http://thepointnews.com Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://thepointnews.com/2009/10/student-eco-reps-are-environmental-resources http://thepointnews.com/2009/10/student-eco-reps-are-environmental-resources#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:59:59 +0000 Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief http://www.thepointnews.com/?p=983 This semester, students in the dormitories will notice a new presence encouraging them to be more eco-friendly. The presence, a group of students known as "eco-reps," will be running a number of programs designed to make dorm residents more conscious of the energy that they use.
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