Reader Reviewed
“The Capitol Campus Reader lacks off campus news. It
lacks a quality publication of student work. Work is changed,
credit isn’t given and work is not correctly attributed,’’ says one
student in evaluating the campus paper.
A staff member of the paper states, “Our newspaper does
extremely well. The content is first-rate. It is straightforward
and tasteful. There are still patches of technical error, but this is
due to too few worker si”
The C.C. Reader has many typographical mistakes each
issue and has made many errors in attributing material. But
there are 12 members on the staff at present to handle al2
page paper every two weeks.
Most of the copy is written by staff members; because of
everyone’s tight schedules, the typesetter usually ends up
typing all the copy the day before it is to be laid out.
The day the paper is pasted up, only a select few of the staff
can give the editor a hand to complete the paper. But the
following day there is no shortage of critics. Many students say
they wouldn’t waste their time working on the paper. They
exclaim, “I wouldn’t want to be associated with it.”
In a recent interview, editor Lyda Baker spoke about the
problem with the newspaper. “If the staff were larger, I think
it’s reasonable to assume that the Reader could be better as far
as technical aspects go. But the way it is now, two or three
sincere people can catch so many errors. They do what they
can do. I think it works.”
The May 24 issue of the Reader asked around campus what
the students felt about it. Most of the people felt that the
numerous errors should be corrected. But most also realized
that the Reader has to make do with such a small staff.
In reaction to Metropoli
tan Edison's plan to treat and
dump 850,000 gallons of ra
dioactive water presently
stored in the crippled reac
tor’s containment building,
the Susquehanna Valley Al
liance (a Lancaster based
anti-nuclear organizaiton)
has filed a court injunction to
stop the dumping.
The Susquehanna ..river is
Lancaster’s primary source
of water.
After the TMI accident in
which nine to 15 million
curies of radiation were re
leased into the air and some
into the river, no written
environmental impact report
was made. The city of Lan
caster is demanding that an
environmental report be
made of the water.
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representing the Alliance, | |
explained the Alliance’s in-
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Trying to stop dumping
junction. She said the Alliance
wants the total surrounding
environment~the fish, air,
water, etc. assessed ra-
ther than only the discharged
area.
They also want daily wa
ter and air radiation reports
made open to the public
through means of subpoenas
in which officials will testify
under oath if radioactivity
exceeds the daily limits, and
if so, why.
Presently, the Pennsyl
vania Bureau of Radiological
Health is monitoring the air
within three miles of the plant
according to Ray Urciuolo,
radiation health phycisist for
the Bureau.'
For over a month “there
has been no radioactivity
above the natural back
ground,” Urciuolo said, and
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continued, no radiation has
been found in water samples
for over a month.
The Susquehanna Valley
Alliance maintains that there
is no tested technology to
clean the 850,000 gallons of
radioactive water. They have
filed an affidavit to the in
junction stating that a water
treatment expert testified that
the amount of radioactivity in
the water in the containment
building is so high it cannot
be safely treated.
Urciuolo said he did not
see a problem in treatment.
He explained that all the
fissionable material except
trintium could be cleaned up
to acceptable standards.Ur
ciuolo stated that the amount
of trintium is not large and
would not propose a health
hazard.
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No one questions that students need an adequate
newspaper to provide internal communication and writing/ed
iting. Members of the staff deserve recognition for tryinjg . But
while readers are pointing out the mistakes, the staff is crying
for help!
At a recent meeting of the C.C. Reader staff, many of the
members felt that one solution might be to give credit to
'students who join and do their share on the paper. This would
be an incentive to get more members and possibly improve the
quality of the paper
Three credits were offered to certain editors (photo, news,
etc.) if they met certain requirements. But many of the editors
don't have time to meet the responsibilities of an added three
credits. An advisor has also been appointed to give the staff
advice.
Another solution, suggested by a student is making
co-editorships. Instead of just one editor, combine the feature,
sports, news and copy editors into “the editor.” The same
student also suggested that the Reader “Welcome freelance
work warmly.”
The responsibility of the C.C. Reader or any campus
newspaper to the students is big. The Reader staff feels that
they are working for the students and not against them. But as
the song goes, “I’ll meet you half way, that’s better than no
way!”
“Slow dilution with treat
ment” is the key to solving
the problem, according to
Urciuolo, “What isn’t diluted
could be made safe by filtra
tion and containment,’’ he
maintained.
The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission has set up per
manent residence on the TMI
site and is reviewing all the
procedures of the Metropoli
tan Edison Company, Ur
ciuolo said.
The State of Pennsylvania
would concur with the NRC
on any dumping procedure.
Once the problems leave the
plant the state alone has
jurisdiction. “The state could
legally prevent the dumping
of wastes into the river,”
Urciuolo explained.
It is the NRC, however,
that sets the standards for the
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amount of wastes that could
be dumped into the river.
There is no absolute standard
for the amount of radiation.
The assessed allowable a
mount is based on a conserv
ative estimate. The standard
is set per concentration of
radiation in water which will
not harm the most sensitive
person.
Urciuolo stressed that the
water won't just be dumped
into the Susquehanna river
without treatment and that it
can't be dumped until ap-
proved.
The Susquehanna Valley
Alliance states that dumping
contaminated water would
cause irrevocable harm.
The decision on how to
deal with the radioactive
wastes is pending in a federal
court.
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