
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 6, 1991                   TAG: 9104060097
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short

ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM IS NEXT WEEK

Stewart Udall, U.S. secretary of the interior in the Udall Kennedy and Johnson administrations, will speak during Radford University's Environmental Sanity Symposium Monday through next Saturday.

The conference will focus what the university can do to protect the environment.

The weeklong schedule of events is the culmination for students in 10 courses examining the multidisciplinary approach.

Udall will lecture on "Riders on the Earth Together" next Saturday at 8 p.m. in Preston Hall.

Admission is $3 at the door.

Other speakers include:

Alfred Kazin, author of "On Native Grounds." He will deliver the opening session, "Nature in America: A Short History," Monday at 8 p.m. in Heth Ballroom. Admission is $3 at the door.

Marilou Awiakta, Appalachian poet and writer, will give a free lecture Friday at 8 p.m. in Heth Ballroom. Her topic is "Mother Earth and New Tribes: Partners for Survival."

Judith Gleason, who will lead a "ritual of reattachment to the Earth" in Jefferson National Forest next Saturday at 9 a.m. Gleason is the author of "Oya Black Goddess of Africa.

Panels, demonstrations and other events are planned.

For a complete schedule, call Justin Askins at 831-5494 or Lee Stewart, 831-5477.

by CNB