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A brave new biosphere
ORACLE, Ariz. (AP) — Four men nnri
four women on Thursday embarked on
a two-year journey Inside u stationary
fti.iss ark — a fast-food-free trip into
what they hope will ho an environmen
tally sounder future of planetary colo
nies.
1 he eight are stewards of Biosphere II,
a self-sustaining environment materially
sealed off from the world they call Bio
sphere I — the Earth The private, for
profit projec t is intended to develop
technology to colonize space us well as
to understand and improve the earth.
After the brief ceremony, the crew
members ranging in age from 27 to 67
waved to onlookers, exchanged final
hugs and kisses with relatives and
r
stepped through airlocks Into the 3.15
acro compound that rises out of the de
sert 30 miles northeast of Tucson.
After the doors closed, the crow
stopped to wave briefly through u win
dow, then disappeared into the main
building
The glass and-steel geodesic-framed
complex is the size of three football
fields Inside it can he found: a rain for
est with waterfall; an ocean with coral
reef; savannah, marshes; u farm; and a
modern human habitat.
from it. the "blosphcrians" will guide
the fortunes of it,800 plant and animal
'■cies on which they'll depend for
ir food and with which they'll share
or, water and waste recycling Planners
wanted to use solar panels, hut because
of the expense, opted for generators
powered by natural gas the only im
[i :t from tho outsider world
Communications apparatus will Ho
thorn into n control contor a fow hun
dred v.irds away, and to tho rest of tho
world Spate Itiospheres Vontures, the
developer, allows paving tourists to vis
it, though they can't penetrate the seals
that contain the environment.
Black democratic rivals to meet
WASHINGTON (Al‘) Virginia Gov
t, Douglas Wilder and (esse Jm kson, po
tential rivals for the Democratic presi
dential nomination and for him k votes,
have agreed to meet Saturday at the gov
ernor s mansion, aides said Friday
Jackson spent part of this week in Vir
ginia drawing attention to inequities in
the state's school financing system, a
trip mimv viewed as an utlempt Id em
barrass Wilder
I ho two black loaders are planning a
t) a in. breakfast on Saturday.
"Politics will tie discussed, and I
wouldn't tie surprised if presidential
politics came up." Virginia Democratic
Chairman Paul Coldman. a Wilder ad
visor said
"Thoy’vo boon friends for a long time
and I don't consider this a rivalry at
all." Coldmun said "They are two indi
viduals who Uith know we need .1 break
from the polite s of the I'ilUls
frank Watkins, a Jackson spokesman,
said Jackson would talk about some of
the causes he tias been promoting, in
cluding equity In school financing,
same-day voter registration and slate
hood for the District of Columbia
900 IDS.
01 Fresh
Potatoes
Says
BUBBA’S
PLAGE
Has The
Best Fries
Around.’’
Units right. Imagine
9(K) lbs. of fresh potatoes.
And that's just
in the average weekend.
That doesn’t even include the
french fries we serve up
during the week!
Fresh tries, skin and all.
In regular or Cajun-style.
Bubba’s
Place
1249 Alder Street
i Across from Sacred Heart on Aider i
344-1960
OPEN LITE EVERYDAY
GO
DUCKS!
Celebrate at
Bubba's after
the game.
Open Until 2am!
WORDS
Freedom of Expression,
the University and the Media
Everette E. Dennis
Executive Director
the Freedom Forum
Media Studies Center
Neii' York
TUESDAV OCTOBER 1, 1991 ♦ EMU BAI LROOM, 3:30 P.M.
1991 CONVOCATION
Sponsored by the School of founinlism
hollowing the convocation lecture, member* of the university community will join
l tennis for a panel discussion on first Amendment issues. I he panel will he moderated
by journalism dean Arnold Ismai h. ( hlier panelists will be
Tim Cileason
Assoiiatf I’roti ssur, journalism
James Klonoski
Protossor. I’olitu.il Sorniv
Paul 1 lolbo
Associate Provost tor Academic Att.nrs
I.auren Kessler
I’rotessor. Inurn.ilism
Christopher Blair
I iiitor, ()nyon l huh/ l mcraUi
Public Reception, EMU Ballroom, 3:30 p.m.
University of Oregon
School of Journalism