The GeorgetonianThe GeorgetonianMarch 5, 2014 Volume CXXXIV Issue 7

Student explains sustainability initiativeBy MORGAN REEVESContributuing Writer

The sustainability program at Georgetown College has undergone some changes over the past few years. While it is still a work-in-progress, GC has taken steps to make recy-cling more accessible to all members on campus.

The college has acquired a

variety of containers around campus in which people can place recyclable materials. Located in the student center, LRC, Rec, academic buildings and student dorms are three types of containers: small flip-top bins, blue cylinder contain-ers and Pepsi bottle-shaped containers. Items that can go in these bins include paper, cardboard, aluminum cans and plastics No. 1 and No.

2. This includes plastic bot-tles as well as the plastic food containers from the Mulberry. Bottles, cans and food contain-ers should be emptied before placed into the bins.

The second type of recy-cling containers are red “Herby Curby” type bins which are located behind almost every dorm. These bins are marked with the word “Recycle” and

the reduce-reuse-recycle logo. These bins accept all materi-als that can be placed in the smaller bins around campus as well as glass.

Finally, GC has one recy-cling collection dumpster located in the back parking lot behind Anderson Hall.

President Greene meets with GC FairnessAs GC Fairness approaches

its first anniversary on campus, 24 members met with the new President. GC Fairness is a gathering of students, faculty and staff who address chal-lenges concerning fairness, diversity and equality in the campus community. It sup-ports Georgetown College’s acknowledged commitment to diversity and advocates cre-ating an environment where all are welcomed, valued and protected equally.

The purpose of the meet-ing was to discuss the group’s future steps to promote the faculty non-discrimination policy to include sexual ori-entation and gender identity. Last year, the group offered its recommendation to the College’s Board of Trustees. Despite strong support by stu-

dents, faculty and staff, the Board failed to take action.

Dr. Greene discussed how the group should approach the Board on this subject. He stated that the Board of Trust-ees must maintain a professional distance from faculty and staff to conserve its ability to act as an executive body. This said, Dr. Greene also mentioned that the Executive Council (including the Presi-dent, the Provost and the Dean of Students) serves as a liaison between the College commu-nity and the Board. Thus, GC Fairness will look to raise its concerns through this avenue in lieu of direct contact with the Board.

Similarly, Pres. Greene

said that demonstrations and activist type organization are often perceived negatively and, therefore, should be dis-couraged. However, GC Fair-ness maintains that peaceful demonstrations are valid ave-nues through which to express an opinion, as it has demon-strated in the past.

The discussion also included how the lack of pro-

tection is perceived by dif-ferent people or groups across campus. Dr. Greene stated that he does not see a benefit to Georgetown College being on the “point of the spear” with respect to the social change sur-rounding gay rights. Like-wise, he implied that his commitment to fairness and the College’s willingness to accept gay faculty, staff and

students should be seen as a measure of progress.

Members of the group, however, stated that the absence of a policy is inher-ently discriminatory and makes individuals uncom-fortable as they live in a state of perpetual insecurity. It was also pointed out that prospec-tive faculty screen places of employment based on where

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GC Fairness creates dialogue over next steps to promote policy change on campusthey feel they will be accepted and this lack of policy can be publicly perceived as hostile.

In the immediate future, Pres. Greene assured that the concerns raised by GC Fairness “will be presented before the Executive Council and the Board of Trustees.” He expressed concern that Georgetown College’s faculty, staff and student policies with respect to discrimination pro-tections do not align and are not coherent.

GC Fairness is committed to continuing discussion with the President and, through the appropriate channels, the Board of Trustees. GC Fairness will carry on with its efforts to promote social justice on campus.

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Recycling is one step that can help the environment.

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Members of GC Fairness campaign for their cause during a Board meeting.

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Governor defends same-sex marriage banBy ZAC LOSEYStaff Writer

On Feb. 12, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II issued a

23-page ruling concluding that Ken-tucky must recognize same-sex mar-riages. The ruling does not allow marriages to be performed within the state, but does ban Kentucky from treating “gay and lesbian persons in a way that demeans them,” and would require the state to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of the state in the same manner as any other.

In his decision, Heyburn stated that while states may define marriage and tether certain benefits to it, they cannot “impose a traditional or faith-based limitation” as doing so would be a vio-lation of the Establishment Clause. The George H.W. Bush appointee stated that, “Assigning a religious or tradi-tional rationale for a law does not make it constitutional when that law discrim-inates against a class of people without other reasons.”

The preliminary order struck portions of a 1998 Kentucky state law, as well as a 2004 constitutional amendment that defined marriage as “between one man and one woman” and prohibited the recognition of same-sex marriages from states and countries where they are legal. Heyburn wrote that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees same-sex couples equal protection under the law amongst the states, and thus Kentucky is not permitted to deny fundamental rights such as marriage.

Initially, Jack Conway, the Ken-tucky Attorney General, sought for a 90-day delay on the ruling, while he reviews whether or not to appeal the ruling and prepares the state to implement it. Hours after he filed for the stay, Heyburn issued a final order that directs Kentucky officials to rec-ognize same-sex marriages that were

performed out of state. Heyburn’s final order does include a 20-day postpone-ment of his initial ruling taking effect, though he had initially indicated there would be no such a delay.

In explaining the reasons for want-

ing to deny delay in its implementation, Heyburn has said there could be much confusion for Kentuckians who move quickly to gain the legal benefits from a same-sex marriage if the state decides to appeal a month later, thus calling the final implementation of the order into question. However, Kentucky state officials now have 20 days to figure out how to best implement his order.

While the judge recognized that this stay extends a policy that is unconstitu-tional, it allows the state “proper time to administratively prepare for compli-ance.” This postponement came after a hearing in which the attorney general’s office explained it needed time to meet with various state agencies to review what laws are going to be affected, thus allowing localities to implement the order with efficiency and consistency. The order is currently on hold until Mar. 20

Since then, Conway has made clear that he will not challenge the judge’s order, though the attorney general’s office had been representing the state in the case.

Conway explained, “Kentucky’s

same-sex marriage ban discriminated against a minority and is doomed to fall, so the state shouldn’t squander its limited resources trying to save it,” reports Kentucky.com.

Naturally, there have been strong reactions from those on both sides of the issue. As expected in such a socially conservative state, uproar against the ruling has been swift and many religious/conservative groups have urged Gov. Beshear and the attorney general to appeal the final order. An attorney for the Family Foundation of Kentucky, a strongly conservative and religious lobbying organization, stated that, “In 2004, the question was put before the Kentucky voters, who over-whelmingly approved the definition of traditional marriage between a man and a woman. Obviously that was a recent action by Kentucky voters and we intend to defend the expression of that sentiment.”

Gov. Beshear announced Tuesday, Mar. 4 that he will appeal the federal judge’s ruling in the same-sex marriage case without Conway’s help. Kentucky.com reports that Beshear will spend $125 per hour on private lawyers to pursue Kentucky’s appeal.

An attorney for the plaintiffs who sued the state for the right to have their same-sex marriages from outside the state recognized has stated the delay is going to cause unnecessary harm. In an interview, she stated that, “The state already knows how to treat mar-ried couples, and all it has to do is treat these couples like married couples.”

Neither the initial ruling nor the final order will affect a separate lawsuit that is attempting to force Kentucky to issue state marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Two same-sex couples are awaiting a final ruling from Heyburn on this issue, now complicated by the Governor’s appeal, but a decision is not expected for some months.

Russia invades the Crimean Peninsula of the Ukraine, drawing wide-spread condemnation from the West and pushing Ukraine to the brink of a civil war.

12 Years a Slave, the story of a free African-Amer-ican that was captured and sold into slavery won Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night.

The trial of Oscar Pis-torius kicked off in South Africa with the former Olym-pian entering a plea of “not guilty” for the February 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Scientists have found what they’re calling the oldest fragment of Earth known in existence. The ancient crystal called zircon was found on a sheep ranch in New Zealand and is said to be 4.4 billion years old.

Last month for the first time in what is likely to be many, more Americans used smartphone and tablet apps to access the internet than those who used a PC.

NASA announced they have discovered 715 new planets, the biggest single discovery in history. Sci-entists say some of these planets, which were discov-ered by the Kepler space telescope, could support life.

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Plantiffs Michael De Leon and Gregory Bourke of Louisville filed suit aginst HY’s ban last July. The was couple married in Canada in 2004.

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Ukraine crisis escalates as Russian troops occupy CrimeaBy ZAC LOSEYStaff Writer

On Monday night, Ukrainian forces in the country’s south-

ern peninsula of Crimea reported that Russian military is not only holding them hostage in various bases through-out the region, but have also issued an ultimatum: surrender or face armed assault. As of the time of this writing, Russia has so far denied any such esca-lation of an already tense situation.

Protests began late last year after Ukraine’s then acting president Yanu-kovych announced he would begin abandoning an agreement that would have kept strong trade ties with the European Union, instead opting to work more closely with Russia. The protests quickly gathered momentum, and police began launching raids that spread quickly throughout media outlets. In January, several deaths resulted from clashes with police after Ukraine’s parliament had issued draco-nian anti-protest laws, which it quickly annulled after protestors began to storm government offices.

Feb. 20 saw Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine’s capitol city, turn into a war zone as the death toll rises to 77 with hundreds wounded. Reports and videos show snipers firing on protes-tors. While President Yanukovych had brokered a deal with his opposition, protestors remained defiant to author-ities and soon began to take control of government buildings, calling for elections on May 25. When it was dis-covered that Yanukovych had fled to Russia, parliament decided to remove him from power and set elections to take place in May.

Tensions mounted as Yanukovych appeared on television announcing that since he was legally and lawfully elected as president, he will not bow to the coup-d’état, despite the fact that opposition leader and his “arch-rival”

Yulia Tymoshenko was freed from prison and travelled to the capitol. Par-liament almost immediately named one of Tymoshenko’s close associates, Olexander Turchynov, as the interim president.

On Feb. 28, unidentified gunmen in military uniforms started to show up outside of Crimea’s airports, ignit-ing fear of Russian intervention in the country. The next day, Russian parlia-ment approved the request of Presi-dent Vladimir Putin to deploy Russian troops in Ukraine. Military forces in Ukraine went on full alert, and the West began to express extreme alarm and disapproval over Russia’s act of aggression. In a telephone conversation

SustainabilityThe recycling dumpster is distin-

guishable from the waste dumpster by the words “GC Recycles” painted on the side. People can use the dump-ster to recycle glass, paper, cardboard, aluminum and plastics No. 1 and No. 2. The dumpster also provides a means for recycling larger materials, such as cardboard boxes.

Bart Horne, Director of Facilities, explained that recycling also takes place behind the scenes. The Mainte-nance, Grounds and Building Services departments have their own recycling dumpster that they use to recycle mate-rials from construction and mainte-nance work, such as compressors in air conditioners, light bulbs, cardboard and wooden pallets. The IT department takes care of recycling e-waste, includ-ing old printers, ink cartridges and computer screens.

Mr. Horne said that recycling is just one area related to sustainability that the college has been working to improve. GC is currently collaborating

with energy management companies to evaluate the college’s energy use and ways to make it more cost-efficient and environmentally-conscious.

The college had a power-down operation over Christmas break. This included turning off computers and lights and adjusting the heating of

buildings not in use over the break. In addition, GC is considering energy effi-ciency in dorm repairs and reconstruc-tions by using Energy Star products and technology.”

“The biggest thing we can do is awareness. Energy management and recycling both require awareness of the general campus,” Mr. Horne com-mented. The Georgetown Sustain-ability Initiative, GC’s environmental

action group, is collaborating with the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition to implement sustainability projects on GC’s campus.

While GC continues to improve the sustainability of the college, the recycling program has come a long way since its beginning stages. If you have a suggestion for where a recy-cling bin is needed or if a recycling bin needs to be emptied, please call or leave a message for Tina Robin-son in Building Services at 863-8116, indicating the location of the bin. If you would like to get involved with Georgetown’s environmental efforts, feel free to come to GSI meetings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Asher 033.

All members of the GC commu-nity are encouraged to stop and think twice before throwing something recyclable into a trashcan. As Mr. Horne said, “it’s everybody’s role to be a steward of our land and air.”

with President Obama, Putin said that Moscow “reserves the right to protect its interests and those of Russian speak-ers in Ukraine”.

On Sunday, Putin and Obama held another conversation in which the U.S. president informed Mr. Putin he had violated international law by compromising Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, to which the Russian president again responded that Moscow will protect its interests in Ukraine. Then Monday Russia’s Aleksander Vitko, head of the Black Sea Fleet, set a deadline for Ukrainian forces to surrender, also threatening two warships. A spokesperson for the Black Sea Fleet denied these reports

though, saying they were “utter non-sense”.

As of Monday night, NATO and UN officials were still scurrying to meetings and summits in an attempt to decide what action to take. The United States and various allies have begun to discuss imposing economic sanctions, but diplomats from France and Ger-many have been ardent that “strong diplomacy” must be the first line of action, and that sanctions were to be avoided unless all else had failed. The hope as of this writing is that Ukrainian and Russian officials will speak directly to one another to reach an agreement and avert violent action on the part of either country.

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Page 4 The GeorgetonianSportsGC sports face winter weather woes

By ERIC BALMERSports Editor

Wintry weather has caused both the Georgetown baseball and softball teams to change up their schedules. Snowy and icy conditions as part of winter storm “Titan” made things difficult for outdoor sports to continue play.

The softball team was forced to cancel double-header games for Tuesday and Wednesday. Because of the harsh weather, GC has opted to not play in two games against Indiana University Southeast and Union College

nents. Tiger coach Micah Baum-

feld has stated it’s been a tough year due to weather, but it’s not unheard of to have these conditions early in the season. The coach said, “This has been very tough on our schedule, but when you live in Kentucky you come to expect the unexpected weather. I’m glad that Reinhardt was able to work things out, and we will get these games in before another big conference week-end”(georgetowncollegathlet-ics.com).

GC traveled to Georgia on Tuesday to play the Reinhardt

able to properly prepare and the weather were too unbear-able. “This storm moved in, and we just can’t get the field ready in time nor will the temperature be safe enough to have everyone outside for these [games],” (georgetown-collegathletics.com) the GC coach said.

The Tiger baseball team also had to adjust their sched-ule but did so in a different way. Since GC baseball has already missed nine games this season because of weather, they decided instead of play-ing at home, they would travel to their warmer weather oppo-

this week.This isn’t the first time that

weather has caused issues for the ladies of the softball team. Earlier in the season the Tigers were supposed to travel up to Indiana to face IUSE for a doubleheader that was even-tually cancelled. They also had games which were supposed to be played against Union that were moved from their original date, but those were played on Feb. 16 (two wins for Georgetown).

Georgetown softball coach Thomas Thornton said because the storm provided harsh conditions, they weren’t

University Eagles on Tuesday in Waleska, and then they’ll have a game the next day against RU at a neutral loca-tion in Marietta.

Later this week, George-town will travel to Lindsey Wilson College for a match with one of their Mid-South Conference rivals. The first pitch of that game will be 4 p.m. on Friday in Columbia, Ky. Then, a doubleheader is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Satur-day against the two teams.

Tigers fall short against Patriots By KAITLIN FAHEYCopy Editor

As regular season play was winding down, George-town’s men’s and women’s basketball teams found them-selves in Williamsburg, Ky. on Thursday, Feb. 27 to play against teams from the Uni-

McCune led the scoring for the Tigers, each finishing the game with 12 points. Andrea Howard and Devanny King each had nine, Lizza Jonas and Kourtney Tyra each had six, Haley Armstrong had four and Mykal Farris had two. As with several other games earlier in the season, each Tiger that played scored at least once.

The women finished their season with a 19-7 record, going 13-5 in the Mid-South Conference.

The men’s game was close in score throughout the entire match. At the end of the first half, the score was tied with each team having 34 points. In the second half, however, the Patriots were able to edge out the Tigers, giving the game a final score of 71-74.

they were down by 19 points. In the second half, the Tigers made a fierce comeback and outscored the Cumberlands by 14 points for the period; however, it ultimately was not enough. The final score was 60-61, ending the Tigers’ three-game winning streak.

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versity of the Cumberlands. Though both Tiger teams had beaten the Patriots earlier in the season, Georgetown fell short this time as the men lost by three points and the women lost by one.

The women, who played first, got off to a slow start – at one point late in the first half,

Leading the Tigers’ scor-ing in the second game of the day was Senior Monty Wilson with a game-high 23 points. Deondre McWhorter had 13 points as well as a game-high 15 rebounds. Noah Cottrill, Jaylen Daniel and Russ Mid-dleton each finished with eight points, Montavious Marc had six and DJ Townsend had five.

The men finished their season with a 20-9 record, going 11-7 in the Mid-South Conference.

The next step for both teams is to compete in the MSC Tournament this week in Leb-anon, Tenn. The men’s team will play tomorrow, March 7 against Bluefield College and

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Women’s BballMen’s BballBaseballSoftballMen’s TennisWomen’s Tennis

L. 60-61 Univ. of CumberlandsL. 71-74 Univ. of CumberlandsW. 5-4 Cumberland Univ. W. 8-0 HuntingtonW. 9-0 BresciaL. 1-8 Bellarmine

Mar. 7 vs. Rio Grande 7 p.m.Mar. 6 vs. Bluefield 7 p.m.Mar. 5 @ Reinhardt 11 a.m.Mar. 5 vs. Union 2 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Lindsey Wilson 3 p.m.Mar. 7 vs. Lindsey Wilson 3 p.m.

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UNC faces complex football scandalBy MEGHAN ALESSIFeatures Editor

It has not been uncommon throughout the history of col-legiate athletics for programs to be riddled with violations. The Southern Methodist Uni-versity (SMU) Mustangs foot-ball program received the “death penalty” in 1987 for the rampant practice of paying players as a recruiting incen-tive. It took them 20 years to begin to pick up the pieces of a shattered program that was once dominant.

Individual players have also been caught violating rules when it comes to money. For example, it was alleged that Johnny Manziel a.k.a “Johnny Football” (quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies and the first freshman to win the Heisman) sold autographs in Jan. of 2013. Although the NCAA never found any hard proof that he did so, they came to an agreement with the Aggies to suspend him for half of the first game of the season.

In 2010 the University

of Southern California was forced to vacate all wins from the 2007-2008 men’s basketball season after it was declared that OJ Mayo was ineligible for play that season. The reason he was declared ineligible is because he received monetary benefits.

Money isn’t the only thing that can get a player or pro-gram in trouble. It seems that academics are causing some trouble as well. One program that is currently under fire has been in trouble for both money and academics in recent years: the University of North Caro-lina at Chapel Hill.

In 2010, during their season opener, at least 14 football play-ers were required to watch the game from the bench because of an ongoing investigation. It was alleged that players were receiving money from an agent named Terry Watson in an effort to entice those play-ers to sign with him when they took their football careers to a professional level. During that season, seven of the 14 didn’t play a single game.

tance into the university. Richard Southall, the

director of the College Sport Research Institute at the Uni-versity of South Carolina was quoted saying, “We pretend that it’s feasible to recruit high school graduates with mini-mal academic qualifications, give them a full-time job as a football or basketball player at a Division I NCAA school and somehow have them get up to college-level reading and writing skills at the same time that they’re enrolled in col-lege-level classes” (business-week.com).

UNC is most likely not the only university in the nation experiencing these types of problems. However, it speaks as an example of how athletics and academics do not always go hand-in-hand and begs the question of whether athletes who do not want a college education should be allowed to take scholarships from those who are not just there as a step-ping stone to the NFL or NBA, especially when the education being offered is invalid.

dents most affected by this are football and basketball play-ers who are often guided into taking these courses that don’t actually exist so they can focus on athletics.

Mary Willingham, a pro-fessor and an advisor at the university, has been called a “whistleblower” since she came out publicly with infor-mation on her experience. She attempted to tell university officials about the situation, and they responded by taking away her supervisory role, which she is appealing. They also condemned her for having the nerve to speak out on the matter. Willingham said, “I was part of something that I came to be ashamed of. We weren’t serving the kids. We weren’t educating them prop-erly. We were pushing them toward graduation, and that’s not the same as giving them an education”(businessweek.com).

She reported that several athletes were reading at a grade school level and barely met the minimum for accep-

Four of those players were eventually declared ineligible to play in the NCAA (three of which entered the NFL draft). The Associate Head Coach, John Blake, resigned. He had received money personally for providing accessibility to play-ers.

In 2011 Head Coach Butch Davis was fired, although he claimed to know nothing about the situation. In 2012 the NCAA put down sanc-tions on UNC’s football team that included three years of probation, a ban from the 2012 postseason and a reduction in football scholarships.

In the midst of all of this, stories have surfaced about the illegitimacy of several courses offered at UNC. There are reports of up to 200 lec-ture courses that are not actu-ally being taught (in fact they don’t even meet for class) as well as unauthorized grade changes numbering up to 500 since 1994. One department in particular, African-American Studies, holds the majority of these allegations. The stu-

(Tigers cont.)the women will play Friday, March 8 against the University of Rio Grande. Both games will tip off at 7 p.m.

In the regular season, both the men and women were vic-torious over their respective tournament opponents. If the Tigers advance to the semifi-nal games on Saturday, March 8, the men will play either the

University of the Cumberlands or Campbellsville Univer-sity, and the women will play either the University of the Cumberlands or the Univer-sity of Pikeville.

The final games of the tour-nament will be played during the afternoon on Sunday, March 9.

Writing Center will be temporarily closing!The writing center will be closed for spring break at 11 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. It will reopen on Monday, March 24, when classes are back in session.

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Page 6 The GeorgetonianFeaturesSENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Scott Drake

By ANNA MEUREROpinion Editor

In some ways Scott Drake seemed predestined to come to Georgetown College. A native of Lexington, Ky., he’s had a long experience with the college because several of his family members are alumni, including his parents, uncle, brother-in-law and sister. With that background, he said, “I didn’t even imagine going anywhere else.” That being said, his college career has been a mixture of following in his family’s footsteps and also pursuing his own unique course.

A biology major and chem-istry minor, both demanding programs, Drake was also a participant in GCPALS, a grant

program that allows stu-dents the opportunity to pursue research, usually in the summer of their junior or senior year. Drake was fortunate enough to be able to do research at UK’s Center for Oral Health Research, which fits in nicely with his future plans. After graduation, he plans to marry his long-time sweetheart and fiancée Kelly Cole and move to Louisville, where he hopes to attend Univer-sity of Louisville’s Dental School. Looking back after nearly four years of classes, he lists physics, taught by Dr. Dickinson, and relationships, taught by Dr. McKenzie, as his favorites. “If

you have the opportunity to take either of these classes I would strongly recommend

them,” he said.Outside of academ-

ics, he has been involved with FFG and is heavily involved in his fraternity, the President’s House Association. This year he is serving as the fraterni-ty’s Standards Chair and Little Sis Coordinator.

Described as funny and loyal by those close to him, he enjoys hanging out with his friends and watching sports when he’s not in classes. “I love watching volleyball, bas-ketball and baseball the most,” he said. He is also involved in intramurals as both a participant and

referee. He said basketball and volleyball are his favorites there as well.

Benefit concert to be held during spring breakBy MEGHAN ALESSIFeatures Editor

Ashley Morgan, a 2009 GC alum, is taking a year-long legal fellowship with Inter-national Justice Mission (IJM) and will be moving to Cam-bodia this summer. She will be assisting prosecutors as they combat sex trafficking.

As their website states, the International Justice Mission “is a human rights agency that brings rescue to victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent

oppression.”On Thursday, March 20

there will be a benefit con-cert to raise money for IJM and Morgan’s work overseas. Nathan Angelo is going to be the musician at the con-cert. He is a familiar face to Georgetown, as Jesse Farley,

Source: Scott Drake

Scott hopes to attend University of Louisville’s Dental School.

Reflecting on his time at Georgetown, he said, “You could say that I was predes-tined to Georgetown, but I have loved my experience here! I was able to be a part of PHA just like my dad, uncle and brother-in-law.” He says his favorite Georgetown memory was, “getting to go with the Christian Leadership Scholars to Hilton Head my sophomore year.”

For all of the underclass-men, he recommends getting involved on campus early. “If I could give any advice to freshmen, it would be to join all the clubs that interest you,” says Drake. “There are tons of opportunities here, and it is a lot easier to join a club when you are a freshman than when you get older.”

Academic Director of Success, recalls. She said, “He used to tour Georgetown all the time when he first started. When I was in school he was on campus or at Upbeat Café at least once, sometimes twice a year.” You can check out his music at nathanangelo.tumblr.com.

The concert will be held at Natasha’s in downtown Lex-ington. Keep an eye out for more details. This is a great way to spend a night of your spring break if you will be in the area.

Elizabeth Place is in need of items:

•Trash Bags•Laundry Detergent•Dishwasher Liquid•Toilet Paper•Napkins•Paper Towels•Feminine Napkins/ Tampons•Women’s Shampoo•Toothpaste/ Toothbrushes•Ziploc Bags

Drop off items in the Common Ground lounge in the basement of the Chapel.

Source: ijm.org

IJM combats sex trafficking.

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Georgetown Tree Huggers

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This week’s Tree Hugger is Senior Lauren Brooks.

Quote My Georgetown Professor

“Lake Victoria is the root of Da-Nile!” - Dr. Griffith

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Georgetown offers Spring Break mission trips By CASSIDY CLAYTONStaff Writer

This year, Georgetown is offering students three differ-ent alternative spring break trips. The three locations are Camden, N.J.; Louisa, Ky.; and Ecuador. The Camden trip has about 10 students signed up, but will include some faculty members as well. This group will work alongside Urban Promise, an organization that helps inner city kids grow up in a Christian environment with in-school and after school events. Bruce Main, along with his wife, leads Urban Promise, which holds summer intern-ships in Camden and Hondu-ras for those seeking further time in mission work (for more information go to: http://www.urbanpromiseusa.org/).

The students going to Camden for this spring trip have been holding weekly meetings to prepare for their upcoming journey. These meetings entail the basic strat-egies for each mission trip – to come with an open mind and an open heart. Also, be flex-ible! Those participating in missions are there to work for the good of others, not to complain when the job is not being done fast enough. Joel Reihmer, a junior, has been on the Camden trip before. His advice: always keep a smile on your face.

Joel Reihmer’s time in Camden was “just awesome.” His favorite memories include playing ultimate Frisbee during down time and getting to play with some amazing kids. Camden is a troubled city,

so just being a friend to these kids can help in numerous ways. Reihmer’s first time to Camden was a little scary at first, but this time he knows the environment and has no apprehension about doing it again. “Camden’s head-ing in a positive direction, and when people have that mindset it makes it into a reality quicker. Trips like this really help.”

The newest trip added to the list is to Louisa, Ky. Around 15 students will spend their time there, help-ing rehabilitate Appalachia.Within four to five days, stu-dents will assist with home repairs for the community, including installing dry wall and sheet rock and doing basic repairs. Many local churches co-sponsor this trip, including the Newman Center and Campus Minis-tries.

The final trip is to Ecua-dor. Ecuador will be inhab-ited with 10 Georgetown students to do a number of projects, not all of which are decided yet. As spring break gets closer, more informa-tion is to come.

For those going on an alternative spring break trip, the experience is invaluable. Georgetown students are highly encouraged to look into short-term missions, even if they are not through the college. Explore an area outside of your comfort zone, or stay local and try to improve the community in which we live. Either way, there is plenty of work that can be done. We need to be

a part of the solution, not the problem.

P r e v i o u s spring break mission trips have gone to places like Mis-sion Arlington, in Arlington, Texas, New Orleans, La. and the Eliza-beth Place in Georgetown. New trips can

be initiated by students, so if you know a

place in need, speak up.

Source: Eduarda Cardoso

Students started a garden at Elizabeth Place last spring.

Source: Jesse Tingle

Jesse Tingle participated in the Mission Arlington trip in 2010.

Source: Joel Reihmer

Students travelled to Camden, N.J. last spring to work with inner city kids.

Source: Hannah Waugh

Hannah Waugh and Tevin Lloyd went on the New Orleans trip in 2011.

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By SHAY McCLEAVYStaff Writer

This past Sunday, the Oscars held their 86th Academy Awards, a celebra-tion of this year’s achievement in film. It was a fun, if a bit plodding, award show featuring some nice off the cuff moments and wonderful speeches. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the event, opening with a playful and funny monologue. There were jokes about who would be awarded Best Picture, “Possibility number one: 12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture. Possibility number two: You’re all racists,” as well as those aimed at individuals such as Jennifer Lawrence and Liza Minnelli, “That is one of the most amazing Liza Minnelli impersonators I’ve ever seen. Good job, sir.”

It was a good year for films based on true stories, with six of the nine Best

Picture nominees inspired by our past. The nominees were: 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nebraska, Her and Gravity.

Gravity took the top spot for tech-nical awards, which is no surprise for those who have seen director Alfonso Cuarón’s tense outer space thriller. The incredible visual effects, sound design and editing proved more than just eye candy to the Academy. Cuarón also became the first Mexican filmmaker to win Best Director.

Dallas Buyers Club featured the two Best Actor performances of the year with Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, both bringing home the golden statue for acting. Of course McCo-naughey’s last words were his charis-matic catchphrase, “Alright, alright, alright!”

Best Leading Actress was awarded

to Cate Blanchett for her role in Blue Jasmine, nicely praising the other nomi-nees while stressing that films centered on women are profitable. Newcomer Lupita Nyong’o won Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave, thanking not just her cast and crew, but saluting the many slaves whose stories formed their film. She ended her wonder-ful speech with the lovely statement, “No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.”

In between the awards, Ellen made small talk with both the celebrities and the viewers at home, not to men-tion taking pictures for Twitter and crashing the social media site. She also bought pizza for some A-list stars, passing around boxes with a real pizza man looking a little lost and surprised to be serving Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence and many others.

Musical performances by U2, Karen

O, Pharrell Williams and Idina Menzel (awkwardly mispronounced as ‘Adele Dazeem’ by John Travolta) set up the competition for Best Original Song. The catchy “Let it Go” from Frozen was the winner, and the film itself won Best Animated Feature.

When it came time for the Best Pic-ture award, Gravity led the competition with seven wins. Yet, it was the abso-lutely wonderful 12 Years a Slave by Steve McQueen coming away with the top prize. It marks the first time in the history of the Oscars that a black film-maker directed the Best Picture winner. McQueen was literally jumping with joy as he ran up to the stage, celebrat-ing and dedicating the award to those who preserved Solomon Northup’s tale, while reminding us that slavery still exists in our world.

Best Picture: 12 Years a SlaveDirecting: Alfonso Cuarón—Gravity

Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey—Dallas Buyers ClubActress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett—Blue Jasmine

Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto—Dallas Buyers ClubActress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong’o—12 years a Slave

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): 12 Years a SlaveWriting (Original Screenplay): Her

Animated Feature Film: FrozenShort Film (Animated): Mr. HublotShort Film (Live Action): Helium

Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty, from ItalyDocumentary (Feature): 20 Feet From Stardom

Documentary (Short Subject): The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My LifeProduction Design: The Great Gatsby

Cinematography: GravityCostume Design: The Great Gatsby

Film Editing: GravityMakeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club

Music (Original Score): GravityMusic (Original Song): “Let It Go” from Frozen

Sound Mixing: GravitySound Editing: GravityVisual Effects: Gravity

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Ellen DeGeneres’ star-studded selfie broke Twitter history.

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Leonardo DiCaprio fans everywhere were shocked when Matthew McConaughey went home with the Oscar instead of him. They hope to comfort him with an explosion of memes created in his honor.

Issue 7 Arts Entertainment March 5, 2014 Page 9Young alum shows “Music Does”

By CALIESHA COMLEYNews Editor

This past Saturday, March 1, Evan Harrell (’13) took to the Chapel stage one last time to perform his senior recital-lecture. With tux on and tuba in hand, Harrell fulfilled his final require-ments for his Bachelor of Music Educa-tion degree.

As the title alludes, Harrell’s recit-al-lecture consisted of both a perfor-mance of musical arrangements and a self-written lecture on the importance of music programs in public schools entitled “Music Does.”

Harrell’s senior event was post-poned due to his rigorous student teaching schedule during his last semester as a student. Harrell explains, “It has been really difficult picking out my own repertoire and rehearsing on my own without the help of Dr. LaRue (his lessons professor), and writing my lecture without guidance from profes-sors. But, it was also helpful because I had to rely on myself.” It was appar-ent, however, that Harrell’s work on his own yielded incredible results.

Though Harrell’s familiarity with the stage did little to assuage his nerves before the performance as he stood in the Chapel corridor talking with his

accompanist, his proficiency on the tuba did not falter. He first performed a six-part collection called “Six Studies in English Folk-Song,” originally com-posed by Ralph Vaughn Williams. He was accompanied by pianist Glenna Metcalfe.

Parallel only to Harrell’s over-whelming musical talent the afternoon of his recital-lecture was the inspiring delivery of his presentation, “Music Does: funding and providing intrinsic support for music programs in public schools.”

This topic was no doubt provoked by the many and deep cuts in music programs across the state of Kentucky. After all, Harrell reminded his audi-ence, only a mere 3 percent of the entire federal budget is allotted for educa-tion, and music education is expensive. Yet Harrell argued that the expense of music education is little in comparison to the intrinsic value of the arts.

High education in the arts has been linked in empirical studies to degree attainment as well as community ser-vice. Music education is often regarded as an equalizer that supports a “multi-ple intelligence” approach to education that privileges the many ways in which students can learn the best. Music and arts education has also been associated

with higher performance in math and reading, improved social skills and less truancy. In addition, the manner of music education encourages discipline, detail-orientation, learning by repeti-tion and, above all, an insatiable desire for professional and personal improve-ment.

All of these were presented in the lecture as qualities that good teaching in music can instill in students. These, Harrell argues, are hindered by admin-istrative fear because of music edu-cation’s intrinsic and immeasurable benefits, regardless of empirical results. Harrell calls fellow supporters of the Arts to “learn to render those abstrac-tions into actions and present this kind of information to our school boards and administra-tors.”

Having seemingly inspired himself by the end of his lecture promot-ing the intrinsic value of music education, Harrell then returned to his tuba to captivatingly perform two more, longer arrange-ments. The first was Han-del’s “Where’er You Walk” from Semele. The second song, though originally

composed by Giacomo Puccini, was arranged by Harrell himself. “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot was given a tri-umphant flair and was a beautiful way to end Harrell’s spectacular recital-lec-ture evening.

The powerful sentence which ended Harrell’s lecture best encapsu-late the evening: “In an educational set-ting where good is good enough, music begs us to do more. In a society that is so focused on I, me and my, music calls us beyond ourselves. Music does what other things do not and cannot; music does. And that should be worth fight-ing for.” The complete lecture can be found at www.evanjamesharrell.word-press.com.

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Alum Evan Harrell came back to give his senior recital and lecture.

Rooted: with President GreeneJones Hall Nelson Suite

Tuesday, March 11

Food and fellowship at 8:30 p.m.Worship starts at 9 p.m.

Common Ground invites you to a special night at Rooted featuring Dr. Greene, GC president and scholar in New Testament and Early Christianity,

speaking on “Walking with Jesus through the Gospels.”

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Who cares about the poor?By AUSTIN FRALEYStaff Writer

Like the lead singer of a band who tones it down half-way through the concert, I’d like to take a moment to sit down on the edge of the stage, let my feet dangle and just chat with you. Most of you know that I wrote for the opinion page quite a lot last semester and a bit the semester prior.

While most people don’t realize that sometimes I was simply advocating a view-point I did not care about at all in order to make a few bucks (I know, what a sellout); sometimes I did genuinely care about what I was writing about. What surprises me is the most common criticism I heard from people.

“Oh, he’s probably just going to say something about how no one should care about anything other than the poor.” For my article on Greek life (from which I got more criti-cism from Greeks than inde-pendents even though I was more critical of independents), people more than once com-plained, “He’s going to say that Greek life is dumb and that we should put our money into better causes, even though Greek life is responsible for a ton of the charity work on campus.”

That’s great, honestly. My disagreement with Greek life comes more from the fact that it is by its very nature exclusive and I simply cannot agree with that, but I stand completely behind the charities that they support.

Yet the thing I cannot understand is how this is seen

as a legitimate critique. “He’s going to say we should care more about the poor,” as if that’s a bad thing. I understand that most believe I am out of line because they think they do care about the poor. But let’s be honest, there are more import-ant things to us.

I know so many people that know for a fact that iPhones and iPads cause rebel groups in the Congo to gain weapons and rape women, and they are assembled by slaves in China. If the $500 new iPhone was sold at cost it would be worth about $46.

But does this stop people from buying them? No. Many Christians I know recognize the fact that Christ does not con-

done living in gigantic houses, but does this stop them from living in houses big enough for dinosaurs to live in? No.

I cannot even withhold myself from this criticism. Most mornings, I take the longest shower of anyone in my build-ing, knowing full and well that most people in the world can’t even find clean drinking water. I’ve been to Africa, and seen with my own eyes small chil-dren carrying dirty water in

buckets for miles every single day. But does this stop me from showering for so long? No.

So, do I think we try to care about the poor? Yes. But obviously not enough. We care enough to do things for them—to do things to help. But we don’t care enough to not do the things that harm them. If we stop doing small things that harm them, maybe we wouldn’t have to do all these big things to help out the poor. We would realize our fault in this struggle that people have.

We care about the poor. But it frustrates and horrifies me that people see it as a legit-imate problem that I advocate for unprivileged people unnec-essarily, as if we could ever do

enough to care more about our fellow human beings. There is always room to improve.

I have to apologize for the overall tone of this article, but at a certain point I have to let my feelings out. I have to vent.

I only hope that anything I say might change things. I stand on the same ground as those that I’ve criticized here. I am just as guilty as everyone else. But I want to change, and I hope and pray that you do too.

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The GC Conflict Free Initiative is one of the groups on campus that addresses poverty in its mission.

Issue 7 Opinion March 5, 2014 Page 11

World’s worst bridge-builder asks for forgivenessBy JONATHAN BALMERStaff Writer

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream,” Malcolm Mugger-idge, the English satirist, journalist and great contrar-ian, often said. If I ever was a two-bit parody of someone, it may be Muggeridge. He was a disaffected leftist who tired of fellow journalists’ platitu-dinous liberal views of history which assured their audiences, “moderate men of all shades of opinion,” that “wiser coun-sels” would “prevail.”

Loudly, Muggeridge pro-tested that society was not one of “moderate men” and “wiser councils” overcoming dark ages but lamented, “The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.” He was a fierce lone warrior against popular opinion. He could also be a senselessly contrarian hack.

The pit of his career was the televised Life of Bryan debates in which he took on Monty Python for charges of blas-phemy without, apparently, having seen the end of the film.

John Cleese of Monty Python, who respected Muggeridge as a satirist, found his regard for him plummeted during the debate. “He was just being Muggeridge,” Cleese com-mented, “preferring to have a very strong contrary opinion as opposed to none at all.”

It has been to my great frustration that this venue, the newspaper, is not used more by students to speak about uncomfortable ideas. I love the freedom to put my foot in my mouth, and I would rather have an uncouth opinion printed than none at all. But, therein also, is my sin.

The purpose of conversa-tion is first to generate conver-sation, second to identify and hash out differences and third to bring meaningful construc-tive change. Surely I have only succeeded at the first. You see, sometimes I, while being con-trarian for its own sake, forget my ultimate goals and (more importantly) the humanity of those of which I spoke of.

For all the times I devalued another for the sake of a hasty hyperbole or opinion I viewed as glitzy, Mea culpa. Please forgive me. There is a time and

place for these things, which I too often abused.

What is the better model then? It is not silence. Perhaps at the campus’ current tumul-tuous state we may find a con-temporary model in Andrew Marin (the man who shows us that “neutral” is non-syn-onymous with “noncontrover-sial”). Of course neutral is not the perfect term for Marin. He is very against plenty of things: revenge, the use of people as means to a political end and a politic of domination and sub-jugation.

Marin’s organization, the Marin Foundation, exists to promote mutual understand-ing, to bridge build, between religious people and the LGBT+ community. It does this by inviting progressively and conservatively-minded church entities and conserva-tive and progressive gender/sexual minorities to transcend the dominating, polarized, winners-of-history-take-all political climate.

The Marin Foundation rec-ognizes that people of various views can always work for the greater well-being of one another without “one side of

history” trampling the other. The organization seeks peace-ful living and respect—period.

Naturally, such a mes-sage has drawn criticism both from a slew of conservatively religious people (who think the Marin Foundation hasn’t done its duty in denouncing gay sex as a sin—a refrain which apparently has not been trumpeted enough) as well as liberally minded people. Dan Savage called the organization “sneakily homophobic” and “Westboro Baptist in the drag of false contrition: God hates you — now with hugs!”

At length, Andrew Marin has responded to both com-plaints. Perhaps the best sum-mary of his views is that “[t]he biggest misnomer in contem-porary society is that everyone must agree in order to love each other well. Fighting for an end result of ‘agreement’ is called a dictatorship, not plu-ralism.”

While “neutrality” on today’s hot topics from the Ukraine, to Syria, to marijuana and gay marriage legalization, to budget cuts is not—what’s the buzzword?—sustainable for individuals, it must be

attempted in some fashion. Work like that of the Marin Foundation is needed.

Such work recognizes people of differing views will always exist and they encour-age not segregation or one dominating another but actual inclusion (the kind that isn’t an enforced police state wrapped in pretty pink wrapping paper). These bridge builders do what I have not: pave the way forward to actual coexis-tence among opposing views.

As we consider all the forthcoming changes here at Georgetown College we must realize nasty, difficult deci-sions will be made. They will, we hope, be constructive deci-sions which respect all parties even as all parties must make sacrifices.

The surgeon wounds to heal, and I fear Dr. Greene, and many others, will soon be our surgeons. We will also have to be our own surgeons. There will be much to think about. The newspaper, little-read-it-may-be, remains one of campus’ primary sounding boards: let us use it to not only deconstruct but to build.

By ANNA MEUREROpinion Editor

My day starts at 4-5 a.m. Why? Because I work at a barn and I have 17 hungry ponies to feed and take care of before showering (barn smell isn’t appealing to most people) and going to class.

That sounds horrible, doesn’t it? Two months ago,

I’d agree with you — without some super important event (and sometimes even then), the soft bed wins every time. Yet in recent days I’ve become convinced that it’s actually the opposite.

I’m not crazy, I promise. Here’s why morning people have got it right:

1. I see the sunrise every morning. And it’s beautiful.

2. First dibs on breakfast. ‘Nuff said.

3. Traffic at 5 a.m. is almost non-existent. So are red lights. And cops. Win.

4. The coffee at the gas sta-tions is as fresh as it’s going to be — and the cashier people are so excited to see other living beings that they give you free doughnuts.

5. By the time every-

one else is just getting going you’ve already been up for 3+ hours. The feeling of produc-tivity and accomplishment is inevitable.

6. No chance of running out of hot water for showers. Especially a win when it’s -5 outside (ask me how I know).

7. Quiet. Blissful, wonder-ful quiet. You don’t realize how busy and distracting our

world is until it’s asleep.8. Because you didn’t sleep,

afternoon naps are totally jus-tified.

This isn’t to say that every-one needs to start setting their alarms for 5 a.m. or that night owls need to have a Saul/Paul experience. If anything, it’s to say, give it a go, if only once.

Go forth and seize the morning.

The many reasons why morning people have got it right

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot...”By LEANNDRA W. PADGETTBackpage Editor / Earth Lover

Delays are rare and cancella-tions unheard of, so everyone

was in for a shock (or pleasant sur-prise) when GC classes were canceled Monday. I thought I’d experienced my last snow day back in high school, but Mother Nature and Dr. Allen decided otherwise.

As this Kentucky winter has been unusually cold and especially snowy, I can just hear some skeptics making statements like, “Global warming’s a scam! This is one of the coldest winters I can remember.” Their mistake comes from the fact that we are talking about global warming — not local warming.

While parts of the U.S. endure an exceptionally cold winter, other parts of the world are experiencing record high temperatures. From France, Spain, Austria and Switzerland to China and southern Africa, January 2014 ranked as one of the top five warmest Januaries on record (climatecentral.org).

Think that this winter is a fluke? Worldwide, January 2014 was “the 347th consecutive month with above-average temperatures com-pared to the 20th century average…

times the global average to be con-sidered good is problematic. We (as global citizens/Americans/Kentuck-ians/Georgetonians) need to be more environmentally conscientious and recognize the impacts our individual lifestyles yield.

GC has some green initiatives — Georgetown Sustainability Initiative being the most organized effort. One of the college’s 8 Guiding Principles states that “Stewardship is our respon-sibility.” GC makes recycling easy with bins all over campus. There are select bathrooms with motion sensor lights to save electricity, and the Caf offers Meatless Mondays.

But we have our share of failures, as well. To name just a few examples, the lights in the Writing Center do not turn off at all; something is wrong with the wiring and they blaze 24-7. At the end of the year, the huge dumpsters posi-tioned outside of the dorms are filled with waste. Our energy consumption is disproportionate.

We could look to Berea College for inspiration. Their eco-village and new Deep Green Dorm offer unique and environmentally friendly housing opportunities for students. The college produces much of its dining service’s

one month shy of 29 straight years” (climatecentral.org). Things seem to be getting warmer.

While strict temperature differ-ence is part of the problem, changing weather patterns also result. The west coast is experiencing drought right now, as Kentucky has a very wet winter (climatecentral.org).

While it is impossible to pinpoint exactly how much of this change is due to human interference, it is common sense that some of the blame can be attributed to the changes that began with the Industrial Revolution. Today we’re starting to see the results.

Now, I consider myself a fairly conscientious person in regards to the environment. I try to “go green” as much as I can. Still, when I took a carbon footprint assessment earlier this semester for an environmental science class, it estimated that my lifestyle yields 14 tons of CO2 emissions a year. This is below the U.S. national average of 27 tons a year (largely due to the fact that I live in a dorm and not in a build-ing by myself or with just a roommate). But before you congratulate me on my exemplary performance, note that the world average is 5.5 tons per year.

For my contribution of almost three

food through the work study program and has a unique aquaponics system (a fish-and-plant-greenhouse-combo) and a sustainability and environmental studies program.

Both as a college and as individuals, we need to implement more environ-mentally friendly measures. This cold winter is a reminder that we are greatly affected by nature and weather. Much of it is out of our control, but we can make a difference at least in our carbon emissions. If we don’t, as the Lorax warns, “nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”