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Congratulations – you did it! You successfully completed your degree at Brookhaven College. You don the cap and gown, invite your family to the ceremony, cry a little when you walk across the stage, celebrate at dinner and that’s it.
You’re done. Continue reading I’m graduating. What should I do now that I am out of college?
By Jubenal Aguilar
Editor-in-Chief
CourierEIC@dcccd.edu
Angela left her home to avoid problems after a family friend made a move on her. She thought she would be blamed if anyone found out, and she did not want her mother to lose her place to live too.
So she started sleeping at friends’ places when she could and in her car when she could not. Continue reading Programs offer help
By Beth Delagi
Senior Staff Photographer
While sitting in class discussing today’s plastic waste epidemic, I raised my hand to brag about how I never use single-use plastics only to look down to see my empty Chobani single-serve yogurt container and plastic spoon. That morning, I set a personal challenge to stop using single-use plastics for one week. Continue reading Student challenges to reduce plastic
By Shiva Massali
Contributing Writer
In 2012, Toms, a company that claims it pursues and advocates for sustainability, was criticized for not living up to its own claims of sustainability in its manufacturing process. Continue reading Toms accused of ‘greenwashing’
By Malen Blackmon
Sports editor
Adidas and Parley for the Oceans have been pulling plastic out of the ocean and converting trash into thread, literally.
About 8 million metric tons of plastics are dumped into the ocean in a single year, according to earthday.org. Every minute one garbage truck worth of plastic is dumped into the ocean. It is killing sea life and destroying ocean water. Continue reading Adidas turns threat into thread
By John David Higgs
Contributing Writer
White light beamed across an empty classroom full of computers and maps. It was early in the morning at Brookhaven College, and a quiet, well-mannered man worked at his desk in his lab adjoining the classroom. Continue reading Jerry Bartz observes wildlife
By Mykel Hilliard
Contributing Writer
The Brookhaven College Green Team Coalition made nine e-waste bins in an effort to raise awareness for e-recycling on campus. Used items such as handheld calculators, smartphones, chargers, pagers, power strips and USB cables, are some of the electronics that can be dropped in the bins across campus. Bins are found in A, D, L, M, P, S, X and W buildings. Continue reading Electronics are waste
By Jacob Vaughn
Managing Editor/Music Editor
The planet is increasingly shrouded by space debris. Remnants of past space missions orbit Earth at about 17,000 miles an hour, according to nasa.gov. At these speeds, something as small as a paint chip can cause significant damage, Chaz Hafey, a Brookhaven College astronomy and physics lab coordinator, said. Continue reading Earth’s orbit is littered with junk
By Thao Nguyen and
Matthew Brown
Web Editor and Opinions Editor
Solid waste pollution has been a global issue for decades, and research shows that it is only getting worse as the years go by. In many parts of the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, recycling is helping to fix the problem, but most of Texas still treats this necessity like a luxury. Recycling should be not only free and accessible to everyone, but also actively incentivized. Continue reading Texas lacks incentive to recycle
By Matthew Brown
Opinions Editor/Copy Editor
Twelve water filling stations around Brookhaven College have helped students, staff and faculty keep over 233,000 single-use plastic water bottles out of landfills since the first station was installed.
Almost a million plastic beverage bottles were sold every minute around the world in 2015, according to National Geographic. And each American on average purchases 346 bottles a year. Continue reading Campus water stations save plastic bottles