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YSU students support saving energy, recycling at Earth Day celebration
YOUNGSTOWN
More than 100 Youngstown State University students stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the Andrews Student Recreation and Wellness Center lobby to support Earth Day on Wednesday.
Several organizations set up tables in the lobby of the Rec Center – flanked by words such as “reduce,” “reuse” and “recycle” – to provide students with information and green volunteer opportunities.
“It’s important to do this on Earth Day because students should know about climate change and how it’s affecting us,” said Ross Fabrizi, YSU freshman Student Government Association representative. “Overall, it’s just valuable information.”
When asked why he thought the turnout was so successful, Fabrizi said, “Students obviously care.”
“In the past we may have overlooked it, not knowing what a big deal climate change is and not understanding the importance of how we treat the ground we live on,” he said. “It’s time for that to change.”
And change is something Jamille Murphy, Green Youngstown Litter Department’s environmental neighborhood community services educator, hopes to inspire in students living in the apartments on campus.
“The biggest thing we want to do is promote recycling and prevent littering,” she said. “It’s important to help keep the environment clean and with so many students living in apartments who do not recycle, we want to educate them to help out the reduce, reuse and recycle initiative.”
In addition, Murphy was asking for volunteers to help out with the Citywide Cleanup and Tire Recycling Drive on June 10 at the Covelli Centre.
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Kylie Davis, YSU political science student, pre-law major and future environmental lawyer, was amazed by YSU’s Earth Day festivities.
“There is a lot of information available you wouldn’t know otherwise and everyone here is providing extra stuff like handing out packets on things you can do for volunteer opportunities I wouldn’t know about otherwise,” she said.