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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Tuesday, October 22, 2013 RECYCLE PRO BONO POWER Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 CHRIS AYERS/The Daily Utah Chronicle Volunteers with Recycle Rice-Eccles help tailgaters prevent recyclable items from going to a landfill. helped at every home game so far. "I care about the environment. Living in Hawaii, I care about keeping it green," she said. "As long as I'm helping out and recycling, it's all good." Crowe has noticed improvement in the recycling efforts and supports the new group sorting method. Godbe said the program does more than help the planet. "[Recycle Rice-Eccles] gives spirit. Not only are students helping the planet, but they're also enjoying themselves," Godbe said. k.tao@chronicle.utah.edu DANCE Continued from page 1 these people if it wasn't for this breakdance class and I'm really glad I do," Denning said. Denning also knows the class is a great way to get fit while doing something fun. "You're breaking a sweat the whole time," he said. "If you don't want to go to the gym then you can just practice these freezes and what not, to build muscle that way, naturally, instead of lifting weights." i.smith@chronicle.utah.edu 111kralir ficial announcement released last Thursday that a West Valley City police officer who shot 21-year-old Danielle Willard was not justified in doing so. Gill called on future lawyers to search for something higher than the individual good — societal good. He said pro bono should be a community effort. "When you think about pro bono work you really need to think of it in a broader systematic approach, where all our individual efforts come together in compliment for the public good," he said. Dean of the College of Law Robert Adler said that the U is committed to serving the community. He said that the previous graduating class performed over 40,000 hours of pro bono legal advice during their enrollment. "We take pro bono seriously here at the College of Law," Adler said. "Our goal is to install this sense of pro bono publico, the sense of public service, from day one at the College of Law." According to the Utah State Bar Association's web page, there are several free law clinics in and around the Salt Lake Valley, such as a domestic violence clinic, a senior lawyer volunteer project, a legal aid society and Utah Legal Services. "We believe strongly at our firm that anyone and everyone should have equal access to justice," said Jonny Benson, an attorney at the Ishola-Tarin Law Firm. "[That includes] people who are undocumented — people who came here illegally or who don't have legal status." Benson added that many people go to law school because they want to help other people, and since attorneys have the power to help, they should. Daniel R. Black, a third-year law student at the U, received the Pro Bono Law Student Award. "There are a lot of us law students who came to law school so we can help people, and pro bono initiative gives us that opportunity," Black said. JoLynn Spruance, director of the U's Pro Bono Initiative, believes that access to justice is important for all citizens and that lawyers should help those who cannot afford or arraign their own legal advice. "[Pro bono] is important to the community as a whole because we have citizens in our community that are not able to provide or afford their own legal representation," Spruance said. s.willis@chronicle.utah.edu J • B P • STIN aira it today, except a second Kickstarter campaign, which was for the Power Meter last June, and ended in July, [where] we raised another $167,000." The Power Meter is the company's latest product. The Power Meter is a device you connect to your charger to optimize the amount of power that is going to your device. "There are thousands of USB devises and thousands of USB cables and thousands of USB chargers, and they're not all compatible with each other," Toledo said, "So this just lets you simply see if it's charging at full power or half power." The application of the PowerPot goes beyond merely a camping device. Power Practical has been in contact with non-governmental organizations and has made shipments of their PowerPot to developing nations. "They have a tea they drink down there [Uganda], and they have been using the PowerPot every day so they can having lighting in their house," Toledo said. The next product they are working on is developing a To watt PowerPot, which will be capable of charging multiple devices or larger tablet sized devices such as the iPad. s.willis@chronicle.utah.edu one reas To help pay for books and tuition. You only need one reason to donate plasma. Find out how becoming a plasma donor can make a difference for patients and help you earn extra money. 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