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Radiation leak found By JULIE WHEELWRIGHT For the past several months abnormally-high levels of radiation have been leaking undetected into UBC's Math an­ Forgotten waste dump nex and poisoning its residents. In an accidental discovery Monday, it was found that a basement room in the building has been used as a storage uncovered in Math annex dump for radioactive material for the past 12 years. "I've had my death hanging over on Monday phoned UBC's radia­ to radiation without their consent," and you caught me, that we have been doing his job to my that room the whole time I've been tion protection officer Bill Raychuk he said. sodium-22," he said. detriment," said Carrell. there," said professor Jim Carrell to investigate. Raychuk discovered that the Raychuk said he systematically Raychuck then lifted the radioac­ after the discovery. His office is With a borrowed geiger counter, material emitting the high levels of monitors every purchase of radioac­ tive material from the oil barrel and located directly above the dump. Rolfsen then entered Carrell's of­ radiation was a substance known as tive material at UBC, but says it is put it on the floor. Next, he went up Professor Dale Rolfsen un­ fice directly above the radioactive sodium-22. He found the material impossible to keep track of all to Carrell's office to measure area and found it had 14 times the covered the fact last Friday when he in an open cardboard box sitting on the level of radioactivity in his normal level of radiation. readings. became, curious about what was in top of an empty oil barrel in the room. It had dropped. the basement of the annex. "I'm outraged that people have basement room, about two feet Carrell said: "The only thing that He noticed a sign reading: "Cau­ unwittingly been exposed to fairly from the ceiling. I was thinking of was how much of Raychuk pointed out that if the tion Radiation Hazard" on the high levels of radiation. It's almost that stuff does he (Raychuck) have sodium had been placed under door of a small basement room and criminal when people are exposed "It is on the oddest of occasions, in his basement. I'm afraid he's not See page 9: DEATH THE UBYSSEY Elite talker Vol. LXII, No. 4 Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, September 18,1979 'tee costly' 228-2301 William F. Buckley's words sure weren't worth the $4,000 he charg­ ed for his UBC appearance Mon­ day, say some student leaders. Neither were the overlooked in­ vitations and interviews, wasted time and disorganization which resulted during his visit, they say. "AMS members should be given first priority on tickets," said Valgeet Johl, Alma Mater Society external affairs officer. "The prin­ ciple behind this whole thing is wrong." Johl said she was angry the AMS allowed the public to buy tickets to Buckley's one-time appearance because it prevented many students from entering. Buckley's visit was overpriced because he spent almost one-and a-half hours not talking to students, yet attended an exclusive banquet at the faculty club with six people, charged Johl. "If he only had a half-hour, the least they (organizers) could have See page 2: $4,000 Sect looks to sex for new recruits By VERNE McDONALD — ben wong photo After two years of How's Your CHECKING FOR EXCESSIVE RADIATION with hand-held geiger Monday. Radiation count in professor's office above storage room was Love Life? the Campus Crusade for counters are mathmatics professor Dale Rolfssen, left, and UBC radiation found to be well above accepted levels of background radiation. Basement Christ's annual campaign for Jesus protection officer Bill Raychuk. A quantity of radioactive isotope room has been used as waste dump for past 12 years. is moving into high gear with a lec­ sodium-22 was found in storage room in basement of Mathematics annex ture series entitled Dynamic Sex. But many Christians on campus take exception to the campus crusade's approach to getting con­ verts. Buckley tells West to buck OPEC George Hermanson, chaplain of the co-operative campus ministry, Oil producing countries should be forced He said OPEC does not allow the free termed the campaign Monday as to sell oil to the West at a fixed price, noted market to operate effectively because "a free "misleading, unless they're trying American conservative William F. Buckley market is not a cartel." to be scatological." But he said he Jr. said Monday at UBC. All attempts by American companies did not think it was the campus Buckley told 800 people in SUB ballroom or countries trading with the U.S. to establish crusade's intention to be that the U.S. should take the lead in creating monopolies or cartels should be watched scatological. the fixed price. carefully and those within U.S. jurisdiction Pointing out he could not make He proposed an ultimatum insisting on a should be prosecuted, Buckley said. definite judgments on the lectures stable oil price and supply for 10 years be "Watch them (the companies) like a hawk, until he had heard them, Herman- issued to the Organization of Petroleum Ex­ and if you catch them conspiring against free son expressed doubt the presentation porting Countries. The western countries trade, send them to jail. That goes for labor would fairly treat the question of should issue an interest-free bond redeemable unions, too." sexuality. in the year 2000 in return for the oil price And he says companies are not as "Sexuality is an important quest freeze, Buckley said. villainous as they have been painted, which for all of us," he said. "I don't The value of the bond would be determin­ the public is beginning to realize. think it can be handled adequately ed by the difference in current oil prices and Humanitarian cliches about multi-national in a multi-media presentation or a the price projected for 2000, he added. corporations profiting from the misery of the large group. There are too many Buckley said the plan would allow western general public are no longer accepted and complex questions involved to be countries to develop oil self-sufficiency or "should be outlawed," he said. All business handled that way. find alternative sources of energy. See page 8: RONALD BUCKLEY . right makes might "Theologically, one cannot make the statement that one's orthodoxy See page 8: HOLY Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, September 18, 1979 $4,000 leaves angry frail Bruce Armstrong, board of gover­ CLUB'S DAY From page 1 president Dale Alexander and five done is give the paper (The, student politicians. nors student representative and ALL DAY Ubyssey) an interview," she said. Johl said that while planning the AMS programs committee "I think students would be in­ banquet, organizers made no at­ members Susan Hughes were some terested in reading that sort of thing tempt to invite half the AMS stu­ of the students present. Thursday, Sept. 20 in the paper." dent politicians, journalists or other Glenn Wong, the other student Buckley said he did not have time interested campus members. They board member, was not invited to for an interview, but after his one- instead opted for university the reception. He said he found it hour appearance in SUB ballroom notables who wanted to "pat unbelievable that Buckley's speech Friday, Sept. 21 spent more than a half-hour themselves on the back," she said. cost more than the total budget of Both floors of SUB socializing with alumni association AMS president Brian Short, some 1979-80 AMS committees. DIACHNUS EXHIBITION AND SALE of FINE ART REPRODUCTIONS NEW THIS YEAR: LIMITED EDITION PRINTS of WOODLAND INDIAN ART FEATURING: Old Masters, Impressionists, The Group DATE SEPT. 17-21 of Seven, Australian, TIME ^ a.m.-5 p.m. Ojibway, Oriental and PLACE AMS Art Gallery Modern Art, British Museum Posters, PRICES Escher, Wyeth, Danby, Folon, Curtis and others. MOST LARGE PRINTS $3.75 EA or 3 FOR $9.00 OVER 700 MOST SMALL PRINTS DIFFERENT IMAGES $2.00 EA or 3 FOR $5.00 Tuesday, September 18, 1979 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 UCBC rejoices at enrolment jump By RORY MUNRO This represents a three per cent in­ Enrolment at the University of Graduate studies at UVic made ment at Simon Fraser University is Unexpected rises in enrolment at crease over last year. Victoria has risen five per cent and up 33 per cent of the total increase down one per cent. two of B.C.'s universities has led to Final figures will not be known in enrolment. Attendance there An SFU spokesman said the the administration has been a cry of "hallelujah" from Dr. Bill until December. Piercy said it now totals 7,101 full and part-time strike of Association of College and Gibson, chairman of the Univer­ would be safe to say enrolment will reported as being "pleasantly sur­ students. University Employees last spring sities Council of B.C. reach the 24,000 figure. prised." Although expected to rise, enrol­ might have caused the decrease. "I just say hallelujah. I'm delighted to see enrolment up," he said. "We need more participation of up-country people instead of coastal people." There's a lot of part-time and older students but what we want to encourage is the 18-24 year old bracket." The UCBC, which allots funding to B.C.'s three universities, had predicted a decline in enrolment at B.C.'s universities, but according to Gibson they were looking at the na­ tional picture.

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