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white t implicitly supporting • octet system Is thus halted atthe tame hiatus “ted !«B the principles the American it stood atlaat Spring. The fall semester taw virtually ial system stan<b far no anti-apartheid activity by students who were to •ction taken by (Wisconsin trustees is a vocal only last Spring. Why the dormancy? It yet financially, insignificant victory. The appears that a lack of cohesion prompted by poor inquishment by Wisconsin is of courte, no communication prevented the movement from the system of apartheid or the corporations maturing. Individual university movements were very ’ it, but it does lend moral support to strong at one point. Yale hosted a conference last would like to get the movement rolling March that attracted students from Stanford, Duke, and the University of Wisconsin. Students at the University of Michigan formed what appeared to be a movement of promising solidarity after trustees there vowed unaminously to resist divestiture demands. The uprisings at Berkeley and Stanford received no press attention. The New York Times failed to cover the Columbia demonstration — allegedly due to the newspaper’s ties with the Board Trustees. The media s failure to adequately cover important developments like the student anti-apartheid movement brings to mind the scant media attention paid to last year’s revelation that the U.S. was training Idi Amin’s air force in Texas. spring. • ultimate victory in Wisconsin was followed iallv insignificant and partial divestment by d Oberlin Colleges And Columbia trustees d last June that the university would holdings in companies that “respond in a manifesting indifference through act or n, to the prevailing repressive racial policies Africa.” ng m ooks old — :al purity her words, divestment was pronised if the recognized social irresponsibility by the and subsidiaries of the corporations in olumbia had invested. Student leaders the decision. It contains loopholes,allowing o retain existing investments according to David Rosenberg of the Columbia Daily 2nd Wrong issues addressed Some critics feel that students are missing the point by addressing the wrong issue. Alexander Cockburn and James Ridgeway of the Village Voice recommend a push for mandatory economic sanctions against South Africa of which an oil embargo would be a major component. “It has always been recognized by opponents of South Africa’s white minority regime that an oil embargo lies at the heart of any successful program,” they wrote. Bernard Rivers and Martin Bailey co-authored a study that concluded that “an oil embargo would have an enormously disruptive effect on South Africa. If all of oil supplies were cut off, the Republic would probably not be able to survive for more than two years. The economy would grind to a halt...” Books sold from Jan. 29th till Feb. . The resolution includes broad clauses ustees freedom to reject proposals for my divesting action. Banks merely have to e their intention” to cease lending to the Frican government, - and Columbia will to hold on to their securities and interests •anks. 7th Pick up unsold books S checks - Feb . 8 and Feb . 9th months after the Columbia resolution the has made no divestment motion. “The joined a consortium that dispenses >n on companies operating in South lim Schachter, another Spectator reporter iut. He also mentioned that it would be anticipate any divestiture action on the t board. EXCHANGE CLOSES FEB. 9 th “Sanctions, far more than calls for divestment or loan and trade boycotts, ” Cockbum and Ridgeway concluded, “wwould spell disaster for South Africa, and this is what all foes of the South African slave state should press for.” It will be interesting to see what the new academic semester will bring. activity Were open Monday Thru Friday, II am - 5 pm kind of (political) purity which is sought” trustees argued, “is not attainable simply stock in those companies with affiliates or Due to lower fuel and operating costs, it is estimated that the nuclear unit will produce power at around 5.9 cents per hour in the late 1980s, compared to coal’s 6.4 cents. However, the 8—10 year construction of the typical nuclear power plant may cost up to $2 billion. Utilities are increasingly hesitant to put their money where the government isn’t. Or is it? It’s difficult to tell. Conflict of interest The passage of Carter’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 has cinched the nuclear belt a few more notches, so tight that the industry seems to be holding its breath in hopes that it can restore some semblance of the U.S.’s now-shattered position as the world’s premier supplier of nuclear plants and services. The Act required 10 negotiations and initiatives, established five procedures, declared three regulations and specified eight analyses and reports. One major stipulation is that the rich uranium fuel used in American reactors purchased by other nations must be supplied by the U.S. and returned to this country when spent. However, due to the near-nonexistant doirestic market, the industry has made a push for reactor sales abroad, the government has been granting several exceptions to its new rules, unsurprising in light of the fact that U.S. Energy Secretary James Schlesinger is a past president of the Atomic Energy Commission. For example, the Administration has allowed Japan to drop its American-reactor wastes in England, where they will be reprocessed. Yet supposedly the entire point of legislating the return of the spent wastes is to insure that the reprocessing by-product, plutonium, will not be diverted for use in making bombs. Continuing in the same quizzical vein, the Act —continued on page 14— nee and Technology was exaggerated and iously referred this clear reactor safety, es the study, despite — H0ME3TYLE — ITALIAN COOKING id known as fall-tree lity of an event is ier events. “There is .asmussen’s study is tear reactor is safe.” of the study, Chon sn very heavy and I uch pressure.” Anti-nuke group meets here Grassroots opposition to the proliferation of nuclear power has been quite productive here on campus. UB’s “Thursday Night Group,” which organized the Karen Silkwood candlelight march in November and a rally prior to last week’s West Valley hearing, has worked to disseminate information on nuclear energy, and other environmental and political concerns, to the campus community. The Western New York Peace Center, the Sierra Club, People’s Power Coalition, and Rachel Carson and Tolstoy Colleges. Any interested persons are urged to attend Thursday night meetings in Room 107, Townsend Hall at 9 p.m. Also, those desiring information on nuclear and on alternative energy systems are welcome to visit the resource room, recently set up in Room 107. Call Tina Silverstein at 832-9213, or College F, at 831-5386, for more information. SUNDAY JAN. 28 5-8pm checked on a test simulation of a pipe idby system cut in ident.” > occur, unexpected Tall, nuclear power ipacity, due to long >difications required HAPPY HOUR 7-9:30 pm The WILKESON PUB The 15-20 members of the informal coalition have ties with *• of FSA
