Opponents to Ohio State’s involvement in a controversial telescope project aren’t finished yet.Even thought OSU President E. Gordon Gee said he has yet to see evidence that would convince him to abandon the Large Binocular Telescope project, representatives of the Student Environmental Action Coalition and Apache Survival Coalition addressed the OSU Board of Trustees Friday asking them to stop involvement in the project.Coalition member Steve Devereux and Michael Nixon, attorney for the Apache Survival Coalition told the board that the telescope is being built on sacred Apache land.’Generally, the proponents of the project have not treated the traditional Apache with respect,’ Nixon said to the board.The telescope is being built by the University of Arizona on Mount Graham in Arizona’s Coronado National Forest.It is known to the Apache as Dzil Nchaa Si An, which means ‘big seated mountain.’ The Astronomy Department at OSU prepared a report for the board that ruled out environmental concerns and showed little opposition by the Apache.However, in compiling the report, consultants relied only on sources from the University of Arizona and proponents of the project, Nixon said.One Apache was listed in the report as being interviewed and that was Harrison Talgo, a former Tribal Council President who was recently re-elected to the council. He is also an employee of the LBT Corporation. The University of Arizona, the LBT Corporation and OSU stands behind Talgo’s approval of the project and maintains that Apache opinion about the project is divided.Talgo did not oppose the project until becoming an employee of the LBT Corporation, said David Hodges, a member of the environmental action group Sky Island Watch.In fact, Talgo’s name appears on numerous letters and resolutions opposing the project.In a 1994 letter to a member of Italy’s parliament opposing the Vatican telescope on Mt. Graham, he said, ‘This mountain is the spring of our life, the protector of our existence. We cannot say enough to help you understand how vital Dzil Nchaa Si An is to us.’After becoming an employee of the LBT Corporation, Talgo wrote a letter to the editor of the Canton Repository supporting the project, Hodges said.In a November 1996 e-mail to the Lantern, Bob Gold, Dean of the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at OSU said that Talgo has ‘worked with and for the LBT Corporation.’OSU is ignoring the traditional Apache in order to advance the Astronomy Department’s ranking, Devereux said.’What cost are we willing to pay to reach the top 10?’ Devereux asked the board. ‘Progress at all costs because the ends justify the means.’