4The Daily Tar HeelMonday, November 28, 1988
Universities group, to' join forces. -on telescope construction
By SIMONE PAM
Staff Writer
UNC, the University of Colorado
and the National Optical Astronomy
Observatories (NOAO) will air be
working together to build a $13
million 12-foot telescope in Chile.
UNC and Colorado will each
provide half of the money needed,
about $6.5 million. The money will
be used to cover the purchase of the
basic instruments and installation
costs, said James Rose, associate
professor in physics and astronomy
at UNC.
The telescope will be constructed
in Chile. The location was chosen
because it is the best site in the
southern hemisphere, Rose said.
"Right now we go to Chile," he
said. But the new telescope can be
controlled from UNC or University
of Colorado professors' offices, Rose
said, through high speed data links.
"NAOA will operate the telescope
for us," he said. "In exchange, we will
split the telescope time."
The telescope will be used by
professors and graduate students
working on their theses. "It is also
a great opportunity for undergrad
uates to get involved, " Rose said.
The telescope should be ready in
five years, he said.
The telescope is part of a "new
breed" of telescope that is actually
much cheaper than older models,
Rose said. "It would have cost $40
million in conventional methods."
The hardest part in building the
device is constructing the mirror, he
said. "The bigger the mirror, the more
money it costs," Rose said. "If you
can make the telescope lightweight,
you can reduce the cost.
"The mirror will be thin, made by
Corning Glassworks, out of a sub
stance that does not expand or
contract as the temperature changes,"
he said. Ordinarily, as the tempera
ture changes, the shape of the mirror
images changes.
The new telescope has two main
advantages over the telescope the
University operates in Morehead
' Planetarium, he said.
The proposed telescope is six times
bigger than the Morehead Planeta
rium device, whose downtown
Chapel Hill location is terrible for
stargazing, he said. ,
The new telescope also could be
used for training students. "It will be
one of the largest in the world at the
best site in the southern hemisphere,"
Rose said.
The construction of the telescope
is in the planning phase now.
"In December, a committee,
including three astronomers from
UNC, will meet in Tucson, Ariz, to
organize and determine the charac
teristics and exact details of how it
will be operated," Rose said. . i .
"It is very exciting that we will have
a facility comparable to any in the
world," he added. ;
State may restructure its
environment department
By STEPHANIE VON ISENBURG
Staff Writer
, Environmental regulation by many
departments in North. Carolina is
Fesdue TopSMoSsa I I Pessskae
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be restructured, according to Gov.
Jim Martin and a state congressional
study committee. ;
The Derjartment of Natural
inefficient and confusing and should Resources and Community Develop
ment would be disbanded and a nety
department the Department qf
Environment, Health and Natural
Resources would be formecj,
according to the committee's plan. ;
The system often splits the protec
tion of the environment between twp
departments, making it ineffective,
said Rep. Joe Hackney of Orange
County. Hackney is the chairman qf
the study committee.
Consolidation was the best alter
native for the committee, Hackney
said.
Consolidation has been considered
for over five years and "would
eliminate gray areas of confusion and
duplication," said Don Follmer,
director of Public Affairs at the N.C5.
Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development.
"There is a consensus agreement
(on restructuring) between the gov
ernor and the General Assembly.
There seems to be no disagreement
between the executive and legislative
branches of the government,!"
Follmer said. I
The reorganization of the environ
mental departments should not cost
the state anything and should saye
the state money by regulating more
efficiently, Hackney said.
Follmer agreed, but he said iie
exact cost of the restructuring was
impossible to predict.
The state executive and legislative
branches expect the bill to pass the
legislature when it convenes in
January.
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O'Brien, reading the court's ruling,
said Price's "legal expertise" violated
McKinley's rights.
McKinley said after the ruling
Tuesday that the decision was a
"minor victory" for him.
"I'm very disappointed about the
way the court ruled on the other (six
alleged rights violations)," he said.
But the decision did set a precedent
that the court can overrule previous
rulings, he said, -
Price said Sunday that he was very
surprised by the ruling in light of the
opposite ruling the court made
Monday.
"I'm completely unsatisfied by that
decision by this court," he said. ,
The decisions made by the court
must be final, he said, or the process
could go on indefinitely.
Price said he had been a member
of the court for two years and his
legal background has never been'an
issue before.
McKinley faces charges : of
obstructing the normal operations of
the University as a result of a Feb.
23 incident at the University Motor
Inn and charges of obstruction,
trespassing and disorderly conduct as
a result of an April 15 demonstration
at Hanes Hall. -
On Feb. 23, McKinley and ot
students protested outside the Uni
versity Motor Inn room of a
recruiter who .had planned to tiOnl
interviews with UNC students.
On April 15, eight students, inch
ing McKinley, were arrested at Hans
Hall after lying on the floorqf
University Career Planning anjl
Placement Services' working area anji
refusing official orders to leave.
Five of the students arrested Aprjl
15 were found guilty of obstruction
and not guilty of trespassing by the
Undergraduate Court Sept. 29, arid
their punishment was censure, which
includes an official reprimand. Those
students were not charged in the Feb.
23 incident.
McKinley listed six other alleged
violations of his rights. He said that:
D he had been denied a fair hearing
by the court's refusal to let him use
his "conscience defense";
a the court chairman had no right
to recess the first hearing after
McKinley walked out; ;
because the second hearing
picked up where the first one left off,
he had no opportunity to re-questioh
the court board about their fitness
to be on the board; ;
a he was denied his right to face
his accusers when the court would ndt
subpoena UNC Board of Trustee's
member John Pope. Pope was the
author of a BOT resolution which
condemned the protester's actions df
Feb. 23 and called for a complete
investigation of the event. Pope
described the protesters' actions at
"violent" and "terrorist";
B he was denied his right to ah
impartial hearing because the court.
by its denial of his conscience defense,
implicitly said that the CIA is a lawful
organization because the University
invited it to recruit on campus; and ;
he was denied his right to a fair
appeal because the chancellor has thfc
final say in the appeal process. The
chancellor's office, by association
with the BOT resolution, had already
taken a stand on the case.