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Volume 77 Number 14 • December 3, 2010 • ut.minaret@gmail.com • minaretblog.com • theminaretonline.com
‘There is a Rethinking Responsible Recycling By CHANNING HAILEY
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The recycling program offered at the University of Tampa seems to have an invisible sign hanging over it: “Serious Recyclers Only, Please.” Though the P.E.A.C.E. Volunteer Center and UT’s administrative operatives have brought more recycling opportunities to campus, the lack of awareness of recycling centers’ locations and their relative inconvenience leaves many students throwing out their recyclables with the trash. Richard Ogoreck, Vice President for Administration and Finance, has headed UT’s efforts to encourage more recycling on campus. “An excess of twenty containers are placed in offices and labs on campus where paper can be placed and securely shredded to go back into the recycling stream,” Ogoreck said. These papers are picked up every Friday by Waste Management Corporation, which is also contracted to handle “legally and safely” the hazardous byproducts from the science and maintenance programs. There are also two “single stream” recycling containers on campus, one located between ResCom and Thomas Parking Garage and the other behind the baseball field near the Cass building. At this point, students wishing to recycle must personally take their recyclables to these sites themselves. P.E.A.C.E. has worked along with administrators and student leaders to make recycling centers more accommodating for students. Senior Michael Seitzler, Head Coordinator of P.E.A.C.E.,claims that because the single stream recycling containers weren’t
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WikiLeaks Exposes Inner Workings of U.S. Diplomacy
By MICHEAL ANGELO RUMORE Asst. Arts + Entertainment Editor
Thewhistle-blowerorganization WikiLeaks recently began releasing over 250,000 top secret diplomatic cables. The cables, detailing the inner workings of the State Department and private remarks of U.S. diplomats, unleashed a strong response from the U.S. government and the global community. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at a State Department news conference, said, “The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of these documents. It puts people’s lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.” Mrs. Clinton did not comment on specific allegations of the cables, but presented them as positive evidence of the Obama administration’s “robust” foreign policy. Attorney General Eric Holder said that WikiLeaks is currently under criminal investigation. Western apprehension over Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program is a frequent topic of the leaks. The documents reveal that some of Iran’s neighboring Arab countries, including Egypt, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, also espouse a concern over Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, is reported to have urged the U.S. to engage in military strikes in Iran. Referring to Iran, King Abdullah pushed the U.S. to “cut the head off the snake.” Iran maintains that it has a peaceful purpose for its nuclear program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alleged that the leaked cables were part of a U.S. plot to damage Iran’s relationship with its Arab neighbors. “Some part of the American government produced these documents,” Ahmadinejad said. “We don’t think this information was leaked. [. . .] They are pursuing political goals.” [See Diplomacy, 3]
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