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T h e i n d e p e n d e n t s t ude nt ne w spap e r of t he U niversity of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | september 4, 2019 ­| Volume 110 | Issue 17

COMPOST BINS INTRODUCED IN BID FOR ECO-FRIENDLY CAMPUS

BRINGING YOUTUBE TO UPITT

Vaibhav Gupta Staff Writer

A new addition to the usual decor has popped up on each floor of the William Pitt Union and the O’Hara Student Center this semester. Student Affairs and the Office of Sustainability partnered up to place compost bins throughout O’Hara and the WPU on August 16, taking the first steps in completing a greater program designed to achieve the goal of composting 50% of campus food waste by 2025. The pilot program is part of Pitt’s Sustainability Plan, first implemented in 2017, which outlines initiatives designed to make Pitt’s campus more environmentally friendly. According to the plan, this effort could assist in the greater goal of reducing the 2017 levels of landfill waste by 25% by 2030. According to Erika Ninos, sustainability program coordinator at Pitt, the extensive foot traffic in O’Hara and the WPU earned the buildings their spots in the pilot program. “These two buildings have the potential to make a huge impact on waste diversion here at Pitt since they are so heavily used by students, staff and faculty,” Ninos said. This program will add to the preexSee Composting on page 3

Youtuber Mike Chen is interviewed by senior Albert Tanjaya and Junior Josh Lee (pictured left to right) at an event hosted by the Asian Student Alliance. Ally Hansen | staff photographer

SGB DISCUSSES UPCOMING INITIATIVES AT FIRST MEETING

Emily Drzymalski Staff Writer

Student Government Board kicked off its first meeting of the year Tuesday night. The meeting consisted mainly of members introducing their initiatives, student organizations’ concerns and allocations. During his opening remarks, President Zechariah Brown addressed a new University policy affecting student organizations which is set to take effect next fall. Pitt plans to implement new guidelines preventing independent student organizations from using University trademarks or wordmarks such as “Pitt” or “Panthers”

in their names. University spokesperson Meg Ringler said in an email Tuesday that the changes were caused by a routine audit of student organization names, which revealed many names that are not in compliance with existing guidelines. “The review of guidelines and organization names made us aware of the discrepancies in student organization naming,” Ringler said. “As a result of these findings, we provided instructions and updates intended to clarify and ensure compliance with these existing guidelines by the start of the next academic year.”

Brown said he will meet with Student Organization Resource Center Coordinator Lynne Miller and Student Life Director Linda Williams-Moore, along with SGB Executive Vice President Anaïs Peterson and board member Eric Macadangdang on Friday to discuss the changes. According to Brown, many student organizations are upset by the changes and have been in contact with SGB, but no organizations raised concerns about the changes at the Tuesday meeting. Brown said these organizations see the possible name change as a major change See SGB on page 2


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