Friday, May 06, 2016

Like, dude....aren't there more important things to "phony" about?-------At UNC, red party cups swapped with ones telling students to save planet, avoid rape

At UNC, red party cups swapped with ones telling students to save planet, avoid rape - The College Fix:
"Protecting the environment and stopping sexual assault are two concepts rarely linked – yet an activist group at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has managed to combine the two on an unlikely source: party cups.
Yes, the ubiquitous red cups favored among partying college students nationwide were recently swapped out at a UNC fete with clear cups declaring “Respectful of each other.
Grateful for the earth” on one side, “Get the conversation started about sexual assault” on the other, and a tagline: “Please compost this cup.”
The activist group behind the cups is Carolina Conscious, which describes itself online as “a growing group of students dedicated to helping the entire Carolina community improve our campus.”
Their main brainchild so far is the compostable, disposable cups that aim to “act as a reminder to maintain conscious, ethical behavior in social settings,” the group says on Facebook.
The effectiveness of the cups’ message, however, did not appear to widely resonate at the party – at least when it comes to protecting the planet.
Many of the Carolina Conscious cups could be seen trashed on the ground both during and after the celebration..."

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