Survival Center announces anti-nuclear plant stance
The ASUO Survival Center had
adopted a position statement
calling upon Oregon citizens to
act to stop the construction and
operation of nuclear power plants
in Oregon.
Arthur Rosenholm, co-author of
the statement and a former
college philosophy professor,
presented the statement at a
Monday morning news con
ference. The other co-author is
Jerry Schave, a University
student.
The statement urges the people
of Oregon to halt further building
of nuclear plants by "informing
your state legislators that you
support the 1974 Democratic
party platform plank calling for a
state ban" on such construction
and by "signing an initiative
petition to put a moratorium on
the November ballot."
At present, the Trojan nuclear
power plant is under construction
38 miles northwest of Portland
along the Columbia River. Other
nuclear sites have been proposed
near Roseburg, Leganon, Cape
Kiwanda on the coast and at
Boardman in Eastern Oregon.
The statement lists four reasons
why the Survival Center is op
posed to nuclear power: First, the
low-level radiatton emitted by
nuclear generation plants is
dangerous to all forms of life.
Second, there is a possibility of a
major catastrophe through either
accident or sabotage at a reactor
facility or while transporting
nuclear wastes.
Third, the statement charges
that nuclear power plants present
"a virtually uninsurable risk of
catastrophe. Personal insurance
policies exclude nuclear ac
cidents. By federal law, the
owners of such plants will have to
pay only about one-fourteenth of
the possible property damage.
Most of that will be paid by the
government, i.e., the taxpayer.”
The last reason given is that
nuclear plants are too costly and
that uranium is in far shorter
supply than coal.
Tim Shelley of Vida also spoke at
the news conference. Shelley,
along with his brother Matt, co
authored the petition that is
currently circulating statewide
which calls for a six-year
moratorium on the building of
additional nuclear plants after
Trojan is completed. He said
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Moths to be sprayed
In a last-ditch effort td save some 400,000 acres of forestlands
in Northeastern Oregon from destruction by tussock moth in
festation, the Forest Service and the United State Department of
Agriculture have cleared the way for the spraying of DDT on
specific areas in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The estimated date that spraying will begin is June 10.
negional Forester Theodore Schlapfer said the required review
period on the final Environmental Impact Statement for this
program ended May 13.
about 1,250 persons have already
signed the petition and that the
signatures of 40,000 registered
voters are needed to place the
issue on the November ballot. He
urged those who would like to
sign or circulate the petition to
come to the Survival Center in the
EMU.
Shelley also accused the state’s
Nuclear and Thermal Energy
Council (N-TEC) of ignoring basic
issues. Before addressing the
issue of whether to permit nuclear
power plants in Oregon, N-TEC
has held public hearings
throughout the state on a N-TEC
study concerning suitable sites for
all types of power plants. The N
TEC study concludes that most of
the Willamette Valley is suitable
for nuclear plants, except for the
areas immediately surrounding
major valley cities.
“There is a more fundamental
issue at hand here and that is: do
we want nuclear power plants in
Oregon at all? I think we should
address this question before we
get to the point where we are
trying to decide where we want
these plants," Shelley said.
N-TEC will hold public hearings
on its study in Eugene at 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. today in the City
Council chambers.
The Survival Center is spon
soring a workshop for anyone
interested in learning more about
the nuclear power issue at 7:30
p.m. Friday in the Eugene City
Council chambers.
Symposium to explore
how humans see humans
"An attempt to come to terms with how people
perceive the human being, how individuals can differ
ip their perceptions and what these people may have
in common," is how Edward Diller, director of the
Honors College, describes today's event entitled "A
University Symposium on the Human Image."
The symposium will bring together five noted
professors from the fields of English, biology,
psychology and dance for a day of individual talks,
culminating in a 3 p.m. panel discussion in the EMU
ballroom.
The day's events will be highlighted by the ap
pearances of internationally-known author and
professor, Maurice Friedman.
Friedman will moderate the afternoon panel
discussion and also be present at a reception and
informal discussion at the Koinonia Center at 8:30
tonight. Friday at 10:30 a.m., he will lead an informal
discussion in the Honors College lounge.
Friedman is currently professor of religious
studies, philosophy, and comparative literature at
California State University, San Diego, and serves on
the core faculty of the California School of
Professional Psychology. He is the author or trans
lator of more than a dozen books, including The
Worlds of Existentialism and Touchstones of Reality:
Existential Trust and the Community of Peace.
Other persons will be presenting individual
speeches during the morning and afternoon today.
The presentations will take place in the Gerlinger
lounge starting at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately
an hour.
In order of appearance, the speakers will be:
Edward Rose, professor of English, University of
Alberta; Gunther Stent, biologist from the
University of California at Berkeley; David Galin,
M.D., research psychologist at the Langley Porter
Neuropsychiatric Institute, San Francisco and
Joanna Harris, dance specialist from Oakland,
California. All events at the symposium are free.
Diller said the purpose of the symposium is to
"establish a dialogue between people who have
spent their lives asking the big questions about ‘what
is man?' " He continually emphasized that the
program will be "trying to find a common ground of
thought."
Two years ago, the Honors College was in danger
of being cut from the University. A symposium
similar to the one this week was instituted at that
time. Both Diller and Larry Owens, a visiting
professor at the Honors College, attributed part of
the reason for the continued existence of the College
to the success of the first symposium.
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AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
PRESENTS
AFRICA DAY — MAY 25, 1974
Events Will Include:
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May 24:
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exhibition from African countries.
(III Soccer*African students XI Vs Chinese students XI
(IIII Movies of African Liberation Movement 7:00 p.m.
May 25:
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African dinner in EMU Ballroom (tickets S2.50 per person) - obtainable at
EMU Main Desk and at the door). The dinner will be exclusively witp recipes
from Ethiopia, Egypt, Ifyenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone etc.
4:00 p.m. /
Commemoration speeches will feature African students from ^itinford <$ Utah
5:00 p.m. \
Cultural show, e.g. ‘OYTDNG’ and ‘OWAMBE’ dance fronVy Nigeria.
5:30 p.m. \
Oyoyo group from Portlands specialists in African drums, patisic & symbols,
will present its latest in traditional show.
6:00 p.m.
Social dance in the night - to^round off the occasion.
10:00 p.m.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED