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Reduce, reuse, Recyclemania

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By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor “We’re trying to change a culture here,” Sr. Suzanne Kush C.S.S.F., director of the Franciscan Center for Social Concern, said, speaking about Recyclemania, a national competition to increase recycling on college and university campuses. Recyclemania began on Feb. 1 and continues through March 28. This is the second year…

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Quick Center to host speech

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By Julia Mericle Assistant News Editor         The Executive Director of The Friends of the Allegheny Wilderness will speak on the protection proposals for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest and the federal Wilderness Act on Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. in the Beltz Gallery of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.      Kirk…

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Bonaventure community joins recycling competition

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By Julia Mericle Staff Writer    Recyclemania is underway and will continue for the next eight weeks at St. Bonaventure.    The project, hosted by Tread Lightly, will promote recycling and sustainability at St. Bonaventure in an effort to benefit the local environment.    Each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada take on…

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First annual Earth Day clean up scheduled

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By Nate West News Editor Each year, people around the world celebrate Earth Day. This year, St. Bonaventure is joining the movement. The Earth Day Green Up will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Monday, Cody Clifford, Student Government Association (SGA) executive board president, said. According to Clifford, the goal of this Earth Day event…

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Group shows concern beyond Bona’s

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By Kristie Schiefer News Assignment Editor In the midst of RecycleMania, Tread Lightly: SBU’s Environmental Club continues to make recycling a part of daily lives and is giving attention to greater issues like hydrofracking. RecycleMania, a nationwide competition between universities, runs from Feb. 1 through March 31 and is a nationwide competition between universities. This…

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Weak recycling rate demonstrates need for student responsibility

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St. Bonaventure provides many opportunities to recycle, so there is no excuse for students not to utilize them. The Bonaventure community is participating in a project called RecycleMania: a recycling effort to help St. Bonaventure go green. Through March 31, the campus will learn to be more environmentally friendly. In a rush to dispose of…

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Bonaventure goes green

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By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer Brown and white won’t be the only St. Bonaventure colors this semester, because SBU is going green. The Sustainability Committee has found a way to make recycling exciting to students, faculty and staff. The committee has decided to participate in RecycleMania, an eight-week competition between colleges and universities around the…

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Treading lightly at Bonaventure

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By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor “Global climate change is a huge issue. It’s something we should be thinking about for the future.” Alexandra Bulszewicz, a senior finance major, said this is the outlook of SBU Tread Lightly. Club president Bulszewicz said she hopes to increase sustainability and environmental awareness across campus. Last week, Tread Lightly…

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