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April 10, 1992
Clark Atlanta' University Panther
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Coca-Cola and CAU Recognize
Outstanding Community Service
Award proves
to students
that service
pays off
By Stephanie Stubbs
Contributing Writer
Outstanding community service
was recognized March 3, by the
Coca-Cola Company and Clark At
lanta University at a freshman as
sembly program.
The annual community service
award was presented to senior, psy
chology major, Wanda Dennis and
junior, psychology major, Kathy
Kirk. The winners had to write
an essay on the topic of: How Do
YouFeelYour Community Involve
ment is an Impact on the Civil
Rights Movement.
The two students were awarded
plaques and $250 cash. "I was
really surprised and excited when
I found out that I had won," Den
nis said. "I didn't really think that
I would win, but I knew that there
was a chance."
Dennis has been doing commu
nity service since her freshman year.
Some of these service include coun
seling at the Juvenile Detention Cen
ter, the Cascade House, the Bat
tered Children’s Home, and working
with underprivileged children.
“The Community Service Award
is an award within itself,” Dennis
said. "My motto is: If I can help
somebody then my living will not be
in vain."
According to Kirk, she was also
very happy, but when she learned
that she had to read her essay in
front of everyone she was a little
scared.
"It was very impromptu, but I
was still happy," said Kirk. Some
her services include, counseling at
the Child Treatment Center and
coordinating Best Buddies of
America Inc., where she helps pair
college students who wish to offer
friendship to a moderately retarded
person.
Kirk is also the student director
of "Volunteer Clark," which is an
organization which serves the pur
pose of placing students with vol
unteer agencies.
Dennis feels that she and Kirk
helped to inspire CAU freshmen to
go out and volunteer.
Wanda Dennis, winner of the Coca-Cola and
CAU Outstanding Community Service Award
"I feel that I have done only a
small part, but now is the time for
the freshmen to start working on
their service," said Dennis. "I am
going to continue my community
service after graduation, and I'm
going to use my award money to
treat myself."
The Savannah River Site Community,
Health and Safety A Concern for CAU
By Sonia White
Staff Writer
United States Secretary of En
ergy, James D. Watkins signed an
agreement on Feb. 27, that will allow
Clark Atlanta University to engage in
a four-and-a-half year agreement
with the Education, Research and
Development Association of Georgia
Universities.
This research is aimed at improv
ing the health and safety of the Sa
vannah River Site community. In a
proposal sponsored by Butler Der
rick (Rep.-S.C.), legislation would
enable the Energy Department to
reopen a military reactor at the site,
pouring millions of gallons of scald
ing water into streams, killing aquatic
life and disrupting the ecosystem.
The three operative reactors at the
Savannah River Site have been closed
for more than a year for safety reasons.
Two years ago, the Energy De
partment claimed it would build a
cooling tower at the end of 1992 in
order to comply with the Federal
Water Pollution Act. This law gives
states the authority to set up pollu
tion standards.
The Savannah River Site is man
aged by the Westinghouse Savan
nah River Company, which is a sub
sidiary of the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation. Derrick commented
that his proposal exempted the Sa
vannah River from the Federal Water
Pollution Act in order to avoid spend
ing money on a cooling tower, that
would not be in use for 8 to lOyears.
Derrick's plan has been criticize
by many environmental groups, in
cluding the EPA and Greenspan,
siting the Energy Department as one
of the worst polluters and violators of
federal environmental laws.
The reactor on the Savannah River
Site was designed to produce tritium
and plutonium for bombs. The pro
duction of these radioactive
elements at the Savannah River
Site dominates the economy in that
area and there is a strong political
affluence as well.
Tritium is used to enhance the
explosive power for smaller bombs.
In addition, nuclear weapons are
returned to the Savannah River Site
to be refilled. This is hazardous
because highly toxic substances are
returned to a wat er supply that feeds
animal life and this ultimately dis
rupts the ecosystem.
Maria Johnson, a junior at Clark
Atlanta University in the allied health
field, commented , “ Students have
to take a more active role concerning
environmental issues. It’s evident
that those who are in a position to do
so have neglected to take advantage
of their influence.”
Two environmental groups sued
the Department of Energy over its
plan to restart the Savannah River
Site because scalding water is dis
charged into neighboring waters. The
groups are the Natural Resources
Defense Council and the Energy
Research Foundation of Columbia
South Carolina.
This suit claimed that the reactor
discharged 180,000 gallons of water
a minute at temperatures up to 180
degrees, damaging 600 acres of wet
land and endangering endangered
species.
The Clean Water Act, which the
suit says is violated by the hot-water
discharges included a provision that
allowed the President to exempt Fed
eral installations for national secu
rity reasons, but no President has
not fulfilled this provision.
Secretary of Energy, James D.
Watkins, pledged to operate the weap
ons production complex in compli
ance with state and federal laws.
According to James F. Simon, a
lawyer at the Natural Resources
Defense Council, said the Depart
ment of Energy refused to make the
Savannah River Site comply with the
Clean Water Act. Furthermore, the
law establishes that industry nor
government can engage in any type
of activity that will encourage envi
ronmental destruction.
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Corrections
It was incorrectly reported in the
last issue that Simms Security
was involved in handling two at
tacks near the Communication
Arts Building. The AUCTaskForce
handled the incidents.
An error was also made in the
year that Atlanta University was
founded. It was founded in 1865,
and not in 1965.