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Campus Sustainability Week kicks off Monday
DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan
For the first time, the Center for Sustainability will host a weeklong event in an effort to bring more attention to issues of sustainability. KU Campus Sustainability Week kicks off Monday and will last through Sunday. Past efforts to make the event a week long have been unsuccessful, said Kim Criner, education and outreach coordinator for the Center for Sustainability.
For more information on KU Campus Sustainability Week, visit sustain.ku.edu/kucsw15.
Monday
"Bikers' Break" — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday
The center will hand out snacks to students who ride their bikes to campus. The KU Cycle Club will be available to give free bike checkups.
Trees of KU Scavenger Hunt — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday
Students can participate in the race to find 12 historic trees on campus. The winners get $100 gift certificates to Up a Creek Canoe and Kayak Rental.
Rock Chalk Recycle and Waste Audit — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The KU Recycling Club will be on Wescoe Beach to sort through recyclable materials with students and educate them on recycling.
Thursday
Picnic at the Prairie 4-6 p.m.
Picnic at the Prairie will give faculty experts an opportunity to talk about Prairie Acre, the patch of unplowed prairie north of Sunnyside Avenue at the edge of campus. The event will also feature snacks and bluegrass music.
Friday
Sunday
Friday Night Lights Out - 5:30 p.m.
Events on Friday will focus on energy conservation. Before students start the weekend, Unplug KU — a student organization dedicated to energy conservation — will make sure all the lights are shut off with the help of students who attend.
Prairie Seed Collecting -1 p.m.
To wrap up the week on Sunday, students can go to prairies around campus and retrieve seeds to replant at Prairie Acre. The location for this event will be announced later in the week.
MOSAIC FROM PAGE 1
community."
Although Mosaic was formally founded last year, the organization didn't have time to institute much change, said Chin. Starting this semester, the members are working to gain traction on campus.
At a meeting last Friday, Mosaic members began laying out the year. In addition to establishing a formal constitution and bylaws, the group focused on community support.
Lilimay Bangoy, a junior from Los Angeles, said having community support when it comes to cultural events and issues is a part of giving underrepresented groups a voice.
"When we put on things as
Mosaic, it'll be representative of all our organizations and all these people that back Mosaic up," Bangoy said. "It's Mosaic helping to bring up underrepresented beliefs and issues and just making people more aware about cultural issues."
The plan for Mosaic is to have the representatives support other cultural groups by attending their individual events and having more conversations around cultural issues.
The group will also provide a resources for the groups it supports, whether by helping with event preparation or giving additional funding. Mosaic discussed a scholarship program that would allow one group to request funding from another.
at least lessen the stress of an organization or group of organizations choose to work together, so you don't feel like you only have six people to put on an event, or only have six people to try and gain more members" Chin said.
"I'm hoping that Mosaic can
Chin said that with the help of Mosaic, all multicultural groups on campus could garner more attention from the student body. Holding events can be challenging, she said, because the groups want participation from other students.
"The purpose of our events is to showcase our talent and say that we are more than just our stereotypes and our cultures," Chin said. "We are individuals as well with our own talents, so when we have these big
events we try to reach out to the greater community."
Members of Mosaic also discussed including a retreat for underrepresented students, an idea suggested by the Office of Diversity and Equity last year during a talk about the student climate survey. Although no plans have been formally made, members of Mosaic said it's an event the group could potentially help organize.
Other event ideas included a mid-year conference open to the student body and a video campaign based on a popular Buzzfeed video. The video campaign would aim at breaking down stereotypes of the various multicultural groups represented in Mosaic.
For now, Chin said Mosaic is
focusing on solidifying future events and generating a sense of community within multicultural groups.
"It's really just a bunch of students getting together trying to make something happen," Chin said.
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