The silence of the University Administration about the Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island is startling. Wcame back to classes Monday, April 9, after the chaotic dispersal on Friday, March 30, expecting public outcry from the University against the nuclear fiasco. There was nothing! There were no meetings called to decry the idea of humans being used as guineapigs -- There were no bulletins issued to explain truthfully what dangers lie in the months ahead as the Metropolitan Edison Company is trying to dispose of its nuclear waste; this being the most insidious problem of nuclear energy. To date there is still nothing, only silence! Wiy are there no reactions from the administration? The only signs of public abhorrence to this bizarre affair have been from students and professors. Is the university not going to help call a halt to the outrageous shenanigans going on at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant? Is the university not going to insist that the complex be closed? W hat is the stand of the university toward the problem? Is there a spokesman who can clarify the matter, or are we to deduce from the silence that the university is going to be as wishy-washy as the majority of officials that has editor Tfefi atrt Inv Editor As the weather breaks and people take to the courts, the residents of the University A partments would like to remind all persons using the playing courts that the parking lot in front of the apartment building is for the residents and their guests only. Parking is prov ided for court users in the rear of the Multi-Purpose Building. Avoid hassles and tickets. Thank you, Residents of University Apts, c/o James F. Kravitz Jr. M* Editor: Concerning the article enti titled “Elvis is King.” Elvis Costello has as much talent as a seal with a broken nose. This is obvious the pervert can’t scrape Up enough ‘John Len non'cords or‘Bob Dylan’ lyrics for more th«a a tbrUb ppnute feedback Mur. Not only is Elvis a pervert and an importer of musical taste, but he should be, shot behind the oyrs and do the world a r * v -- Kurt Lambert 7th term BCT e.c: ieudsr ■ jir/ ofdn * pMaa^MufesrttombMrtty editor lyda baker business manager bob manley feature editor sue girolami sports editor mike cocdardi photography editor bob foster copy editor louisa baskin type setter me cartoonist joe horvath staff joan klein jeff drinnan gayle greenwahl tony gladfelter adviser candy williams Editor: I applaud your March 2 editorial on the J.P. Stevens Boycott. As responsible consu mers we need to recognize unethical business practices and to participate in boycotts against corrupt companies. Let me bring to your atten tion another injustice that is currently bring fought-the Nestles Boycott. Why are thoaamadm or people refusing to buy one of our favorite choco late candies? Because Nestles is killing babies. The Swiss based parent corporation is a primary manu facturer of infant milk formula being sold in Third World cou ntries. Illiterate families are told by Nestle employees and through Nestle advertising that the Western bottle baby is better nourished than breast IBHI fed babies. Mothers, wanting the best for their children, buy (aster's Choice the milk products they cannot Nescafe afford and do not have the JJeCa' facilities or education to mix “^ riSB C®"” properly. As a result, the dilu- ted and impure “milk" is pois- Choco-Chiit oning an estimated 10 million Nestle Chocolate . Y babies in poor countries. crunch ' v f Nestea Souptime -T , tAJ Meogi products Dear Editor: Svies Knight cheese There are about 648 ■■■ stoidter products spaces in the rear lot. Of those ■■■ Stoidter iwtaurents i hows 643 spaces, two are reserved •Ak .owutper Bros, sines Th.fn .rn . ' to* Hermanos wines ftw nmorcydea. Tpere are a , m g -lUttn a lintm. Mcwh nm<am» few people who consistently Ml cwi BtedMUmducti park their cars tavthese two Deer MouiMi &jringS'' maces. These people probably ■■ Lancow Swaf.™ figure that the motorcycle only ■< fowl oosmaiics /'Vv' sign means motorcycle puking.. U| only if they get their first. B sss *jts isnss £ paik in the two spaces. " Paul Meyer ■to. 290 i iV m ‘ pern 17057 •■mw-129 pbae [717]944-4970 the views expressed in this paper are not necessarily those of the c.c. reader staff. Mi IMrt QafeJr Nestles refuses to cut its radio advertising time and de fends itself by pointing out that specific instructions for mixing tfie milk are printed on each can of formula. Nestles products to be boy cotted include various candies and coffees (check the label before you buy), Nestea, Soup time, Stouffer products and restaurants, Libby and Libby McNeill products, Crosse and Blackwell products, and L’oreal cosmetics. For more information write: INFACT, 3410 19th St., San Francisco, CA, 94110. s,'<r <jfc,7*v f*v . deadline for material fur the may 3 issue is april 24. material must be typed or legibly writ ten and double spaced, the reader reserves the right to refuse articles that are unread- paraded before the public? The plant must be closed. It is unconscionable that the university not do its duty and represent and care about its university population. It must investigate the progress of nuclear waste elimination and all problems apertaining to the closing of the plant. It must report its findings openly. It is our right to know! The university has a respected place in society and as such is a leader. Let it behave as one. Through out the nuclear crisis, lack of leadership from all sides, political, business, and government has resulted in total confusion. Consequently, the want of credibility towards the respective agencies by the public is justified. For the university to continue in the same vein is morally repungnant. We need to know the situation exactly, so that Metropolitan Edison can be made to act in a manner benefiting the public. It behooves the university to act in the public’s behalf and do its duty. If not, mass transfers of our students to other institutions may occur. Vfe need leadership from the university, not silence. Vlfe need to know. A Sincere Boy cotter, Lisa J. Dromgold Draft inevitable The Army’s personnel officer has informed Congress that a return to the draft is inevitable. According to Lt. Gen. Robert B. Yerks the decling size of the reserve and increasing difficulty recruiting men and women into the active force leaves the nation with no other choice. "The only question, says Yerks, “is when.” Until recently such military views were only expresses off the record, but increasing Congressional support for registration and the draft has had a dramatic effect on the Pentagon’s position. As recently as Dec. 28th, the official Pentagon position was that the all volunteer armed services were in satisfactory condition. But the changing political climate has encouraged the military's top officials to reverse their previous position. Opponents to registration and the draft have called for a nationwide protest on April 30th. A broad based coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Students for a Libertarian Society, and the United States Students Association will be holding an ‘informative rally’ on the steps of the Capitol Building in the nation’s capital at twelve noon on April 30th. The United States Students Association .is already distributing buttons calling on youth to “Register to Vote: Don’t Vote to Register." The Students for a Libertarian Society has charged that: In the hundreds of pages of Congressional testimony on the draft, not one Representative—either tor or against Conscription-makes any real effort to justify the global commitments that make a 2.1 million armed services necessary in peacetime. The SLS, a California based organization, is holding a series of hews conferences in major cities and is organizing a national resistance movement on college campuses. The Friends Committee on National Legislation has established a Committee Against Registration and the Draft which will help coordinate the national lobbying effort in D.C.. The Director of the Committee on Militarism in Education charges that our alleged need tor more manpower is part of the same ‘crackpot realism' that led us into Viet Nam. According to Dr. Robert I. Rhodes, this ‘need' rests on a series of dubious premises: If the Russians start a conventional war in Europe; if it doesn't quickly escalate into a nuclear war; if NATO airfields and ports are not destroyed in the opening battles; and if we can build an enormous naval fleet that does not now exist, then the million men stationed in the United States will be useful in the next war. Since these premises are clearly absurd, Dr. Rhodes believes that the new call for registration and the draft will increase the power of the Pentagon and cold war tensions, and recreate the bitter campus protests that existed in the late ’6o’s and early '7o's but will make no positive contribution to our national security. FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION
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