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The Battalion
Wednesday, March 4,1992
Project to benefit future environment
Continued from Page 1
the high level radioactive ele
ments from the low level - be
cause they're treated in different
ways."
Paul Sylvester, a research assis
tant working on the project, be
lieves the process is vitally impor
tant to the future of the environ
ment.
"However you feel about the
nuclear industry, whether you're
pro or against it, whether it con
tinues or is phased out - whatever
happens - you've got a hell of a lot
of waste to deal with; both in this
country, Europe, and the far East,"
Sylvester said. "You've got to find
some way of encapsulating it safe
ly for thousands of years."
Clearfield said he began work
ing on the separation process in
the mid-1960s.
"No one got excited about it
then," he said. "The United States
likes to defer problems, rather
than handle them right away."
Now, with the nuclear waste
problem mounting and the politi
cal climate more attuned to envi
ronmental problems, Clearfield
believes that this project's time
has come.
"The Department of Energy has
asked people for ideas on how to
solve this problem," he said.
"We're now in the process of get
ting funding from them to apply
these techniques."
The process, if widely accepted,
could impact many areas of envi
ronmental concern.
"Any heavy metal that is dis
charged into the environment is a
pollutant," he said. "These mate
rials can take out most heavy met
als as well as radioactive materi-
als." -
Clearfield said an enormous
amount of money could be gener
ated by this project.
"The money would initially go
to my group," he said. "I have
about ten graduate students, eigli
post-doctoral students, and one
undergraduate student working
in my group. We need a lotof
care and feeding."
International students take part in talent show
Continued from Page 2
"Some people got nervous and
said their introductions a little ear
ly, but basically it went very well,"
she said.
There were 400 international
students who performed from 21
different countries.
A judging panel of eleven
judges selected the five best per
formances. The judges included
A&M faculty members and com
munity leaders.
The best five performances
were handed to Indonesia, Korea,
India, Mexico and the Philippines.
Indonesian students per
formed a welcoming dance called
"Saman" and Indian students per
formed a folk dance called
"Bhangra."
Korean students decided to let
their children take the spotlight as
20 small Korean children danced
to "Children in the Spring."
Mexican students performed a
polka dance called "Evangelina"
and Philippine students per
formed a synchronized dance with
large bamboo sticks.
For the grand finale, all 400 in
ternational students sang "Put a
Little Love in Your Heart" in front
of a display of 60 different flags.
"It was very colorful," Koesto-
er said. "Everyone seemed to en
joy it (the finale)."
Koestoer said everyone prac
ticed hard for tfie talent show and
dress parade.
"It's more than just entertain
ment," she said. "The internation
al students carefully plan their
acts so the audience can really
catch the spirit."
Following the talent show and
dress parade, an awards ceremony
was held at the College Station
Conference Center, complete with
refreshments and dancing.
In addition to the talent show
awards, five awards were present
ed for the MSC cultural displays.
The most hospitable display went
to Saudi Arabia and the Most In
formative Display was presented
to India.
Sri Lanka won the Most Cre
ative Display award and Brazil
won the United Nations Chil
dren's Fund (UNICEF) display
award for raising the most money
for UNICEF.
Pakistan won the award for
best relation to this year's Interna
tional Week's theme, "Hope in a
Changing World." Pakistan's dis
play featured the changing roles
of women.
Two awards were also presen!-
ed for the international buffel,
held Wednesday night. Saudi
Arabia won the Most Enthusiastk
Award and India received tit
Most Popular Award.
In addition, Texas A&M Exec
utive Associate Provost Dr. Jen)
Gaston presented the Eppright
Outstanding International Student
Award to Ranjan Natraian, a grad
uate student in agricultural engi
neering. Gaston also presented
the Outstanding Community Vol
unteer to Melinda Hallmark,di
rector of Discovery.
Discovery is an organization of
50 local women who volunteei
their time to help wives of interna
tional students adjust to American
culture.
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Economists
forecast
steady climb
in economy
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were not as sharp as previously
thought. They were revised up
ward to 0.2 percent for each
month from the 0.3 percent de
clines originally estimated last f
month.
For the year, the Bush admfe
tration and many economists ai
forecasting growth of just 1.5 pe
cent compared with an average!
6 percent during the first yeard
recovery from other post-Wori
War II recessions.
In a second report, the depart
ments of Commerce and Housinf
and Urban Development said
sales of new homes shot up 12J
percent in January, the steepest
advance in a year. It was the third
increase in four months and more
than wiped out a 4.6 percent de
cline in December.
Except for the Northeast, all re
gions posted advances including
a huge 63 percent gain in the Mid
west.
Analysts said the report was
another sign the housing industrf
had assumed its traditional roleof
leading the economy out of the re
cession with its spillover effecton
sales of appliances and other
home furnishings.
Greenspan cited the big jump
in housing activity as one reason
he too believed the economy was
beginning to show promise oi
mounting a sustained recovery.
He cautioned there was "anex
ceptional measure of uncertainty
to the current picture'' becauseol
unusual forces such as high con
sumer and business debt burdens
which were holding back growth
Greenspan said the Fed's pas!
rate cuts were “clearly working
What is not clear is whether whal
we are seeing at this stage will
create a self-sustaining economic
recovery.”
Greenspan once again said the
central bank stood ready to do
more if the expected economic re
bound does not materialize.
said be was not convinced that
“we may not need some insun
ance” in the form of further ralt
cuts.
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dex at 146.5 percent of its 19$
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