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Dear President Davila: May 10, 2007
My name is Mallory Malzkuhn and I just finished my freshman year at Gallaudet University a week ago. I truly enjoyed my first year there and I can’t imagine having spent it anywhere else. Gallaudet has its own unique charm.
However, there is one big thing I would like to change about the community at Gallaudet. It’s attention to environmental issues.
I grew up in northern California, which is probably one of the most environment-friendly places in the country. I grew up always recycling plastic, glass, and paper. Not only that, I also recycled a lot at my alma mater, California School for the Deaf in Fremont. Outside every classroom on the campus, there are two bins, green for paper and blue for aluminum. We even had Earth Days and classes such as Service Learning where we get exposed with information of what not recycling can do to our planet.
Eventually, recycling became a part of who I am and when I landed on Gallaudet campus, I was disappointed to find very FEW recycling bins. There is only one recycling bin for PAPERS in Ballard West, the dorm I lived this year, which is almost always filled with trash.
All year long, I remained true to my belief of recycling. I would put plastic and glass bottles into plastic bags and whenever they are full, I would drag them to the SAC or HMB building to the recycling bins and drop them off. I still always find trash inside them, which really got on my nerves. One afternoon, when I found some leftover food inside the paper recycling bin in the dorm, I got fed up and told one of the RAs in the office about it. She simply shrugged and went back to her conversation with her friend. I stared at her with disbelief. How could she just not care?
Please, for my sake and Mother Earth’s, set up a better recycling system and put more bins on campus, everywhere if possible.
With respect,
Mallory Malzkuhn
My name is Mallory Malzkuhn and I just finished my freshman year at Gallaudet University a week ago. I truly enjoyed my first year there and I can’t imagine having spent it anywhere else. Gallaudet has its own unique charm.
However, there is one big thing I would like to change about the community at Gallaudet. It’s attention to environmental issues.
I grew up in northern California, which is probably one of the most environment-friendly places in the country. I grew up always recycling plastic, glass, and paper. Not only that, I also recycled a lot at my alma mater, California School for the Deaf in Fremont. Outside every classroom on the campus, there are two bins, green for paper and blue for aluminum. We even had Earth Days and classes such as Service Learning where we get exposed with information of what not recycling can do to our planet.
Eventually, recycling became a part of who I am and when I landed on Gallaudet campus, I was disappointed to find very FEW recycling bins. There is only one recycling bin for PAPERS in Ballard West, the dorm I lived this year, which is almost always filled with trash.
All year long, I remained true to my belief of recycling. I would put plastic and glass bottles into plastic bags and whenever they are full, I would drag them to the SAC or HMB building to the recycling bins and drop them off. I still always find trash inside them, which really got on my nerves. One afternoon, when I found some leftover food inside the paper recycling bin in the dorm, I got fed up and told one of the RAs in the office about it. She simply shrugged and went back to her conversation with her friend. I stared at her with disbelief. How could she just not care?
Please, for my sake and Mother Earth’s, set up a better recycling system and put more bins on campus, everywhere if possible.
With respect,
Mallory Malzkuhn