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Sustainability council funds eco-friendly projects WHITNEY WAY Daily Egyptian Thompson Woods can breathe again, says Susannah Bunny LeBaron. The Green Fund Committee, part of the SIUC Sustainability Council which is run by students, approved a grant for multiple campus environmental projects, including $841 to aid in the restoration of Thompson Woods after the SIUC Fire Dawgs, a Registered Student Organization, set fire to the woods in order to decrease invasive insect populations, said LeBaron, chair of the Committee. “The purpose of the council is to promote sustainability at all levels of campus life,� LeBaron said. The committee, which is supported by the $10 green fee incorporated into student tuition, awarded more than $59,000 in grant money toward 10 environmental projects. The
Sustainability Council, which has nine members altogether, selected the projects that would be funded, LeBaron said. Projects include the Thompson Woods restoration, the incorporation of environmental studies into local high school curriculum, the SIU Sustainability Intern program, recycling bins for student housing, SIUC’s local food network and using coal to produce solar-cell energy. In May 2009, the SIU Board of Trustees enacted the Green Fund Committee, which is made up of students and faculty, said Paul Restivo, chair of the Sustainability Council. Students suggested the creation of the Green Fund Committee and the incorporation of the green fee into student tuition, Restivo said. “Students control their dollars,� Restivo said. “Three of the five (Green Fund Committee) members have to be students.� Please see SUSTAINABILITY | 3
STEVE MATZKER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Money exchanges hands between grower and buyer at the Carbondale Farmers’ Market in the Murdale Shopping Center, Saturday. Farmers’ Markets across the country are eligible for a United States Department of Agriculture grant worth more than $10 million through the Farmers’ Market Promotion Program. The Green Fund, a sustainability committee at SIUC, was awarded money for sustainable projects from this grant.
Local governments, if they are directly connected to a farmers’ market, are also eligible. However, the city of Carbondale has no such connection. Francis Murphy, general manager of the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery, said he has traveled throughout the Midwest and is aware other cities have invested in their own farmers’ market infrastructures, such as permanent booths for sellers. “I would love to see the city connected,� Murphy said.
Bars compete for summer night life business TARA KULASH Daily Egyptian
LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Sarah Brzoznowski, center, of Carbondale, gets a drink for a patron Tuesday at Tres Hombres. Brzoznowski has worked at Tres for seven years. Tres has served Carbondale for
nearly 30 years. Alan Dillard, of Jonesboro, said he has tried to come once a week since they opened in 1982. “I come for the food and for friendship,� Dillard said.
When it’s time to pick a bar for the night, Alec Wallis says he considers which places have the best beer gardens, cheapest drinks and most people. Wallis, a junior from Kirkwood, Mo., studying music-business, said Pinch Penny Pub offers all three. “There’s just so many people there over the summer,� Wallis said. “If you want to go see your friends and see people you know, they’re going to be at Pinch.� With summer semester comes lower student enrollment, and for the city of Carbondale that can mean fewer consumers for businesses. For night life in particular, Matt Longueville said each bar has something different to offer, which can dictate their customer base. Although bars such as Pinch offer less expensive drink prices, he said people also take entertainment
into consideration. “I think every bar in town kind of has its own niche,� said Longueville, part-owner of Tres Hombres. “Any bar that has Dollar Night is where the kids are most likely going to go. For me, you’ve got to have a good band or something to compete with that.� Although Pinch has Dollar Night on Tuesdays, where many drinks are offered for prices as low as a dollar, Wallis said his favorite bar at the moment is Callahan’s Irish Pub because it has specials every day of the week. He said he also likes the nice interior of Hangar 9 but feels drink prices and cover are too expensive at times. “From the times I’ve been in there, they’ve been pretty dead, especially when they should be maintaining steady business,� he said. “But it’s fun because if you come in with a big group of friends, you run the whole bar.� Please see BARS | 3