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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Paul Meyer
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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.
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