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A College Degree and no plans?_I Become a Lawyer s Assistant A representative of the University of Sen Diego, and the National Center for Paralegal Training LAWYER’S ASSISTANT PROGRAM will be on campus Friday May 1st at 1:30 pm to discuss details of the Program and career opportunities for college graduates in this growing, new field. ... You may qualify for this intensive 14 week, post-graduate course, which enables you to put your education to work as a skilled member of the legal team. Please contact your Career Planfling and Placement Office at 686-3235 for more information. For Free Brochure, contect t UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Room 318 Serra Hali IJJ ) Lawyer's Assistant Procram San Diego. CA 92110 (619) 260 4579 The University o! San Oiego does not discriminate on the bad* of race tax. color, religion, age national origin, ancestry, or handicap m its policies and programs Environmental movements noted for strengths and weaknesses By Sarah Kitchen Of the Kmerald Panelists gave their answers to th«s question “Environmental Movement: Alive and Well in Oregon?” Monday night at a forum sponsored by the Sur vival Center. About 40 people attended the forum, part of the Earth Week celebrations at the University. State Senator Bill Bradbury said he believes the question has several answers, depending on which perspective is examined. One perspective is the issue of toxic, hazardous or radioac tive wastes, in which case Brad bury said the environmental movement is alive. “The State of Oregon is a na tional leader in enacting legisla tion relating to spill response and in relation to leaking underground storage tanks.” he said. Oregon is in the process of enacting a superfund hill to clean up toxic waste sites. The state also has enacted communi ty and worker right-to-know legislation about hazardous materials. Bradbury said. However, when exploring the question in relation to Oregon’s basic industries such as the wood products industry, the en vironmental movement is not alive and well, he said. The Hoard of Foresty just has adopted new rules relating to protection of repairing zones in Oregon’s forests. “The rules that were adopted, based on the Department of Forestry’s own study of the issue, showed that at least BO percent of the current operations in the forest meet those rules today, so these an; not really tough rules, but if you listen to the timber industry you would believe they were the worst thing that had ever hap pened.” Bradbury said. “The movement needs an energizing force; short of that, at least it needs a lot of steady volunteers and a lot of steady organizing at the local and na tional level.” said County Com missioner Jerry Rust. One problem is that Orego nians want the question of the environment “both ways." Rust said. “On Trojan, the reality is that nobody wants the waste in their back yard, but the fact is that the good people of Oregon voted to keep on producing it last fall," Rust said. To decommission Trojan is “the highest ground." Rust said. After the plant is decom missioned, then Oregon can argue with the rest of the coun try that it has taken tin; steps to decommission and does not want a nuclear power station in the next state, he added. While environmentalists and environmental movements have “come of age in the past 20 years, “ there are so many splinter organizations with dif ferent viewpoints that they seem to be in competition with each other, observed Cynthia Wooten, from the Eugene City Council. One way of combatting this is for the different groups to better communicate with each other, Wooten suggested. At the same time, citizens should continue to demand that their visabiiity remain clear to decision makers, she said. Mary O'Brian, from the North West Coalition of Alternatives to pesticides, said environmen tal movements should “be the government, rather than submit to the government.” “We (environmentalists) all play the same role in this socie ty. and that is to challenge the society to care for life and to share tin; earth with other organisms, to recognize our connection w ith life, and to take the responsibility for the conse quences of too many people and too much consumption.” O'Brian said. UO Bookstore. FREE Drawing for a ePaasche Air Brush. 20% Off All Paasche Air Brushes to 4/25187 Factory Rep. here to answer questions.
