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Show Campus News Environmental Biology Students Get Their Hands Dirty by Blessing Ream if Westminsters recycling efforts have Forum staff writer made an impact on the garbage, said Harrison. I was really amazed with the results. Although the garbage count has not yet been finalized, Harrison said there is definitely less newspaper, white paper, computer paper and colored paper, thanks to the recycling efforts started by the Westminster College Earth Effort (WCEE). There was also little aluminum because of the longstanding emphasis on recycling aluminum cans. It was WCEEs idea to start the paper recycling project, said Harrison. ASWC gave the group money to start the blue garbage can project for recycling paper. The administration also deserves thanks for their $1000 donation to purchase the recycling shed out by the track. Although the overall amount of paper garbage was down, there was still a large portion of cardboard, paperboard, paper towels from the bathrooms, and glass. To help solve the cardboard problem WCEE, is contemplating a cardboard recycling project. According to Harrison, Marriott Food Services and the bookstore are anxious to cooperate with the idea of a cardboard depository. Digging through mounds of garbage with bare hands may not sound like an ideal way to spend your class time, buton March 10 that is what Dr. Ty Harrisons environmental biology students did. About 30 of Harrisons students spent the day collecting garbage from all campus buildings. Students were then divided into teams and assigned acertain type or class of garbage to separate from the rest of the trash. The 13 different classes of garbage included cardboard, paper towels, aluminum, glass, computer paper, newspaper and so on. Once all of the garbage was collected, the students had to sort through the mess by hand to find the waste that belonged to their garbage class. They were given the option of wearing surgical gloves during their search. The different garbage classes were then weighed on scales. This was the second consecutive year Harrison has conducted the Westminster garbage study with the help of his spring semester students. We repeated the study this year to see of the waste that Westminster pays hundreds of dollars each year Approximately one-ha- lf Heather Bush to have towed away, is highly recyclable cardboard boxes. Unfortunately, solving the glass problem will not be as simple. The major problem is recycling can only be successful if someone comes to pick up the garbage. The Fiber Recovery Co. picks up our computer, white and colored paper, and Utah Recycling picks up our newspaper, but, because it is not economically feasible, no one will pick up glass, said Harrison. WCEE is working with one possible solution for the glass problem. They have been passing around a petition to help get the a state bottle bill passed. If the bottle bill is passed, customers will pay a deposit on all glass bottles they buy from a store. Their deposit will be returned when they Continued on Page 4 Greater Technology Is Not Always A Blessing, Says Dooran Part Two of the IABC Conference Series A by Bill Kilpack Forum editor said. For this reason, broadcasters tend to International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Utah presented a seven-topi- c program at its annual convention March 19 revolving around the theme Communicating Greatness. Throughout the day, professional and student IABC members listened to speakers presenting some in mass communication. These are covered in the four-pa- rt IABC Conference Series. Part Two, Quality Broadcast Materials, featured Kate Doordan, former correspondent and occasional contributor for ABC Radio Network. People dont know what they want to think about or hear about until they see it, Doordan said. The very best broadcast material contains at least one of the following: your person, your cause or your prodPre-senting.T- op , underestimate the intelligence of the audience, according to Doordan. Stories are laid out very plainly, with very few twists and turns. If trying to solicit broadcast coverage of an event, there are certain ways to do it, she said. The fax machine, however, is not the way to go. Unsolicited faxes are not welcome, Doordan said. The fax machine is an important part of a broadcast stations equipment, and they dont like it being taken up by material they dont want The best method is to find out who is responsible for covering events similar to yours and to send the information directly to that person, she said. Always remember to update your mailing list, said Doordan. Nothing beats personal contact. areparticularly news hungry, she said. They are bottomless news holes. One problem with people soliciting news coverage, she said, are news conferences. Today, they are abused, being held when there is nothing really earth shaking to be said. This wastes peoples time. The two times when news conferences should be held are for breakthroughs or when news regards the jobs of large numbers of people. However, if a news conference is necessary, it can. be a launching pad for future Pag April 7, 1932 1 Stumped by a term paper? Need help or ideas in doing your research? The Library has many resources available to you including two compu. terized databases that will help you with Stop by the library any time or make an appointment to see the Reference Librarian. your-research- Library hours are: Monday-Thursda- Friday 7:30 a.m.-1- 0 y 7:30 a.m.-5p.- m. p.m. formance. When promoting an event and trying for Continued on Page 5 ms uct Unfortunately, she said, technology is beginning to eliminate the first of the three, by turning attention away from people. It hurts the training of new communicators and hampers their acquisition of new skills. For the most part, newcomers dont know a lotH she said. The promising new employees are those who the management really likes, and there is a better effort made in training. Broadcast media, TV and radio are not the places for subtlety, Doordan said, because there is too limited a time frame to make the point and do it clearly. This is why reports are so short and succinct. The details are available in the newspapers, she broadcast coverage. If your guys good, hell get on again, she said. Its a per- Saturday Sunday 10 1 a.m.-- 4 p.m.-5p.- m. pm FORUM Forum Editorial Staff: Editor, Bill Kilpack; Copy Editor, Liz Peterson; Editorial Assistant, Jennifer Thompson; Production Manager, Kirsten Heaton; Photo Editor, Heather Bush; Business Manager, Donald Nunn Staff Writers: Michael Andre, William A they, Heather Bradley, Linda M. Bums, Katy Byrom, Ruth Catron, Judy Conner, Temmie K. 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