_Editorial Earth Day focuses on planet's survival Earth Week events will direct attention to the many environmental problems that threaten the earth and the ways in which we can stop or at the very least slow down the destruction process. Campus and community groups have spent months preparing for the 20th anniversary of Earth Day and have a schedule of events that covers almost every is sue concerning today's environment. While many people are deeply involved in the cel ebration and getting the word out. others are still skep tical. Environmental issues impact everyone, whether directly or indirectly. The quality of life is something we are all interested in. and problems such as global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, overflowing landfills, depletion of fossil fuels and destruction of the rainforests have a definite effect on the quality of our lives. With issues of such magnitude confronting the hu man race, it is imperative that we force our politicians to make tough new environmental laws. The first Earth Hay in 1970 was observed by over 20 million Americans. Their efforts prompted the crea tion of the Environmental Protection Agency and pas sage of such national legislation as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. This was just the beginning Twenty years later we recognize that the laws need strengthening and the agencies need stiffer rules and stric ter enforcement. We realize that many of the prob lems our environment now faces art? due to individual overconsumption. We are called the; "throwaway society" in other countries. Hack in 1970. we Americans made up only 6 percent of the* world's population but consumed more* than half of the world's raw materials. Things have not i hanged muc h in the last 20 years So what i an we do as individuals to ensure* better c.tre of our planet? Consume less, reuse more and reev i le what we can't use* It’s not very difficult Most if not all garbage companies in Eugene now have c urbside ret v< ling programs. Mam of them even recede plastics Although most curbside mi yc ling pro grams don't pick up white* or colored ledger paper, there are many bins on campus where you c an ree.ye le it. Take* old c lothes to a second hand store or a dona tion center Hat at home more often and eat low on the* food c hain (grains and vegetables take less water to produce) Support political candidates that stand for environmental issues Huy produc Is from companies that support the environment The point of Earth Day is to celebrate life on this planet. Hut it's a celebration we should partake in ev ery day of our lives. By making some simple but im portant changes in our daily lives, we can help ensure the quality of life for all people, now and for years to come. Oregon _ _ Emerald PI) H*.\ luWttt. Utrgutt **'40 » T*'. ■ ; . • . .bed M ' ’ ■!. 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' nivet Mtvs lab animals even dav and they an- not being tortured In truth, I ran proudh attest to tile tail that the\ are verv well cared tor w ell fed and happv 1 m su k and tiled of hvsterii al peo pie running around making false i lainis when in tai l thev don't know w hat goes on Without animal research i tires tot many ailments ami diseases would not have been discovered It van ot youi pets evei had a vaccine or prescrip tion ntetlit ation, it's been thanks to inedii al researi li As an asthmatii I ni glad the medications I depend on are improv ing Without animal re scan h. this v\ouldu'l lie It I didn't lov e and ( are tor animals. I wouldn't be working here It is <i shame some people refuse to believe we are earing, coin erned people and instead portray us as nasty people who torture animals I realize not ev ervone will lie convinced and that is then loss \lv hope is that some people are able to look bevond the hysteria and see the truth tor a i hailge \ Millin' Mall Kugene Anorexia Spring term out e again Time tor people to shed tin* wool si\imIits of winter, opting for the lotion T shirts anil tanks that mark spring and summer As this transformation takes place. I’ve notii ed a sight that has disturbed and saddened me enough to t raw! from under my roi k of i omplai eni e and voii e mv opinion The sight is the amount of anorevn and liulinui women on this campus women who should he enjoying one of life's truh selfish epoi hs of age. where authoritv is found only in your own temperance and self indulgence is ,t warranted and ai < epted Hail Vet these women are sup pressed by an overriding guilt that sui iet\ s\ ou t act ept them in the form they are and the\ must redui e themselves to a mere i an ass ot shin and hone Who's to blame ’ In m\ short sightedness 1 felt it was a per sonal problem 1 hen 1 realized the pioblem was far more uni versal. not just contained in merely a woman's personal problems I bin is a premium that soi it tv has instilled in out h of out minds through our lust teens hop 1 and- \ movie at l.t years to our piesent deluge ot "Silvei bullet advertising. This quest for a thm sot lets is non e\ui I mg its loll and the voting wont en ot our soi lets are pas iog the largest share The answers aren't easy A start would he education: real izing that this is a major prob lent just as sell destrut live as any other soi ietal problem Stephen ( henoweth lournalism For Hughes I im Hughes was an advoi ale ut all students while serving on the Im idental l ee Committee in the 1'IHM M‘l si hoot year He sought to represent all student groups .ind their interests in a lair and open manner while calling to question those groups which were violating state rules as well as their own goals statement. Alter the diffit ulties the IFC has experienced this year, it is very important that some stabil ity and experiem e he sitting on that body next year to ensure that we as students hold on to this power over our fees. As hall of the most experi enced and most qualified ticket in the ASl'O elections last year, lie and his running mate sought .1 coalition-type student government to bring all groups and individuals into the pro i ess One cannot begin to de xi ribe the differences that would have no urred it the re sults of that nasty election were to have gone the other way ( dearly. v\ t- ,ill have paid I In • prici1 of inexperience and per •tonal interests that have madi' die ASl'() so ineffet five and onfronlational anil Ifu■ ll> " late in its pro* ess Vote for Tim Ilughes for II I is one who had tin- experiem • • and tfie correct perspective ' guide out student funding pn Phil Whergull Student Climb <i tree An interesting tiling hap peued to me i oneeriling life liberty and tin- pursuit of hap piness near the I’niversitv li brary Knjoying all three of these assured rights I proeeed i'd to i onsume a sub sandwii h after asi ending a wonderfully inviting tree of substantial slat tire To mv dismav a security guard arrived on the stene and informed us that we i oulti not fe.ist in the foliage Not want ing to contribute to recent stu dent authority iiast os. consented and dest ended to the level of our guard hollow ittg this incident I engaged in careful thought, numerous ton sulfations and several i onipari sons to similarly bizarre situa lions, and we decided that it was well within tilt rights to t limb that tree I ,im ,1 tuition-paying student ■itui was denied the opportune ty to npprec iate u beautiful taste of Mother Nature Kven in this modern hell of liability wars I see no reason why a sober, able-bodied student ol good character and peaceful nature was denied this opportunity of seeing the world from the branches above Is my right to climb and en joy a tree not real enough to he of value? Do I have to own a tree to climb it? before you answer these questions with any degree of It nality. climb a tree and consid er the benefits and freedom gained from a new perspet live (ieorge Campbell Student