Tulane won’t be the only green wave coming to campus this week.Members of Student Government, accompanied by various student groups organized by Volunteer LSU, will sweep across campus Sunday morning to pick up recyclable materials left by Saturday’s tailgating festivities.SG Director of External Affairs J Hudson discussed SG’s participation in the event at the Senate meeting Wednesday.Volunteers will meet on campus at 7:30 a.m. Sunday and receive an assigned part of campus to collect recyclable materials from the ground, Hudson said.Fall into Service is Volunteer LSU’s biggest fall volunteering project, said Chynsia Jenkins, event organizer and psychology junior.Jenkins said Volunteer LSU expects to have between 100 and 150 volunteers for the event.Students can register on the Volunteer LSU Web site. “It’s going to be pretty big. Everyone is really excited,” Jenkins said. “We want to not just use the volunteers for recycling, but teach them about the importance of recycling.”SG Director of Sustainability Cas Smith announced bike week festivities will begin Friday and run through Nov. 7.Critical Mass will host its monthly bike ride Friday with a Halloween theme, Smith said. Participants are encouraged to wear a costume.Other bike week activities include an urban exploration ride Sunday and a bike auction Wednesday at 10 a.m. on Tower Drive near Free Speech Alley, Smith said.SG is also unveiling the LSU Bikes Web site on Monday. The Web site is meant to be a one-stop shop for bicyclists with networking tools, bike route maps and biking how-to videos, Smith said.- – – -Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at [email protected]
SG sets up gameday cleanup, bike week
October 28, 2009