Show K 5 y - fee am Ki h) 13C (mfsd tt allur Luh Slate I of nvt'"' tv sitl hi puing ca uk of radioa avmid war's ti'e waste weeks barely avoiding the pro ton: of universities and hospitals the icrosl country I'SU has no place lo bury its tidioactive wastes though this will M affect this university for last I rear says Safety Radiation at Officer Steven Oberg Barrels of radioactive waste are on e a war but two o! the nation s three sites have fss-- closwi The other is expected to shut down this week Governors of the three stales which have been accep- ting the waste Washington Nevada and South Carolina have decided to halt the shipments into their states USU escaped the problem by taking its waste north last month Oberg said he anticipated the pro blem through contacts in the field I m- - rail fnancial a- m- all : to imp t v advantages (iii-- oftered : - to Sl‘ at the time CSC generates about 200 cubic feel of the radioactive waste a year and packs it m durms with locking lids l radioactive Oberg said the waste possesses no health hazard I l low-leve- "I didn't know that it would hapbut I did think it would be coming” Oberg said Other facilities have not has the pen : ' : : 0 thl! Hospiidl otfuiaN in several states have sjci they will he in trouble within a few weeks if the situation does not change And officials from universities across the countryparticularly along the east coast are worried Science magazine's Oct 26 issue published interviews with involved university personnel - “It's catastrophe W'e don't know what to do W'e don't know what's coming up tomorrow” said Columbia University's radiation safety officer in the article The magazine claims that Harvard has two weeks left before it must tell researchers to stop their a work The radiation at those univerlike USU's is created primarily through the work of researchers The magazine article said Columbia University also sities might "It II tiltheir reseaich News sources Associated It stop bv The predict the quoted Press closures will be over within the month "You obviously would not want to close down every cancer treatment facility in the country because you could not remove radioactive waste" said Jim public affiars officer for the NRC But USU is prepared should the worst more delays occur Oberg said parts of the radioactive liquids discarded by researchers could be evaporated to save room Or solid wastes could be compacted through high pressures he said Only if the waste material dumps remain closed more than a year would USU research be threatened as it is already at major universities in the east Han-che- GPA will not include grade non-permane- nt by Lisa Watta In open floor discussion the senate voted on recommends tions The grade sub- to be sent to the commencement mitted with the "I” should not be committee calculated into the overall GPA Among these was the support of according to Resolution 80-- which keeping baccalaureate as a part of was passed unanimously by commencement The majority of Academic Senate Thursday evenuniversities in the nation discontinued baccalaureate exercises ing The senate resolution stated it is The “last sermon” is given by unfair to calculate a LDS and speakers who alternate every other year The grade as “permanent" At present the "I" policy directs Academic Senate voted to continue the grade to be im- this method of speaker selection The other recommendation conmediately calculated into the GPA This policy affects students who cerned a request from the Graduate are on probation There is the Student Association to increase its time on the commencement propossibility they may be suspended from school or put on probation gram because of the worsened GPA the The senate concluded - that it would be better to not lengthen the policy includes Approximately 400 grades are commencement It voted to recomchanged per month or 1000 per mend that the degrees be awarded quarter The majority are “I'a” but at the individual colleges or the there is no actual record Only the graduate studies develop their own commencement program change is recorded 2 non-LD- S Snow removal to remove care As the winter conditions become increasingly apparent the Logan Police Department is advising persons owning vehicles that it is unlawful to leave cars on the steels between 1 am and 5 am from Nov 1 through March 31 The city ordinance helps facilitate the street department and solid waste department in doing their work said a press release from the Logan City Police It ia also a safety measure for those people using the street by having the streets clear of snow and decreases the possibility of a parked vehicle being damage Residents will receive warning notices on vehicles for a few days will be before regular citiat-onissued The green paper warnings explain the law being violated and threatens that “violators will be cited and persistent violated will be towed away” Physicians are excused during a emergencies Last day to drop classes Today ia the last day drop forms will lie accepted by the Office of Admissions and Records Drop slips are available at Old Main room 104 Beginning on October 30 courses dropped will be entered on the transcript as a withdrawal The students academic dean mast aprove the withdrawal and this must be done only upon a demonstration of conditions beyond the students control Under no circumstances ia a withdrawal used to avoid a unsatisfactory grade according university policy |