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The campus community has
the right to know about potential
health hazards from radiation.
This, in part, is the responsibility
of the Capitol Campus Adminis
tration.
After the TMI accident in
March, there was talk about
purchasing radiation monitoring
equipment in order to prepare
the campus in the event of
another radiation health hazard
occurence. Since then, that’s all
that has happened - talk.
Radiation is permiating stor
age areas on the Island. Conse
quently, Met. Ed. will have to act
before the end of this month. It is
very likely that Med. Ed. will
release radiation (into the Sus-
letters to editor
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
ASSOCIATION
On behalf of the lAA, I
extend an additional welcome
to the new and returning
students of Capitol Campus.
The lAA is an organization
w\\ose members strive tor
international awareness. Var
ious activities are planned
such as a trip to Washington
D.C. on Oct. 6 for the Ameri
can Folklife Festival; Interna
tional Dinners where various
international foods are
served; movie festivals; guest
speakers; American Colle
giate Model United Nations;
and the Capitol Campus Mod
el United Nations where area
high schools attend a three
day conference on campus.
We also desire to work
with all the international stu
dents and their organizations.
If you have any questions
or would like to join, you may
leave a letter in the lAA
mailbox in the SGA office,
W-110, or contact Mike
Sopata, 954-A Flickinger St.,
Meade Heights; or call 944-
1552.
Sincerely,
Michael V. Sopata
President, lAA
To All MDETs:
This letter especially con
cerns itself with the Junior
class of Mechanical Engineer
ing students. It is important
now as a junior to come to
grips with some realizations
that affect yourself and your
career. Aside from academics,
developing professionalism is
important. There are several
c.C. READER OPINION
Right to know delayed
quehanna River and into the
atmosphere) which may cause
cancer and other diseases later in
peoples lives.
Uncertainty plagued the
campus during the nuclear acci
dent last spring. People here got
conflicting reports and vague
statements.
It is a University’s responsi
bility to do everything it its
power to inform and protect its
community. Purchasing and
actively using radiation monitor
ing equipment would be a
positive step in the direction of
the responsibility this university
has to its members.
Capitol Campus Administra
tion must act now! Not even
professional engineering soci
eties available on campus that
attempt to relate the stu
dents’ studies with the real
world. One often gains re
spect for course work when
one can relate. This is one big
reason a professional associa
tion is so important.
Another reason one should
choose to join is the immed
iate benefits. Being a member
of a professional organization
appeals to employment re
cruiters. But whatever reason
you feel to be important, one
thing is certain; being a mem
ber of a professional organiza
tion will help your career. It is
for this reason that I recom
mend that all incoming stu
dents check out the clubs on
campus and join one.
The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers is now
in its fourth year at Capitol.
Our society has sponsored
tours to such places as GM,
AMF-Harley Davidson, and
Bethlehem Steel. We have
invited several interesting
speakers, including our own
engineering staff. Social
events have also been includ
ed in our past activities.
But what ASME has to
offer student members can
be summed up by saying that
all the non-academic exposure
to industry gained through
ASME will undoubtedly lead
to a greater professional a
wareness. So don’t lose track
of why you’re studying. Keep
in touch with the industry.
Applications for ASME
membership can be obtained
in W-262.
Several activities have al
ready been planned. Watch
the bulletin boards for times
and places.
One final note: regardless
of which association you
Dr. Jerry South, Dean of
Student Affairs, stressed last
June that he and others took
action to obtain radiation mon
itoring equipment directly after
the nuclear accident.
He contacted Dr. Rodger
Grulard, Health Physicist at U.
Park, who recommended two
Geiger counters and a docimeter.
Soutn planned to meet with
Dr. Duane Smith during the last
week of the term last spring to
determine if the budget request
would be approved for the equip
ment. If the budget proposal was
choose to belong to, ASME
wishes you luck in gaining all
the knowledge and experience
that each club has to offer.
Martin Wasser
Term 10
MDET
Winsome
After all the negative things
written and said about Secur
ity, this writer thought it
would be a pleasant change to
read something nice about the
Security Officers. On Thur.
Sept. 27, two officers were
seen assisting a student open
her car, after she locked her
keys in it.
lets some
LOSS: The very next day they tick
eted the same person !!!!
Oh well, you win some, and
you lose some.
P.S. Thanks Ted, Charlene,
and the Mystery Runner
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man don karamer market research mike daskalokis news ed joan h klein feature ed susan
girolomi sports ed tony gladfelter photog ed bob foster proof and copy ed slice coon proof and
copy dorene morrow type rose dal ton cartoon joe horvath multi-talented writing “*•" jeff
drinnan carol eveschOd char bojalad adrienne 1. zedaker shirley steven brace burns debbie
morrow glenn williams robin Conner and the hand dedicated advisor dr. elizabeth winston
trying to fulfill their responsibil
ity (the obvious delay with the
monitoring equipment) and keep
ing the campus community in the
dark is execrable!
People responsible for this
Open the doors
injustice belong in the Nether
World of the Inferno with the
Counselors of Fraud and Falsifi
ers. Humanity should take prec
edence over the bureaucratic and
material needs of a University.
approved the campus was then to
have purchased the monitoring
equipment at the beginning of
this term -- Fall, 1979.
Mike Sheldon, President of
SGA, told the C.C. Reader that
John Taylor must initiate a bud
get proposal in order for U. Park
to consider the procuring of the
equipment.
After repeated visits to the
Finance Office, Taylor was not
available for comment. Nobody
in the Finance office could shed
any light on the budget report.
They simply didn't recall any
such thing.
In the SGA meeting last
Monday, The Senate voted ( one
against, seven-for and two ab
stentions), to hold a meeting
today at 4:30 p.m., in rm. W-138,
for the sole purpose of voting on
budget allocations. With this
vote, the Senate also declared
that today’s meeting be closed to
all non-senatorial people.
The following editorial is di
rected at the fact that the Senate
cHoose to dose the doors.
As an organization that is
dedicated to informing students
of campus events, activities and
issues; the C.C. Reader finds the
SGA’s decision to close its special
meeting to non-senatorial people
-ethically questionable.
It is criminal enough when
the National, State, City or Town
Governments retreat behind
closed doors. But, when this
same governmental action oc
curs within a University’s stu
dent government organizaitoin,
one feels the hope slip away.
As an organization consisting
of students, the C.C. Reader
finds the SGA’s action a deliber
ate and appalling slap in the face.
Somehow, there seems to be
no logical or rational connections
between the SGA’s continuous
and “sincere” concern for the
students of this campus and the
SGA’s sudden turning away of
the non-senatorial students who
have the right to know.
We hope that the SGA made
a hasty descision (perhaps the
time was approching 5 p.m.?) and
will continue with the fine sup
port and representation it has,
up until this this time, exhibited
for the; and fling the doors wide
open.
c c reader