0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, February 13, 1992 Environmental teleconference focuses on June Earth Summit by Nicole Malenfant Daily Staff Reporter The upcoming United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) was the focus of a national teleconference aired via satellite to more than 100 other schools and community ac- tivist groups last night including the University. A group of five panelists, all experts on environment and devel- opment issues, spoke from the Uni- versity of Iowa about subjects that will be discussed at the first-ever Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro in early June. The Earth Summit will bring together between 25,000 and 40,000 people, along with delegations from 166 nations and many non-govern- mental organizations in an attempt to debate over 35 environmental and developmental issues. Last night's conference was one attempt to get more people in- volved in the policy-making by both educating about the issues and en- couraging everyone to write their politicians expressing their con- cerns that our nation become more involved in the goals of UNCED, said Stephanie Wyse, senior Envi- ronmental Action (ENACT) mem- ber. Olivia Newton-John, the Good Will Ambassador for the Earth Summit, opened the conference. "How much progress is made greatly depends on how much pres- sure you put on your government representatives," she said. This message was reiterated throughout the conference, because of a basic consensus by the panelists 'If we remain silent, they have every right to do nothing,' - Barbara Pyle UNCED activist that the current administration is not doing enough to solve the prob- lems facing the environment. "If we remain silent, if we do nothing, they (the politicians) have every right to do nothing," said Barbara Pyle, Vice President of Environmental Policy for Turner Broadcasting System. Many undeveloped countries feel nthat the issues that will be dis- cussed at UNCED are dominated by a northern agenda, said Michael McCoy, Chair for the U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED Executive Committee. Brett Lorenzen, a University of Iowa law student, explained that for the past century the developed world has been "running around like a college student with their first credit card, charging every- thing and paying nothing." He con- tinued his analogy by saying "now the next generation of borrowers is coming along and there's no money in the bank. We've used all the envi- ronmental credit the planet has." Other issues discussed included global warming, bio-diversity and extinction, poverty, population, de- forestation, and environmental law. The conference also provided the first opportunity for citizens around the country to call in and ask questions to the panel of experts. In addition, observers participated in a simultaneous national letter-writ- ing campaign to President Bush. AP PHOTO Slip-slidin' away Cammy Myler, a resident of Lake Placid, N.Y., hurtles down an iced curve in the final run of the women's luge event at the Winter Olympics in La Plagne, France. Her fifth-place finish was the highest ever for a U.S. slider. 01 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson DW E M CRAZY . " l TlAu DoNT UNDERSTAND ME AND T DONT UNp RSTAND THEM. 1T'S IdOPf 1ESS! r d e ~Z~N UK IN RELATEDT -O -PEOPLE I Q REAETO. Do~ 4 'I s" s s GAST Continued from page 1 become more important and get more resources by raising them to committee status and funding them with more money," he added. In addition, Gast said would like to see the Peace and Justice Com- mission incorporated into the SRC because they deal with similar is- sues. Gast expressed further interest in forming a council of student group leaders to meet and discuss campus issues. "An ongoing body that meets on a regular basis can present to the administration a more solid voice as to what the students want," Gast Piano Dedication Recital Yamaha Chapel Grand G2R -C -Final Markdowns on all fall & winter merchandise Sale Begins Feb. 13 Sport Coats values to $375 Now $49 - $99 Slacks Values to $99 Now $29 - $49 Sport Shirts Values to $72.50 50% - 75% Off Suits Values to $565 Now $99 - $199 Ties Values to $45 Now $4.99 - $19.99 Sweaters Values to $195 50% - 75% Off Top Coats & Parkas Values to $325 50% - 75% Off Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-6; Fri til8:30; Sun 12-4 Training Session for the NEW Pro-Cite' For the Macintosh Version 2.0. PBS, Inc. invites you to attend on Tues- day, February 25th, From 9 to 4. (with a one hour lunch break) at the University of Michigan Training Lab, 611 Church St. in Ann Arbor. Cost: $99 per partici- pant (Does not include the cost of lunch.) This course is designed to teach new users how to work with Pro-Cite's most com- monly used features, convert files from past versions and give an overview of new features. To make reservations, please RSVP Ms. Leslie Williamson, Phone: 996-1580 said. Gast said he has no plans to re- duce internal assembly squabbling because it's an essential part of a po- litical body such as MSA. "It's important that all repre- sentatives maintain respect for each other," he said. "If that respect can be maintained, the fighting may go down, but there will still be de- bate." CC members thought Gast would be able to control the inter- nal fighting. "I know Scott fairly well, and I think one of the major advantages 'I'd like to see MSA decrease its bureaucracy.' - Scott Gast MSA Presidential Candidate he'll have over any other possible candidate is that he has strong opin- ions but a lot of respect for other people's opinions as well," LSA Rep. Heather Johnson said. Johnson said she hopes Gast will keep the campaign clean. "Hopefully, he won't succumb to the temptation to bicker and in- sult everyone else as is so common on MSA," she said. Gast said he believes current MSA President James Green has done a good job this year with the budget, maintaining order within the assembly, pursuing a 24-hour li- brary and establishing minutes of assembly meetings. "One thing that I'd like to pur- sue more strongly than James did is getting MSA a voice in policy-mak- ing at the University because the administration doesn't seem to take into account what the students want," he said. Gast expressed confidence about how his party would fare in the up- coming election. "I think we have very good chances for another success," Gast said. "Students see that we're doing what they want us to do, and I think they are going to keep- the trend (of the past elections) and keep us in power." Beth O'Connor, an LSA junior majoring in International Relations and an LSA Student Government representative, will be Gast's run- ning mate. "Beth seemed to be the one most interested in the position," Gast said. "She's a very hard worker, we shared a lot of goals and she seemed like a good choice." 0 Sunday Feb. 16,1992 University Lutheran Chapel 1511 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor (near Hill Street) Recital Coordinator: Lois J. Kaarre, 663-5560 01 LI____________ I BBQ Ribs Beef Back Ribs, slow cooked with a spicy Red Sauce. Meat so tender, it just falls off the bone. i1iN" , rj COURSES Continued from page 1 take courses there. "I definitely see a demand for a program. A good number of stu- dents travel to other schools to take classes and there is resentment, es- pecially because (Smith) is an all women's school with a strong women's studies program," Rhodes- Conway said. Sandi DuBowski, a senior in So- cial Studies at Harvard University said courses on gay and lesbian is- sues are just beginning to be recog- nized at Harvard also. "It's just barely starting here ... The word 'gay' was just in the course book for the first time last year." Rhodes-Conway said two major obstacles in the inception of a pro- gram are image and outside pressure. "There is strong homophobic pressure from alumna who give lots of money, and from the administra- tion over Smith's image to the world. Another problem is with gay and lesbian studies not being le- gitimate as a real subject," she said. Not all schools are working to adapt existing lesbian and gay stud- ies classes into one program. 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