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Southland being pelted with acid rain, smog CSLA professor, Co-researcher say potentially harmful nitric, sulfuric acids are falling earthward By HENRY FUHRMANN high-sulfur coals, the acid pollution problem can only Staff Writer get worse. The seemingly pure rains that cleanse the air we Liljestrand and Morgan undertook tt,eir study in breathe are actually contaminated by potentially har 1976 while Liljestrand w~s working on his doctorate mful nitric and sulfuric acids, according to research at Caltech under Morgan, his adviser. Their work was done by a Cal State L.A. professor and his co partly funded by the California Air Resources Board. investigator. Their work was to define the extent, degree and Howard M. Liljestrand, assistant professor of pertinent chemical characteristics of acid engineering, and James J. Morgan of Caltech said in precipitation in this region. a report published this spring that without a doubt Liljestrand said acid rain forms when nitrogen the Los Angeles basin is awash in acid rain and snow, oxide and sulfur oxide gases are emitted into the at previously known to exist in the Northeast and mosphere, the former mostly by automobiles, the lat Europe. ter by power plants, smelters, steel mi~ls and other· The spread of acid pollutants, caused mainly by burners of coal and oil. the burning of fossil fuels, has been bl~med for These gases combine with moisture in the air to widespread damage to soil, plants, forests and fish form dilute concentrations of nitric and sulfuric and to man-made structures of metal, painted wood acid's; which eventually wash down to earth in the and stone as well. rain and snow. Although effects on human health are not yet Liljestrand and Morgan found that even where clear, the problem has prompted one scientist to say, there isn't r:nuch rain-as in dry, sunny Southern "Acid rain is perhaps the most serious environmental · California, these acids still reach the ground, as par dilemma of this century." ticulate and gaseous fallout called acid smog. And, Liljestrand said, as an energy-squeezed Since it can seep ihto buildings and areas not America plans to rely more he~vily on the use of Please turn to page 4 M~OW[geffi@DLJW (I Wednesday, June 4, 1980 Vol. LXXXIV No. 36 JJO™tJ[g~ Shuttles ·slowed by diff icu lties By GARY GAMPONIA Campus police Lt. R.B. Un Staff Writer derwood, overseer of the bus ser Jake Harder, an accessory super• vice, was quoted as saying, "Any visor for the Cal State L.A. shuttle break in the service is due to bus service, cautions students mechanical difficutly." against not allowing enough time to Underwood points out that two get to class on time. mini-buses and two vans were being Harder said people who parked in repaired yesterday. Underwood ex the Lincoln Way auxiliary parking plained that the sliding doors on the lots really had problems yesterday. vans cause a frequent problem. Harder is referring to the long line of Underwood also attributed the students waiting for buses at Lin situation to a 100-person Los clon Way, some of whom waited Angeles City Schools training nearly an hour before their bus workshop which has parking reser arrived. An estimated 50 to 100 vations at Lincoln Way. The persons decided to walk to campus. workshop is scheduled from Harder attributes yesterday's Tuesday through'Thursday between mix-up to a problem in com 8 a.m.·and 3:30 p.m. Under.wood ad munications. "One of the drivers vises students to schedule their missed his assignment," Harder departure from home accordingly. said. Underwood would also like to He also explained that in those take this opportunity to remind situations they are usually able to students that Lincoln Way parking juggle peopleana schedules around will be discontinued after this but many drivers are now engrossed semester. He reminds students that in academics with finals coming up. parking in Lots 16, 17, and 18 (by Another problem, he said, was that Valley Boulevard) will be available one of the supervisors was sick. next quarter. CHILD EDUCATION-A CSLA student finds thime to spend with her child the week before finals by bringing the Williams im·proving baby to cchool with her. PHOTO BY EVA JANG 27 YEARS AT CSLA after heart surgery By HENRY FUHRMANN discussed his return to campus and Staff Writer his current work and reflected on Outgoing· Dean Cromwell honored Having "turned the corner about some of the highlights of his diver a week and a half ago," Wirt se and distinguished career. By HENRY FUHRMANN Among the dinner guests was proof that "old deans never die, Williams, well-known professor of With today's surgical procedures Staff Writer CSLA President James M. Rosser. they Just return to teach." English and noted novelist, critic as efficient and precise as "mass Leslie Cromwell, retiring dean of Or. Rosser, referring to Crom Rosser announced that when and Pulitzer Prize nominee, reports production," he said, his recovery the School of Engineering, was well's pledge to continue serving Cromwell does return to teach, he he is '·doing just fine" after his has been a smooth one, so much so honored Sunday evening for his 27 CSLA, gave ~ definition of what it will do so as a professor emeritus of recent open-heart surgery. that he will resume teaching next years of service to Cal State L.A. means to retire-"to become tired engineering. Reached Saturday by telephone quarter. Past and present CSLA ad again." He added that Cromwell is Marcella Oberle, chairperson of in his Carlsbad home Williams Please turn to page 4 min lstrators, faculty and staff mem the Academic Senate, added more bers and students joined the dean's praise. Reading from a resolution family and friends among more than senators had presented to the dean 200 persons paying tribute to Dr. last week, she said, "Dr. Cromwell Retirees to be honored Cromwell at Luminarias Restaurant, has almost single-handedly created, On Thursday, June 12, 1980, as by administrators, students, President James Rosser will host a relatives and friends. The group will Monterey Park. nurtured and led this School of Cromwell will leave his dean's Engineering from a small depart reception in honor of approximately be addressed briefly by Dr. Rosser post June 13 under the early ment to its present prominence." 100 faculty and staff employees and each honoree will be introduced by the appropriate academic or ad retirement plan. But since he will Indeed, he has watched the who are retiring this spring. The 'erve as an instructor one quarter school grow from 37 students in event will be held in the University min is trative dean. This year the number of retirees er year, the dinner was not truly a 1953 to its present enrollment of Student Union, Main Lounge, from is significantly larger than usual farewell but a chance to honor the 1,200, from his days as the first out 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. due to the passage of AB 876, longtime educator. side faculty member hired for the Refreshments will be served and authored by Assemblywoman The dean is an electrical engineer young department to his present live background music provided by Theresa Hughes. The bill, which ap specializing in biomedical post as dean, which he has filled for the department of music and staff plies only to employees of the technology. He came to the in• seven years. member Steve Gottlieb, manager of California . State University and stitution now called Cal State L.A. in The final words were left to Crom World Vista Travel Service in the Colleges, allows two years' extra 1953, just two years after the in well himself, who displayed "that union. service credit to employees who troduction of engineering classes gift of gab rare for an engineer," as retire between March 27 and June and f Ive years after he left his native Dean Leslie Cromwell former CSLA President John A. Retirees in attendance will be honored by their colleagues, as well 29 this year. , England for California. Please turn to page 4 Page 2 University Times Ju@80~ D D® ~ 00 Jeff O'Neill, editor Good Heavens • For the week of finals. Libra: 9·23 to 10-23. Your final on Aries: 3-21 to 4-19. Concentrate your Monday should go well.. You may studies the first half of the week. find yourself making stupid Don't overdo it Thursday. The mistakes on the Thursday exam (if exams on Wednesday are likely to any). Wednesday may be'a pain. be less traumatic. Scorpio: 10-24 to 11 -22. You should Taurus: 4-20 to 5-20. Gef together try to remain composed this week. with someone to review for finals. Avoid rushing around. The Wed Your best days for the exams will be nesday exam should go well; the Monday and Wednesday. Tuesday other days are so-so. and Thursday are so-so. Gemini: 5-21 to 6-21 . Your studies Sagittarius: 11-23 to 12-21. The are subject to interruption by finan exams on both Monday and cial matters. Prepare extra Tuesday should go well for you. thoroughly for the exam on Thtir· Wednesday may give you a little dif sday and get major points down ficulty, and you are prone to slip cold. ups Thursday, Cancer: 6-22 to 7-23. Resist the tem Capricorn: 12-22 to 1-19. You will ptation to neglect studies and have have to resist a strong temptation \ ' a party.