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Eastern students don't have to deal Rose, an academic recorder in the "I've worked here for 20 years "I said "the heat must be coming with that inconvenience. office. Tin typing with gloves on, though and there's nothing unusual back on,m she said. "It sounded like Three new phone services are it's the first time I've ever done that about this. I've worked here in the the noise heat makes when it starts being offered this semester. It makes it hard to hit the right keys summer with no air conditioning, up. The student in my office said 'I Students can now order three-way on the typewriter." too." don't think that's the heat" calling, call waiting and automatic The staff covered the vents of When the staff first arrived in What followed the noise was hot call back through AT&T's ACUS the heaters with boxes because not the morning, one of the computers water gushing from the ceiling. service. only was the heat off, but cold air wasn't functioning, said Kim Lainhart said no one was hurt they The three services will cost $20 was coming out of the vents. Alexander, withdrawal clerk in the just got some wet feet per semesfer. This fee is non- registrar's office. Physical plant arrived and refundable and students who Anna Dbton. an academic recorder The staff agreed that they proba- turned the pump off, saying a pipe change rooms In the Academic Records/Transcripts bly wouldn't have had to work if it had burst above the office, Lainhart after ordering office, warms her feet after the office weren't the first day of classes and said. will have to re- was soaked when water pipes burst many students were coming to the Monday morning. order to get office. See Cold/Page AS the services in Amy Keams/Progress the new room. To receive the services, No heat simply notify ACUS and well get them sends Model turned on," said Jim Keith, director of aca- demic comput- home early ing and PROGRESS STAFF REPORT telecommuni- Model Laboratory School stu- cations. dents got over a half day off Monday, To order, and it wasn't even a snow day. just call the 800 number on the The cold weather caused their AT&T ACUS card and punch in the release from classes around 1030 a.m. 10-digit account number. The com- The heat went out sometime dur- puter will recite account informa- ing the night and they (physical plant) tion and then it will give some couldn't get it back up," said Bruce options. Bonar, director of Model. They con- Choose to talk to a service rep- tinued to work on it while we had resentative. If put on hold, don't be school but it wouldn't come back up discouraged, they will eventually so we had to send the students home." answer. Bonar said the temperatures in the Once talking to a human being, classrooms varied, but some were as - students can simply tell the repre- low as 50 degrees. sentative that they would like the James Street, director of the phys- new phone services available to ical plant, said there were some class- Eastern students. rooms that were 40 degrees. The representative will send an He said the problem was due to a e-mail to the code administrator corroded pipe in the mechanical room. and the services should be up in 72 The coils that connect the pipes business hours. burst, two over the art room of the The charge of $20 will be on the school and one over the home eco- next bill and is only charged once nomics classroom. The water then per semester. All three services are froze, causing the heat to shut down, included in the $20. Don Knighl/Progress he said. These services are being offered The heat was restored and came because of their popularity, said Jim Julie Carroll, a sophomore child and family studies major from Richmond, white stuff all over the state. Heat was out all over campus, as students back up before noon Monday, Street Keith, director of academic comput- cleans the snow off of her car Monday after a blast of arctic air dumped the ventured out Into the cold for the first day of classes. ing and telecommunications. New program to study chemical weapons disposal participation of stakeholders in the BY JAMIE NEAL Thursday to get input from those tion on the subject of alternatives to Citizen's Chemical Demilitarization News editor involved and to speak with the group incineration is vital to the program Advisory Commission and member of decision making. That has led to a con the Chemical Weapons Working frontational situation where nothing An incinerator will not be built at members. because of the history of opposition Parker also met with state regula- the Army has received from groups Group, a group opposed to incineration has been accomplished. the Bluegrass Army Depot in lhai have said incineration is too dan- as a safe way to get rid of the stockpile, "Now, I think in the personage of Richmond, at least not while Michael tors, local officials and depot employ- Mr. Parker, we will see a change in ees. gerous, according to Parker. said he is "cautiously optimistic" about Parker is on the job. "My purpose for coming to the Some say it will be dangerous the work Parker is doing. that," he said. Parker is the head of a new pro- because they believe burning the Tm willing to give him an opportu- "Hopefully, through cooperation, meeting was to come out to the com- we can now move forward and accom-' gram mandated by Congress, the munity and meet as many stakehold- chemicals will release nerve agents nity to (honestly look at alternatives to Assembled Weapons Assessment incineration)," he said. "All indications plish the goal of disposing of these ers as possible," Parker said. "We need from the weapons into the environ- weapons in a manner that is safe and Program, which was designed to look to start opening the lines of communi- ment are that this is different than it has been before. I feel it's my obligation to acceptable to both the Pentagon and Michael Parker at alternatives to burning chemical cation and getting the stakeholders' The Army decided years ago that the community." weapons. He was in Richmond attend- input on how alternative plans should burning the weapons was the safe and give him the benefit of the doubt was named direc- practical way to eliminate the stockpile. "I think that historically, there has tor of CCEPP. ing a meeting of the Citizen's Chemical come about" See Chemical Weapons/Page A6 Demilitarization Advisory Commission Opening the lines of communica- Craig Williams, member of the been no opportunity for meaningful ► InsWa J. Slitter's Mill facing possible ABC suspension Accent B1 ActMtlM B6 make 50 percent or more of the ing a penalty of 50 days suspension, but have a hearing that was set for Jan.