Enshayan--Kamyar (Director Center for Energy and Environmental Education)

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# Title Date Summary
1 Ask your local immigrant
Northern Iowan 119:14, p.3
Director of Center for Energy & Environmental Education Kamyar Enshayan writes about being from Iran and the experience they have had with a dictatorship government. Enshayan now sees the extremism gaining traction in the U.S. and they are astonished with the amount of people who tolerate it and even vote for elected officials who encourage it; photo.
2 Pink is for prevention: 90 percent of cancers could be preventable
Northern Iowan 112:16, p.3
Kamyar Enshayan urges students to focus on early detection and prevention of cancer; photo.
3 Education that builds engaged citizenship
Northern Iowan 108:21, p.6
Believes that higher education is about learning, discussing, and sharing ideas that will build a better city, state, and nation. Here is a teachable moment. Believes that the protesters remind us of deep societal problems; photo.
4 Guest Column
Northern Iowan 108:13, p.4
Elimination of the cancer contributing factors, including lawn chemicals, urged. Breast Cancer Awareness Month concentrates on the individual to a large extent. Raising money for research is great, but we need to get to the root of the problem.
5 Making UNI even better
Northern Iowan 105:2, p.7
Welcome from city councilman Kamyar Enshayan.
6 A vision for Cedar Falls
Northern Iowan 104:10, p.5
College Hill improvements, dealing with absentee landlords, and improved communication with student government are major areas of Councilman Enshayan's vision.
7 UNI energywi$e
Northern Iowan 103:21, p.8
Kamyar Enshayan offers conservation choices for the UNI campus.
8 Go beyond the "flag waving"
Northern Iowan 102:3, p.8
Urges citizens to help the government see that the image portrayed of the US overseas does not necessarily reflect the characteristics of Americans.
9 Fresh, local and on the menu
Northern Iowan 101:37, p.8
Letter states praise and benefits of the dining services offered on campus.
10 Sleepless nights over Iraq occupation
Northern Iowan 101:14, p.6
Professor Enshayan compares the Bush administration and the war in Iraq to his early experiences in Iran.
11 Bring our troops home
Northern Iowan 100:39, p.9
Outraged at the death toll resulting from the American occupation of Iraq.
12 Prof points to real issues in Iraqi war
Northern Iowan 99:48, p.9
Criticizes the reasons behind the war in Iraq.
13 Too few changes in 9-11 aftermath
Northern Iowan 99:2, p.14
Claims that America has a lot of work to do, including conservation of energy and a peaceful resolution to the Afghani/Iraqi conflict.
14 Remember King's teachings of equality, non-violence
Northern Iowan 98:29, p.13
Encourages students to remember Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ministry and his fight for civil rights.
15 We sing of patriotism while Treasury is robbed
Northern Iowan 98:28, p.9
Feels it is still patriotic to question our government on all levels and to become involved its policy development even in light of the recent events.
16 Professor's message to an Afghani family
Northern Iowan 98:14, p.8
Expresses sympathy for the families being hurt by the U. S. bombing of Afghanistan.
17 U. S. response should be to rethink its policies
Northern Iowan 98:6, p.7
Believes that American citizens need to become more educated about U. S. foreign policy.
18 Bush ignores Mother Nature in favor of defense spending
Northern Iowan 97:49, p.8
Believes that President Bush should spend more time and money on the environment than he does on building up the military.
19 Thanks to UNI Physical Plant
Northern Iowan 97:15, p.8
Thanks the Physical Plant staff for cutting back the amount of pesticides used.
20 Professor urges rethinking of chemical sprays
Northern Iowan 97:4, p.8
Believes the university should accommodate those who have difficulty with pesticides similar to accommodations made for those with special needs within classrooms.
21 Protests of WTO legitimate
Northern Iowan 96:26, p.10
Faculty member supports protestors of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, Washington.
22 UNI community deserves better treatment than pesticides
Northern Iowan 96:7, p.8
Letter writer wonders why the UNI administration continues to spray pesticides on campus in spite of potential health hazards and a Faculty Senate resolution calling for a pesticide-free campus.
23 Students help needed
Northern Iowan 95:52, p.8
Faculty members ask for student input concerning courses, programs, or experiences dealing with the Midwest and Iowa.
24 Environment demands concern
Northern Iowan 95:37, p.10
Faculty member responds to Jason Hermsen's NI column concerning environmental problems.
25 UNI gets 'health hazard' for Earth Week
Northern Iowan 94:53, p.6
Kamyar Enshayan comments on the use of herbicide on campus during Earth Week.
26 Iraqi lives worth examining
Northern Iowan 94:37, p.8
Kamyar Enshayan urges Americans to think about the families living in Iraq.
27 Regents pushing for distance in education
Northern Iowan 94:22, p.8
Kamyar Enshayan believes that emphasis on distance education is misplaced.
28 "Marketing tool" to be sprayed on campus; is it worth the risk?
Northern Iowan 94:6, p.9
Kamyar Enshayan outlines possible dangers of pesticides and herbicides.
29 Policy of pesticides polluting, poisoning UNI community
Northern Iowan 93:46, p.7
Administration fails to take action against using dangerous pesticides on campus.
30 Staff member sparks controversy over poisonous pesticides; Enshayan's rebuttal
Northern Iowan 93:22, p.7
Kamyar Enshayan responds to Mona Bond's November 8 letter on herbicide use on campus.
31 Stop pouring poisonous pesticides
Northern Iowan 93:15, p.8
Claims that several faculty members have been affected by pesticides sprayed on campus lawns but concerns have been ignored.
32 University should establish pesticide-free landscape policy
Northern Iowan 92:53, p.7
Cites literature on safety of commonly-used lawn chemicals.
33 Dandelions or lymphoma? Eliminating lawn poisons on campus
Northern Iowan 92:12, p.9
Believes UNI should forego lawn chemicals because of their potential danger to human health.
34 Use political process to throw out purveyors of terrorism
Northern Iowan 91:58, p.8
Urges citizens to use political process.
35 Improve UNI through conservation
Northern Iowan 91:56, p.7
Capstone students make list of things UNI should to improve conservation.
36 Promoting hate damages community
Northern Edition 2:26, p.2
Kamyar Enshayan attempts to refute column on hate.
37 Optic cable funds better spent elsewhere
Northern Iowan 91:14, p.7
Kamyar Enshayan opposes Cedar Falls fiber optics cable proposal.
38 Peace dividend needed to attack real dangers
Northern Iowan 90:44, p.7
Disagrees with recent call for increased military spending.