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The Survival Center is trying a new approach
to environmental problem solving Saturday
Instead of bringing a problem to students, they
will take students to the problem
A bus load of students will go to Big Creek —
a wilderness area north of Florence — to deal
with "the problem,” which is a proposed com
mercial development site at Big Creek
The outing, sponsored by the University's
Survival Center, will focus on making students
more aware of the Big Creek area
"Many people hear about endangered areas
but never take the opportunity to see them,"
says Matt Holmes, assistant director of the
Survival Center
The day-long excursion is the first in a series
of environmental awareness field trips the
Survial Center will be sponsoring throughout
the year
Among students on the bus will be residents
of the four newly formed environmental dor
mitories
"We re particularly excited about working
with the environmental dorms on this first trip, "
Holmes says
"The fact that 240 students chose to live in
these dorms demonstrates a wave of student
interest in environmental concerns "
The Survival Center, along with the Natural
Earth Foundation and the Oregon Wilderness
Coalition, is fighting a proposal to rezone Big
Creek for commercial use
The area is the proposed site of a $3.35
million recreation/tourist development
Owners of the land want to use 26 acres of the
186-acre site for a 40-unit lodge, 30 detached
cabins, two owner's residences, a restaurant, a
trading post and other related service facilities
Lane County commissioners have rejected an
option to reopen hearings on the project
"The importance of this field trip is to further
student awareness of the beauty of the area
and how business interests are rapidly des
troying the pristine areas we have left in
Oregon," Holmes says
In addition to viewing the Big Creek area
participants on the trip also will stop at the
Cummings/Bob Creek area, one of the last
old-growth timber areas on the coast
Anyone with an interest in taking part in this
or future field trips should contact the Survival
Center in Suite 1 of the EMU, 686-4352
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Photo by David Corey
Old folks enjoy merrymaking
Us younguns aren't the only
ones who can cut a rug
Halloween revelers filled the
dance floor Wednesday at the
Ivorena Care Center, bebop
ping to the Eldred Glaspy
Band's vintage sound
Although it sounds like any
other Halloween hop, this party
was quite distinct Most of the
fox-trotting merrymakers were
between 80 and 100 years old
"This party was planned to
relate back to the dances of
their era," says Ellen Waters,
activity coordinator for the
center
"It was a chance for them to
get dressed up in their good
clothes, listen to music of their
times, socialize in a party
r
atmosphere, and take part in the
enjoyment that used to be a part
of their daily lives ”
Not only the older generation
enjoyed the festivities Many re
sidents invited younger friends
and relatives
One caller seemed to be get
ting most of the attention
Hands reached out for her to
come sit and talk, and old gent
lemen gallantly escorted her to
the dance floor. To these elderly
folk, Stephanie Schmitgall is an
angel, a young person who
takes the time to listen and care
"It is really important to
realize that these are people,
just like you and I, only older,"
says Schmitgall, who has a cer
tificate in gerontology from the
University
"As young people, we can
learn a lot from their exper
ience Some of these old people
were pioneers in Oregon, some
were born in foreign countries
They provide us with a wonder
ful way to enrich ourselves
through other people."
According to Beulah Prit
chard, 88. this also works the
other way around
"Young people today don't
like our advice They don't have
much time to listen," Pritchard
says
"If I could give them any
guidance. I would tell them that
they don't need all these
modern things to be happy. Just
being together is the best hap
piness "
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U.S. bound for fall,
author tells crowd
By DANE CLAUSSEN
Of tta EmnH
Author Kirkpatrick Sale
relayed three messages to an
audience Tuesday in the EMU
the times are bad, problems are
at "excess levels," and impor
tant parts of our society are not
at a human scale "
Sale, author of "Power Shift"
and "The Human Scale." said
that citizens of modern indus
trial societies are in a crisis
situation
Sale said he spends half the
year in New York City and half at
a cabin in upstate New York He
proposed a world divided into
"self-sufficient bio-region
units "
Preparing the audience for
his proposal. Sale criticized the
Reagan administration and
"Ronnienomics," big govern
ment. and big business He ad
ded that capitalism encourages
exportation of local wealth and
dependence on resource-rich
nations
The United States is destined
for a breakdown in the next 10
to 20 years, Sale said Unless
the country s economic wealth
and political power are
decentralized, a "totalitarian
government" will take control,
he said
Sale described the formation
of thousands of relatively small.
self-sufficient areas in the
world, with boundaries deter
mined by the geography and
natural resources rather than
‘‘artificial ” political boundaries
Areas of the world that come
closest to being self-sufficient
bio-regions are the cantons of
Switzerland and the Basque
area of Spain, he said He also
cited the American Indians, the
13 American colonies and the
first settled areas of Europe as
examples of self-sufficient
regions
Americans are not in control
of their political or economic
lives, Sale said They give up
their rights to make decisions —
as indicated by poor voting turn
outs — and they are not asked
opinions on such key issues as
the proposed sale of AWACs to
Saudi Arabia, he said
Americans are facing reces
sion, inflation, and losses in
productivity. Sale said, adding
that Reagan s contention that
more savings will result in capi
tal investments is faulty
Sale said he realizes his
proposal may be unacceptable
to some, but he said he has
confidence that others will ac
cept its viability Prominent
economists, political scientists,
sociologists, ecologists, and
those in other disciplines have
accepted his philosophy or
similar ones, he said
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