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Cardinal and Gold but not green: USC fails environmentally
Sustainabttty report gives campus policies and practices a ‘D’ on its commitment to protecting the environment.
By CHRISTINE KANG
Daily Troian
USC' may be ranked third in football and 12th in American research universities, but a recent report placed it as one of the bottom 12 environmentally conscious campuses in the country
USC received a failing grade of “D” on its commitment to environmental sustainability, according to a report released last Wednesday by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
The institute grades the top 100 universities with the largest endow-
ments in the United States and Canada on the long-term effects their campus policies and programs have on the environment.
USC is one of the 12 universities out of UK) that received a grade of “D" or lower, said Alex Pandel, thc media coordinator of the California Student Public Interest.
“A ‘D’ in the classroom gets you on academic probation, called into office hours, a scolding from your parents, a scholarship ... denied," Undergraduate Student Government Residential Senior Max Slavkin said. “Yet. a D’ on this report gets ignored ’
Pandel also agreed that the grade
was unacceptable.
“’O’ is about as low as it goes,” Pandel, a sophomore majoring in American studies, said. “We want to inspire students to really push for our university to enact some greener policies on our campus ... because it's kind of embarrassing for a school with such school pride.”
The report graded the environmental sustainability of the universities in seven main categories: administration, food and recycling, green building, climate change and energy, shareholder engagement, investment priorities and endowment transparency. The report also gave each institution an overall rating based on the grades.
“They way the universities were chosen was based on the size of their
endowments, so these are the hundred richest schools in die country," Pandel said "They have the most resources to make change ... (but) we haven't started doing that yet."
USC has not addressed sustainable food issues beyond a basic recycling program or made any public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds, according to the report.
The report also concludes USC is not sufficiently investing its S3.1 billion endowment in recycling or alternative energy sources or even disclosing information as to where money is being spent.
“We're rich," Pandel said. “(But) were not making any commitments to investing our money in sustainable mutual funds"
Only four schools received an “A-which is the highest average grade in the report: Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Stanford University and Williams College
Some schools within USC are taking on their own environmental initiatives.
The USC Provost Future Fuels Energy Initiative gave the School of Architecture a $25,000 grant for an environmental management system, said Thomas Spiegelhalter, an assistant professor of architecture and sustainability.
The initiative analyzes USC's usage of resources such as energy food and materials to determine where improvements can be made to reduce pollutants and greenhouse I see GREEN i age 10
Administrator forces protest to relocate
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Associate VP of Student Affars teis SCALE to move to USCS free demonstration zone
By EUNICE OH
Daily Trojan
The USC Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation (SCALE) held a knit-in in front of the Pertu-sati University Bookstore to protest the university’s contracts with manufacturers it claims use sweatshop labor to produce TVojan merchandise, but the knit-in was broken up minutes after the participants began knitting.
Lori White, associate vice president for Student Af-
fairs, told SCALE it would have to relocate its protest
to Hahn Plaza, an area near Tommy Trojan and the Student Union that allows for large group gatherings without informing the university beforehand.
"If you look in ’SCampus, it’s very clear about where groups of students can be without having prior approval,” White said. "This group did not have prior approval to be here; they (could) do it over in (Hahn Plaza), absolutely no problem.”
SCALE complied with White's request, but not without questions.
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A stitch in time | Members of SCALE knit in silent protest of the poor labor practices of some manufacturers contracted to make Trojan merchandise. The protesters were asked to move from the bookstore steps to Hahn Plaza Wednesday.
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