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Nader named Reagan as a culprit in
the toxic wastes issue because Reagan
tried to cut the budget of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency in 1981.
“A regulatory agency is supposed to
apply law and order to corporate pollu-
tion,” Nader explained.
“The EPA is obligated to enforce most
of these laws,” Nader said.
“Reagan first tried to cut the budget of
the EPA drastically.
“Congress didn’t stand for it, but
nevertheless it (the EPA budget) has
been cut over the years.”
floor of Moody Learning Center.
Dr. Max Castillo, president of the
Looney said workers could be harmed by “just
. . .
Students are exposed to the asbestos fibers in
the pipes’ insulation, but Looney said, “The
been consulted about it, and pointed
out the problem is not as simple as
dividing a 45-seat classroom.
“You have to leave room for
passage, some room between the
teacher and class and two doors. The
size of the classroom is going to be
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Ozuna said using two companies
to develop a master plan would in-
crease the cost an estimated 5 per-
cent to 10 percent.
“I would estimate the total fee for
planning to be somewhere in the
' 'of $40,000 to
$50,000,” Ozuna said.
Harlan said neither company
showed a preference about which
campus they wished to work on.
“Whoever works on St. Philip’s will
Harlan
better serve student interests.
The plan is to make three
classrooms from two, utilizing 2 by
of the recommendation, he had not (See Administrators, Page2)
According to the introduction of
has always been our theory to divide (See Building, Page 2)
■’ Nader compared corporations’ pollu-
He compared toxic wastes in drinking water tion to street crime.
campus.
volve division of rooms 631, 651, 671,
615, 637, 639 and 663, and a transfer
of teacher working space from 609 to plan developed 10 years ago would
617.
A major concern is quality of
classroom space.
Summers said while he was aware
Building committee OKs
splitting architect’s work
By Tom Orsborn the work among local firms,” Ozuna
Editor said.
Harlan supported Ozuna’s idea.
“We didn’t see any significant in-
exonerate them from the primary
retribution as “suicidal trends in industrial responsibility.”
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systematically.”
“And it is time to find out who ‘we’ are,”
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By Bill Reinert
News Editor
Four administrators and the space
utilization chairman agree more
classrooms are needed, but some
have reservations about a proposal
to partition classrooms onjhe sixth undesirable to the teacher if it’s
simply cut in half.
“The facilities that we have should
college; Dr. Lewis Goerner, dean of be relatively comfortable and attrac-
tive. Crowded classrooms are not
desirable,” the acting chairman
continued.
Love believes the plan will be im-
department chairman, agree on the Classes would be limited to 12-15
arts and sciences; Alan Love, pro-
fessor and chairman of the space
utilization committee; Ray Sanchez,
dean of extended services; and _____________
Harvey Summers, acting English plemented and found ineffective,
department chairman, agree on the Classes would be limited to 12-15
need for quality classroom space on students, he predicted.
campus. “You’d have to look at it. You’d be
The temporary measure would in- canceling classes with more than 10
people. There would be no affect.”
Love believes a “reconfiguration”
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Candler said Monday the building was an old
Mobil service station, which he used for his car in
the 1950s.
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significance. In order to make sure, some agency
needs that responsibility.”
Gomez explained, “We were looking to see if the
building had any historical or architectural
significance. By a city ordinance, we have 30 days
to review a demolition request.
“In this case, we felt that it did not have any
significance, so we went ahead and issued it.”
Candler said Tuesday the project may have
another delay, involving asbestos.
The ceiling in the gymnasium may have asbestos
“As bad as street crime is, it cannot
compare to the casualties and damage
We soil our own nest. We do it flagrantly, to property of that violence (pollution).”
“It is called crime in the suites—crime
in the corporate suites,” Nader said.
“These types of criminal personnel
Nader said though citizens are responsible make campaign contributions, unlike
for demanding government action through street criminals who haven’t gotten wise
their congressmen and consumer groups, in- to political action committees,” he
dustries are still the primary villain.
“We have let then do that, but that does not
“ The board of trustees awarded the construction ed or jostled in some way.”
project to Texas Western Contractors Inc. at its Oct.
16 meeting, and trustee Dr. Doug Harlan said
I * building would begin in 20 to 30 days.
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Toxic wastes are poisoning the nation’s
drinking supplies, Ralph Nader said here
Thursday.
Nader, attorney and consumer advocate,
’’ addressed a full auditorium in McAllister
Fine Arts Center on the dangers of toxic
wastes.
He said the wastes are a serious threat to
i public health, as well as the environment.
| , Nader said the re-election of President
■ Reagan will mean four more years of cancer
caused by toxic wastes and more damage to
the environment.
“It should have been a top issue in the cam-
paign,” Nader said.
“The consequences of eight years of neglect
in this area will affect the nation for years to
come,” he added.
“Why don’t they want to apply our
technological genius where it counts—in en-
vironmental clean-up?”
Nader sees the top threat of toxic wastes as
poisoning the nation’s water supplies such as
aquifers and reservoirs.
However, Nader said the Reagan ad-
ministration is ignoring the problem.
“I suppose the only way Mr. Reagan would
believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that
America’s drinking water is contaminated is
if it was linked to an international com-
munist conspiracy,” Nader said to laughter
and applause.
“At the same time the citizens of New
X- Orleans are getting their drinking water from
the Mississippi River, industries up and down
that river are dumping poisons into it,” Nader
said.
Nader cited cancer and genetic disorders as
health problems resulting from toxic wastes
X in drinking water supplies.
“The most serious problem is cancer, not
just for us, but genetic damage as well,”
Nader said.
Nader described corporations’ ability to
pollute the environment with little or no
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J hex B, 1202 San Pedro Ave., which is necessary
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| While approval of architect’s plans and selection
I of a contractor delayed the project last year, secur-
■ m ing the demolition permit caused this delay.
| The contractor then may face another delay in-
volving asbestos before building the gymnasium
addition to the health education building.
Now, however, clearing of Annex B from the pro-
ject’s path may begin.
■ Larry Gomez, planning administrator for the ci- . - — -
ty historical preservation office, said Wednesday, in which would present dangers to the workers
'‘The demolition permit was issued this morning, lungs.
it’s got the green light.” Tlie insulation around the pipes for steam and
: Annex B, located on the corner of Myrtle Street heat also may have asbestos.
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The board of trustees’ building
committee voted unanimously Nov. crease in the cost, and this way the
2 to divide work between two local work can be done more quickly,”
architectural firms to design master Harlan said,
plans for this college and St. Philip’s
College.
The two firms are Ford Powell &
Carson and The Marmon & Mok
Partnership.
The board will consider the com-
mittee’s recommendation at its Nov. neighborhood
20 meeting.
Committee members Jerry Gon-
zalez, Dr. Doug Harlan, Sue Op-
penheimer and George Ozuna Jr. and
Chancellor Byron McClenney
discussed hiring architects for the do the Southwest Center,
district’s new master plan. said.
The decision came after members According to a master plan
heard presentations from three developed by Phelps & Simmons &
finalists, including the two selected Garza, Architects-Planners, and
and Jones & Kell Architects Inc. adopted by the board in 1975, a
Ozuna suggested work be divided master plan is a series of phased
between Ford Powell & Carson and guideposts which define the an-
Marmon & Mok. ticipated scope of growth and a plan-
“We don’t want to overload them ning concept.
(Jones & Kell, who were hired as ar-
chitects for Palo Alto College), and it
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l and San Pedro Avenue, stands in the way of the Candler said the asbestos fibers are exposed
addition. “any time the insulation (around the pipes) is mov- Annex B at San Pedro Avenue and Myrtle Street will be razed.
He continued, “Asbestos is virtually indestruc- is probably present. ]------—
‘________‘ _j “I cannot be sure. In my opinion, it would be breathing *t in.”
into the lungs and causes very serious lung asbestos. That’s not a conclusive test for asbestos,” !_____
Looney said Wednesday. t___ , .
L chairman, found out the preservation office Michael Looney, chemistry professor, examined He continued, “They would have to run a workers might be more endangered because they
r thought ’ Annex B might have historical a Piece the ceiling to test for asbestos. chemical analysis, and we don’t have the proper would be cutting it, breathing it and handling
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6 meeting, and trustee Dr. Doug Harlan said table. It’s a very fine, hairlike substance that gets
disorders.”
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