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Week of September 5, 2011
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Green up, Clean
Vol. 84, Issue #2
Athlete of the week
Going
the distance
up RIC’s
RIC Student raises over $800
green initiative
for mentoring programs
By Alexander J. Hoffman
By Cathleen Williams
News Editor
News StafffWriter
On Saturday, Sept. 17 Rhode Island College will host its second annual campus-wide clean up day to include faculty, student and community volunteers. The event named “Green Up-Clean Up,” is part of President Carriuolo’s green initiative program. Since her installment as President of RIC in 2008, Carriuolo has been working to lower the footprint of the college on the environment. Since implementing the program RIC has significantly reduced the amount of garbage disposed of on campus and installed new trash receptacles near academic buildings and the residence halls. The college has also saved money and reduced the amount of paper recycled on campus by almost 13,000 pounds in the last year. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to continue to use email to communicate, rather than using paper for letters. The college has also lowered the amount of blue recycling bins over the last year as a direct response to President Carriuolo’s urge to
Rhode Island College senior Arthur Parise, Jr., an elementary special education major, ran in the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Providence this past August, raising over $800 for the Henry Barnard School Mentors. “15 minutes into the race I was drenched with my shirt sticking to my body,” said Parise. Parise crossed the finish line 3,557 out of 7,281, and affirmed that despite being exhausted and wet from the rain, he felt like he “was on top of the world.” Parise, a graduate of Pilgrim High School, was drawn to the Henry Barnard School (HBS) Mentors and joined his freshman year. While the HBS Mentors has not been a hallmark of RIC, mentors like Parise have grown the program substantially since its origin nearly seven years ago. He and his fellow mentors’ dedication, coupled with the support of faculty advisor and Henry Barnard School librarian Laurie Parkerson, served the club well. Last year it became an official student organization with Parise as its treasurer, and has grown significantly
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Responders raise flag at World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks.
A day to remember 9/11 memorial to open on 10th anniversary
By Alexander J. Hoffman News Editor
On Sunday, Sept. 11 the World Trade Center Memorial will open to the families of victims and on Monday will open to the general public.
President Barak Obama, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg are among the officials that will speak at the dedication. The ceremony will feature six moments of silence to represent the two planes that crashed into the
towers, the towers falling, the flight that hit the Pentagon and Flight 93. The memorial consists of two reflection pools set in the former foundations of the Twin See MEMORIAL Center
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