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Environmental tour works to end deforestation
By STEPHANIE-LEA SMITH
Staff Writer
The Btate of Washington loses two
square miles of forest every week
according to Mitch Freedman, An
cient Forest Rescue Expedition
spokesman.
The Expedition, which claims
deforestation is a global problem, is
on an eight-month tour of the
JJnited States to educate and gen
erate awareness. The group
•topped in Athens Monday to
speak to a handful of students.
In the Pacific Northwest, the for
ests are more productive than any
other terrestrial life, Freedman
•aid. They are a major part of the
ecosystem.
Many animals live in the forests
and are in danger of extinction if
the forests aren’t preserved, Free
dman said. The spotted owl,
northern flying squirrel and the
fisher, a relative 01 the weasel, are
just a few of the animals directly
threatened by deforestation.
‘Tree farms cannot replace what
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nature does," said Freedman of re
planting efforts by the industry.
The forest has its own system of
death and rebirth that replenishes
the soil with nutrients, bacteria
and fungi that make it productive.
Man cannot recreate this system,
he said.
Freedman said the Savannah
River Plant is Georgia’s local
threat to our natural forests. The
plant uses trees from south
Georgia to produce paper and
paper products such as disposable
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diapers.
Forests that took 700 years to
grow are now gone and cannot be
replaced. Only federal lands are
still preserved and unscathed from
mining and logging, said Free
dman.
Beside destroying animals and
causing the absence of oxygen-pro
ducing trees, diminishing forests
increase the threat of the green
house effect. The Expedition wants
Congress to pass laws that protect
original forests from further de-
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Emily Harris, a junior education
psychology major, understands the
problem, but feels that there is an
other view.
‘The tree industry is economi
cally very important because it cre
ates so many jobs," she said.
Devin Dunn, a junior agribusi
ness major, said research is the an
swer.
“We cannot keep slashing our
forests without understanding the
consequences,” said Dunn.
Lithuanian delegates meet with Gorbachev aide
The Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — A delegation
from the rebellious Baltic republic
of Lithuania met Tuesday with a
m^jor adviser to President Mikhail
S. Gorbachev, and a Lithuanian
legislator later called it a sign of
hope in the confrontation.
“We are very, very encouraged,”
legislator Egidius Bickauskas,
Lithuania’s representative in
Moscow, told The Associated Press.
“If there are people who at least
want to listen to us, it’s very good.”
He earlier told reporters a three-
member delegation, including
Deputy Premier Romuald as Ozolos
of Lithuania, was meeting with Al
exander N. Yakovlev, a Politburo
member recently appointed to Gor
bachev’s new Presidential Council.
Also Tuesday:
•The Supreme Soviet parlia
ment approved a bill setting proce
dures for secession from the Soviet
Union. The law, which goes into ef
fect when it is published in the So
viet press, requires approval by a
two-thirds vote in a referendum
and a waiting period of up to five
years. Lithuania, forcibly incorpo
rated into the Soviet Union in
1940, declared its independence on
March 11. The Moscow govern
ment refused to recognize this and
a crisis ensued.
•The Kremlin restricted traffic
at Lithuania’s border with Poland,
the republic’s only border that does
not adjoin Soviet territory. Soviet
officials told Polish border officials
the crossing from Ogrodniki, Po
land, to Lazdijai, Lithuania, was
“temporarily" closed, the Polish
news agency PAP said.
•Lithuania’s chief diplomat in
Washington, Stasys Lozaraitis Jr.,
told reporters there he believes the
Soviet army may have taken the
lead role from Gorbachev in
dealing with the crisis. He said the
Soviet military show of force in
Lithuania made him more pessi
mistic than before about his home
land’s fate.
•Soviet Foreign Minister Ed
uard A. Shevardnadze arrived in
Washington for talks with Presi
dent Bush and Secretary of State
James A. Baker III, pledging to
hold “honest dialogue" with seces
sionist Lithuanians. Administra
tion officials hope he brought a
message from Gorbachev that will
spell out Moscow’s promise to deal
peacefully with Lithuania’s inde
pendence movement.
Yakovlev is seen as a key aide to
Gorbachev and is considered the
Skilled guitar student
wins national award
architect of his policy of glasnost,
or greater openness.
Yakovlev led a parliamentary
commission that last year reviewed
the secret Soviet-Nazi pact under
which the three Baltic republics —
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia —
were absorbed into the Soviet
Union. The commission’s work led
the Soviet Congress of People’s
Deputies in December to condemn
the 1939 pact.
Tuesday marked the first high-
level personal contact between
Lithuania and Moscow since just
after Lithuania declared itself in
dependent last month.
The talks, which Bickauskas de
scribed as “consultations ... a con
versation,” lasted for more than
three hours. He could provide no
details.
“It is likely there would be no
concrete decisions but the very fact
that they heard us is very good,” he
said.
Gorbachev says he will not nego
tiate with Lithuania, but will hold
discussions on any topic as long as
the republic renounces the declara
tion of independence.
said Fletcher compared sheets
with the other guitarist who also
won honorable mention and found
he had slightly higher appraisals.
Sutherland said he is extremely
proud of Flecther’s recognition
winning performance.
“An honorable mention is not too
bad when you consider (it covers)
the whole United States,” he said.
University doctoral student
Andy Wen, who has studied saxo
phone for 13 years, also competed
in the competition’s woodwinds
category. The results of that cat
egory were unavailable at
presstime.
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ailing planet Earth
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Writer
University students may have
a chance to inform their peers
and the world about environ
mental issues on an MTV pro
gram about Earth Day.
Music Television’s “Save the
Earth" campaign, which involves
collecting recyclable materials at
20 college campuses including
the University, is designed to in
form students about environ
mental issues and concerns.
MTV Marketing Manager Rita
Gutter said the campuses will be
collecting paper, aluminum and
plastic at “Save the Earth”
booths. Recepticles are available
at the Tate Student Center plaza
this week.
Hank Houser, senior adver
tising major and the University’s
MTV college representative, said
students have shown interest
and support in MTV’s efforts to
ward environmental awareness.
“Everybody’s in favor of
helping their environment,”
Houser said.
The college that collects the
largest amount of total recyclable
weight per student by April 10
will be visited by an MTV host.
MTV will then tape segments at
the college for their “Save the
Earth Sunday” show, airing April
22.
“Students on the winning
campus will serve as environ
mental spokespeople for this spe
cial as well as providing
environmental conservation tips
for the MTV audience,” Gutter
said.
Houser said he’s received sup
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mental Awareness and the
Interfraternity and Panhellenic
Councils.
Recyclable materials from stu
dent organizations and personal
collections will also be included
in the count, he said.
“We stand a good chance of
winning the competition,” he
said.
Gutter said campuses are se
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student populations, strength of
the communications depart*
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The college representative pro
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to produce unique opportunities
for college students to work for a
multi-faceted entertainment
company, Gutter said.
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REM lead singer Michael Stipe
and Jim McKay, has produced
public service announcements
about the environment such as
“What Does Away Mean," which
addresses the build-up of waste,
and “Organic Farming,” which
addresses the use of chemicals on
food.
McKay, vice president of the
company, said the public an
nouncements will air on MTV,
VH-1, CNN and at “Earth Da/’
activities across the country.
‘We’re hoping the/ll play a
long time after,” he said.
People need to realize that
their actions affect the world,
McKay said.
University guitar student Peter
Fletcher received high marks in
Monday’s National Association of
Collegiate Artists Competition
held in Little Rock, Ark.
John Sutherland, Fletcher’s
guitar instructor, said his student
received one of two honorable men
tions for his musical efforts.
Fletcher, a junior music perfor
mance major, has 10 years of clas
sical guitar experience.
Because the competition de
clares only one national winner per
category, honorable mentions
serve as the runner-up placings,
Sutherland said.
Each musician receives a com
ment sheet from the judges with
information on his or her perfor
mance. Sutherland, who spoke
with his student Monday night,
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