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VOL. LXIII-No. 27 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Monday, De Studer oppoS BY SUSAN PAQUET The S. C. State Student legisla ture is in the process of arousing student and statewide interest con cerning nuclear waste disposal and possible catastrophes which could occur in South Carolina with the presence of the Allied-Gulf nuclear waste disposal facility in Barnwell, S. C. Dan Bell, a political science major at USC, is a spokesman for the stu dent legislature which represents students from over thirty schools in S. C. which include technical BY BLAKE LORICK "The off-campus student doesn't feel to be a part of this University. USC is not offering its services in a manner which would be con dusive to utilization by stu dents," said Michael Tucker, after completing a student survey for a Contemporary University project. Tucker said 560 surveys were given out and 49 per cent of them were returned. The results were analyzed by a computer. Tucker found that the GPR for both off and on campus students was fairly even. The survey showed that four-fifths of the off campus students have cars while only half of the stu dents living on-campus had them. Press, g( dee penin BY PATRICK TYLER Speaking on the dangerous trend of the federal government toward control of the press, Turner Cat ledge, former executive editor of the New York Times, said Friday that he had recently contributed to concealing information in the inves tigationof the shootings at Southern University last month. Catledge, who sits on a special commission looking into the deaths of two black students at the univer sity in Baton Rouge, La., said some embarassing information came to light and he found himself "con niving to hoodwink" the press. Addressing an awards banquet of Sigma Delta Chii, professional jour nalism society, the former Times editor concentrated his speech on the inherent conflict between gov ernment and the press in our soci t legisi ,es n - schools and regional campuses of the University. "We're trying to get complete information," was the reason Bell gave for the student legislature's present Involvement with the question of nuclear waste disposal. The student legislature sup ported a bill to ban nuclear energy facilities in South Carolina which it presented to the S. C. legislature. The bill was proposed by a Winthrop student, and amended by Bell. However, four students within the student legislature from techni cal schools in South Carolina tried to have the bill defeated. Because 46.6 percent of the off campus students are employed on the average of 20 hours a week. On-campus students worked only 15 hours a week. Approx imately one-half of the off campus students are employed in the afternoon and an additional one-third work at night. On campus students work-hours are fairly evenly spread out. Tucker theorized that off campus students, being out of touch with the University, use work to utilyze their time in the place of campus activities. The survey showed that the off-campus student uses the library to a greater extend than the on-campus student. The on-campus stu dent was better informed of events and tended to be more in touch with campus media. The off-campus stu )Vermer ig, says Ti ety, saying that the conflict .s wor sening because of the "spread of government authority" and the extend to which those in power would use that authority. Catledge said President Nixon has become frustrated with the press because the press fails to pass along without question "anything that the President chooses to feed Into It. He will continue this concept as long as he Is in office." However, Catledge said all the clashes between public authority and the press are outcroppings of a fundamental clash of Ideals. He said secrecy often serves the con venience and needs of politicians and that disclosure expedites the freedom of the press and the pub lic's right to know. When these Mdeals come into con flict," Catledge said, "There is no way to balance them out. In a tense ature plant of Allied-Gulf's policy of hiring the top 25 percent of the graduating classes of the technical schools; this was done in order for the students to gain favor with the company. The information used by these students which had the bill defeated in the S.C. House of Represenatives was given to them by Mr. Newman, the head of the Barnwell plant, at 4:00 in the morning in order for their arguments to be ready that day. The function of Allied-Gulf is to convert radio active waste into reusable forms of nuclear energy. The facility receives this waste Survej studer dent consults the campus calender less than students on campus. One-third of the off campus students never attend football games as compared to only one-fifth of on-campus students. The off-campus student is much less involved in ser vices and organizations offered by the University. Two-thirds of these students say they never participate in activities after 3 p.m. Two thirds of the off-campus stu dents said they have no extra-curricular activities. Most off-campus students it conflict mesman situation the two won't trust each other," he said. "With new conflicts, new patterns of disclosure and secrecy develop, as we have seen in recent years," Catledge said. He added that secrecy will continue because the government when encountered with "that which Is merely embar rassIng or annoying" will chose secrecy "In every doubtful case, ad,,you can bet every case is doubt "I cannot conceive of a better sys tem for publishing information in our society," Catledge said, but added "the balance in this game is being dangerously tipped toward the side of the executive." He said the information that the govern ment offers is not free but given Please see Catled=e. Page 16 from nuclear reaction facilities of all private corporations within the United States. Bell stated that this residue is now being stored by the company for its future disposal. "They're waiting for the federal government to build a depository that is 'safe'." Bell went on to say that the student legis lature's pressure may have been a cause for the disbanning of studies which were looking into the possi bility of a depository in the limes tone beds beneath the Savannah River nuclear facility. Dr. Currucio of the geology department here, who supports Bell's position, has stated the dan gers of such a move due to South Carolina's high susceptibility to earthquakes and tremors. Bell presented other dangers to South Carolina which the Allied Gulf facility has brought with it. The transportation of the nuclear waste from other parts of the coun try to Barnwell is done by trucks carrying stainless steel tanks con I: Of f-c 7ts alle go to classes and leave. The off-campus student specifically states that he is poorly informed of campus events. The survey also showed that 60 percent of off campus students live from 1 to 5 miles from school. One third of them use city streets to park while 40 percent use decal lots. Two-thirds of the off-campus students have lived in residence halls before. 65 percent of them spend no time on campus during the weekend and only 12 percent spend more than taining the contaminated liquids and solids. The tanks are supposedly able to withstand the force of a thirty foot drop or the impact of a steel bar dropped from the height of 100 feet. Bell stated that, while the vehicles carrying the tanks are not to excede a speed of 25 miles per hour, a head on collision with a vehicle traveling 60 miles per hour would present an impact farexceedingeitherof these conditions. Bell discussed the lenient regula tion of safeguards of the emergency cooling systems in nuclear facilities. The liquid sodium used within these wystems can, as a rsult of hpman error, form fireballs which are capable of burning to the center of the earth. Any release into the environment of radio-active materials could lead to contamina tion causing unlivable conditions for up to 50,000 years in any given area. (Please see SCSSL, Page 16) am pus rnated 5 hours. Tucker said the solutions and proposals to these prob lems were in the process of being formulated. He com mented that the policy makers at USC would definietly be made aware of these problems. Tucker suggested a..y stu dent interested in discussing any aspect of the survey should contact him at room 215 on the Pendleton Build ing or see David Isbitzer, Assistant Dean for off campus and married stu dents. 3* eraft