THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT
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Sept. 26,1988
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Vol. 18 , No. 9
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THIS WEEK
Marcy Bixler and the Lady Metros spiked Bellarmine College, 15 2,15- 11, during the IUPUI Invitational, Sept. 16-17. The team came out of the tournament ranked 8th in the nation in the NAIA and Bixler was named NA1A National Piayer-of-the-Week in women's volleyball. (See story,
Pa9 « 15 ) Photo by PAUL SUTTON
Hudnut praises IUPUI at joint faculty meeting
B y D A V E C L A R K
The faculties of the School of Liberal Arte and the School of Science hosted Indianapolis Mayor W illiam Hudnut last F ri
day at their first joint faculty meeting.
The meeting at the University Executive Conference Center, intended as a kick-ofT for addi
tional meetings in the near fti- ture, offered the faculties of both schools a chance to see how plans were proceeding that could bring both faculties to
gether under one dean in the near future.
Patrick McGeever, professor of political science, opened the meeting by commenting on I U P U I ’s rocky beginnings in 1969.
"Some spoke of (the idea of combining the IU and P U campuses) as a marriage of con
venience. Other observers referred to it as a shotgun wed
ding," he said.
McGeever said the meeting was the most recent manifesta
tion that the faculties are begin
ning to er\joy the day-to-day reality of IU P U T s schools as one, rather than two separate schools.
Mayor Hudnut continued and extended the theme o f coopera
tion.
"Today is the time to begin ex
ploring ways (for us) to work to
gether," Hudnut said.
Insurance not just for auto owners
B y W I L L I A M R I C E
For many, the term under- insured applies to car or health insurance.
Few apply it to living in an apartment or dormitory; but they should.
Last spring, residents of Trim ble H all on the University of In
dianapolis (U I ) campus were devastated by a fire which destroyed the dormitory they were living in. Fortunately there were no deaths or serious in
juries.
It took a few days to get all the students into nsw quarters, but eventually housing was found for all of the students.
W h at many of the students didn't know until a few weeks later was that, for the most part,
The university's ability to pro
vide Indianapolis-based businesses and industry with well-trained employees made it
“a partner in the city’s fiiture,"
he said.
"It is," the mayor added, "for the benefit of both the city and the school."
N ew business, he said, would be attracted to the city because of the university.
"Indianapolis," he said, "and the university are seen around the country as leaderf in cooperating with each other."
Responding to a question from Paul Dubin, professor of chemistry at the School of Science, contrasting I U P U I to the "great European univer
sities," Hudnut said "This is a great urban university, but we have a long way to go with edu
cation.”
"It's especially hard," he con
tinued, "to get initiatives going that will help to get the Michael Taylor Jr.’s out of the back of po
lice cars."
Incidents like Taylor’s death, Hudnut said, "served only to tear the community apart."
On Sept. 24, 1987, Taylor, ac
cording to a U.S. Justice Depart
ment report released last W e d nesday, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while handcuffed and in police custody.
Hudnut urged faculty mem- See HUDNUT, Page 5
Campus hosts legislative
conference
B y M I C K M c G R A T t l Knowledge is power
That was the essence of n pep talk delivered by John Huie, vice president of state relations for Purdue University, to a group of student leaders from across the state.
"One of the most important things you can do is to become informed when trying to in
fluence others," Huie said
Huie spoke to students from 13 public and private college campuses across the state at the Indiana Student Legislative Conference Sept. 18 at IU P U I.
His topic was how to lobby effec
tively. Earlier in the conference, Norm a Karen of the Indiana State Teachers Association spoke on the importance of lob
bying.
Aside from being informed, Huie stressed the need for knowing the people that advise the legislators and a d ministrators who make the deci
sions that affect students
“Port of being informed is being informed of those people that can help you,” he said.
Responding to a question from one of the 35 to 40 students in attendance about how to get those in power to take students seriously, Huie said students See STATE. Page 5
Student political groups team up with campaigns
Ball Residence Hall
the university was not responsible for their property. If they did not have their own in
surance, their belongings had gone, quite simply, up in smoke.
W hile the I U P U I campus has been lucky, with respect to fires, it is also the policy here that
"students are responsible for their own insurance needs,”
David M. Paul, IU P U I director of student housing said.
According to spokesmen from both the University of In
dianapolis and IU P U I, it is spelled out in the student hand
book of U I and in the housing contract at IU P U I that each stu
dent is responsible for insuring their own personal property when living in campus housing.
"A t this time," Paul said, "we do not point (it) out to people be- See INSURANCE, Page 4
B y P E G G Y W IE S E I1 A N Successful political campaigns require cooperation, much like a rafi race down the rapids of the Colorado River. The crew that works together wins the race.
That’s why the working rela
tionship between IU P U I's two political groups and their county counterparts have reaped posi
tive results for both sides.
According to Linda Proffitt, president of the College Demo
crats, the Democratic groups are interdependent.
T h e Marion County party needs us, and we need them,”
she said. "W e ’re assisting their effort by plugging our member
ship into on-sight experiences * Staffing the phone bank, help
ing with the pamphlet drive, a s
sisting in the polls and support
ing the staffs of different candi
dates are some of the activities
that the College Democrats are taking on du n n g this campaign.
Similarly, G ary Walters, Jr., co-founder of the College Repub
licans, feels that the coordina
tion between his group and state and national Republican groups has helped each organisation significantly in attaining mutual goals during this year’s presi
dential election.
“W e ll have registered over 500 voters by the end of this week,"
he said. "W e ’ve worked ex
tensively with the G O P in voter registration "
Supporting this view, Steve Lowry, state director of the George Bush/Dan Quayle campaign, believes that the in
teraction his party has with its campus affiliates is developing.
“I anticipate even more inter
action," he said. “I’m looking for-
See POLITICS. Pago 4
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Notices NOTICES deadline is Thursday at noon.
Parking areas fluctuate with building plans
Construction began last week on a new park
ing lot north of North Street between Blackford and California streets.
When completed, the lot north of the Mary Cable Building will accomodate more than 300 cars, said John Nolle, director of Parking Ser
vices.
The new lot will portly moke up for the more than 430 spaces that will be lost when lot 77 and the north h a lf of lot 84 are closed permanently this fall to make room for Phase II of the Science/Engineering and Technology (S/ET) complex.
Scheduled to begin the first week of Novem
ber, construction on the S/ET complex will also result in the closing o f the north h a lf of Bright Street between Michigan and N ew York streets.
The closing of Bright Street and the two park
ing lots is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 21 and 22.
Entrances to lots 78, 82 and the south h alf of lot 84 will still be accessible from Bright Street after the closing.
The new lot is scheduled to be finished in about two weeks. At that time resurfacing of two areas currently used for parking will begin.
Those areas will be closed in the next two weeks 1 in order to do the work, said Nolte.
“W e want the first lot done so that we have a place to put people while we’re doing the other two," Nolte said.
Located at the northeast and southeast comers of the intersection of California and Vermont streets, the two grassy areas will be covered with gravel and accomodate 300 cars when completed.
This year's record enrollment has resulted in more automobiles on campus. Students current
ly unable to find parking should head to the northeast quadrant of the campus, said Nolte.
Lot 70 north of North Street between Douglas I and Bright streets and lot 73 east of the Mary Cable Bulding are not being u A d to full capac
ity, said Nolte.
"All semester thus far we have had spaces open in lota 70 and 73," said Nolte. "Neither one of those have ever been filled."
Volunteers for study needed at Med Center
Volunteers are needed for a study of an exper
imental drug by the IU Medical Center Depart
ments of Urology and Gynecology. Needed are men and women 21 years old or older who have difficulty with abnormally low sexual desire, difficulty achieving sexual arousal or orgasm, and have been a partner in a relationship of at least one year.
For more information call Penny Hood, R.N., at 630-8913.
Parking areas scheduled for comple
tion in mid-October.
■ || New parking lot tentatively scheduled li for completion in two weeks.
U s Area that will be dosed, induding the north half of Bright Street between M;chigan and New York streets, when construction begins on Phase II of the Sdence/Engineering and Technology complex. More than 430 parking spaces will be lost when the area is dosed permanently the weekend of Oct. 21 and 22.
IU overseas program accepting applications
A new overseas study opportunity in Yugos
lavia is being offered this year to students at all campuses of Indiana University.
The program will allow IU students with limited foreign language skills to spend a semester studying at the University of Ljubljana.
Applications for the spring program must be submitted by Oct. 8. For more information call the IU School of Business, at (812) 335-0611.
Secretary named to board
Patricia Van Noy, an administrative secretary in the Office of Learning Resources, has been elected to a two-year term on the board of direc
tors of Toastmasters International.
Van Noy received her aw ard during that ogani ration's 57th annual convention held recently in Washington, D.C.
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T O D A Y
I P F W s Jack 8underman will address "Devonian Sandstone in Silverian Karst of a Landfill Site on Purdue Campus," sponsored by the IU P U I Geology department, at 4 p.m. in Cavanaugh 435. Call Jackie Bates at 274-7484 for more information.
e a e
“W riting for Literary Analysis,” a workshop about a systematic approach to critiquing pieces of literature, will be in Cavanaugh 427 from 1 to 2 p.m. Call the University W riting Center at 274-2049 for details.
s e e
Medicine Continuing Education is sponsoring "Advanced Echocardiography 1988: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years o f Echocar
diography in America," in the University Executive Conference Cen
ter through Wednesday. Call 274-8353 for information.
T U E S D A Y
The University W riting Center is sponsoring “Focusing on a Topic* to help studenta avoid broad and general papers. The workshop will be in Cavanaugh 427. Call 274-2049 for more informa
tion.
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The IU P U I chapter of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union will listen to guest speaker Michael Gradieon, executive director of the iC L U in their general meeting at 4:45 p.m. in L a w School 114. A question and answer period will follow Gradison’s "Introduction to the IC L U ."
Cindy Ruble of Indianapolis Financial Group will speak at the first meeting o f the Finance Club at 1 p.m. in Business 2004. All students are welcome. Call Dan Anderson at 535-7043 for mors details.
s e e
Students in IU P U T s Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional M a n agement department will serve a H aw aiian menu of salmon or fruit salad, spare r ib s , snow peas, macadamia muffins, tropical bananas and coffee or iced teafor $10 per meal. Beatings era at 11:45 a jn .a n d 12:15 p.m. in ths Hoosrier Room o f ths Union Building. For a list o f menus for the weekly lunches or to make reeervaitons, call Lois Altman, the instructor che£ at 2 74 -7 5 9.
W EDNESDAY
The Psychology C lub will sponsor John Peters’ discusdon o f
"Religion and Personality Type" at noon in Krannert 858. Call D r.
W are at 274-6771 for more information.
The School of Bueineee and 8tudent Activities Council are sponsoring the annual Career D ay informal walk-through with representatives from 27 companies and agendas. Students may talk to these professionals about careers from 1 to 4 p jn . on ths second floor of Business/SPEA next to Career and Employment Services.
Call Ginny M a rik e at 274-2466 for more details.
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The University Gay/Lesbian Alliance is having a pitch-in dinner at 7:30 p.m. in the Lam bda Center at 3754 N . Illinois. Call W ayne at 274-2585 for more details.
T H U R S D A Y
Mike Pence, Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District is speaking to the College Republicans and interested voters in Business 2004 at 1:30 p.m.
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College Democrats will view and discuss a videotape of the presidential debate. A representative of the Dukakis campaign will also attend. The group will meet from 3 to 5:15 p.m. in University Library 006A. Call Linda Proffitt at 266-8800 for more information.
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Medicine Continuing Education is sponsoring "Gastroenterology
Update” in the University Executive Conference Center. For more
information, call 274-8353.
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NEWS
Sept. 26,1988
P a g e 3Lack of funding in Indiana is part of radon problem
B y S C O T T A B E L
In 1984, Stanley W atras set off radiation detectors as he eater*
ed the Limmerick, Pa., nuclear power plant where he worked.
Since he had not entered the plant that day, and had not been exposed to any occupational radiation, it was highly unusual for the radiation alarrri to sound.
(S e e e d ito ria l, P a g ^ 6 ) Scientists, extremely inter
ested in the phenomena, eventually traced the radiation to W a tra s’s home in the Reading Prong area.
The Reading Prong area, a uranium rich region encompass
ing much of N e w Jersey, Pennsylvania and N e w York has been dealing with radon on a daily basis ever since.
Pour years later, Indiana finds itself faced with the growing problems associated with radon.
Radon is produced when uranium decays into radium, which in turn decays into radon.
The invisible, radioactive gas seeps into structures from the underlying soil and has been blamed for as many as 20,000 lunglcancer deaths per year in the United States alone.
N e w Jersey’s current radon program is considered by many
state’s radon problem, as well as a lack of funding."
Nardi, former assistant direc
tor of Radiation Protection for the N ew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, claims Indiana has a “priceless"
source of information on radon, that, to the best of his knowl
edge, has remained virtually un tapped.
Nardi was referring to A.
James Barnes, dean of the IU School of Public and Environ
mental Affairs, and former deputy administrator with -the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C.
“I was simply overwhelmed with how well he dealt with and motivated the legislators,” Nardi
said.
*“Sure, I’d be glad to sit down and try to be of some assistance to the state,” Barnes said. “It seems to me that the t/33.
Surgeon G eneral’s announce
ment (on Sept. 12, regarding the health threat radon poses).
■ j 11Dhn, ^ seems as i f it was a catalyst that
.M im e ™ * * * government activity most comprehensive and eluPP- concernfm? radon ”
tive program in t*£ nation. The concermn8 radon’
program consists of a radon in
formation hotline, a public in- formation/education campaign, certification programs for testers and mitigators, low- interest loans for citizens who remediate their homes o f radon and pending legislation that would provide a tax credit” for those who have their homes mitigated.
“Indiana has one major prob
lem with their radon p ro g ra m ”, said Mike N ardi, a local inde
pendent consultant for legisla
tion and environmental policy.
“The problem," N ardi contends,
“is that Indiana has a lack of qualified people to deal with the
problems since 1986.
“Two ^ n rs ago we requested from the\Indinna General As- sembly’4.5^*an years (the equi- full-time employees) of assistance for the radon pro
gram. And we didn’t get a penny,” DeMougin said.
On Sept. 14, two days after the EPA declared radon “one of the nation’s most serious environ
mental health threats,” Lt. Gov.
John Mutz, Republican gubernatorial candidate, an
nounced the formation of a radon task force.
Jeff Modisett, issues coor-, dinator for the Evan Bayh gubernatorial campaign, said Bayh believes the state govern
ment has ignored the radon problem and has failed to evaluate the real dangers to Hoosiers.
Bayh campaign officials maintain that the current Orr- Mutz administration has relied upon “crisis management” and has formed a task force that of
fers no guarantee thot it will help Indiana citizens.
Locally, radon activists have been criticizing Indianapolis
4Hphe probicnv is t -l that Indiana has a lack of qualified people ... as well as a lack of funding.’
- Mike Nardi ___ Independant consultant
newspapers and their coverage of radon related issues, citing a recently released nationwide study of newspaper articles . about radoi) conducted by En
vironment magazine.
The article, “ Reporting on Radon: The Role of the I^ocal Newspaper” (March 1988) noted that while most of the articles published on the subject alerted readers nbout radon, the coverage did not appear to bring a clear understanding of radon's complexities to the readers.
Environment also noted that
“government officials were quoted more often than scientific sources*" and com
mented that, “such a depen
dence on government officials can encourage manipulation of
the news and leave the opinions of other important sources un
heard.”
Dr. John Gofman, author of the book, “Radiation and Hu
man Health,” claims that most of the media obtain facts from the government, which he called, “the greatest source of misinformation on radiation in the United States." Gofman, professor emeritus of medical physics at the University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley, and an ex
pert on radiation, said during a telephone intetrview with The Sagamore, “You can be as sure that radon causes lung cancer ns you can be certain'thnt the sun will rise tomorrow morning.”
“ 1 think the radon story has been really watered down," said Dave Walsh, local real estate at
torney. “The newspapers in this city are really .downplaying the local problem and not examining the real issues at hand,” Walsh continued.
“But now,” Walsh said, “since- the EPA let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, the local papers may be forced to take a better look at the subject.”
Senate controller nominated
Barnes said.
Currently, Indiana has only one individual to deal with radon related matters at the state level. The Marion County Health Department has two full
time employees to handle local concerns about radon.
N ardi further criticized the state by pointing out that the Director o f Radiation and Indus- triaLH ygiene position here has been vacant for approximately a
According to Steve DeMougin, assistant commissioner for Health Support Services of the Indiana State Board of Health, Indiana has been trying to get funding for the state’s radon
B y J U L I E E V A N S
The I U P U I Student Senate moved to fill the recently va
cated position o f controller by nominating one o f its own for the post.
At its meeting last W ednes
day, the Senate nominated Senator-at-Large D ana T read
well as acting controller follow
ing the previous rontroller’s resignation due to impending impeachment proceedings.
Treadwell’s nomination came after the previous controller, Chris Jennings, resigned Sept. 9 in the face of impeachment hearings. Jennings had been ab
sent from the Senate’s meetings since June. Treadw ell’s nomina
tion will be voted on at the next
senate meeting. N'
The senate also appointed two new senators, Rebecca Reussow, School of Education, and John Sullivan, School o f Public and Environmental Affairs. Addi
tionally, William Schilling, was unanimously confirmed os a senator-at-large.
Also at the meeting, two asso
ciate justices were appointed to the IUPUI Student Court. Mary Lankin, School o f Political Science, and Jennifer Rife, School o^. Education, were ap
proved by the Senate.
Two associate justices, the chief justice position, and eight divisional senator positions remain vacant.
Student Glenda In other business,
Government President
Smith announced two letter writing campaigns thnt the Stu
dent Government will be in
volved in.
One campaign, in conjunction with Marian College, Butler University and the University o f Indianapolis, is to ask Barbara Bush to come to Indianapolis to speak on literacy after the No
vember elections. Proceeds will be used to tutor the illiterate.
The other campaign will be in support of IU P U l’s new library nnd the Statewide Library Auto
mation Project. The project would electronically link all In
diana university libraries.
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Sept. M , 1988Scholar brings lim elight to campus
B y C A R Y W O O D S
H ie Institute for Advanced Studies on the IU P U I campus has moved into the limelight o f macro-economic* theory with the arrival o f i u first visiting scholar.
Ronald Brown, formerly chairman o f the economics de
partment at Yale University and now chairman o f the department o f economics at Stanford U niver
sity, is on campus to work with Charalamboe D. Aliprantis, chairman o f the mathematics department.
Politics
Continued from Page 1 ward to working with them.*
Elaborating on the give and take o f their relationship, Lowry explained how his group had provided “ surrogate speakers for the Bush campaign" for the stu
dent group’s meetings, while the College Republicans supported their rally for Nancy Reagan.
Although the College Repub
licans’ current thrust is aimed at the presidential campaign,
■after the election it will “get ac
tively involved with campus is
sues," according to Walters.
*W e want to go beyond the na
tional and local scope — we want to affect student issues,"
he said. “W e're not going to hold any protests or throw any
Insurance
Continued from Page 1 cause it is stated clearly in the residents’ handbook.”
According to several insurance companies in the Indianapolis area, a student who lives in a dormitory while enrolled as a student might be covered under their parents home-owners in surance.
“Each company has its own policies and guidelines though,”
Rick W right, a State Farm agent said. “ If," he said, “students are not certain, they should check with their parents to verify the coverage."
The amount o f coverage also varies greatly from company to company. State Farm does
“insure replacement values as low as $4,000,” W right said, while others have a minimum as high as $10,000.
•There are a number o f vari
ables," W right said. “The num
ber o f units in each building, for example, makes a difference.”
The cost o f the coverage also varies from company to compa
ny. In general terms, though, a renter can expect to pay from about $75 to $110 per year.
Insurance costs also vary depending on the type o f policy:
actual cash value, or replace
ment value.
The difference between the two is critical, W right said, be
cause with full or new replace
ment “the insured will have his property replaced," while with an actual cash value policy “you are reimbursed for the used value o f the property, not what it would cost to replace."
Brown and Aliprantis will be collaborating on an economics paper that Brown is putting the finishing touches to. Aliprantis said that Brown "has been work
ing on his theory for about 18 years."
“ It’s called T h e Economics of Infinity,” Brown said. "It’s based on an economic model that explains, among other things, the forces at conflict in cross generational economics. A prime example would be Social Security."
Present economic models, Brown said, do an accurate job o f distributing service* and
goods within a single genera
tion, but when those same market forces are carried over from one generation to another problems arise.
Brown said that a solution to the problem o f social security funding, for example, must be found or the system will go broke.
That, he said, "is an alarming thought to post-baby boomers, who are currently looking at an entire working life time o f paying into the system with a chance the money won't be there when it become* time for us to collect."
firebombs, hut we do want people to become aware (that) the Republican Party stands for family, economic growth and prosperity."
W alters indicated that some o f the campus issues he would like to address include rising tuition rates, the increasingly limited parking situation and the pro
posed technology fee.
And while he acknowledges that the Democratic and Repub
lican parties have some ideologi
cal difference*, W alters believes that the major differences lie in how they choose to implement their policies.
Stressing the importance o f personal commitment in politi
cal efforts, Proffitt urges stu
dents to become involved in politics despite any preconceived notions they may have.
“ I think part o f personalized politics is becoming involved,"
she said. T h e r e ’s a certain chal
lenge to citizens o f our nation to become involved in the political process because contrary to what people may believe, there is an open door."
Regarding campus goals, P ro f
fitt said that her group is at
tempting to inform the student body o f this year's Democratic platform.
“W e’re trying to provide the students with a copy o f the plat
form. It’s a short, easy-to-read, value-oriented statement," ah*
said.
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NKW8 / Page 6Statewide system will link libraries electronically, bus tour coming to campus
Continued from Page 1 should not underestimate their powers o f persuasion.
*1 think our students are our beet spokesmen for Purdue.
They can influence legislators better than 1 som etim es*
Following Huie's presentation, Barbara Fischler, director o f li
braries at rU PU I, called for stu
dent support o f the Statewide Library Automation System that will eventually tie together pub
lic and private libraries through a computer network.
Fischler emphasised the need for the cooperative 127.5 million system by explaining that it would require mors than $2 m il
lion for a library to purchase the 52,000 titles published in the United States alone every year.
Add to that the 178 per year average that libraries spend on each o f the hundreds o f maga
zine and journal subscriptions and the cost becomes prohibi
tive, Fischler said.
The goal o f the system is to link libraries, both locally and across the state, in a resource sharing network.
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Students at IU P U I needing magasine and journal articles from libraries at other univer- a ties could receive copies o f the material in 20 minutes over a telefax machine "because o f the backbone this system will give us," Fischler said.
"We're going to be able to take this glut o f information and sys- temise it,” said Fiachler.
Because o f that systemixation, future library patrons would be able to access library informa
tion through their home or office computers, said Fiachler.
Throughout her talk, Fiachler emphasixed that the system was something that would benefit students and schools across the
•tats and not just one or two in
stitutions.
IU has included M -5 million
in its budget request for the next two years to implement the system and other universities have included start up funds in their budget requests to the Legislature.
Financing for implementing the system at private colleges, which do not receive state fund
ing, has been tentatively promised by the L illy Endow
ment, said Fiachler.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved the statewide plan and will oversee the project to ensure the cooperation o f the various in stitutions.
The General Assembly will vote on the funding during its 1989 session that begins in Jan
uary.
A fter the conference, at a
meeting o f the Indiana Btu dents’ Association (IS A), the Statewide Library Automation 8ystem was one o f five isouse agreed on in committee to be of significant importance to Inch ana students that it warrants lobbying efforts on the part o f the IS A
The other four issues are:
lowering the student share o f the coot o f education, developing financial aid for nan-traditianal students, increasing the Irons ferability o f credits between col leges and universities in Indi
ana and augmenting child care centers at higher education in stitutions.
In other committee work, the Student Resources Committee announced its long-term goal of placing a student representative
on the CommiesMn for Higher Education and the ad-hoc Can stitution Committee completed recommendations on the new ISA constitution The constitu lion will be voted on et the nest ISA meeting. Oct. 18 in Bust neee/SPEA 4095 at 2 p m
U n d e Proffitt, ISA president end a senator a t Urge in the IU P U I Student Senate, an
nounced that the United States Student Askbriation (U S 8 A) bue tour o f college campuses this fall will be stopping at IU PU I. one o f only 30 slops on the tour’s agenda.
Election issues affecting stu dents end student voter partici
pation are the focus o f the USSA tour The presentation will take place around noon on Oct. 11 on the Library Mall
Continued from Page 1 bars to *he involved, speak out and become pert o f the com
munity,’’ as a way to improve majority/minority relatione.
T h e s e are good times at I U P U I " Gerald L. Bepko, IU P U I chancellor, said following H udnufe departure.
“Although," he added, T m a little nervous about being pres
ent at the consummation o f a 20-year marriage."
"Record enrollment, and the expected new construction projects," Bepko said, “should make faculty members feel good."
Which should mean that IU P U I will be in a strong posi
tion "going into the upcoming General Assembly season," hie added.
As recently as last June, com
bining the faculties o f the School o f Liberal Arte and School o f Science under one dean seemed unlikely. A t that time, W illiam M. Plater, dean o f the faculties, in a memo on the subject o f m erging both schools, wrote that
"based on reports o f meetings held by the faculties o f the two schools (in June 1988), as well as individual comments, it would appear that you do not wish to pursue the merger or combination o f liberal arte and science as an immediate objec
tive."
W hile the liberal arte faculty wanted to proceed, the science faculty did not.
For some faculty, the newness o f the idee teemed its most wor
risome aspect. One science fac
ulty member, in a memo on the minute# o f a School o f Science faculty meeting, categorized the idea as "dangerous ... Things have been happening much faster around here lately."
Today’s answer seems to be that "some are convinced that 20 years later is not too soon for the partners to consummate the marriage," M cGeever said.
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stateshave passed radon-related legislation. Nine states have toll-free hotlines to serve residents with questions about radon.Scientific data is on record from radon studies done in several states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Indiana, unfortunately, lags behind in such programs despite having one the the most re
spected and effective radon resources anywhere.
A. James Barnes, Ill's new dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, formerly of the Envi
ronmental Protection Agency, is credited with helping New Jersey's legislature pass one of the most compre
hensive state programs in the natiort.
Barnes's Influence there has led to a radon infor
mation hotline, a public information and education campaign, codification programs for radon testers and mltlgators, and low-interest loans for those who rectify excessive radon levels. Pending legislation would provide a tax credit tor owners who have their hom e*
mitigated.
W hen faced with the release of the Environmental Protection Agency - U.S. Surgeon General coopera
tive report on the presence of radon in seven states, including Indiana, state leaders responded two days later by announcing a radon task force.
A hotline for Indiana residents was also hastily thrown together to take names and addresses for mailing brochures. An employee was unprepared to answer questions about radon when a reporter from
The Sagam ore called last Thursday.
Investigating radon from the preliminary stages is like trying to re-invent the wheel. W e can learn from the studies and experiences of our neighboring states.
City leaders of Columbus, Ohio, frustrated by the state's lack of action on the radon issue, addressed the problem themselves by setting local standards for companies conducting tests and mitigation.
They recognized the need for action and met that challenge.
Indiana leaders should lose their let's-name-a- task-force mentality and use resources like Barnes to protect the citizens of this state from radon's health threats — T h e E d ito ria l B o a rd
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H o w can they get more people at Metro sporijntr 5 C a m p s IiMfiiiry
TERRY SULLIVAN
Grad Student
Social Work
KRIS DAMAN
Junior
Liberal Arts
NAOMI LONG
Junior
Nursing
SHANE FIELDS
Freshman
CIMT Eng/Tech.
MARY WEINGARDT
Freshman
Liberal Arts
“You have to look at schedul
ing. When there are other games at the same time, atten
dance is diluted.”
“Advertisement. Because you don’t hear...you hear a little about it. You don’t even know what teams there are, because they don’t say."
“I think that it needs more publicity, because I don’t even know about it.”
“I imagine they need shows at half-time like a band or some
thing after the game and an area to dance.”
^bey need to put out flyers so People know about these
“ ' ,ngs. Advertising. Word of mouth isn’t going to do it”
Sept. 26, 1988
The SAGAMORE
OPINIO N l ‘»iiv 7Natatorium open to more than visiting athletes
The IU Natatorium, with it* physical education facilities, was on unexplored planet in my university universe until this week.
I always thought o f it as the building where Indianapolis hosts its splashy (sorry) sporting events. Oh, and some jocks probably go there to work out. Such was the extent o f my knowledge.
Then I went exploring.
Sports Editor Rick Morwick wanted a photo token o f Marcy Bixler, an IUPU1 volleyball player who wna named N A IA National Player-of-the-Week in women’s volleyball.
With no “r e a r photographers available, I offered to run across the street and snap a couple o f pics before the match.
Rick promised it would take just a couple o f minutes.
With no student ID’s (admission to all Metro gomes is free with one, $1 without), we took along the current issue o f the newspaper. Rick suggested we could point to our names in the staff box, then pull out our driver’s licenses as proof that we were working staff mem
bers.
Thankfully, it never came to that. The ticket taker eyed Rick’s notebook and my borrowed camera and let us in. (Our pho
tographer Paul Sutton was charged 11 to enter a recent home soccer game when he was there solely to take photos for The Sagamore.)
Rick asked Coach Tim Brown if we could get a couple o f quick shots o f Marcy 20 minutes before the game started.
Brown preferred, he said, that we wait until after the match was over.
In his defense, I’m sure Brown didn’t want Marcy to be distracted before a
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match, and he didn’t know I wasn't expe
rienced enough to shoot the entire game and therefore wosn’t planning to stay.
But I wasn't feeling very empothetic with Coach Brown at that moment. I didn’t appreciate having to spend an hour and a h alf waiting to shoot three minutes worth o f photos.
I was also ticked o ff at Rick for getting me into the situation in the first place My other work was put on hold as I settled in for the duration.
While I waited, I watched my first Metro sporting event.
The volleyball players were, for the most port, much taller than average women. They looked tough, and they used impressive force in spiking that ball over the net in their warm-ups.
I got popcorn and a soda at the conces sion stand After a slow start, the Metros came back to take the first set 1 munched and drank and took in the sights.
The gymnasium where they played is a top-notch facility, although the public nd dress system was inadequate for the
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gym There is a second gymnnaium in the building, a racquetholl court, a weight room and, o f course, the pool Every thing is clean and new
After the Metros took the second set. 1 went back out to the concession stand for a hot dog. The bun was warmed and there was a selection o f spicy and regular mustards, relish and ketchup in plastic squeeze bottles.
Across from the concession stand and outside the gym is a wall o f windows overlooking some o f the fastest waters in indoor pools.
As corny as it sounds, the sight is breathtaking It reminded me o f a perfect image raptured forever in a photograph The profusion o f bright colors and modular elements is simply striking.
The platforms and springboards off which Greg Louganis and so many other divers have competed in national nnd in ternational competitions are there
The pool has eight lanes where world- class athletes have set records in their specialties.
Banners hang from the ceiling sym
bolizing water polo, swimming, diving and synchronized swimming
I’m ashamed to admit that 1 had pre
viously only seen these sights on my tele
vision screen. I was truly missing one of the most impressive parts o f this campus.
When I looked down at the pool nnd saw people swimming, my first, fleeting thought was that the IU P U I swim team must be practicing. We have no swim team, as I quickly remembered. I real
ized those were students who had bought
their ID s and were taking laps in one of the fastest pools in the world for the price of a $8 50 recreational fee
Misti students pay the fee at registra lion. I learned, but students ran pov the fee during the semester Monday through Thursday in the ticket office on the main concourse o f the Natatorium Students must have proof o f enrollment either with a student ID or with a registration receipt
1 wandered back into the gym in time to see our volleyball team wrap up their win before the small crowd of family, friends nnd fellow Metro athletes
After the match. Coach Brown and some assistants Umk down the volleyKdl net themselves while a guy in gym short*
bounced a basketball on the sidcUm - waiting for a d ea r path to the hoop*
This guy was obviously there for a friendly game nnd some exercise There are no bnskrlboll classes at 8 'to p m He.
ton, was making the most o f his student ID card
When Marcy came out o f the lacker room, I shot the photos and left 1 walked back to the ofTice wondering how many people on campus have only seen wh.it this building has to offer from their tele vision sets
Save ozone layer: take public transportation
Autumn, with all o f its brilliant color, pleasant temperatures and sustaining rain, has finally arrived in central Indi
ana. But the waning summer will not soon be forgotten.
The summer o f 1988 was one o f the hottest and driest on record, and these conditions were responsible for sig
nificant crop losses throughout the M id
west, not to mention dozens o f forest fires throughout the western region o f the country.
Many scientists and meteorologists at
tribute the recant drought to what is commonly referred to as the “greenhouse effect."
The greenhouse effact, according to E r
win Boschmann, an IU P U I professor of chemistry and the associate dean o f fac
ulty, refers to the culmination o f a long process wherein carbon dioxide rises into the atmosphere and combines with the ozone layer. That combination becomes something like a giant window. Light and its accompanying heat can get in, but heat radiating from the earth is trapped in the atmosphere.
The scenario can be likened to a car windshield on a sunny day. The sun shines in, and even on a cold day, the in side o f the car can get very warm when left in direct sunlight.
The result o f the green house effect is a slow rise in the average global tempera
ture. According to Boschmann, there is
Ron Brooks, staff columnist one mqjor cause o f the greenhouse effect:
carbon dioxide produced by fuel-burning factories and power plants. Automobiles without catalytic converters are the other major culprit.
Boschmann pointed out that carbon dioxide itself is not dangerous. In fact, it occurs naturally. But the earth's atmo
sphere cannot absorb the surplus em is
sions o f the enormous number o f cars and coal-burning factories in use today.
A t this point, no one can prove whether the greenhouse effect is definitely taking place, but there is evidence to support the phenomenon.
According to the National Public Radio program “All Things Considered* broad
cast in June o f this year, the average global temperature has risen steadily for the past eight years, and has risen sig
nificantly the Inst three with a .8 degree Fahrenheit increase each o f those three years.
I f the greenhouse effect is actually in operation, there is little doubt o f the ultimate results if the phenomenon con
tinues unchallenged. According to Bos-
chmnnn, the average global temperature would continue to rise and would trigger melting o f the polar ice caps.
There would be two major con sequences o f such a melt-down. First, the level o f the earth’s oceans would rise sig
nificantly, flooding coastal plains such as the Eastern seaboard and California.
And second, the temperature o f the ocean would be lowered, leading to a global cooling.
Boschmann did offer some encouraging news. Smoke pollution has the opposite effect o f carbon dioxide. Smoke rises high into the atmosphere and blocks some o f the sun's light and associated henl from reaching the earth in the first place, thus negating the greenhouse effect
Although this is encouraging in a way, Boschmann was quick to point out that mqst studies show the greenhouse e f f e c t to be slightly more pronounced than the cooling from the smoke. Thut effect, therefore, still needs to be addressed.
Action needs to be taken now, nnd there are places to begin. We can make every effort to lim it the use o f automobiles. While the weather is still warm, we enn walk or bike around town.
And for those long journeys or when the weather gets bad, we can use public transportation.
Society as a whole should establish guidelines concerning carlxin dioxide pro
tection. Because the substance is not im
mediately harmful, there are no stringent guidelines.
Coal-burning factories and power plants need to develop a method o f con
taining the carbon dioxide they produce, restraining it from rising into the atmo
sphere.
Public transportation needs to lie de
veloped to the point that it is a rea
sonable alternative to driving.
Assuming thnt technology can lie devel
oped to safely store nuclear waste, nuclear energy, which is produced clean
ly, needs to be further explored.
Ultimately, other forms o f fuel must be used instead o f coal. This is the wisest and most far-sighted solution for the greenhouse effect These forms o f energy, including sun, water and wind, have no detrimental impart on the ozone. And they nre not excessively more costly than existing fuel sources. In any case, one cannot put a price on our atmosphere
Although these solutions may seem im
possible to implement, they nre not In our democratic society, the votes o f con
cerned citizens can make a difference in public policy.
Summers should be rememl»-n-d fur good baseball, cool swims and backyard barbecues rather than for unl«.liable heat and damaging drought*.
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