Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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in Florida to be around S60 million to S360 million yearly. lt should be noted though, that the protection of the aesthetic qualities of an area is invaluable to Florida's tourist-based economy, which depends on fresh, clean scenic beauty. The state legislature enacted a law in 1967 which established the first agency with the sole responsibility of controlling air and water pollution. This department is responsible for developing and enforcing air and water quality standards for the state. One new law established by this department early in 1973 set a new water quality standard of at least 90'K, treatment of all discharges from municipal and privately ow'l'led domestic waste plants. Violaters of state pollution laws can be taken to court by the department where they face fines up to 51,000 a day for each violation or a year in jail. Of major concern is the unadequate treatment and dumping of almost raw sewage into small streams, ponds, or lakes, by numerous small domestic treatment systems scattered throughout the state. ln many of these waters, there is no flow causing them to become stagnant from an accumulation of polluting materials. Untreated sewage presents a danger to human health, such as typhoid fever, hepatitis, dysentery, and other disorders. Rats and mosquitos are an additional source of disease due to untreated sewage. Causes of air pollution from carbon monoxide to flourides have created serious health hazards to mere annoyances. The effects of air pollution are being linked to the cause of lung cancer, emphysema, and bronchtis. Some studies have even linked it to be the cause of the common cold. A quality environment, thus, comes at high cost, it is worth it, but realistically everyone has to pay for it. The earlier widespread belief that the Federal government should solve the environmental problems is no longer as apparent. The environmental job is everyone's and it must be done. Clean air and water requires regulations, enforcement, cooperation, and an informed public. According to the department of Air and Water Pollution Control the most important effort one can make is to urge, support and vote for bonds or other financial proposals for sewage systems, rational use of the land and other such 5.11 illustration by Linda Reowl THE ENVIRONMENT JOB photo by Dave Patri IS EVER YONE 'S conservation programs. Man has upset the natural process of his ecosystem. He is drowning in pollution, being smothered by overpopulation, being strangled by automobile emissions and allowing corporations to eliminate resources. ln the final analysis, the job is to bring together various elements of the population who are involved in polluting AND IT MUST BE DONE. the environment so a course constructive, cooperative action car hammered out. lt is fatal to in' ulterior motives and to polarize emot and opinion when the task at hand i coordinate efforts, said Fred Sn consultant to the Citizens' Advis Committee on Environmental Quality his speech ln Two Generations ' Nation Will Self Destruct.

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ll . II Boogleeeeeeeeeeeeeee .... ll! Thursday, 8:05 P.M., July 26, 197 40 hours before the music's ex scheduled and the crowds marching Watkins Glen, New York, peak 600,000 . . . already they're ripped c of their heads. Boogie!ll Come on man . . . le party!! l Boogieeeeeeeeeeeee ..... ll The banshee cries continued to ec througi the woods, as the recen arrived stumbled around in the da occupied with the task of setting shelter: Sears and Roebuck ter make-shift lean-tos, orange and wh parachutes stretched between vans a plastic Hefty garbage bags supported sticks and scrounged string for the I fortunate. The novice architects weren't ir boogieing yet. They had just spent fc nerve wracking hours inching their vv along the last five miles to the site Summer Jam, an 1100 acre spread, wh: the Grand Prix is held each year. Athough the hassles getting in wi definitely a bummer, not too many wi complaining. After all, it's not every d one gets an opportunity to hear four hc sets from the Grateful Dead, the Allm Brothers and the Band. HERE COMES DA MUD The starless sky gave way to natur first attempt at drowning the gather multitudes, now a tradition which see to plague any large herd of young peop While some of the less architectua inclined cursed the rains, the hard ci crazies running through the woc seemed to suck the energy out of 1 thundering light show which only electrical storm can provide. With ez spine dismembering KRACK!, 1 number of outcries multipl dramatically. IIT SUITIITIER M