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Mustang Daily, October 6, 1989 Mustang Daily California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Volume 54, No. 12 Friday, October 6,1989 CAPTURE abuse A ... I ' causes line tie-ups Priority times may change lot of people are calling before By Robert Grove their priority time just to see if Staff Writer the system will screw up and let The problem of getting them on," Mark said. through to CAPTURE may not During a one-hour period dur­ be the lack of phone lines but ing these three days, 1,100 calls misuse of the system, the direc­ got through to CAI^URE. The tor of institutional studies said average time on the line for these last week. calls was 1 min. and 40 sec. “On the first day the system “That seems like enough time was open, CAPTURE received to punch in your personal iden­ almost 2,S00 calls,“ said Director tification number and find out Walter Mark. “The only problem you're not eligible," Mark said. with that figure is that on that “The problem is not with the day, only 400 students were phone system. One hundred lines eligible to register.“ wouldn't even help." According to data gathered Mark said a task force is cur­ from the phone company, in the rently looking into ways to pre­ three-day period between Aug. I vent problems from recuring. and Aug. 3 (the time which was One solution, he said, may be allotted for new students), a total the splitting of priority groups of 23,000 calls got through to and allowing two groups to CAPTURE. register for classes per day. During that three-day period, Each group would be given a Mark said, only 3,100 students six-hour time slot in which to were eligible to register for call. For instance, one group classes. would call between 6 a.m. and “The assumption that I make noon. Then the second group with this kind of data, is that a Sec CAPTURE, pages Poly Student plans self-contained farm, a Third World model and the third is to prove the im­ By M aral Katx portance of integrating animal suri Writer production and vegetable pro­ An entirely self-contained, sus­ duction to show how one com­ tainable farm is emerging on pliments the other." campus to provide a forum for The farm should demonstrate graduate and undergraduate the feasibility of subsistance students and private citizens to farming, Bolander said, and at learn about subsistence farming the same time provide a means and the role it can play not only for utilizing a large portion of the in Third World countries but town's organic garbage, such as here in San Luis Obispo. coffee grounds, paper and other The farm will operate using its trash that can be used for com­ own recycled resources, without posting and generating natural having to rely on outside itawts gas. to maintain itself. San Luis Obispo is facing a Graduate student Tim crisis in finding room to house its SLO Transit: A good bargain for students Bolandcr has been working with accumulating garbage. But in By Karca Kendaor Cal Poly students need only to a group of studenu, professors addition to recycling, a large WBfrWniBf Risser, director of housing and and cHy offidab to create the percentage of the town's organic flash their student I.D.'s in order conference services. one-and-a-quarter acre farm now trash can be processed and con­ Cal Poly pays SLO Transit to ride the buses for free. about $90,000 a year so students The city subsidizes 6S percent About 286,424 students rode under construction behind the verted into usable energy city buses last fiscal year, from Cal Poly dairy. sources, such as methane gas. :an ride the buses free. of total costs. The other 33 per­ “ It's a good bargain for Cal cent comes from fares, she said. July I, 1988 to June 30, 1989. “ The (Student Sustainable Douglas Williams, a Cal Poly Students accounted for S6 per­ Farm) has three main objec­ professor who Bolander describe Poly," said Nancy Knofier, SLO “ No transit system in the Transit manager. world makes a profit," Knofier cent of the total number of bus tives," Bolander said. “First is ed as an expert in biogas passengers. our hope to help small farmers in digestors that convert trash into According to KnoHer, the city said. “Our total transit budget the area to obtain sustainability energy, has been working with and Cal Poly have an agreement for 1988-89 is only $440,000." The total number of on their farms ... City Councilmember Penny for the university to pay 31 cents Cal Poly pays its portion of the passengers riding the buses in “The second objective locally Rappa to use the farm in the per rider. All other bus riders bill through parking fines col­ September was estimated at is the management of solid waste Sec FARM, page 7 must pay SO cents. lected on campus, said Joe 40.000. Need an Too old? SPORTS escort? Too ugly? Television The Cal Poly men's Don't be ashameci to anchorwoman soccer team holds the ask at IFCs Escort Christine Craft was Cal State Bakersfield table. Danger could fired for just that. She Roadrunners to a be lurking, even in tells her story at scoreless tie. lovely SLO. Cuesta tonight. -TW ■ v-jr , n LsSjí 'X , Opinion âlÉÉM Z] Fiw e «üBlow’ «IreultrTiff M ustang Daily Tara GliBibatv«i ' • • - 1 - -'y fP, Lauri PleiiciMr «MvwWn f . >; QpMMMor AAfSlMr ’ t if - ChrigtiM Kaki Rob L w igt mmoy iVUniMI i Peggy Ytyia Ed Heia ’ i Advartlaing Pliaelowi; MNhMs Harilg.ñon Sama * NmonU Aset iM MaKfK K««V Conian Producti f Ma iia p r. Darin Hardtbargar A oeaunI E xæ ulhraa: John Alaiteu, S Îw y l Andarton, Marti Azawada^ Nada B artaiaailK , Kim Cartoon, Hopa Hannasay, Chria Hawrtn, Stan Marnkan. Janana tn adahar. Narod Loarary (Codadiona) Claaalilad Advaitlalng: Kad«y Conian, Managar; Tracy Foartar. Oari t tdona; Dualnaaa Dirociory; Uaa Wabar CIreulaUen Managar. Marti Poarara OreuM Ion: Cindy Foartar Compuiaf Opaiationa: Oan Malona Uniirafaliy OraphioNyalaina; Laura gjobarg.Qanaral Mai ay i. t l IWiiii lady. Prgducdon Managar; Mka Baauiau, Paa«Na> Managar. Uaa CiMi y la imaging Managar Oaraknichmond,Camara/SirfppingManagar;Qary Waad>W)MdMallliMaagar;8iawaAaafy, an«-*-wWWO r%mmSUmmmaa. ^----- aCBGUiv« CWT*OTidt VaN iaVVvGdli Tha or unhrarady. Tira «aiooaMdia Students insulated from reality If 10,000 gallons of toxic panies aren’t the bad guys, our Ffce mWipaptrfor Cal Pofy. SbÊùa iW k waste poured through your win­ addiction to comfort and conve­ dow at 2 a.m., 1 seriously don’t nience are. But if we don’t know think you’d even bother to wake what’s going on, the Unocals of up. the world certainly won’t tell us. Why? Because you live in an What gets me is that this isn’t artificial world of placebos and the Exxon Valdez incident thou­ Editorial entertainment where things like sands of miles away in Alaska, death and destruction are items this gas leak happened in the air Staff keeps Poly lookingyou paygood for to watch on your you and 1 are breathing. VCR. Did you stop your VCR long San Luis Obispo has always been known as one of the prettiest In other words, you’re too enough to take a breath of reali­ areas in California, and Cal Poly frequently geu written up as comfortable, insulated from the ty? having one of the best co llie campus atmospheres in the state. natural environment by walls of There could be a nuclear war But whereas the city's appeal is natural, the campus itself has convenience that, if taken away, and Cal Poly students would 20 groundskeepers and three crew supervisors who work full­ make you feel deprived. miss it. We’re too busy being time, year-round to enhance the natural beauty of the area and You pretend you can relate to those without all busy with nothing. This institution promotes make Cal Poly a nicer place to go to school. the trappings of our materialistic-orgy society if apathy. Professors, students, faculty, administra­ While hurrying from class to class, it's easy to miu the efforu you can’t afford a Big Mac at lunch. tion, etc. are all bogged down in the paperwork of these “pec^e behind the scenes." But stop a moment to take a 1 hear you say "Oh, I’m starving." game. closer look — orange and yellow marigolds brighten the area be­ No, you’re not. The 3 billion people who go We pretend we’re learning by memorizing names tween the University Union and the Administration Building, without food most of their lives are starving. and dates but not concepts and ideas. We go home and yellow marigolds were carefully planted just yesterday in You’re only inconvenienced. Simply go to your from a day of looking at texts and can’t translate front of the Erhart Agricultural Building by groundskeeper ATM machine and take out $20 and go get that the knowledge into our everyday lives. Kristin Weston. Amazonian-grown, rain-forest-destroyer Big Mac A degree becomes merely a carrot on a long These people are also the ones who pick up after litterbugs, or Whopper. stick. empty trash cans, prune, sweep, mow and edge their designated In short, you don’t take an active part in the Do you want to know what’s happening in this areas on campus. Their support network includes tree trimmers, world’s affairs, only in yourself and how you can area? Diablo is pumping warmed-up seawater back an irrigation specialist and a pest control specialist who work "get yours." You sit back and run from the re­ into the ocean that kills marine life because they throughout the campus.
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