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Re: Reaching APASE and people like them -- a reposting
>A current graduate of Reed College is required to take a full year sequence
of
>some science (chemistry, physics, or a biological science, including
>laboratory). Depending on major, he or she might take quite a bit more
than
>that. In addition, they must take a year of one of the "soft" sciences and
a
>year of either mathematics and formal logic or a foreign language. I
suspect
>the graduation requirements were similar when Ms. Warren graduated from
Reed.
I know I sound like an academic elitist snob, but just having "taken" a year
of chemistry or biology, etc, could mean a lot or a little. What were her
grades in these classes (does Reed give grades?) What were the
qualification s of her teachers? In my decades of teaching I saw, believe
me, lots of crummy students and fair amount of crummy science teaching. I
am somewhat familiar with basic science teaching at a couple of
undergraduate programs similar to Reed, and the qualityt of physical science
teaching varies greatly.
>Ms. Warren's bio raised for me the question -- Why are those of us who
advocate
>a role for nuclear energy losing the battle for the minds of the Catherine
>Warrens of the world?
Because the John Gofmans and Marvin Resnikoffs of this world have a
glitzier, more appealing message, and some credentials to back it up, and
the APASE site is hardly the work of an intellectual giant. I believe a
more important queston is: why have we (whoever "we" are) lost the John
Gofmans of this world?
Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dukelow, James S Jr <jim.dukelow@pnl.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:43 AM
Subject: FW: Reaching APASE and people like them -- a reposting
>
>I am reposting my earlier message about difficulties in reaching APASE,
because
>it was truncated by the RADSAFE "From" bug, causing the loss of some of the
most
>relevant information.
>
>In response to Jane Bragg's question, "Why hasn't Ms Warren studied any
>science?":
>
>
>
>Ms. Warren's bio raised for me the question -- Why are those of us who
advocate
>a role for nuclear energy losing the battle for the minds of the Catherine
>Warrens of the world?
>
>Best regards.
>
>Jim Dukelow
>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
>Richland, WA
>jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
>
>These commenst are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
>management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dukelow, James S Jr
>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 4:24 PM
>To: 'radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu'
>Subject: Reaching APASE and people like them
>
>
>An interesting thing happened to the comments that I sent to APASE
regarding the
>energy information on their "educational" web site.
>
>They bounced.
>
>After some investigation, it appears that the APASE web sites (roughly the
same
>material appears several different places on the web) are sailing like some
>ghost vessel through cyberspace, trailing a slick of toxic disinformation,
with
>noone on board capable of correcting the errors.
>
>All of the email addresses I found for APASE have bounced. The phone
number
>given on the APASE site has been busy all afternoon, so I can't tell
whether it
>is still APASE. All of the web pages carry 1995 or 1996 copyright notices
or
>indicate that they were last modified in that time frame.
>
>The web sites suggest that the primary driver for the energy information is
a
>woman named Catherine Warren. A web search turned up some interesting
>information.
>
>She is a graduate of Reed College, with a Master's in Journalism from
Columbia
>University. She has been living in Vancouver, BC for at least the last 5
years
>and working in area of new media. She has written 25 books and magazine
series
>on science and computing for children and adults and has produced 15
websites.
>Her clients and corporate partners include CTV, Northern Telecom, BC Tel,
Sun
>Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft, book, magazine, and web
>publishers, federal and provincial ministries, and universities and
schools.
>Much of her effort has been directed toward science education, with a
particular
>focus on science education for girls.
>
>During the years of (nee "From") 1996 to 1999, she was the Vancouver
Aquarium's
>Director of Education and Community Programs. One of her innovations was
>OrcaFM, a 24/7 all-whale FM radio station. She and her web sites and
>educational programs have received a number of awards. She is currently
the
>chief operating officer of Blue Zone Entertainment, Inc., a company founded
in
>1988 by her and her husband, with 50 employees and 1999 sales of $1.3
million
>(Canadian?).
>
>She appears to be bright, well-educated, and entrepreneurial and it would
appear
>that her views on energy and the environment are being formed or influenced
by
>the David Suzukis of the world.
>
>You can find additional information about Ms. Warren at the Blue Zone web
site,
><www.bluezone.net>.
>
>Reed College has a 250 kw Triga research reactor.
>
>Best regards.
>
>Jim Dukelow
>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
>Richland, WA
>jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
>
>These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
>management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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