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This article ran on the front page of The Campus on Thursday, May 27, 1965. It announced the new interdisciplinary Environmental Studies major, and laid out the three possible focuses of study in it: Earth Science, Ecology, and Human Ecology.

An article by Terry Atlas in the Chicago Tribute noting anecdotal evidence of improved health in children relocated from Love Canal; a NYT article on actions undertaken at LCanal

A call to action for Obama's second term about what he could do to make the environment better.

The "Vegetarian Alternatives" Group circulated a petition to have the school start to serve vegetarian meals in order to "make students aware of the dangers and excesses of the ‘American meat mentality.’"

A student article expressing opinions about college's management of forest land left by Joseph Battell in his will.

A student newspaper article on the environmental problems related to Styrofoam cups and other plastic goods

Best-selling book by then-Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. The Quiet Crisis warned about pollution, overuse of natural resources, and dwindling open spaces. Along with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, The Quiet Crisis is often credited for…

A feature article on the Hooker Chemical Company which dumped waste at Love Canal in the 1950s

This article reports on Odom Fanning's recent talk at Middlebury about environmental careers. Fanning worked for the Federal Energy Administration and wrote two books about environmental careers. He discussed the new demand for environmental…