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NEWS
| OCTOBER 27, 2005
Trash Talk
KC Hall students come together
over cleaning up
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| The Shorthorn: Michelle Proksell |
| KC Hall residents hold a
“Trash Party” on Monday nights when they meet
to take their trash out together. The founders are computer
science engineering freshman Eric Uniacke; from left,
undeclared freshman Anirudh Kapuria; computer science
engineering freshman Robert Robertson; mechanical engineering
freshman Mat Honkus; and Matt Fatora, computer science
engineering freshman. |
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By I’sha
Gaines
Contributor to The Shorthorn
Robert Robertson and his friends love talking trash.
Or, at least, talking around it.
Since September, the computer science engineering freshman and four
of his friends from Kalpana Chawla Hall have gathered in the dorm’s
hallways, knocking on doors and screaming “Trash Party”
at 9 p.m. on Mondays.
Robertson said it started when he and four friends, all engineering
freshmen, took the trash out together.
“It sounds crazy, but it was just a bunch of bored teenage
guys that started it,” he said. “We’re proud of
it, and we hope the tradition continues after we graduate.”
Mat Honkus, Matt Fatora, Eric Uniacke, Anirudh Kapurnia and Robertson
decided they would invite fellow residents to join them, and now
the group has 40 to 70 members, both male and female.
Robertson said a few residents get annoyed with the noise, but the
group doesn’t let that get in the way.
“Now that everyone knows what Trash Party is, we sometimes
gather around the dumpster to listen to music and eat popcorn,”
he said.
Hall director Matt Hendricks said he supports the group and allows
them to be as loud as they like because he loves their enthusiasm.
He said KC Hall didn’t have a trash problem but that if students
are getting involved and having fun, he’s behind it.
Sheena Odhwani, peer counselor and education sophomore, said the
weekly event helps students bond.
“They build communication within a community while doing something
productive to better their environment,” she said.
Housing officials said they are not only proud of the student initiative
but glad they are keeping things tidy.
“We love to see the residents keeping things clean,”
said Mari Duncan, assistant director for housing for residence life.
Trash Party participants are trying to get other residence halls
involved, mostly by word-of-mouth. They also have a group on the
Facebook, an online student database, called KC Hall Trash Party,
which has 56 members.
Engineering freshman Rodney Goff said the ritual keeps his room
clean and the trash from overflowing.
“It’s fun, and I think that it will motivate students
to take out their trash,” he said. “[That way] there
won’t be smells or pileups.”
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