Fresno City College Friday, October 1 2, 1979 Vol. 34, No. 8 É e Page 2 Rampàge Friday, October'i 2,,1979 Nucpower poses threot by TaniMayeda supposed to be able to withold an earthquake that would Prairie lsland Nuclear Power measure 7.5 on the richter Plant recently experienced a scale, but is this the truth or 27 minute radiation leak, something that we are caused by a break in one of supposed to believe? There is 3,888 stem generator tubes. a one in 1 80 billion chance of This poses the-old question an airplane crash into the that has never been answered,, power plant, but with all of the "Are nuclear po.wer plants happening airplane crashes TNEY ¿'Lo6 ¡r rtl€ safe ?' ' PLvr, today can we believe this OnAA! ENÉA.69 SP>vtNGt A RF , Tuesday's Prairie lsland either? ALP,Êâoy WtNë <e4L t¿eIt,5tN4i plant radiation leak was said to 1l.lî LtrfLí sâvrt<ts Hâ!€ Nø', How does onê find out the l, Nr rÞ *a \r.)uslí FwL ,,¡¿ ¿ttê!1. be minimal and posed no truth? How does one go about EúitorÍals danger to plañt workers or showing. his súpport for an area residents. This wa.s the anti-nuclear group? Some same kind of talk that was 1 ,5OO people stormed the given to the public during the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Effeclive enabler program Three Mile lsland accident. ls in protest to the opening of it. the public being fed just what Their goal was to ga¡n access the State and federal officials into the plant and turn it into a fCC sfudenls want them to know? The village for anti-nuclear helps reoccurence of "leaks" in protestors. They did not reach by M oh a m m ad Sha riatma da ry the Fresno CommunitY, power plants their stated goal. lt could be a nuclear around ln any community, offering a handi-ride service, the nation makes you wonder long time before any anti- and working with the DePart- going ever includi¡g Fresno City College, what is really on. nuclear demonstrators group people ment of Rehabilitation and Diablo Canyon plant is now reach any of their goals. there are a of known as "disabled" who are social security. This center has seeking skills and knowledge also piovided the students in order to be helpful for their with special education classes Reti ri society. fo'r developing learning skills ng Sisk'collects' FCC, as an educational and like sign language, offering cultural center, has always tests of aptitude and interests, stomps: qbout eight observed its disabled teaching the use of the note- students' situation, their prob- taker device supplied for their lems and needs, and has been convenience and adaptive thousqnd dollors worth very concerned about this physical education for mobility fairly large group of students to and Trom classes. ln in order to educate or re- addition to these special by Paul Logan retired, and the people right educate and fit them into I training classes handicapped here in the Fresno area elected useful positions in society. students benefit from other Do any of you feel that our him into office twelve times! The first effective step for ordinary classes such as .Congressmen are underpaid or lf any of you reading this them was taken in 1 970 when Special Math, Special English that they don't receive enough feel a bit disgruntled, it isn't FCC established the Enabler and Job Experience. of an office allowance? l, at over yet. Programming Center on Most of the disabled least, would iump at the When the Fresno Bee ¡nter- campus. This program was students. agree that the chance of a large payroll and viewed Sisk, he declared: "l created and designed to meet Enabler Program is broad could certainly r.un my office feel I owe no,body an explana- a specific need for students based and responsive to their for $lOO,OOO a year. tion." Who can this man think with disabilities who were interests and needs. The Evidently ma ny of ou r he is? He has. just recently seeking post-secondary program has greatly been Congressmen feel slighted. ripped the people off to the education and vocat¡onal expanded in direct response to ln the U.S. there is a total of tune of $8,OOO, and doesn't training. The program's func- the ever increasing number of 535 Cengressmen. Wh'at even wish to respond to it. I tion was based on attempts to disabled students. They feel would you think if I told you wonder what else he has done respond to any disabled most of the instructors and that only eight of these high that makes this look like small student who needs support¡ve counselors have a great under- ranking men were able to bilk potatoes. services and also tried to standing of their problems on $60,OOO from the people they To give you an idea of how neutralize the negative effects campus and that they are serve, just before they retired unrealistic the amount Of of a disability on. such a generally open to offer their into their fat pensions? stamps Sisk took back to person's educational services to them. Yet, disabled These Congressmen were California with him is, the Post endeavours. students feel'a shortage of able to do this simply by using Office will sell 58,666 stamps Of course, at that time the some facilities, such as eleva- some of their un-used for the above amount, and you program was new and.func- tors, automatic doors, and cut allowance to buy stamps. ln will even get change back. tioned with only two members curbs. For example, the need order to purchase the stamps, Sisk estimated that he will in staff. There were none of . of an elevator in the library a voucher certifying they were have enough for a couple of the advanced programs that building for upstairs classes,is required for "official and years. there are today. There was certain. representational duties" was Who does this guy mail to only one ramp in the old ad- Since disabled students needed. This clearly shows the anyway? He plans on.using ministratior¡ building. have a great concern for their type of men we have making 29,333 stamps a year? Sisk From 1976 on, the Enabler own affairs, they are trying to our laws! One would think that says that the stamps are a Progiamming Center rapidly 'calledform a sort of working club the public would weed out reserve so that he can reply to improved its policy and "Disabled Students these undesirable persons, by the mail f rom his old program. Today there are ten 'vocat¡onalCoalition" to represent the not re-electing them. This is constituents. Why not? He has members in staff 'with a interests of all not so, since our long time so many stamps to use, at dir.ector, working together in disabled students and as an Congressman, Bernie Sisk, .least he can use them to differeni areaå: in academic was.,able,to tgke $8,OOO in . ,answei.our questions, if he and personal cotlnseling, as a Cont. on Éage 7 stamps with him when he wants to. liaison with specidl services in Page 3 Rampage Friday, October :1.2, 1g.7.g ^ Jock Perkins scheduled to speok by Tim Sheehan execution of Gary Gilmore. Perkins'has won various awards for his work, including an Emmy f or an The San Joaquin Valley Town Hall investigative series on welfare abuse in speaker series will lead off its forty-third America, an Emmy for his live coverage of a season on October 17th as it will present rare solar eelipse, and an Emmy nomination NBC news correspondent Jack Perkins. for features on the Winter Olympics in The lecture will be at 10:30 a.m. that Sapporo, Japan. Wednesday in the Fresno Convention Perkins' engagement, entitled,"Perkins' Center Theatre. Piece," is the first in a series of six, A correspondent for 15 years, Perkins touching on such sobjects as "The New has reported some of the network's most Europe," "Responsibility of the Press," timely specials and is a regular contributer "Life in the 21st Century," "The Third to both the NBC nightly News and the World in Crisis," and "An American lndian Today Show, as well as a featured reporter History." Speakers include such notables on Prime Time Sunday. as Eldon Griffiths. Herbert G. Klein, Harold First based in Washington, and Gilliam, Roger Tatarian, and Ruth Beebe subsequently in Hong Kong, Saigon, and Hi[. now in Los Angeles, his credits include the Season tickets for the six lectures are only interview ever done with the convicted $10. They may be purchased at the killer of Robert Kennedy, Sirhan B. Sirhan. Convention Center Box Office before the He has also covered recent national lecture. Spouses of ticket holders are .9 political campaigns and the return of admitted at no charge, and except for ¡o prisoners a American of war from Vietnam, students, no single admissions are sold. and ancho¡ed network specials including a Student Rates are 40ó per lecture. For B the Kennedy assasination and the further information call 224-6539. E¡ o fo 'Different kind of k¡d' .J Joan Newconb, FCC sociologr teacher relaxes for a monent runnrng lor l'res!\ ..tdent t - between classes competition, bg.t I think he's going to by Joe Chabala surpriSe a lot of people. He has a tendency What would it feel like to have your own to surprise people when the chips are brother running for the President of the down." Teocher speoks out! United States? Josephine continued to say that even if Many people will never have a chance to her brother doésn't win, at least he will know, but Josephine Redlin, an FCC raise some issues so far unraised by other student, does.,Her brother, Senator Larry Republican candidates, issues like alterna- Newcomb expresses Pressler (R-S.D.l announced his candidacy tive sources of energy including gasohol, for the Republican party's 19&) Presidential increased spending on NATO by American nomination, last September.