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^ r * [PEOPLE P L A( Religious vie God's existei GENA WALLING Staff Writer "God doesn't live the way most people believe He does. He exists in eveiy living thing. He is the forest, the animals and in us. Nature is God." TVwwi/wl ?+At>A kaft/lo on/1 oil nof_ 1/ICOOCU ill owiic ucauo aixu uu nutural fabrics, Cynthia Tindall from North Carolina taught environmental education at a leadership center in Summerton, S.C. She said sees nature as much more than just beautiful. Tindall's feelings about nature are not new; man's worship of nature has existed since the be- J|i|?|f|j ginning of recorded No matter what the religion, there IsjDf# seems to be a healthy 1$ f respect for nature. VM Earth Day is an ex- tBIA | ample of this. What | once was a force to fear, is now something to treasure. Is environmentalism a religion? Probably not. People from all backgrounds support the environmentalist movement. It is the background that shapes the position. Some people believe Christianity opposes environmentalism, but Michael Wise from Orangeburg said, "When we look at God's creation, we must see the beauty and the perfection of it Everything has its place. God originally put us here to tend IBs garden, and I think we should continue to do that." I Hi I F I] N< ( i i E: Af shi I up Fi M Of Bv Fii ^ J DES WHATNOT] I ws differ on j ice in nature i Mark Long, a Christian environmentalist, explains, "Christians get I defensive when environmentalists ask us to chose nature over humans. The human race should take responsibility for itself, but when the choice | comes down to man or animal, man should be hrst." Tindall does not agree. She said, . "We are arrogant to think that we I should come first or that our rights supercede those of animals or nature because of our high )er intelligence. Be sides, we don't even | know if we are the most intelligent, and I what is intelligence anyway? God being | in nature makes nothing more important than anothScott Lee from _ Georgia shares his I view of God in nature, "When I climb to the top of a mountain and gaze at the beauty of creation, I may not know who God is, but I know that He's there." John Carmody in "Ecology and Religion" wrote, "The mystery of [nature] beckons the mind of God, the providence of God, the original comprehensive act that envisioned all creatures' endless correlations." No matter who God is to you, it can be said that nature brings us clos er to Him. Its beauty and viciousness leaves us in wonder of it all. Fall R< A New ] ere's how: Register prior to July H 'ay tuition and/or comm ment deadline. (Semeste bw Fee Payme Complete Electronic C Office, 2nd Floor, Peti Jse TIPS to authorize xtra Bonus: TI ter securing your regi: ps use TIPS to check due to cancellation. C ne Print: Read th< ore Help: 'fice of the Registrarirsar's Office?Rm. 2 nancial Aid?1714 Cc FOISN Don't panic. Stress is natural. L tornadoes and small volcanic erup takes a look at how USC student waning days of final e ByBhPiuow Asst. Fenfires EdHor With the inevitable onslaught of final exams, fei class registration, books to sell, items to on pack away and friends to say goodbye to for the summer, the end of the year has ni long been recognized as one ol tne most stressiui pe- uv riods in the life of a college student. ar USC is no exception. With undergraduate regis- al tration beginning last Tuesday and final ex- /yy s|, |? ,| ams starting in one * " week, students are be- ond ran mound llic hoi brunt 0/pressure^as- "? HOW fllOt WOMl" sociated with the end- id spread myself out ing of classes. u,!. fnnuirinf _ "It seems every time nlW IWIIWIW O right before some kind hflVQ QOHS OUt tO dim of break, all the teach- _ ers want to pile every- WOUIS Of ffl thing on," said Betsy Kennet, a public rela- Journalism Freshmat tions freshman. Print journalism freshman Craig Keeney said he cn also believes much of this stress comes from the pro- m fessors' own style of cramming. d( "All the teachers are pushing to complete whafs on in their syllabus," Keeney said. c? To help students deal with some of this pressure, pi Director of Health and Wellness Programs Lisa Mohn w said her office has created a packet on stress and of egistratic void the Coli tuition payment options make Coliseum hassle un ) and receive a bill. it financial aid/scholarships prior t x starts August 24.) nt Option: Electronic hecks form (available in Mastei gru at least two weeks prior to { tuition payment directly from y PS Drop/Add starts ea stration by paying tuition and/c on classes previously closed. E "heck TIPS. s Master Schedule for details. ?3rd Floor, Petigru, 777-5141 .06, 2nd Floor, Petigru, 777-422 >llege St., 777-8134 CESS#? ike earthquakes, ' \ \ )tions. Ben Pillow [) \ s stay sane in the \ ;xams. ) y\ s counseling services that focus ^ just taking care of yourself. "There aiie certain relaxation tech ques, like deep breathing before an exam and not 83 erdosing on caffeine, along with exercise, eating light es id getting enough sleep, that help with maybe not ^ leviating stress, but dealing with it," Mohn said, in1 While Mohn said . g . ? few students actually mi it? lODDy Olid lam come to the Health and S S r?aminq durilM Wellness Programs ofr. . _ fice asking for stress j. I a quiet how. I hy relief, signs of other d? enough lime, and problems students M , . _ might have often be- 6 > Of 111?flClS wid I come heightened durner and gone for ^ high-stress pen- g igilt. "Most students have m a positive attitude di 4 Craig Keeney around this time, knowing that it all will be ar *? lU/vMn rtwx rtAnno>?no fViof nnf rei SUUIi, UUt L11C1 C aic utnci wnv-uno miui wuiv v/w* ore now " Mohn said. "We've been having a lot of stu- m ints concerned about their friends maybe having eat- ^ ig disorders. That is probably related to stress beluse they are feeling more pressure now. Some peo- w le are reluctant to admit they even have a problem ith stress." pi Freshman music composition major Adrian Gagnon in >n Advic< t seumi and deadlines necessary 1 :o August 16, the new tuition fe< Checks r Schedule) and submit to Bu: Dayment. our bank account. rlier >r committing financial aid/si beginning August 17 seats m; -- v Is "\y UKDnick mnwwcn i lie Odiiiet-Uk-r. id his biggest concern now is "failing half of my classand showing my grades to my parents" and subselently getting back to school next semester. But he 3ists he is not worried about final exams. "I know I'll do good on them, they just won't help e too much," Gagnon said. Keeney, on the other hand, said he always worries out exams and the added pressure of registration es not help him any. "The paranoia that IT1 goof up registration or won't it the classes I want makes me nervous," he said. To combat this, Keeney said he watches cartoons, its a lot of sleep during the day and drinks a lot of ountain Dew. Keeney said his residence hall last seester would have quiet hours and stress breakers iring exams. "We would just sit in the lobby and talk and ran ound the halls screaming during our one hour that asn't a quiet hour," Keeney said. "I try and spread yself out enough time, and this semester a couple of iends and I have gone out to dinner and gone for alks at night." Mohn said the biggest key to preventing stress is anning ahead. Gagnon takes the "alternative" plan i dealing with his stress. "I drink a lot and sleep more," he said. rsar's * :holar