NEWS
APRIL 22, 2011
COUSTEAU
Jean-Michel Cousteau euds 2010-11 Bryan Series; 2011-12 line-up announced
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Another problem Cousteau addressed
was oceanic pollution.
"Everyone is using the ocean as a uni
versal sewer," said Cousteau. "It's gotten
to the point where nature is saying enough
is enough."
Cousteau pointed out that birds will
often eat small, discarded plastic items in
search of fish eggs, and then feed those
same plastic items to their offspring.
"Nature can take a lot of punishment,"
said Cousteau. "These creatures are doing
remarkably well, considering what they
have to put up with. But then again, per
haps too much is too much."
But for every problem Cousteau out
lined, he brought up examples of people
who are helping and what everyone can do
to improve the situation.
Cousteau spoke of the need to get kids
outside and immersed in nature to better
understand and appreciate their environ
ment.
"I really liked the idea of getting chil
dren outside," said Professor of English
Jim Hood. "That's key to solving environ
mental issues — getting kids outside so there are people helping."
they can appreciate and enjoy the natural Lewis walked away from the talk
environment." impressed and inspired.
"(The presentation) wasn't just fright- "When I was younger, my dad was real-
ening images; it was images of things ly into Jacques Cousteau, but being born
"(The presentation) wasn't just frightening images; it was im
ages of things getting better. A lot of environmental images show
how everybody is bad, or that they don't care about the environ
ment, and he's taking the opposite view by acknowledging that
there are people helping."
Senior Naomi Lewis
getting better," said senior Naomi Lewis, in '89 and Cousteau dying in '97, I didn't
"A lot of environmental images show how really know wj^/' said Lewis. "Going to
everybody is bad, or that they don't care the Bryan Seri *, I thought, 'Aha — this is
about the environment, and he's taking why you're great, and this is why my dad
the opposite view by acknowledging that talked about you all the time.'"
When Cousteau's presentation finished,
Chabotar returned to the stage to announce
the 2011-12 Bryan Series line-up.
"Your input to the speaker selections was
important, and we have chosen some of
your favorites," said Chabotar. "Guilford
College takes great pride in presenting an
outstanding set of programs each year, and
this may be the best yet."
The next Bryan Series will open with
former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair. Following Blair will be choreogra
pher Twyla Tharp, CNN Senior Medical
Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, documen
tary filmmaker Ken Burns, and journalist
Fareed Zakaria.
Hood commented on next year's head
liner.
"It will be very interesting to see what
Blair has to say, particularly given the
fact that he's aligned himself with social
ly responsible Christianity in a country
where church attendance is even lower
than it is here in the United States," said
Hood.
For more information on the 2011-12
Bryan Series, please visit http://bryan-
series.guilford.edu.
Students enjoy environmentally-friendiy food at Sustainable Barbeque
ForeverGreen, Food and Water Watch, and Guilford Cooking Club col
laborated to host a sustainable barbeque on Wednesday, April 20. Stu
dents enjoyed local meat, beautiful weather, and live music while learning
about factory hog farming's affect on nearby communities.