OSPIRG hits campus hard when it comes to upcoming events
Campus organization plans for the rest of the year
Sandy Wilcox
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: News
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"Your food scraps will help us to make Lane a more sustainable campus. So, on Thursdays we'll be in the cafeteria working to save the college money, promote local foods and support a more sustainable school," Marino said.
The continuing campaign for affordable textbooks continues with OSPIRG looking into the possibilities of online textbooks also known as open-source textbooks. Currently, Charles Long, coordinator for the TextBook campaign, has been researching the use of online textbooks and meeting with faculty across campus to discuss adopting some form of an open-source textbook model, in order to ultimately lessen the cost to students.
"Teachers have definitely always wanted to lower textbook cost. They aren't doing this on purpose. They just don't have the resources to get open-source textbooks, I'm just finding ways of getting them easier," Long said.
Amber Alexander, coordinator for Campus Climate Challenge, discussed some of the upcoming events and issues that will be addressed by the Campus Climate Challenge campaign beginning with the recent light bulb exchange.
"Incandescent bulbs use about 160 pounds less carbon a year and save you six to seven times less what you'd pay a year, retail cost in the store," Alexander said.
As far as upcoming events for the fall term, the Campus Climate Challenge will be having a movie night and some coal power versus wind power wrestling matches where actors will walk up to a crowded spot and break it down right there on the spot, which Alexander referred to as "guerrilla theatre."
Alexander stated that the year's upcoming Sustainapalooza, which is planned for April 26, is still in the planning stages.
"We're hoping to make Sustainapalooza bigger than it was last year, we're hoping to make it off-site somewhere in the community, off-site so we can have more community involvement," she said. "We're looking for bands right now, we might also have circus performers. We don't have a site yet, but that's a week after Earth Day and the week leading up to that we will be doing a lot of earth-friendly events on campus."
The continuing campaign for affordable textbooks continues with OSPIRG looking into the possibilities of online textbooks also known as open-source textbooks. Currently, Charles Long, coordinator for the TextBook campaign, has been researching the use of online textbooks and meeting with faculty across campus to discuss adopting some form of an open-source textbook model, in order to ultimately lessen the cost to students.
"Teachers have definitely always wanted to lower textbook cost. They aren't doing this on purpose. They just don't have the resources to get open-source textbooks, I'm just finding ways of getting them easier," Long said.
Amber Alexander, coordinator for Campus Climate Challenge, discussed some of the upcoming events and issues that will be addressed by the Campus Climate Challenge campaign beginning with the recent light bulb exchange.
"Incandescent bulbs use about 160 pounds less carbon a year and save you six to seven times less what you'd pay a year, retail cost in the store," Alexander said.
As far as upcoming events for the fall term, the Campus Climate Challenge will be having a movie night and some coal power versus wind power wrestling matches where actors will walk up to a crowded spot and break it down right there on the spot, which Alexander referred to as "guerrilla theatre."
Alexander stated that the year's upcoming Sustainapalooza, which is planned for April 26, is still in the planning stages.
"We're hoping to make Sustainapalooza bigger than it was last year, we're hoping to make it off-site somewhere in the community, off-site so we can have more community involvement," she said. "We're looking for bands right now, we might also have circus performers. We don't have a site yet, but that's a week after Earth Day and the week leading up to that we will be doing a lot of earth-friendly events on campus."
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