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Overflowing
The I 'mli'ii States i*. over
flowing with e irtiage l ilts is
<m inevitable problem th.il .it
tei ts everyone I l.ill of the i it
les in Ainerii .1 will run out of
landfill space 111 the next three
years.
The not in my hui kyard
sviidrume is deathly Cove us
plastic . nive us styrofoam, hut
don't dispose of them in im
backyard We will drown in
our waste unless we work to
Hether to reduc e the amount of
garbage we produi e
There are three steps you can
take to t ut down on your
waste reduc e reuse rec vi le
Tuc k,lying .11 c mints lor one
third ol all garbage produced
Decrease our waste b\ Inning
lood in hulk and produi Is in
reusable and rec \ c table c oil
tamers
The second step is to reuse
much of the garbage you not
mails would throw .111.11 Do
nate old hooks and clothes, and
other such items to charily or
friends Reuse any plastic
items such .is plastic silver
ware. hags and 1 ontainers
Rec vc ling is the last measure
to he taken '1 on cam partic ipale
m c urbside rec vc ling, or take
your cans, bottles plastic s and
newspaper to the bring shelter
in the hack ot the Natural I lis
ton Museum parking lot Re
1 vc ling bins w ill he plac ed in
the dorms tor paper this w intei
I'or more information on
waste reduc tion there will he a
Rec\c ling Awareness l)a\
sponsored b\ the Survival (.en
ter and the Rec ycling t lomuiit
tee in the beginning ot l ebrn
ary
Kristen Dow new
Rei \ c ling ( nmmittec
Earthless
Surprise surprise surprise
the homeless have invaded the
I 'diversity I have seen several
letters in the Kmvrulti about the
homeless on 1 tth Avenue 1 his
is good reiogni/mg .t pro!)
lem is the lirst ste|) toward
solving one
However wishing them
away, making them leel tmvvel
come, am! telling them to get a
job are empty ignorant solu
lions So is throwing money .it
them Witness what that men
talitv has wreaked in I I Saha
dor $1 "> million a day for
y ears tor a Iasi ist "deinoi r.i
ey
< ameralizat ions must he
made hut exceptions do not
prove the rule U hat is the true
cause ol homelessness'’ Isn't
the earth supposedly every
one s and everything's home'
Amazingly obvious ooniepl.
isn't it ’ That life exists not he
cause it has a light or responsi
bi 1 itV to hut be< alise it ex
Ists
Is this line ol reasoning role
vant to the homeless issue-'
Definitely Because until y\ e as
individuals and as members of
the community rei ognize our
my n fellow members of the hu
man rat e as true equals x\ e i an
never help them to ( hange
We must find the i mirage
within ourselves to act on is
sues of important e to us with
openness and empathy lor .ill
those involved The myth ol
the sell made man that all
of us i .in rise above our pover
ty . is (list that a my th
All the money pi>v\ei ihoto
ric in the t' S can not shelter
the homeless feed our starving
children, or stop folks from tak
tng drugs, elt The solutions'
Surprise' There are none until
we. .ill together, make one
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THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
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Mammoth pointers.
Lacking
I’rnvost Wessels defense ot
faculty rescan h lor the IV part
merit of Deli'iisi’ I DPI-. Her t)
was i lassn al anil ei(M|iient
However it Lukoil sensitivity
to several issues
I le argues that proi hiding
certain souri.es ot limiting
opens the door to polite al
control ot the t niversity lai ul
ty s rescan It at til rt\ 1 11is .ir
griment tails to rei ogm/c that
i ontinued ii i eplam e ol IM )l t
money by fai the largest
stum e ol funding for rescan h
in the wii! Id i out limes the
polilli al r ontrol this souri e al
ready has
lire same is true ot tire poll
i les and polite s supporting an
final research ( suit inning the
status quo does not represent
at edemu freedom from politi
cal control, it is for continuing
the same system that currently
limits and delines sui it tree
doin \ la finum ed lie enl i\ es
\utlrcw Ihnmpson
t rmcrsity ( ounselmg ( cnli i
Oregon Ituih . -
Emerald
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