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IACUC motion passed By Dan Eisler EnwraM Contributor The University Senate unanimously ap proved a motion to create a permanent voting student position on the Institutional Animal Caro and Use Committee Wednesday. The motion. Introduced by the Student Senate, calls for the University president toap f TMtUAanit#ui iros ■■■■■■—■VPiYCiTHIly JWMWr ,ii \ point a student to the new poettion every yeer. Cunently, University sbtdent Coeti Siftl serves as e foil voting member on the commit tee. Aocordtiin to Brinetts Lndi, coordinator of Students for the Ethical 'Treatment of Ani mals. the issue is one of “student empower ment." The IACUC committee has been "one are na where the student votes has not been heard." Leach said. Students traditionally have not been ap pointed to this committee, she said. "We now need someone on (the committee) with e vote." The original mutton wss amended to sup port the establishment of s voting rather then a non-voting position. Senate member voted to delete a para graph stating that the IACUC 'would serve as • useful forum for the exchange of ideas re garding the use of animals in research and the exploration and implementation of alterna tives." Olum fully supported the motion. "I've expressed the belief it's desirable to appoint students to the committee." Olum said. However. Olum said he could not guaran tee that the recommendation would be accept ed by his successor. He also said that any ap pointments to the committee "must accept the charge that the University conducts animal re in other buaineas. a proposed by-laws amend merit to re-enact the charter for the Council lor Minority Education was postponed until the next University Senate meeting on April 12. It was postponed at the request of sponsor Dennis Hyitft. e CME faculty member. The postponement followed informal discussions between CME Chairman Jim l.ong and mem bers of several ethnic student unions, who charged that the proposal violated proper council procedures According to the Dec. S CME minutes, student representatives of color, who make up one fourth of the council, obfected In some of the proposed amendments "proposed and sup ported by faculty and aaaumably passed by “consensus" a process that is not provided for In current CME by-laws." Scientist to speak on arms policy The first westerner invited to address the Supreme Soviet, the principal legislative body of the Soviet Union, will speak on the government’s nuclear weapons policy this Friday. Frank von Hippel. a Prince ton University professor and physicist, will speak on "Rush ing in Where Governments Fear to Tread” at :30 p in. in Room 123 Science 1. His talk, co sponsored by Sigma Xi, a na tional research honor society, and the University Arms Con trol Forum, is free and open to the public. Von Hippel is a professor of public and international affairs and co-principal investigator in Princeton's research program on nuclear policy alternatives. His current research interests lie in the areas of nuclear weap ons and energy policy, and he chairs the U.S. editorial board of the new international jour nal, Science and Global Set uri ty. He also has published publi cations that focus on the conse quences of ‘'limited" nuclear war, the verifiability of a U S Soviet agreement to halt the production of material for nu clear weapons, and the feasibil ity of a 10-fold reduction in the superpower nuclear arsenals In the area of energy policy, von llippel has published anal yses of nuclear reactor safety, alternatives to the plutonium breeder reactor and the possi bility for major improvements in automotive fuel economy He also has written about the roles that technical experts play in the political process of poli cy making for technology In 1977. the American Physi cal Society awarded von llippel and Joel I’rimack its Forum Award for Promoting the Un derstanding of Physics and So ★ INSTANT EURAIL PASSES ★ INSTANT EURAIL YOUTHPASSES ★ INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE IDENTITY CARD ($10.00) BLOCKED AIR-SPACE ON HAWAIIAN AIRLINES!! 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