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Department ‘de-cons’ campus Main Desk EMU Check Cashing Information I'hc Krb Memorial Union Main Desk Store cashes checks as a service for students, faculty and staff of the University of Oregon. Students must present a current certificate of registration and a plastic identification card with picture; facultv/staff must present their plastic identification card with picture and current validation sticker. There is a 15 cent service charge per check. Make checks payable to the Erb Memorial Union and include Eugene address and phone number (or department and extension for facultv/staff) on the check. The limit on checks is S 10.00 unless otherwise posted. When writing checks, double-check vour bank balance. Make sure what you think will be a “good check” doesn’t turn out to be a “bad check." If vour check is returned, there is a service charge of $7.50. This is in addition to anv service charge charged by your hank. You will also lose the privilege of cashing checks at the Erb Memorial Union for the remainder of the year (July 1, 1982—June30, 1983). To abide by policies set forth by the banks: 1) We cannot accept counter checks, 2) There can be no alterations or changes made on checks, 3) We cannot accept personal second party checks and 4) If you do not have personalized checks additional I.D. must be presented. I D. FOR CASHING CHECKS PRIOR TO EAST DAY TO PAY FEES WITHOUT PENALTY. New Students 1. U. of O. statement of admission with student l.D. number. 2. Valid l.D. with signature and description. Returning Students 1. Previous term's certificate of registration. 2. U. of O. Plastic l.D. card with picture. NORTH RESTAURANT BANK *L0UNGE -• BEEF BROCHETTE DINNERS Only $ 1 2.50 with coupon Includes: Soup. Salad Bar. Broad. ■ Fresh Vegetable and Rico Pilaf | (Salad Hai exclusion Expires j| Price Not Availal>lu| 10/9/82 | RIVERVIEW DINING & COCKTAILS DAILY HAPPY HOUR OUTDOOR DECK (GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE) —22 CLUB ROAD — (On tho Bike Palh overlooking the rivur) RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED 343-5B22 Radiation only a small hazard By Doug Levy Ol the Emerald Put Ed Bailey at the head of the group of people who hate to hear about radiation leaks Bailey is the head of the Department of Environmental Safety, which is responsible to clean up such leaks While the department’s major chore is to preserve the environmental quality of the University campus, it also dis poses radioactive material and in the rare instances when they occur, cleans up radioactive spills Bailey cringes when he’s asked about those instances "Spills are made out to be far more than what they are We had one a couple of months after I got here and the newspapers blew it out of Emerald Photo This clanger sign is one of the few visible clues to the existence of the Department of Environmental Safety _r Cr>olifo Dailatt roali70C the fiitilitw rtf the fJIU}JU! null, no l Cl l ao a Iicami nataiu, Kivy ■ ^ minimal," Bailey says "We've had a couple of spills since then, and I think we've made progress in that people have reported them Before, people used to try to clean them up without reporting them, and we'd find out about the spill and discover it wasn't cleaned up properly Aside from radiation spills and waste dis posal, the department has other purposes. For that reason the name was changed in 1980 from the Department of Radiation Safety to its present name Bailey, a radiation physicist, acts as the health physicist and manager of the department. Bailey and his small staff check for air conta minants that threaten worker safety (including wood, lead, asbestos and carbon monoxide), take samples of possible contaminants, dispose of radioactive waste and train staff members to handle contaminants But unless you spend a lot of time in the science buildings, you probably haven't heard of the department or of Bailey "It's amazing how very few people know we exist," Bailey says. "People just don't think about these things." Like most of the other departments at the University, the department is limited to keeping the University contamination-free on a minimal budget, about $10,000 a year, according to Bailey "We re a group that wants to identify environmental concerns, but has to rely on supervisors to tell us the problems " It's ridiculous to think that administrators who don't have all the knowledge of envir onmental problems can identify all these problems,” Bailey says Yet, with a limited budget, and assisted only by chemist Clay Carey (who will soon resign) and part-time management assistant -- department surveying every environmental hazard on its own “It’s impossible for a IV2 to 2 man office to survey all these things," he admits. Another thing eating at the budget is that the department takes care of waste disposal and provides geiger instruments, radiation detecting instruments and calibration instruments for no charge "It's unrealistic," Bailey says Bailey's office is full of gadgets to detect environmental hazards, including a mercury vapor sniffer, an atmospheric explosives detec tor, a gas flow proportional counter and a floor monitor that looks like an electronic vacuum cleaner All the instruments are used to discover contaminants “Once we've discovered conta mination, we want to see if it is removable," Bailey says Downstairs, barrels of radioactive waste and isotopes abound Some of the wastes are sent to a waste site in Washington and some are simply incinerated A new building being constructed will have additional office space for the department, as well as a waste packing area, a chemical waste room, compactors, fume hoods and a decontamination shower for the people who discovered conta minants Other problems Bailey must cope with are the lack of awareness of chemicals on campus and the inability of the department to test for all environmental hazards due to a lack of money But the philosophy of the department remains the same Carey enters the office and says, "Worker safety and student safety are what we strive for If someone has a problem, they should come to us — that s why we re here ” sm ie Eras** msmmm vsiilsssfs ^w**4in*to !TUUnn4»».*4'
