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April 17 2008
Campus goes green: PR class launches recycling project
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fay Ashley Wilson
YJ GuestWriter
The Public Relations Campaigns class
at Howard Payne has successfully man-
aged to implement what no one else has:
an on-campus recycling program.
discovered that 75 percent of students
surveyed don't recycle because prop-
er bins aren't available. Deciding that
three-fourths of the student population
was enough the students contacted vari-
ous Brownwood authorities - such as the
"Keep Brownwood Beautiful" associa-
Beginning with Spring Break this year tion the Brownwood Sanitation depart-
HPU had two large containers strategi
cally placed. One is on the Mabee Center
side of Jennings Hall to accommodate
Jennings Veda Hodge the duplex and
Quinn house residents. The other con-
tainer is on the street side of Taylor Hall
to provide convenient recycling options
to Taylor residents and the Newbury
apartment community.
Each container has bins allocated for
aluminum plastic and paper products to
encourage environmental stewardship.
Brownwood Sanitation is lending a hand
by picking up the recycled material and
taking it to the Brownwood Recycling
Center.
This program is the first of its kind at
HPU and after the campaigns class sets
the program firmly in place it will be
handed over to the Student Government
Association for continued regulation.
Getting a permanent recycling pro-
gram was a lot more work than the aver-
age student would think which might
explain why no one else has bothered
with it before. But the PR students didn't
want to work for something students
wouldn't use.
The class conducted a survey and
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ment and HPU Director ot Facilities
and Planning Stan Pena - for assistance
in implementing the program.
The class's campaign is about more
than just a few blue-and-gold bins on
campus. They want to raise awareness
of the benefits of a complete recycling
lifestyle. They provided an exhibit at
the recent on-campus outdoor music
concert "HPU Fest" to provide free
information on how to reduce reuse
and recycle.
"I wish I could be here to see this cam-
paign really put into action" said senior
HPU student Phillip Lang. "It would
have been great to be part of helping
Howard Payne make a difference."
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campaign most of the girls ne or Tne new recycling containers locarea oursiae Jennings nan.
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responded with "Guilt." Many come
from large cities where recycling is made
as easy. For example in San Antonio all
residents have to do is put their recy-
clables in one container - the service that
picks up the bin sorts it and takes it to the
center for proper recycling.
While Brownwood doesn't have the
same demands as San Antonio some
citizens our own fellow students are
taking the initiative to be good stewards
of the earth we were given and are
encouraging us to follow suit.
"This is a really great thing they are
doing" HPU freshman Kiara Wade said.
"It definitely will teach the student body
how to live green smart."
YJ Staff Writer Kelsey Woodward con-
tributed to this report.
Library forced to charge for coffee
fay Jessica Willis
YJ StaffWriter
Starbucks Coffee is still
available in the Walker
Memorial Library but now
each cup costs 50 cents.
Since Spring Break the
library has been charg-
ing students faculty and
staff for the coffee and
other drinks being offered.
The charge is necessary to
purchase supplies for the
coffee such as creamer
dups sugar and stir sticks.
Anyone wanting to buy a
cup of coffee now has to
pay at the front desk first
to receive a cup.
The introductory price
when the Spring Semester
began was a 25-cent dona-
tion but since there were
not enough donations
being made the library
had to begin charging for
the coffee at a higher price.
The library still expects
no profits from the sale
of Starbucks coffee but
hopes to continue with the
idea. The library would
like to take in enough rev
enue from coffee sales to
cover the cost of provid-
ing it.
At the end of the
semester library per-
sonnel will evaluate the
coffee project to deter-
mine if it's a workable
arrangement.
"As long as this
becomes a self-supporting
deal we will keep
it. We are happy to sell
it but we can't give
it away" said Nancy
Anderson HPU's dean
of libraries.
United Blood Services
THANK YOU HPU
On behalf of United Blood Services and the patients we serve
in eleven counties we would like to say thank you to the How-
ard Payne University students faculty and staff for hosting a
blood drive on March 28.
Fifty-four units of blood were collected at the drive. Just one
donation can save up to three lives so HPU is responsible for
saving 162 lives in just one day.
HPU student Deborah Utterback was the winner of a monthly
drawing among all mobile blood drive donors during the month
of March. She won a Nintendo Wii system with sports package.
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