I’m writing regarding your recent story on recycling in the Sept. 5 edition of The Creightonian. I’ve follow the recycling issue on campus closely since starting graduate school, and I am excited to see the university is finally improving its recycling policy. I was happy to see the paper encouraging students to take advantage of the new program. However, I should note that our recycling policy is still quite behind the times, especially for a Jesuit university that prides itself on its quality and ranking.

I know recycling is better on the undergraduate campus, but in the law building and graduate dorms recycling is simply not an option. We must throw away all cans and bottles — or take them home with us. Creighton’s recycling policy, compared to similar institutions, is archaic. When I began college in 2001 at Truman State University, recycling was on every floor of every building. It was hard to walk 50 feet without having the opportunity to recycle, and I don’t exaggerate. Truman also has a glass recycling facility, and it accepts recycling from the entire community. This happened a decade ago, in rural northeast Missouri — not San Francisco.

Many Creighton students probably aren’t aware that recycling opportunities are inconsistent campus-wide. I wasn’t even aware Creighton recycled plastic and aluminum, until I walked across campus to the student union. Furthermore, many students probably aren’t aware of the recycling opportunities on other college campuses.

My time on campus is running out, and I guess this is just a plea to pressure the administration to catch up with the times–and to have them do so campus-wide. I love Creighton, but I just don’t understand how it can be so incredibly substandard when it comes to recycling.

Keep up the good work, but as a reader I’d like to see more pressure put on the Administration. It doesn’t deserve too many pats on the back yet.

Matt Hanley, Creighton Law student