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February 7, 2008
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Following the trail of Swarthmore's trash
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “the average American will throw away 600 times his or her adult weight in garbage” over the course of a lifetime. Given the average lifespan of an American, that’s about 30 times your body weight just over the course of four years in college.
Where does all this trash go? What happens to it? The story of your trash and recycling doesn’t end at the trash can, of course; that’s just where this story starts.
According to Associate Vice Pr…
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News
- Spring LSE in the works to follow costly but successful 'Roots'
- Despite rumors, Da Vinci's not set to close
- Tri-Co energy conservation competition to result in cash prize
- Planning committees solicit student feedback
- Social Scene Advisory Council forming
- Environmentalism to be taught at Wallingford
- Lice an isolated issue in Willets this semester
- Revised legislation may pressure colleges to police file-sharing
- RA selection set to begin
- A chat with Robert Kuttner
- Carr explains Cuban identity, politics
Living & Arts
- Village Education Project
- 'Illinois' makes some noise at Olde Club
- Obsessed
- Religion and Spirituality Week at Swat
- Ready yourself
- Money funnies
- The best Budapest beer and bites
- Cartoon
- Editor's picks
Opinions
- Hillary electable
- Op-art
- DHS spy satellites watching every move
- Time to stop sexual assault
- Commit to change
- Political cartoon
- Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink
- Ron Paul on personhood
- SSSL makes an apology
Sports
- Badminton surprised but not fazed by impromptu challenge
- Mascot matters
- Every second counts on Senior Day
- Garnet squeaks by Squirrels 57-56, drops one to Dips
- Track teams cruise through McElligott Invitational
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