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 The chair spun sloVvly lu face ilio audience Alter ,i inomen tarV pausr. a i omputer generat ed van c asked. 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Ml ados at ill prophets in am Hill fusion wtiii ulli'ti'ii ainl'igiiuus {iri'duHuns to kings ami n tr runs In tin tr.i.iit. n of or.mil’s and prophets. ! in In dgmg niv lii’ls In predicting lioth wavs, hr said Solin' ol I lan k; rig's most i til I’tirulid n. rk has h-rii research on hln k lion s thi- i- mounts .it dead. I ol lapsed. super massive stars nhosi- gravity is ■■ > strong light cannot i 'i ape an ’o HAWKING i 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