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Volume 58 October 26, 1987 Number 2
Asbestos On Campus
Was There Any Danger?
There have been rumors, reports, and much noise about
asbestos being found in the dorms on campus. The
concerned investigative t ^ m of the Rambler staff de-cided
to check out this problem andnhis is what we have
found.
According to Mike Daniels, acting Director Of
Residence Life,a survey was undertaken September-1986
by The Hall Kimbrell Environmental Service Corpor-ation.
Sixty-five buildings were inspected and forty-three
buildings were found to have varying degrees of asbestos.
Two of the quad buildings had asbestos removed during
the summer. They were Smith and l^hman Halls. Hughes
was recently completed and Dewey will be completed in
the summer of'88. The removal will be totally completed
a year ahead of schedule. The dorm conditions were given
a priority 2 status which means that it was to be done in the
second year of the seven year removal plan. When we talk
about something being a priority 2 status we are talking
about asbestos that is to be removed in the second year of
the seven year process. To receive a priority 1 status, the
asbestos must be in an easily accessible area, such as the
floor. Only 5 areas on campus received this rating. All of
the areas found to have a priority 1 status were in buildings
not in use anymore or on the pipes and tunnels underneath
the ground. SUN Y Farmingdale was close to the bottom of
the list of priority 1 asbestos problems, according to the
Hall-Kimbrell, report (The Hall-Kimbrell report is a 6
volume report based on the asbestos problems of
By David J. Gewirt:
Farmingdale and the rest of the SUNY system. The report
also has solutions if some asbestos is found after the re-moval
of the asbestos). The report states Cortland leads in
priority 1 areas and its cost of removal is over a million
dollars. Farmingdale's removal costs for priority 1 was
only SI 1,000.00 and the total cost of removal was almost
4.7 million dollars.
The asbestos in the dorms was found in the paint and
stucco on the ceilings, on pipes in the boiler room and on
some of the pipes in the bathrooms. The asbestos is not
considered dangerous in clumps but if broken into particles
it can be caricerous according to John Dzinanka, head of
Physical Plant Mr. Dzinanka said that if the ceilings were
left alone there would be no problem at alL However,
college students have a tendency of playing with the ceiling
by hitting i t throwing something against it or tossing bottle
caps on tops of the ceiling which could break up the
asbestos into small particles which could produce asbestos
particles flying around in the air. During the interview
with Mr. Dzinanka about the asbestos, he was very honest
with us and when asked what if any long term effects can
result from the asbestos in the areas, he said. We don't
know, but probably none." He went on to tell us that the
only way to tell if any damage was done is to take a series of
full front and back x-rays over a period of between 5-20
years.
We have to give SUNY schools and Farmingdale some
credit Though it is not good that asbestos was found on
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Motivation With Mark Jackson
N.Y. Knicks # 1 Pick Speaks on Success
By Jean-Claude Roman
On Thursday October 1 we had a very distingushed
guest here at Suny Farmingdala His name is Mark
Jackson- For those of you who don't know him, Mark
played basketball for St John's University. Now he
plays for The New York Knicks. Mark was drafted by
New York in the first round.
Mark Jackson grew up in Brooklyn,New York. Mark
began playing basketball at the age of seven. He started
off playing in the playgrounds, at that point the basket-ball
became his best friend. At times Mark would be
dribbling the ball on the way to the store for his mother
there would be times he would kick the ball into the
street
His father told him not to idohze anyone, but to look up
to them as"accomplishers". The two men he looked up
as "accomplishers" were Muhammad Ali and Walt
Frazier.
His career playing basketball started on the courts in the
Playground Shortly after that he began playing in leagues
where he was the star on the teara
Mark went to Bishop Loughlin H. S. in Brooklyn. Mark was
also the star attractioa If one of the kids didn't pass the ball
to Mark, going down court, the coach would yell at the kid
for not passing it to Mark. In his senior year at Bishop
Loughlin the team won the state championship.
IN THIS ISSUE...
Halloween Dance... 7
Movie reviews 6
Spotlight on Dean
Ezra 3
Chinese Magic
Review 6
FarmingJAIL 2
EXTRA!
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