The Howard Payne University Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, November 21, 1980 Page: 2 of 4
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for anything. I was tired of school tired of
tired of thinking.
Miifferent. Not only am I cold I am freezing. I
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i . dorm room is cold and the class rooms are
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uking in the oven makes my mouth water.
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What Am I Thankful For?"
Sure. I .mi thankful for my health my parents my friends
my school. m church and all those other "possessions" I
was thdiiktul fur in elementary school.
But iiuu that I'm in college can I live in the world and be
affected L iu problems and truly be thankful?
Can I listen to news reports about the hostages in Iran and
be thankful'' Can I watch my friends register for the draft
and be thankful' Can I see bumper stickers advocating a fic-
tional character such as J.R. Ewing for president and be
thankful? Can I listen to my friends' constant complaining
about their lack of freedom on campus our university ad-
ministration and our losing football team and be thankful?
Perhaps I can't be thankful for these but there are other
reasons I have to be thankful. Consider my opportunity for a
higher education my right to vote for the candidate of my
choice in un election and my freedom to publicly confess that
I am a Christian. Yes I am thankful for these.
And. I am thankful for friends who know me and in spite
of it all love me. I am thankful for teachers with patience
and a desire to help me learn. And I am thankful for the sup-
port of my parents who believe "I can do anything I want."
My "Things I Am Thankful For" list is rather short right
now. But while I tried to find time to make it in the daily
rush of life it occurred to me that that is why we have a
Thanksgiving holiday to leave our normal daily routine and
reflect on our blessings.
What are you thankful for?
The Yellow Jacket
The Yellow Jacket is the official student newspaper of Howard
Payne University. Published weekly the Yellow Jacket is a
charter member of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
Editor Bonnie Moran
646-2502 ext. 211
Reporters Norma Gomez
Randy Guess
Shirley Hessong
Claudia Lopez
Lisa Lucas
Laura McKinney
MikeO'Bfyan
Cartoonist StanFike
Photographers Mike O'Bryan
HadleyWoerner
Business Manager Bill Miller
Assistant Business Manager Robbie Jones
Sponsors Tessica Martin
Charlotte Laughlin
The opinions expressed in this newspaper are strictly those of
individual staff members and do not necessarily reflect those of
the University administration.
Experts public disagree
says DIA speaker
By RANDY GUESS
YJ Staff Writer
When it comes to answers for
our nation's future energy
needs experts and the general
public don't see eye to eye said
Earl W. Grabhorn educational
director of the Oil Information
Committee of the Texas Mid-
Continent Oil and Gas
Association.
Speaking to more than 100
junior college students visiting
HP during the Democracy-In-Action
Seminar last Thursday
Grabhorn discussed forecasts
by government industry and
academia as well as opinion
polls of the general public
regarding the supply of energy
in the next decade.
Most energy experts' forcasts
rule out alternative energy
sources as we know them
Grabhorn said. Basically
experts predict that dependence
on domestic oil and natural gas
will continue their slow decline
dropping to about ten percent of
present usage by 1990. The
general public on the other
hand expects a drop of 40
percent by 1990.
Experts pi edict coal usage
will rise eight percent the next
decade while the general public
expects a three percent drop.
Experts predict a seven percent
rise in nuclear usage while the
public expects a 27 percent
increase. Experts also predict a
rise in solar energy of only two-
tenths of a percent while the
public expects at least a 25
percent rise.
"In the final analysis" Grab-
born said "the course we take
in U.S. energy development
depends on public perception
and attitudes; and how these
perceptions are translated to
the governmental and business
communities."
On the environmental and
political side forecasters have
been generally very
pessimistic Grabhorn said.
"Probably the two most
negative points in recent
forecasts is the growing trend
toward closing vast areas of
energy potential public lands to
exploration... be it oil gas coal
uranium copper or whatever.
The other is the mushrooming
growth of environmental laws
and regulations that tie up
projects."
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Steps to produce energy as
well as more coal and synthetic
fuel are urgently needed said
Grabhorn noting that one of the
major keys to the solution of the
.energy problem is America's
efficient use of government
land from which only ten
percent of domestic production
come.
Grabhorn strongly em-
phasized the need for a free
market system left unfettered
by government control noting
that although there are risks in
the free market system there
are greater risks that evolve
when government is relied on to
"hold down prices guarantee
benefits and regulate our lives
and the commodities we buy."
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