear irradiat.ion process: They waste is a by-product to em.it gamma rays which pass nuclear Jission inside ~ reac- thr.ough 'the food, he said. tor. \It is garbage actually-,''· . The DOE\ claims it kills he said. New i~otopes are . bacteria and viruses and that created that are smularto the food had a longer sheti life. fallout products of a nuclear The Food and Drug Ad- blast, he said, such as ministration ~pproved this Stronium and Platonium. process initially in the 1950s Sevagion said it was the he said and was used by the \government's responsibility Army for food. for getting rid of it.\ The The FDA on April 16, Nuclear Regulatory·com.mis- 1986 approved the sale of ir- sion was created in theJ950s radiated fruits, vegetables to get rid of nuclear waste and meats to the general but were unable to do so, he public, but Sevagion said said. Early on the waste was that this process has pro- put into barrels and then dumped into the oceans, he said, but leaking occurred near the barrels. The \NRC's so-called final solution,\ Sevagion said was to bury the waste in high:.level radioactive depositories, and in heavy granite in states such as· Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Lousiana. He said it caused incredible outrage among the people of those states because of possible leakage and truck accidents. Sevagion said the Depart- ment of Energy's job of deal- ing with nuclear waste \has been the major stumbling - block\ in the nuclear energy movement. The new solution for finding a use for nuclear · waste is to irradiate food, he said. Sevagion said the DOJ! wants to intigrate · Iiticlear · blems. Irradiated foods create new chemicals that are . unique to the radiation pro- cess. The second problem he said, is that even though the FDA has conducted studies on the safety of irradiated foods the studies have been thrown out. \Nobody knows that it's safe,'' Sevagion said. Tests on animals have shown kidney failures, ·genetic defects, lesions and tumors he 'said, and ''these tests have to be reckoned with.\ He also said that irradiated foods lead to depletion of vitamins such as A ano B. He said the FDA required irradiated food to.be labeled with a symbol called a Raduar but no one knows what, the symQol is and that\it · · will be hard, to enforce it. He • ' said that labeling' laws, such as the one that is supposed to be applied to fresh fruits and vegetables that have been waxed, are already ignored .. H~ said the DOE is building six .pilot irradiation ·plants in Hawaii, Flodda and Washington, even though the food industry is concerned with public. reaction. Therefore. the DOE is , . '· l. ~ , ~ I .. I ! \up: the maito.el\ by building the plants, he said. People have been organiz- ing ' across the country against these plants because of the transportation of radioactive materials on the public highways, he said, and because of the possibility'of an accidents at the facilities:'\\ Thirty.seven sites already ex- ist in the country·. Stwagion said there are five questions that have to· be asked: \Is it safe; does it really work; are there hidden issues; are there alternative technologies; and do we as people want to · use this technology?\ He said to \keep your .eyes and ears open\ in the grocery store and to read more about it. Griffen spoke about the beginning of the science fis- sion chain. Griffen said ''power means politics and I take the following as givens.\ 'He said he assumes the reality is we have a tremendous concentration of decision making in multi- national ,companies. He said this requires a sophisticated and sometimes covert message; a 'I sup- ported ideology'' in the media and schools suppor- ting consumerism and 'growth. He said this means \it is sometimes necessary to show force to protect our god-given national intersts.'' This has come out in the past two decades in the Cold War. He said this means \power brokers have to have some sort of sense that all of this was worthwhile.\' Nuclear energy is concentra- tion of power since it is by nature highly centralized and can only be run by con- glomerates, Griffen said. He said that militarism is the enemy of ecology, the building up of an arsonel takes money away from other sources, the military budget is \ecosuicidal.\ He gave the example that the cost of one trident submarine would pay the SUNY budget for one year. ,, .. New miljor in International Studies offered By FAITH CR()UCIID£Y In the 1987 fall semester the State University College at Cortland will have a new ing abroad, St•.~ said he believes this ne~ major will be an asset to SUCC students. major in International He said he hopes that the Studies, which professor distinguished British scholar, Henry Steck, of the'politieal Gavin Kitching, will be at the science department and college as v·isiting Fulbright chairman of the lnterna· Scholar. \Kitching has a tional Studies Committee ex· world wide reputation and pects to be innovative and since ·competition for challengiag. Fulbrigh't Exchange Scholars SUCC has had one of the -· is very iptense, we hope that most successful international; · the ,final. arrangements for- programs on any of the 64 · hint can be worked out,\ SUNY campt1ses, Steck said •. ·said Steek. ~ Since students have shown •· Steck said there is still such a great interest in study.:. · room for student enrollment - JRB holds hearing: in the introduction course. The course will analyze the historical development of the social, political, and economic processes that have combined to create the modern world; he said. The course takes a. multi- disciplinary approach to pro- blems such as ineql.Uility, hunger, poverty, population explosion, racism, interna- tional competition ·and war, Steck said.. He said he urges interested students to see him or call x4807. · This new major will · prepare students who like to travel, to understand and feel more comfortable with the world they live in, said Steck .. The- program wiU provide students_ ~th a broad overall knowlet;lte of the long range historieil development of the international system, the complex multi-faceted nature of the systen;J., and the in- tricate interrelationships of the system, Steck said. It also provides students with a wide range of choice in what they wish to study, he said. Students who major in In- ternational Studies will not only receive a rich liberal education, Steck said, they will also ·be prepared fo,r a variety of international 'bas,ed careers and for grad;uate study. · · This major will prepare those students who want to pursue careers in the public sector, international business ' and also the possibilities in the international human ser- vice agencies such as hunger, and refugee programs, said Steck. Steck said he is excited abo~ this new fall program and anticipates future possibilities of a minor in this program and also interna- tional internships. 'Student government' to be loosely interpreted By VIRGINIA MARTIN · Prior to this time the CCSA's inter- pretatilSn of \student government\ The JRB held a hearing to inter· had been involvement in either the ex- pret the use of the term \student ecutive, legislative or judicial branch government\ in Section III, I'D and of the CCSA. 3D in the Cortland College Student One qualification for a person in- Association Constitution. · terested in runhing for president or In the hearing Tuesday night the trea~uret is that the candidat~ must · Judicial Review Board una'oimorisly · have· been · a member of student agreed that \student governmen,t'J for at least two includes all students who.<,pay ·the sel1lleste:ns·. ) Mandatory Activity fee. ·il.t,. the State decision handed down by. the University College at Cq,ttland. · · the: one Jones··and Jim Cullen~ CCSh p~esii'teQ.t; 1 sa,id- :'\'~'N»····\··~·· .... · · · · ·. _thelr he tu~ned ,fu ;fb~· )~\B::rof.~.tfl~;·'im~:. ... ' .. ··\'· \~'\'' pretat1on because· 'of· -t'e·· ent·.- c~n;.· , troversy . o:v~r ·. t):le q1{ · · ·ca,U.~l.lS· ;p,r.:'e$§J,Jl!ShQitl1 volved in student government. He Cited the example of how a per- son could have exeerience in the economics or accounting fields that could be more valuable . in being CCSA treasure than being a senator or sitting on tbe financial board. Students pay their MAF and have the basic right .to run .for an executive position. if they want to, Jones .said. By saying only students invol~e~ in one of the three branches of ,CCSA ~ou,ld nin . for office, he .. said denies · .stuqe~ts. this ba~ic right. necessary 1 to Juri for·-'a?.' ... · ·· SA,.:~:&-'· .~ . ecutive board po~.itiotr. : ::· . .'' · . -._:.., ·::~~~- · Cullent.s · · · · J R6 IW:!l·~ ... \tt-.:1! 7•'~,,. .. ffl,·r.m be nit€~F:~t:efe'!\t:.~$,,; · : Cc;$A,, .seemed to be guarding ,ag,;;tjnst an: ''' Anti-ChrJst SY.qdrome'' P.,y 1Ut¢rpreP,:ng ''student government .. as4tha~;~,Jqhes said. tfiere seemed to \'\ he :a;· :[~~li. t~at so.ni~one · tQtalJy UJt- q;LJ:~;hfted ..would wm one of the posi- ~- · tion's~,:.h~~Aia. ' .. · . . . quf1lv.~t,;O!em~r · · . · Jlli~~e's n.o one so ch~rismatic that :Ji,q;!J.P.i.~l:Q.,~~n:>otc:J.tne':a':·-- .• ,._ he could convince enough :students to \' vote for him ev~::u if he had no qualifications at all, Jones said. Students should be given more credit than that, he &rud. Cullen agreed say- ing the student body should judge who is the best qualified to represent them. Cullen said there has been discus- sion about how a . candidate for · treasurer. wa5n.'t put on the ballot b~cause he didn't meet the pr~jous interpretation of student government. 1 He said this- was not the reason. . To run. for a position a stu;.dent must get certain number of student s1gnatures on a p~~ition. Th!s. po~en tlal treasurer candtdate 1 s petition was la~k~ng 24 sigf\atur:es. ·u.He wM .);lot . put -?~ th~ 1Jal.l9t becaus~ he. was:nQt quahfted,:-\l:mt b,eca:use 1\e did. trot fill out the . petition· properly,·~. Cullen said: ~e were.\\aiti-Qg:Jor:tlw' Jltll 1 s dec,t:swn. ·to. Qetermhie ·what \qualified'' woul'cl rti~~n; he· s4ia:: · a' W• Sc H St c pc fc p: st w pl Sl E: 01 fc H al cl Pl cl cc is S( a: sJ rr h t\ p ~ s ( a ( p n tl q tc II a p g tc II ti e: u 0 E n d h ~ ' ] se PI le: sh re pl tb
