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Thursday, May 6, 1993
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Nothing to fear of chemicals here
Lab materials moktly
used by upper-diyrsion>
graduate student projects
By David Mirhadi
Staffwriter
One can see them just by strolling through
the halls of the Science Building—small,
inconspicuous yellow stickers on lab doors'
with three-pronged stars and the words
"Warning—Radioactive material" posted on
them.
According to experts on campus, how¬
ever, you have nothing to fear.
The materia] in these laboratories is pri¬
marily low-radioactive chemicals that are
safe from any harm's way. according to
David Zellmer, dean of the Chemistry De¬
partment.
"No one gets near the chemicals. You
could drink the stuff and it wouldn't hurt
you," he said.
Ron Avedisian, radiation safety officer
for CSUF, echoed these sentiments.
"We primarily store tritium, an isotope of
hydrogen, and carbon-14, another radioac¬
tive isotope. It is ultra-low levels of radia¬
tion.
"The chemicals are used in chemistry and
biology labs for the labeling of cell cultures.
It is mostly used by upper-division and grad I
students," he said.
"Chemicals arc not really kept in large
supply. In physics labs, the chemicals are
sealed, but for biology and chemistry, they
are in aqueous (in water) solutions. People
have nothing to tear," he said. ^s—;•
Shirley Kovacs, CSUF biology professor,
said, "Most of the chemicals are used for
masters' theses and by graduate students."
Students use the chemicals for projects in
immunology, biotechnology and cell cul¬
tures, she added.
When the material needs to be dumped,
there is also a very limited risk factor.
"We hire a waste-disposal company that
takes care of it. The potential for danger is
low." Avedisian said.
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Of course these are the things that
keep people watching. Live sporting
events on television are the final frontier
as far as unadulterated unpredictable
entertainment is concerned.
This is where at any moment a riot
could break out in Brazil during a
soccer game and thousands of people
could kill themselves over a bad call.
Periodically in professional football
there will be a memorable hit. Like the
time on Monday Night Football when
Lawrence Taylor broke Joe
Theismann's leg and they showed it
ovar and over again in slow motion.
These were the good old days before
the rules turned players into pansies. No
wonder players like Taylor are addicted
to cocaine, it's the only way they can
get a good hit any more.
Hey Honey, go tell Billy his idol Dave
Waymer just died. His heart exploded
from an apparent cocaine overdose.
We don'f heed porno Coca-Cola
commercials, rated R movies. Hulk
Hogan, cheesy auto accidents or the
Dallas Cowgirls to satisfy our need for
violence. Hell no, what we need is the
real thing. ,
What we need is real blood-and-guts
gladiators and hungry lions. Just like the
Romans. What we need to do is clean
out the prisons with all those\convicts
on death row and feed them to the lions
on prime time television. Now that's
entertainment!
Major League Baseball should keep
this in mind as they continue^rheir
slump in profits and ratings.
If they want to renew that big billion.
dollar deal with the networks, they're
going to have to figure out hflw to get
more brawls in during their games.. .or
at least start using the bats for other
things than hitting balls.
Homosexual
group offers
scholarships
College Pjess Service
Jason Owen is a staff writer for The
Daily Collegian.
BOSTON, Mass. — An organization of
Boston-area gay and lesbian business pro¬
fessionals has created two scholarships for
college students who support the accep¬
tance of homosexuals.
The Pride in Scholarship fund offers two
annual scholarships, one for $2,500 and ihe
other for S1,000. The recipients need not be
gay or lesbian, but must demonstrate activ¬
ity in promoting gay and lesbian rights.
The 700-member Greater Boston Busi¬
ness Council patterned its scholarship after
one in Seattle, Wa that is sponsored by the
Greater Seattle Business Association.
The Boston scholarship is separate from
the business council, but is run by its mem¬
bers. A male, from Harvard University and a
female from Wellesley College were
awarded the Boston scholarships this year.
"What we're saying to college students is
that you're not alone and we recognize what
you're doing, and that we want to support
you in that," said Glenn Kaufhold, develop¬
ment director for the fund, adding thanhe
group wants the scholarship winners to be a
bridge between gays and straights.
The scholarship is cm irmly available for
third and fourth year undergraduate stu¬
dents in the Boston area, but will be eventu¬
ally expanded.
"WeJiave no illusions we're going to
change the world overnight," said Wynne
Walslon, a vice chairman for the scholar¬
ship fund.
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