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Battalion/Page i; April 20,19I2S ii ke people aware o »| opening. 'I'eachers should :>-vel in perspectivtl wain’s other works,liesj i'vie Story," the short siti| iic:k woman whosechilcj e-rally torn from her a ves no doubt as to 1 flings for blacks, heal Kell ner admits Twaiml ayal of Jim is notahJ itlietic and not allitj wain’s work can bejust 11 he said we must Si ose imperfections. “We cannot airbrusli emishes of history, 1 ’ id. “We have topresemi iilly was. We have to icierstand it and to Muster begins tonight at 6:30 ■■i | Texas A8dVl ■ ■ am The Battalion Serving the University community 75 No. 138 USPS 045360 18 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 21, 1982 • hospital," state \. Hampton said k was not that bad I a tries Morrison of , was treated and rek C Chemical specialists the scene of the ir Highway 4 and ted to clean up most !1 Monday, Hampton OAS moves over islands upset U.S. When it rains, it pours staff photo by John Ryan Itudents who forgot to take an umbrella with them were trouble Tuesday as thunderstorms brought heavy rains and winds to the Bryan-College Station area all day and into the night. These relatively dry students were walking by the Reed McDonald Building in-between classes. 1 rossman speaks of dangers ■J9 ndisclosed by the government With oupon Fox Photo! riday, April 23 696-003i United Press International WASHINGTON — The United States is concerned the Organization of American States, which is closing ranks behind Argentina, may hurt efforts by Secretary of State Alexan der Haig to peacefully resolve the Falklands crisis. Over U.S. objections Tuesday, the OAS set a foreign ministers meeting for next week to consider collective security measures against Great Bri tain. Argentina asked the OAS to in voke the Rio Treaty for hemispheric mutual defense because Britain’s “grave and imminent threat of the use of force jeopardizes the peace and security of the hemisphere.” The United States called the OAS action particularly inappropriate and warned it could interfere with Haig's mediation efforts. Haig returned from Buenos Aires Tuesday morning and is to confer Thursday in Washington with British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym. The OAS Council voted, 18-0, to convene a meeting Monday under the 1947 Rio Treaty for mutual assist ance. The United States, Colombia and Trinidad-Tobago abstained. “The U.S. delegation is deeply dis turbed by the implications of the proposed action,” said U.S. Ambassa dor J. William Middendorf. “At a time when Secretary Haig is engaged in an ongoing effort to promote a peaceful settlement it seems to my government particularly inappropriate to seek consideration of this matter with the Rio Treaty.” At least 14 of the treaty’s 21 mem bers must approve any measures against a nation considered an aggressor. Those measures range from breaking diplomatic relations to using armed force. After the OAS vote Tuesday, Reagan told a news conf erence he be lieves it would be advantageous for the OAS to delay invoking the Rio Treaty while delicate, behind-the- scenes negotiations continue. Argentine Ambassador Raul Qui- jano said his nation’s OAS request should not and cannot be interpreted as a sign of rejection to continue nego tiations or as a sign Haig has failed. At the same time, he did not seek specific sanctions against Britain but said his nation is prepared to go to war if British ships pierce Argentina's 200-mile territorial waters. Grossman explains the dangers of nuclear energy reporters during a press onference before his iresentation Tuesday night. by John P. Lopez Battalion Reporter The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island was only a warning of things to come in the future, an author and journalist said Tuesday. Karl Grossman spoke at Rudder Forum on his new book, “COVER UP: What You Are Not Supposed To Know About Nuclear Power.” Grossman said: “My book is an ex pose that could have been written years ago. What upsets me is that peo ple were never told what the consequ ences of nuclear power were.” Grossman said an update done in 1964 at Brookhaven National Labor atories by the Atomic Energy Com mission warned people of the con sequences of nuclear energy, although no one was told. “In the update is the famous line, ‘an accident at a nuclear reactor can devastate an area the size of Pennsyl vania,”’ Grossman said. “Most people are familiar with that line from the movie ‘The China Syndrome,’ when in fact it was written 15 years before the accident at Three Mile Island occurred. I’m afraid Three Mile Is land was not the catastrophe that we will one day face.” Nuclear physicist Richard Webb, who assisted Grossman in writing his book, said one million people would someday die at a nuclear power plant accident, Grossman said. “If it were the nuclear plants that circled Chicago, 200,000 to 300,000 pounds of radioactive material would be released — and there is no way that (that) many people can be evacuated,” he said. Grossman said the public has also been misled into thinking that the China Syndrome meltdown is the worst kind of nuclear accident. “The worst power plant accident,” Grossman said, “is when a nuclear power plant blows up. Now we’ve been told for years that nuclear power plants can’t blow up.” Nuclear power plants that explode, Grossman said, are called “Nuclear Runaways,” and he said that such an accident has occurred. “I obtained a report from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission of the SL 1 accident which was a nuclear run away at a testing site in which three men were killed,” Grossman said. “The heads and the hands of these three guys were so hot with radioac tivity that they had to be buried with high level radioactive waste and the bodies were buried in lead-lined cof fins” Grossman said nuclear runaways are more dangerous than China Syn drome meltdown because in a run away situation, radioactive material gets in the atmosphere in a matter of seconds — while in a meltdown situa tion it takes up to four hours to get into the atmosphere. “If a runaway occurs at the Indian Point reactor near New York, in a matter of seconds millions of people will be in tremendous danger,” he said. After Grossman’s speech, about 20 people met in the lobby of Rudder Forum and planned a meeting to dis cuss nuclear limitations Sunday night at 7:30 in the MSC main lounge. Co-op program adds experience to degree hv Pam Barta 1 came a more formal proffram in tudent arrested for drug possession; rimestoppers phone tip aids police by Daniel Puckett Battalion Staff I >- ,:&|^tudent was arrested in his dorm p 0171 Tuesday and charged with -S' felony possession of marijuana. ■ Hector Saldana, a freshman aeros- ottOH in bl/J? P aCeen g' neei 'ingmajor from Mexico, U ^ Bsarrested about 3 p.m. in his room n Wide cut in Hotard Hall, Deputy Sheriff and two Clark said. Clark is assigned to i heavy weight softer with Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Service. Five other people were in the room at the time, but Saldana was the only one arrested, the narcotics agent said. The police found approximately one pound of marijuana in Saldana’s room, Clark said. He said four DPS officers and an officer of the University Police made the arrest. A University Police officer usually accompanies DPS troopers when they make an arrest on campus, Clark said. University Police Chief Russ McDonald said Wednesday morning that he had not yet received a report on the arrest and therefore could make no comment. Saldana was charged with felony possession of marijuana, and Justice of the Peace Carolyn Hensarling set his bond at $10,000. The charge is a third degree felony, carrying a possi ble two to 10-year prison sentence. Saldana was held in Brazos County Jail until he posted bond Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Brazos County Crimestoppers said the arrest was made because of a tip Crimestoppers received. She said an anonymous phone caller had given the group a tip, which it passed on to local law enforcement agencies. by Pam Barta Battalion Reporter In today’s highly competitive world, a college degree is no longer a guarantee for success. Students also need practical experience. But, how can the two be combined? The Texas A&M Cooperative Education Prog ram might be the answer. Co-oping is a planned learning process that integrates classroom stu dies with supervised work experi ences. Undergraduate students are employed by industry, business and government organizations in posi tions related to their major field of study or career choice. The program, which begins dur ing the sophomore or junior year, is designed to give a student increasing job responsibilty and to be propor tionate with a student’s increased academic skills and experience gained from previous school and work terms. Alternating periods of work and study assignments generally coincide with the University semester sche dule. The co-op prpgram was estab lished in the U.S. higher education system in the early 1900s. Originally, co-op programs were created to aid engineering students in combining cjassroom theory with professional field problem-solving. In 1959, the Texas A&M Coopera tive Education Program informally began in the College of Engineering, said Steve Yates, the Cooperative Education Program director. It be came a more formal program in 1963, he said. The co-op program was expanded University-wide with the first of five yearly federal grants for the 1977-78 school year. Nine colleges participate in the co-op program. “Federal money has really played an important part in expanding our program,” Yates said. Twenty-four percent of the co-op money comes from federal funding; the University provides the rest, Yates said. The central co-op office, in 107 Harrington Tower, coordinates co op programs for students in the col leges of agriculture, business admi nistration, engineering and science. The colleges of architecture, edu cation, geosciences, liberal arts and veterinary medicine all have separate offices, but report through and coor dinate with the central co-op office. Students interested in joining the co-op program must complete a co-op degree plan. T his outlines their plan ned work sequence and study periods. It also shows how co-oping will affect their graduation date. The co-op degree plan is checked and approved by the faculty co-op adviser in the student’s academic depart ment. Students then check out potential employers by reading job descrip tions from employers, former co-op student reports, and by talking to stu dents who have co-oped with a certain See CO-OP page 14 I Pre-registration gets I off to a slow start Women bare made of short and All stress ead. These side pockets, features of shorts for Yood...and yellow, by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Reporter People passing by registration headquarters at Rudder Exhibit Hall fbn Monday and Tuesday probably Tioticed fewer long lines than in the past. The registrar’s office expected ab- [>ut 6,000 students to pre-register Monday, but only 5,300 had regis- :red by the end of the day, said asso- registrar Donald Carter. However, Carter said the regis- Irar’s office was not displeased with [he figure because the lack of a first- lay rush kept students from having to wait in long lines. Carter said one reason for the low er turnout might have been a story in The Battalion that said seniors would be given priority no matter what day they pre-register. But, Carter said registration for students who will be sophomores or juniors next fall is processed on a first come, first served basis. He said another reason for the low turnout may be that some depart ments are not allowing students to pre-register until later in the week. About 3,025 students braved the bad weather Tuesday to pre-register. Less sunshine, colder winter? United Press International WASHINGTON —An Earth satel lite detected a slight decrease in sun shine between February 1980 and last August, possibly contributing to this past winter’s severe conditions, the space agency says. If so, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday, it would be the first direct observation “of a cause and effect relationship be tween the sun’s energy output and changes in Earth’s weather and cli mate.” NASA said Dr. Richard Willson, a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulson Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., found a persistent decrease of a 10th of 1 per cent in the total amount of the sun’s energy reaching Earth. “This is a small change in the total energy output of the sun, but has great potential significance for the Earth’s fragile ecosystem,” Willson said. NASA said it is believed a 1 percent decrease in radiation from the sun reaching the Earth could lower Earth’s global mean temperature by more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The information came from NASA’s Solar Maximum Satellite, launched in February 1980 to moni tor solar radiation during the peak of the solar output that occurs every 11 years. The satellite suffered a control sys tem problem for 10 months which kept some of its instruments from operating as planned. The satellite, however, is designed to be retrieved and repaired by space shuttle astronauts and NASA is tenta tively planning to carry out such a space repair mission on a shuttle flight late next year. “The rejuventated satellite would allow scientists to observe a wide range of solar phenomena in a diffe rent part of the solar activity cycle and sustain solar irradiance monitoring with the precision required for cli mate studies,” NASA said. inside Classified 6 Local 3 National 11 Opinions 2 Sports 14 State 4 What’s Up 7 forecast Today’s Forecast: Windy, cloudy and cool with a 30 percent chance of rain; high today in the upper 60s; low tonight near 50. There is a 20 percent chance of rain tonight. Thursday’s forecast calls for cloudy skies with a high in the near 70.