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PAGF 2 Barry Commoner: 'Blind technology' needs vision V , - i Barry Commoner LINCOLN til - fil 434-7421 54th & O Street TONIGHT ot 7 tr 9 P.M. SAT. CONTINUOUS from 1 P.M. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man? - v , if - 1 ! 1 . ...-v a Commonwealth United Presents a Grand Film Starring cPeter Sellers &jCRingo Sterr in We "Magic Christian cs RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH LEONARD FREY LAURENCE HARVEY CHRISTOPHER LEE SPIKE MILLIGAN RAQUEL WELCH i-, WILFRID HYDE WHITE ISABEL JEANS CAROLINE BLAXISTCI COLOR by TtCHNlCOLOR The increasing use of insec ticides has not only polluted the air but also backfired as a method of destroying harmful insects, according to one of the nation's leading environmental experts. Barry Commoner, recently featured on the cover of Time magazine, told 200 persons Thursday at the Nebraska Center that harmful pests have in many cases developed im munities to pesticides. Commoner added that the insecticides have killed other insects which would normally feed on the harmful pests, thereby upsetting the balance of nature and contributing to the environmental problem. The "blind technology" of the United States has proved in compatible with the ecological system, he said. "We have based our economy on things that are ecologically destruc tive. We are living in a way that threatens our continued existence." Environmental problems can be overcome, Commoner said, because the nation's political leaders have shown an in (.IJ 0 1 a THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 1 creasing interest in solving them. However, he said, more money is needed than Presi dent Richard M. Nixon has asked for. The problem re quires $100 billion a year for an indefinite time, he stated. Commoner appealed to the audience to help college students in their efforts during the nation-wide Teach-in scheduled for April 22. Student activism during the Teach-In, which is designed to inform the public of en vironmental problems, will "dwarf any previous political demonstration," he predicted. Chi Phi elects new officers Donald E. Rowlands, a jun ior from Columbus, has been elected president of Chi Phi fraternity for the 1970 year. Other officers chosen are Steve Ross, vice president; Bob Garnett, secretary; Dave Bur hoop, treasurer; Doug Minard, historian; and Dave Schweitz, social chairman. NEBRASKA 432-3126 12th & P Street 1 JL WlxjUJ til It i r ,"'a- FT muL NEW ROBERT REDfQRD KflfTHARfNE ROSS fc mCH CASSiDYANO THE SUNOWCE KID I STBOTMEH MARTIN. tMKkMiwteniMw ---r KHMIIMllMlDinM FRIDAY, Fischer-Galati to speak Friday A former presidential advis er who has been instrumental in shaping American Eastern European foreign policy will speak on the University cam pus Friday, according to Ivan Volgyes, assistant professor of political science. Stephen Fischer-Galati, pro fessor of history at the Univer sity of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., will speak on Eastern Euro pean Foreign Policy: The Lim its of Choice, at 3:30 p.m. in the Small Auditorium of the Nebraska Union. Fischer-Galati is the editor of The East European Quar terly, the only major periodi cal in the field of humanities and social sciences which con sistently prints articles and studies by both Eastern Euro pean and Western academi cians, Volgyes said. Read Nebraskan Want Ads CONTINUOUS FROM 1 tJK wRRY - 3rd WK-! FEATURE DAIIT t 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 i: JEFF COREY. HCNRV JONES. - i m i r- u i m. .n..iiCW 0 FEBRUARY 27, 1970 1 i i V'.