[ RadSafe ] Radiation Protection and Academic Pursuits

[Larry Addis]

No Howard, your point is well taken - I am with you there. I think you and I
and all on the list would agree that neither political nor theological
ideology or money should come into play.  Academic freedom and ethics should
trump when it comes to this serious question/conflict.  

Like I said, hopefully before it's all over the students will get an open,
fair and unobstructed opportunity to finish their academic pursuits. I'd
like to think this wouldn't happen at my University, but from this distance
I can't be a fair judge either way.

Having said that ..... I would give my and your eye teeth for a $10,000,000
earmark for my university night now. Times are TOUGH. Eye teeth yes,
personal integrity and people's careers and professional futures - NO WAY. 

Having said all that, I was a little disappointed to read something WHOLLY
political in the FIRST line of Art Robinson's article:

"In an effort to do my part in rescuing our country from the out-of-control
Obama administration, last year I ran for Congress in Oregon's 4th District"

Just sets too much of an ideological tone or flavor rather than serious
academic/ethical.  "Rescue our country"? or Rescue these kids? 


LA

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Howard
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:35 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Radiation Protection and Academic Pursuits

Larry,
I must have omitted the motivation: $10,000,000 earmark for political
supporters.

At Clemson, would you deny access (to a PhD student with highest grades) to
reactor equipment the student himself had constructed, in order to give that
equipment to students more politically favored and in order for faculty to
sell?

I would not trust any health physics graduate from such a program.
Participants in Doctors for Disaster programs hosted by Dr Robinson (Linus
Pauling's partner) and readers of his Access to Energy, please comment.

Distrust of current info from Japan foretells decline of the whole health
physics profession if it cannot stop this corruption at OSU. Do try to get
the OSU view

On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:33 PM, "Larry Addis" <ajess at clemson.edu> wrote:

> Howard,
> 
> You need not help me understand the situation you referred to.  The first
> thing I read by Art Robinson was that he was:
> 
> "rescuing our country from the out-of-control Obama administration".
Sounds
> like political ideology to me.
> 
> I read all the materials presented on the "Outrage" by Art Robinson and
saw
> nothing relating to radiation protection and little to academic pursuits.

> 
> I did see terms like:
> 
> home schooling, and Christian, drunken parties of OSU nuclear engineering
> students during taxpayer-financed trips to scientific meetings. 
> 
> Politics should have NO place on either side of an academic issue. Nor
> should the other things mentioned.
> 
> I feel sorry for the students.  I hope this all gets resolved and
otherwise
> deserving students get an open, fair and unobstructed opportunity to
finish
> their academic pursuits.
> 
> LA   
> 
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