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BU Green, a recently formed Boston University environmental conservation group, handed out literature on increasing sustainability and encouraged students to recycle in the dorms. The group is kicking off a competition between residence halls to see who can supply the most recyclables. Another BU student group, the BU Waste Reduction Team, has submitted to administrators a proposal for revamping the school’s recycling program. BU’s current recycling system has been criticized as inefficient.
3/20/07 Read About the Competition from Boston University
3/19/07 Read ABout the Plan from Boston University
30 Boston University students will spend over two months this
summer biking from Rhode Island to Washington State for Bike and Build, a charity
organization aimed at ending sub-standard housing. To participate in the
program, each of the BU bikers raised $4,000. As they bike across the country,
the students will give presentations on affordable housing, grant money to
small organizations, and assist in the construction of homes.
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Eleven members of Harvard University’s Student Labor Action Movement kicked off a hunger strike last week, hoping for better working conditions for campus security guards. The students have said they won’t eat until the University weighs in on a labor dispute between the guards and the subcontractor that employs them, AlliedBarton. Higher wages and steady work schedules are among the benefits the security guards are requesting.
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5/7/07 Read an Opinion of the Hunger Strike from Harvard University
5/7/07 Read an Editorial on the Labor Issue from Harvard University
