"The Last Dragon" will emerge in slightly new guise this fall, sporting minor dialogue and
costume alterations.
Acid rain decreasing on Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Acid rain seems
to be on the decrease in Western
Washington, but vigilance is need
ed to keep it that way, University
of Washington researchers
reported Wedneday.
Acid rain — formed when
pollutants mix with precipitation
in the atmosphere — may already
have had some impact, resear
chers theorized.
But overall, “it's good news "
said Alan Waggoner, an associate
professor in the University of
Washington Department of Civil
Engineering. He and Richard Vong
wrote the study, sponsored by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Ernesta Barnes, EPA regional ad
ministrator in Seattle, said at a
news conference that no change
in EPA policy is foreseen to con
trol existing acid rain levels. But
she said the situation will be
closely monitored.
In particular, she said, certain
lakes in the high Cascade moun
tains will be studied. The UW
study said data indicate* "there
r
may now be damage to fish
resources in Cascade lakes”
though Waggoner said resear
chers monitored rainfall, not en
vironmental damage.
The study concluded, "Acid
concentration and deposition in
Western Washington is generally
less than that found in areas
where environmental damage has
been observed, but above the
level where researchers have sug
gested could cause some en
vironmental impact."
Researchers monitored the acid
content of rain in four areas — two
in Seattle, one 31 miles east of
Seattle at the Tolt Reservoir and
one near the Canadian border one
mile north of Bellingham. Samples
were taken from )an. 25, 1982 to
Feb. 15, 1983.
Acid in the rain was found to be
65 percent sulfuric and about 35
percent nitric, Waggoner said.
The tests sugggested the major
source of sulfuric acid in rain at
the three sites in and east of Seat
tle was the Asarco smelter in
Tacoma.
Another source apparently was
the Centralia coal-fired power
plant, Waggoner said. Cars and
trucks, he said, are the probable
source of nitric acid in the rain.
But he said that because of air
quality regulations now in effect,
the emissions have decreased
from those sites and will decrease
further in the future.
Barnes called acid rain in
Western Washington "a potential
problem that deserves study but
does not require" changes in
emission standards for sulfur
dioxide, which forms sulfuric acid
when combined with water.
Bellingham showed even less
evidence of acid rain, probably
because of its distance from the
industrialized Seattle-Tacoma
area, Waggoner said.
Waggoner said the level of acid
in the rain at the four sites was
"very similar" so "probably it
would be about the same in other
areas such as Hoquiam and
Aberdeen."
THE
Emerald
Invites
You
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(Yes
YOU)
To its Staff Meeting on Sunday
Oct.2 at 2:30 in the EMU Forum Room.
Be There Or Be A Beaver!
'The Last Dragon' returns
for encore performance
The University Theatre is bring
ing back "The Last Dragon," the
rock music fantasy which dazzled
local audiences last winter.
An original work by members of
the University's theater depart
ment, "The Last Dragon" is
entered in the American College
Theatre Festival and could be
selected to be performed in a na
tional festival this coming spring
at the )ohn F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in
Washington, D.C.
Directed by theater professor
Grant McKernie, the story is about
a boy named Adam (Robert Hicks)
who enters the magic and
mysterious realm of the Sorceress
Modryth (Mollie Rennie), an evil
queen whose lust for power is un
matched by any creature.
Modryth has long held prisoner
the last dodo, centaur, griffin and
unicorn in existence. She wants
the last dragon added to her
collection.
Modryth forces Adam to find
the last dragon on earth (Brian
Marchington). The ensuing adven
ture leads to a climactic encounter
between the forces of good and
evil.
The set and costumes are
designed by lerry Williams,
choreography is by Melanie
Leslie, technical direction is by
jerry Reinhardt, and additional
music is provided by Jonathan
Mansfield.
Shelby Fergusen of the Universi
ty theatre says that the entire cast
is returning. In an attempt to im
prove the production however,
there have been minor costume
changes and changes in the
dialogue as well, she says.
"The Last Dragon" will run Sept.
29 and 30, and Oct. 1 in the Robin
son Theatre. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
for all shows.
Reserved seat tickets are $5 for
the general public, $4 for senior
citizens, and $3.25 for University
students.
ASUO Constitution Court
sets OSPIRG hearing
ASUO's Constitution Court con
sidered two proposed changes in
its own rules Wednesday and
scheduled the hearing for the
OSPIRG case initiated by Universi
ty student Richard Burr. Burr
questioned OSPIRG's funding
process at its first meeting of the
term Wednesday.
That case will be heard Wednes
day, Oct. 5 at 2:30. The location
has not been announced yet.
The only vote taken by the
Court, which contained four of its
five members, resulted in the ad
dition to its rules of rule 1.7, which
states “the court may take
necessary action to insure the
orderly conduct of its processes.
Such action may include, but is
not limited to, sanctions against
any person or group over which
the Court has jurisdiction and/or
action under the Student Conduct
Code."
Rule 1.7 passed 4-0.
A proposal to keep decisions of
the Court in closed meetings, with
the exception of representatives
of the media, was tabled until all
five members of the court could
be present.
Also, the Court addressed two
issues it anticipates it may be ask
ed to rule on.
One issue involved the Credit
Committee — comprised of a
representative each from the In
cidental Fee
Nicaragua
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barrios. The pressure to join and
support the CDS is enormous, she
says.
Other barrio residents say they
feel the CDS to be effective in
policing their homes. They say
that without the CDS the streets
would not be as safe. And the
streets of Managua seem as safe
as the streets of Eugene. None of
the women from Oregon felt com
pelled to avoid the streets at night,
and many traveled alone many
times.
A GROWING SANDINISTA
MILITARY
Part of the idea behind the CDS
groups is to avoid a large, less
representative, military force. But
that ideal is weakening. Two
weeks ago, at the official
Nicaraguan independence day
celebration 20,000 Nicaraguan
men were drafted into official
military service.
According to EPS Sub
Commandante Rafael Solis,
military conscription is a "part of
the process of military forma
tion." The draft was not opposed
by Nicaraguans, Solis says,
because the people believe in the
government.
The draft is the first in the four
year history of the Sandinista
government. At least 200,000 men
between the ages of 18 and 25 will
be required to register. Only
10,000 will actually be called up,
Solis says.
The first draftees will be
volunteers from the CDS groups.
Part of the reason for "drafting"
these volunteers is that the men
are already trained for combat.
CDS groups are sent to the
borders, as well as other areas ot
fighting, for up to six months at a
stretch, Solis says.
According to Solis, anyone op
posed "to the government and
the draft" has the option of leav
ing the country. However, Solis
says the only opposition has come
from "plastic kids," mostly from
the richest families. There is also
an alternative to combat for
draftees. Those opposed to war
for religious reasons will be allow
ed to serve in non-combat and
public service capacities.
"Nicaragua is a country at war
and everyday we bury young peo
ple — therefore the youth unders
tand the need for defense," says
Reinaldo Payan, the Sandinista
Youth representative in the
Nicaraguan Council of State.
The reason the Sandinistas have
opted for a draft, rather than an all
volunteer army, is to prevent the
interruption of patriotic young
people's "education and other op
portunities," Solis says.
But journalists in Central
America, and some Nicaraguan
citizens, have speculated privately
that the implementation of the
draft is an indication of a military
build-up in response to stepped
up U.S. support of anti-Sandinista
forces, and the stationing of U.S.
naval ships off both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts.
"Sandinista popularity could
have prevented international con
flict," Solis says, "but it gave a
chance for all voices to be heard.
If we had the level of arms these
people (contras) have, the
somacistos wouldn't even last a
year."