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Letter from the Editor
Why I Avoided Valentine’s Day
Anna Daly/Managing Editor
anna_daly@pipeline.owens.edu
Valentine Schmalentine.
Valentine’s Day is a joke to me. It is useless. It is a waste of
a day. It is sickening. more
The Inaugural Address: More Nonsensical Rhetoric
Isaiah St. John/Outlook Reporter
isaiah_stjohn@pipeline.owens.edu
George W. Bush’s inaugural address was filled with the usual balderdash.
He proclaimed the need for liberty throughout the world and grossly overstated
America’s interest in the fulfillment of this need, saying, “The
survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of
liberty in other lands.” more
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
This past week I finished drinking my bottle of water and went to find
a recycling container. It was just past 7:30 p.m. and I was in the Center
for Fine and Performing Arts.
I looked everywhere until I finally located one in the SHAC. This was
quite a distance to walk just to recycle my bottle. I was frustrated,
and late to my next class.
Since this happened I have been increasingly aware of the lack of recycling
bins all over campus. Since they are few and far between, while I am walking
to the containers I stop and check the tops of trash cans and find they
are usually filled with bottles and cans. This really bothers me.
Even more disturbing than the lack of recycling containers is lack of
use of the ones in place. On one occasion, as I was dropping my bottle
in a bin, I noticed the trash next to it had several bottles in it as
well. I pulled them out and counted nine just sitting on top.
I am outraged at the ignorance of our students. Recycling trash has many
benefits, including saving natural resources and natural areas, saving
energy, reducing pollution, conserving landfill space, and creating industry
and jobs across the nation. It is difficult for me to understand why people
are not using the bins we have when the cost of not recycling is so high
for everyone.
I have faith in our student government to help obtain more recycling bins.
While this operation is in the works, I would like to urge our student
body to make the best of what we have.
Recycling is important to everyone, and I hope everyone will do his part
in maintaining our precious environment.
Becci Wilhelm
Student