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Millersville State College , Millersville
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An audience of several hundred persons gathered at Hensel Hall , on the campus of F and M , last Wednesday to hear a presentation on nuclear accidents.. An officer of the Susquehanna Valley Alliance , an anti-nuclear power group which sponsored the program , introduced the evening''s featured speaker , Dr.. Michio Kaku , a pro)fessor of Nuclear Phys ( ics at City College of New York.. Illustrating his commentary with slides , some of which he described as " suppressed , " Dr. Kaku gave "
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CLEP testing held in Dutcher
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Program ( CLEP ) testing will be of fered to students at the Counsel ing Center in Dutcher Hall.. The general examinations on subjects in the liberal arts (math , science , English composition , huumanities , and social sciences ) will be offered for students who have less than 15 credits.. These can be taken October 16 , November 3 , December 11 , January 15 , and February 12. Subject examinations for stuudents who have earned more than 15 credits will also be available  on the following dates : Novem ber 15 , December 13 , January 17 , and February 14.. For further information contact the Counseling Center at exten
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out the history of the nuclear power ind us try . According to the nd s y professor , accidents severe enough to require a report to the Nuclear Regulatory Committee have averaged eight daily since the indus try''s inception in the early 1950''s.. The accident at Three Mile Is-land was reported to be the sev enth meltdown in the U..S.. , the first one occurring in 1955 at a facility in Idaho Falls.. The re sult of an uncontrolled meltdown , according to the federal government''s Brookhaven report cited by the professor , would be con " an area the size tamination of " of Pennsylvania"" and many thou sands of deaths.. Dr.. Kaku also spoke about the case of a worker exposed to a high level of radiation at a now closed New York facility whose children are afflicted with Hurlers Syndrome , a severe birth defect , and especially focused () n the o problem of waste disposal.. Following the slide presentation , Dr.. Kaku fielded questions from the audience , most of which con cerned TMI and the waste disposal question.. The professor sug gested that the TMI facility be " sealed in concrete as a monu " ment to the folly of those who wished to profit from untested technology.. " Asked his opinion on the problem of waste disposal , Dr.. Kaku said he found none of the current proposals acceptable , and that as a temporary measure ra-diactive waste be stored in underground salt caverns..
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Jack Anderson appears here
An appearance by nationally--syndicated Washington columnist Jack Anderson on Thursday , Sept.. 20 will inaugurate MSC''s Cultural Affairs Series for the new school year.. The series also features presentations throughout the year of American and foreign films in the Student Memorial Center.. " : " Anderson , whose Washington is syndicated in more than 750 newspapers , column is a self-professed " muckracker"" whose purpose is to " " expose and oppose . . . to be an ombudsman to the oppressed , the minority groups , people who are calling out and not being heard.. " Anderson has been writing for ithe column for 27 years , at first as a junior partner until the death of Drew Pearson in 1969.. Among his many exposes are the now-famous "Dita Beard memo" that implicated ITT and the " " Justice Department in an alleged payoff conspiracy ,
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plot to prevent ousted Chilean President Salvador Allende from taking office , and the release of secret government papers showing antiIndian bias in the U..S.. handling of the Bangladesh War.. Each week Anderson and his staff gather the ma terial to produce eight newspaper columns , five 90second tel evision commentaries and a local 15 min ute radio show.. He also is Washington editor of ' ' " " ade" magazine. According to Marvin Donner , director of student activities , tickets will go on sale to the public for each event three school days prior to the presentation at the fr:ont desk of the Student Memorial Center.. A brochure describing the Cultural Affairs events for the year, the dates and prices of presentations i and films is available by writing before September 17 to the Public Relations Office , Millersville State College , Millersville , PA 17551..
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DEADLINE ANNOUNCED
The deadline for submitting the new CONSTITUTION , list o f new officers , list of new o members , and advisor name is October 4.. Failure to submit  these by that time may jeopardize funding.. Any appeals must b b-e submitted by October 18. Any organization which has not submitted the above mentioned information by October 18 ., will absolutely not receive any funds. This is an absolute dead'
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Jennings fills new position
Dr.. Louis G.. Jennings , Dean of
Humanities , has been appoint ed to serve in the capaCity of act pac ing Dean of Graduate Studies through the fall semester.. Dr.. Jennings will be replacing Dr.. Edgar Thomas who recently was granted a leave for medical purposes.. One of the most senior members of the staff , Dr.. Jennings has no tified the college administration of his desire to retire on Aug.. 22 , 1980.. He will have served the collo
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Alumni honor contributors ; ' present Benefactors' Day
dedication of a new marine science laboratory at Lancaster House is one of the inaugural events in the first annual Benefac' Day , a new alumni program tors' scheduled for Saturday , Sept.. 22.. The Benefactors' ' Day program will honor all major contributors to the alumni Loyalty Fund.. It will feature a luncheon address by President William H. Duncan on the " tate of the College ; " train S ing sessions for alumni class offi cers ; tours of campus facilities ; a football game between MSC and
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Dr.. Jennings has lived in Lan caster most of his life and gradu ated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1938.. He earned a mas  -
ter''s degree from Duke University and a Ph..D.. from the University of Pennsylvania.. After teaching high school La tin and English in New Jersey for two years , Dr.. Jennings served four years in the U..S. Army.. After his discharge , he taught for one year at Manheim Township High School and joined the Millersville faculty as an English instructor in 1947.. He became chairman of the MSC English department in 1966 and Dean of Humanities in 1969.. He is active in several profes sional organizations and at Em  manuel Lutheran Church , Lancas ter , where he was choir director for a number of years..
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 " and an " Alumni Col " a series of lectures , demon lege , strations and discussions on topics of general interest provided by fac ulty and students..  Marine science faculty and stutudents will demonstrate the marine d science equipment purchased for the new laboratory by the alumni association.. '" " The "Alumni College" sessions are scheduled in McComsey Hall.. Speakers and their topics include : " Neighborhood Planning"" by (Cla " r ence J.. Randolph , political science ,
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William Constable , senior music student performing on trumpet , 10 a.. m.. earth science film and disis" Future Direc-. cussion , 10 a.m.. ; " 6 . ds .. .. GDalumni program ' ," tions in Teacher Preparation Dr.. Ralph Antitonen , teacher education  services ; and research demonstrations by earth science faculty and students , 2 p..m.. Alumni who would like to at tend the luncheon should contact the college alumni office to make reservations. .
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Dr.. Duncan talks on / TM , school closing
BY JIM MELHORN In March of 1979 , an inci dent took place at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant d that rocked the entire nation.. Many schools in the area , including MSC , as well as many businesses , closed as people fled from the apparently dang erous surroundings. . The simp le of a cooling valve caused a tremendous furor , the repercussions of which are still being heard.. groups have in d creased in size and strength , and the nationwide sentiment has apparently changed to be one of extreme caution about nuclear energy , rather than the unconditioned acceptance that pervaded before the incident.. ef w In 'a recent inte'rview with the SNAPPER , President Wil I iam H. Duncan . discussed some l of the thoughts and concerns that ran through his mind in ven that trying week nearly seven months ago.. S : " What prompted you to " I cancel classes for ithe entire week, rather than just Monday and Tuesday ? " D : " The difficulty was a re " suilt of , on the one hand no in u formation , on the other hand poor information. . We had con \ flicting reports.. We were alerted . . . that the campus might well be used as a staging area for evacuation purposes. Then we had another report that indicated there was a likelihood that a 20.-mile radius would
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be evacuated.. " We had made an initial e " \V decision to cancel classes for one day until we could learn more of what was happening. . Then we made the decision to extend for the second day.. " I had visited in the dormi  " tories in that break.. I found students who in some cases
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The Marauder women''s field hockey team drives for . a score , but to no avail as they settled for a 0 -0
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terbacking"" we can see now that there was no real need to go home , and expr'essed that he pr regrets" because if had " there had been a real danger , "I " think I owed it to the students and the community to get the students out.. "
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that any precautions we could take to safeguard the lives of th e students that are here now , but also of th eir children in the years ahead , w ould be appro w priate.. " Dr.. Duncan also expressed that if the evacuation were to come , it would have been a good idea to get the 2700 dorm students and the 300 to 400 off-campus students out of the way so that many fewer would be " involved in any " mass exodus" . " Dr.. Duncan also said with a
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