LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 18, 1999 - 5A OSU, Michigan battle to collect used sneakers for Reuse-A-Shoe DANNY KAICK/Daly University of Colorado history Prof. Phil Deloria speaks Tuesday at Rackham Amphitheater about Native American issues and his book "Playing Indian." PI speaks 'Pla ying ,lI. n di*an' By Marta Brill Daily Staff Reporter Want to ditch that pair of old running shoes stinking up your closet, help the environment and beat Ohio State? This week on campus there's a way to do it all. Nike is sponsoring a competition between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University to see which school can collect the most pairs of used athletic shoes for Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe pro- gram. The University will ship all of the old shoes to Nike headquarters in Oregon, where special devices will grind them up and turn them into synthetic soccer fields, tracks, basketball courts, gymnastic mats and playgrounds around the world, Nike Communications Manager Dawn Leonetti said. Often these playgrounds and courts are built to help inner-city youth, said Campus Nike Representative Randy Raisman, an LSA senior. "Nike has a commitment to athletes, the envi- ronment and society. We are killing two birds with one stone by helping out the environment and children," Raisman said. Students can drop their old shoes, which do not have to be Nike products, in boxes set up in Mary Markley, Alice Lloyd and Couzens residence halls until Wednesday. Nike has also set up donation sites in the North Campus Recreation Building and the Central Campus Recreation Building. "I'm glad I could participate in a project that helps out inner city kids," Ohio State Student Government President Josh Mandel said. "It's a good cause, and I'm glad Ohio State and Michigan are partnering up to do this together." Last year, the first time Nike extended its Reuse-A-Shoe program to college campuses, Ohio State won the competition, collecting more than 200 pairs of shoes. Since 1993, Nike has worked in conjunction with retail stores, placing boxes in athletic stores where customers could recycle their old shoes. In contrast to Raisman's enthusiasm, environ- mental science Prof. Khalil Mancy said he ques- tions the impact of a shoe recycling program. "I'd be skeptical to think of it as a solution to the problem of garbage" Mancy said. But added that the principle was commendable. Nike remains hopeful and would like to bring the Reuse-A-Shoe program to more college cam- puses in the future, Leonetti said. Currently, Michigan and Ohio State are the only campuses participating in the program. But Nike has bigger plans than simply bringing the program to more schools. "Our long-term goal is that the athletes will bring in their old shoes, and they will be turned into completely new shoes," Leonetti said. The goal is part of the company's sustainable initiar tives. Eventually, the hope is to have a no waste sys- tem of production, with products being reused continually, Leonetti said. Mancy said the concept of a no waste system if valid, similar to Volkswagon using the metal frox used cars to produce new ones. "We are killing two birds with one stone by helping out the environment and children.' - Randy Raisman Campus Nike representative and LSA senior By Jennifer Sterling Daily Staff Reporter Balancing humor with intellect, University of Colorado history Prof. Phil Deloria lectured about the under- lying themes of his book "Playing Indian," while educating nearly 100 audience members with entertaining slides of political cartoons, docu- ments and photographs used to illus- trate his arguments. During Tuesday's discussion in Rackham Amphitheater, Deloria used U.S. history to support the con- cepts in his book about the stereo- types Native Americans must per- petually confront. He gave an histor- ical account of the birth and evolu- tion of the Native American role in U.S. society. He spoke about U.S. history using slides that lured the audience of stu- dents and community members into the discussion. One of the first slides Deloria showed pictured the label of Snapple iced tea. He drew attention to the Boston Tea Party scene etched on the bottle and questioned its pur- pose. He used this minute detail on the Snapple label to lead into his argu- ment about how Native Americans and their culture haverplayed and continue to play a role in the American identity. "What's up with the Indian thing?" he asked, referring to the Snapple label. He described how participants in the Boston Tea Party dressed as Native Americans, suggesting that they wanted to mask themselves as Native Americans so that the British would associate colonial Americans with Native Americans. Rackham student Andrew Adams introduced Deloria, calling him an "established and emerging author." Another part of Deloria's presenta- tion focused on his explanation of the value system in the United States as related to the stereotypical perspective placed on Native Americans. He explained the system as a hierarchy, with nobles on top, savages on bottom and Indians falling into both cate- gories. Contrary to what many people believe, Native Americans do not need to fit the physical description associated with their culture to identify as Native American, Deloria said. "I agree with him that authenticity doesn't mean truth because non-Indian people think of Indians in stereotypical terms" said Law first-year student Kirsten Carlson, a member of the Native American Law Student Association. "His analysis of closeness versus the value system was really good. It added a lot of perspective," Carlson said. Deloria opened his lecture recall- ing the last time he spoke in the amphitheater at Rackham. "Something about this room just scared the hell out of me, he said, evoking laughter from the audience. WANT TO WRITE FOR THlE DAILY? CALL 76,wDAI LV.' l' Does Morality Need God? A public lecture by Dr. John Hare Philosophy professor at Calvin College . 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