UNIVERSITY Chernobyl accident re-examined By Carrie Dennett £rrtcxaici Asso-ciatrt E Chernobyl nuclear art ident When the projec t is complet ed it will provide a computer simulation that shows the na ture. location and extent ot ra diation contamination as it con tinues to move through the landscape* and biological sys tems, including the looci and waiter supply The study is headed b\ I'm versitv professors John Bald win. an expert m environmen tal planning, managemcmt and education, and David Hulse. an expert on geographic informa tion systems, and bv Moscovx State professor Dmitri Kavtarad/c, an expert on urban ecology This demonstrates how ideas are horn at the University of Oregon and are put to use in an mternational milieu " l 'tie versitv I'resident Mvles Brand said A Russian research team vs ill travel to the University in Mart h Uir ntmputer training In fun*-, ('nlvffsilv reseats hors ... situ h Bryansk region ot southwestern Kussia to finlsi-sitih data i ht■ ni'cd !<> pri nit- .1(1 u - rate informatism S. < tti/ens about health risks is si) virr.it th.lt the Russian gov i ri\:i!'nt allowing .vnevs to prove usiy unavailable maps ot arisis af fected bs (herniihs t. BalsJwin 1 vs Yago.) ui !!|f(l Mm is tor of thr Soviet Slate ( Oils m ittee on I’ublu !.-h u i at n >n Yftgodin approached Baldwin and Midst- ahemt developing a study ot radiation lia/atits while tiiev wore in Russia on .ill ext hangs- program Hll 1st' sail! t hat near IV six years after the a< Cliierit I tie lull human and e< silogn al etf. i ts are still unknown l ire targe! study area tosers approximate!) I! tit) square miles in the Bryansk region, en compassing the ( ominunities of Novosvhrov and 7.11 n k a As Brand looking for short term’ solution to cuts By Came Dennett ■ "edict As , ,iti; i I ’ ' l imcrsiU President Myles Brand said he dues not want the University to take more "vertical cuts" of programs and servn es il Measure r> requires further budget c uts Instead, brand told the Uni versitv Senate Wednesday al ternuon that he wants to find a wav to sustain ourselves over the short term without taking the permanent program cuts that the University was man dated to take iast year Brand said Oregon t.ov Bar bara Roberts Is expec ted to come out with a tax restructur ing proposal next week Her proposal will he sent to the stale Legislature in a spec ial session and will llkels he sent to a public vote . :.. s w i t r ( uuiu i t j 1111 hi uir ly lime Brand said, ill .1 time hen University students .ire in transition He said the l ni■ versiu will inlnrm students on how to avoid losing their ablll tv to vote ii (lies are (hanging resident es in June If the public approves .i lav restructuring plan, the Univer sity mav he spared further cuts. Brand said, hut if a new tax plan fails, the Stale Board of Higher Education might order another tuition surcharge for the 19A3-95 biennium Brand said he will wait lie fore forming a contingency plan, because to form a plan at this point would he counterpro ductive In other business, the Senate passed .1 resolution on Depart ment of Defense polic v and a motion regarding dead week activities The resolution, sponsored by Student Senator Brian Hoop, said. “The University Senate strongly condemns discrimina tion against guys and lesbians and recommends and requests President George Bush to sign an Executive Order to immedi ‘How long are we going to continue to allow the military to disallow a segment of the population from joining?' Brian Hoop, a'\ dtelv rescind Department of Do I)iri'i livi' 11,IJ 11 whie h . V ' s! ..,11 t'.IV dlld hi So \ L, .11 people ‘r. .:3i till! I' S Armed Fort vs H. a long are we going id continue) to allow th** military Id disallow a segment of tht! population from joining'" Hoop said Hoop said he wanted the mo lion, whu h passed J r> 1 -1 to be brought up before Brand and AMO President Jennifer Bills travel to Washington. DC, to address Congress about the dis i nminutor\ policy However, Brand said lie was not i urnpletelv in support of the resolution, as universities should not be instruments of six ml change "A university is a special kind of institution that should not be taking a pro-active stance in favor of c erlain politi cal views." he said At the February meeting, the Senate will discuss two mo tions brought by Hoop one to remove the Reserved Officer Training Corps from campus, and one to prohibit military re i ruiting on campus The Senate passed a motion by Sen Barry Siegal that any University-sponsored event or activity that requires a spei nil contract or agreement and re quires student participation must be first cleared through the provost funding fur Idler phases be ( (Illtes .IV.Itl.lble, fmijet 1 leaders hope in expand their efiorts to the si.di's most dire, ilv affected by the Chernnbs i disaster i kr.iino, Russia and llelarus Hiilse said the ( anputer pm gram will he able to pinpoint areas where sensitive popula turns i otmade with high levels ol radiation Sensitive popula tains int bade t hlltiren and pregnant women These groups are s.: sensi tise, Itulse said heeanse thlb (Iren and letwsrs tiav. r ipidis growing i e ;! s . and radiation may mutate that celt growth i In props t w . enable t Hi /ens and de< ismn-makefs m the diet ted repilblu s to tat lb late their ongoing evaluation and reiui a lion efforts \ S-’MI ilOO gran: Iron; the ii din and ( atherine'Mai \rtlnit ! ounda111>n w 11! support !he first phase of .1 protect i he grant cattle from the Tounda lion s Human Sot edit s and Kn sironment.il tdiange Grant Competition and was only one ol seven awarded from among more than KM) apple ants Only two out of the seven were awarded to Ament ail re r by W .ti University Protestor David Unite talks ot the use ot a digital data hate using a macGIS system tor geographic information to pinpoin, areas ot high radiation stMft h institutions in V. ;: • h tin K ; >M.m Aiiifiu .m H’mmk h»r\ will gin tlo nifu-month t.is a ml b< K i > I tiuitdim: .i iiigitiil il.ii.i irif* min (.is. llii* grugr. futmillmn sysiitm ift" lllr i tin i tsHS bilM- U' i|iltu it ignrif . 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