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Hedlund report raises questions, concerns by Deborah Akers and Patricio Snyder
pholo by Mille Saunders
Up, Up and awake-N IC Sophomore Jim Elgee gets some big air while skurfing on Hayden Lake. Please see story on p. 15.
SenUnet Slaff Faculty members are raising questions about the sufficiency of air testing done in the Hedlund Building :ind 1he adequacy of a study presented in a recent 1echnical repon. '"In all of the repons. there does not seem 10 be data 10 explain which pro!!rams were in operation. :ind to what extent. during the testing period," Kris Wold. le3111ing cenier director. said. Programs suspected to be sources of hazardous fumes entering the second-Ooor classrooms 31'C: diesel mechanics. autobody. welding and marine technology. Rolly Jurgens. dean of administration. said he feels the air samples were done at a ..,,alid period of time.'" According 10 Roger Brockoff. physical plant director. tlir samples from the second floor were tested for haz:irdous chemicals in 1990 on fon. I 8, 19, :ind 24. A carbon monox.ide 1cs1 was performed during a one week period in April 1990. Those test results found 22 hazardous chemicals all below their short-term exposure limits set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administrotion. Wold said that faculty members questioned air testing because it was done for only the "most obvious路路 chemicals known 10 exist and not all of them. OSHA requires chemical manufacturers to provide '"Material Safety Data Sheets路路 (MSDS) on all products sold. Files for Marine Technology, Auto Body, Welding and Diesel Mechanics vocauonal programs :it NIC indicate that over 200 hazardous chemicals are present in products used. The
MSDS ,:;.plains both sh,,n-1crm acute and long-term chronic health effec1s 1ha1 <"Ould result from over-exposure. Some of the S} mptoms :ind effect~ listed for chemicals used in NIC vocation:il programs are: headaches. nause.i, rashes. giddines~. respiratory irritation. repir.itory failure. muscular incoordination. kidney/liver damage. central nervous system damage and cancer. Faculty members are also ques1ioning carbon monoxide 1es1inl!, Wold said. She said she was told by Dr. Wolfe. an occupational heallh specialist. that carbon monoxide is dirficult 10 measure accurately. Carbon monoxide is known 10 cause headaches and dizziness: prolonged exposure can result in death. According 10 an official at the Spokane Poison Control Cenier. it takes 5-6 hours for carbon monoxide to leave a healthy res1ing adult. Questions as 10 the adequacy of a another recent repon has been raised by Michael Miller, director of business education. Miller has five facu lty members with classes nnd offices in the Hedlund Building. His lener 10 the administration in May prompted the closing of the second floor. The repon in question wns prepared Aug. I 2 by Wayne Dockstader. an industrial hygenist with the Idaho State Insurance Fund. "'The repon sounds like a casual review by an individual who had Strolled through the building, reviewed literature and interviewed people through a survey,"' Miller said.
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Library move delayed for some classes by A!Mnda Cowley Sernine4 Reponer
Constructio n plans for the new library/computer center are a li ule behind schedule. According 10 Dean of Administration Rolly Jurgens, some classes will stan there on Sept 16. Some classes, such ns the Learnin g Center and business office edua uion have been delayed a week bec:iusc safety requirements have not been met.
space early, the library and the compuu:r telecommunications 10 make themselves 01 center are not scheduled for use until the home. and some of the classes 1hot found beginning of the spring semester. so the themselve~ homeless due 10 the closing of necessary equipment and books can be the top floor of the Hedlund building to use moved in over the Christmas holidays. space for temporary quarters. Present construction will continue in the On Wednescl3y, SepL 18th. an Op.!n house The ~econd floor y, ill hold five different pans of the building that classes do not is planned, and tours will be given 10 computer labs, a telecommumcauons center, occupy. Jurl!en~ said. By the middle of September. the acquaint staff. NlC students and the medfa faculty offices. and :in e:tpanded oum::ich University of ld:iho should start 10 take wi1h 1he new building. For informauon. fnc11iry for the Unhcrsity of ld:iho. While some? cl:isses will be occuping the possession of their new offices. contact Sandy Palmer.
The $4.3 million-dollar building will house on the fir.a noor, not only the new libr:ir}, but also a small audi torium, conference rooms. a special collections room, a classroom nnd staff offices.