Volume 68, Number 44
Utah State University, February 1, 1971
8 pages
Pick-up form 'No more than a firecracker' in UC today Pre-registration forms for spring quarter will be distributed in the University Center ballroom today and
Builc/er faces explosives charge
tomorrow . Students who have freshman English to complete are reminded that the only way to pre-register for freshman English is by signing one of the departmental preregistration rosters. Fllllng in the o!ficial admissions office registration form will result in the student being placed in the freshman English pool, English 500. This will mean the student must drop and add after
Repor ting: Ted G. Hansen News Editor Investigation Into Wednesday's pre-dawn blast which injured five Utah State students has shown that the explosive detonated was not made in the university's chemistry laboratory as earlier reported .
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the available classes in freshman English have been filled In pre-registration. Students may find out which sections are open for preregistration a nd where they may pre-register tor them through their winter quarter freshman English teachers or through th e fre shman English office • L 450. Ext. 7709.
These findings were made available by Will Saunders, chief of campus police , Friday, when asked about the incident. Saunders stated that Michael Ball, a physics major at USU, made the explosive in his downt own Loga n apartment some two months ago and had obtained the pota ssium chloride
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said that first indication showed that the explosive was made on campus, but further investigation disproved the earlier findings. Just a 'firecracker' Miller feels that the incident has been "b lown out of proportion" and that" it boils down to some kids playing with matches a nd nothing more." He also said the explosive was not a bomb ,
Complaint Signed A complaint signed before Logan City judge Zachary T. Champlin by Captain Max Jones, Logan police, charges Ball with "illegal transport of explosive device through city streets." Ball will be arraigned before the court tomorrow or Wednesday on the charges.
Veterinary building nearing completion Veterinary Science and Bacteriology building, now under construction, will be completed by mid-March, according to the architect's report. "We hope to be moved in for spring quarter," said Dr. M.L. Miner, head of the department of Veterinary Science. Miner and his staff will share the facilities of the $1,186,000 structure with the staff of the department of Bae• teriology and Public Health, headed by Dr. Rex S. Spendlove . To be built into the building are 13 individual research units to serve faculty and graduate assistants. "The modular units are identical in basic design and arrangement, described Dr . Miner, "Each consists of three rooms •· one large workroom, a smaller room for working with certain chemicals and infectious items that is fitted with a hood to vent irritating or infectious fumes outside, and anot h er auxiliary room which may be used as an office for graduate assistants or other research work. '' Flex ible Design
PE DEPARTMENT MOVES IN - The new physical education building is nearing completion. Enough office space has been completed to allow staff members to relocate themselves i the new building. Other sections of the building, including gymnasiums, however, are no et ready.
"but rather a form of a firecracker." Ball has been released from the Logan LDS Hospital alter remaining through Thursday night under medical supervision for hand lacerations. Other students involved in the incident, but treated and released Wednesday were Roger Webster, Lane Warenski, John McKinney and David Anderson. A sixth student, Dean Waggstaff, was not seriously injured in the blast.
Miner stated that the.rooms are built to be flexible and that a change of personnel would only necessitate changing some equipment. The research preparation area and tenance will be housed
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basement and main floor of the new building. A separate, filtered ventilation system has been installed on the upper floor of the structure ·where research units which can be used for research with infectious agents are located. Microscope Needed A lab and part of the equipment necessary for an electron microscope are in place; however, USU does not presently have high resolution electron microscope. Contributions are being accepted to buy such a scope for' the Bacteriology department that could be used by other departments also, said Dr. Spendlove. Of special interest in the new complex is a separate Animal Care facility. The two-story unit has 12 animal rooms for in· dividual studies, a surgery area and storage space. Handles Small Animals The facility will be used by many departments on campus for research requiring animals. The lab is set up to handle small animals such as rabbits , mice, guinea pigs , hamsters and cats . Th e building is connected to the old veterinary Science building which will still be used for class and office rooms. Plans have been made to remodel the older wing .