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recycling and composting took place
before items were considered trash.
“There’s only a certain percentage
you can recycle,” Campus Recycling
Program Manager Karyn Kaplan
said. “So (composting) is opening
the doors for a whole new generation
of waste management.”
Most large events generate huge
amounts of waste, Kaplan said. But
before the festival even started,
Campus Recycling was able to cut
down on 22 percent of the normally
generated waste because it bought
reusable plates.
The Environmental Service Learn
ing Program was awarded the Student
Trashbuster Award for its efforts in
tracking edible food flow and for its
collection of televisions and comput
er monitors—an event that accumu
lated 19 tons of material that would
have otherwise gone to landfills.
The program’s television and
monitor recycling event began with
students advertising through radio,
hanging signs and giving oral presen
tations to local schools.
The project, which reached more
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Lane County Commissioner Peter Sorenson gives Campus Recycling Program
Manager Karyn Kaplan a Trashbuster award for exceptional recycling efforts.
than 1,100 Lane County citizens
through oral presentations alone,
prevented 3.2 tons of lead from
reaching landfills.
“We wanted to educate people
about the hazards of television dump
ing and provide a valuable alternative,”
ESLP Coordinator Steve Mital said.
The program, which is intended to
give students experience while serv
ing community needs, takes on
three yearlong projects each year.
While tracking edible food flow
from 20 grocery stores, five restau
rants and two produce houses, the
program worked to educate busi
nesses about Food for Lane County.
“Our donations increased just
from the study,” FFLC Assistant Di
rector Jessica Chanay said.
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Ramadan
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generated by the media, he said.
OIP Associate Director Magid
Shirzadegan agrees. “This is one
more opportunity to see it from a
different angle,” he said.
Shirzadegan said this kind of dis
cussion could help break down
stereotypes and negative percep
tions of Muslims. He said he hopes
students who have questions about
Islam will feel free to attend the
meeting and ask their questions
without holding back.
The discussion will also offer in
formation about Ramadan, the
Muslim holy month of fasting. Ra
madan begins each year with the
first sighting of the ninth crescent
moon. This year, Muslims in Eu
gene began their fast Nov. 7, after
the moon was seen Nov. 6, said
Lejla Filipovic, a member of MSA.
Muslims are supposed to abstain
from food and drink between dawn
and dusk during Ramadan, but the
experience is more than the physi
cal act of fasting, Filipovic said.
“It’s the whole concept of doing
the right thing,” she said.
Ishaq said fasting is one of the
five pillars of Islam. The other pil
lars are a declaration of faith, dai
ly prayers, charity and a pilgrim
age to Mecca.
Those who are required to fast
include the mature, the sane and
the healthy, Filipovic said.
“I personally feel that I have to
fast,” she said “It’s required of me
because I’m healthy. It’s a very dis
ciplined and humble experience.”
She said Muslims tend to social
ize less or stay at home with their
families when fasting during the
day. They hold gatherings at
mosques in the evening. Ramadan
ends with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration
in which families and communities
gather to break the fast, she said.
Ishaq said fasting can be diffi
cult in non-Muslim countries and
even more difficult as a student,
but he views the month as a time
to reform oneself and to become a
better human being. He added the
fast is less difficult this year, be
cause the days are shorter in No
vember than in the summer.
“The environment is different in
every country,” said Filipovic. How
ever, the essence of fasting doesn’t
change, she said. Muslims fast for
the same reasons.
The discussion will feature Mus
lim speakers from Africa, China,
Turkey, Malaysia, the Middle East
and the United States. After the
event, guests can socialize with
Muslim students and their families.
Chelsea Duncan is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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