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Clarion Call CLARION UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1913
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
VOL. 99 ED. 2
Students help with Clarion County recycling day Recycling Coordinator and Zoning and Codes Enforcement Officer Bob Ragon, “We can help keep the solid waste that goes into the landfills down and help keep the county clean.” “We understand how difficult it is to recycle, but if everyone recycled just one item everyday it could make a huge difference,” said Rifenberrick. “The only way we can make a difference is collaboration and binding everyone together,” said Miller. “You do no not have to be a part of the Clarion Green Team to recycle. We would just love if everyone could Go Green Go Green.”
Amanda Jackson STAFF WRITER
Clarion, Pa. - Motorists lined up early Saturday Sept. 15 to donate their glass, aluminum, plastic and other recyclables for Clarion County’s semi-annual Recycling Day. Since November 1996, every September and May about 15 to 20 volunteers have come together in Clarion County Park to help make the community a cleaner place. Clarion University’s Green Team collaborated with Clarion County to bring both the community and university together. “We were very excited to help Clarion recycle. Cleaning the Earth is one of the most important things we as human beings can do and recycling is definitely a great start,” said President of Clarion’s Green Team Jessica Miller. Clarion County never h a d a n o f f i -
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Clarion student Toby Johnson and community member volunteer at the Clarion County recycling day. cial recycling program until they decided to develop this plan where people could conveniently drive in and donate their recyclables. “Everything is free
to donate except tires. We just ask that all recyclables be washed and sorted,” said Recycling Coordinator and Director of Department of Planning and Development,
Twila Rifenberrick. “It is the most costefficient way to collect recyclables and make a difference in our community,” said Clarion County Commissioner Greg Faller.
Landfills are increasingly getting bigger and bigger from people throwing trash and recyclable items into roads and landfills. “Landfills do not last forever,” said
University prepares Students gain leadership skills students for Voter ID law through SLEP series Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR
Rachel Farkas STAFF WRITER
Clarion, Pa. - Student Leadership Empowerment Program, or SLEP, is a series of workshops offered every semester to enhance students’ basic leadership skills, according to the university website. Kelly Ryan, assistant director of the Center for Leadership and Involvement, said its focus on organizational leadership is what makes this program different from others. “We have a lot of leadership programs … but this one is geared for people who are in offices in organizations or plan to be,” said Ryan. The series features
sven different workshops. All workshops begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Gemmell 248. At the end of every session, there is a 10 point quiz. If a student attends at least six of the seven workshops and receives an average of 80 percent on all quizzes, Ryan said he or she will become a certified student leader. The certification is helpful to both those running organizations on campus now or those who think they will utilize effective leadership in the future, Ryan said. “You can say you’ve developed skills in very specific areas,” Ryan said. “It’s geared toward helping people make groups more functional.” The first workshop, on
ethics and values, was held Wednesday night. The rest of the schedule is as follows: Sept. 26 – Conflict Management, Matt Shaffer; Oct 3. – Diversity Awareness, Rogers Laugand; Oct. 10 – Goal Setting and Leadership Styles, Jimmy McGee; Oct. 17 – Working with Groups and Teams, Myrna Kuehn; Oct. 24 – Budgeting and Money Management , Shelly Wilson; Oct. 31 – Running Effective Meetings, Diana Brush. For those who have prior obligations on Wednesday evenings in the fall and are unable to attend, the same set of workshops is offered again during the spring semester on Tuesday evenings.
Clarion, Pa. - Clarion University will soon begin issuing student identification cards in compliance with Act 18 of 2012, otherwise known as the Voter ID law, to students who lack a proper ID to vote in the upcoming election this November. Beginning Nov. 6, registered voters in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must show an approved form of identification every time they vote that includes their name, photo and expiration date on the ID, per the Voter ID law, according to the Pennsylvania Democratic Party website. Student IDs from accredited Pennsylvania public and private institutions are among the list of acceptable forms of IDs. Conversely, Clarion University does not include a printed expiration date on its student IDs; the expiration date is embedded in the barcode located on the reverse side of the ID, Clarion University President Karen Whitney said. The university will provide a temporary Voter
ID student ID card free of charge to students who do not have an acceptable form of ID to vote. “I’m very committed to every student voting and no one being turned away,” Whitney said. “We’re not going to ask a student to pay for an ID to vote.” The president’s office will be responsible for the costs associated with making and distributing the new temporary IDs, Whitney said. “There is a nominal fee if a student possesses an acceptable form of ID to vote in Pa, but it will be free to any student who wishes to vote in Pa but does not possess an acceptable form of ID to meet the current ID laws,” Michelle Kealey-Harbaugh, director of Resident Life Services said. The Association for Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties said it has also been concerned with the affect of the new law on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education institutions since none of the 14 PASSHE universities print students IDs with expiration dates. “APSCUF is very concerned about how the
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new voter ID law will affect students, particularly those from out-of-state who do not have Pennsylvania driver’s licenses,” state APSCUF Director of Communications Lauren Gutshall said. “We are worried about the number of students and faculty who may be disenfranchised because of the new law.” The new law affects many Pennsylvania citizens who lack a proper voting ID, not just students. President Whitney said she is also concerned about the elderly or World War II veterans who may not have a proper ID to vote. “I’m passionate about voting,” Whitney said. She said she believes “civic engagement is a core value of voting.” “College student voices are extremely important to the democratic process,” Whitney said. APSCUF also agrees. “APSCUF works to support and pass legislation that benefits our system, universities, students, faculty and coaches. We believe that when our students are engaged in civic discourse, our campus communities benefit,” Gutshall said. See Vote on page
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