student Utah State University, February 12, 1971
Volume 68, Number 49
Politica ns view
Rampton predicts tuition hike Reporting: Preston Peterson 'LIie Writer Tuition at state universities should increase in line with the cost of living, Gov. Calvin Rampton said Tuesday. Rampton said tuition makes up only a small part of the cost of education and that it should keep pace with increases from other funds. The Utah governor expressed fear that tuition could increase as much as ten per cent next year . Rampton said there are growing number of people who feel that higher education is the responsibility of the individual. He stated that as many as 25 per
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people of Utah feel should be no state the school above the level (tenth grade in
18-year-old vote The 18-year-old vote was the hottest question for the state officials this week. The point of
argument was over how the law should be changed . Secretary of State Clyde Miller has said that he is in favor of testing the possibilities of changing the law with a statue Miller stated he "bet" the law could be changed without going through the constitutional amendment.
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Vernon Romney, Utah attorney general, disagrees,saying the lawcould only be changed through a constitutional amendment. Haven Barlow, senate president, said the chances of the statute passing would be "awf ully close" and that it was being used as a ''s ubtrifuge ''. Disagrees On Law Charles Bullen, Cache Valley representative, 1 said that the it would be "ridiculous" to have two ballots, and that the legislature should ('go both directions" and use both the constitutional amendment and statute . He added that if one doesn 't work the other would.
Reed Roberts from the Entomology Extension Service at USU was concerned with the environment long before the current concern awakened the public to the dangers at hand .
Roberts became involved with pollution when he started work with the Utah Department of Health in 1954. He concerned himself with problems ranging from water and air pollution to Derk Young sub-standard restaurants ' Life Writer and swimming pools.
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Council favors voting on war A resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of all US troops from Vietnam will be vot ed upon by the students . ASUSU Executive Council formed a committee Wednesday to organize a referendum vote on the resolution. The anti-war resolution was su bmitted to the co uncil by the Student Mobilization Committee ( SMC). It will be some time how ever, before the students will be ab le to vote on the issue. The Referendum Committee, composed of some of executive officers , will first bring suggestion s on how to organize the vote before the
Chemical Pollution
Currently studying the problems of insect control and chemical pollution, Roberts feels that most insects can be controlled with little or no use of chemical pesticides. He feels that in most organic controls , such as the use of selected predators and the "sterile moth" technique, can be substituted for the potentially dangerous chemicals. Roberts said the Extension Service did not rt!commend DDT last year and will not recommend it again.
Executive Council's meeting next Wednesday. It was suggested during the council meeting that there be a week of forums and debates on the r es olution so that the students cou ld be better informed on the subject before the referendum vote. George Tribbl e , ASUSU athlet'ic vice-president, stated that it is "our obligation to take the resolution before the students." All spri ng quarter r egistration forms must returned to the office of missions and Records by p.m. Friday , Feb. 12, Main
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Roberts said, commenting on ecology problems , that in the final analysis, it comes down to the individual' since they are the ones that form the laws and use the products made by industrial polluters. He added that although the standards set by law are admirable, the law enforcement clauses are so "poorly written, weasle worded and full of loop holes" , that prosecuters are hesitant to call violaters into court, and that violators have no motivation to clean themselves up. Roberts mentioned that contrary to public belief, the greatest misuse of pesticides occurs in the backyards and gardens of the city dweller rather than on the farm . He said the overzealous gardner, intent on doing a "good" job is far more likely to over-spray than the farmer who must balance money required for spraying against profits. DDT Phased Out
"We have almost phased DDT out of agriculture" Roberts said. "Now if people at home will stop using it, we may have the problem licked. It's just going to take awareness. I Awareness on the part of ,1 the people, awareness on the part of the legislature, LOCAL POLLUTION - Sites such as this on the bank of the Entomology Extension Service since he began working on and awareness on the part of administrators ." Logan River have been of concern to Reed Roberts of the the pollution problem in 1954.
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