thursday,april22,2004
news
the university daily kansan 5A
Groups trash campus, make point
'Landfill' reminds people to recycle marks Earth Day
By Matt Rodriguez
mrdriguez@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Stauffer-Flint Hall's lawn will turn into a miniature landfill for Earth day today.
The united effort between KU Environers, KU Recycling and the Student Environmental Advisory Board is an effort to encourage people at the University to recycle.
Facilities Operations stored yesterday's trash from Wescoe Hall's fourth floor for today's scheduled event. Starting a 10 this morning, the groups will dump the trash on a fenced-in tarp in front of Stauffer-Flint before sorting the waste into recyclables and non-recyclables.
clubies and non-Clubs "It's just basically to show you how much trash you waste and how much trash you can actually recycle," said Amy Hammontree, Environs member and Overland Park senior.
FAST FACTS
Earth Day is the time of year when conservationists work the hardest at informing the public of the importance of recycling. Here are facts about recycling:
Glass
Glass Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours.
Americans are projected to throw away over 11 million tons of glass bottles and jars.
Recycling saves 25 to 30 percent of the energy used to make glass from virgin materials.
Plastics
Americans throw away enough plastic bottles each year to circle the earth four times.
Every hour, Americans throw away 3.5 million plastic bottles.
In the coming decade,
Every hour, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles
That equals 22 billion plastic bottles per year.
Paper
■ A 12-foot high wall could be built from New York City to Los Angeles with all of the office and writing paper thrown out in the U.S. each year.
■ One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
Earth Day is the biggest day of the year for Enviros. The goal for today's demonstration is to increase recycling awareness and show how much of a difference a person can make, Hammontree
Source: www.thegreenteam.org
Amy Hammontree KU Environs member
"Recycling is something you know you should do,but a lot of people don't unless they were raised in a house that recycled."
Sengun said he took advantage of the University's recycling program at Jayhawker Towers where
Environs got the idea from Kansas State University and thought the University could benefit from the demonstration.
said.
"Apathy is a big thing to battle," Hammontree said. "Recycling is something you know you should do, but a lot of people don't unless they were raised in a house that recycled."
case that is true for Kerem Sengun. That is true for Kerem Sengun. The junior from Istanbul, Turkey, was raised in a home that recycled, so it made sense to continue the tradition when he arrived in Lawrence.
he lived. He said students were unaware of the difference they could make if they recycled every day.
day. "Recycling should be a yearlong duty." Sengun said. "They have no idea how they're affecting the environment if they don't."
Hammontree said students should take advantage of all the recycling services Lawrence and the University have to offer. And with the new recycling center opening on West Campus, recycling is becoming even more convenient for students, Hammontree said.
Edited by Stephanie Lovett
Car buyer rebuffed for 'relation' to terrorist
The Associated Press
What he got instead was a tenuous link to one of the alleged masterminds of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, followed by mounting frustration as he tries to figure out how it happened.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All Ryan Allen wanted was a Chevrolet Cavalier.
On April 10, Allen was trying to buy a car at Van Chevrolet in Kansas City, Mo. When the dealership checked his credit, Allen's Social Security number came up as being that of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, whom federal authorities have called a senior operative of the Al Qaeda network suspected of coordinating the Sept. 11 attacks.
attacks.
Al-Shibh is on the list of "blocked persons" that is maintained by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which orders U.S. banks to block
assets of suspected terrorist financiers and enforces economic sanctions against some countries and against suspected drug overlords.
The connection prompted the dealership to call police, which called the FBI, which said it did not have a high priority because al-Shibh was arrested two years ago in Pakistan, Allen said.
Associated Press yesterday, Allen has contacted the U.S. Treasury, the Social Security office, his credit union and lawyers. The only thing he knows for sure is that no one has used his Social Security number to open new accounts in his name.
he says he has received no clear explanation of how his number could be connected to al-
In Pakistan, the Car dealership said it could not sell Allen a car because his Social Security number was on the list. A manager at the dealership declined to comment to The Associated Press yesterday.
Shibh. And he said Treasury officials could not assure him that the number wasn't used in other ways or that the problem would not recur.
recur.
"At one point (the Treasury Department) told me my name might have come up because the consonants are the same as this other guy." Allen said yesterday. "Come on, Little Bo Peep is closer to his name than mine."
to his name theacher.
John Garling, a spokesman for the Kansas City region of Social Security, said his office did not deal directly with Allen's case. But he said someone can get another person's Social Security number in many ways and it is "virtually impossible" to determine how it happened.
mine now it happens.
He said people whose Social Security numbers are stolen should contact credit bureaus and creditors to have fraud alerts placed in their files, report the theft to police and file a complaint
with the Federal Trade Commission. He said Allen should also contact the Social Security fraud hot line.
But Garlinger acknowledged that he had not dealt with someone whose Social Security number was linked to a terrorist. He said Allen may continue to have troubles, particularly if he wants to travel overseas.
"It's unfortunate that he may spend hours and hours and hours trying to recover from this," Garlinger said.
No kidding, Allen said
No kidding, Allen said. "I was told since my number hasn't been used for so long that it shouldn't be a harm to me," Allen said. "But being connected to a terrorist is pretty big to me."
terrorists is pretty hard.
"All I want is someone to plug my number into a big system somewhere and tell me if something comes up." Allen said. "I want someone to tell me what the hell is going on."
Study finds what appeals to young readers
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Newspapers can gain a wider audience among the young and minorities by paying more attention to their interest in lifestyle coverage, features and ads, editors and publishers were told yesterday.
A study by the Readership Institute at Northwestern University said newspapers can't rely on the conventional wisdom that young adults will read more as they age, so it's important to deliver content that appeals to them.
The study, sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the McCormick Tribune Foundation, found that readers 35 and older look for hard news, editorials, lifestyle stories, "my community" features and service articles.
People 18 to 24 are attracted to lifestyle stories and features on such subjects as home, health food, fashion, recreation and science. They're also interested in advertisements.
Only one-third of young readers are heavy newspaper users, according to the study. They spend an average of 21 minutes each weekday reading the daily paper, and an average of 51 minutes on Sundays.
The study explored ways newspapers can improve readership among 18- to 24-year-olds and among minority groups, where readership is declining slightly.
ities on Sunday, the students.
Creating an improved readership experience requires "getting into the heads" of young, black, Asian and Hispanic readers to determine the most successful way to make, market and deliver a newspaper they feel has relevance for them, the institute said.
Readers 25 and older average 36 minutes per weekday, 68 minutes on Sunday, the study said.
seen as a good introduction It's a negative experience if readers perceive the paper discriminates and stereotypes, covers too much or has too many long articles,the study said.
The study found that newspapers provide a positive experience if they give readers something to talk about, have useful ads, include civic and personal interests and are seen as a good financial value.
The New Readers Survey heard from 10,800 readers of 52 daily papers. Surveys also were given to 6,600 newspaper employees. Some 33,000 stories, 12,000 ads and 21,000 in-paper promotions were analyzed.
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