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The Bed and Black
Friday, May H, 19K1
News Roundun
Sierra club petitions for removal of Secretary Watt
By J AN HI LLINGS
Red and Black Staff Writer
Athens Sierra Club members have
collected more than 300 signatures on a
petition urging that Secretary of In
terior James Watt be fired, according
to club member Bruce Herrick.
The Athens petitions are part of a
nationwide drive by the Sierra Club, a
national conservation organization with
more than 200,000 members, to collect
one million signatures, which will be
presented to the U S. Congress as a sign
of the public's disapproval of Watt's
actions.
The petition states: “Secretary Watt
is representing private economic in
terests rather than following the laws
that define his responsibilities. He is
sabotaging conservation goals sup
ported by a vast majority of American
people. He is seeking to defy decades of
legislation designed to protect our
natural resources... "
“I think they’ll get that easily,”
Herrick said of the goal set for the
signatures.
The Sierra Club is also distributing a
fact sheet which lists the actions of
Secretary Watt the club feels are un
dermining present conservation laws
The fact sheet includes statements
that Watt has: stated his intent to
permit oil and gas production on
wildlife refuges and wilderness areas:
opposed the creation of new national
parks; ordered the Office of En
dangered Species to suspend some
proposed endangered species listings;
interfered with Bureau of Land
Management efforts to control over-
grazing on the public lands and pushed
for funding cuts for tK 1- jsh and
Wildlife Service, which •• .old curtail its
programs.
In Herrick’s opinion, the American
public is concerned about the en
vironment, and will be responsive to
efforts to replace Watt as Secretary of
the Interior.
"The American public, as much as
ever, or even more than ever, wants a
cleaner environment — and is willing to
pay lor it,” he said.
Although Americans exhibited a shift
toward economic conservatism when
they voted Reagan into office, the
administration's attempts "to gut
environmental protection” have met
with public disapproval, Herrick ad
ded.
Herrick said
purpose of the
petition is to show lawmakers that
people are concerned about the en
vironment. By presenting the petitions
to Congress, the club wants to put
political pressure on the administration
to have Watt removed as Interior
Secretary, he said.
The Athens Sierra Club plans to seek
signatures for its petitions this week
The petitions will be distributed at a
booth in front of Memorial Hall today
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Coming council elections get more interest
By WAYNE GARCIA
Rfd and Black Huff Writer
Heightened awareness and
better publicity have ap
parently led to greater
student interest in this
year's student elections to
the University Council.
“Awareness of exactly
what the council does has
increased this year, giving
us a substantially better
turnout of candidates," said
Tom Cochran, an accountant
in student affairs, the
department conducting the
upcoming elections. “We
would like to see more of the
races contested (five are
uncontested), but we are
happy that at least all of the
posts will be be filled,"
Cochran added.
Some of the candidates
also believe there is a
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greater sense of student
awareness toward the
council.
Perry Williams, a can
didate for the environmental
design seat on the council,
said, “The students are
definitely more aware of it.
In the past there was this
perception that the council
was just a regeneration of
SGA.”
"The perceived idea that
there was some link between
the council and SGA is
disappearing from the minds
of the students," Cochran
said.
Cochran said the election
on May 12 is designed to
encourage students to vote.
With the help of the Ag Hill
Council on south campus and
the Circle K service club on
north campus, Cochran said
some polls will be in areas
where they have not had
them before. These polls
would be open "for a few
hours" to expose more
students to the election.
Student Affairs will also
maintain polls at Conner,
Memorial, Brooks and
Aderhold Halls, in addition
to the Library, Graduate
Studies and Psychology-
Journalism. Students can
vote from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Forum combines law, ecology
Red and Black Contributing W riter
Law, ecology and
philosophy may seem to be
quite unrelated fields. Just
how they do relate to each
other will be the subject of a
symposium Monday, 4 to 6
p.m . in Room C of the law
school.
Hosted by the En
vironmental Law Group, the
symposium will consist of
brief discussions given by
eight panelists. Among the
panelists are professors of
philosophy, geography,
zoology and representatives
from the Institute of Natural
Resources.
Frederick Ferre, head of
the philosophy and religion
department, will open the
forum with a general in
troduction. The first panel
will discuss basic concepts of
ecology and its philosophical
perspective. After a short
break, the second panel will
discuss the political
ramifications of en-
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After a summary by
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department, both panels will
answer questions from the
audience.
Although students and the
public can attend the event
free, Ferre said the discus
sions are aimed at law
students and those preparing
for law school.
“We were invited to do this
by the Environmental Law
Group,” Ferre said. “We’d
like to enrich the concepts of
these students to include
philosophy, religion and
ecology as well as politics."
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Staff photo - Larry Cutchall
TKEs win race by a bedpost
I KE wins downtown bed race
Well, it wasn't the Indianapolis 500, but some eight different teams representing
greeks to Marines put their best wheels forward in the third annual Athens
Downtown Bed Race Thursday night.
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (team pictured above) won first place in the at-
large division and the greek division, running through five heats undefeated to
take the title. TKE edged the Original Headline by a bedpost in the championship
race of the double-elimination contest over the one-block course stretching bet
ween Broad and Clayton Streets on College Avenue.
The Marine contingent, with a driver in full-dress uniform, took the prize for best
decorated bed. The bed team from The Red and Black, sponsored bv Foster’s
Jewelers, failed in their attempt to regain the title that it lost in last year's race.
All the proceeds from the bed race are going to the Bridgeway Home for Boys
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