1981_10 The Daily Collegian October 1981

              Opinion
Page8/October 12,1981-Dally Collagian
(Letters
from readers
Students criticize
Associated Students
To the editor:
We the undersigned would like to
express our total disappointment with
the Associated Student senators
whose power struggles have left the
School of Business without representation.
It is truly unfortunate that the senate feels that they can effectively represent the students by removing our
representatives from office. It is true
that there are senators-at-large who
represent all students, but artier working for six weeks with Senator Tom
Slocum (the most qualified and best
informed representative), it would be
absurd to consider trying to bring
another senator up to date, who has a
different educational background. Especially considering the fact that he
would be replaced by another senate
appointment in a few weeks.
The senate may believe that they
are helping the campus, but in fact,
are hindering our programs. We
would hope that in the future that the
senate would think of the students
they represent, not their personal interests.
Lynne Balcom, Vice President, Inter-business Coundl;
Barb Grose, Treasure, Rep., IBC-,
Alpha Kappa Psi;
Vickie Ideta, Publicity, I.B.C
Martha Tessmer, Bus. Advisory Co.
Rep. I.B.C.
Ted Ross, I.B.C Rep., Delta SiRma
Pi;
Peggy Avakian, Research Committee, I.B.C;
DonaldR. Brison, I.B.C. Rep.,
Int'l-American Business Students
Assoc.;
FredericCasseir, I.B.C. Rep., Int'l
American Business Students Assoc.;
Susan Morris, I.B.C. Rep., Pi Sigma
Epsilon;
Debbie Cregory, IB C. Rep., Pi
Sigma Epsilon;
Craig S. Castro, Student-at-Large,
I.B.C.,
Steven A. Hall, I.B.C. Rep., Alpha
Kappa Psi;
R. Joy Hamilton, President, I.B.C.;
Manuel Ma. orena, I.B.C. Rep.,
Chicano Business Student Assoc.;
Beatriz Rodriguez, I B.C. Rep., Chicano Business Student Assoc.;
Lisa Mashburn, Vice President
Adm., Budget Com. Area surer,
I.B.C;
Robin Whittaker, I.B.C. Rep., Delta
Sigma Pi;
JohnMorris, I.B.C Rep., Beta
Alpha Psi;
Mark Steele, President, Alpha Kappa Psi;
Steve Craham, Rush Chairman, Alpha Kappa Psi;
Normfta Snow, Delta Camma,
Dan Mills, Alpha Camma Rho;
M* Ian if Oltman, Phi Chi Theta
Rep., Phi Chi Theta;
Donna Christiansen, Secretary, Phi
Chi Theta.
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Bad timing for
ailing industry
Just when all the signs are pointing the other way,
President Reagan has effectively decided to buck common
sense with his current efforts to revive the ailing nuclear
power industry.
Last week the Reagan administration spelled out the
steps it will take to strip away some of the "overregula-
tion" from an industry that has been viewed with increasing public suspicion in recent years.
Among the measures announced by the White House
are plans to:
--lift a 1977 ban on the reprocessing of spent utility
fuel. The ban was imposed by President Carter due to
fears that plutonium extracted from the spent fuel
would add to problems of controlling the proliferation of
nuclear weapons.
-a directive to step-up the regulatory and licensing
process for new plants from 10 to 14 years to as little as
six.
Naturally, the nuclear industry welcomed the plan.
And why shouldn't they? By paring down regulations,
the plan would make the industry less accountable to
the public.
On the other hand, an official with the Nuclear Information and Resources Service accurately called the
plan an effort "to pin the woes of the industry on a poor
regulatory environment when the fact is the industry
is plagued with real safety and economic problems.*
That statement has been confirmed repeatedly in re~,
cent months, as any close reading of newspaper headlines will prove.
At the seaside Diablo Canyon power plant site recently,
plant officials discovered that a mix-up had been made
in the construction of one of the twin reactors. While the
mistake is being corrected, the foul-up would have proved
dangerous during a nuclear mishap at the plant, which
is located near an offshore earthquake fault.
Southern California's San Onofre power plant has also
had its share of problems in recent weeks. Plant officials
there have found that some of the protective materials
used in the coastal reactor have become increasingly brittle when the plant is fired-up.
The problems at Diablo and San Onofre, along with
the poor track record of the nuclear industry over the
years, has fallen on deaf ears with the Reasan administration. The president insists on applying his often
narrow-minded, get-government-off-our-backs mentality
in the troubled industry.
Reagan has occasionally spoken about the importance
of having a relatively safe nuclear industry. But as the
that carry a high price because they promote the interests,
of the industry over public safety.
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Music majors
must perform
Tuesday
1S.1M1
By Felicia Coasarl
Staff Writer
The houselights dim in the small
auditorium as the audience settles into
its seats. Suddenly, they begin to applaud as a young, blond-haired man in
a blue-gray suit takes his place center stage and takes a bow.
The 90 or so people in the audience then hush as Brian Thompson
and his accompanist. Patsy Pennel,
take their seats, she behind a piano as
he holds a French horn.
Thompson thinks about the tempo
of the first piece he will play this
Sunday afternoon, 'Sonata for Horn
and Piano" by Paul Hindemith, before
signaling to Pennel that he is ready   .
to begin his' senior recital.
One hour and 25 minutes later, the
final note is played, and the audience
shows its appreciation with enthusiastic applause.
Most music majors like Thompson
must present a senior recital in front
of three faculty members and an audience as a requirement for their graduation from CSUF:
Music majors who wi11 enter the
performing field must present at least
45 minutes of music in a recital.
Music-education majors are required
to perform a 20-minute recital, and
musicotogy-composition majors must
either write a lengthy, detailed report
on some period of music in history or
either themselves (or another student)
perform one of their own compositions.
The 21-year-old Thompson, whose
interest lies in orchestra performing,
approves of the Musk Department' s
graduation requirement.
'I think it's really good that we
need to play like this,* he said. "The
recital is a stepping stone In practicing in order to make it.
'I'm really glad it's a require-.
ment," Thompson continued. "If they
(other students) don' t do it and aren' t
willing to put in the time that's OK in
itself, but they can' t have any real
hopes" of making it in the professional-
world.
Thompson believes that the recitals
are especially helpful for hopeful orchestra performers like himself.
"The caliber of musicians in the
field is so incredibly high right now
RECITAL continued on page 4
Senior Brian Thompeon,
toward their degrees.
Mart Zahner/ Dally Collagian
mualc majors, must perform to earn credit
Disabled grads have more barriers to overcome
By Denlce A. Rlos
Staff Writer
The problems of disabled student
graduates aren't limited to architectural barriers. They also include finding a job in an overcrowded and unre-
ceptive job market, said Weldon Percy, coordinator of services for disabled
students at CSUF.
"Some employers in the private see-
tor are less willing to hire persons
with disabilities,* said Percy. "It's
like catching a cold. They don't want
to be that dose to someone with a
disability. The more physically apparent (the disability), the stronger the    -
distaste.'
Percy said that because of President
Ronald Reagan's budget cuts, disabled students are finding unemployment Where jobs were traditionally
found, such as affirmative action programs of the county, city an___eral
agencies. He said disabled persons
and other minorities are the first to go
when layoffs occur.
Anita Daughtrey has fought a lifelong battle with rheumatoid arthritis
and is confined to a wheelchair. She
will receive her degree this December in public relations and despite her
years of PR experience in the community, she said she expects to have
great difficulty finding a job.
"People are moving away from so
cial service concerns," said Daughtrey. 'I'm ver> coocemed about the
students who are coming (to the university) after me.'
Percey, who offers career advice
and planning to some of the 200 disabled students on campus, MM that
because of the economic and employment uncertainty, he tries to direct    ■*
students to a major or a job that
guarantees them employment.
"If they found a matchboo- cover of -
fering a computer programming
class,* he said, leaning forward in his
wheelchair 'I'd tell them to take it.
'It's real h/a sad commentary on
the part of our government that the
people who have a real need for Social
Security are so likely not to receive
it, especially during a time when they
are trying to prepare themselves for
work,* he said, referring to the students' quests for degrees.
Percy, who is a spinal cord-injury
quadriplegic, said it takes disabled
students one to three times kinter to
finish school because of their disabilities.
*Some students wfth newly acquired disabilities find that a full-time
academic program takes up too much
time and energy than they have," he
said. 'But as they physically get
stronger and their injury stabilizes,
they are able to Increase their academic efforts.*
Percy said the campuses' recognition of the academic problems faced
by disabled students has brought
some results to CSUF.
For example, studsnts can receive
tutoring services such as atody groups
far the disabled and a study skirts nro-
§ram, which teaches them how to _af-
Robert OautWer/Dally Collegian
Armenian architecture
CSUF Professor Dkkran Kouyrnjlwi and his exhibition of Anhenlan architecture cm
be found In tr_Phe_e Conley Art Gallery through Oct. 27. See story on page2.
gan tee their time and use it more effectively, said Percy.
Percy said his disability program also provides people who read to stu- .
dents with optical Injuries, or people
who interpret lectures for the dea , or
people who take notes for those With
dexterity problems. Percy said the
program Is funded by the state De-
partment of Finance, but the funds are
administered by CSUF.
A service alio valued by the disabled students is the disabled stu-
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