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Captain Planet and the Green Issue
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f^ice photo hy John Caldwell
Laura Turner Seydel, Green Activist and Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation, and the daughter of CNN's foundef Ted
Turner addresses the 300 guest attending the Second National Green Business Conference, hosted by FSU at the Holiday
Inn Bordeaux on March 30.
BUILDING A GREEN PLANET
IS A LIFE-LONG CRUSADE
By John Caldwell
Voice Staff Writer
“It went back to when I was a child, my
father is Captain Planet. I don’t know how
many of you watched an episode of the car
toon, but he is a real life Captain Planet.
You know him as Ted Turner. I know him
as Dad,” is how Laura Turner Seydel began
her conversation with the Fayetteville com
munity on her life-long involvement with
green issues.
“As a national environmental activist and
eco-Jiving expert, Laura believes that the
path to a sustainable future can be made pos
sible through a collective effort. She aims to
inspire families, youths and individuals alike
to do their part by educating them on the
benefits and opportunities of earth-friendly
living,” states the Captain Planet Foundation
website*.
Mrs. Seydel was a keynote speaker at the
Second National Green Business Confer
ence, hosted by FSU at the Holiday Irm Bor
deaux on March 30. The Green Activist and
Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation said
her father’s early lessons formed the basis
for her dedication to environmental causes
and community involvement.
Mrs. Seydel’s dad, Ted Turner, is the one
and the same, billionaire businessman who
founded CNN in 1980. The environmental-
themed cartoon was the idea of Mr. Turner,
and was first seen on cable fi-om September
15, 1990 until December 5, 1992.
It featured five young people from around
the globe, each possessing one of five magic
rings to control an element of nature and one
controlling an element called heart. The five
people, called “Planeteers,” worked to solve
environmental problems that Gaia, the s^rit
of the earth, sent them. When the problem
was too much for the Planetfeers, they com
bined their rings to summon Captain Planet
to save the day.
FSU Junior, Christopher Darden, says he
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April 13, 2011 • Vol. 2, Issue no. 11
Founders Day:
The legacy continues
By Chamell Harris
Voice News Editor
“The founders of FSU left a legacy, what
will yours be?” said special guest speaker
Command Sergeant Major for the US Army
Reserve retiree, Michele S. Jones.
The 144th Founders Day Convocation was
held on Sunday, April 10 at the J.W. Seabrook
Auditorium. Members of the board of trust
ees, faculty, staff, administration, students
and members firom the community alike were
in attendance.
The annual ceremony is held in remem
brance and iniionor of Fayetteville State Uni
versities, seven distinguished founders, David
A. Bryant, Nelson Carter, Andrew J. Chest
nut, George Grainger, Matthew N. Leary,
Bishop Thomas Lomax and Reverend Robert
Simmons who founded the Howard School in
1867. The schools first president. Dr. Ezekiel
Ezra Smith was also recognized.
The ceremony opened up with special
greetings from the County of Cumberland
representative, Kenneth S. Edge, the city of
Fayetteville representative, mayor pro temp
D.J. Haire, chair of the board of trustees,
Terrence Murchison, student body president,
Jermaine Pittman and president of FSU’s Na
tional Alumni Association, Vedas Neal.
The key message of the event was for
students to take advantage of all the oppor
tunities available to them, start building and
working on their legacies and to give back
whenever and however possible.
Chancellor James A. Anderson, who served
as the events host, commented that all it took
to start the legacy of FSU was $134. He then
charged all students and alumni that if they
are able to, that they should at the very least
give $134 back to the university.
Several representatives and alumni from
classes ranging as far back as 1948 were pres
ent and each donated money towards scholar
ships to the school averaging around $66,000.
“The legacy continues. Think about where
we started and think about where we are
now,” said chair of the board of trustees, Ter
rence Murchison.
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