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Austin Entrepreneurship Program student Vaughan Heppe has made pencil cases to benefit an entrepreneur in Nicaragua By Courtney Gehring The Daily Barometer
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Vaughan Heppe, OSU freshman, uses the Incubator, Austin Entrepreneurship Program’s lab, to make pencil cases, called Sustain:Cases, before shipping them off to a buyer.
Vaughan Heppe, a freshman at Oregon State University, shuffles around the Incubator with excitement, juggling molds and finished sustainable pencil cases he has designed and created himself. Austin Entrepreneurship Program’s lab, the Incubator, is filled with machines and workspace scattered with various pencil cases awaiting final touches before heading off to their buyer. The proceeds of each pencil are donated to entrepreneur Luis Alfonso Gonzales in Nicaragua. “These people in third-world countries have much less than us, but the same ambition to leave a positive mark on the world,” Heppe said. “Giving them the tools they need isn’t just good for them, it’s good for all of us.” Gonzales is an elderly Nicaraguan and past farmer who, with his wife, sells pre-cut wood to his local community. Now with the help of Heppe’s contributions, he’s in pursuit of selling wood to a community in need. The idea to make and sell sustainable pencil cases came during Heppe’s business class, from ideas to reality, instructed by Sandy Neubaum. He wanted to create a sustainable product made out of recycled material that could be used by a wide variety of people. After doing some research, Heppe figured pencil cases would be the perfect product, because almost everyone uses pencils — especially students. “Basically I wanted to create something cool and customizable, and I wanted people around campus to have something to store their stuff in,” Heppe said. “Something they can store their pencils in and whatever else.” The Sustain:Case pencil case was born. He designed the shape and size of the Sustain:Case See HEPPE | page 2
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OSUDivest looks at discussing sustainable stock options with OSU Foundation
request a moratorium on investments in fossil fuels, ask for the foundation to assess the status of its holdings and divest over a fiveyear period. By Jack Lammers “This is a group that’s still formThe Daily Barometer ing and looking to generate a A group of Oregon State critical mass of faculty and stuUniversity faculty and students dents,” Winograd said. “We hope has started organizing to dis- the investments would then be cuss divesting OSU Foundation put into renewable energy or noninvestments in fossil fuel-related industrial food production.” industries. OSUDivest has garnered supBeginning in March, OSUDivest port from the local chapter of 350. has been meeting weekly to edu- org, a grassroots organization of cate the public and discuss the activists against climate change. question of what divesting from “The thinking is if it’s wrong fossil fuels would mean to OSU. to wreck the planet, it’s wrong to The OSU Foundation invests profit from the wreckage of the money to increase support of planet,” Winograd said. university programs. Universities OSUDivest has begun with commonly invest initiatives to edutheir money in cate the university the stock market about its expected The thinking is if with investments presence next year, across the marit’s wrong to wreck when members ket to diversify hope to work with the planet, it’s their investment the foundation. On wrong to profit from portfolios. May 23, the group “Ideally, the the wreckage showed a movie OSU Foundation titled, “Do the of the planet. will be a colMath,” directed l a b o ra t o r in by Bill McKibben. Kenneth Winograd the campaign,” The film examines Professor, College of Education said Kenneth the repercussions Winograd, of the fossil fuel p ro f e s s o r i n industry on the clithe College of Education and mate — specifically through data OSUDivest leader. on global temperatures. In its beginning stages, the A major component of the camgroup has several projects put paign will involve student leaders in motion — foremost is a plan of OSUDivest drafting resolutions to have the OSU Faculty Senate with the Associated Students of present to the OSU Foundation Oregon State University and gathon incrementally divesting from See DIVEST | page 2 fossil fuels. The resolution would n
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OSU group sends out surveys to assess community input for future of OSU Smoke Free
smoking and produces similar effects for the user. The law classifies e-cigarettes as a “smoking instrument” alongside cigars, cigarettes and pipes. OSU currently still permits the use of chewing tobacco. By Jack Lammers The Daily Barometer The policy originated in the stuOregon State University’s Office of dent body and the Student Health the President reissued a survey, calling Association Board, which then forfor student feedback on the initiative malized the enforcement with OSU President Ed Ray. to make the campus smoke free. Race has been The survey, issued problem solving on Wednesday, asks students to considWe want to know if ways of accommodating for smokers er how the current people have had a around the edges of smoking prohibition positive experience or campus with Jessica on campus — in another effect since Sept. 1, have had challenges Johnson, master’s in public 2012 — has affected with the program. health student and them and whether a assistant for Healthy completely tobaccoAdam Race Campus Initiatives. free campus would be preferable for Graduate assistant, Healthy Campus Initiatives Currently, the campus has smoking them. Adam Race, a master’s in public urns in designated areas for students health student and graduate assistant to smoke. Both Race and Johnson used the for Healthy Campus Initiatives, has been tracking the campus during its term “hotspot” to characterize places around campus where smoking often first year as “smoke free.” “We want to create an environment occurs. Among these hotspots are that is healthy,” said Race. “We want Northwest Monroe Street and the to know if people have had a positive area by the International Living and experience or have had challenges Learning Center. Johnson noted that Monroe Street has seen litter and with the program.” The initiative resulted in an Oregon trash problems, but that those same law — OAR Chapter 576, Division 040 patterns have been characteristic of — prohibiting smoking cigarettes on the area. “We interviewed businesses doorcampus, which is enforceable by the Department of Public Safety year- to-door and found that they have to round, including game days. OSU is sweep up their storefronts slightly now one of more than 1,100 college more often,” Johnson said. “Since campuses nationwide to adopt a 100 these businesses are close to OSU, we have wanted to make sure they are percent smoke-free policy. The law also excludes electronic included in the process.” cigarettes, or “e-cigarettes,” an inhaler See SMOKE FREE | page 2 with an aerosol that imitates tobacco n
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Joan Austin recently gave a $10 million gift toward funding Austin Hall for the OSU College of Business.
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Oregon State recognizes Austin as a leader, supporter of education, student learning By Jack Lammers
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Joan Austin, local businesswoman and major contributor to Oregon State University, died Wednesday morning in her sleep at the age of 81. Austin co-founded A-dec — a Newberg-based dental equipment company — with her husband, Ken. The Austins have become well known as supporters of Oregon State University through the OSU Foundation. The couple was inducted into the OSU College of Business Hall of Fame in 2003. Austin has served on the College of Engineering Technology Campaign Cabinet and the 4-H Foundation Board. She also received the OSU Alumni Association Honorary Alumni Award in 2005. “What needs to be said first is that [Austin’s] investment of time and talent is broad reaching across OSU,” said Ilene Kleinsorge, dean of the OSU College of Business. “The Austins have been a very engaged couple with both the university and the College of Business. She was creative, innovative, passionate and could articulate a dream and execute it.” Recently, the Austins gave $10 million to support the construction of Austin Hall — a 100,000-square-foot building set for completion in 2014 — for OSU’s College of Business. But this was not the Austins’ first major donation. In 1985, Joan Austin suggested OSU begin a Family Business Program to help local family businesses plan for growth. The program was renamed the Austin Family Business Program in 1994 after endowment from the Austins. Later, in 2002, the couple donated $4 million for the Austin Entrepreneurship Program, a residential learning program to help students start up companies. The money has returned $14 million in state bond funding used to renovate Weatherford Hall. “Joan was a great lady who had a special way of connecting with people,” said OSU President Ed Ray in a statement. “She was a very warm, approachable and engaging person, See AUSTIN | page 2
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OSU is one of several public places in Corvallis — including Good Samaritan Hospital and the tobacco-free Public Health Department — to prohibit tobacco to some extent. Johnson and Race have been and will continue to increase signage around campus and make the policy more transparent. “We want to make sure visitors on campus don’t feel uncomfortable,” Race said. “If someone unfamiliar with the campus, like a parent, comes to campus, we would prefer for them to know beforehand that the campus is smoke-free, instead of them being asked to put out their cigarettes.” Other college campuses across the state have undergone similar steps to reduce tobacco usage. Currently, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Pacific College and Portland Community College are smoke free. “It’s good to be a part of a larger movement,” Johnson said. “The trend of going
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AUSTIN n Continued from page 1 and the Oregon State family will truly miss her. Joan and her husband, Ken, have been unbelievable supporters of the university for many years. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ken and the entire Austin family.” Austin also has several family ties to the university. Ken and the couple’s two children,
HEPPE n Continued from page 1 on the computer, and used a 3D printer that his mentor, Dale McCauley, made himself to create it. The printer made the model tangible, and Heppe began the process of creating the pencil cases out of the mold. Heppe solely uses recyclable material in production. The cases themselves are made of PLA, a cornstarch and sugar mixture in pellet form he melts down
their children’s spouses and a granddaughter are all OSU alumni. “Joan had an exceptional ability to translate her personal experience as an entrepreneur and family business owner to other organizations, and OSU and the [OSU Foundation] benefited enormously,” said J. Michael Goodwin, president and CEO of OSU Foundation, in a statement. Though Austin’s contributions have impacted areas of
on a stove. Recycled pre-cut wood in combination with the PLA is used on the lid of the case. Heppe first uses a silicon mixture he pours into the model to create a mold. After waiting 24 hours for the thick silicon mixture to harden, the mold is created. The mold is a reversed image of the pencil case. Heppe then pours the melted PLA pellets into the mold. Fifteen minutes later, a pencil case is formed. The pencil case lids can be
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t’s been a school year since Oregon State became a smokefree campus. We’re honestly impressed it’s worked out — we had our doubts about how it would be enforced and whether people would abide by the “honor system” in holding themselves and others accountable for not smoking. This is not to say the ban is perfect. The smoking ban prohibited cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes or “other devices intended to simulate smoking” from campus, according to Oregon State University’s smoking policy. The ban took effect September 2012. Our campus is beautiful. The lack of smoke and cigarette butts littered across campus has added to our campus’ beauty. This is not to say we haven’t seen people secretly sneaking a drag by the Valley Library clock tower. For the most part, our campus is caught in a bubble. The ban definitely rid campus of most smoking. But this is not to say the surrounding areas are free of litter and smokers. On Western Boulevard, the street bordering the south side of campus near the INTO building and Reser Stadium, smokers crowd together to get their nicotine fix. Cigarette butts litter the sidewalk. It’s the same story on Monroe Avenue, the street lining the northern side of campus near Student Health Services and McMenamins. It’s nice and all that OSU is smokefree, but the lack of attention paid to the streets surrounding campus is one aspect of the ban we hope will be corrected in the future. When the ban was implemented, most of the outdoor ashtrays on campus vanished. We wonder why they weren’t relocated to Monroe Avenue and Western Boulevard. There are a couple receptacles lining these streets, but they are few and far between. By banning smoking from campus, we have driven OSU’s problem — which is having students and staff who smoke — into the city, creating problems of litter and mobs of cigarette smokers on the periphery of campus. Banning tobacco products is a nice thought — we want our peers to live the healthiest lifestyle possible. But how much has the ban actually convinced those who smoke to cease smoking? Sure, leaving campus is an inconvenience to those who smoke, but they are still making the walk to get their nicotine. The ban currently prohibits e-cigarettes, which have no effect on surrounding people, but doesn’t exclude chewing tobacco. If the campus wants to stay consistent with this plan, which is a necessary quality, either all tobacco products should be prohibited or only smoke-producing tobacco products should be banned. The smoking ban has been working, with our best interests in mind, but there is still room for improvement.
ummer has arrived and with Robert Bowman it, so has the film season. This year, we are finally greeted with an onslaught of science fiction. Primarily, “After Earth,” starring that “Wall-E” was an animated film. Will Smith, and “Elysium,” with Matt If every critic were to compare every Damon. Both have something differ- film to films of the past, no film would ent to offer: “After Earth” shows an ever be original, and “Oblivion” is Earth where everything has evolved exactly that. to kill humans and “Elysium” takes In “Oblivion,” the Earth is destroyed another approach. The overpopulated by an alien race known as the poor live on Earth while the rich live Scavengers, or Scavs, who first blow on an orbiting space station called up the moon and afterward send an Elysium. Do either sound familiar? A invasion army to finish off the rest film that was plagued by comparisons of the humans. Jack Harper (Cruise) was “Oblivion,” starring Tom Cruise. along with his partner Victoria Olsen It seemed to slip under the radar and (Andrea Riseborough) are two of the unfortunately we’ll have to wait and last remaining humans on Earth, see if the other science fiction films assigned to repair drones and the are any more original than “Oblivion.” gigantic hydro sky structures the I doubt it. drones are charged According to defend. to some critTo repair the ics, “Oblivion” is The visual effects ... drones, Jack Harper around average, make us want to live flies around in a ship with the plot taking and rides a collapsa back seat next to in the world even if ing motorcycle if the the stunning visual it’s post-apocalyptic ship doesn’t get the effects — the one job done while Olsen thing that, across and degraded. gives him support the board, critics from the “floating” have agreed on. house they live in. The visual effects of Another reference is “Oblivion” did what all good visuals made here by Anthony Lane of the do: They make us want to live in the New Yorker, “In ‘Oblivion,’” he spends world even if it’s post-apocalyptic and his days traversing wastelands on a degraded. Despite this praise, unformotorbike (the first choice for Cruisetunately critics have compared it to transportation, as it was even in “Top such films as “Wall-E.” Really? Even if Gun”). Would you prefer a bicycle? both films are post-apocalyptic, have Viewers are used to seeing actors robot(s) and the main characters are reprise roles that they’re good at: explorers, that still doesn’t make them comparable, especially if you consider Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Carrel and Cruise. In “Oblivion,” it felt different.
Whether it was the environment Cruise was in or if it was he was just perfect for this role in particular, I wasn’t constantly annoyed that it was Cruise and not someone else portraying Jack Harper. In his sleep, Harper consistently dreams of spending time with a different mysterious woman next to and on the roof of the Empire State Building. During his missions he visits a number of iconic buildings and in his spare time, a part of Earth that is surprisingly untouched by the effects of the Scav’s attack. Herein lies another issue that some critics have with “Oblivion.” All the buildings Harper visits are the same buildings that have been used in countless other movies: the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, and a half-demolished football stadium. Viewers had the same issue with “Transformers 2 Revenge of The Fallen” and their use of the Pyramids, but what do you expect? Directors could use lesser-known buildings, maybe try some more local to the area, but then no one would recognize them nationally and they’d be complaining about that even more. Additionally, in the case of “Oblivion,” Cruise and the woman he’s with are on vacation. It just makes sense. While on one of Jack Harper’s missions, a space craft built before the invasion crashes and he investigates the site. He finds humans in deep sleep pods that are destroyed by the drones Harper is charged to repair. In disbelief, he manages to save one See OBLIVION | page 7
Response to Lester’s June 5 guest column
Not everyone is a workout junkie While I feel as though James Lester provided some useful insights into his own perceptions of the activities of others at the gym, I found some of his observations overly broad and unnecessarily negative. As someone who has struggled with issues like depression in my own life, I have found the gym to be a source of great self-confidence as opposed to a source of “mental pain” as Lester describes. Striving toward a physical goal can not only help one toward a healthier state, but can also be a powerful weapon against self-doubt and anxiety. Lester’s broad categorizations of many gym-goers are also a bit unfair, especially his categorization of us as some form of social brutes. If I don’t particularly want to chat with you at 6 a.m., it isn’t because I am harboring some superiority complex over you, it’s just because this is my time to relax through exercise. I feel as though Lester’s own anxieties relating to how he could be viewed by his peers while at the gym has caused him to reflect negativity back toward those sources. I would encourage him to exercise for himself, and to not overly worry about how others perceive him. After all, we’re not all “stereotypical gym-junkie-douchebags.” Patrick Byfield Graduate research assistant
Response to Pike’s June 5 column
Agriculture is anything but ‘sustainable’ In response to Tyler Pike’s article about sustainable agriculture, I would like to say that there is not much that is “sustainable” about modern agriculture. It pains me to say it, because I spent the majority of my life doing it. As a former dairy farmer from Iowa I spent more hours tilling, planting, spraying, harvesting crops and milking cows than I care to remember. I was president of the local Farm Bureau and advocated for agriculture just as Pike does. With an evershrinking percentage of people with any connection to the land, we certainly need people to step up and tell agriculture’s story. I am proud of all the conservation measures we implemented on our farm and all the blood and sweat I put into putting food on people’s plates, but I eventually came to the realization that it was anything but sustainable. As a society we are dangerously dependent on non-renewable energy inputs to maintain our food system and ensure our survival. Unfortunately worldwide population has probably already exceeded the sustainable carrying capacity of the planet given our consumption habits. We can’t turn back the clock but we can start figuring out ways to feed everyone without the fossil fuel inputs necessary to sustain our current methods of food production. Crop and livestock production is unquestionably more efficient than ever, but more efficient does not equal more sustainable. Do I think organic production can feed 7 billion people? Not by a long shot. We will need every bit of genetic engineering and other technology we can muster to
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2012-13 Sports Awards Female Athlete of the Year: Makayla Stambaugh
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Male Athlete of the Year: Jordan Poyer
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2. Lea Cavestany, softball 3. Chelsea Tang, gymnastics 4. Jamie Weisner, women’s basketball 5. Sara Almen, volleyball/track
2. Michael Conforto, baseball 3. Taylor Meeks, wrestling 4. Markus Wheaton, football 5. Andrew Moore, baseball
While the Male Athlete of the Year had five (or more) who could’ve taken home the honor, we knew immediately who was going to win Female Athlete of the Year. Stambaugh was dominant all year, earning First Team All-Pac-12 on bars, floor and all-around, and was the runner-up for Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year. Hampton led Oregon State in home runs (15), was second in average (.329) and set a program record for RBIs in a single season with 50. Tang wasn’t flashy, but was extremely reliable. Weisner and Almen were both freshman stars, and we’d be surprised if they didn’t make the list at least one more time.
Jordan Poyer was a First Team All-American and was second in the NCAA in interceptions. He was the face of Oregon State football and the defensive leader of the No. 24 team in the nation. Michael Conforto was the Pac-12 Player of the Year, Meeks made a run at the 197-pound national championship, Wheaton was First Team AllPac-12 and Moore was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. But, Poyer made the biggest impact for his team this season. The four-year senior was as big a reason as any the football team went from 3-9 in 2011 to 9-4 in 2012.
Performance of the Year: Andrew Moore
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1. Andrew Moore’s complete game shut-out against Oregon in game two of the Civil War 2. Makayla Stambaugh’s 9.975 at Pac-12 Championships 3. Cody Vaz’s debut @ BYU: 20-32, 332 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs 4. Taylor Meeks finishing No. 4 in the 197-pound weight class at the NCAA Tournament 5. Emery Welshman had OSU’s first hat trick in four years, including an assist, against UW-Green Bay Freshman phenom Andrew Moore takes the top spot with his dominating performance over No. 8. Consider the pressure: OSU had lost game one of the series, sliding back into a tie for first place with the Ducks. Moore, pitching in his hometown of Eugene, threw a complete game shutout. He allowed only two hits when it mattered most.
Team of the year: Baseball 2. Wrestling 3. Gymnastics 4. Football 5. Softball Even if the baseball team loses this weekend, failing to qualify for the College World Series, they’ve proven they were Oregon State’s best team this season. Winning 45 regular season games, the Pac-12 Championship and earning the No. 3-national seed, baseball has risen back to the same heights as when they won back-to-back national championships. But, that’s not to slight the other deserving teams. Wrestling finished No. 8 in the nation, gymnastics finished No. 15, football No. 24 and softball qualified for the postseason. Not too shabby all the way around.
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Most Disappointing Team: Men’s Basketball
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Top “What if?” moments: Sean Mannion
2. Gymnastics 3. Women’s Soccer
1. Sean Mannion never gets hurt 2. Cunningham doesn’t go pro/Brandt doesn’t tear ACL 3. Wrestling’s stars (Hanke and Mangrum) did how they were supposed to at nationals
Last year, we ranked men’s basketball as the most disappointing OSU team of the 2011-12 school year. We severely underestimated how bad it could have been, because this season was twice as bad. With just four wins in the Pac-12, Craig Robinson’s seat is officially hot. Gymnastics and women’s soccer don’t make this list because they were bad, but because both teams disappointed. Expecting to reach nationals for the eighth straight year, gymnastics faltered in regionals; women’s soccer fell apart in the end of the season, missing the postseason for the first time since 2008.
After a 4-0 start, Mannion had a torn meniscus, which required surgery. Cody Vaz comes in, kills it at BYU, does OK versus Utah, Beavers are 6-0. Mannion gets rushed back, throws four interceptions at Washington. Back to Vaz. Vaz wins against ASU, loses at Stanford, he gets hurt. Mannion starts the next two. It’s a toss-up for the Alamo Bowl, Riley goes with Vaz, OSU loses and Vaz gets sacked 10 times. It’s complicated — we wonder how those last nine games would’ve turned out with no quarterback controversy. Hey, it could have been worse. Seven of OSU men’s basketball’s 18 losses came by four points or less. You’d have to think that Brandt and Cunningham — maybe even just one of the two — would have swung those games in OSU’s favor.
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Worst moment: 6-1 1. Football loses first game of season against Washington on Oct. 27 2. Dec. 29: Basketball loses to lowly Towson at home and football loses to Texas in Alamo Bowl 3. Gymnastics fails to qualify for nationals for first time in eight years
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The football team had expectations change after losing to Washington while being 6-0 on the season and having risen all the way to No. 9 in the nation. After beating quality opponents such as Wisconsin, Arizona and BYU, it seemed as though it could be a special season for the football team. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reason for OSU’s demise that night in Seattle. Whether it was Mannion’s health not being quite 100 percent, coaching decisions or something else entirely, losing to the Huskies was a deflating moment. Losing the Alamo Bowl in football on the same day the basketball team lost to Towson was rough, as was gymnastics being upset in regionals, but nothing was as gut-wrenching as seeing OSU’s BCS hopes dashed on Oct. 27.
Best Moment: Football 1. Football team reaches 6-0, No. 9 in nation 2. Gymnastics wins Pac-12s 3. Dylan Davis’ walk-off double in regionals against UTSA
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Halfway through the 2012 season, the football team had already doubled its win total from the year before. It was against all odds, a 360-degree turnaround that no one saw coming. After taking down three top-25 opponents, the Beavers’ win against Utah kept the undefeated streak alive, and they were up to No. 9 in the national rankings. The ticket lines were wrapped around the stadium by Saturday night after the previous game. Corvallis was electric with football fever after OSU beat Utah to get to 6-0.
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Oregon State University Campus Recycling, Surplus Property, and University Housing and Dining Services are currently holding the annual Resident Hall Move-Out Donation Drive. The donation drive allows students living in resident halls to donate their unwanted items instead of throwing them away. The donations are distributed to local charities and organizations in order to help out the community. “Many students find they have more stuff in their room than what they can or care to take home with them,” said Andrea Norris, outreach coordinator for Campus Recycling. “We coordinate this annual drive because move-out provides a significant opportunity to keep those reusable items out of our landfill, and instead get them into the hands of local organizations and people who need them.” Anyone may assist with the event by volunteering on June 13, 14 or 17, regardless if they live in a residence hall. Volunteers will assist with the dona-
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