Throughout the campus of the University of Tampa there are so many garbage cans, that it is a wonder why we see litter on the ground. Are students lazy to throw their trash out? Do they litter for a laugh from their friends? Does garbage come out of the garbage cans or other places by wind or other unintentional causes? These are some of the questions we ask about the state of the sanitation of our campus environment.
Judy Etzel, a graduate student attending the University of Tampa for chemical engineering, has started the Student Environmental Action Coalition in hopes of remedying the situation. The SEAC hopes to target specific occurrences such as the condition of recycling on campus. How many times have you seen a recycling bin in a dorm building? The scarcity of them is unacceptable and if more are implimented, we believe many people will use them religiously.
As the SEAC has just recently been founded, we are looking for more members. Not only would each member be participating in helping the environment, but being part of the group would look good on a resumé. Anyone who is interested in joining up with the SEAC can contact either Judy Etzel (President) at Jetzel@ut.edu or myself, John Dolan (Vice President) at jdolan@ut.edu.
