New Voters Project: Coordinator
Drew Hazouri and core volunteers Danielle Ziff and Hailee Kohler drove
a great effort to register 1,490 people to vote here at Auraria this
fall. We then contacted 2,574 people in the week before the election to
remind them to get out and vote. Our efforts paid off with long lines
all day long at our on-campus polling location. Election day itself was
a lot of fun, as we joined up with the CU Denver student government on
their Rock da Vote Party complete with live music, a DJ, and plenty of
excitement about voting.
Campus Climate Challenge: Clean
energy and sustainability are big buzz words on the Auraria campus
nowadays, thanks in large part to the huge Sustainable Campus Fair put
on by the Campus Climate Challenge in conjunction with the campus
Student Activities Offices in November. Coordinators Lindsey Gavioli
and Shaun Lally made sure that nobody on campus could miss the event,
which included four showings of An Inconvenient Truth and a
panel discussion about global warming chaired by Senator Gary Hart.
Lindsey also made a presentation at the latest Auraria Board meeting
proposing that the campus allow the installation of a 750 kilowatt
solar array on campus. If approved, this will be the largest solar
project on any college campus outside the state of California. Lindsey
and CU Denver graduate student Andy Pattison are still working to make
sure the Board appro ves the project at their December 20th meeting. To
sign an on-line petition in favor of this project, go to: http://www.copirgstudents.org/action/solar
Hunger and Homelessness: This
semester's hunger campaign, led by coordinator Danielle Ziff, organized
a Trick-or-Can food drive on Halloween night. More than 25 volunteers
collected over 20 boxes of canned food for the Denver Rescue Mission
along with almost $250 in cash and check donations by going door to
door in the Cherry Creek neighborhood. Additionally, as part of Hunger
and Homelessness Awareness Week, two speakers from the Denver Rescue
Mission came to speak with students on campus.
Student Debt and Textbooks: This
semester, Coordinator Stephanie Overbeck has worked to develop a plan
and potential budget for a textbook rental program. This program would
help students save money on textbooks by letting them rent, rather than
purchase, their books for a number of classes. CoPIRG Student Chapters
plan to bring this program to campus over the course of the next year.
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