Sporting events prompt extensive cleanup
Cleanup crews at Razorback sporting events collect trash and help environment
Miles Bryant
Issue date: 11/12/08 Section: News
Although the stadium might be pretty, it can get somewhat nasty when fans lay trash at their feet while watching the game. This grosses Timmermans out.
"It is really gross when you're trying to walk through the stands and you step on nachos and gum," she said.
Not only do UA students have a "pretty" football stadium, but they also have a "pretty" basketball arena - the "Basketball Palace of Mid-America." While the pre-game experience isn't quite the same at basketball games, fans can still make a mess inside the arena.
Brandon Achor, a sophomore chemistry major, said he thinks the mess can be avoided by making trash cans more easily available.
"I think there should be more trash cans accessible at basketball games because a lot of people don't want to get up and move to the trash cans, so they leave their stuff underneath their feet, like at the movie theaters," he said.
Swingle noticed the differences in seasons and acknowledged that it is a bit easier to clean up after basketball games.
"Basketball's easier - you're talking almost 20,000 [people] compared to 72,000, so that helps," he said.
Not only do university officials help clean up after games, but members of the Arkansas Student Government and other student organizations also work together to pitch in.
The Sunday cleanup, for example, is made easier by the Associated Student Government program Recycling with the Razorbacks.
"Recycling with the Razorbacks is a student organization that encourages tailgaters to recycle," said Megan Francis, ASG chief of staff.
Recycling with the Razorbacks takes groups of volunteers from Registered Student Organizations, fraternities and sororities and places those volunteers into small groups that walk through tailgaters and ask for their help by recycling.
Participation for Recycling with the Razorbacks was strong this year, Francis said, and it looks like the organization is doing well.
"We had the best turnout we've ever had for the program this year - close to 15 student organizations participated this year," Francis said, and the list of volunteers filled up quickly every home game.
If students want to volunteer next year for a home football game, they can do so through an RSO.
"It is really gross when you're trying to walk through the stands and you step on nachos and gum," she said.
Not only do UA students have a "pretty" football stadium, but they also have a "pretty" basketball arena - the "Basketball Palace of Mid-America." While the pre-game experience isn't quite the same at basketball games, fans can still make a mess inside the arena.
Brandon Achor, a sophomore chemistry major, said he thinks the mess can be avoided by making trash cans more easily available.
"I think there should be more trash cans accessible at basketball games because a lot of people don't want to get up and move to the trash cans, so they leave their stuff underneath their feet, like at the movie theaters," he said.
Swingle noticed the differences in seasons and acknowledged that it is a bit easier to clean up after basketball games.
"Basketball's easier - you're talking almost 20,000 [people] compared to 72,000, so that helps," he said.
Not only do university officials help clean up after games, but members of the Arkansas Student Government and other student organizations also work together to pitch in.
The Sunday cleanup, for example, is made easier by the Associated Student Government program Recycling with the Razorbacks.
"Recycling with the Razorbacks is a student organization that encourages tailgaters to recycle," said Megan Francis, ASG chief of staff.
Recycling with the Razorbacks takes groups of volunteers from Registered Student Organizations, fraternities and sororities and places those volunteers into small groups that walk through tailgaters and ask for their help by recycling.
Participation for Recycling with the Razorbacks was strong this year, Francis said, and it looks like the organization is doing well.
"We had the best turnout we've ever had for the program this year - close to 15 student organizations participated this year," Francis said, and the list of volunteers filled up quickly every home game.
If students want to volunteer next year for a home football game, they can do so through an RSO.
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