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Earth Day is celebrated na tionwide today, but the Student Government Environmental Is sues Committee decided the event merited an entire week of campus acknowledgment. EIC has designed the week’s events to celebrate the Earth and to make students aware of the importance of recycling. Katie Kam, EIC Earth Day subchair and senior biology major, said students often do not partic ipate in Earth-conscious activities because of time. Therefore, EIC attempts to make such activities more accessible to students. “We can’t make students recy cle,” Kam said. “It is our job to make it easier for students to recycle.” Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. by Rudder Fountain, students can visit more than 20 booths, a trash art exhibit, an earth-friendly vehicle show and a book swap. Environ mental compa nies and academ ic departments are stationed at several booths, providing infor mation about pursuing a career in environmental fields. In addition, students can par ticipate in the Clothes Mountain project, which is an area by Rud der Fountain where unwanted clothes can be deposited. Jessica Porrazzo, Clothes Mountain coordinator and sophomore international studies major, said she hopes students will take seriously this opportu nity to get rid of extra clothes. “I’m hop ing that students will go through their closets and do some spring cleaning and bring us their unwanted clothes,” Porrazzo said. All donations to Clothes Mountain will go to Twin City Mission. Students will have an oppor tunity this week to turn in items for which recycling bins are not normally available on campus. Bins for glass, plastic, alumit; and paper will be provided. Katy Morrow, a senior eit; tion major, said students sk get involved with Earthy because environmentalism isi issue that affects everyone. “The more people that get; volved, the better the outc« Morrow said. If students are too busy]: ing the week to participate Earth Week festivities,tk can join the fun on Saturt April 27, when the city: Bryan, the city of CollegeS; tion, the Texas Environme:. Action Coalition and theJ: Peace Institute will teamupi an Earth Day celebration. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ons campus soccer fields, part pants can visit 70 booths, ei; variety of foods and shopal garage sale. Prayer Continued from Page 1 other coaches of bringing their religion into the school’s athletic programs. Among the allegations are that Baca and Osborn led team prayers, played Christian music in locker rooms and post ed biblical passages on athletes’ lockers. Osborn’s contract tentatively wasn’t renewed earlier this month. A final de cision is scheduled for Monday night. He didn’t immediately return a tele phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment. Baca, who has coached in Houston- area schools and in another community outside Austin, admits playing Christ ian music and leading team prayers. But he said he’s never been challenged. “If someone told us, ‘Coach, watch what you’re doing’ or ‘That’s against the law,’ we wouldn’t have done it,” he said. “I understand (the separation of) church and state, but with the team it’s not so clear.” Baca said he posted only one biblical passage in the Wildcats locker room and never tried to coerce players into at tending church. “I’m a Christian,” he said, adding that part of being a Christian is follow ing the law. “I know you can’t go into a classroom and open a Bible and say, ‘We’re going to learn.’ But as far as praying v/ith the team, I’ve been in volved with that in every team I’ve been involved with down to the time I played football.” Baca said he uses prayer and Christ ian music as a way to provide “an envi ronment conducive to positive living.” “What is the main theme in rock and roll music and country western music,” he asked? “Sex, drugs, suicide, gangs. We’re not going to have that here. Not because I am a Christian, but because I don’t think moral, young people should be exposed to that.” Texas ACLU executive director Jay Jacobson said the law is clear that teachers can’t bring religion into schools for any reason. “All of our plaintiffs are God-fearing Christians. They are not irreligious peo ple,” Jacobson said. “What that shows me is the degree to which the religious right has pushed peo ple’s buttons. It is not just minority reli gions being effected.” Jacobson said a settlement agree ment is pending between the coaches and students in which the coaches would agree to refrain from religious ac tivities in school and admit to having acted improperly. Baca said he would sign the agree ment if it did not say he coerced and in timated students. “I want this to be a good testimony,” he said. Biology teacher Melinda Vague said she believes her students who say Baca exerted religious pressures. But she said the issue needs to be resolved so the focus can return to teaching. “They wouldn’t lie to me,” Ms. Vague said of her 9th- and lOth-graders at the 600-plus student school. “Talking with teachers on our faculty, we wish the school board would have settled this (by now). It just keeps going and going.” Band director Van Henry said he’s unhappy with the attention the lawsuit has brought to the school, about 20 miles east of Austin. Evan Zimmerman, TheBi" i SHIPSHAPE Steve Rienhart, jr. (middle), an ocean engineeriif major, takes a tour of a tanker that is docked in Galveston. The ship will be leased to MobilCorp for use off the coast of Africa. #€ Lifeguards Needed Sweetwater Pools, Inc. in Houston is looking for leadership-oriented individuals to run our pools this summer. Training will be offered- must have or willing to take Lifeguard Training, First Aid, and CPR courses. You will manage as well as lifeguard. 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