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PSH, her children had been bussed there.
Most of her family lived in Ohio, she
said, and the phone lines were so tied up
they couldn't get through for two days.
Those who did get through to
relatives or friends in other areas often
heard reports that conflicted with what
they were being told here. Rumors
abounded, South said, and the media
gave conflicting information.
"My sister kept calling and saying
it was bad," Camasi said. "The news
here didn't give the whole picture."
Mary Wells, from the public
relations staff at TMI, admitted that at
the time of the accident, officials there
were not aware of the value and
importance of communicating with the
public. The public relations staff
consisted of one person, Wells said, and
now has been increased to 20, who go to
schools, government meetings, and
organizations to explain how the reactor
works. In addition, a visitor center is
open to the public.
On the PSH campus, Aleksy said,
the radiation level is monitored every day
with a radiation sensitive device that
security personnel can wear while going
about their duties. The device is sent to
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three months, he said, and everything is
"A
-OK."
During the accident in 1979, Aleksy
said, security personnel remained on
campus taking readings with instruments
from the Office of Emergency
Management. They were never above
average, he said.
Wells said that many changes have
been made, and much money spent to
prevent such accidents. There is much
more management/employee interaction,
she said
According to a TMI information
packet, more than 900 employees are
now supporting the safe operation of
Unit One, up from about 320 employees
prior to the Unit Two accident. Control
room operators are on a six-shift rotating
work schedule which enables each crew
to participate in training one week out of
every six.
Students on campus now did not
express much concern about a similar
accident in the Unit One reactor,
although Andrea Abolins, a
Communications major, said that she
would be nervous if TMI is given
permission by the Nuclear Regulatory
Authority to begin the evaporation of an
estimated 2.3 million gallons of water
that was contaminated during the
accident.
Ann Senft, a junior majoring in
Secondary Education, expressed
confidence that the plant is being closely
watched. "I think it's checked more
closely than any other plant," Senft said.
TMl's dedication to at least some
types of information was evident when
Wells responded to a request for
information by sending a packet out
express mail. A call to the Federal
Express office revealed that the cost to
mail such a package was $23.
Dance Marathon
Benefits Arthrits
Foundation
by Victoria Cuscino
Dance, dance, dance--is the way
some participants spent twelve hours
March 18 at the dance marathon in the
CUB.
Although there was not a large
turnout for the, marathon, Hess said the
goal of the marathon was to raise money
for the charity, which the dancers did.
Later in the evening the marathon was
opened to the public.
The cheerleaders sponsored the
marathon and donated the proceeds to the
arthritis foundation. Deann Hess and
Erin Jablonski of the cheerleaders
organized the event and collected
approximately four hundred dollars.
WPSH provided the music and a
news team from Channel 21 covered the
event. All the dancers received free T
shirts and wore them when the news
team arrived to interview dancers and
film the marathon.
Local fast food and pizza restaurants
donated trays of pizza for the participants
to eat during lunch and dinner breaks,
and awarded free food coupons to the
dancers.
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Awards Convocation set
for April 23
By Lucille Corto-Palmer
The first Awards Convocation at
Penn State Harrisburg will be held on
Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m., said Dr.
Diana Dunn, Convocation Committee
chairperson.
About 30 awards normally given
during commencement exercises to
students, faculty and staff for outstanding
achievements will be presented by
sponsors, she said.
"University Park's convocation
inspired us to start one.
"Our commencement exercises were
lasting too long because the amount of
awards presented increased," Dunn said.
Provost Ruth Leventhal will speak
and Dick Ammon's Brass Quintet will
perform at the ceremony.
The convocation will be herd
outdoors in the Sculpture Garden,
weather permitting. Otherwise the
ceremonies will be held in the Olmsted
auditorium and the Gallery Lounge.
Child care
task force
probes need
By David A. Blymire
Child-care questionaires were mailed
to Penn State students recently to help a
university-wide task force measure the
need for child-care facilities.
The questionaires were sent to all
students, faculty and staff members over
age 25 at campuses across the state, said
Jo Ann Darrow, a representative of the
task force.
The questionaire will help determine
which campuses need child care facilities
and which don't, said Darrow.
The large cost of on-campus
facilities must be justified by student
need, Dan - ow said.
Timely return of the questionaires
will help speed up the process; she said.
To all Capital
Times Staff:
The next Capital Times
staff meeting will be held
Monday April 3, at 2:00
p.m.. Top of the agenda
for this meeting will be
electing a new editor in
chief for next year.
Think seriously about
your choice, and come
vote!