THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
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Help win the Big 12: Recycle
VOLUME 123 ISSUE 95
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
The Environmental Stewardship Program collected, sorted, baled and shipped 649 tons of recyclable materials from the University of Kansas campus last year. But the University might have to do better if it wants to win RecycleMania.
RecycleMania, an annual recycling contest for colleges and universities, entered the year's first week of official competition on Feb. 6. The contest involves 630 schools, drawing participants from every U.S. state except Alaska. The schools will compete over an eight-week period in one or more of several categories of recycling and waste reduction.
"I think that adds some incentive" Severin said.
Jeff Severin, director of the University's Center for Sustainability, has been involved with RecycleMania in the past and works with the ESP on some projects. He said one benefit of RecycleMania was the interest it generated as a national competition during basketball season.
Last year, the University collected 184,413 pounds of paper, cardboard, bottles and cans for a 94th place finish in the Gorilla Prize category, which rates schools in terms of the gross tonnage of recycled material. But the University primarily competes in the Per Capita Classic, which calculates the amount recycled for each person on campus. Last year, Kansas placed eighth in its peer group of nine competing Big 12 schools with 5.47 pounds per person. The University of Missouri finished first with 11.9.
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Capita Classic is down to eight schools, with the University of Colorado not participating.
Aileen Dingus, program director for ESP, said that on Monday, the University was in sixth place in its peer group, just three-tenths of a pound behind Kansas State.
Kasey Norris, an Overland Park senior and recycling technician, is one of the people who actually collects recyclable material from some of the hundreds of collection points the ESP maintains all over campus.
"We're right in there with them," Dingus said. "The standings will change from week to week."
Since recycling is paid for by students, there are limits to where material can be collected. For example, they cannot place bins on privately funded residences such as fraternities, sororities or Naismith Hall. The institutional separation of the University and KU Athletics puts Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium off limits as well.
"I think the contest is less about trying to win the whole thing than about improving ourselves," Norris said. "It kind of gives us a barometer."
Forthose outside of the University's recycling limits but wanting to contribute to RecycleMania, the ESP maintains a large recycling bin in the West Campus Park & Ride lot at Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street. Anyone can follow the competition's
Dingus said she hoped students would use the Facebook page to stay informed of the recycling efforts.
"They know that there's recycling on campus,but they don't know the extent of it." Dingus said.
She said the last container shipped out contained 44,000 pounds of material. The material is taken by the ton to processing plants in Topeka and cities inMissouri and Wisconsin.
Dingus wants students to know
that participating in competitions like RecycleMania is not all the ESP does. Among other services, it provides special collections on request and maintains an inventory of surplus office furniture and other property that is available to students at cost.
"We want the students to know that they pay for our services." Dingus said. "So we want them to take full advantage of what we have to offer."
Edited by Danielle Packer
MORE INFORMATION
RecycleMania Website:
www.recyclemaniacs.org
The Environmental Stewardship Program
Website:
www.recycle.ku.edu
Duration: Eight weeks
Big 12 Schools Participating:
Baylor University Kansas State University Texas A&M University University of Kansas University of Missouri University of Nebraska University of Oklahoma University of Texas
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Erik Crawford, a junior from Wichita, prepares newspapers for the next step in the recycling process Tuesday afternoon at KU Facility Operations Recycling Center on West Campus.
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A pile of aluminum cans will to be compressed into "biscuits" and then delivered to their next destination at KU Facility Operations Recycling Center on West Campus.
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Nathanial Kern, a senior from Olathe, sorts plastics containers into their proper bin Tuesday afternoon. KU Facility Operations Recycling Department handles all recycled products on campus.
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Q&A with former 1st District Congressman Dennis Moore
Before talking at a Pizza and Politics event, Moore answers the Kansan's questions about politics, community and current issues
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CAMPUS
Fraternity council hit with probation
The Interfraternity Council violated the University's hazing policy in November and is now under a two-year probation, among other sanctions, according to a media release from the Office of Student Success Tuesday evening.
BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
The council met to vote on whether to remove its president, Jay Trump. According to Aaron Dollinger, a senior from Overland Park who serves on the University's hazing task force, the measure failed by one vote.
According to an Office of Student Success report from December, members of the council engaged in paddling while marking staff turnover on Nov. 18. That report said that no new executive board members were padded by former members and that only former members had paddled each other.
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The Office placed the council on
a two-year probation for hazing on Tuesday evening. During the probation period, members will meet frequently with Nicholas Kerhwald, student conduct officer, according to the release.
In addition to the probation, the IFC will be forced to:
-Send at least two of its executive board members to the Novak Institute, an anti-hazing seminar in Colorado;
-Hire an outside consultant to "review the hazing culture in the KU Greek community and lead the implementation of recommended initiatives:"
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-Hold all future turnover meetings with a staff adviser present;
The IFC will have to pay for all expenses incurred.
-And apologize to fraternity members.
Dollering said the sanctions "didn't go far enough" to punish
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KU alumnus reviving the art of orienteering
CHRIS HONG chong@kansan.com
As Mike Eglinski runs around campus with a compass and a map, passers-by might mistake him for a confused visitor. But despite what it may look like, the 1985 graduate and KU alumnus is familiar with the campus and is not lost.
He is orienteering.
Orienteering is a cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. Racers use a detailed map that indicates terrain such as hills, boulders and dense vegetation to find various markers in a specific order. Once a racer locates the marker, he either punches a hole in his "control card" or u-uses an electronic clicker to verify his visit to the site. There is no marked course
for racers to follow; instead, they must use the map to determine the route they believe is quickest.
"It's really two things. One is figuring out the best way to go, and the other is not getting lost," Eglinski said. "On campus, it's not that hard to not get lost, but in the forest you can easily go to the wrong little cliff."
Orienteering began a century ago in Scandanavia as a military training exercise. Eglinski said the sport.was introduced in the United States in the late 1960s and has been growing ever since.
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Eglinski, a Lawrence native, was introduced to the sport in high school at an event held on West Campus and continued orienteering throughout college. Although there is no orienteering team at the University now, there was one when Eglinski was here. In fact,
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