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Amy Schmidt/DN Hazardous Continued from Page 1 lions with nuclear waste, among other materi als. Still the violations should not be taken l ight ly, Armstrong said. While NU officials have characterized the violations as minor and picky, Armstrong said all hazardous waste violations were serious, because the risk was there. For UNL, the radioactive waste will be kept, for now, along with other hazardous and mixed (radioactive and hazardous) waste in a new 500,000 square foot storage facility on East r Campus. UNL will probably pay $ 146,000 in fines to the EPA, Rhone said, and will be expected to help with improvements to their own hazardous waste program. Next year, a “campus clean-up" should be finished, Rhone said. A much needed clean-up. “We’re cleaning chemicals out of Hamilton Hall that Doctor Hamilton left there,” Rhone said. Then the university will have to start worry ing about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It’s another government agency with the power to levy fines, but with a differing and conflicting set of guidelines than the EPA, Rhone said. MONTEGO BAY PRESENTS BAY SPLASH 1994 FEATURING BAD BOYS OF REGGAE GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS INNER CIRCLE IN CONCERT with Opening Act Boom Shaka FRIDAY, JULY 8th 10:00 pm TICKETS: $17.50 In Advance 29 & Over Show MONTEGO BAY 1435 O Street Lincoln. NE 477-3877 Tickets Available At: * Montego Bay • All Ticket Master Outlets • Twisters • Or Call 475-1212 To Charge By Phone UNL group to protest Peltier’s imprisonment By Jill O’Brien Staff Reporter A group of UNL students, along with local citizens recently formed the Leonard Peltier Support Group/Platte Valley, net working with more than 140 groups nation wide affiliated with the Leonard Peltier De fense Committee of Lawrence, Kan., gradu ate student Susan Miller said. Miller, co-chairwoman of the Platte Val ley group, said the purpose of the group is to organize local events to raise community consciousness about Peltier’s case. On June 26, 1975, gun fire broke out on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota between members of the American Indian Movement and FBI agents. Joseph Stuntz, a Native American, and FBI agents Jack R. Colcr and Ronald A. Williams were shot to death. In an article, “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Case of Leonard Peltier,” Y vonne Bushyhead, a law student at the District of Columbia School of Law, slates that no investigation was made into Stunt/.’ death, nor was anyone charged with his killing. However, Native American Leonard Peltier, is in his 17th year of two consecutive life sentences for the murder of the two FBI agents, Colcr and Williams. “Since his controversial conviction in 1977... support for Peltier has taken on inter national dimensions,” Bushyhead said in her article. On June 26,1994, supporters from across the continent will be gathering together in Washington, D.C. to call attention to Peltier’s case. “Since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Peltier is the best known political prisoner in the world,” Miller said. “His imprisonment is a blot on the world image of the United States and should be corrected." Miller said documents which were ac quired under the. Freedom of Information Act in 1981 showed that the prosecution knew it was submitting false ballistics evi dence. “The prosecutor admitted twice during appeals hearings that the government doesn’t know who killed the agents,” Miller said. Given this evidence, Peltier’s inability to find justice in the judicial system reflects his status as political prisoner, she said. “If he wasn’t a political prisoner, they should have let him out on the strength of that evidence.” Because Peltier’s appeals arc exhausted, his attorneys have filed a petition with Pres ident Clinton for executive clemency which would grant Peltier’s freedom. In support of executive clemency, the Platte Valley group plans a rally Sunday afternoon at the Lincoln Indian Center, 1100 Military Road, just a few blocks north of campus. — 44 Since Nelson Mandela's release from prison, Peltier is the best known political prisoner in the world. — Susan Miller UNL graduate student -99 The program, beginning at 1:30, coin cides with the national event, and will fea ture speakers, as well as a petition urging the President to free Peltier. “Persons who sign the petition will be in the company of 78 world religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Mother Teresa,” Miller said. Other signatures include 48 members of the Dutch Parliament, 60 members of the Canadian Parliament, 55 members of the United States Congress and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigobcrta Mcnchu. Pearl Jam, Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel. Bono, Jackson Browne. Carlos Santana. Robbie Robertson and Stevie Van Zant arc also among Peltier’s supporters and signers. “The national organization is claiming to have gathered 25 million signatures world wide.” she said. “Anyone who wants to help should write President Cl inton and Attorney General Janet Reno demanding justice for Peltier.” Miller said. Student Aid Continued from Page 1 their college loans is the National Service Pro gram enacted by President Clinton. The pro gram would allow college students to pay off a portion of their debts by working in a commu nity service program for two years. Some jobs included in the program include social work and teaching at elementary and high school levels. In preliminary reports, those who would need aid the most would best qualify for the program. Beacon said. An article published in “The Chronicle of Higher Education” estimat ed that 10,000 slots will open in September across the United Stales. A population-based criteria will determine how the slots will be dispersed. “Currently, we’re slated to start receiving slots around the 1995 school year,” said Bea con. Another program supported by President Clinton is a process known as direct lending. According to “The Chronicle for Higher Educa tion”, direct lending would enable any eligible people to borrow money for college, as long as they are willing to pay it back based on a pcrccntageof their income over a period oftime. This program would eliminate commercial banks from paying a person’s interest while they are in college. Beacon said. “Banks make a ton of money on college students.” said Beacon, “This plan replaces the banker m the form of money from treasury bonds, itcssentially eliminates the middle man. said Beacon. The program is still under negotiations be tween Republicans and Democrats. 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