Forum Greens create spectacle to increase awareness Bv Anastasia Goodstcirt ! hr Youth (herns havr ( omr together .is a i hapter ot the n.i 11on.11 Youth (herns m a re spouse to the la< h of radii al i reative ai lions in loi ai Karth \\ rrk events Farth 1 )av was hei timing a corporate Disneyland with Du _Commentary pont and the I mited States I oi est Service advertising as rnvi ronmentalisls (ieorge Hush and Margaret Tliati her wore their "hello I'm an environ mentalist" name tags and led the parade riding the thing I Jumbos So the Youth Greens del uled to kick oft this weeklong event In injecting a dose ot reality into the veins ot the I niversity i anipus The i outposting ot the Farth Week Khlorado and the unrei voluble i.onsumet trash inside was supposed to symbol izr the waste involved in our i itrrent patterns ot cunsump turn and tei hnologv llns stulf simpiv was not compostable ot ret vi lable (Jin ait yeas intended as a constant reminder ot the growtli and ft ononiii evploitation lh.it has brought us tu tins et ologu al ( risis a s\sti'in vvhii It wo are all nut r*t|iialIv responsible tor I In1 burs inn anil replanting wore atttunpls at a svinhulii re generation and a rt' greening ol tlir planet nr at least a small part ut it The rally was composed ut .1 variety ut different groups and actions Oregon Student Public Interest Researi li (.roup led oil with a recycling domonstra lion, dumping the non ret \i la hie non-biodegradable waste in the 1 ar There were speakers on the meaning ot April lt> he mg l as Day . the intoalui tion ot an environmental graduation pledge, the meaning ot an ui vironmentalism" ipiite distinct from the continued cutting mining and pollution our so i ailed representatives envision and mu own speakers discuss mg the relation ot rampant i on sumerism. greed, and unwieldy tec bnologv to the deslrut tion of the plant1) In addition to our replanting ol the Cadillac an etligs ot Ceorge Hush and an American flag were burned hv some to gel people's attention to have them look at the reality ot what om county is as opposed to the unrealized idouls either thi- fl.«vi nr nui president supposedly Stulld till I he media pouni i'il mi tin’ Hag horning and immi'di.iti’lv portrayed it as tin- tm us of our rally I tii'v itiif not give an ado quati' ilrsi riptioll of mu a< lion, or tlir motives liohind tnirning I hi- flag Thu Amt'rii an tlag is a symbol of equal opportunity and freedom and pistil e tor all Thi‘ tlag was burned by .1 worn an o! color in order to show burning through the lie that these ideals are being ai tual i/eil I’fie lai t that a woman ot 1 ol 01 burned the tlag may have sparked racist feelings which most l-'.uro Americans have in ternali/ed. but this woman, pist as all oppressed people in our country is not going ayy ay The Horning Hush ysas also a symbolu gesture and not an attai k on his humanity George Hush 1 hums to be the t .dtu a turn President," yet he has cut financial aid < leorge Hush 1 lailils to be the I in 11 tinmen ltd President yet he denies global warming in fear of los mg lug business and supports the timber industries which rape out land George Hush has been the Letters Protest I .mi disturbed in tlif rn i“iit published responses I DDE. ( ,roli lion \\ omit April I. .mil !\it Anolfn Aptil 'ill i unc i-m lug tin* burning ut tin* Aiiu*ri i ,111 tl.iv; April II* It appears to ino both Ainillii a ml Wendt ilo not i iimplotolv understand oi .ippi»*i ifiti* ili,- Irooduin hi1 pus M-ss horn in llio I S As Americans wo are given tin- froodom to protest (ho gov enimenl's ,n lions .mil polices u ithou! tin* tliro.il ut imprison monl or tlio fo.ir ol lining shut ()m pi on igal i vo lo liurn the Amorii an llag is tin* personifi cation ut wbat this i uuntrx stands tor and what it guaran tees for its ( it mens l o han tin* burning ol a piece ol material u hii h represents tho I S is to make a mm kerv ot out Iroodom It certain ob jei Is aro plai od out ut tin* roai It ol tho average oilmen and aro allowed to bo tom hod on I \ at tho discretion ol governmental regulation, thou wo certainly do not possess tho freedom the hast (airmans and the Chinese aro supposedh vo,lining to ob tain l or d that is our freedom then it is remaik.iblv, close to tho repression Chinese students wore protesting against a year ago As a matter ot t.u t, they died because they wore burning their flag and wore protesting against their government II these recent letters are any in (ix «tt ion. then \\ e are also ama/.ingh close to instituting tin* iin.ith penallx t [1)1)1! April d \1 though the initTillll endorsed the measure it was also i ailed naive Km .imaging students to take serioush then ]oh .hones li\ considering the so< i.il and en vironmental consequent es ot those choices is anything but naive Kather it is a i nil tal part o| edm ation licit is not be ing addressed nearly enough on i ampus I believe that most people would not purposefully use their eilucation to harm the en vironment or others However. The Men of Paradise!! Wed. May 9 at SCANDALS show starts at 9pm $8.0() at the door, $2.00 OF! w/ U ot O I D. 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