The Santa Clara Fall Quarter Week 7

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

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Coping with Stress

TSC’s Guide to Handling Bad Grades

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Composting Rates on the Rise Faculty Waste analysis revitalizes on-campus efforts and interests Samantha Juda

The Santa Clara What would you do with 561 bananas? After you eat one or two, you put the peel in the Benson Memorial Center compost bin. You may think that peel is done at Santa Clara, but little do you know that the peel — along with the rest of the waste from Santa Clara — is tracked and charted as part of the campus’ sustainability efforts. The school generated 97,328 pounds of compost in September of this year. That’s 18 pounds of compostable waste per undergraduate student, or 3,244 banana peels, equaling roughly 561 banana peels per person. That’s a lot of potassium for one month. In 2011, five percent of the total waste was diverted to compost, while in 2012, 28 percent has been diverted already — which is only accounting for the three-quarters of the year that has passed. The increase in composting also decreases landfill rates significantly. For example, Santa Clara landfill totals weighed 179,030 pounds in September 2011, and a mere 6,656 pounds in September 2012. All food waste, garden trimmings, bioware to-go plates and utensils, and paper towels can be composted on campus. Although there is no way to know exactly why rates have increased, Mimi Sanicola, the waste diversion intern at the Office of Sustainability, believes that compost rates have increased this year for three main reasons; composting of yard waste, improved systems in Benson, and an institutional “culture of composting.” The gardening staff is now composting yard waste, which is helping increase compost rates. For the past 10-12 years the yard waste from on-campus gardening has been taken off-site to be used as alternate daily cover in landfills, or broken down to be used as mulching for on-campus landscaping.

Although this counted as diverted waste, according to Lindsey Cromwell Kalkbrenner, sustainability director at the Office of Sustainability, “it was a gray area, and one that we couldn’t wholeheartedly count as being composted, so when our landscaping waste began being hauled to a commercial composting company, we were satisfied that it would go through the process to be broken down and be used as soil.” In addition, composting in Benson has become more efficient. Melissa Reynen, the dining services marketing manager feels that composting efforts have improved both in the kitchen efficiency and in student behavior by placing bins with uniform signage in convenient locations while preparing, serving, and consuming food. “Now we can all use the same signs and I think that is where a lot 28% of our progress of waste was

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97,328 pounds

of composted material from Santa Clara Sept. 2012. That equals roughly

3,244 banana peels. or 18 pounds of compostable waste per undergraduate student. Which would be

561 banana peels per person.

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The Santa Clara This past Thursday, police officers offered advice and gave suggestions to students on campus. The Associated Student Government’s

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179,030 pounds of landfill waste in Sept. 2011

6,656 pounds of landfill waste in Sept. 2012

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Men’s Soccer Team Drops Out of First Place SPORTS, PAGE 11

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Community Development branch and the Senate Current University Issues committee put on an event for students: Lunch with the Police. Two Santa Clara police officers, Sgt. Jerry Rodriguez and Santa Clara Alumnus Officer Tyson Green, came to the event to answer any questions students had regarding off-campus issues, including offcampus partying, what to do, and who to call in certain situations. Lunch with the Police has been held in previous years, but this year the turn-out was stillextremely successful. Around 100-

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120 students attended the open discussion and came with specific questions to ask the officers. Troy Perry, a senior who has been a member of the off-campus community for the past couple of years, is an ASG senator who helped organize the event. “I know where both students and community members are coming from when it comes to partying and respecting the neighborhood,” said Perry. “Our goal in

of waste from Santa Clara was composted in 2011

Officers Raise Awareness Questions and concerns addressed by Santa Clara police

Well-loved Jesuit and professor peacefully dies during the night

William Donnelly didn’t just have a job, or even a simple career. He had a calling. The resident Jesuit and teacher at Santa Clara dedicated his life to education,and he taught hundreds of students in his half-century as a teacher. “He was very authentic,” said senior Bobby Nguyen. The reverend was Nguyen’s first teacher at Santa Clara, and his first introduction to Jesuit teaching. “He only used the phone and office appointments; he didn’t let technology distract him.” William Donnelly, S.J., died peacefully in his sleep last week. He was 84 years old and had been part of the Santa Clara community since he enrolled in the university in 1945. As a longstanding member of the Jesuit community, Donnelly had developed strong friendships with the others he lived with. Charles Phipps, S.J., described them as a family. The two would spend weekends together gardening at the Jesuit house. “Every spring he would buy a lot of daphodils and tulips, and he would take care of the roses,” said Phipps. Donnelly loved his work in the field of economics and was recently conducting research on exports of American motion pictures, international trade, and offshore financial centers. Donnelly was known for bringing his outside experience from his many travels into the classroom. Catherine Millmann had Donnelly as an academic advisor, and she said his teaching was the reason she chose her major. “He would always tell me about his amazing adventures abroad, and he was my number one advocate of me going abroad,” said Millman. Nguyen also said that Donnelly’s experience in the field contributed to his teaching style. “He didn’t use vague theoretical concepts,” he said, “he always used specific references in his teaching and current events.” Donnelly joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1969, filling many roles in his 43-year tenure, including a lecturer, academic vice president rector of the Jesuit community at Santa Clara and most recently serving as chaplain for the Catala club since 1993. A vigil has been planned for Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Mission Church, followed by the memorial service at 7:30 p.m. A reception will be held in the de Saisset Museum following the event.

composted in 2012 as of Sept.

h a s been made when it comes to dining on campus,” said Reynen about the student initiatives composting in Benson. It officially started campus-wide in fall 2009 — when all the current seniors were freshmen. The program has grown, now including most residence halls and even Malley Fitness and Recreation Center. The Office of Sustainability works to make all composting efforts uniform to avoid confu-

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