Bin symbols may change
Group discusses environmental ideas
By Jessica Fargen
Assignment Reporter
Some UNL students may not take
advantage of the bins on campus
showing three small black arrows in a
triangle as a reminder to recycle.
So the symbols may be replaced
with a louder image emblazoned on
them as part of one group’s plans to
make the University of Nebraska
Lincoln more environmentally
friendly.
The Association of Students for
the University of Nebraska last
semester created the environmental
issues subcommittee to help find
environmental problems and solu
tions at UNL.
Graham Johnson, co-chairman of
the subcommittee, said another pro
ject the group already is working on
is surveys for students and faculties
about UNL’s policies.
About 170 of the surveys have
been completed, Johnson said, mainly
at booths the group has had in the
Nebraska Union.
One of the questions asks if recy
cled products should be used in
offices and classrooms. Another asks
if paper towels should be replaced
with reusable cloth towels.
“We hope to use the survey results
as hard data on what students are
interested in,” Johnson said.
Johnson said he hoped the results
would be brought before ASUN to
show the positions of students on
environmental issues at UNL.
Tony White, co-chairman of the
sub-committee, said another idea dis
cussed at Wednesday’s meeting was a
way to make recycling bins on cam
pus more visible.
The small, plain signs on the recy
cling bins now, White said, do not
attract attention. Students need some
thing larger and brighter to draw their
eyes to the separate aluminum and
plastic recycling bins.
The design of a white background
with a red “N” inside the recycling
arrows was proposed at the meeting.
The group wants the university to
use less-wasteful supplies and buy
products from environmentally con
scious businesses, White said. UNL
also should set up recycling in greek
houses, he said.
“We have so much energy and
pages of ideas of things we’d like to
do,” White said.
Soon after the 16-member sub
committee started last October, eight
of those members got some hands-on
experience cleaning up campus.
Ryan Felton, communications
chairman for the subcommittee, said
along with other ASUN leadcrs, the
group helped clean tree debris from
East Campus after the October snow
storm. The trees were chipped and
will be used as mulch to landscape
both campuses. t
Felton said the subcommittee
members hope to work with other
organizations such as Ecology Now,
but few student groups have
approached them.
White said Habitat for Humanity
wanted to work with the subcommit
tee about a project to recycle copy
cartridges from photocopiers.
And Michelle Haddix, a subcom
mittee member, will bring student
concerns to monthly UNL Recycling
Committee meetings.
UNL students will be seeing more
“awareness booths” in the Nebraska
and East Campus unions from the
subcommittee this semester.
White said the subcommittee had
one booth last week to educate stu
dents about reusing products, and it
plans on having such booths once a
month. The next two booths will
focus on reusing, then recycling.
Although no specific work was
done with campus groups last semes
ter, White said he hoped people
would come to the subcommittee
with concerns.
“We are here to provide support
for student groups and be a middle
man between them and ASUN,” he
said. “We are a sounding board.”
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From Staff Reports
Police seize drugs
Four men were arrested on drug
charges Thursday afternoon after
Lincoln Police, the Lancaster County
Sheriff’s department and the Nebraska
State Patrol used search warrants to find
crack cocaine at two Lincoln houses.
The warrants served at 2337 N.
Main St. and 6540 Garland St. were
issued during part of an ongoing
investigation.
From Staff Reports
Web site to list Lincoln jobs
The Chamber of Commerce
wants to show that Lincoln is a
great place to work with a new Web
site listing jobs.
The site
http://www.Lincolnjobs.com can be
searched by job type or company.
Job listings will come from
businesses in the Lincoln Chamber
of Commerce and the Partnership
for Economic Development.
“We want to expand the work
force to meet the expanding busi
ness community,” said Wendy
Birdsall, Chamber of Commerce
vice president.
The site will be advertised
The SWAT team seized an undis
closed amount of crack cocaine and
illegal firearms from die houses.
‘We were pleased with the results of
the search,” said Lincoln Police Capt.
Duane Bullock of the narcotics divi
sion.
Jeremy Washington, 18, from
Wichita, Kan., was charged with pos
session of crack cocaine and posses
sion with the intent to deliver at the
North Main address.
Three other men were arrested at
the house on Garland Street.
Pedro Pegan, 24, from New York,
was charged with possession of crack
cocaine with the intent to deliver.
Victor Ramirez, 26, from Bronx,
N.Y., and Jose Tapia, 31, of 4717
Baldwin Ave. in Lincoln were
charged with the possession of a con
trolled substance and possession
with the intent to deliver.
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nationally beginning in February to
attract workers to Lincoln.
Claiming property easier
It will now be easier to claim
unclaimed property from the state.
The state receives money and
property earmarked for cities and
counties or perhaps in excess of the
required amount.
The goal of the unclaimed
property program is to return that
money to rightful owners, State
Treasurer Dave Heinaman said.
“People lose track of money
after it comes to the state,”
Heinaman said. “Instead ofkeeping
it in the treasury, we try to return it.”
The program is being expanded
to include all 532 Nebraska cities,
so money will be easier to claim.
In Lincoln, the list will be avail
able at the mayor’s office and at
every public library in the city.
The list will be updated every
six months.
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