Ferris State Attempts to Go Green to Size up to Comparable Schools
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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. Re- ability Alliance, one of the rea- bucks and the Between Chapters open-door policy. According to said Pe- duce the amount of water you sons for this defi cit is a lack of Café in the FLITE library. Th ere Leah Monger, Department Head ters. use washing dishes or taking a resources; the school’s recycling are also places for students liv- of Digital Support Services, the “Chris un- shower. Reduce the amount of program just isn’t one of Ferris’s ing in the East Campus Suites library uses a “guillotine-like derstands plastic products you use. Reuse. highest priorities right now. Th is and West Campus Apartments contraption” to cut the bind- that col- Reuse butter containers for left - sentiment was echoed by Chris to drop off their recyclables. A ing off of outdated books before lege is overs. Reuse a larger plastic bot- Leah Monger Luchies, supervisor at Recycle truck from Recycle of Mecosta sending the books to be recycled. Digital Support Services a huge tle instead of constantly buying of Mecosta County, which has a County makes rounds to these Th ough Recycle of Mecosta priority a new one. Buy a refi llable bot- partnership with Ferris. locations six days per week. County is staff ed mainly by vol- and is more than happy to work tle for drinking water. Recycle. “I’m told that Ferris is one Recycle of Mecosta County unteers, they have a few paid around that.” Once a product can no longer be of the few schools in Michigan also has an open-door policy employees who are mostly work- Recycle of Mecosta County is used safely, recycle it. Th ere are See Recycle on Page 2 2 2 NEWS September 17, 2014 FERRIS STATE TORCH Beer, Booze..... and Books Photo By: Irma Collins | Photographer Jim Mathews talks to Ferris Students at the annual Beer, Booze, and Books event that was held on September 11, 2014 at Williams Auditorium in order to educate incoming students about the controversial topic of new freedom and alcohol. Alcohol education helps acclimate freshmen Jennifer Corrie more than one laugh during the According to the “Beer, Booze cohol and drugs, it became appar- of addiction or poor decisions. Ferris State Torch 50 minute presentation, from and Books” website, Matthews, a ent to me that my students lacked On answering the survey short video clips and Matthews’ professional speaker and mem- fundamental information about question about how many drinks Th e annual informational witty comments, not to mention ber of the NCAA Sports Sciences alcohol consumption,” Mat- each stu- program “Beer, Booze and their own anonymous survey Speaker thews said in a statement found dent con- Books” took place last Th urs- results on various topics associ- Registry on Ferris’s page about the event. sumes per day, presented by Jim Mat- ated with college kid stereotypes. has given Th e bulk of information in the week, 47 thews in Williams Auditorium. While most students vot- his “Beer, presentation included how alco- percent of With the intent to educate ed on the fi rst question that Booze and hol can lead to violence, regretful the crowd on general eff ects of drinking they’d rather “be back in bed,” B o o k s ” choices and sexual assault. How voted that too much and the danger it can 21 percent of the crowd at the presenta- drinking too much can aff ect they typi- bring, many students expected 7 p.m. presentation voted that tion over your academic and work life, as cally don’t it to be boring and “wished they wanted to know more 400 times well as, insight into how addic- consume they were back in bed,” accord- about alcohol and the health to more tions are formed were also among any alco- Brad Schlieter ing to the live audience sur- problems associated with it. than 4,000 topics discussed. Matthews also hol dur- Kristen Verrill Freshman pre-med vey via text message that was a “21 percent… that’s good!” Freshman, undecided students. addressed low-risk drinking ing their continual part of the program. Matthews said upon see- “While and how students can still drink week, which was good However, many students gave ing the results on-screen. teaching courses dealing with al- without falling into the traps news to Matthews, wheth- See Booze on Page 3 RECYCLE from Page 3 Recycle is staffed mainly by volunteers, but allows Ferris students to gain hours three recycling receptacles on Honors Program’s RSO require- about which items should be re- liance extends an invitation for Anyone wishing to learn more campus that students can utilize: ment. cycled or thrown away and has students to attend their meetings about the Bulldog Sustainability East Campus Suites parking lot, “At the time, I wasn’t a recy- even infl uenced her family to every other Tuesday at eleven Alliance can email behind the Rock, and West Cam- cler,” she said. “We don’t have make more eco-friendly choices. AM in FLITE room two four- pu s .” that much recycling at home. We She and her organization are al- teen. Th eir fi rst recycling event or contact Booms personallybulldogsus- at Booms understands the lack don’t have a huge facility where ways trying to fi nd new ways to is October 2nd from eleven am to [email protected]. To learn of motivation to recycle, espe- we can take recycling. In the last educate others—especially the fi ve pm in the IRC and they en- more about Recycle of Mecosta cially with the limited resources four years, however, recycling has student population—on the im- courage students to stop by their County,[email protected] visit their website at on campus. Th e reason she fi rst become a part of my life.” Booms portance of recycling. table tonight (September 17th) at www.recyclemecosta.org. joined the group was to fulfi ll the has become more conscientious Th e Bulldog Sustainability Al- Bulldog Bonanza. 3 NEWS 3 FERRIS STATE TORCH September 17, 2014 TORCH The w rld at large NEWS BRIEFS A snapshot of the Ebola outbreak Ben Rettinhouse News Editor SAGC collecting change for DeVos Children’s Hospital Ferris State University students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate some of their loose change to help “Cover the Seal” for a good cause. Student Alumni Gold Club members will be collecting change on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the North Campus Quad. Student Alumni Gold Club (SAGC) members will be using the change to cover the Ferris State University seal in the North Quad. A student leadership organization, SAGC serves as an offi cial chap- ter of Ferris’ Alumni Association. Th e group hosts the annual event as both an outreach opportunity and to give to a good cause. “Cover the Seal” proceeds benefi t the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Th e fi rst 500 people to donate $3 or more will receive a T-shirt from the SAGC and the Alumni Association. Update on KCAD president Th e search for the next president of Kendall College of Art and Design is moving forward with the recently announced search com- mittee. In his most recent memorandum to faculty, President Eisler noted that over the past few weeks has been working with Kendall Academ- ic Dean Ron Riksen and Art Education Program Chair Cindy Todd, who have sought volunteers for the search committee. To quote, “Th ey have developed a committee broadly representa- tive of Kendall College of Art and Design, and which also recognizes Kendall’s important engagement in Grand Rapids.” ArtPrize calling for volunteers With Grand Rapids’ hugely successful ArtPrize competition is on the horizon, Kendall College of Art and Design is seeking volunteers to staff its exhibition, “IAM: Money Matters,” in the Woodbridge N.