Students clean up cigarette butts
Bella Yashayev
Issue date: 6/22/09 Section: A&E
The Social Environmental History class embarked on a special project on June 6 to collect cigarette butts scattered around campus. The initiative is part of an extra credit assignment offered to students by instructor Benjamin Kline.
"A student came up with the idea for the project a couple years ago," said Kline.
Project leaders recruited 15 students to join the effort. Although not all student volunteers showed up, Flea Market shoppers as well as three young boys, joined in to help. "Random people and kids joined. It was really cool," said leader Hollie Moldenhauer, who proposed the cleanup to the class. "As a smoker, I felt it was something I was obligated to do."
Volunteers split into several groups. "Campus maintenance provided supplies and maps with designated areas to clean," said Kline.
According to Moldenhauer, Parking Lot B was one of the dirtiest areas. She said that several non-smoking locations, such as the area by the library, were full of cigarette butts as well.
Despite all the people who helped, there were still "thousands" of cigarette butts left, said Moldenhauer. "We filled a whole bag [weighing] a couple of pounds."
"A student came up with the idea for the project a couple years ago," said Kline.
Project leaders recruited 15 students to join the effort. Although not all student volunteers showed up, Flea Market shoppers as well as three young boys, joined in to help. "Random people and kids joined. It was really cool," said leader Hollie Moldenhauer, who proposed the cleanup to the class. "As a smoker, I felt it was something I was obligated to do."
Volunteers split into several groups. "Campus maintenance provided supplies and maps with designated areas to clean," said Kline.
According to Moldenhauer, Parking Lot B was one of the dirtiest areas. She said that several non-smoking locations, such as the area by the library, were full of cigarette butts as well.
Despite all the people who helped, there were still "thousands" of cigarette butts left, said Moldenhauer. "We filled a whole bag [weighing] a couple of pounds."
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