Western Front - 1979 December 4

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Western Front VOL. 71, NO. 73 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TUESDAY, DECEMBERS 1979
Boom, boom, out go the lights
Committee acts to avoid dim future
With reservoirs 35 percent
below normal level and Puget
Power's $7 million purchase of
power from other sources,
shortages can be expected
"now more than ever before," a
Puget Power official said
recently.
Chris Curtis, the company's
public relations representative,
said the peak demand should
occur now through February.
Policies recommended by
the Energy Conservation Advi­sory
Committee will go into
effect in January to make
Western's campus more energy
efficient.
An accompanying energy
awareness program and a
coordinating student intern­ship
also will begin.
A policy enacted by the cam­pus
committee calls for closure
of all academic ' buildings
between the hours of 6 p.m. and
7 a.m. with the exception of
Wilson Library, Carver Gym,
the Performing Arts Center,
Bond Hall and the Fairhaven
Administration building.
In a meeting in the middle of
fall quarter, students from var­ious
departments expressed
concern about the new building
hours.
As a result, the Art building
and Art annex are exempted
from the committee's ruling,
known as "policy V."
Special hours have been
arranged for geology and lan­guage
labs.
The policies, Jack Cooley,
chairman of the committee,
said, are now ready to be
implemented but some specific
problems in regard to rooms
remain to be worked out.
Richard Mayer, dean of
Huxley and a member of the
committee, said the internship
was created because Western
needs a person to "think con­servation
through on campus."
If Americans would stop and
think about energy use, Mayer
said, it has been estimated a 20
to 30 percent energy saving
nationally could be realized.
The paid internship is open
to all students with applica­tions
being reviewed by a
committee drawn from each
department on campus. Appli­cations
can be obtained
through Huxley College and
should be returned by Dec. 7.
As part of an energy aware­ness
program, the Environ­mental
Center, Energy Aware­ness
Coalition, . and the
Program Commission will
sponsor the Northwest
Regional Energy Conference
and Fair during the week of
Jan. 1.
Matt Worswick, coordinator
of the event, said the Environ­mental
Center, the Energy
Conservation Advisory Com­mittee,
and the Bellingham
Chamber of Commerce would
coordinate previously inde­pendent
plans for awareness
programs to reach a broader
audience.
In an effort to save money
and ease the area's electrical
energy shortage, Western-has
entered into a contractual
agreement with Puget Power to
cut back on energy use during
peak-loak periods in return for
lower rates, Cooley, who is also
business manager for Western,
said.
THE ENERGY IS WITH US—Members of the Energy Conservation Advisory
Committee mull over plans to save energy at Western.
Completion of Serra sculpture delayed
The Serra Triangle Sculp­ture,
a $123,000 piece to be
installed near Arntzen Hall,
will not be completed for at
least two or three weeks
because the steel pieces have
not arrived yet, Eric Nasburg of
Western's facilities develop­ment
department said.
The four pieces of steel origi­nally
were scheduled to be deli­vered
in Everett on Oct. 22 with
a completion date scheduled
for Nov. 15. But only two of the
four pieces of steel have arrived
in Everett for final shaping and
sanding. The other two pieces
are being sent by train from
Indiana, which is the only place
in the United States that fabri­cates
steel pieces of the size
needed for the Serra Sculpture.
The pieces of steel are three-and-
one-half inches thick, 10
feet wide, 30 feet long and
weigh 20 tons.
Nasburg said he expects the
steel pieces to arrive in Everett
within two weeks, then to be
trucked to Bellingham.
He said the earliest installa­tion,
date would be Dec. 14
through 25 to avoid construc­tion
during finals week.
He said if the crane isn't on
the site with the pieces during
that week then it probably will
be postponed until January.
Nasburg said it will take only
two or three days to complete
the Serra Sculpture because the
foundation work is completed.