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FEBRUARY 16. 1995
NEWS
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Cronon speaks on relevance
of environmental history
Matt Holder
Megaphone Staff
Last Wednesday and
Thursday Dr. William Cronon
came to SU to speak in
conjunction with the Willson
Lecture series and the History
Colloquium.
Cronon is the Frederick
Jackson Turner Professor of
History, Geography, and
Environmental Studies at the
University of Wisconsin-
Madison. His book, Nature's
Metropolis, is part of the
reading list for this semester’s
“Chicago: 1893-1933” course
and was the basis for the lecture
that he gave on Wednesday
afternoon in the Cullen
auditorium. The lecture
consisted mainly of slides that
related to various themes
included in the text.
“He was a very engaging
speaker,” said junior Roy
Buchanan. “What he said really
illuminated his book and
breathed life into it.”
“It affirmed the book
for students in certain ways,”
according to Dr. Martha Allen
of the History department. “I
could see the students reacting
to material they had read. His
talk affirmed the book for
students.”
Thursday, Cronon
attended a luncheon with
students and faculty from the
History department. He
discussed topics that ranged
history, (photo by Amanda Moore)
from his recent research, how
he came to be a historian, and
graduate school.
“His talk at the
luncheon was excellent,” said
Dr. Allen. "It was a real world
therapy session about graduate
school and the hardships in
trying to find jobs teaching at
the collegiate level.”
Later that day Cronon
gave two lectures in the Cullen
auditorium. The first one was
entitled “The Trouble with
Wilderness, or, Getting Back to
the Wrong Nature.” In this
lecture he talked about the
misconception of thinking of
nature as apart from humanity
and argued instead that nature
is a very significant part of
human history.
The Thursday evening
lecture was titled “Kennecott
Journey: An Introduction to
Environmental History.” In this
presentation, Cronon
demonstrated the tools of
Environmental History using a
small Alaskan town as a case
study.
“Environmental
History teaches me that the
world is vastly inter-
connected,” said Dr. Cronon.
“We have a moral responsibility
to understand these
connections so that we can
make the best decisions.”
He also stated, “History
makes no guarantees, though.
It’s a cavalcade of complicated
acts and unexpected
consequences. Through history
we get the diversity of human
behavior by seeing what
different people have in
common and how at different
points they behave differently. ”
Dr. Cronon holds a B.A. ,
from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, he is a
Rhodes Scholar and received a
D.Phil. from Oxford University,
and holds a M.A., M.Phil. and
Ph.D. from Yale University.
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Garth Sitton
Megaphone Staff
International
Work continues in the
wake of Japanese quake
Reconstruction and
recovery work is coming into
full swing in the areas
devastated by the Jan. 17
Hanshin Great Earthquake in
Japan that killed more than
5,00 people and have left
more than 300,000 people
homeless. So far key
transportation links between
Osaka and other parts of
western Japan have been
partially reopened.
Although some
elevated expressways and train
systems have been restored,
much work remains. Services
on the primary electric
railways, Hankyu Corp. and
Hanshin Railway Co., are still
totally out.—
Entry to US blocked, many
opt to go home
Four Cubans recently
retuned to their native land
after six months in the legal
limbo of Guantanamo Bay Naval
Station. The Cubans could no
longer stand living in the base,
where they were prevented
from going to the US, but were
not forced to return to Cuba.
The four men jumped the base’s
fence Thursday and proceeded
across a minefield separating
the base from Cuba. A group of
Cuban soldiers aided them in
their passage across the field of
explosives.
Thus ended a perilous
journey, which the Cubans
began approximately half a
year ago on leaky raft headed
for the US. Over 23,000 Cubans
remain in Guantanamo Bay,
clinging to the hope that they
will one day be admitted into
the US.
National
Jury indicts suspect in
abortion killings
V*
A grand jury returned
seven indictments Tuesday,
including two counts of first-
degree murder, against the man
accused of killing two people
and wounding five others in
attacks on two abortion clinics
near Boston in December. John
C. Salvi was also charged with
five counts of assault with intent
to murder by the Norfolk
County Grand Jury.
The United States
Attorney, Donald Stem, said
any Federal prosecution of Mr.
Salvi would be deferred until
after a state trial.
Judge rejects plan to settle
antitrust case against
Microsoft
A federal judge
Tuesday rejected the Justice
Department’s agreement to
settle allegations that the
Microsoft Corporation, the
world’s biggest software
company, unfairly competed
with its rivals. The decision is a
considerable embarrassment
for the Justice Department,
which last July described its
settlement as a victory that
would rein in one of the most
feared companies in the
computer industry and which
now must rebut criticism that
the accord was too tame.
Declaring that he could
not rule that the settlement
would be in the public interest,
Judge Stanley Sporkin said
he would convene a status
hearing on March 16 to
consider the next step.
Neither the Justice
Department nor Microsoft
would comment much on the
decision.
State
State Senators propose
sweeping school reforms
State senator leaders
unveiled a far-reaching
education reform bill
Tuesday that would
significantly expand parental
choice of schools and give
school districts the ability to
shed most state regulations.
The measure would also
eliminate state selection of
textbooks, scale back the
authority of the Texas
Education Agency, and enact
a “zero tolerance” rule to
permanently remove violent
or disruptive students from
regular classes.
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