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VOL. LXI - NO. 64 University of South Caroline, Columbia; S. C. 29206 -And' , MW 1 197 Coliseu for Ali An administration policy re off-campus speakers to appeA ,AUniversity building was kep when the administration Coliseum available for the Muh speech Tuesday night. The University Union ar Government had reques Muhammad All be allowed to s Russell House patio which acc a larger crowd than the Rui cafeteria. The administratior speaker's security as the rea allowing him to appear outsid According to the office for News analysis B arnw fornu v.ItRY CAIABItESE Fratures Editor When a state is as poor as South' Carolina. state officials must at tempt to attract as much industry as possible. Many times, poor states accept industries that are less than desirable in the eyes of other more prosperous and selective states. 'lhip is a necessary if not happily accepted practice and the burden on state officials to decide how far. Mexican studies ffered A summer study program in Monterrey. Mexico, is being of lered by the Department of Foreign Languages, for about the same price as one summer session a t . The deadline for applications is May 15 and they can be obtained from Carl Shirley in room 916 Humanities office building. A program of slides showing the iacilities at Monterrey Tecir wil be shown Wednesday May 12 at 7'p. Interested persons should meet at Shirley's office before 7 p.m. Koutr sinaI scholarships are being ottered to -help defray coets.- The olarships will be awarded on .e basis of a personal interview and not necessarily because of need or academic excellence. The total cost of the program is about *495. 'This includes tuition, room and board, and en terta4inment. A maximum of six credit hours can he earned in various subjects. The program will run from July m avail appear quiring all fairs the polic ir Inside a Nelson Rocke I In effect Presidential c made the One membe ammad All that approach Witten on the I id Student speak outside ted that someone woul peak on the The commItt :mmodates administratioi isell House "getting the ( i cited the The building son for not a cost of $254 e. Formerly thi Student Af- Coliseum has 11 County ear reclai to go in their pursuit of industry is a heavy one. Recently, a proposal to -build a HAS chemical plant in Beaufort County ran into -a storm of public wrath -and the plans to build the plant had to be abandoned. Now. after the long battle with HASK, the participants including the rederal Government have withdrawn to rest. Perhaps now is the wrong time to take a breather Allied -Gulf Nuclear Services has applied for and received per mission to build one of the largest nuclear fuel reclamation plants in the nation, in Barnwell County. Prior to the granting of state approval, a county meeting was held. According to 'the in vironmental Law Society, a group made up predominantly of law students. the meeting was poorly advertised and the attendance at the meeting was minimal. The Society's main concern is that the people of Barnwell County and the state of South Carolina in general have not had proper ex posure to all the facts concerning the reprocessing plant. Hurt - Rosen of the En vironmentat Law Society said, We aren't saying that anything unlamwful was done, but we don't think that the county ineeting received proper advertisement." -One of the facts that the Society would like the people to -be aware or is the danger or the atomic fuel to -he reprocessed. According to' the .brief distributed by the Society, the atomic fuel requires constant cooling due to the great amounts of heat the radioactive material generates. Another of the dangers cited by the group is the long life of the nuclear material. 'T1e life of the radioactive fuel is approximately BIm kaats anid the substance [able ance :y has been in effect since feller's appearance as a andidate in 1968. r of the Union committee ed Vice President Charles possibility of allowing All to said "'they were afraid that d take a pot shot at him."" 9e member said that the i was very cooperative in 'oliseum for us. I is being made available at ) to the University Union. a cost of reserving the been approximately $2,000. site nation requires constant cooling for that time. The group also claims that the maintenance of proper safeguards 14 an mn year period is beyond the scope or man's exmriPne. Ar cording to -the Law Society, the area in which the plant is to -be built has been subject to ear thquakes in the last too years, of a magnitude capable of damaging the proposed plant. The nuclear fuel would also have to be transported to the site by truck and the probability of an eventual accident is great. In addition to all these easibltie , the containers the waste would be stored in must be replaced aP proximately every 40 years. The proposed plant in Barnwell would be capable of handling 1,500 metric tons of fuel while the largest commercial plant to date* has a capacity of only 100 metric tons. The Law Society maintains that there Is far too little experience by commercial plants in this field and more study needs to be done. Any human error they say, could be the cause of permanent contamination ot a large area of the state. Michigan refused to accept the plant and the Law Society wishes only that the people of Barnwell and South -Carolina realise the poxxible consequences. The Environmentak Law Society -wants another county -meeting to' he called and this time, that it be advertised more widely. "If the people are convinced that the plant is sate." said Rtosen, "then the Law Society would be satisfied." As of now, however, Rosen's group does not feel the people have had the facts presented to them. If anyone is i~nterested in more in formation, they may write to 'lbs Envirouimental Law Society, pasersaCollege Geen St., - At -p WW 9 Muhapad Afi Muhammad All will be the featured speaker at the Carolina Coliseum tomorrow night at 9. The seating will be on an open basis. CURIOUS ABOUT CU? L)mp by the CU infoermadion table on the g,unad jtoor of Russel House. Someone uill be therw so yonr ura queasdens today and&wvu bgets 1 and 5 p.m.