Tuesday. August 7, 1990 Eugene. Oregon Volume 92. Issue 15
Emerald
Briefly
INTKKNATK )\.\l,
(API The I'.N. Set uritv (foun
oil on Monday ordered .1 world
u i<11■ embargo on trade with Irmj
to punish the Arab oil and mil 1 -
tarv power lor ds invasion ot Ku
wait A defiant Iraqi leadership
vowed to resist the et onomii and
military pressure being mar
shahid by the t 'nited States
The Security (fount il vote.
l.'t-O. ( a me on a I ’ S sponsored
resolution and represented the
first such total trade and arms
boycott by the United Nations in
2 i years
It suet essltilly enfort ed. the
sanctions could c ripple the heav
ilv oil-dependent I rat ] i eeonomv
In Washington. President Hush
dei hired. "These sain lions will
he enfort ed w hate\ ei it
t.lkes.
Britain s visitinK Prime Mims
tci Margaret Tluiti hi'i sniil after
meeting with Uusli that the West
would have to consider n naval
him kade ol the Pei si.in ( mil it
the l X sum lions pnned inef
fective
In occupied ktiw ait. menu
while. Iraqi troops rounded up
some Americans Britons and
other foreigners Mnndax. but
the\ appeared to he in no danger.
Brit ish offic inis said
Pension remained high along
the Saudi Arabia Kuwait bordei
Saudi Arabian ton es were report
ed moving northward into areas
( lose l)v Iraqi units in Kuwait
I Jiplomats m the Persian ( lull
m reports otherw ise uni ontirmed
said 1 S rapid deplox ment
units had been dispati bed to the
Middle Past
In other developments:
• In jiddah. Saudi Arabia I 1 S
Defense Sec retarx 1 )u k t Iheuex
( onferred with Saudi leaders
about how to defend the oil king
dom against am attai k In Iraq
The White House said it was dis
cussing "militarx possibilities"
with (hill states to stop Iraqi ag
gression.
• The l PS aircraft ( arriers Inde
pendent e near the Persian ( hilt
and Pisenhower in the Mediterra
nean Sea moved w ithin range to
laulit h warplanes to the gull and
as far as Iraqi targets. Pentagon
sources said
• Major sto( k markets worldwide
plummeted again, worried that
an oil crisis < mild tom li off a re
cession Oil prices rose more
than 10 percent Moniiax Manx
motorists in the l hiited States
and elsew here were paying
sharply higher pm es for gaso
line.
Weather
Brief morning clouds today,
but otherwise sunny w ith highs
near til). (’.le<ir tonight, with lows
in the lower 5()s. Wednesday
mostly sunny. with highs around
till.
Master artist
Donald Morgan. an arl pre-major in Ron Craft's figure
draw ina class, examines his latest masterpiece while sit
ting b\ the art farm and i eratnii sAudio
I’lmto !>y Klisa l ie him.in
Boiler shutdown
will have to wait
By Alice Wheeler
t mn.ikl Editor
lln .him' ot ,i time c unsmiling bulling requirement
lor .1 11■ 11)|>i>r.ir\ boiler .mil only .i few months remain
before i old weather Inis, the I niversitv PIivsh al I’l.mt
will lie unable to shut down its steam heating and hot
wat e t system for overdue repairs and mam tenant e
I’he I’hvsii al Plant had tentatively si heduled to shut
down its steam and hot water systems during the first
two weeks of September The system installed in
lu-pi provides heal and hot water to most buildings
on ■ nrnpus
We i oiildii I stint down without a temporals boil
ei s.iui Ron \eet pipe and steamtittei tor the I’hvsi
i al Plant adding there were too many programs that
would need hot water during the shutdow n
Both the I on ut a m ( inn1 and B reive wav t ales would
need hot water during the shutdown tor dishes i hi
na handwashing and ii e ( ream si oops said Dennis
( an manager ot !• All I noil Ncrv ii es
[ here are .ilso two very large ( onlereni ( s si heduled
during the proposed shutdown period, and t arr said
he was i uni 'timed about restroom hygiene
The I’hvsii al Plant encountered problems when it
began scan lung tin a boiler to rent
Anything over $lr>,iiou has to go to publii hid
through the t.eneial Serve es office in Salem said
Dav e W oods I’hvsii al Plant purchasing manager Ihe
i osl ot renting a boiler during the repair period was
more than $-11.00(1 Woods said
\t this point it would take two and a half months
to gel the boiler hen We can ’I do a shut, iow n in ( )< to
tier so there will be a shutdown nest Veai . he said
1 he systems are al a point light now where mam
tenani e that's been deterred is beiommg iritii.nl.
Woods said I'here are some things vv e i an do with
out a total shutdown and those tilings will be done
We just didn't have enough time to rent a portable
boiler
Meet said it is hard to tell what will happen without
the repuiis
We will be taking a chance this winter." he said
"We will Ii v and get through it as best vv e tan and trv
tor the repairs nest summei
I'he system has not been stmt down tor ma)or main
tenani e suit e 1U7M Repairs iik hide leaking pipes and
valves that need to he replaced
University boosts recycling effort
Physical Plant conducting campus study
By Catherine Hawley
I'he l 'Diversity is beginning to take
ret vi ling seriously
Phvsit ill Plant is conducting a stuilv
to iletermine the late ol the campus re
i w ling program [ noil servii e programs
are taking measures to redtit e the
amount ol p.iper anti plastit they use
anti the administration is announcing
the formation of an ail hot recycling
committee
The program, founded a year ago l>v
Pearl Hut k ret yt ling, "works quite well
although it t.ould do better.” said |im
Mi liver. .1 business st bool graduate stu
dent hired this summer try the Physical
Plant to study options for t ampus re
( y i ling
The Physical Plant assumed responsi
bility for i ampus ret vc ling .it the begin
ning of tune after Pearl Hut k annoum etl
it could no longer afford to serve the
University While the Physical Plant
takes slot k of its options, it has hired
Jon Davis from Pearl thick ret yt ling In
maintain the program on .1 temporary
basis
McKver lias been talking with otliie
managers, housing and food service di
rectors on campus, as well as consulting
managers of other local ret.yt ling pro
grams and recycling companies His
goal is to provide the Pin sit at Plant and
the University administration v\ith an
overview of t >iinpus rei vi ling lh.il is
“reasonably grounded in Ini I In- said
“This is not .1 definitive study
So far. Mi Kver has found tli.it the
m.mi obstacle to .1 lost effective i ,1111
pus wide let vi ling program is the laid
tli.it low market prices tor used paper,
cardboard and other ret vclables mean
that the University won't have a lot ol
money to spend on educational cam
paigns or to hire workers to run the pro
gram
Without many hired workers, the ( ■ 111
versify must iidv on students and stall
to sort their own recvclahles and pei
haps even to take them to central a lot a
(ion m each building Hut the greatei
the effort required of individuals to
make the rei vt ling program run. the
lower the chances are that many will
partii 1 pate
People won’t go to great lengths to
recycle Mi I ver said
However a survey ol about 1 lino f.n
ulty members and graduate students in
dilated overxvhelming support for re
1 vi ling on campus and strong desire to
expand the program, said haryn hap
Ian. recycling coordinator for the Sur
vivai (ienter
People are adamant about rei yi I
ing she said ' They yy.mt more
I he survey , yvhich y\as sent to 1 atitl
people on 1 ainpus during spring term ti
nals yveek. asked respondents about
their awareness of the paper recycling
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Photo b\ Martin llnrl
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< Irs in Ihr hMl . part nl the I niirrsi
ti s t‘\puiuli‘(i rtu w lint; rffurt.
program on < nmpus. about at t ess to rr
oyi ling bins .mti also asked for sugges
lions to improve the program
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