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Dorms
face off
for green
honors
By KELSEY BYRD
The Red & Black
Hill Community dorms are
going green for a second time,
now that the second-annual
Green Cup is under way.
The Green Cup, which started
on Sept. 13, is a competition
between the Hill Community
dorms Lipscomb. Mell, Boggs,
Church and Hill —and
Oglethorpe House to see which
dorm can save the most energy
in a month.
Each dorm's meter is checked
daily and the dorms are awarded
points based on the amount of
energy saved.
“The idea is that whoever is
the most green, the entire dorm
gets a prize,” said Precious
Alston, a wildlife pre-veterinary
major from New York City and a
resident at Church Hall. “This is
a way to promote being green."
Prizes for winning include
T-shirts, displaying the trophy
for one year, glory and recogni
tion all across campus —and
helping the environment, of
course.
Bonus points will be awarded
for attendance at competition
events such as an outdoor film
on Oct. 5 and a final celebration
on Oct. 11.
Since some students are used
to taking long showers and bang
ing out with the lights on, it’s
hard for some to make the change
to save energy.
“The pressure in the shower is
pretty much the same as it was
before the Green Cup,” Alston
said. “The lights go off in the
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▲ Urdu teaching assistant Taimur Malik helps a
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Students find places to lend a helping hand
By PATRICK HOOPER
The Red & Black
Athenians full of the altruistic
spirit can find an outlet for their
helpfiil impulses at today’s Volunteer
Fair, hosted in the Tate Student
Center’s Grand Hall.
“This year, however, is the first
year that the fair will be a collabora
tion between the Center for
Leadership and Service and HandsOn
Northeast Georgia,” CSO Assistant
Director Rick Gray told The Red &
Black in an e-mail.
Gray said the partnership will give
the people of Athens access to more
than 50 local nonprofit organizations,
including the Athens Area Homeless
Shelter and Free IT Athens, which is
dedicated to providing Internet
access and technology to everyone.
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▲ Students gather at a sustainability booth at the Green Cup kickoff on Sept. 13. The dorms of the Hill Community
and Oglethorpe House are competing against each other to save energy by trying to use less water and electricity.
restrooms at night but they go
back on when someone goes in.”
Though the water pressure
seems to have remained consis
tent in Church, students were
given the chance to save water
by using a timer to take 5-minute
showers.
“I decided to use one, one day.
It's optional of course, so I decid
ed to use one,” Alston said. “I
don't feel as clean, but it’s nice to
know that the environment is
getting healthier and being
spared.”
Short showers are ndt the only
way to conserve water, according
to Angela Murcia, an interna
VOLUNTEER FAIR
When: Today 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7 p.m.
Where: Tale Student Center Grand Hall
Children First, a resource center
for children, will appear at the fair,
encouraging attendees to help the
group aid neglected and abused chil
dren.
Advocacy Specialist Mary-Eleanor
Joyce said exposure of the issue is
the main goal for attending the fair,
as abused children often go unseen.
“You make a practical difference
in a child’s life,” she said.
Joyce said pre law students tend
to be drawn to Children First for the
chance to provide the children with
tional affairs and sociology dou
ble major from Marietta and a
resident of Building 1516.
“I already turn off the water
while I’m doing dishes or brush
ing my teeth,” she said.
Despite being added into the
Hill Community, Building 1516 is
not in the green competition.
Murcia said this is because the
dorm already “goes green.”
"Building 1516 is the green
LEED dorm,” she said. “We have
recycling on every hall already
which is different from the other
[East Campus] dorms because
their recycling is outside.”
LEED stands for Leadership
ARABIC: Language
taught with religion
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Turkish, Urdu. Tajiki,
Bengali and Indonesian are
also taught at the
University by teaching
assistants from each
respective country. An
understanding of culture
finds its way into the les
sons as well.
“When you carry your
language somewhere, you
carry your culture,” said
Taimur Malik, Urdu teach
ing assistant.
The teaching assistants
agreed that because cul
ture is taught through lan
guage, so too is religion.
“I teach my students
about the people and how
they behave the culture,
the history —and, by
teaching Tajiki, my stu
dents also come to know
about Islam,” said teaching
assistant Fariduni Nurollo.
Senior Andrew McClure
began learning Arabic
legal support and protection, but the
group offers all mayors a chance to
help with the various training pro
grams.
“It’s highly specialized in the time
and zeal," Joyce said, encouraging
anyone with the will to help children
to reach out to the group.
Gray said he hopes to see at least
1,000 students embracing opportuni
ties, and the fair has been structured
to make it more accessible.
The fair has an extended lunch
break so organizations and students
won’t be inconvenienced. This way,
the fair won’t inconvenience anyone
with day Jobs, Gray said.
“We have a responsibility to our
community, and the Center for
Leadership and Service strives to
develop that commitment in our stu
dents,” Gray said.
NEWS
because of an interest in
the culture. He said by
learning the language, he
can see Islam differently
than the media portray it.
“It's a religion that stirs
passion religiously, not in
an extremist sense,” he
said. “When someone
recites the Quran, there’s
definitely something spiri
tual there; it’s beautiftil."
Asa Christian, McClure
said he would encourage
other students to educate
themselves about the faith
as well as build relation
ships with Muslims.
Islamic Studies doctoral
candidate Andrea Cluck
said learning about both
the people and the religion
helps students reach a
deeper understanding of
the religion
"It’s an obligation for a
well-rounded citizen to be
well informed of Islam and
what Muslims are really
like,” she said.
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GREEN COMPETITION
EVENTS
What: Green Cup Pool Party
When: Tonight, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Oglethorpe Pool
What: Green Cup Final
When: Oct. 11,7-9 p.m.
Where: Legion Field
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As of the jnost recent update
on Sept. 15, Mell Hall is in first
place overall for the most energy
conserved in the Green Cup com
petition.
Boggs is in a close second
place, followed by Hill. Lipscomb,
Church and Oglethorpe are in
fourth, fifth and sixth places,
respectively.
But Murcia said Just because
her dorm isn’t in the competition
doesn’t make going green any
less important.
“Recycling should be done all
year round,” Murcia said. “We
shouldn’t need a competition to
make us recycle.”
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