09/17/07 Green is the New Campus Color

Today being true to your universities colors means more than wearing a purple and gold sweatshirt to the foot ball game. Rather, a new " green" pride is sweeping college campus's throughout the nation and being the proud OSU Beaver that I am, believe me we are not talking U of O Duck green! In the Northwest our universities are setting high standards of incorporating environmental measures to teach and practice sustainalbity. At the University of Idaho students tend to a sustainable/organic garden that provides fresh cafeteria fare. The student body at Western Washington University is anteing up an additional $10.50 per student each quarter to purchase renewable energy . WSU is the first in the nation to offer an organic farming degree and this fall will have a fresh farmers market on campus. Traditionally school pride has always been achieved through academics and athletics but that could change as our NW Universities vie for the honor of having the greenest campus.