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The Daily OrangeMusic, speakers encourage sustainability for Earth Day
By Melanie Zilora
Posted: 4/20/08, 11:41 PM EST Section: News
Gibbons said though NYPIRG had been planning the event all semester, this is not their only environmental initiative. They have also been working on passing the Bigger Better Bottle Bill, an update to New York state's bottle recycling and deposit policy. "We want to promote how easy it is to just change little things about your lifestyle," Gibbons said.
Shapiro took the stage after Kid Fresh. His original pieces intermixed with pickle jokes brought a group of girls who Shapiro referred to as "the Brockettes" out of their seats to the pit area. "I've never played at a venue this big; it's usually more of a broom closet," he said.
Katie Wolcott, a freshman biology major, was enjoying the event but questioned the occasion. "I don't think there needs to be an Earth Day," she said. "Every day should be Earth Day."
Despite this sentiment, she planned to stay until the end. "It's a really great venue. People can play soccer or hacky sack or drink their beer or just chill out and fall asleep to great music."
Shapiro summed up his reasons with ease.
"I'm a big fan of the earth - I live on it."
mazilora@syr.edu
Shapiro took the stage after Kid Fresh. His original pieces intermixed with pickle jokes brought a group of girls who Shapiro referred to as "the Brockettes" out of their seats to the pit area. "I've never played at a venue this big; it's usually more of a broom closet," he said.
Katie Wolcott, a freshman biology major, was enjoying the event but questioned the occasion. "I don't think there needs to be an Earth Day," she said. "Every day should be Earth Day."
Despite this sentiment, she planned to stay until the end. "It's a really great venue. People can play soccer or hacky sack or drink their beer or just chill out and fall asleep to great music."
Shapiro summed up his reasons with ease.
"I'm a big fan of the earth - I live on it."
mazilora@syr.edu
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