More Recyclers Wanted

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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 111 ● SINCE 1908 More recyclers wanted Waste department recommends greater student involvement Rebecca Wilson THE DAILY GAMECOCK USC recycles about 881 tons of material each year, said Laura Pergolizzi, the environmental services manager for the recycling and waste department. Pergolizzi said this Kelly Bobrow / THE DAILY GAMECOCK number is average, but AAAS members play “The Real Monopoly” Tuesday night. there is always room for improvement. “There is defi nitely more that can be done considering Hypothetical budgeting the resources that we have,” she said. “We do OK.” The major setback the teaches life management department is experiencing now is a lack of hands, education student, pointed Pergolizzi said. Students manage money out the importance of a “We only have three for families, businesses budget. people that empty the “Sometimes people recycling bins from during planning exercise overspend — that’s how they buildings that are not end up in debt,” Louis said. residence halls, and we need “If they used a budget and an office for promotional stuck to it, there’d be less type things,” she said. Leslie Bennett THE DAILY GAMECOCK overspending and debt.” “Right now our office has The yellow group the equivalent to about 4.5 Students pinched pennies represented a single, people.” as they made a fictional established individual who It is important to have the monthly budget during was starting an advertising means to meet the demand the Association of African firm. They were approved of recycling, Pergolizzi said. American Students’ meeting for a business loan for only If there is no visible outcome Tuesday. $100,000 because they had from recycling efforts, The audience was divided poor credit. They worked people get frustrated and into three groups: red, at a firm making $3,000 a begin throwing everything yellow and blue. Each was month. They needed to pay in the trash. This negates Gretchen Burrack / THE DAILY GAMECOCK asked to create a budget employees with benefits, the effort to keep materials Campus recycling hopes to cut down on the amount of trash put into receptacles. for a given scenario in 15 buy office supplies, pay that can be reused. minutes. The group that for phone and Internet The recycling department came the closest to the service, janitorial services, recycles basic office items of green issues here, but [the real-life budget received transportation for business such as paper, cardboard, residents] don’t participate 2006 Statistics from the Recycling & Waste Department brownies. A spokesman and offi ce furniture. aluminum cans and plastic as much as they can,” Craig from each group presented The group used $5,000 bottles. said. (in tons) the budget to the audience. for offi ce furniture, $15,000 But Pergolizzi said Sarah Yorty, a graduate 270.1 The red group represented to pay the employees, $2,000 wooden pallets, fl uorescent assistant at West Quad, a single-parent family with for rent, $100 for phone and lamps, construction waste, works to keep the 235 two young kids. The mother Internet service and $7,000 glass, electronics, printer recycling system updated worked as a desk clerk at a for office supplies. They cartridges, tires, motor oil, and organized. She wants school making $2,500 with spent $29,200 and had oil fi lters and batteries are to bring new and better taxes already taken out. She $73,800 left over. also recycled on campus. recycling bins to the dorm. had $450 in her checking Lea Clary, a third-year Most of this material, “The old bins are not account. She needed media arts student, said however, comes from offi ces clearly labeled, and they money for insurance, day she learned a lot about rather than dorms. have removable lids, so 146 135.5 care, clothes, food, an oil businesses. “Students need to get students don’t know what change for the car and the “I’m a low-priced person. more involved and recycle material goes in which bin,” townhouse note. I don’t think I would’ve paid more,” Pergolizzi said. Yorty said. The group decided to my employees a whole lot of Jason Craig, assistant Having closed lids on use $400 for day care for money,” Clary said. “They’d director of the Learning clearly marked bins that the younger child and be paid pro bono until they Center at West Quad, said have openings specific to 56.8 send the older one to Head were bringing in money. even though West Quad the type of material being Start. They used $100 for Then they’d get bonuses.” has a few more recycling recycled will help the 16.3 clothes, $300 for food, $50 The blue group budgeted a options than other dorms, program, Yorty said. .6 1.6 for diapers, $20 for the oil traditional college graduate. students do not utilize it as “Trash getting mixed in change, and $750 for rent. The hypothetical individual much as they could. is so often the problem with nics They spent $1,620 and had just graduated and was not “I think there is overall recycling,” Yorty said, and Glass Wood Metal Paper Plastic $880 left over. more awareness of all kinds Electro RECYCLE ● 3 Automotive Construction Idot Louis, a fourth-year AAAS ● 3 Patterson to get new HD-TV and the Hidden Riddle a recreational outlet,” the bill. It’s only fair to RHA allocates funds Race. Wilkins said. give every residence hall toward television for The Residence Hall After Patterson Hall equal opportunities for Association agreed to President and first-year renovation.” dorm’s laundry room provide $1,350 to Patterson business student Erika First-year nursing student for the implementation of Powell and Senator and Neekie Hamilton, a resident a high-defi nition television first-year nursing student of Patterson Hall, said she Chantelle Lytle in the laundry room. RHA Donielle Yancey proposed anticipates the arrival of THE DAILY GAMECOCK President Terrill Wilkins, the financial allocation, the new television. a fourth-year history members were given the “That basement is really The Residence Hall student, said the money opportunity to vote for or creepy,” said Hamilton. Association held its weekly was generated from a against the proposition. “At least I’ll be distracted Senate meeting Tuesday. specifi c account for the sole “I live at the Roost and now. It’s incredibly Topic s add ressed i ncluded purpose of hall renovations. we have a television in our uncomfortable to be down the addition of a television “The television will be building,” said first-year there alone. The TV won’t THE DAILY GAMECOCK Kelly Bobrow / to Patterson Hall, located in their laundry pharmacy student Robert be a security guard but at Senators ask RHA for money to buy a TV for Patterson. Residence Adviser Week room and will serve as Pittmon. “I voted for RHA ● 3 Sports The Mix Local News............. 2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion..................6 Basketball seniors take center stage for last time The fi ve best-dressed women at the Oscars make Puzzles....................9 at Colonial Center as Vandy comes to town. fashion history by staying “inside the box.” Comics.....................9 Horoscopes...............9 See page 10 See page 7 Classifi ed..............12 70 49 70 60 PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 Columbia works on homeless problem New public shelter issues to be addressed,” Lee said. planned for helping The city has requested that $750,000 allocated by less fortunate the state Legislature be used to build a new shelter in the downtown area. Sierra Kelly Lee said the money would THE DAILY GAMECOCK be a great attribute for the shelter in Columbia. He said that the shelter at the As Columbia’s homeless corner Bull and Taylor streets population continues to grow, will close by the end of the city is struggling with March, because of financial where to put them. problems. The Capital City operates Lee said the shelters do a two shelters: one at the corner lot of positive things for the of Bull and Taylor streets and city’s homeless population, another at Park and Senate. including helping them fi nd Danita Speaks, an officer jobs and housing. with the Columbia Police “We’re getting people Department who helps run into addiction recovery them, says the overcrowded programs,” he said. shelters operate on limited Lee said that homelessness hours. is a bigger problem in the “On Bull and Taylor they winter months because have services during the more people need a warm day hours Monday through place to sleep at night, and Friday,” Speaks said. “The he supports the construction one on Park and Senate is of a new homeless shelter closed during the day.” downtown because of the Michael Lee, indigent growing problem. services director for the The goal of the shelters, Homeless Services Center Lee said, is to get people off on Bull and Taylor streets, the streets and into homes. said the city is taking steps Lonnie Johnson, a homeless to build an additional shelter, shelter volunteer, said he tries possibly in a three-story to make people at the shelter building on the site of the feel more at home.

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