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rom readers,
Stats 'misleading'
To the editor:
\, In your article of Sept. 28sconcern-
ing the number of women and minor¬
ity faculty at California State Univer¬
sity, Fresno, it is suggested that a use¬
ful comparison could be drawn be¬
tween the percentages of women and
minorities in the Fresno area and the
percentages of those same groups on
the faculty. Regarding the success of
affirmative action recruiting efforts,
such a comparison has little meaning.
Faculty are not recruited from the gen¬
eral population of the Fresno area
alone. In reality, the recruitment of
full-time faculty is a nationwide task
drawing on the differing pools of indi¬
viduals qualified in each given disci¬
pline. A more valid comparison for de¬
termining the success of employment
affirmative action could be made by
comparing (by discipline) our percent¬
ages of women and minority faculty
with the percentages of those groups
available in the national market. Re¬
grettably, some disciplines have few
qualified women and minority faculty.
In those areas, "over-representation"
by white males will continue until the
numbers of qualified women and mi¬
nority faculty increase.
James M. Highsmith
Nuclear debate
To the editor:
This anti-nuke has not been duped.
I welcomed Mr. Brun 's letter
(Sept. 28) which explains the dan¬
gers of waste and pollutants from
coal-fired power plants. However, I
do not think an argument based
on which is least dangerous, coal-
fired or nuclear power, is valid. The
fact is both are dangerous.
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Brun' s letter attempts to minimize
the dangerous aspects of nuclear
waste storage. This is a grave mis-
takel
Enclosure in air-tight drums and
burial of nuclear waste is not an
adequately safe method of storage;
not when the radioactivity of the
waste can persist beyond 1,000 years;
not when waste containers may
potentially be damaged by under¬
ground earth shifts and earthquakes;
and not when we are quickly run¬
ning out dfplaces to bury the con¬
tainers (Utah, Nevada, and Washing¬
ton are now refusing to accept
nuclear waste for burial).
Granted, coal-fired power plants
emit radioactive coal ash. However,
the tenure of this waste in our
environment is shorter lived than
wastes produced by nuclear power.
Coal mining accidents and black
lung may contribute to the fatality
rate in the coal-power industry. However,
that does not preclude the dangers of nu¬
clear power.
The uncontrolled exposure of a
nuclear reactor core, known as 'The
China Syndrome ,' could kill and gen¬
etically injure in a single'accident*
many more people than would be hurt
in years of coal-power production.
While some people would have us be-
. lieve that such an 'accident* could
never happen, my contention is that we
already came too close for comfort at
Three Mile Island, Penn.
As it stands, we will be unable to
fully assess the genetic impact of that
incident for many years to come. How¬
ever, people who survived that 'acci¬
dent* already are complaining of mis¬
carriages, birth defects, and higher in¬
cidents of cancer-related disease.
It is not necessary to choose a power
source based on the premise of which
is least dangerous; not when power
companies can claim massive profits
which could be invested into the de¬
velopment of safe, non-polluting en¬
ergy sources, such as solar, hydro¬
electric, and thermal power.
Some people would say that our cur¬
rent energy needs outweigh the poten¬
tial risks of coal and nuclear power. I
disagree!
Given the choice of less available
energy vs. the potential of death, pro¬
ducing genetically mutated children,
and cancer, I would glady choose to
have my energy consumption cut a few
hours each day.
If people were willing to endure vol¬
untary and self-selected time periods
without power, the energy consump-
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ly reduced enough to ensure that in¬
dustry could continue to operate,
while truly safe alternative energy
sources could be effectively devel¬
oped.
.   It is a sacrifice I would be willing
to make in order to ensure safety for
myself, for children, and for a pollu¬
tion and a nuclear-free environment.
Jennifers. Kirkham
Staff complimented
To the editor:
I want to compliment your staff,
Robert Gauthier and Peter Scott for
the well-written and beautifully photo¬
graphed story on our students' Au¬
tistic Day Camp (Sept. 21 issue).
This type of coverage is encouraging
to their efforts to bring much needed
services to these children who lack in
community programs other than the
public school system.
Thank you for a job well done.
Cwen Hansen
CSUF Faculty Advisor
Plutonium 'deadly'
To the editor,
In last Wednesday's forum, PCAE
representative Mark Steele failed to
even mention the key issue regarding
nuclear power: Plutonium waste dis¬
posal. PCAE has yet to develop a satis¬
factory plan for safely handling this
deadly radioactive substance, which will
be with us for the next 240,000years.
Is this question worthy of our con¬
cern? I say yes, as one-millionth of a
gram of inhaled Plutonium will cause
lung cancer. The Diablo Canyon reactor
alone will produce about 1,000 pounds
of Plutonium a year.
PC&E is asking the people of Califor¬
nia to trust them, saying 'Nuclear power
is the only economic alternative to our
energy future." Considering the his¬
tory ot accidental radioactive releases
in this country, can we afford to trust
PG&E's judgment? Does it comfort
you to know that the Diablo Canyon
reactor is only two miles from the Hosgri
fault, which may be capable of pro¬
ducing an earthquake of magnitude 8.0
on the Richter scale?
Consider the total costs. Can we
afford nuclear power? Our lives are
at stake.
Chris Cole
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Faculty promotions policy revised
By Chris Reynolds
StaffWrlter
CSUF's   Academic  Senate  Monday
passed  the   last of  Dr.   Ken   Seib's
amendments to the "proposed revision
of the campus promotions document,
changes aimed at protecting faculty
rights and restricting the power of the
vice president for academic affairs.
•;;
After Seib's last amendment carried
by voice vote early in the senate meet¬
ing. Professor Stan Ziegler of the Chem¬
istry Department suggested and passed
an amendment that made official what
Seib's revisions had essentially ef¬
fected—that the vice president for aca¬
demic affairs no longer can be expected
to make 'an independent judgment* in
evaluating faculty for promotion.
Ziegler's amendment shortened the
following sentence: 'The vice president
for academic affairs shall make an in¬
dependent evaluation by reviewing the
merits of all recommendations on pro¬
motion...* The new wording is: "The
vice president for academic affairs shall
review the merits of all recommenda¬
tions..'.* —\
The change, Ziegler told the senate,
makes the document more consistent
with itself, specifically regarding a
new sentence of Seib's added at the
Sept. 21 meeting. That sentence states,
'The vice president should, as in other
areas where the faculty has primary
responsibility, concur with the faculty
except in rare instances and for com¬
pelling reasons...*
Seib's final amendment dealt with
the accountability of the university presi¬
dent in the promotions process.
"In rare instances (it reads), when
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the president's decision does not concur
with faculty judgment, the' compelling
reasons for this decision should be
stated to the candidate in detail and,
upon request of the candidate, in writ¬
ing.*
Neither CSUF President Harold Haak
nor Academic Vice President Dr. Tomas
Arciniega was present at the meeting.
At the meeting of Sept. 21, Haak ar¬
gued in vain against, the passage of
two of Seib's amendments.
Other amendments made to the re¬
vision of the promotions document
were suggested by Senators Ric Brown
and Tom Ebert of the Academic Sen¬
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(AAVP) Statement of Government be
omitted and considered independently,
as an omnibus document.
The senate voted by unanimous
recommendation to send the proposed
promotions document revisions on to
the office of the president.
In other action, the senate unani¬
mously passed a Faculty Affirmative
Action Committee amendment of uni¬
versity policy on nepotism, and began
consideration of the committee's pro¬
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