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Tuesday, April 2
WHAT: "Red Tails" Movie Screening WHERE:Dole Institute of Politics, Simons Media Room WHEN: 2:30 p.m. ABOUT: Attend a free screening of last year's film about African American airmen in World War II.
WHAT: KU School of Music Wind Ensemble presents "In the Shadow of No Towers."
WHERE: Lied Center
WEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Catch an encore performance of Mohammed Fairouz's "In the Shadow of Towers." The piece premiered last month by the Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall.
Wednesday, April 3
WHAT: "Intimate Apparel" by Lynn Nottage
WHAT: Candidate Forum
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ABOUT: Get educated on local politics at this event sponsored by the Voter Education Coalition.
WHERE: William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall
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ABOUT: This play by Pultizer Prize winner Lynn Nottage tells the tale of a New York City seamstress in the early 1900s. Admission is $10 for students.
Thursday, April 4
**WHAT:** "CodeBreaker"
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**ABOUT:** Patrick Sammon, the producer and director of "Code-breaker," will present this new documentary highlighting a pioneer of codebreaking in World War II.
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**WHAT:** "The Story of Luke"
**WHERE:** Liberty Hall Cinema, 644 Massachusetts St.
**WHEN:** 7 p.m.
**ABOUT:** This film, directed by Lawrence native Alonso Mayo, centers on a young autistic man on a quest to find a job and a girlfriend. Tickets for this one-day screening are $8.
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**WHAT:** Regina Carter
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WEN:** 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Enjoy a night of traditional African music infused with contemporary jazz and Afropop energy by violinist Regina Carter. Tickets are $15 to $28.
This issue echoes a similar one he found himself facing as a student at the University of Central Missouri. Inspired by a friend's comment, Abarca created a student administrative office for sustainability, and by the time
"We've got to work hand in hand with the city of Lawrence, with our external neighbors like Greek life and the Greek community, to foster those relationships and really build programs that really garner everyone's attention and support."
students work to expand recycling on campus
EMMA LEGAULT
elegault@kansan.com
"It should be as easy as throwing something away."
This is the motto that Manny Abarca believes should represent the ease and importance of the University's recycling program.
After arriving at the University two months ago, Abarca, recycling operations coordinator, saw a number of flaws limiting the program's success. For example, trash cans outnumber recycling bins 20:1 on lavakh Boelevard.
Recycling at the University is a completely student-funded program, and the majority of it is student-run as well.
During the day, two shifts of students travel around campus in the three recycling trucks to collect recycling bins from each building and transport it to the warehouse. There it's processed, meaning students touch every bottle, can and piece of paper that comes through. After sorting, the material is baled with like products and loaded on a trailer making the trip to Kansas City every couple of weeks.
"You have a unique program at KU," Abarca said. "Not a lot of institutions around the country run a recycling plant; they simply just throw it in a dumpster and someone takes it, and after that, no one really cares about it. Here we actually process all of it."
In addressing the program's concerns, Abarca plans to take advantage of opportunities to increase awareness and solve sustainability issues on campus.
"We've got a lot of progress ahead of us," Abarca said. "We have a lot of opportunity to make this the best recycling program and institution in the region and in the country. I want to go for the top."
In fact, the keystone in Abarca's office is a white board full of to-do lists, outlines of goals and needs, along with the words "pride" and "effectiveness." Currently, some bigger issues he is looking to improve are recycling within the athletics program and in the Greek community.
He also emphasized the importance of working with these communities and the city of Lawrence, who recently approved a citywide curbside recycling program to begin in October 2014.
KU Recycling recycles newspaper, aluminum cans, plastic, cardboard and paper. The materials are collected and sorted by paid University students.
he left, he had taken the four recycling bins on campus and turned them into 4,500.
One way to accomplish this at the University, Abarca said, is a rebringing of the program and an increase in infrastructure. What revenue the program does receive is only serving to maintain it, but Abarca wants to go beyond what is there already.
Student Senate recently approved a $7.70 student fee increase to be distributed to the recycling program. By redesigning the bins and increasing the number in the community and on campus, he hopes to encourage a "recycling culture."
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
"We're at an institution of higher education." Albarca said, "Why shouldn't we be the ones leading that? You are the future leaders of tomorrow. If we don't establish those habits and goals now, what's going to happen later?"
Blaine Bengtson, a junior from Salina, has worked for the KU Center for Sustainability that houses KU Recycling for more than a year, and is the director of "Recycle and Blue, KU," an organization created to enhance and expand game day recycling efforts during football season.
"If students at KU understand that they go to a university that prioritizes sustainability, it makes sense that they would learn the importance of living sustainably and apply it to the rest of their lives," Bengtson said. "I think that's why it's so important that we not only talk about sustainability, but also make sure we're actually living it out."
He said working for the program has opened his eyes to a variety of sustainability issues.
"Students can be more eco-friendly by focusing on the small things," he said. "Things like flipping off the lights when you leave a room, taking shorter showers, or throwing your plastic into a blue bin instead of a black bin are so simple, but can go so far in having a positive impact."
"If I could do one thing to change the KU approach to sustainability, it would be shifting from smaller incremental changes we currently make to making sustainability a top priority in every decision," he said.
Small changes can influence the environment, and Bengtson wants to see the University consider their effects in other areas.
He hopes increasing attention will persuade students to do the same.
Grace Scrito, a senior from Overland Park, was looking for something more exciting than watching a clock from behind a desk when she found KU Recycling.
Her passion for the environment was already there, but she was lacking in knowledge and experience. Now, as a crew leader, she oversees and manages
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other recycling technicians in addition to collecting the recycling and other warehouse responsibilities.
"After seeing all of the waste that our campus accumulates, and knowing that what we recycle is only a fraction of what we could be taking out of the campus waste stream, I have realized that sustainability itself is an issue to which our campus unfortunately does not pay enough attention." Scrivio said.
"Everything has value, it's just how high a value you're placing on things." Abarca said. "It's just about reusing that material or understanding that resource is still a resource. Just because it's in a trashcan doesn't mean it's waste."
To minimize individual waste, Scrito said buying in bulk instead of smaller packages at the grocery store is an easy and cost-effective way to go green.
"Most people, especially college age, don't realize that many sustainable practices save them money as well as the environment," she said.
Understanding a footprint, an individual, and consequently, a campus, is key in shifting attitudes and taking action to recycle.
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GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Edited by Jordan Wisdom
KJ Recycling student employees unload recyclable materials. Once unloaded, the students sort through the materials, making sure there is no ordinary trash mixed in with the paper, metal and plastics.
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