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>Hi-
>Here's an update of activities that happened during our national Day of 
>Action (Oct 23).  If you haven't already figured out what you will be 
>doing next week for the Week of Action (Nov 17-21), perhaps this update 
>can give you some ideas. If your group hasn't already, please fill out the 
>campaign endorsement form (attached)--we're up to 60 campuses from around 
>the country that have endorsed the campaign!  We're shooting for 100 by 
>the end of the month, so pass the form along to any of your friends on 
>campus or at other universities who are in groups that might be able to 
>support us.
>
>Keep up the great work!
>
>
>
>Dell Day of Action 10/23/03  Campus Report
>
>Boston College
>Ecopledge tabled the student center at Boston College. Armed with 
>“lollipops and an iron will” they gathered 141 signatures on a biohazard 
>suit that was worn for part of the afternoon by Elli Caldwell. Passersby 
>also signed 30 postcards and over a
>dozen signed up to be part of the campaign in the future. During the event we
>also gave out information, notices about an upcoming visit by Dell's 
>president
>to BC (which has since been cancelled) in little over a week, and showed 
>the movie Exporting Harm throughout the afternoon.
>Colorado University  Boulder
>
>Students from COPIRG and Ecopledge brought forth a resolution to the 
>Legislative Council of the University of Colorado Student Union, that 
>stated that the UCSU supports the CTBC, that called on Dell to take back 
>its computers free of charge, to phase out the use of hazardous materials, 
>and to recycle with responsible domestic recyclers. The resolution was passed.
>Indiana University
>INPIRG showed the video to some students and then they successfully talked 
>to other students and got several pages of petitions signed (put we don’t 
>have exact number). They are sending a care pack to Dell.
>Muhlenberg College
>Muhlenberg students in the New Information Technologies class spent the 
>day in the student union raising awareness about e-waste. More than 140 
>students signed a petition directed to Michael Dell.  Students took 
>pictures and are sending a carepack to Dell.
>Rice University (Houston) -
>
>This campus did a small action where they put up flyers about the Computer 
>TakeBack Campaign all over campus. They are making plans for November.
>
>Southwestern University
>
>Students from the environmental club SEAK are interested in 
>procurement.  They watched Exporting Harm the night before and did tabling 
>during the lunch hours for the day of action.  In total they got 136 
>signatures- that's approx 10% of the student population because it's a 
>small private university.  They passed out fliers.  It is yet to be 
>determined if the group is going to send a carepack. On November 8th, the 
>schools fall earth day, there will be a table set up and the exporting 
>harm video will be shown.
>
>Skidmore
>Skidmore set up a booth on campus and distributed information off our 
>website.  They got about 40 signatures and are sending Dell a care pack!!!
>Texas State University (San Marcos formerly SWT):
>Students set up a table and talked to others for most of the day.  They 
>passed out fliers and recruited other students for the week of 
>action.  One student wore a haz-mat suit and got students to sign it.  In 
>all they got 63 signatures.  They are showing the video on November 11 in 
>preparation for the week of action.  Student group Texas State Campaign 
>for the Environment is signing onto the ad and preparing the care pack.
>
>University of Central Florida
>Recycle UCF got an article published in their campus paper about recycling 
>and the Computer TakeBack Campaign in order to get the word out on campus. 
>The article also advertised the www.toxicdude.com website and encouraged 
>students to sign the on-line petition.
>University of Kentucky  Greenthumb
>
>Students tabled on Oct. 22.  They got 60 petition signatures.  They 
>created a huge poster that said “Tell Dell to Recycle!”.  Then on the 
>23rd, they did a little space right before a campus concert to talk about 
>the campaign.  They did take pictures and are planning on sending the 
>pictures and the petitions in a Carepack to Dell!
>
>University of Texas-  A group called the Recycling Task Force spent time 
>on campus gathering signatures (just a few) and lots of post cards! Then 
>the next night they showed the Exporting Harm video to their own group in 
>prep for more action in November.
>
>University of Vermont
>
>Students were out tabling and gathered over 100 signatures.  A few days 
>later UVM President Dan Fogle held one of his periodic "listening 
>sessions". Two students attended to ask if the university will live up to 
>its green reputation by adopting a computer procurement policy that only 
>buys from responsible manufacturers who commit to real goals on recycling. 
>President Fogel agreed the topic is an important one and said he’ll set 
>our friends up with the appropriate staffers to discuss the issue. Our 
>campus activists aren't planning to wait around for the president's call 
>however, and are already planning more events for the national week of 
>action including a call in day and screening of the video "Exporting Harm".
>
>University of Wisconsin  Madison
>
>Several students from WISPIRG created a large “e-waste pile” with 
>information about the toxics inside machines and pictures of e-waste 
>“recycling” in China. Students took turns wearing hazardous waste suits 
>and gathered 254 signatures on 3 suits. They were covered by a city paper 
>as well as two campus papers.  They are sending a carepack.
>
>University of Wisconsin  Milwaukee
>
>Students set up a table inside their union and created a big monitor tower 
>of mock Dells. They gathered 164 signatures on old obsolete 5 ¼ inch 
>floppy disks.  They took pictures and plan to send a carepack.
>Vanderbilt
>Students set up an informational table with pictures and 
>information.  They collected several pages of signatures, but did not 
>report final numbers.  They're sending a carepack with the petitions they 
>got signed and the pictures.
>
>
>
>Clean Water Action
>Computer TakeBack Campaign Organizer
>617.338.8131 phone
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>kreeve at cleanwater.org
>www.computertakeback.com
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