While Leo interview ed local criminals to assist us in looting the Tiberius bust, Tim and I went to a nearby beach. yv Walking aton§ 1 noticed, ttie £als were topless.. I tried to conceal my sfrock. * ook tVWYBoor.' Mr Upon further invest igation we discover ed a section of beach where nudism seemed to be the popular thing My buttocks were as white as a virgin's wed dirg dress in sharp contrast to the gjowmg red sunburn covering my legs and*3p per body but l decided to pull of f rny shorts any way and join Ihe^arg As I kicked back taking in the freedom several non- participants passed by to behold my free Sptritedness It kind of Steamed me So l got in their gawking faces and. unloaded with a lambasting that left them cringing like cowards Then things really started to ^et wiend What a Strar^e day. 0V e^yo0p BdddPRS Facing the crisis of complexity ‘The eleventh hour... what s that? At first I didn’t like the name of this column because I’ve already passed through my fatalistic, ada mantphase. While Istill feelstrongly about the fate of the world, ^!ve accepted that thegloom-and-doom approach to controversial subjects doesn’t work very well. It’s been said that our most seri ous crisis these days is the crisis of complexity. I think that’s especially applicable to the field of biology. The problem is bigger than just cute little endangered species, or even awesome and wild endangered species. At stake is the smooth functioning of theself-mainlaining solar-powered mutually support ive living systems that make such an abundant life possible for so many people. There are so many issues, so many aspects of so many problems, that to try to deal with the Big Picture in so small a column seems absurd. When you have some free time drop by the Environmental Resource Center on the second floor of Nebraska Union. You’ll find a myriad of periodicals, books and tapes — a small sample of what’s available. Paul Tisdale Bank teller 2050i Some years ago 1 attended a speech by Helen Caldicott, a pedia trician from Australia who got up set about the potentially horren dous effects of a nuclear war on children and other living things. She helped organize Physicians for Social Responsibility and traveled around describing in detail the vari ous ways to suffer and die from radiation. She also talked about “psychic numbing,” which describes how people stop thinking about things too horrible, too huge or just too complex for them to do any thing about. Since the end of the Cold War, we arc somewhat less likely to “go out with a bang." The remaining problems are more subtle: biodiversity, global warming, over population, ozone depletion, ur ba n sprawl, deforestation, conta mi nated water, desertification, public education . . . You can take a class like Global Ecology and you too can under stand population dynamics, "carry ing capacity," cornucopian myths and other things most other people don’tlike to think about. These issues don’t disturb me too much because I’m basically an optimist. Like the late Buckminster Fuller I have faith in Youth and the “intuitive love of truth” that most peopleshare. Butsometimeslateat night I still worry and wonder why people who seem to care the most about other people aren’t in posi tions of political power. The laws of ecology, according to Barry Commoner, aren’t that complex really: Everything is con nected to everything else; Every thing must go somewhere; Nature knows best; and there’s no such thing as a free lunch. — Daniel Clinchara Sunday, Oct. 11th- Hanging of the banner, public speakers at Broyhill Fountain, UNL, 4 p.m. • Night Out #1 ywwwt wwwi wwiMttrt—MMiM o mhiiimi i : y.AWtyXK'***** '.'ava&wtmMM w. t a mmH: Monday, Oct. 12th- Share coming out stories, Room 24, Nebraska Union, 7 P m • Night Out #2 Tliesday, Oct. 13th- An evening of art and literature with Barbara Dl Bernard, Regency Room, Nebraska Union, 7 p.m. • Night Out #3 Wednesday, Oct. 14th- Mid-week party at Panic! All ages welcome. 18th and N L-..—_, —MtMJJnsaMi—: _! Thursday, Ocl. 15% Movie: "Combatting Homophobia" and "Lesbian Battering", 7 p.m., Nebraska Union ** Night Out #4 Friday, Oct. 16th- Workshop on Spirituality and Well-being by Annie Pearson, Ballroom, Nebraska Union, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17th- Amateur Alternative Talent Night, Nebraska Union, 7 p.m. P $60.00 10 gal Aquarium set-up Includes: tank, light, filter, heater thermometer, tubing, gravel, valves Drawing to be held Monday 10/12/92 I coupon Fish Sale Buy any fish under $5.00 and get 2nd of equal of less value for l