Theorist lectures on
secrets of universe
j Stephen Hawking
presents theories
about black holes, the
big bang and time
travel
By Christopher Blair
Ur Stephen U Hawking
steered his wheelchair. onstage
.it thr Hull ( enter s Silva (on
cirri Hall lu thu Millriil of .ip
plause and i hours from the sell
i hi I i row ,1
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ilio audience Alter ,i inomen
tarV pausr. a i omputer generat
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sponded with more applause
Hawking, aided In a graduate
assistant, .in overhead projiti tor
and some humorous transpar
encies, spent the next hour ex
plaining tiie hasii s of the uni
verse s birth, life and its possi
ble end
Hawking, 51). a theoretical
physicist from Cambridge Uni
versity in Kngland who is often
compared to Albert Hinstein
and Isa.a Newton lei lured in
l.ugene Saturday night He has
dedicated his life to ursloi king
the sei lets of the universe, in
i lulling such mysteries us hl.u k
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so called lug hang
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Millrace oil spill still a mystery
By ! Woods
An investigation into i recent Iuigene Vtillf.ni mi spill, which
olnuis liiU'lml minor, h.is v < -1 in find the i autf of the spill nr
vs here il originated
Dave Nuss. Lugene lire marshall. estimated tlt.it between 10 anil
a() gallons of lightweight oil leaked int* t! Muir •• n ■ ir l ’th
\vcnuc .mil franklin Boulevard jun ! 1
1 hr mi (ini nut |)i:m' .in environmental thfc.it, s.n.l
The lire department responded in the Spill, and a tan member
i leanup crew (,olie( ted what vs as . lassrbed as .■ a am,mil! !
i:: I vs ith three Jisurt mg la aims
It was nut a big-tittle hazardous material, Nuss said "Oil i
. a I ■ .,! niie t; i 10. 11 vs a s de! 1 nite 1V a ur.e
N ... said ill..: hupeia S drinking VS • •: > : s’.lpplv was ; : afhs tell
be. ause the Mliir.U e is ail elu I Used water source
The ( leanup mew traded tile spill up the Milieu e to i storm
sewer nutlet near tie State HighwaV Department Valds a! .M l! 1
! Mis Ave
I'ulilitr Works Maintenance and the Oregon Department o! Knvi
mrimental Qualitv were notified and are inns w eking to lind
whi le tfu spill originated, which is he. ommg mi re.isingly ddfi< ult
to determine
Phil Primt\ hl'D battalion chid, said th.it .it!!. me .. .*■ v%us
traced to the Si.iti Highway Department grounds tht-ri- is nothing
t mu lusivt* that it was the y urd
I 'lit- DKQ determines u lio pays lor thr < b,ill-up. hut .n i urd mg to
Nuss. no one has brrn billnl \<■! be< ausi' no responsible party has
been identified
As a result, thi- ftm department pays fur the ( lean-up from its
own funds if a source Is discovered later, tfie city may choose to
bill the responsible party for the cost of the investigation
The State Highway Department Yard vies contai ted by tile ('tty
ol hugene and would not claim responsibility lor the spill
They could not attribute it to our yard," Larry Asburry the
highway department s distrw t manager said
Asburry said that the yard safeguards against oil leaks with an oil
interceptor which separates the waste oil from the water before it
enters the storm sewers
In the early lUHO's. however, the yard did experience an oil spill
prior to die use of the interceptor According to Boh Hammilt,
maintenance director for hugene, a "substantial quantity of diesel
flowed into the Millrar e after a truck drove away with a hose still
attar hed to it
The previous spill resulted in a clean-up of the area as well .is
nearby ducks The highway department yard currently disposes of
waste oil in a lank An oil ret yd mg company < o Heels from (here
Improperly disposing of oil violates the hugene fire t ode, fail
there is no present ordinanre against it I he lire department is in
the process of drafting an ordinam e to address issues sin h as aban
donment. illegal dumping, and illegal disr barge - I hazardous male
n,.l
STREETWISE
QUESTION:
Do you think the United States should give sup
port to the republics of the former Soviet Union?
'Thats a
hard one
Not run es
sarily
because I
think wo
need rrvort
!Uinoor1 in
i
this country than sending it to
the Soviet Union I think we
need more help in the U S
but they need help too *
-Christine Briggs
junior geography
"I think we
should
because the
people need
to eat and it s
impornnt tor
us to maintain
• i gcx.*] rouinonsnip wnn mem
-Dave Gremaux
junior, international studies
'Definitely
so they
have some
stabilizing
element so
it doesn't
become
really radical I always think
about the N.i/is and tu>w bad
it got arxi it could get that
bad *
-Hop® Pratt
senior, art history
"Maybe a
little bit
because
they (the
people m
the Soviet
Union) are
1
(>oor. not (us) in the Limit'd
States Goods should be
shared “
-Thomas Hanson
graduate, biology
Yes, I think it
w<mill help in
the future
because
maybe when
the Soviet
Union yrows
stronger they will help the U S
in return *
-Sanny Lasmanf
soptrornore, pre-businesi
I "No. I don't
I think wn
art? in
enough
trouble with
! our
1 economy
;.«s it is We need to take
care of oursefves first and
that's what's wrong '
--Jason Jones
junior, psycfrology
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