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Thursday, April 8, 1999

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Recycling Grows Across the Greens

The message to recycle is everywhere: Nearly 15,000 beige plastic recycling bins dot campus offices, residential rooms and hallways. Signs with bold green letters remind passersby that there's a proper place for pop cans and paper. For the most part, recycling is routine at Ohio University, which is one reason the campus is being recognized this month for its environmentally friendly efforts by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

On April 8, the staff of Ohio University's Recycling and Refuse Office will receive the 1998 "Take Pride, Ohio!" award for creating the best recycling program in the government institution category from the ODNR's Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention.

Statistics tell the story of the program's success on the Athens campus: Recycled material from campus has gone from virtually nil before 1990 to more than 1,000 tons a year today. It represents nearly 50 percent of the waste produced on campus, said Recycling Manager Ed Newman. The goal, however, is to recycle 80 percent of the campus' waste, he said.

For more information, please read the full story which first appeared in the Ohio University Outlook faculty and staff publication.

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Notes of Interest...

• Professor Kallaway, a noted South African historian and author, will be speaking on "The Nature of Educational Reform in South Africa: a Rural Case Study" The event will take place on Monday, April 12 at 12 p.m. in MacCracken 214 and at 7:00 p.m. in Scripps Auditorium.
• Warning: new strains of the Melissa e-mail virus are currently being spread. It is crucial that you not open any macros that are sent as e-mail message attachments, regardless of the source. Read details about the "Melissa" virus here. Read "what to do right now if you're infected." Read about the new crop of Melissa mutations here. Remember this Opening an e-mail message will not cause your computer to be infected; only by opening an attachment is the virus activated.
• Free childhood immunizations will be offered by the mobile health unit of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine according to the following schedule: April 15, from 3 to 5 p.m., McDonald's on East State Street in Athens; April 20, form 3 to 5 p.m., Ramada Inn in Nelsonville; and April 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mac-N-Bec's in Albany. Free immunizations also will be provided at area kindergarten registrations as follows: Athens East Elementary, April 12, from 8 a.m. to noon; Athens West, April 12, from 1 to 5 p.m.; Nelsonville-York, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Morrison, April 19, 8 to 11 a.m.; Chauncey, April 19, from 12:45 to 5 p.m.; Trimble, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; The Plains, April 26, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and Coolville, April 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-844-2654.
• GED on TV continues. Ohio University Public Television will broadcast the 43-part series to help people obtain their high school equivalency diploma. The program continues Saturdays at 7 and 7:30 a.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m. Students can register and choose to purchase affordable workbooks by calling 1-800-228-READ. Read more about it.
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus is available. Click here for details.
• The Ohio University Calendar of Events is now available online. Visit http://redbud.cats.ohiou.edu/calendar/ to access.
  

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