Conference to focus on environment
□ The 10th Public Interest Law
Conference will bring together
panelists from across North Amer
ica to speak on behalf of the earth
By Came Dennett
Emerald Assooale Editor
University School of Law Doan Dave Frohn
mayor, the Idaho attorney general and the found
er of the Earth Island Institute will open the an
nual Public Interest Law Conference Thursday
The 10th annual conference, tilled "Environ
mental Alternatives: Grass Roots to Global." will
feature panel discussions on more than BO topics,
including the Exxon Valdez oil spill, environ
mental legislation, the exportation of pesticides
banned in the United States, mining laws and the
environmental laws of several nations
The conference brings more than 1,000 stu
dents, attorneys, activists and scientists from
across North America and the world to share their
experiences and expertise.
I'he conference is scheduled from March 12-15
at the University Law Center, 1101 Kincaid Si
All sessions are open to the public
The ((inference is sponsored hv Lane), Air. VV•>
ter. the nation's oldest environmental lavs student
organization, the Western Environmental Lavs
Clinic and by the Student Bar Association
The welcoming address will he delivered
Thursday at t p m by Frohnmayor. Idaho Attor
ney General Larry Erhohuwk. and David Brower,
founder and chairman of the Earth Island Insti
tute and former executive direc tor of the Sierra
Club
Registration at the Law Center will tie from
noon to 4 p m on March 12. from 8 a m to ■> p m
March 13. and from 8 a m to noon March 14 The
locations of conference activities will be posted at
the center. The closing session Is scheduled for
12:30 p m on Sunday, March 11
The key to the conference's continuing success
has been its ability to retain Its grassroots c.harur
ter The conference is devoted to public interest
environmental law, or zealous legal represent)!
tion on behalf of the Earth, according to a Land.
Air, Water press release
The ((inference pays no speaker fix's and most
panelists pay their own transportation costs In
this spirit, the conference requests students and
community memliers contribute on a sliding si ale
from free to SIS
More information is available b\ calling Land,
Air. Water at 34fi ,1828
Spike Lee: Hollywood favors whites
ST PETEK, Minn (AP)
Spike Lee accused Warnor
Bros, of skimping on the fi
nancing for Malcolm X saying
the studio had thrown away
much more monoy on had mov
ies bv white directors
The black film maker, whose
movies include Do '/'be Right
Thing and /ung/o /'ever, spoke
about racism and Hollywood to
a standing-room crowd at Cus
tavus Adolphus College on
Monday
Lee detailed the obstacles
he's hud to overcome, saying
KWVA
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The foundation currently
holds she I CC broadt ustlng li
cense for KWAX, the tlassual
music station This arrange
ment posed a problem with sta
lion control and broadcast In
teres is
However, this obstacle ap
pears to bo ail but conquered
In the Ian Z7 Issue of Broad
resting Maga/inc the IC( offi
cially recognized the owner
shit) change
iho next obstacle Is gaining
ICC permission to broadcast
off the tower on top of Prim n
Lucicn Campbell Hal 1
Although the pending f-'CC
action is supposed to take no
longer thun 90 days. KVVVA
management knows better than
to make any predictions In
their dealings with the ICC,
campus radio initiators have*
gained experience in Bureauc -
racy 101 (201 anci 101)
Because this is an election
year, station manager James
January explained, there will be
a large turnover within the
ICC. which could slow the pro
cess down considerably
One suggestion to speed mut
ters up is for KWVA to hire a
lobbyist to go to Washington,
DC and push the l-’CC action
through However, that kind of
expenditure Is a luxury the
campus radio station does not
enjoy
"There's nobody who wants
to he on the air more than
us,"said KWVA board member
Mike O'Leary
However, at this year's
KWVA budget hearing the II-'C
also expressed a strong interest
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his firs! hurdle was wilh War
rior Bros
"Thoy’ro not making black
films now because th<*\ want lo
help out black people." he said
' Hollywood Is interested in
money "
t.oo ran $5 million over budg
in on Malcolm X and came un
dnr the control of a completion
bond company The movie,
starring !)rn/el Washington as
the slain bla< k Muslim leader
was originally budgeted at 526
million
in seeing student 111 a 111 I a :
backing of rumpus radio pay
off
So tar the Illusive station It -■
run up an li t tab ol almost
$61,000 and w ' it m
recent ITC allot an n that sum
has grown to m-a■ y s o i.oou
In 1001)41 i am pus radio re
eived almost $26,000 Ibis
year, it receiver) $35,000, ai
most half of which is ear
marked tor musli and equip
ment
KWVA yslii twelve $40,162
next year, a budget that falls
$7,000 short of KWVA s I If
budget request
I have a feeling this is the
last time we're going lo get any
money from the IFC until we re
on the air." said Joe (Irube,
i hairman of KWVA s board of
Kob Friedman. president of
advertising and publicity at
Warner Bros in California
wouldn't comment
In response to .1 student s
question, Lee said colleges 1 an
not claim cultural diversity un
less they start actively rei ruit
mg more minority students
In the meantime, he suggest
mi that bliii V. students who are
uncomfortable at predomi
nant I s white institutions
study hard, get good grades
and get out of there
dire< tors
Although hUA A was allot at
i'd nearly $10,000 for stipend
expenses a relatively huge
sum considering ;! s not even
on the air (.tube said the
board of dlrei ! or# uxpei ' s a
surplus in the station s stipend
111 ! mini this year
According to lanuary ma
five of the eight station post
lions are salaried, and approxi
mately -0 percent of the sti
pend money went to an eng,
neer w ho was contra! led to in
stall station antennas
When asked whether he hail
any idea ti would take so long
to start up the station, January
responded No, or 1 probably
wouldn't have started It
Believe us, he said, "We
want it on the air as soon as
possible
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Agenda for Thoraday, March 1?, 1992
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CONFERENCE
Noon • 4 p m.
1 - SMS p.m
2.45-4:15
I
' 4.30 -fl p.m
7:30 -9-30 p.m.
REGISTRATION
WELCOMING ADDRESS
• Dava Frohnmayar, Own, Law school
• David Browar. Earth Island Instituta
• Larry Echohawk, Attomay Ganaral, Stata ol Idaho
PANELS
• Economic and Environmantai Stratagias
• Graan MarVa&ng
• Economic Transitions: Challangaa for Labor in lha
1990a
• Local Environmantai Planning for Urban Opan
Araas
• Fishanas Managamant Tha Global Oxymoron
• Claan Watar Act Workshop
PANELS
• Japanasa Environmantai Law
• Daap Ecology
• Poaching Amarica's Wildtifa
• HafchariasAjanalic Manipulation
• Tha Graaning of Corporata Amanca
• Alaska National Wildtifa Rafuga A Viabla Trada
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