Students ally against nuclear future
Register as campus organization
By CATHERINE SIEGNER
Of the Emerald
A student group dedicated to
educating the University commun
ity on nuclear power and nuclear
weapons has registered as a
campus organization.
“Students for a Non-nuclear
Future (SNNuF) is not a direct ac
tion group,' says Brad Scott, one
of the group's founders. "We are
just for educational purposes.”
One of SNNuF’s major goals is
to clarify the connections that exist
between nuclear power, nuclear
weapons, economics and political
structures. Short-term projects in
clude scheduling speakers and
films, developing a resource li
brary and fostering debate on nu
clear issues within the University
community.
Chile
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help fund the Chilean solidarity
movement. The items come from
the Catholic churches inside
Chile, where political prisoners
have fashioned intricate neck
laces from soup bones that re
semble ivory.
Before the concert Mario Caval
lari commented on the current
Chilean political situation. The first
concert since the military junta
came to power was held recently
at the Caupolican, the Chilean
equivalent of the Hollywood Bowl.
But, he added, the music was
censored before the concert.
Immediately after the military
government assumed power, de
crees forbidding the use of tradi
tional Latin American instruments
were issued. Its effect, according
to the Cavallaris, has been to
create interest in performing tradi
tional music in spite of the junta.
"There's never been a greater
consensus for a full restoration of
democracy in Chili than now,"
Kemy Cavallari says. "For us,
democracy and socialism are two
terms for the same process- you
- can't have one without the other."
The terms are not contradictory,
Mario Cavallari explains, because
the small Latin American coun
tries must take a role in their
economic planning and have con
trol of investments.
"The struggle for democracy
becomes that much broader be
cause of the Fascist government.
It crushes both democracy and
socialism.”
Salvadore Allende's Popular
Unity government would have put
Chile on a "peaceful road” to
socialism, Mario Cavallari says.
“Chile is a dramatic example of
that incredible and growing dis
crepancy between the interests
of the multi-national and those of
the community-at-large.”'
“Chile's economy depends
largely on copper and other raw
materials. Whoever controls
these materials controls Chile.”
“As we approach the fifth year
since the coup, 85 percent of the
people inside Chile are opposed
to the junta,” Kemy Cavallari says,
drawing her estimate from
Chilean Catholic church reports.
Me,
take another exam?
Are you crazy?!?
Q. The Navy Officer Qualification Test
(NOQT) is a piece of cake, right?
A. Not necessarily.
If you’re majoring in engineering or another technical
area, we would expect you to do better on the test than
an Inner Mongolian Cultural Arts major, but you won’t
hear us telling anyone that the test is easy. The NOQT
is an aptitude exam dealing with number and letter
comparision, instrument interpretation, word analogy,
practical judgement, mathematical reasoning, and
mechanical comprehension involving gears, levers, pul
leys, fluids, etc. For those interested in an aviation
program, there is an extra section dealing with aircraft
orientation.
The Navy Officer Information Team will be administer
ing the exam in the Erb Memorial Union on Tuesday
October 10 at one o’clock pm, and Wednesday October
11 at 9 o’clock am and one o’clock pm. See bulletin board
in lobby for room number.
Tests will be scored immediately and an Officer will be
available to discuss you results and the various prog
rams you may want to consider. Taking the exam in no
way obligates you to the Navy, but it just might tell you
something about yourself. Come in and give it a
shot—you might even pass!
October 10-13
ERB Memorial Union
or the Placement Office
(by appointment)
“The meeting is to focus energy
and get acquainted with the
group," Scott explains. “We have
identified two projects people
might want to address: Ballot
Measure 9 and the Trident nuclear
submarine issue."
Ballot Measure 9 is a statewide
initiative which would prohibit pri
vate, investor-owned electric
utilities from charging customers
in the rate base for the cost of new
construction.
Supporters of the measure say
the so-called "Construction Work
in Progress" charges are unfair
because ratepayers may never
benefit from electricity generated
from the projects. (A similar
measure passed in Missouri in
1976.)
Another major concern is that
often the projects paid for in this
manner are nuclear facilities.
The Trident submarine base at
Bangor, Wash., has been the
focus of several demonstrations.
The base, scheduled for comple
tion in the early 1980's, will be
home for the Trident nuclear
powered submarines built at Gro
ton, Conn.
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Cultural Forum
EMU Ciltml Foni ProiMly
An Evening With
TOM WAITS
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Sunday October 8
EMU Ballroom
Two shows:
7:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
DO Students $4.75
General Public $6.00
Tickets oo sale at EMI Main Desk.
110 Bookstore, Everybody’s Records
& Corvallis), Odyssey Records
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A demonstration last May
brought more than 5,000 people
out to protest the facility, and 286
were arrested for trespassing.
Those arrested have not yet been
tried.
Future educational projects will
be subject to group consensus
within small (five to 10 members)
Emerald graphic
affinity groups, which will meet
regularly. Task forces will also be
organized to deal with specific is
sues and projects.
Interested students should visit
SNNuF in Suite 1 of the EMU.
Scott or Paul Howard can be
reached for further information at
686-4340 or 686-4356.