“What is the cost of taking for
granted the privilege given to
us by God to be good stew¬
ards?” — Emily Nabors, junior
“As long as there is hatred,
there will always be violence
and war.”
— James Radford, junior
'The best way to have fun is
to win.”
— Whitney Milter, senior
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Groups combine efforts to improve SU recycling
by Julia
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Samford’s facility services department, environmental
organization Target Earth and Birmingham Waste Manage¬
ment will soon attempt to expand campus recycling capa¬
bilities.
Mark Fuller, director of energy, utility and grounds man¬
agement, says that recent construction has slowed down
die on-campus recycling process.
“We had to move the dumpster that holds recyclable
material down to facility services, which made it harder for
Target Earth to get things down there,” Fuller said.
Fuller explained a new opportunity for recycling on
campus that has come through Samford’s contract with
Waste Management
“We have talked to Waste Management pretty extensive¬
ly about our recycling program,” Fuller said. “They have
just purchased a large piece of equipment that sorts all re¬
cyclable materials and have told us that we can put all re¬
cyclable^ excluding glass and plastics, into one dumpster.
That means cardboard, white paper, colored paper and
newsprint can be put into one collection point”
Fuller hopes the expansion of recycling will be in foil
service soon.
“I’m hoping we can get it within the next month,” he
said, “but I would assume this would be available in the
spring or Jan term at the earliest”
Ken Kirby, faculty sponsor and member of Target Earth,
says recycling is still available on campus with the incon¬
venient location of foe bin, though on a more limited scale
than he had hoped.
“We have been recycling, but we have done most of it
ourselves,” Kirby said. “I
have had students help me
pick up the bins from lo¬
cations, such as foe li¬
brary, when they get foil,
and we have taken them
to the Dumpster.”
However, sometimes
the recycling bin behind
foe Caf becomes contami¬
nated with garbage. Kirby
said he has then had to
make trips to the Alabama
Environmental Council
downtown.
Samford recycling vet¬
eran Larry Davenport, a
biology professor, has
strong feelings about Sam¬
ford’s reaction towards re¬
cycling.
“I think it’s shameful
that we do so little,” Dav¬
enport said. “We have “
some interest, but it is cer¬
tainly not a consuming in¬
terest by the student body
or faculty. I think there’s a
Senior Amanda Baggett particpates In the recycling
effort by placing used paper in a recycling bin locat¬
ed in the library computer lab.
general attitude here at Samford of ‘who cares?”’
He said there is often a cycle of students starting recy¬
cling programs that later lose
momentum.
“A program will start, and
it will go for a semester or
two,” Davenport said.
“Maybe it will last until those
kids graduate, but then it
dies.”
Carrie Price, a sophomore
Target Earth member, agreed
Aat it has been difficult to in¬
volve students on campus.
“I honestly think we don’t
have enough support,” she
said. “It’s hard to get out in¬
formation about recycling be¬
cause no one listens.”
However, Kirby still has
hopes for recycling’s future at
Samford.
“I think we can get a good
recycling program started
here,” he said.
To become involved with
Target Earth, contact Ken
Kirby at 726-4033.
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jrcain@samford.edu
Swedish professors use visit to
absorb teaching and learning styles
by Sharon Settle
Students aren’t foe only ones travel¬
ing abroad to experience other cul¬
tures. Idor Svensson and Per Lohikos¬
ki, two professors from Sweden, are
getting a taste of Samford this semes¬
ter.
They came to Birming¬
ham to observe and carry
back ideas and teaching
styles to their universities
in Sweden.
“We do things a little
different at Samford and
they take this back and
apply it to their own
classes in Sweden,” said
Ron Jenkins, chair of foe
department of biology.
Svensson, a professor
at Vaxjo University, has
been observing classes in
the School of Education
and visited other local
schools to observe their
classrooms.
“I think both he and
foe students have benefited from his
visit here,” said Jean Box, associate
dean of foe School of Education. “He
has learned from our education and he
will be able to improve his. It’s been a
great experience because we both get
ideas from another country’s universi¬
ty,” Box said.
Svensson is a clinical psychologist
and has been lecturing in a variety of
education, psychology and sociology
classes regarding Swedish schools and
cultures.
“The professors here are very skill¬
ful and have a lot of knowledge in
their areas,” Svensson said. “I think *
the whole idea of Samford’s liberal
arts program to meet all the needs of
human beings and not just a part of
Swedish Drofessors Per Lohikosid and Idor Svensson.
pictured with their families, have been observing edu¬
cation and science classes at Samford. L-R: Louise, Per
and Alice Lohikosid and Idor, Klee and Lotte Svensson.
them is very beneficial. The idea is to
develop their skills through problem-
based learning, and I want to take this
back to my university.”
He said he hopes to incorporate -
more discussion in his classes.
“I have learned a lot from how Dr.
[Joe] Dohoney handles her class,”
Svensson said “Students don’t just
speak about what they do, it’s hands-
on and PBL work. I want to take back
with me the interaction she has in her
classroom and how she handles foe
different areas of the course.”
Lohikoski, a professor at
Malardalens University in Eskilstuna,
has been observing and participating
in environmental science, ecology and
chemistry classes.
'The things I want to
take back to my university
are what I’ve seen in the
environmental science
classes because it’s been so
great for me to get Ameri¬
can perspective on environ¬
mental issues,” Lohikoski
said. T really like how Dr.
Jenkins handles his classes
because they look at insects
that die students really find
themselves, and they don’t
just study what’s in foe
books.”
Both professors are fund¬
ed by tiie Swedish Founda¬
tion for International Coop¬
eration in Research and
Higher Education. This or¬
ganization gives Swedish professors
money to observe universities across
the United States fix a semester.
“The main idea for this particular
program is for teaching excellence,”
Svensson said. “Its purpose is to get
contacts with more teachers in the
United States to cooperate in different
srsettle@samfordedu
Sanctions and
appeal follow IFC
rush hearings
by Amy Menefee
Pi Kappa Phi is appealing sanctions and Sigma Chi
awaits a decision from the Interfratemity Council ju¬
dicial board following the Nov. 1 hearings on rush vi¬
olations.
Both fraternities were found responsible for viola¬
tions. The IFC board brought charges against Pi Kap¬
pa Phi, finding them responsible for two of four
counts, while Sigma Chi tinned in its own violation.
“We turned ourselves in because* we found out
about it after foe feet,” said Sigma Chi president Jason
White. He said a Sigma Chi brother made inappropri¬
ate calls to rushees.
“We couldn’t really turn other people in without re¬
porting what we had done,” White said.
The IFC board voted to penalize Pi Kappa Phi with
sanctions including one year’s social probation and an
announcement to fell rushees. President Shaun Byrd
said he is unsure when he will receive foe final deci¬
sion on his organization’s charges, because they are
filing an appeal.
“We have received sanctions, but there is an appeal
process,” Byrd said, adding that they are appealing on
all of four possible grounds.
Sanctions can be appealed if: foe organization feels
the judicial board did not follow procedure; the results
are not justified by the evidence; sanctions do not
match foe nature of foe violations; or new evidence is
available. Appeals go directly to K.C. White, associate
dean for student involvement and IFC adviser.
‘It’s not a re-hearing of the case,” White said. “The
findings stay the same. The sanctions are the only
thing that could change.”
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