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SAVE THE PLANET ONE ROLL AT A TIME
Toilet paper choices can benefit the environment
BY AMANDA THOMPSON athompson@kansan.com
Whether it's double rolled, three-ply or extra soft, toilet paper finds its way into students' lives every day. But Greenpeace wants Ameri-
companion wants Americans to think more about the harsh effects that soft, cushy toilet paper can have on the environment.
According to a green tissue consumer guide Greenpeace released last month, if every family in America substituted just one roll of regular toilet paper with a recycled roll, more than 400,000 trees would be saved.
John Gawin, Abline scholar, is a lead activist with Greenpeace in Law-
"No one would think about it, because we just use it and flush it down."
with green being the best. The ranking is based on three criteria: 1) The tissue is made from 100 percent recycled content, 2) the tissue is made from at least 50 percent post-consumer recycled content and 3) the tissue is bleached without toxic chlorine
"I just like the idea of not wasting resources," Gawin said. "I think if everyone did that, we could all do our part to prevent global warming."
rence. Gawin said he tried to buy everything recycled when he could, including toilet paper,
Gawin said students didn't often think about where their toilet paper came from or about its possible environmental consequences.
"It's just something that we've used since we were small children," Gawin said. "It's just been there our whole lives. No one would think about it, because we just use it and flush it down."
The tissue guide ranked the environmental friendliness of tissue products, including paper towels, facial tissues, paper napkins and toilet paper. The tissues were ranked green, yellow or red.
JOHN GAWIN Abilene senior
compounds.
A green ranking meant the tissue product met all three criteria. Greenpeace recommended those products. A yellow ranking meant two of the criteria were met and the product could do better. A red ranking meant the product met one or none of the criteria. The guide recommended consumers avoid products with a red ranking.
phasized the importance of crea ing toilet paper from recycled paper, not by taking the material directly from trees.
The Greenpeace Web site em-
Sheila Lowry, Dillons spokeswoman, said the softer brands such as Charmin, Cottonelle, Angel Soft and Quilted Northern were the most popular brands sold. Dillons does offer two brands of recycled-content toilet paper, Seventh Generation and Small Steps, though they are
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TOILET PAPER BREAKDOWN
STUDENT SENATE
Illustration by Drew Stearns/KANSAN
YELLOW RANKINGS
United Students' May Davis kicked out of election
RED RANKINGS:
Scott Naturals
Angel Soft
Charmin
Kleenex Cottonelle
Quilted Northern
Scott
Target
Wal-Mart
Marcal Small Steps Earth First
that began this morning
BY BRIANNE
PFANNENSTIEL
bpfannenstiel@kansan.com
GREEN RANKINGS:
Alex Herman, elections commission chairman, said it was possible the election would be postponed
Davis
The Student Senate elections commission hearing board unanimously chose to suspend May Davis, vice presidential candidate for United Students, from the Senate elections that followed.
until next week. As of press time at
1 a.m., no decision had been made.
Check Kansan.com for updates.
Green Forest
365
April Soft
Earth Friendly
Fiesta and Fiesta Green
Natural Value
Seventh Generation
Trader Joe's
After two hours of testimony and 90 minutes of deliberations, the elections commission hearing board found Davis guilty of "harassing" members of the elections commission who lived in her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, for confidential information.
According to testimony given by the commissioners in question, Davis approached them on multiple occasions seeking information about a commission decision to fine United Students $350 for failing to include the commission's Web site on its campaign posters. Davis used that information to aid in her appeal of the fine.
Adam McGonigle, student body president, said United Students planned to appeal Davis suspension.
United Students will have 48 hours to appeal the decision to the University Judicial Board.
Steven Elliot, elections commissioner, said the committee was still unsure how to handle the situation.
"The polls are going to open regardless of what I do right now," Eliot said. "Were just going to have to monitor the polls and ultimately decide what's best for the voters and
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LAWRENCE
Lecture series will honor law student
BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ maronowitz@kansan.com
To commemorate the life of Jana Mackey, the University has created
the Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series
Mackey was found dead July 3, 2008 in her ex-boyfriend's home. Mackey, a former second-law law
student at the University, was a lobbyist in Kansas for NOW, the National Organization for Women.
Mackev
Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, will give the inaugural speech for the lecture series at 7:30 p.m. at
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What: Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series, "The Equity Imperative: Why it Matters to Talk about Women"
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dole Institute of Politics
Cost: Free and open to the public
Tvler Waunh/KANSAM
Student decorated bandanas hang in the Sabatin Multicultural Resource Center on Tuesday as part of Hate Out Week. The Bandana Project participants put up the bandanas. Hate Out Week includes events such as a Day of Silence to promote unity and tolerance.
Week promotes awareness of discrimination
CAMPUS
BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
Events designed to promote
unity, tolerance and understanding will encourage students to force hate out of their daily lives this week as part of the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center's Hate Out Week.
"...it gets really easy to forget that discrimination still exists in the world."
a national campaign, joined the usual list of events. The campaign works to educate students about the sexual harassment women face while harvesting crops on
The event, which was created in 2001, works to raise awareness about the effects of discrimination.
PRECIOUS PORRAS Program associate
This year The Bandana Project
David Gonzalez,
Inglewood,
Calif., senior and outgoing president of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, helped bring The Bandana Project to the University.
Participants in the project decorate bandanas to symbolize the bandanas women wear to avoid
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