Thursday, September 22, 2011 Vol xci No i
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Thirsty for Sustainability Filtered water provided at new refill stations around the campus Matt Rupel
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Incoming students and their parents flood Market St. for move-in during Welcome Weekend. This year, 2,645 students are registered for on-campus housing, nearly 300 more students than last year.The increase, along with the construction of Graham, forced housing services to find additional living spaces.
Triples, Doubles and Kitchenettes Dorm overflow leads to unique living arrangements Kurt Wagner
The Santa Clara Matt Kelley is proving that the kitchen is no longer just a place to cook. At Santa Clara, it is also now a place to live. Kelley, a sophomore in Campisi Hall, is living in the building’s second floor kitchenette, a single room equipped with standard Santa Clara furniture, but also a built in microwave, oven and stove top. The unique living space was offered to some students this fall to accommodate an increasing number of students wishing to live on campus, said Maggie Malagon, the Housing Business Services Director. As of Welcome Weekend, Santa Clara had 2,645 students signed up for on-campus housing, nearly 300 more students than last year, said Malagon. This increase forced See LOUNGES, Page 4
housing services to search for additional temporary living spaces to accommodate all students, meaning kitchenettes in Campisi and Sanfilippo and lounges in Swig have all been converted into dorm rooms for students. Kelley, known by many in Campisi as “The Kitchen Kid,” plans to embrace the situation. “I knew some of my friends were going to want to use a kitchen, so I’m like, ‘I might as well take one for the team,’” said Kelley, who lived on “Man Hall” in Campisi last year. “I’m in control of the kitchen now.” The university knew on-campus housing would be an issue this fall after Graham (four buildings totaling 250 rooms) was demolished with only Nobili Hall (119 rooms) added to pick up the slack. With a larger than anticipated freshman class, more sophomores than usual electing to live on-campus, and the number of commuter students down, the overflow in housing was the result of “a perfect storm,” said Malagon. “We’re looking at all of this as a temporary situation,” she said. “We would like to get all of the students into traditional spaces and to get that space (kitchenette, lounge)
ANDERS RODIN — THE SANTA CLARA
Sophomore Matt Kelley stands in his new dorm room , a converted kitchenette for the floor. Due to a large influx of on-campus students and the loss of two residencies, students are living in converted rooms.
Think recyclable plastic water bottles contribute to Santa Clara’s goal of being a sustainable campus? Think again. According to details in a report by the Associated Student Government, it takes three bottles of water to make and distribute one single-use plastic bottle, and a single plastic bottle generates 120 grams of greenhouse gases. Along with help from other groups on campus, the ASG is pushing the Water Bottle Free Initiative to reduce the sale of bottled water on campus. This year, all incoming freshman were provided with a high quality water bottle that they could refill instead of buying a traditional disposable water bottle. Senior Courtney Seymour, the president of ASG, is heading the campaign to transform how students think about sustainability. “It’s about making students more sustainable by habit,” said Seymour. “Instead of waking up and buying a bottle of water, now they will have a bottle that they can fill.” Parallel to the campaign, the Facilities Department spent about $20,000 to install 21 filtered water stations around campus over the summer, so that students can easily refill their water bottles between classes, meetings or trips to the gym. In the coming month, the total number of stations will be increased to 30. Vice President of ASG Senior Lindsay Gray said that having free, clean water available to students would help make it easier for students to make sustainable decisions.“It’s about making the process easier,” said Gray,“so that students don’t have to go out of their way to make an environmentally friendly decision.” To make use of the new stations even easier, ASG has printed QR codes onto the refillable water bottles that link to a map of the locations of the refill installations around campus. The push for sustainability isn’t just about environmental justice. According to the initial proposition by former ASG Senator Chris Freeburg (’11), plastic water bottles cost the university over $10,000. Additionally, the cost of transporting water in large jugs cost the university over $30,000. In order to reduce the use of disposable water bottles around campus, a deal has been reached with Bon Apetít to reduce shelf space for single-use bottles and to add the reusable Santa Clara water bottles. Vice President of Auxiliary Services Jane Barrantes facilitated the deal after members of ASG approached her last year. “I brought the proposal to (General ManagSee BUDGET, Page 4
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