1975_04 The Daily Collegian April 1975

              tittle consideration for
environment - Polakoff
By AuEfrte Krauas
Collsgisa StaR Writer
•Our oovtrortmeBtal behavior
aas bsea replete wtth contradictions." seeordlBg to Dr. Phillip polakoff. a member of tba La-
por oecupstlonal Health Project
at the Unl-ertaRy of Calttornta,
Berk.l*y.
Potahoff aas os campus Wednesday morelagto eaeeetto ee-
vtroameatal proasction.
.wo have teases given tar too
UtUe constdsrsttos" to tfee problem of industrtsl waste, he sstd,
•at if tfea earth itself eereadls-
poasble eExmratodtty."
polakoff, who Ss-ofee before aa
audience ef afeeat SO people, ssld
that only within tke past four or
s has western men perceived tfthat wo lived la a closed
life support system."
indicating st the atari of Ua
talk that It woald bs "more ef a
prosaic nature* than tactual, Pct-
akoff reviewed aome of the hfet-
nvironrnentel  ceacern
, few specific problems.
hut he tailed to offer any specific
rttoas
•1 don't raally kaoe tfee answers." to safes. I've lostsoms
iwrsonal perspective.*
Polakoff said he was taking s
leave this June Item his work st
Berkeley. He Is a medical doc-
tor in tho SchooltePwbUc Health.
polakoff told hla raa-fenars that
•the environmeet eaaaattally belongs to each sard svery osw of
us." Hs sddsd tfeat "ee hsve to
-examine aad altar maay of oar
•radltional attitude. *
ks an examptoofUtaprafetoma,
he cited waste disposal ptE-ahtoms
taring most inadtsm to targe ratios, which included pi
Almost half the cities will raa
out of disposal facilities wttMn
ti e next flvs yesrs, hs sstd, yst
60 per cent of tfee solid aeats is
• a hie It Is not being re-
rnvered, however.
At the same time, there has
heen s 41 per eaat Increase in
•he consumption of packaged ero-
ducts, sed ths parkaglag ta not
tirdei
AB
recent study ahlch found enough
food value in the garbage of Grosa
Point. Mich , to toad a sizable
portion to the city of Detroit,
hitch.
Polakoff ssld he hss found, ln
to groaps of consumers
members, thst ttadtvid-
FR1DAY, APRIL fen, veTft
EGIAN
It has become perfectly clear
hat tfee master say" to environ-
ttctpatioa, he toad t
"We   esvtn
shore  oar knowledge." fee said.
"Wa meat corns
more effect than ladlviduals.
Ia dlscusstng tfee background to
»        CALIFORNIA STATE      UMIVftSITY,      MISNO    j
Price elected president;
his slate carries top posts
Da rid Price rasa elected student The vote count aaa canapaetad     currnat    voting    leewHa.   Other
rrody preaidem of CSUF early thla st 4 a.m. thta -states*,. In aU, a     wtaawrfl   iBCBtdnrt   Gens  Glbeoa
reefterej when taw final vote con-at total  of 1 Ml ilsiiata voted ta     tor    Vagi si stive   vtee-ptstadsta,
itnniiil Mm wtBtaag over his op- tfea etoetton.                                        who as tested Share. Abbes pnnj-
ponent Crux Bustamante t>y a vote Rearly tfee entire Price ticket     vent fey a  vote ef lea to feet;
of 411 to 114. wss   sleeted,   aajiutalag te feat    sad Saaan Good tor College Uatoa
Bawl
ssld "Earth Day (ln April. 1170)
marked the liglaslag of tfee ead
of science.*
Two events to tke early 1940a
"played seminal rotes" to developing concern tor the environment, Polakoff said. Tba first
wss ths opea air teettagef atomic
bomba. which 1tauBlliB|ll tfeat
sclentisu with tfee same data
could get vary dtftereut results.
The eecond. he satd, was publication of Rachaet Carson's "Silent Spring," proving tfeat awat
you can't see, taste or smell could
bs do age rone to health aad lite.
Ry 1170, fee said, scleettetx
understood tha need to feelaare
public hrneflt with public risk.
At tkat time, 'thelUnstsa faded,*
end air and eater paltotion aero
aaaa ee health problems
A txaaattoa snd answer session
followed Uw lecture, aad In re-
spotass to s Question concerning
tha economic Impact of environ-
some   Bastes   r-eelty   should be
Isms.
"In   msay  cases. It (envtroa-
atoctton) «ti
In Potahoff « vise, the failure
to root rot or recover waste Is the
primsry technological failure of
the I nlted Stall4.
"Ws hsve to reexamine snd si-
vr many of our trsxRtteeal atU-
partlcttpattoa In environmental
protection, Potakoff said msay
students ware tarned off becsaee
the subject has tecoxne "sa isolated classroom Issue "
It must bs approached as a reality, he said.
Abbs Noriega'a eaaawawcy by a
vote of 440 to taa.
1   to   4
Charles Dee, Asgto Rise, feter-
bara Kissinger sad Gsry Nelson.
College Uteon ooeu oaa sad
two were won by Cfertstopfear
Baasfead sad. Cay ten Lee, respectively.
Purther ntoction reseats. Including tfea victor by echool. xrill
follow oa page 4, wtth Anal sta-
ttatics.
were overruled laat afejfet fey the
Election Committee.
The urotate filed by eaadldataa
Susan Good.CharlteHoeandlrlel-
PRES.DCNT-ELECT Oevrd Prtoe
vote count early thta amtam%.
views final electton tall ins durkajs
limits" i
Tfee ElaettoaCoi
that tfee cods was sot vl o lata d but
seed tfeat "precise werdtag la ate
la It.
ef •
Yet petitions available today and Monday
Petitions urging ths peaasge
' a bill which would extend
-iiirationsl benefits to vetersns
who have already received a
legree will be available to the
Free Speech Area Thursday,
r rtday and Monday
The law now sssbtes veterkns
to  receive  edacattoaal   benefits
nths  with a me raaxetfe
extension avallsble tf tke l
is still working for a BA or RS
degree, accordtag to Alton Bred-
toy of ths Veteran's Affairs Of-
flcs.
Ths Mil, sponsored by Con-
greasmsn B F. (Rernta) Risk of
Fresno, would allow all qualified
veteran, have gone to school before   eetoring   tha  aervlce  aad
rarurn   to  graduate   t>efor»*   helng
of all the
Biofeedback
workshop
sion, pro-aided they meet regular
eligibility raoairemontx.
Bradley  tBTsaalrisd that  maay
To qualify, a veteran muat have
served   14  months er  mora on
actlvs duty Sftsr Jan. 11, 1955
He must have been released from
the service wveer eondttlons that
satisfy bis active duty obligation.
A Bo-credHfeUstas-tosckWorfc- satd, **Tfea coda ta
shop will bs ccetdactod at CSUF -say they ruled ta
aa April  14. May 1.  11 aad 11
by tfee  KutaBteoa Division. Tfee Goad.   "Apparently they
cost is 110 per person. bed a valid arrjamete .
The workshop will be held from c-aawtoat bstore they (con
7 to 10 p.m. a fetoem 114 of tfee
.1 isR
tBtttee)
I'm
Larry O  Rouse, s reaeercher
In  tfee Blomuelc Lafeorstory st
CSUF.    will
Other protests felled c
a ballot Rat la Tke Dally (
gtaa,  tea  masetag af |
Senate fails to reach quorum
The Studsnt Senate's failure
*edEw*eday to ranch tfee oaerein
 ss*rv   to  condact  business
hss  been   attributed to sHcttea
politics.
Thirteen senators aad David
Price, lagtalattee vice-pi sstoanl,
showed ap for the meeting. Four-
<"*n  senators srs assise! tor a
Btoraaj
".s iaten following a |r>
"•it tor ssasluit to ar-
ng to reset a Quorum,
. «aa ad Juer and. Meet -
^redutod to begin at
' P.m.
Ar  --tanda nam oaa tar slag a
funds by the redeo
gather votes.
senate President ProTem Crux
Bustamsnte ssld msay n.embers
did not snow up because they salt
ey   for political ad-
not  reach the public until today.
the laat day af elections.
Before the meeting sdjsarnad,
as Glta
granting
for tfee ro.
They didn't show up so there
wouldn't he aay kind ef chance      office
political  wotaall >gnate,"
Busts mania ssld
"They,* fee eald. referred to
"sosne ef tha sssaiogaTwho wars
not Rtore.*
the redeo team who were st tfee
meettng. AB tajawas-y aaa prom-
to tke group fef Rta asnats.
"Biutesdbsck Is tte
of aelf control snd lavolvas online metetoring of psrsooal physiology." accordtrag to tfee Kxton-
ston Dtvtston. "Spectslteectrealc
devices have bee
which ea*torwaRaR.BBaS
biophysical processes, creattag
a virtual body mirror that re-
flects aa lrafit/tawal's level of
•alf-control "
days,
a awd  were  ate
meeting ^***Bra   f.v
SB   Led.    Antonto
ColleTtoian etiHor        Tmm •*"*••*-' mWw **-•** ***-
v. viifj-^iuii    eotviiiut cot-saagj tfee maaswag ef a passTtog
appliccttions ^
Cs**late
jVaaa "ortega sad Aagie Rfee.
Otaer
were    Tfeat tea   Areata,   Trial
torsktp ef Tfee Daily Tfee l
she   felt   tfee
valid.* She salt
Caotrere*. kfarioGalvaa, Amelia
Gomes, Dennis Ilda, Gary Lee,
Larry  Leon,   Henry  Lcewa  aad
» estate a bar ansa tfee aaU
Utoea ream let. DaaaRlBB tor re-      worker "was not dsraRet ta aafe-
MtttliBi ta 4p.m.      tag ea areanlteaaro to temper-
Frtaay, Msy 1. srtly maa the poll
Tke Senate Board on pwbllca- The steer pr state was "direct-
on at sy 7
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