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Volume #101 | Issue #22 | April 17, 2017 | depauliaonline.com

CHANGING THE CLIMATE For anyone living in Chicago, the lack of snow this winter was change. In 2017 alone, many areas across the United States saw National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on record and sixth warmest winter of all time. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on blame for this change.

certainly a surprise. It’s all thanks to one thing: climate warmer conditions this past winter. According to the (NOAA), the U.S. saw its second warmest February Climate Change (IPCC), humans are the ones to special report released Mar. 31, 2014, “severe centuries ahead. ones trying to change the fate of the dying

and pervasive” impacts face the world in the Since humans are responsible, they’re also the Earth everyone calls home. Earth Day is on April 22 this year, and is one of inform people on environmental and climate For the other 364 days of the year, higher educaDePaul, are committed to reducing carbon with help from the Carbonless Community, Carbon Footprint Update Report outlines ways ahead.

the ways 192 countries across the world aim to literacy. tion institutions around the country such as emissions. In June 2016 DePaul University, DePaul will create more sustainability in the years Student Government Association (SGA), leads the at DePaul. With implementation from facility operalighting and a better waste recycling program.

way in research and planning for climate change adaption “In recent years we began to migrate to LED technology, Operations Bob Janis said. In 2017 LED or light emitting diode technology is one of the market. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the and would cut down energy consumption by more than 340 organization with a lot of people takes the initiative and starts that others will follow suit.” In a partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), two schools in the Big East who has contributed to the green energy 30 conferences. While natural gas heats DePaul’s facilities, facility operations use carbon output. Some buildings have also adapted environmentally “We replace roofs regularly based on life cycle and condition,” Janis insulation values, plus we install light color (typically white or silver) DePaul has reconstructed the roof on the student center building to sphere. Prior to this, the building had a black tar roof and posed as a on its Lincoln Park campus will have an environmentally friendly

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widespread use of LED lighting could save $30 billion by 2027, terawatt-hours. or big business,” DePaul senior Aaron Cerron said. “If a big universities and colleges around the country have joined usage in kilowatt-hours. DePaul, as of March 2017, is one of only sustainable resources to help balance and reduce the overall said. “When we do replace them, we increase the thermal a white roof, which returns the sun’s heat back into the atmolarge emitter of carbon. DePaul’s new School of Music building roof and share some of the same features as other buildings.

contribute to tens of thousands of water bottles saved. DePaul creates a greener environment. become a sustainable campus comes from the age-old Vincentian question, “What must be done?” For years, the DePaul Sustainability Network, facility operations and SGA have worked alongside one another to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly campus that can give back to its surrounding neighborhoods and the Earth itself.

See CLIMATE CHANGE, page 6

Walking on sunshine: Jessica January drafted by Connecticut Sun By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

DePaul women’s basketball guard Jessica January was drafted 28th overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 3rd round of the WNBA Draft on Thursday. “I was watching it on TV with my teammates Meri Bennett-Swanson and Megan Waldron, Eli Cain of the men’s team, and coach Doug Bruno,”

January said. “When my name flashed on the screen, Meri started screaming, and coach Bruno stood up and shouted.” January, a senior, became the first DePaul player to be drafted since Brittany Hrynko in 2015. January averaged 15 points per game her senior season but missed most of the second half of the season with a broken finger. She was named the 2016 Big East preseason Player of the Year. She has also been a team captain for the

past two seasons. Toward the end of the draft, January said she wasn’t sure she would get selected. Then, with the fourth pick in the third round, the Sun picked her. “I’m just so excited (when I was drafted),” she said. “I was getting a little nervous.” January became the tenth-ever DePaul player to be drafted by WNBA teams. There are currently two DePaul alumni playing in the

WNBA, the Chicago Sky’s Allie Quigley (class of 2008) and the Minnesota Lynx’s Keisha Hampton (class of 2012). The Sun were also the last team to draft a DePaul player when they took Hrynko in 2015 but then traded her to the Atlanta Dream. The Sun finished ninth out of 12 teams in 2017. Their season opens up on May 13 and they play the Chicago Sky in Rosemont on May 28.

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Jessica January celebrates after a NCAA tournament win in March 2016.


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