20—The Daily Collegian Thursday, April 16, 1981
O'Neill: man to live in space
By LAURIE PENCO
Daily Cnllegian Staff Writer
Man will be working and living in
space in the decades to come, a
Princeton physics professor said last
night.
Whole societies will be living in
specifically designed ships which will
control climate, seasons and the
length of days, Gerard K. O'Neill
said.
O'Neill, president of the Space
Studies Institute, also said space has
extensive possibilities in the use of
solar energy, oxgen and minerals.
Solar satellites beaming energy
down to the earth, can produce en
ergy output equal to 10 large nuclear
power plants. Those satellites would
cost about one billion dollars. The
satellites can be built efficiently in
space with the aid of space shuttles,
O'Neill said.
Welfare rolls may diminish
By JUSTIN CATANOSO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Though Gov. Dick Thornburgh's welfare reform legis
lation is stalled in the House of Representatives, the local
board of assistance estimated more than half its general
assistance recipients would be eliminated if the bill passes in
its original form.
Wasko Polek, director of the Centre County Board of
Assistance, said according to statistics compiled April 1, 350
of the county's 627 general assistance recipients including
41 University students are employable by state standards
and potentially ineligible for further cash grants.
Statewide, Thornburgh's plan intends to trim 68,000 em
ployable recipients between the ages of 18 and 45 off the
welfare rolls within a 2-year span. . .
"I think it's a good bill," Polek said, "but I'm questioning
the timing of it as far as the present state of the economy is
Minerals and oxgen can be ob
tained from the lunar surface more
efficiently by a launching system
which O'Neill said he helped to devel
op.
In a speech sponsored by Colloquy,
O'Neill said within 50 years a fleet of
500 shuttles could transport from
earth to space 200 million people a
year.
The cost of such an endeavor would
be no greater than the cost of the 400
million flights from here to London in
a 747, he said.
O'Neill said he hoped that space
colonization would be a peaceful ex
pansion and would reduce the conflict
of today's countries over territory in
space. Space territory is not owned
and it is cheaper to expand than to
fight over territory, he said.
Although the possibility of living in
space seems unrealistic and improb-
concerned."
There are three county industrial strikes in progress
United Mine Workers, Cerro Metals and Champion Auto
Parts and Polek said the competition for the few jobs
available is rough.
"As long as the state can assure the people it is eliminating
(from welfare) some type of job training or job pla6ement,
then the bill should be beneficial," he said.
According to the legislation, 75 percent of the money saved
through the gradual phasing-off of employables would be used
to increase aid to those deemed unemployable or truly needy.
General assistance recipients now receive $172 each month.
The rest of the savings would go to:
• Tax credits to employers who hire former recipients.
• Expansion of the Pennsylvania Employables Program
to aid job placement.
• Job training programs.
Gerard K. O'Neill
able it is going to become reality
because of overpopulation, ecology
and poverty, O'Neill said.
There are five to 10 other countries
developing space shuttle programs
similar to the United States.
"Everyone thought it was an enor
mous feat when Charles Lindbergh
crossed the Atlantic."
Santana heeds guru's warning
By ELLYN HARLEY
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The musical group Santana, scheduled
to play at Rec Hall on Sunday, May 10 as
part of the Horizons spring festival has
canceled its concert, University Concert
Committee Chairwoman Bonnie Nixon
said yesterday.
Nixon said the group canceled becasue
Carlos Santana'a guru advised him to
call off the last four concerts he was
sheduled to perform.
"He has a guru and his guru advised
him 'I don't think it's a good idea for you
to play the concert,' " Nixon said. "He
listens to everything his guru tells him.
"I'm really disapointed becuase the
concert would have fit in with Horizons
so well," she said. "I'm going to write a
letter to Santana. I know writing a letter
is not going to help the situation, but I
want him to know that I don't have very
much respect for his decision."
Nixon said she found out about the
cancellation yesterday at 5 p.m. and that
it is probably too late to replace the
concert with another event.
In other business, the Earth Ball "Ma
tilida," owned by the Free University,
has been found, Recreation Committee
chairman Scott Wolford said. He said he
found the Earth Ball in a Rec Hall closet.
Ball, Fry elected to South Halls posts,
By IRIS NAAR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Dean Ball (6th-mining engineering) and Lori Fry (Bth
biology) last night were elected president and vice'president
respectively of the South Halls Residence Association.
The candidates, who ran unopposed, received 268 and 292
votes respectively, said Craig Ball, this year's SHRA presi
dent and the new president's brother. As a write-in candidate,
Mark Greenfield received 14 votes for the presidential posi
tion and 11 votes for the vice presidential position, Ball said.
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uled include a perfomance by the wom
ens' gymnastics team Saturday, May 9,
on the HUB lawn and performances by
Orchesis and Contemporary Dance Co- ,
mapany at the HUB Ballroom.
Laura Stearn, chairwoman of the Art
committee said she encourages artists to
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