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  • PAGE 4 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN TUESDAY JANUARY 22, 1974 Peat May Be Answer I Carolinian NeWS BHefS I To Energy Shortage ■ ■ (CPS)--Peat, an abundant, but long neglected natural resource In the US may be the answer lo the nation's apparent energy shortages Peat is partially carbonized WCU Places Second In Forsenics The Western Carolina University Forensics Society has won the second place sweepstakes in the Catawba College Forensics Tournament, placing seven finalists in oral interpretation, humorous reading, duet acting and solo acting. Sam Gray| a freshman from Winston-Salem took first place in humorous reading with "The Pocketbood Game." Gray- placed third for his oral interpretation of James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation." Vicky Abernathy of Kannapo- lis and Karen Furno of Cary won second place in duet acting with a scene from "The Rose Tattoo." Ronny Fender of Header son- ville was awarded second place in oral interpretation for his reading of Faulkner's "As I Lay Dyings" Other finalists were Earl Willis of Cullowhee, humorous reading, and Fender, solo acting. Blood Money (CPS)—Motorists who receive traffic fines in Fayette Quarterly Court in Kentucky can now pay them In blood, The court is offering pc >ple the option of donating a pint of blood instead of paying court costs. vegetable and plant matter formed by their decomposition in water. According to the US bureau of -Mines the US has 13.8 billion tons of virtually intact peat resources. While peat is used as fuel in other countries, the US has ignored its supply because of abundant supplies of higher ranked fossil fuels; coal petroleum and natural gas. America's peat reserves are scattered among 35 states with half the total reserves in Minnesota and large amounts in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Peal generates about .">() per cent of Ireland's electric power production and about 30 per cent of the Soviet Union's power requirements. The Soviet Union uses 90 million Ions of peat annually. In 1930 the Soviet Union established the Moscow Peal Institute under the Ministry of Higher Education, The instil tule annually graduates more than 300 peat engineers. Ireland, Austria, West Germany, France and the Netherlands have similarly attractive peat research programs. Studies on the air pollution factor of peat are encouraging, one report indicated peat fuel could easily meet the nation's highest clean air standards. Peal briquettes contain 10 to 12 per cent moisture so much of the smoke is simply steam. Peat has a very low sulfur content, less than one half (().,")) per cent, which could easily meet the Environmental Protection Agency's standards of 0.7 per cent. The only disadvantage of peat is ils low calorie value, 8000 British Thermal Units (BTU's) per pound, compared to 12,000 for coal and 11,000 for low sulfur coal. A BTU is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit, View From The Tube . . . FROM PAGE 1 about as close as I ever got to the eventual winner. Somebody said "Go"andnext thing I knew I was in the river floating with its current. Webster Dictionary defines cold as "not hot; the absence of heat; sensation produced by the escape of heat," and that goes double. Many of the kids competing fashioned some ingenious gloves and boots out of baggies, plastic laundry bags and the like. Others coated their bodies with vaseline to keep the cold out. Me, I carried a pint of "courage" with me in my wet suit. During the course of the two mile race, I was to draw from its reassuring strength and comforting warmth many times before I was finally pulled from the water. I couldn't help but laugh as I was drifting when I thought about what somebody from the UC told us before the race started. "Yell your number out as you cross the finish line; if you can still yell." About every five minutes or so I would softly yell "18" just to make sure. I believe it was sometime after the first set of rapids that I came upon Bo who was drifting at the same rate as myself, I think his number was 33 though things were a little fuzzy by that point in time. Together Bo and I drifted and together we passed the bottle until our "courage" was exhausted. Luckily for us, it ran out just as the finish line came into sight cause the bottle wasnt the only thing exhausted. We were afraid that by the time we got there that the crowd would all gone home. We finished a not so glorious next to last. I guess a tubing race in winter time is no more stupid than swallowing goldfish or stuffing phone booths. The only- thing I have to worry about now is the "acts of God" mentioned on that piece of paper with my name on it. VISITING AT WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY??? J^Jfiy drive to Sylva wfien idere die Motel rooms af SENIORS!!!! Any senior who plans to graduate in June must pick up an application for a diploma by- January 31 at the office of the dean of the school in which the student is majoring. There is a S6 fee for the diploma. THEATER PRICES IXie to the inflationary increase in the cost of productions the University Players voted during a meeting Tuesday night to begin charging students who attend their productions. Beginning with "Taming of the Shrew", which will open January 30, a fee of 75 cents per WCU student with ID will be charged. While the theatre budget has remained static-; UP officials said, the cost of almost everything required to stage a play- has increased dramatically. YAMAHA Motorcycle-72 Y'amaha 350 for sale. Excellent condition. Less than 40000 miles. Call 586-4212. YAMAHA Yamaha, motorcycle for sale under 3000 miles, helmet and tool kit included, 8450 or negotiable. Call 293-5141 after 5:00 p.m. RAMBLER SAX For Sale: 1962 Rambler Classic and an alto saxophone. Call 293-9478. INCOME TAXES For income tax preparation, call Butch Cummins, 586-5655 after 6 p.m, FOUND An Irish Setter. Please identify age, sex and collar, box 2262 Cullowhee, NC. FOR SAUK: •66 MGB— Good condition. Call 293-5131, after 6 p.m. STEREO For sale: Zenith stereo component. Includes tape player, AM-FM radio, headphones and tapes. 1 month old. At English Dept., contact AlCashwell. LOST JACKET A woman's cotton suede jacket was left in Hoey last Thursday night. If found, contact A. Harrill, P.O. Box 526, Cullowhee. I M. ¥ SYtVfl. w c 1 I CALENDAR Persons wishing to list events on the Bi - Weekly Activities Calendar are requested to contact the Office of Student Development (211 Bird Kldg., EXT. 147) anytime from 8-5:00 PM during the week. Listings for the Calendar must be received prior to the day the Calendar is printed. Below is the Winter and Spring Quarter schedule for the Calendar. WINTER QUARTER Monday, January 21 Monday, February 4 Monday, February 18 Mondav, March 4 SPRING QUARTER Monday, March 25 Monday, April 8 Monday, April 22 Monday, May 6 Monday May 20 Monday, June 3 (One week only) PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SEQUENCE Applications for admission into the Professional Education Sequence for Spring Quarter; 1974 must be turned in no later than Friday, January 25, 1974. Turn these applications into Killian 222, Office of the IX-an, School of Education and Psychology. STUDENT TEACHERS All education majors who plan to student teach the 1974-75 academic year must meet in Killian 104* on Tuesday, January 29 at 5:00 p.m., or Wednesday, January 30 at 4:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to make application for student teaching for this summer and the 1974-75 academic year. FOREST HILLS COUNTRY CLUB CLUB FACLITIES FREE WITH ROOM REASONABLE RATES Phone 293-5442 TUESDAY ELLIOTT KASTNER presents ' CLIFF GORMAN JOSEPH BOLOGNA in United Artists WITH THIS COUPON Two for One Admit two for the price of one to the Ritz Theatre Tuesday Night, January 22, 1974 RECREATION CLUB Wednesday, Jan. 23, 1974, 7:30 p.m., Reid Gym. Yearly- business meeting for Election of new officers. Nominations can be made from the floor only with the permission, in writing of the person who is being nominated and the nominee must have an overall QPB of at least 2.00 (must clear the QPR with Dr. Constantz). Only rising Jr. and Sr. are eligable for office. $2.00 fees are due for those who haven't yet paid. All Jr., Soph, andSr. Recreation Majors are expected to attend. Casual dress. PEACE CORPS/VISTA Two representatives from Action (one from Peace Corps and one from Vista) will be on campus in the UC lobby from 9 am to 4 pm on January 28 through January 31. Any group desiring to have these representatives speak to them please contact Tom O'Tolle- in the History Dept. in person. Classroom presentations are invited, HOEY FLICKS "Lonely Are the Brave," a western produced independently without regard for the box office, plays Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. "The Point," an animated feature by Harry N'ilsson will show on Friday: Charlton lies- ton and Sophia Lorcn star in Saturday night's movie, "El Cid." On Sunday, Alfred Hitchcock proves himself the master of suspense with "Frenzy." A Flash (kirdon short will accompany each of the weekend movies. Admission is SI.00 Sunday, 75? other nights. Dennis Mens7 & Ladies' Shop January Clearance Sale UP TO
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