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Thursday, March 20, 1986 Daily Nebraskan Page 3 etitioners fight for better groundwater quality By Linda Hartmann Staff Reporter The issues of groundwater quality will not be put on the back burner, at least not if supporters of the Clean Water Campaign have their way. Since October of 1985, more than 12,000 Nebraskans have signed a petition being circulated statewide. The cam paign's organizers hope to gather enough signatures by July 1 to put a ground water protection amendment to the state constitution on the November election ballot. More than 55,000 more signatures are needed. Bill Wise, campaign organizer, said the petition was filed because many Conflict, peace programs today By Julie Jordan Hendricks Staff Reporter Peace and conflict studies programs are among the fastest growing pro grams in the country, said Mark Ran dall, a campus minister at Cornerstone, United Ministries in Higher Education, 640 N. 16th St. Today through Saturday, educators, administrators and clergy from 1 1 states w ill attend a conference at UNL about "Peace and Conflict Studies in the Curriculum." The conference includes workshops, resource-sharing sessions and guest speakers. There is a fee for the confer ence but, Randall said, some featured events are free to the public. The keynote speaker, Peter Dale Scott, is co-founder of the Peace Stu dies program and professor of English at the University of California-Berkeley. He will speak about the role of the humanities in peace and conflict stu dies, today at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Gene Sharp from the Center for International Affairs at Harvard Uni versity and UNL philosophy professors Nelson Potter and Edward Becker will speak Thursday at St. Mark's on the Cam pus. A conflict studies program such as those being discussed at the confer ence has been developed for UNL, said Leo Sartori, chairman of the UNL Com mittee on Societal Conflict and Con flict Resolution and professor of phys ics and political science. Pending NU Board of Regents appro val, UNL students can receive a major or minor in "Societal Conflict and Con flict Resolution," Sartori said. The inter disciplinary program includes existing courses in history, political science, psychology, physics, philosophy, anthro pology, English and life sciences. A core course and senior seminar also is included. Professors from a variety of depart ments will help development and teach the core course and seminar. Sartori said the core course is expected to be offered in the spring of 1987. For more information about the "Peace and Conflict Studies in the Curriculum" conference contact Mark Randall at 472-3214. Contras receive amnesty policy VARGAS from Page 1 The government also is providing an amnesty policy for the Contras. This states that any Contra who surrenders hisi Weapons! will be -Nicaragua-'caMhote.Mabeled a communist or a socialist state, Vargas said, because 60 percent of its production is owned by the private sector. Only 18 percent is government controlled, he said. Vargas went on to say the 17 cases of human rights abuses that civil rights groups say still exist have been resolved and the officers involved are serving 30 years, the maximum sentence for their crimes. "That pales in front of the daily atrocities, rapes and tortures com mitted by the Contras," he said. In Somoza's regime, which the U.S. supported, no civil rights groups were allowed in Nicaragua until the very last part of the regime reign, Vargas said. Nebraskans feel the Legislature is dragging its feet in dealing with nitrates and in situ uranium mining, which could lead to problems in Nebraska's underground water supplies. The petition would prevent certain kinds of uranium mining and allow the Department of Environmental Control to set and enforce regulatory standards for water control. The Sierra Club, Wildlife Federation, Nebraska Water Conservation Council and other groups are supporting and carrying out the campaign. Wise said registered voters in several Nebraska counties also are circulating the peti tion and educating others on ground water problems. The problems are many. But Clean Water Campaign has narrowed its focus to a few. For example, campaigners are concerned that inadequate regulation of nitrate and pesticide use is hurting many underground wells, Wise said. - They also are worried about prob lems that certain types of uranium mining could cause. When mining for uranium with the in situ method, min ers inject chemicals into the ground to "free up" the uranium and pump it out. The problem with this, Wise said, is that the chemicals and other contami nants freed up with the uranium can pollute the underground water supp lies (aquifer) around the site. Another problem with restoration, Wise said, is that mining companies can negotiate with the Department of Environmental Control on the level of quality they need to bring water back to after mining. Under this policy, he said, the water may never be restored to its original quality. The mining issue is becoming more important in Nebraska, Wise said, because a portion of land near Craw ford, Neb., has been exempted from drinking water use so that the Wyom ing Fuel Co. can mine uranium in northwest Nebraska. Some state senators oppose the amendment because it strips them of power to regulate water quality in the state. Sen. Tom Vickers of Farnam is among the opponents. Vickers said the amendment, if en acted, could be interpreted to include more water issues than the campaign originally intended. Vickers is co-sponsor of LB894, a bill to provide for control of contaminants in groundwater. Vickers said he hopes passage of the bill would eliminate the need for the constitutional amendment. Wise said he likes the intent of the bill, but hopes it can be amended to give the DEC more power and make the legislation more protective of ground water. Until then, he said, they will continue their campaign. !! o IT EP Prices Good Thru Wed., March 26, 1986 o vji vissf LI C3d LA Jsl- LLiX ILIIEItLJCIE2 Canadian Party Size 59.2 oz. G jtm MalHn 1 Coupon "iL Your Find Net Cost 0JJ"VS9 Save $2.00 Gardon'o p rQg Party Size 59.2 oz. J VlL This Gin in the large bottle "is the heart of a good cocktail Savi tve $3.50 750 ml 25.4 oz. V The Scotch, herb, and honey Liqueur also comes in a beautiful decanter. 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