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Hemp products cone HEMP continuedfrom page 9A Industrial Hemp Council. "The rest of the world says yes to growing industrial hemp. But we stick our heads in the sand and say no." "The federal government has to say if s marijuana because the minute that it's proved otherwise, their ditch weed eradication program goes out the window ... right along with their money." To Leawood, Kan., policeman Mike Pelger, it's more complicated than that. When Pelger, who is also a DARE (drug abuse resistance) officer, sees thirdgraders wearing hemp jewelry, he sees a society sending the wrong message to children. Pelger said he has arrested students for marijuana use who often were wearing hemp products. Using a hemp product is a step away from advocating marijuana's recreational use, he said. "There are organizations on the Internet that are promoting hemp where you can click on their next site and learn how to roll a joint," he said. "Companies advertise hemp products by playing up the drug aspect with lots of visuals. That makes it a real attention grabber," he said. "There are plenty of people who buy this stuff because they think it's cute. "This controversy is hard for adults, it's even more confusing to kids," he said "HemD Droducts make it verv difficult when you're teaching about the dangers of drug use." Some advertisers do play up the drug aspect. At the Body Shop, the Hemp Handprotector package says it "softens your hands without short-term memory loss." Hemp 3-in-l Oil is promoted as "the best moisturizer in the world, and we promise you won't get the munchies." Hemp Soap: "No buzz, great sudz." The Mill Creek Brewery in Westport sells a beer called 420 Hemp Ale. Kira Pinsky, a clerk at Comer's Fine Wine & Spirits in Kansas City, Mo., said that she has noticed many young people buying hemp beer there as well. "There does seem to be a young clientele that is finding out about marijuana and doesn't understand how hemp is different," she said. "For example, the 420 beer is named after the code for police officers doing a drug bust. Now a lot of kids say that '420' is the best time to smoke doDe. whether 4:20 a.m. or p.m," she said. In a letter to President Clinton last July, the Office of National Drug Control Policy warned that it had two major Back 1 Girls Sumrr All Girls BiK All Guy's Si T-Shirts bir 610 H ? '.em parents, police concerns with the legalization of hemp cultivation: It would send the wrong message to youths, and it "may mean the de facto legalization of marijuana cultivation." Supporters of the hemp legislation effort claim hemp cultivation could be profitable to U.S. farmers. However, the profitability of industrial hemp is highly uncertain and probably unlikely," the agency wrote. "Hemp is a novelty product with limited sustainable value even in a novelty market." A $23,000,18-month economic study by the University of Kentucky's Center for Business and Economic Research came to a different conclusion, said one of its authors, researcher Steve Allen. The study, released July 3, focused on the economic impact that growing hemp would have on Kentucky farmers. It concluded that at current market prices, a hemp crop would be second only to tobacco. "We estimated yields conservatively but if the technology advances, it would grow into a huge market," Allen said. John Roulac agrees. Roulac is the author of the books "Hemp Horizons" and "Industrial Hemp" and the founder of Hemp Tech, a California consulting firm that tracks the usage of hemp products around the world. "Hemp is the Rip Van Winkle of fabric, the aloe vera of the 21st century," he said. 'There are over 25,000 documented uses for it." Hemp is much more than a novelty product, Roulac added. "How do we know that it'll be a major crop? We don't," Roulac said. "But who ever thought that organic farming, even 10 years ago, would become the $3 billion to $5 billion industry it is today?" And hemp is versatile in more than just farming, Roulac said. "The most exciting usage for hemp products is using it in composite plastics, to replace fiberglass," he said. "If s lighter and it's a renewable resource. Mercedes-Benz, BMW and the Ford plants in Great Britain are utilizing hemp in their air bags and brake lining. These companies have a mandate to make cars by the year 2000 that can be recycled. "Retail sales of hemp worldwide was $75 million in 1997. It's expected to rise to $250 million in 1999," he said. "We believe that the hemp industry has the potential to be a billion-dollar industry in 25 years. Ifs definitely coming down the tracks." pp"7 :o Schoo ler Clothes 509 unis $29 jmmer Clothes / one get one Y arden St. 7A v;. w Scholar COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE CHICAGO - Many students don't bat an eyelash when cruising through the Internet to research a paper only hours before if s due. But if they're not careful, they'll wind up basing their paper on research that is incorrect and unreliable, says Professor ..... use Pro STAFF REPORTS Thanks to a University of South Carolina art professor, students will have a better understanding of the meaning and history of art. Phillip Dunn, an advocate of discipline-based art education and the role of art in the curriculum, has designed a series of art education software programs. The programs allow art teachers to share lesson plans with one another and encourage children to explore art by designing multimedia presentations and viewing art from museum collections. "Art should be more than "happy hands' projects," said Dunn, who began designing art education software in 1992. "It should include aesthetics, criticism and history, as well as production. Let's face it: Not all children are budding Picassos. They need ways of succeeding." Dunn's inspiration came after serving a two-year appointment at the prestigious Getty Education Institute for x1C|@|!ct)Wv I Sale ^ off i 40% off lalf off 18-9946 W s skeptk H. Juhling McClung, a professor of pediatric medicine at Ohio State University. To make his point, McClung and two other researchers compared information they found on several websites about childhood diarrhea to recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Of the 60 web pages searched, four-fifths I contained inaccuracies, McClung said. Bogus, on-line information isn't limited to the medical field, many scholars say. >< And while there's little anyone can do to prevent false information from being V posted on the web, many researchers worry v that students won't -? know, or take the time iH il ?1 t0 (^scern' ^act ^rom "It's like anything else - see who's writing fessor de the Arts in Los Angeles, which was responsible for the dramatic change in art education in the early 1980s. Dunn's three projects, which he calls his "Art Suite," include "Curriculum Navigator for Art," designed for teachers, and "Infolio" and Interactive Gallery," both designed for students. To help bring his concepts to life, he works with computer designer Tony McLawhorn, the Macintosh consultant for USC's College of Science and Mathematics. The middle school and elementary school editions of Curriculum Navigator for Art were released in 1994 and 1995, respectively. More than 1,000 students, mostly in South Carolina, are using the programs, and that number is expected to increase when the high school edition becomes available later this year. Each edition features curriculum information based on more than 33 states' art curriculum guidelines, suggested lesson plans with lists of materials needed and a planning template This is not We're just che< Lu P Thousands of Used CD's $4-$8 Hundreds for under $4 m Mon-Sa i 20 The White St Not valid with any ott E i SIM L IMS :al of in it," said Dr. Matt Sarrentino, a cardiologist at the University of Chicago. "Use the same criteria for Internet documents as you would for books or magazines," he said Remember, if you can't find a way to document a site, a name or a date, then it's probably not a site you want to use." . ? Students should treat the Internet as they would any other information source, said Bill Silberg, new media editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "They just need to be appropriately skeptical," he said. "Think about who is writing and whether they have a potential bias." " Is the information current, or is it an opinion? And if it is an opinion, whose opinion is it," Silberg said. Sorrentino also recommends that students always double and triple-check information they find on-line. He urges students to avoid personal websites and recommends that they stick to reputable associations and organizations - such as the New England Journal of Medicine. signs sol for teachers to design original lesson plans, it also has a special merge feature that allows teachers to download other teacher's lesson plans into the program on disk, e-mail or the Internet. "In three clicks .of the mouse, teachers are off and running," Dunn said. "They can access a fifth-grade lesson plan on Egyptian art to complement a social studies or history unit being taught on Egyptian history or culture, or design their own lesson. Typically, schools have to discuss lesson plans with colleagues. The computer lets art teachers exchange their ideas and lesson plans, which ultimately elevates the level of art teaching." Dunn, the only art educator in the country to develop art software for K12 classroom use, said every little software with an art component is available, and what does exist is all "glitz" and no "content." 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You should be embarrassed.'" ftware opportunity to bring art into the curriculum, Dunn said. "In schools, children are conditioned to be passive learners, trained to raise hands and give rote responses," he said. "Computer programs like these make them active participants by allowing them to make choices and use critical thinking. Infolio, Dunn's newest software offering, lets children make connections between the art they make and the world. Using digital cameras, students record pictures of their artwork, write journal entries and insert quick-time movies of themselves" on to disks. Twenty-five elementary, middle school and high school teachers, who in July will build and keep a computer and learn Dunn's software, will be among the first art teachers to test Infolio. 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