Bottled water ban misguided effort
Greg Machado
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Opinions
Water bottles … are you kidding me? This is what our University is up to?
Our University could think of nothing better to do than to take away plastic water bottles? Our parents are working hard for their money to put us through school and we're going to accept this ridiculous decision?
Students, stand up for your parents and stand up for yourselves. Especially if you're paying for school yourself by working 40 hour weeks or taking out hefty loans.
This decision is entirely excessive and has meager logic behind it.
All I hear is, "going green is the thing to do," "our campus is sustainable," "we should be good stewards of the planet" and "Focus the Nation was a big hit event and the Water Conference will be too."
All I hear is rubbish and nonsense.
The University wants and claims to be "green" and "sustainable," then they should start by mandating every computer be shut off after each day's use, rather than have the meter run night after night.
Maybe they should mandate every student study by candlelight or maybe they should have every building's HVAC unit shut off entirely to cut the electric bill in half. How about mandating we all drive by horse and buggy?
What about restricting the amount of water the University uses to water the lawns, plants and trees?
Even better, why not put a cap on the amount of water students can use to wash their hands, take a shower or wash their clothes? What is it going to take for this campus to realize there is a real world beyond the walls of "magic UP land?"
Why not take away soda bottles, juice bottles and Gatorade bottles? Every one of those is a plastic bottle, with none other than … water. Flavored, of course.
Taking away water bottles is a devised and planned publicity stunt for the upcoming "confluences: Water and Justice" conference.
Don't believe me?
The theme for this conference is water.
The logo is a water drop, the speakers work for water councils that assist the U.N., environmental agencies and water watch programs.
Our University could think of nothing better to do than to take away plastic water bottles? Our parents are working hard for their money to put us through school and we're going to accept this ridiculous decision?
Students, stand up for your parents and stand up for yourselves. Especially if you're paying for school yourself by working 40 hour weeks or taking out hefty loans.
This decision is entirely excessive and has meager logic behind it.
All I hear is, "going green is the thing to do," "our campus is sustainable," "we should be good stewards of the planet" and "Focus the Nation was a big hit event and the Water Conference will be too."
All I hear is rubbish and nonsense.
The University wants and claims to be "green" and "sustainable," then they should start by mandating every computer be shut off after each day's use, rather than have the meter run night after night.
Maybe they should mandate every student study by candlelight or maybe they should have every building's HVAC unit shut off entirely to cut the electric bill in half. How about mandating we all drive by horse and buggy?
What about restricting the amount of water the University uses to water the lawns, plants and trees?
Even better, why not put a cap on the amount of water students can use to wash their hands, take a shower or wash their clothes? What is it going to take for this campus to realize there is a real world beyond the walls of "magic UP land?"
Why not take away soda bottles, juice bottles and Gatorade bottles? Every one of those is a plastic bottle, with none other than … water. Flavored, of course.
Taking away water bottles is a devised and planned publicity stunt for the upcoming "confluences: Water and Justice" conference.
Don't believe me?
The theme for this conference is water.
The logo is a water drop, the speakers work for water councils that assist the U.N., environmental agencies and water watch programs.
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