Around the Bend, Volume 3, Number 11, May 1989

              &\ AROUnD THE Beno
A Publication of the Pea c e Education Fund of I ndiana, Inc.
Volume 3, Number 11 "All the news that fits we print. 11 May 1989
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bulletin Board
Central America Update
Disarmament Section
Feminist Focus
Up and Coming
WILPF Happenings
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Page 7
Page 3
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Page It
Page 1
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'W'ILPF HAPPENINGS
By Hildegard Staltzer
Peace Awards at Regional Science Fair
WILPF South Bend participated for the first
time in the Northern Indiana Science Fair
at Notre Dame. Frank Connolly spent the
morning of April 1st judging over three
hundred entries and chose one winner each
from the elementary, junior high and senior
high school level for the best project
toward the establishment of peace with
people and/or the environment. Kathleen
Weigert, seated among the men and women
from the medical, scientific and military
establishment, presented the WILPF awards.
Our $20 prize and certificate for the
best project on the elementary level went
to Abhishek Agarwal for his study on Sili­con
Wafers and Solar Energy; a $30 prize
and a certificate went to Carrie Johnston,
a junior high student, for her study on
pollution levels in the St. Joseph's River
basin; on the senior level our $50 prize
and a plaque went to Molly Duman for her
study on Invertebrate Assays for Identifi­cation
of Possible Teratogens. (Teratogens
can cause abnormality in the development of
the human embryo.)
Our small but determined presence was
welcome by several people who came up to
tell us: "We are glad you are here!"
Although we can in no way compete with the
number and value of the prizes awarded
yearly by the military, it is important
that WILPF, as well as other peace groups,
participate in order to remind all present
that science can/should serve other pur­poses
besides military ones.
A Look At Romania
Our speaker at the regular WILPF meeting on
May 23, 1989, will be Eva Borbly. She will
report on the forced assimilation of Tran­sylvania
into Romania, the destruction of
entire villages and the persecution of
et;hnic Hungarians. We hope to end the
meeting with a letter writing session.