T . ■ M I I Ml , P I II T^ i i i • i , • • Is JMU a INN *•*» tt«Nr*» """ Turnovers divided sink the campus? Q ,00<; women's Minorities | ^ the \w *> basketball speak about team in 67-42 their status. loss to ODU. Focus/14 JAMESBreeze MADISON UNIVERSITY Jgports/21 MONDAY JANUARY 29. 1996 VOL. 73, NO. 30 * College presidents unite EARTH Conference reaches for solutions by Ben Dalbey year. He said rain forest beef comes to seek more state funds from livestock grazed on land burnt senior writer by Cyndy Liedtke same amendment will go before the out of South American rain forests. state Senate this week. senior writer About 60 young activists from Other workshops in the first The amendment includes funds throughout Virginia and the United session included a presentation on After years of going to the for faculty salaries, technology, States gathered at JMU this weekend waste management, information Virginia General Assembly on behalf equipment, financial aid and to attend a state conference of regarding the World Bank and the of their own institutions, the state's institution-specific funds. Students for Environmental Action International Monetary Fund, how to college presidents decided this year Del. Alan Diamonstein (D- Coalition. plan an organized campaign, and a they might have a better chance of Newport News) and Sen. John SEAC is a national organization discussion of radical politics. getting what they want if they all ask Chichester (R-Prince William) are that works with environmental In the second round of workshops, for it together. the patrons of the amendment. groups in all 50 states to promote University of Virginia student Larry In a new spirit of cooperation, the Diamonstein said in an Associated ecological and social health. Ferber discussed potential methods presidents, in conjunction with the Press article he expects higher Senior Meghan McCracken, for changing university purchasing Virginia Higher Education Business education to get more money, but not president of EARTH, helped policies to include the use of recycled Council, seek an additional $340 as much as the presidents want. "If organize the weekend. She said she paper. Ferber said environmentally million in operating funds for higher the funds were available, I would say SHARI MlLLEfUslaff photographer supports SEAC's willingness to active students at UVa. worked to get education's share of the state's 1996- do it in this budget. We're going to President Ronald Carrier talks pursue human rights and equality post-consumer paper into university '98 budget. try to get as much money for higher issues along with more traditional computer labs. The labs, which use "This is very unique," JMU education as we can." about JMU's budget Thursday. environmental topics. "Environment about 10 percent of the school's total President Ronald Carrier said in a Legislators will decide on a final Additional funds for technology is more than just trees and water." paper consumption, are only a first budget presentation to faculty budget in March, when the governor would let JMU upgrade what it has This new twist on the step, he said. Thursday. "In the past, individual must also approve it. now. environmental movement, sometimes Ferber said the group's goal of a presidents had amendments for their The top priorities for additional "We've done a great job keeping described as environmental justice, complete transition to recycled paper own institutions." funds are faculty salary increases, up with technology given the money begins with an effort to explore every will be helped by recent The presidents; asked for the funds for computer software and we get, but it is not enough," Rose implication and ramification of developments in the recycling money m the form of a unitary hardware, and financial aid moneys, said. • human actions. industry. Through expansion and budget amendment presented to the according to JMU Executive Vice* For example, McCracken refinement of techniques, paper House of Delegates last week. The President Linwood Rose. see FUNDS page 2 described the ecological element of companies can now offer post- recycling as the desire to reduce consumer paper for the same price or waste. The social aspect of recycling, cheaper than "virgin" paper, he said. Weather closings force university however, is an equally complicated Phil Simmons, JMU recycling issue of where waste is dumped. coordinator, said campaign methods McCracken said EARTH'S used at UVa. could be helpful in a to revise schedule for semester involvement with a national similar on-going effort at JMU. organization such as SEAC brings a 'These people have done a lot of by Jodie Bartoe a plan quickly, Kohen said. It is possible that in years greater sense of empowerment to its good thinking," he said. "You build past, not every class canceled due to inclement weather senior writer members. Networking with groups off their experience so you don't take has been made up, but this year, there was added with similar goals raises the group's as many wrong steps." An unkind January draped JMU with snow and confusion because the cancellations occurred at the very potential for success, she said. Simmons said efforts at JMU have flooded the streets with rain. Through a slow, but sure beginning of the semester. McCracken also said she likes the resulted in the use of post-consumer process of digging out and drying out, JMU students "Part of what happened here is we were stimulated by atmosphere SEAC members bring. paper for university business cards. finally conquered mother nature's wrath. However, the intensity of the weather that beset us," he said. "I've never met young people who The only other documents at JMU students must endure one more "disaster" — Saturday Kohen also said he thinks that missing so many days work so hard at something they printed on recycled paper are classes. of class is unfair to the student. believe in and still have fun too." applications for undergraduate Bethany Oberst, vice president for academic affairs, "(Students] are entitled to a certain number of class Christy Santoro, SEAC national admission because of their perceived announced Wednesday the Academic Council decided meetings in the academic calendar, and we have to live up training program organizer, agreed "green PR," Simmons said, classes missed due to inclement weather will be made up to these agreements," he said. the organization does well to deal explaining an environmentally on three different Saturdays and Reading Day. William Voige, speaker pro tempore of the Faculty with a wide spectrum of issues. conscious school is more appealing Students and faculty reacted to this plan in different Senate, said Oberst's decision was an amended plan. The "Racism and sexism have broken to potential applicants. ways. According to Andy Kohen, speaker of the Faculty original proposal was to use assessment day as a make-up down other movements in the past," Other topics in the second group Senate, the final decision to use the make-up days is up to day. However, that idea caused additional problems she said, adding that addressing those of workshops were attacks on the individual professor. He said the plan announced by because it required a need for a make-up assessment day. problems head-on makes it easier to affirmative action, the media's Oberst was similar to what the Faculty Senate suggested. The Academic Council's plan pleased him because it deal with them. portrayal of the environment and "We seem to all be pretty much in agreement," he said. allowed for the opportunity for every missed class to have Santoro said she was excited how to recruit members for The Faculty Senate had proposed making up the lost days a second chance, Voige said. about the conference's potential to environmental organizations. on only one Saturday and Reading Day. "People teaching Monday, Wednesday and Friday broaden perspectives and form In the final section of workshops, The plan allows for every missed class to be made up. networks between people. "We have EARTH member Liz Abercrombie The Faculty Senate felt it was important to come up with see WEATHER page 2 to start with little steps, and this introduced the positions of the Free conference is a step." Burma Coalition, an international With three rounds of workshops group devoted to restoring Bf*X rt.u^- and numerous other interactions democracy in Burma. throughout the day, participants had Abercrombie said Burma has been the opportunity to discuss a wide ruled by a military dictatorship since array of issues. 1988, and the results of democratic Troy Farmer, sophomore geology elections held in 1990 have been major, presented one of the first ignored by those in power. Under the *A 'CKKOIOL^ <^2«LA.A4.A -0-~ S«^«AO/«M. /VK*A<.^ DU workshops of the day. Farmer said he rule of the State Law and Order led a discussion focusing on Restoration Council, Burma is vegetarianism and the environmental rapidly destroying its national teak \. g. a. jj. b «. A. *LK A. A a... <. I a. 4 A e A **-. ' Istx /H*. , SV)A. o—^ M a. -j e. Are. -> A. ramifications of eating habits. forests and has become a major Farmer, a vegan, said half of the source of heroin for United States ,1 I 1 C A «<!•>-■£ A /p /Ht -o-~. "jrA A. A a. U, O.'tJAA.b C-G fresh water used in the country each drug markets, she said. year goes to support livestock. He Zar Ni, a Burmese immigrant who also said the United States is the came to the conference from the world's largest producer and University of Wisconsin at Madison, importer of meat, bringing in «••♦»' »• • • innuinimini" • USA !>U.ANEYf«mi»r urtist 100,000 tons of rain forest beef each see CONFERENCE page 2 -I ,' I.