Thursday, November 6, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Environmental speaker criticizes current policies
Speaker warns of waste act
Native American leader and author of "Last Standing Woman," Winona LaDuke, speaks to about 700 people at the Lied Center. Last night's lecture entitled "Native American Environmentalism at the Cusp of the Millennium" marked the second of five lectures that are part of the Humanities lecture series sponsored by the Hall Center for Humanities. Photo by Pam Dishman/KANSAN
By Ryan Koerner rkoerner@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Winona LaDuke shared a piece of wisdom from one of her Native-American community's elders last night at the Lied Center.
"He is fond of saying, 'When the white man realizes the pollution in the environment is causing their testicles to shrink, the money will flow like water,'" LaDuke said. "I like to believe we should do something before that happens."
LaDuke, a Chippewa Indian, delivered her presentation, "Native American Environmentalism at the Cusp of the Millennium" to about 700 people. Her presentation was the second in the Humanities lecture series sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities. Admission was free.
"She is an extraordinary young leader among Native Americans," said Donald Worster, professor of history. "She has something to say to everyone about what she does."
LaDuke has served on the Board of Directors of Greenpeace. In 1996, she was a candidate for the vice presidency on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nader.
LaDuke talked about her work to preserve her land, community and the environment.
Although LaDuke is an advocate for Native Americans, she stressed that the issues she addresses are not exclusive to them.
Right now, LaDuke is working to educate Americans about the Waste Policy Act of 1997, a policy that would not only affect a Native American reservation in Utah, but people across the country.
"It's also known as the 'Mobile Chernobyl Act,'" LaDuke said. "That what's I like to call it."
The Waste Policy Act, which has been passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, would allow for nuclear waste transport
from 108 nuclear reactors across the country. The waste would be taken to a national nuclear waste dump, located in Yuca Mountain in Nevada.
"That means they will be putting on the road and moving 2,437 truck loads that would go down I-70 in Kansas," LaDuke said. "What if they have an accident? What then? Are the Lawrence police ready for that?"
LaDuke said she doesn't understand why Americans aren't treating the nuclear waste issues like she treats her 7-year-old son.
"I have a deal with him," LaDuke said. "He isn't allowed to make a new mess until he cleans up his old one."
LaDuke said it was public policies like the Waste Act, which can become a public health hazard, that concern her.
"Some people would call me a environmental activist," LaDuke said. "I consider myself a community organizer."
LaDuke said she acts more like a concerned parent than an activist. What she does is out of concern for her children and the future or her community.
As director of the White Earth
Land Recovery Project, LaDuke has retrieved nearly 1,000 acres of Anishinabe tribal land in Minnesota.
Ninety percent of the land on the White Earth Reservation where LaDuke lives in Minnesota is owned by non-Native Americans.
"We are refugees in our own home land," LaDuke said. "The future of my community is tied to the land, we are a land-based people."
LaDuke's land recovery project is continuing to buy back Native American lands one at a time.
"We aren't asking anyone to move from their homes," LaDuke said. "We just want to return the public-owned land to our people."
Included in her land recovery project is a fight against industries that want to extract natural resources from Native American lands.
On the White Earth Reservation is a white pine forest that is part of the residents' culture. The spirits of loved ones who have died reside in the forest, LaDuke said.
"Big industries come on my land and look at the forests differently." LaDuke said. "They look at it as timber."
Used-computer store observes official opening for business
By Ann Premer
aprenner@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A Lawrence couple, who opened a national franchise computer store in town, are cutting the ribbon today for the official grand opening.
Computer Renaissance, 1525 W. Sixth St., primarily deals in used computers. The store buys and sells computers and also sells software and accessories.
"We buy used computers, so our stock is just about anything that comes in. Most of our stock is from people selling their personal computers," owner Julie Farley said. "We have only three new systems in the store."
Julie and Skip Farley decided to open a Computer Renaissance in Lawrence after they bought a used computer for their son at a Computer Renaissance in Tacoma, Wash.
"We were impressed with the way the store was," Skip Farley said.
Computer Renaissance was developed by a parent company called Grow Biz International. Grow Biz is the parent company of four other franchises — Play It Again Sports, 1029 Massachusetts St., Music Go Round, Disc Go Round and Once Upon a Child — that buy and sell used merchandise. There are three Computer Renaissance stores in Kansas City and one in Manhattan.
Lawrence's store is the 150th in the chain. The Lawrence store opened Aug. 12, but Julie Farley said that after the store opened they still were gathering stock and organizing the store.
The store sells IBM,IBM-compatible and Macintosh computers. Julie Farley said that they tried to help people choose a computer based on their needs.
Julie Farley said that Computer Renaissance made computers more affordable and offered people computers that had different capabilities.
"We don't have the leading edge things, but we have a lot of things that will suit people's needs," she said.
But buying a used computer can
cause problems, said Gareth Skarka, employee of Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road. He said that the main problem with buying a used computer was that the computer would be behind in technology.
"Basically if you are buying something as recent as five years old, you are really buying an obsolete machine," Skarka said. "You are pretty much locking yourself into a box because the newer equipment won't be able to work on the machine without significant upgrades."
Skarka said, however, that he thought that it was better for people to buy from a dealer rather than an individual because of the warranty and service agreements.
Julie Farley said that the store determined computer prices using a computer pricing guide, "Orion Blue Book," that was similar to the blue book for used automobiles.
The used computers have a 90-day warranty on parts and labor. The computers are tested for a couple of days by employees.
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