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Starting in a few minutes. It's below freezing outside (and going to drop to the TEENS tonight), so they moved the drag show indoors. See y'all there?
Best,
Chris
Best,
Chris
Starting in a few minutes. It's below freezing outside (and going to drop to the TEENS tonight), so they moved the drag show indoors. See y'all there?
Best,
Chris
Best,
Chris
Well, another neat thing about the KU Edwards Campus:
KU Edwards Campus is running this fundraising recycling program in partnership with experts at Recycling Appeal USA, who will give the American Foundation for Children with Aids around $10 for every cell phone collected.
When cell phones are binned they end up in landfill sites where they can cause pollution – as they slowly break down, chemicals can leak into the surrounding soil. By recycling them, you protect the environment!
Cell Phone Facts
- Of the more than one billion cell phones that are currently used worldwide, an estimated 250 to 300 million are being used in the US.
- The average American cell phone user owns 3 or more handsets.
- The average US consumer only uses their current cell phone for 12 to 18 months.
- Over 70% of Americans do not know that they can recycle their old cell phone.
- In a recent survey, only 2.3% of Americans recycled their old cell phones and 7% threw them in the garbage.
- Cell phones contain precious metals such as gold and silver.
- A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000 tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.
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I teach there every Monday night, so if you would like me to donate yours, hand it over and I'll bring it one of these Mondays. Good timing for me, because I just got a new phone and need to dispose of my old one.
Best,
Chris
Cell Phone Recycling at KU Edwards Campus
Got an old cell phone sitting in a drawer or closet? Bring it to the KU Edwards Campus and place it in our cell phone recycle box located in REGN copy room or leave it with Lisa at the Regents Center front desk. Working cell phones only.KU Edwards Campus is running this fundraising recycling program in partnership with experts at Recycling Appeal USA, who will give the American Foundation for Children with Aids around $10 for every cell phone collected.
When cell phones are binned they end up in landfill sites where they can cause pollution – as they slowly break down, chemicals can leak into the surrounding soil. By recycling them, you protect the environment!
Cell Phone Facts
- Of the more than one billion cell phones that are currently used worldwide, an estimated 250 to 300 million are being used in the US.
- The average American cell phone user owns 3 or more handsets.
- The average US consumer only uses their current cell phone for 12 to 18 months.
- Over 70% of Americans do not know that they can recycle their old cell phone.
- In a recent survey, only 2.3% of Americans recycled their old cell phones and 7% threw them in the garbage.
- Cell phones contain precious metals such as gold and silver.
- A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000 tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.
***
I teach there every Monday night, so if you would like me to donate yours, hand it over and I'll bring it one of these Mondays. Good timing for me, because I just got a new phone and need to dispose of my old one.
Best,
Chris
Well, another neat thing about the KU Edwards Campus:
KU Edwards Campus is running this fundraising recycling program in partnership with experts at Recycling Appeal USA, who will give the American Foundation for Children with Aids around $10 for every cell phone collected.
When cell phones are binned they end up in landfill sites where they can cause pollution – as they slowly break down, chemicals can leak into the surrounding soil. By recycling them, you protect the environment!
Cell Phone Facts
- Of the more than one billion cell phones that are currently used worldwide, an estimated 250 to 300 million are being used in the US.
- The average American cell phone user owns 3 or more handsets.
- The average US consumer only uses their current cell phone for 12 to 18 months.
- Over 70% of Americans do not know that they can recycle their old cell phone.
- In a recent survey, only 2.3% of Americans recycled their old cell phones and 7% threw them in the garbage.
- Cell phones contain precious metals such as gold and silver.
- A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000 tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.
***
I teach there every Monday night, so if you would like me to donate yours, hand it over and I'll bring it one of these Mondays. Good timing for me, because I just got a new phone and need to dispose of my old one.
Best,
Chris
Cell Phone Recycling at KU Edwards Campus
Got an old cell phone sitting in a drawer or closet? Bring it to the KU Edwards Campus and place it in our cell phone recycle box located in REGN copy room or leave it with Lisa at the Regents Center front desk. Working cell phones only.KU Edwards Campus is running this fundraising recycling program in partnership with experts at Recycling Appeal USA, who will give the American Foundation for Children with Aids around $10 for every cell phone collected.
When cell phones are binned they end up in landfill sites where they can cause pollution – as they slowly break down, chemicals can leak into the surrounding soil. By recycling them, you protect the environment!
Cell Phone Facts
- Of the more than one billion cell phones that are currently used worldwide, an estimated 250 to 300 million are being used in the US.
- The average American cell phone user owns 3 or more handsets.
- The average US consumer only uses their current cell phone for 12 to 18 months.
- Over 70% of Americans do not know that they can recycle their old cell phone.
- In a recent survey, only 2.3% of Americans recycled their old cell phones and 7% threw them in the garbage.
- Cell phones contain precious metals such as gold and silver.
- A total of 500 million used cell phones weighing more than 250,000 tons are estimated to be currently stockpiled, awaiting disposal.
***
I teach there every Monday night, so if you would like me to donate yours, hand it over and I'll bring it one of these Mondays. Good timing for me, because I just got a new phone and need to dispose of my old one.
Best,
Chris
Just heard some exciting news from the English Department:
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is going to finally have an office!
It won't be a huge space, but it's about three times the size of my current office. Jim and I will have adjoining offices in the space that's currently the FSE offices (for those of you who know the English Department's space at KU). Jim will move to Mike Johnson's current office, and I will sit where Robin currently sits rather than my current office. We will probably keep a second desk in the space either for our AboutSF student employee to work or for visiting researchers to read and work.
The rest of the space will be dedicated to the Center so we can finally begin accepting donations again, despite the Spencer Library's policy of not accepting new book donations or donations of manuscripts and so forth. We'll also be able to formally display some of the neat things we've collected over the years, plus the Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. We'll set up a CSSF Research Library among other things. If you have something taking up space in your house that you would like to display for visitors, we'll now have a space for it.
Hooray for having to move offices! This is the next-best thing to having a brick-and-mortar Center for the Study of SF.
I'll make a formal announcement on the Center's site when we've moved, and we'll host a reception or something there.
Best,
Chris
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is going to finally have an office!
It won't be a huge space, but it's about three times the size of my current office. Jim and I will have adjoining offices in the space that's currently the FSE offices (for those of you who know the English Department's space at KU). Jim will move to Mike Johnson's current office, and I will sit where Robin currently sits rather than my current office. We will probably keep a second desk in the space either for our AboutSF student employee to work or for visiting researchers to read and work.
The rest of the space will be dedicated to the Center so we can finally begin accepting donations again, despite the Spencer Library's policy of not accepting new book donations or donations of manuscripts and so forth. We'll also be able to formally display some of the neat things we've collected over the years, plus the Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. We'll set up a CSSF Research Library among other things. If you have something taking up space in your house that you would like to display for visitors, we'll now have a space for it.
Hooray for having to move offices! This is the next-best thing to having a brick-and-mortar Center for the Study of SF.
I'll make a formal announcement on the Center's site when we've moved, and we'll host a reception or something there.
Best,
Chris
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Just heard some exciting news from the English Department:
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is going to finally have an office!
It won't be a huge space, but it's about three times the size of my current office. Jim and I will have adjoining offices in the space that's currently the FSE offices (for those of you who know the English Department's space at KU). Jim will move to Mike Johnson's current office, and I will sit where Robin currently sits rather than my current office. We will probably keep a second desk in the space either for our AboutSF student employee to work or for visiting researchers to read and work.
The rest of the space will be dedicated to the Center so we can finally begin accepting donations again, despite the Spencer Library's policy of not accepting new book donations or donations of manuscripts and so forth. We'll also be able to formally display some of the neat things we've collected over the years, plus the Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. We'll set up a CSSF Research Library among other things. If you have something taking up space in your house that you would like to display for visitors, we'll now have a space for it.
Hooray for having to move offices! This is the next-best thing to having a brick-and-mortar Center for the Study of SF.
I'll make a formal announcement on the Center's site when we've moved, and we'll host a reception or something there.
Best,
Chris
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is going to finally have an office!
It won't be a huge space, but it's about three times the size of my current office. Jim and I will have adjoining offices in the space that's currently the FSE offices (for those of you who know the English Department's space at KU). Jim will move to Mike Johnson's current office, and I will sit where Robin currently sits rather than my current office. We will probably keep a second desk in the space either for our AboutSF student employee to work or for visiting researchers to read and work.
The rest of the space will be dedicated to the Center so we can finally begin accepting donations again, despite the Spencer Library's policy of not accepting new book donations or donations of manuscripts and so forth. We'll also be able to formally display some of the neat things we've collected over the years, plus the Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. We'll set up a CSSF Research Library among other things. If you have something taking up space in your house that you would like to display for visitors, we'll now have a space for it.
Hooray for having to move offices! This is the next-best thing to having a brick-and-mortar Center for the Study of SF.
I'll make a formal announcement on the Center's site when we've moved, and we'll host a reception or something there.
Best,
Chris
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