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Friday, December 5,2008
the Rice Thresher
NEWS 5
Sid wins intercollege
recycling contest
by Bianca Walker
For The Thresher
Inter-college competition in-
cludes not only sports, but also sav-
ing the Earth one Coke can at a time.
Last month, Sid Richardson College
outshone the other colleges in a
November-only aluminum recycling
competition with 54 pounds of col-
lected material — more than twice the
amount of runner-up Wiess College.
Overall campus recycling increased
by 52 percent.
The project was the latest sus-
tainability-oriented effort from the
class ENST 302: Environmental Is-
sues: Rice in the Future. Sid senior
Kassaundra Escalera, sophomore
Paige Bailey, junior Meghan Binford
and Will Rice College sophomore
Abby Banks-Golub chose to run the
contest as part of their final project
on recycling. The students focused
on aluminum recycling because of
its ability to be recycled infinitely,
Escalera said.
"[The class] uses the campus as
a laboratory for learning about sus-
tainability," Director of Sustainability
Richard R. Johnson said.
During the course of the class, the
professors encourage the students to
become aware of environmental is-
sues and to find ways to solve them.
Projects such as the aluminum-re-
cycling competition fit in with the
course's focus on enhancing sustain-
ability on-campus.
The class group arranged for the
college with the most recycled alumi-
num waste in November to be award-
ed the proceeds from the aluminum
recycling center, which totaled $100.
"It is always good to introduce
a competitive aspect to recycling,"
Martel College Eco-Rep Rachel Carl-
son said. "A lot of people only recycle
when it is convenient."
She said many students need an
incentive to recycle, and that the prof-
its from the recycling center may have
motivated students to participate in
the project.
The results speak for them-
selves, Escalera said. Besides Sid's
1.5 percent increase from their
pre-competition aluminum contri-
bution, Wiess College recycled 26
pounds, and Will Rice College fol-
lowed closely with 23 pounds. Two
colleges which had no recycling
before the campaign, Brown and
Lovett Colleges, were able to estab-
lish recycling programs.
While the competition was decid-
ed in terms of greatest weight of alu-
minum contributed, the class group
also collected information about the
rate of aluminum recycled before
their competition and campaign. Ev-
ery college succeeded in increasing
its rates, except Wiess, where recy-
cling decreased by 7 pounds.
"The best we can do is hope that it
has had an effect," Banks-Golub said.
The other group members, along
with Johnson and Sociology Profes-
sor Elizabeth Long, who teaches the
class, hope the competition has a
lasting effect on Rice and that stu-
dents will continue to recycle alumi-
num at the rates they have been dur-
ing the competition.
"Many major environmental ini-
tiatives and success stories are con-
nected in some way to this class,"
Johnson said.
The sustainability policy adopted
by Rice University in April 2004 was
drafted by students from the ENST
302 spring 2004 class.
"Sustainability plays a critical role
in the process of helping to green our
campus," Johnson said. "It's a real joy
to work with [students]. The students
are the ones to make the difference."
Banks-Golub recommends every-
one to take the initiative to recycle.
"Recycle — it's one of the easiest
things you can do to make a differ-
ence," she said.
RIC
THRESHE
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"CS3 is Gandalf, reincarnated, on
PCP. Super strong and completely
unaware of his inhibitions."
"For Thresher editors there are
only six days a week: Monday,
Tuesday, Whursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday."
IUST LOOK AT ALL THE
-UN YOU COULD BE HAVING
■VERY WHURSDAY NIGHT...
Students enjoy Taiwanese food, games, and entertainment at the Night Market held last Saturday in the Grand
Hall of the RMC. The event was sponsored by the Rice Taiwanese Association.
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