The_Rambler_1992-03-18

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Volume 63, Number 12 SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale March 18,1992 flamblep
Asbestos Removed From
Lupton Hall
By Chuck Watson
states that before any kind of sub-stance
can be removed from a build-
The State of
the Budget by Jason Nierenberg
Lupton Hail. The project took one
day and has made the hall somewhat
safer for students', teachers', and
workers' lungs. Asbestos was placed
Some of you might be wondering just what is
^ ^ . . , going on with the New York State budget system
ing, the occupants must be informed andjust what is being done to rectify the situation
Workers of the university's Physi- about its presence and the removal op- ^^ ^^ present time. As you all might be very well
aware, the state has been suffering, for a little over
cal Plant have undertaken the task of eration to prevent distress or worry to the past year and a half now, fromadrastic budget
removing a small amount of asbestos the occupants. Mr. Dzinanka also men- ^^^ ^^e entire SUNY school
system and a number of academic and technical
from the northeast corridor floor of tioned that Whitman Hall is due for curriculums throughout the state. In a recent
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Asbestos is used for ceilings, sup- of the answers to questions most of us have about
the state of the budget in New York State and how
port beams, insulation wrappings, and it will affect us in the near future in respect to
sometimes in automobile repair shops. ^^ curriculum termination/amendment.
In speaking with Mr. Smith, he had explained
inthefloor of the building during its The dangers of asbestos were realized to me that there is an expected increase in
construction. by scientists in the past who discov- " F^ingdale within the next few
^ ^ years because this is in fact one of the major
In the attempt to gain information ered asbestos can cause asbestosis (an technological institutions located on Long island
^ . . . . . . . . o . . X serving the lower half of New York State and
on the removal, I was sent from Dr. interstitial fibrosis of the lung tissue). Technology courses are more expensive to run
Samual Taube of Student Affairs to carcinoma of the bronchus or lung ^^^ familiar academic liberal arts courses
offered at most SUNY schools. He clearly stated
cancer, pleural plaque formation on that Farmingdale will be affected by the New
the lungs' outer surface that leads to budget cut decisions by a change in
cumculums and a likely increase in tuition from
pleura or surface membrane thicken- the current 90 dollars a credit to a possible 150
. . . . . , dollars per credit in the Fall 1993 school year. He
ing, and dui use mesotneiioma or pieu- ^^at the school is considering to consolidate
I was told to contact John Dzinanka in r al mesothelioma (cancer of the pleura) operations and abide by the requests of the state in
order to assist the state in decreasing the deficit
in people w h o breathed in regions con- and at the same time provide for the students the
taining asbestos. Asbestos enters the same high quality educational programs currently
offered at Farmingdale. When asked about how
tacting the building coordinator about body through inhalation or ingesting state financial aid will be affected by the budget
theasbestosremoval, they proceeded of its fibers to do such bodily damage.
to remove what was only "a hint" of Asbestos removal has been going on in Program) and HOP (Educational Opportunities
, . . _ r- Program) will not be touched now and is expected
asbestos from the corridor. Notifica- schools and universities nationwide to to remain stable throughout the near future. When
tion of such work is required in cir- stop the threat of lung damage of ^^^^ ^ the future of
the budget, he replied " I see a slow turn around for
cumstances like this by a building , anybody in the buildings that contain New York State and the State University of New
code. Industrial Code 256, which asbestos. York." "I wish the state of flux were not tied to
economy.
John Tiedemann of the Administra-tion
and Finance Department to Mark
Orlick in the Service Buliding of the
Physical Plant. Unable to talk to him,
the same building. In an interview,
Mr. Dzinanka told me that after con-