_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.
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Letters
Hysteria
I'his is m response lu Nicole
Houri lei s letter it )l)l April !>)
Speaking til narrow ininded
1 less. | think tile people who
mu .iiouikI si re,iming torture
•ire the ones who are narrow
minded
I work with ihe ! ' 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