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Chancellor’s student
hours
Chancellor Leutze will hold office
hours for students next Tuesday, April
10, from 11 a.m. until noon. The
Chancellor's office is located in Alder
man Hall room 110.
College Democrats and
Republicans debate
tonight
College Democrats and College Re
publicans will debate the issues of Presi
dent Bush’s tax plan, national missile
defense and abortion tonight at 6 p.m.
The debate will take place at Center
Stage in the Warwick Center and will
include questions from the audience. Dr.
Lloyd Jones, associate professor of po
litical science, will moderate the
event. For more information, call John
Andrew Petrequin at 962-5928.
Wildlife preservation
project Saturday
The Leadership Center is coordinat
ing a wildlife cleanup on Saturday from
9 a.m. until noon. The group will work
with the Cape Fear River Watch at a site
off Kerr Avenue. Students interested in
participating should call 962-3877 to
register and meet in front of the Univer
sity Union, near the spirit rock, at 9 a.m.
Breakfast will be provided.
Volunteer trip to
Mexico
Global SERVE, a student organiza
tion that seeks to promote intercultural
awareness, is looking for people inter
ested in volunteer work in Juarez,
Mexico, from May 13-18. Participants
will build a simple two-room house for
a family.
The cost of the trip, which includes
airfare, is $250. Volunteers will be stay
ing at a church in Juarez. A minimum
of 12 people is needed. Registration
deadline is Saturday. To sign up, or for
more information, contact John Andrew
Petrequin at 962-5928 or visit the Lead
ership Center in University Union room
212.
Students seek to cash in on apartment filth
BY Stephen Sharkey
TMS Campus
Everything is done except the
cleaning.
Friday was the last day votes
were tallied for Apartments.com
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test, and the competition is getting
sticky. Each of the three final con
testants is eagerly coveting the
grand prize of $10,000, as well as a
free house cleaning, which may cost
Apartments.com another ten grand.
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Robinson, whose messy living space
has now denied him the option of
having guests over. “I eat a lot of
take-out. the remains of which rot
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Right now it is clean-up or clear-
out time for Robinson, who, after
seven messy months in his apart
ment, is facing eviction by his land
lord, making the $10,000 grand
prize of particular importance to his
future living situation.
However, Robinson isn’t worried
about eviction. “That just gives me
the opportunity to move on and start
my mess all over again,” he said.
The Associated Press reported
Robinson as saying, “I don’t even
care about the money; it’s more
about the fame I expect to get out
of being a slob.”
Apartments.com would not re
lease the names of the other college
slobs. But their apartment descrip
tions speak for themselves.
“We know that our landfills are
filling up fast, so we have done our
part to keep our trash inside.” said
two University of Wisconsin at
Steven's Point sophomores, who are
their toilet. They claim their porce
lain god has more microorganisms
growing in it than most biology
laboratories.
A Harold Washington College
sophomore defends her mess by say
ing, “The best defense is a good of
fense,” in reference to the smell that
permeates her apartment.
Pictures on the Apartments.com
Web site show filth-ridden clutters
of boxes, clothes, books and gar
bage. All of the finalists seem to
have lost site of their floors, and
each contestant has grown used to
the idea of sleeping on a mattress
without sheets and covers.
Robinson doesn’t mind living in
such mess, though. “I’m just too
lazy to care,” he said.
The finalist apartments can be
viewed online at
www.apartments.com/
messycontest.htm. Contest winners
will be announced on Monday, April
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Sophomore trash-a-thon helps community
Sarah Busick
Staff writer
Members of the sophomore class
landed a helping hand to the environ
ment and a local non-profit organiza
tion last Saturday.
Approximately 35 sophomore stu
dents picked up trash in downtown
Wilmington and at Masonboro Island.
The students also raised about $1,400
for Cape Fear Hospice, with money
still coming in.
“I really think the environment is
something that everyone should care
about, and this [Trash-a-thon] is just
a way for everyone to do their part,”
said Sophomor Lauren Casey.
The group, composed of mainly
sophomores and ECO club members,
came back from both locations with a
total of approximately 100 bags of
trash.
“We all had a great time,” said
Crisp McDonald, sophomore class
president. “Overall it was a really im
pressive showing - it was well over
my expectations.”
According to McDonald, everyone
who helped with the project worked
hard.
The Greeks donated proceeds from
a car wash, about $480, to the project.
People within the university made
contributions as well as local busi
nesses providing monetary and other
support.
McDonald said the idea of the event
was to create unity among the sopho
more class and help the community.
“[It was] pretty rewarding,” said
Sophomore John Hitt. “I noticed a dif
ference walking through the streets.”
Students were shuttled downtown
to pick up trash along Third Street,
Red Cross Street, Water Street and
Market Street. Items found included
beer bottles and cigarette butts.
Trash found on Masonboro Island
included tires, golf balls, goggles and
fishing poles.
“I think we really put a dent [into
picking up trash] on Masonboro,”
McDonald said. “It could definitely
use a lot more work...many things
were just too big to carry a mile and a
half down the beach. We could only
take what we could carry.”
McDonald said that the class will
do a project again next year as jun
iors, but it has not been decided what
that will entail.