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In all, some 3,600 American cities and towns mustered forces to reju venate the environmental movement that was launched by the original Earth Day in 1970. “I get a real sense of a renewal, and a kind of rededication, that will provide the support for change at the grass-roots level,” said John Mc- Lachlan, scientific director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Trian gle Park, N.C. “There’s a sense of urgency that hasn’t been there.” Thousands watched a hot-air bal loon — decorated as the Earth —rise in New York’s Times Square where the ball falls on New Year’s Eve. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a fleet of cars and trucks powered by alcohol, natural gas and electricity in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students at Susquehanna Univer sity in Pennsylvania buried a paper mache “Old Earth” containing a plastic foam cup, aerosol can, dispo sable diaper and container of leaded gasoline. At a gathering of 125,000 people at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, several activists criticized President Bush for spending the weekend fish ing in Florida. One was Peter Bahouth, president of Greenpeace USA, who brought with him a life-size cardboard cutout of Bush. Gaylord Nelson of The Wilder ness Society, who originated the first Earth Day when he was a senator from Wisconsin, called for a grass roots campaign to keep the spirit of Sunday’s celebratio/rs alive in the years to come. “I don’t want to come back here 20 years from now and have to tell your sons and daughters that you didn’t do your duty,” Nelson, 74, told his listeners. “We’ve got to raise aconservation generation.” Pennsylvania’s Gov. Robert P. Ca sey led an “All Species Parade” in Philadelphia, playing the pied piper to children dressed in animal cos tumes made from recycled materi als, and at least one marcher got the point. We must recycle, said eleven-year- old Lauren Derby of Philadelphia, Earth Day In Mexico/Page 14 “so that the future generation can have a nice Earth and a nice environ ment.” Hall and Oates, the B-52s, the Sat urday Night Live Band and Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians were among the performers in New York’s Central Park, where an esti mated 300,000 people turned out. On an expressway near the Charles River in Boston, artists used biodegradable chalk to draw a half- mile-long, multi-colored tableau of birds, butterflies, flowers and mes sages like “Recycle!” and “Save The Earth.” Photo by Fredrick D. Joe Nineteen-year-old Gena Wood brought her world to the Earth Day celebration at the A&M Re search Park Sunday. Crystal Johnson, a student from Oakwood Middle School, pets a Kemps-Ridley turtle that was on display at the Earth Day fair Sunday at the A&M Photo by Steve Noreyko Research Park. The turtle was exhibited in order to promote awareness of endangered animals such as Kemps-Ridley turtles. Top officials believe communism dying By TIMM DOOLEN Of The Battalion Staff Gorbachev is for Lithuanian inde pendence, said Nikolay Shishlin, ad viser and friend to Mikhail Gorba chev, Friday night at the Wiley Lecture Series. “But it is impossible to solve all the problems in one night,” said Shish lin, deputy chief of the Propaganda Subdepartment of the Communist Central Party. He said the Soviet Union must worry about economic ties and the interests of national mi norities. Dr. Kenneth Adelman, Director of the Arms Control and Disarma ment Agency under Ronald Reagan, refuted Shishlin’s arguments by say ing, “the Soviet Union itself has not been so gracious in protecting mi norities.” He also said he does not approve of the way Gorbachev is try ing to coerce Lithuania by cutting off energy and food. “What the Lith uanians are saying is they have the right to independence,” he said. Ad elman said most of the governments in the world, including the United States, have been “way too soft” on the Lithuanian situation. Shishlin said he believes Lithuania will be independent, but other coun tries should not interfere in the process. He said outside interfer ence would be comparable to inter ference by the Soviet Union during See Communism/Page 12 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Pro- Iranian kidnappers freed American hostage Robert Polhill in Beirut Sun day after nearly 39 months of captiv ity. He was the first American hos tage to be released in nearly 3-and-a- half years. The White House said a U.S. plane would take Polhill to West Germany for debriefing and a medi cal exam before he returns to the United States. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater thanked Iran and Syria for their roles in the release. “I’m very happy and grateful to all the people who spent time on my case,” Polhill said in a Syrian TV in terview. But he added: “I’m still deeply concerned about my two friends and others who are still held in the conditions I was held in.” Seventeen Western hostages re main in Lebanon, .including seven Americans. Polhill, 55, of New York was freed near the seaside Summerland Hotel in Moslem west Beirut at 5:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m. EDT) and driven imme diately to Damascus. He was to be handed over to U.S. Ambassador Edward Djerejian at the Foreign Ministry, Syrian sources said. Terms of the release, which fol lowed a series of communiques from the Shiite Moslem kidnappers, were not known. Polhill’s mother, Ruth Polhill of Fishkill, N.Y., was overjoyed at the release and said she hoped to see her son when he returns to the United States. “Maybe I’ll have control of myself by that time,” she told CNN. Guards outside the Summerland Bush makes comments/Page 13 who witnessed the release said Pol hill appeared thin and hunched as he stepped out of a car that screeched to a halt in a street about 50 yards from the hotel. He was immediately picked up by a three-car Syrian convoy and driven off at high speed. The Syrian TV footage showed Polhill being driven through Beirut, sitting in the back of a car and puf fing heavily on a cigarette. He ap peared drawn after his long ordeal and smiled wanly several times. Polhill, a professor • of business studies and accounting at Beirut University College, was one of three American educators held by the pro- Iranian Islamic Jihad for the Liber ation of Palestine since Jan. 24, 1987. The other two are Alann Steen, a native of Boston who turned 51 on Sunday, and Jesse Turner, 42, of Boise, Idaho. The three were kid napped from the Beirut University College campus by gunmen dis guised as police officers. The last American hostage to be freed was David Jacobsen, former director of the American University Hospital in Beirut. He was kidnap ped in Beirut May 28, 1985, and was released Nov. 2, 1986. Polhill’s Lebanese wife, Feryal, went to Damascus from Beirut after the kidnappers said they would re lease one hostage. It was not known whether they had been reunited. Officials seize drugs, arrest 2 A &M students By CHRIS VAUGHN Of The Battalion Staff Two Texas A&M students face narcotics charges after local law enforcement officials seized a mailed package containing almost one pound of mushrooms and discovered several suspected marijuana plants in their home. Brian Patrick Wieland, 19, was arrested Friday night on a charge of aggravated delivery of psilocy bin, a mushroom derivative, a charge of possession of mari juana, and a charge of aggravated possession of narcotics. Todd Randall Ehrlich, 20, also was charged with possession of a controlled substance and posses sion of marijuana. Wieland posted bonds totaling $16,000 — a $10,000 bond for the aggravated delivery charge, $5,000 for the possession of mari juana charge and $1,000 for ag gravated possession. Ehrlich posted bonds totaling $11,000 — a $10,000 bond for a possession of the controlled sub stance charge and $1,000 for the possession of marijuana charge. Agents with the Brazos County Narcotics Task Force intercepted a package bound for California on Thursday containing 420 grams, approximately one pound, of a substance suspected of being psilocybin. It later was determined to be the mushroom derivative by the Department of Public Safety laboratory in Aus tin. Police said Wieland’s name and address were listed on the pack age as the return address. A search warrant was obtained for Wieland’s home, where police said they founds 15 suspected marijuana plants valued at $7,500, a bag containing less than two ounces of suspected mari juana, a bag containing suspected psilocybin and paraphernalia. Both men were arrested at that time and charged by police. reno ) 0,00(1 nth at na> 1 s, bu 1 berg' on in front n thf inter- n de ddint and , Ice ntrie i ^plft U0 Jtvii rpsit Animal Science professor goes beyond his call of duty By KATHERINE COFFEY Of The Battalion Staff Mentor, educator, friend. These are only a few words one Texas A&M professor is decribed as by many of the students who swarm to his office for ad vice. Dr. Howard Hesby, an associate profes sor of animal science, has been teaching at A&M since 1971 and has helped students with classes and getting jobs. He also has helped graduated students who have come back to talk to him. “I think he is one of the few faculty mem bers who is truly concerned with students and not only concerned with the material he is teaching,” Jud Chappell, a senior ani mal science major, said. “Dr. Hesby is al ways available, and even though he is very busy he always finds time to talk to stu dents. He’s practically in the Kleburg build ing 24 hours a day.” Presently, Hesby teaches classes such as ANSC 107, Introduction to Animal Sci ence, and an Animal Science Agribusiness Preparatory Course, called the “barbecue dass.” “The barbecue class is like a resume course in which it helps students with their interview skills and how to get a job,” Hesby said. “The main purpose is to help students get ready to do interviews and help them find what they want to do after they grad uate.” The barbecue class meets every Wednes day night, and acquired its name because it’s an informally structured course, Hesby said. Chappell said the barbecue has helped him improve his resume and interview skills. “Even though I already had my resume done, I’ve improved it even more through the barbecue class,” Chappell said. “It has helped me with my interview skills because of the practice I get with the interview room and Dr. Hesby’s advice.” Hesby also has an interview room with cameras in which students can practice their interview skills for the class. He said the room is open to all animal sci ence majors and that it is helpful for the students to learn to sell themselves to the employers. In the room, the students participate in mock interviews so they get a feel of what it is like to interview as well as to be inter viewed, he said. Sharon Maberry, a senior agricultural journalism major, said Hesby helps prepare students for their future. “He has helped students with interviews outside of class and writes recommendation letters for students to companies they want to work for," Maberry said. “He has also helped me a lot in writing many recommen dation letters.” One student said Hesby helped her find the kind of job she would enjoy when she graduated. “He really helped me focus on what I really want to do career-wise,” senior ani mal science major Kristen Sheely said. “I knew what I wanted to do but I didn’t know what area I would work in the best and Dr. Hesby helped me with that. He really does care about students. He even helped me, find the job I have on campus now.” Outside the classroom Hesby teaches the January Animal Production Field Study Course trip. He takes students to areas sucha as West and South Texas to help them bet ter understand animal production and see different operations. One class field trip he sponsors and orga nizes every year during spring break is the Animal Science Agribusiness — Public Af fairs Field Study Course. This year he and assistant instructor John Walter organized the trip to Washing ton D.C., New Jersey and New York City. The group met with the National Cattle men’s Association, the USDA, various con gressmen, toured the United Nations Headquaters and the New York Stock Ex change and did a lot of sight seeing. “Dr. Hesby is the major force to instigate trips and the trips he organizes are always great programs,” Maberry said. Having been raised on a livestock farm in Eastern South Dakota, Hesby has come a long way. He received his undergraduate degree in animal science from South Da- See Hesby/Page 8 Photo by Mike C. Mulvey Robin Thomas, a junior animal science major, talks to Dr. Howard Hesby about a possible career path. Hesby’s duties include undergraduate tea cher, advisor, career counselor, placement director of co-op edu cation/internship coordinator and swine researcher.