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Bottle B&ttle Burgeoning A pditical fight of national gnificance is brewing round the U.S. En- ronmental Protection Agen- y (EPA). At issue are EPA delines to discourage the of throwaway beverage ontainers at federal faciUties. The guidelines ould work to phase out rowaways at federal acilities such as national rks and military bases by posing a 5‘ minimum eposit on all beverage con- iners. States with such egislation (Oregon, Vermont, d South Dakota) report gnificant reduction in litter, vings of tax dollars ^nt oi ean up and disposal of solid aste, and energy savings. In the past the EPA has “ongly advocated such -gislation, conmonly known s “minimum deposit legislation” or “the bottle ill,” as a way to cut back the stimated 60 billion owaways that are littered ver the American landscape ch year. When the EPA rafted its own minimum osit regulaticms for federal acilities earlier this year, waver, it came under in- nse pressure from bottle byists. The anti-bottle ImU lobby s been led by such industry ants as the Aluminum Co. of 'erica, Reynolds Metals, erican Can, U.S. Brewers ociation, Owens-Illinois, "d Bethlehem Steel. The in- stry forces obtained the guidelines from the EPA for review before they had been officially released fm- public comment. Now industry lob byists are pressuring the EPA to refrain from even proposing the comments and to let the regulations die quietly without evw c(Biung into public view. Industry officials have argued before Congress that a bottle bill is not the right ap proach to take, and they say that a rigorous crackdown on littering is the answer to the problems posed by throwaways. A three-month study by the N.C. Public In terest Research Group, however, found that the im pact of such l^islation would include a one-third reduction in overall litter in N.C.; a reduction of 250,000-400,000 tons in solid waste for N.C. cities and towns to dispose of, with an accompanying savings of one^alf to three- quarters of a million dollars in tax mon^ each year; a savings of energy equivalent to the power necessary to heat over 100,000 homes in the state; and a stable or decreased cost to consumers for drinks purchased in retur nable containers. m Letters to the EPA from concerned citizens could help counteract the pressure to bury the guidelines and en courage the Agency to allow full, open public discussion on the matter. If interested, citizens should write to EPA Administrator Russell E. Train, The Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. CONVENIENT FOOD MART Featuring a large selec tion of wines, beers, and mixers, as well as snacks for the late- night growling stomach. HIGHWAY 401 Beyond the South I Campus Entrance Open 7 Days A Week 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. Students Employed By City And County Campbell goal - XWs unidentified Campbell fullback ^lays the quickness that characterized the Campbell team s ^bombing of the SA Kni^ts. See related story, page • (Photo by Tom Christian, The Laurinburg Exchange). For the fourth yeai, politics majors at St. Andrews Presbyterian College can get the feel of £u;tual political situati(His in local govmiment through a supervised program. The public service internships allow the student to work with city and county offices and \ to receive academic credit for doing The politics deparunent was the first area of study at the cdlege to offer internships in the field. Now other depart ments are beginning to do the same. “It’s a ,two-way street," commented George Fouke, student adviser of the program. “The student donates his time to the city or county and in return, gets tiie benefit of the learning ex perience.” Credit for one cour se is givai to the student for his involvement in the program. They receive no salary for ttieir work. Foice pointed out that ttie jobs in whidi the interns mirk are all necessary projects. “It’s not just make^ork,” he said. Eadi agency employing the intern uses him as it fits the agency’s needs. Four students are enrolled in the internship program this semester. Two students, Paul Baldasare of Atlanta and Rob Howard of Laurinburg, will be working in Laurinburg dty of fices. Jack Vaughn, a student from Charlotte, and a Cherryville student, Jacob Houge, will vrork in county of- fices. The city interns wiU be helpng with a jrfiysical assets inventory, a new state requirement, and in i^xiating information on housing and economic conditions. Hiose employed by the county are shared by the county Ezra Pound (cont.) others. Among the honors awarded New Directions in recent years was the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Gaiy Snyder’s “Turtle Island.” The second event of the Pound Festival is a per formance of ‘ ‘An Evening with Ezra Pound,” a readers’ theater event Ron Bay^, St. Andrews’ writer-in- manager’s office, the Depart ment of Social Services and the probation office on a wffk- need basis. The county interns will, among other things, be working on rezoning projects. The work that the intern does is project oriented, rather than time oriented, Fouke said, but the student is expected to work at his job for around ten hours per week. On the acaaemic side, tne student has required readings to complete, along with periodic evaluations of his work as the semester cmi- tinues. An evaluation of the ^student’s performance is made by both the student ad visor and the field supervisor. In the past, students ou'olled in the jM-ogram have worked with land use plan ning, the feasibility of repealing the state food tax, determining the factors whidi haw the greatest effect on probationers and the recycling of cardboard materials. Fouke pointed out that many students who were enrolled in the intern program in the past have continued in the field of politics. One for mer intern is now an assistant dty manager in Winchester and at least three are doc- torial candidates in graduate programs in public ad ministration in different universities. Museum Proposed Preliminary work in un derway for the establishment of a museum commemorating Flora MacDonald and Presbyterian Junior Colleges, St. Andrews’ parent in stitutions. The initial impetus for the project came from SA Alumni Council President Glenn Ar- nette, ’65, who suggested that a room, perhaps in the Var- dell Building, be devoted to the prop»ed museum, whidi would house artifacts and memorabilia of the two collies. Music Department Chair man Dr. James Cobb has of fered a roan in the Vardell Building; its potential is un der study by Art Professor Mark Smith and two students concentrating in museum art. History professor Charles Joyner is looking into the for mat and layout of the museum and College Ar chivist Dr. Harry Harvin is attending to the cataloging of materials. Ellen Perkinson, wife of the college’s president, is leading the effort to acquire materials and ar tifacts. Former PJC president and Professor Emeritus of Green Dr. Louis LaMotte called the idea “superlative” and “something we’ve wanted and needed for a long time” to preserve the heritage of Presbyterian education in eastern North Carolina. ALL THE LATEST MAGAZINES WILL’S NEWS STAND 109 McKAY ST. DOWNTOWN residence, scheduled for Wed nesday evening, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m in the college’s Avinger Auditorium. An unusuali arrangement of the poetry of Ezra Pound for several voices, “An Evening with Ezra Pound” also uses music and dance to extend the meaning of the text. This will be its first performance in Nwth Carolina.
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