Show Students should get involved to save the environment environment Dear Editor WHATEVER A T happened to the days when college students where involved in more than just college curriculum curriculum curriculum cur cur- Im I'm talking about students speaking their minds getting involved in more than just school work Nearly two and a half decades ago students across the country were involved in protests Sure the was the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement I think we as students should get involved speak our minds about issues that concern us Im I'm not talking about another Kent State Students need to get in in- As Bob Marley sang Get up stand up stand up upS S for your rights I think one of the most important important important im im- im- im issues we need to be concerned with is the en en- Its It's our generation that's going to have to make the difference I know people are getting sick and tired of hearing about Earth Day People are saying it is just a trend of 1990 But lets let's get real here folks People should be concerned about the the environ environment environment environ environ- ment regardless Earth Day should be an everyday event I hear people be so judgmental and criticize people who care careo Those of you who do the criticizing remind me of a line in a Lou LouReed LouReed LouReed Reed song Americans dont don't care for much of anything land and water the least They'll shit in a river and pour ba battery acid in a stream watch dead r rats ts wash upon the shore and complain because because because be be- cause they cant can't swim Humans destroyed so much of the earth just for simple pleasures things that arent aren't a necessity We pollute oceans with tons of trash daily and contaminate land with radioactive waste We destroy tropical rain forests and its inhabitants All these things we are doing we will regret later Mother Earth has just about given all she has to offer now its it's time for us to give back Each and every one of us can make a difference Tim Riesen RieSe |