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the ~xpvnent Tuesday ,,June 2. 1981 Volume 72 Issue 50 The Student Newspaper o1 Montana State University, Bozeman , MT - Students rally against a winnable war By MIKE HEPPNER to help prepare students in the event of The formation of this committee has be of help" Increased concern over nuclear nuclear war or natural disaster, such as been underway for the past six months How important survival 1s. IS a matter of prohferat1on has generated anti-nuke Mt St. Helen's eruption. or the recent But not until recently were the nine personal choice. What would be worth protests all over this nation Since Pres. flooding in our own area, and the appointed members notified. Pres. Tietz having after a nuclear attack? Where Reagan took over in the oval office this complications that go along with these informed the three faculty members. the would the food and water come from for year, there has been considerable disasters three staff members, and the three entire c1t1es of homeless people' How long concern over deployment of nuclear Don Peterson, of the physical plant, students who were chosen to serve would people need to stay in shelters' annaments throughout the world says, "The Energy Action Committee will Peterson went on to say, "The EAC More questions arise all of the time. The How does this relate to MSU? Are you soon be ready to go to work." The EAC, n1embers will meet 1n the near future to EAC should help in explaining at least aware of the m1ss1le silos we have acting in cooperation with Civil Defense establish policy and he! p the civil defense some of the techniques in survival and implanted in our great state' Would you Director. Henry Wruck. will help to keep program reach a larger portion of the rebuilding. know what to do in the event of a nuclear students informed of events and public But the real dec1s1ons are made at the attack' Where would you go? happenings concerning civil defense. A few problems we run into include federal government level. concerning Are we really pre pa red for such action? They will compile handouts and reports stealing of existing supplies in the fallout nuclear arms. Wit h_greater knowledge, we Do we practice full-scale alerts. for distribution on campus. keeping shelters, which, by the way are under can express our views Afterall, as the evacuation procedures. and survival students aware of what to do in the event of federal 1urisd1ct1on. And lack of public saying goes. an ounce of prevention 1s methods? Should we' There are a lot of an emergency. awareness. Hopefully, the committee will worth a pound of cure. unanswered questions in this area. <1911!! Recently the MSU Students for Peace held a rally protesting the concept of a winnable nuclear war. According to Ray Pratt. Prof of Political Science here, "We are closer to nuclear war now than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis." When a nuclear flash seen from 100 miles away will cause bl1 ndness. when heat and radiation combme to melt human flesh, cancerizmg cells. and literally destroying all life in its path, is the public prepared to deal with this s1tuat1on' Publ1cat1ons on "what to do" are available through the civil defense department in the county courthouse. Chapter 2 deals with warnings. The booklet attempts to keep people calm and self-assured about survival during an attack. But when one reads, ''The warning time might be as little as 5-15 minutes or as much as an hour or more." The Dept. of Defense handout goes on to describe ~ procedures to avoid a nuclear flash by ti saying, "You might have 5-15 seconds " before being seriously mj ured by heat and lnlftl• -~ perhaps-15 to 60 seconds before the blast ]; wave arrives." One begins to wonder. i MSU IS trying to do something, however, An ant's view of Terry LeDeskY'sgeodesicdome presently at rest in front of the arcMecture building. SUB parking tightens; Spring Thaw waits for sun By JOHN WARD Witt, Sarah Tutvedt, vice-president and were Jennie Lee Pen ford-lect ures; Deni costing students $56.000 of activity fees The entire SUB parking lot may be Diane Johnson, outgoing program director Abbie-coffeehouse; Denny Salveson-arts Steve Hinman, director of student closed for the two year duration oftheSUB interviewed all applicants and gave senate and exhibits; Doug Brekke-contemperary security gave the senate an update of renovations after a motion was made by a list of the recommended students. entertainment; Tim Dowd-tech services; security activ1t1es Senator Mark Gaffri to leave the remaining Karen Goldberg, PReP Party, protested and Lynda Parobeck-perform1mg arts According to Hinman. the two year old 90 spaces for construction workers. the choice of Cherie McNett for program Brekke gave the senate a report on the program has been very successful in ASMSU President Frank Witt told the director in favor of Shelby Kuenning, the Spring Thaw He said in the event of bad assisting professional law officers with senate that space planning and allocation unsuccessful PReP candidate for weather a the thaw would be held in the crowd controls at MSU events and other committee had decided to close 174 oft he president. She said the recommendation field house. He said all parties involved 1n act1v1lies. 264 parking stalls in the south lot because seemed narrow minded and !Hat the event were concerned a bout not He said he expects 25 to 30 students to of the construction which will be Kuenning had years of past experience as damaging the turf in Sales Stadium for work as security at the Spring Thaw He occurring. Witt said the remaining 90 KGL T's former program director and a next fall's football games. also felt that security did an excellant 1ob spaces would be 'B' parking. member of CEC. If the Spring Thaw 1s held in the at the Ambrosia concert. Sub-contractors for the renovations had McNett was easily accepted by the f1eldhouse beer will not be sold First aid courses was a concern of asked the allocation committee for the ser.ate by a vote of 14-yes, 0-no. 5 The Gallatin Valley Liquor Assoc1at1on Hinman. He felt 1t would be a great benefit whole lot to be closed. They claimed the abstains. All three PReP senators according to Brekke will provide 400 kegs for students if student security had some parking spaces were needed for their Goldberg, Brad Diede and Cliff Stockton, of beer for the outdoor event. The group Jirst aid training so they could assist in workers and they also feared possible plus Gaffri and John Emerson absta1 ned will also be responsible for selling the accidents damage to cars when equipment and from the vote. brew In other business the senate voted down shipments wPre brought into the lot John Lovick was named chairperson of Brekke said a non-drinkers and minors a resolution to give gratuities and Gaffri made a resolution to close the lot films committee but only until October 15 section will made in the Bobcat Booster donations to groups ass1stingCEC. Brekke so 11 would be a convenient for the when appl1cat1ons will be opened The section of the stadium "Security will be had submitted the resolut1ontothe senate contractors and construction workers appearent reason according to Witt was strict 1n drinking areas and security will be in the event CEC makes money on the The senate will vote on the measure this Lovick was only a freshman and could be checking I Os." Spring Thaw. Thursday night inexperienced for the position. The senate The thaw will need about4000 people to Brekke wanted to give money to the The senate elected the chairs for granted to give him a trial period to see break even The total risk for the event is Police Protective Association Charity $30.000 with $5000 being CEC's program board and the seven committees how he can handle scheduling and Fund. the HELP Center, Student Security, inst1tut1onal services it overlooks, but not before several ordering films for the fall the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse for services This will be the first Spring Thaw in two questions were raised on the leg1tmacy of Appointed to chair the other ContinU<ld on 11'11• 3 the recommended choices committees makinf;\_ up program board years. The 1979 Spring Thaw was a bust UVI lieadline§ Military personnel get pay raise A general accounting office off1c1al says a big pay raise for military personnel could create a "privileged class" and still not U.S. is South Africa's whipping attract people to the Armed Forces. Kenneth Coffee test1f1ed before boy a House subcommittee. which is pondering a 14 3 percent military As a result . diplomatic' k 1cked out the men concerned in voluntary arms em barge in 1963. pay increase Coffee says the big problem 1s attracting people from relations slumped to their lowest the operation and the United The Carter adm1nistrat1on the private sector and holding on to them point in history. Official States retaliated with similar made this mandatory in a U.N. Wash ingto n became the expulsions. vote in 1977, whichhadtheeffect Ohio woman bears quintuplets whipping boy for South Afri ca's The Kennedy administration of turning South Africa into the A Findlay, Ohio, man 1s "trying to come to the grips with reality special brand of 1solationistism, was the first to take an anti-South biggest arms producer on the after his wife gave birth to quintuplets, three boys and two girls in a although American companies African position on an official continent and a possible atomic Toledo hos pital yesterday A hospital spokesman says the infants, remained in the forefront of the level with the 1mpos1t1on of a bomb maker.

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