Digitized by tiie Internet Arciiive 2010 funding from in witli Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/drift101unde The Z>rl(t "gutter (/Imvcr&lt^ fSo i68 A V J N $ I I I FORMER SOVIET LEADER SPEAKS .___0N JM^ONMENTAL [SSUES MikhailGorbachevtold students,faculty,andlocal residencethatitwasvital totakecareoftheenvironmentata speechinClowesHallonOct. 8, 1996. Gorbachevis thepresidentofGreenCrossInternational whichworksinpartnershipwiththeUSbranchknownas GlobalGreen. Bothorganizationsfocus onpromotingenviron- mentaleducationandcleanup. TheformerpresidentoftheSovietUnionblamesthecold warforthetoxicwaste. Environmentalcleanupisparticularly serious forlocalresidenceconsidering thatIndiana hasthe8th worstchemical dumpsiteinAmerica located inNewportand CampAtterbury. Gorbachevcameto Butlerbecauseofanendowmentto fund a chairin environmental studiessetupby DianeMeyer Simon, a Butlergraduateand presidentofGlobalGreen.