University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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ROUP ENCOURAGES BARS TO RECYCLE I I if BAR RECYCLING G LASS ne chilly Saturday morning in Febru- ary, Andrew Stanley and fellow students took 145 pounds of glass to be recycled at the 12th and Haskell Bargain Center. All 145 pounds came from Wilde's Chateau 24 and were the result of one Friday night of business. wfhat would all have been thrown away without usf' Stanley said. L'And that's just one night. Stanley, Overland Park senior, is president of Students for Bar Recycling, in its Hrst 'factive semestern since starting up in Decem- ber, Stanley said. During start-up efforts, Stanley said he estimated group mem- bers called BO bars around Lawrence and asked them if they recycled glass. None ofthem did. uThey just said no and didn't want to say much after that,', Stanley said. They said that it was just a pain, basically. a' Kate Wasserman, Flower Mound, Texas, senior and vice president of SBR, said glass recycling was the group's main focus. Wasserman said the group was trying to be a source of information for bars. 'LWe donat have the resources in group membership and money to help bars have the resources to do that,,' Wasserman said. 'QSO we're mainly just trying to get bars connected with recycling companiesf, Stanley said it wasn't likely the glass pickup service would happen every night, but he said most bars in Law- rence would use the service no more than four days each week. At that rate, Stanley said it would probably cost a bar about 351,200 each year for the recycling service. Scafe said many bars didn't want to deal with the logistics of storing glass, working out pickups and train- ing staff to make sure everything was placed in the correct containers. 'SThere's not much ofa Hnancial incentive for bars to recycle,', Scafe said. But having said that, I think that if they advertised that they recycled, that will bring in a certain clientele. Stanley said one way the group would afhliate itself with the bar would be by displaying its logo in the bar window. lt would signal to customers that the bar was a Mgreenn bar. Stanley said he hoped an incentive like this would generate competitive momentum for other bars to join the network. Stanley also said when enough bars signed on he hoped to get exposure for the bars by organizing green pub-crawls. ul really think this is an issue students care about, ', Stanley said. It's a chance for them to show the Lawrence community that they're committed to recycling. U Wasserman said she hoped businesses would have a better incentive to recycle glass. f'I've always felt that recycling is one ofthe easiest and smallest ways we can all do our partf' Wasserman said.

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FANS CN i WRC NG CAM PUSES eff Turek doesn't care that Jayhawk teams won the Orange Bowl and the NCAA men's basket- ball championship. He doesnlt care that Kansas plays in one of the most storied and famed arenas in all of college basket- ball. He doesn't wave the wheat or sing the alma mater in the stands. In fact, Turek couldnat care less about the Jayhawks - lie,s a Wildcat fan. Turek, Overland Park senior, faces the task of attending school at Kansas while being a lifelong fan of Kansas State. His wardrobe consists of mostly purple -- which he isn't afraid to wear around his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house or when he goes to class. Almost everything I own is K-State stuff, 3, Turek said. I couldn't make the switch after being a K-State fan my whole life. I have like two KU shirts but that's it. The rest is K-State. .Turek attends Kansas because the school isvclose to home, but he still hates the Jayhawks. His family roots for Kansas and his parents have football season tickets, but Turek will never change his alliance. He grew up loving K-State football and watched as the Wildcats had four straight 1 1-win seasons from 1997 to 2000. He's not afraid to show his purple pride but knows he will be out- numbered come Saturday. The only time it's real hard is when K-State plays at KU, because of course Ilm all decked out in my purplef, Turek said. I'll be tailgating or walking around before the game, and everybody just .assumes that I go to K-State, so they give me crap. i' Turek remembers the KU-KSU football game two years ago in Lawrence when he sat in the student section wearing K-State purple. Students were complaining be- cause the student section appeared full, and K-State fans were taking up seats. The usher cahae up, and I gave him my KUID, Turek said. He was like, 'All right, you,re fine, but what are you doing wearing purple?',7 While Turek struggles as a K-State fan in Lawrence., Joel Campbell has the opposite problem in Manhattan. The K-State senior bleeds crimson and blue and has been a Kansas fan his entire life. He attends K-State because both of his parents work there, but he won't allow himself to become a Wildcat fan. There was no way I was ever going to change over to Kansas State, Campbell said. They are our rivals. I know we're the better team, and they know we're the bet- ' .1 -if ter team. They just don'tfwarftgtofafdniitfitf' parel my opinion right back, easy to be a 'KU fan these fansdo,n't' really But thathasnk bell saidthe K printed an airgiole about former KU basketball improper graide changes print anytliirig, about the basketball'nationalichaimpiognship, - Campbell said he found good the Wildcats are amusing., . I see everyone them drinking the purple greatest no matter how bad they are, , iCampbell ata tough keeping my mouth shut sometimes? . I . Campbell used to attend' K-Sgtategames wearing3KU gear. He was pelted with food and' trash, sQBltre,.tlecidedg'toi boycott K-State games and to watcfhthemfori J f When K-State plays, I root-against every A ' timej' Campbell said. I Sometimes it,s tough for Turek and Campbell to 'root for their teams on opposite campuses, ibut they wouldn't change a thing. I P ' xi 'a 'wRoNG CAMPUXS I If2