Ferris State Attempts to Go Green to Size up to Comparable Schools
1 Single Issue Free, Additional Copies 25 Cents ferris state www.fsutorch.com T ORCH Truth, Fairness & Accuracy Since 1931 September 17, 2014 Graphic by Kaila Parent Ferris State attempts to go green to size up to comparable schools Megan Smith that doesn’t have a sustainable with Ferris, allowing students study students at Ferris, such off -campus, but there are also ef- Ferris State Torch recycling program set up within and faculty to drop off their recy- as Patrick King, who is a junior forts on-campus to combat the their dorms. I think it’s got to be clables. Th e facilities are located journalism major. lack of recycling. Th e Bulldog Some might say recycling at driven by the administrative side on 424 N. 4th Street and are open “What I like about working Sustainability Alliance led by Ferris State University is me- of [the university],” said Luchies. from nine until eleven am on at the recycling company is that Booms holds recycling events diocre at best, though eff orts are Pick-up locations for recy- Mondays, three until fi ve thirty it works in the IRC and an annual Earth being made to create a more en- clables are only at Ferris’s dining pm on Th ursdays, and nine am around Day event. Booms suggests that vironmentally-friendly campus. halls—Th e Rock Café and West until one pm on Saturdays. Th e my sched- students can lead a more “green” According to Abby Booms, Side Café—and other dining fa- FLITE library is one place on ule very lifestyle by following the “Th ree president of the Bulldog Sustain- cilities on campus, such as Star- campus that makes use of the nicely,” R’s: Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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