Written by Caitlyn Buckley
Megaphone Staff Writer
I am someone who tends to buy into fads that make me feel good about myself and my contributions to society. I jumped on the volunteering bandwagon in high school because it let me feel like I was actually accomplishing something that was good for someone besides me. Besides that, […]

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Written by Meg Susong
Megaphone Staff Writer
Environmentalism being the new “in” movement (not that being “in” is a bad thing), the current bout of election candidates have been faced with tough questions on such. From being questioned by the ‘average Joe’ to the concerned snowmen on the topic of global warming, the issue has certainly been […]

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Written by Giulia Giuffre
Megaphone Staff Writer
Last weekend, Feb.8-10, over 200 students from 28 schools all around Texas visited the University of Texas at Austin to be part of the Re-Energize Texas Summit.
The gathering was the biggest ever youth summit to address climate change and global warming in Texas.
Last July, Anna Pierce, Austin […]

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Written by Mariah Arispe
Megaphone Staff Writer
Plastic. It is everywhere; in stores, homes, schools and businesses.
The American public, including SU (no matter how much we may want to disassociate ourselves from it), cannot seem to get away from I – most specifically when we buy groceries from places like H-E-B, Target, Wal-Mart or Kmart.
It is well […]

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Written by Sam Marsh Megaphone Staff Writer“Does Georgetown really need a bus system? I mean, I haven’t been all around, but it doesn’t seem all that big,” said Sophomore Kassie Juenke.Nobody’s completely sure yet, but that is Ed Polasek and his cohorts are looking into. Meetings have been held in areas of particular interest […]

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Written by Sam Marsh
Megaphone Staff Writer
“Does Georgetown really need a bus system? I mean, I haven’t been all around, but it doesn’t seem all that big,” said Sophomore Kassie Juenke.
Nobody’s completely sure yet, but that is Ed Polasek and his cohorts are looking into. Meetings have been held in areas of particular […]

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Written by Sam Allen
Bollocks, I say.
But to what you may ask? Here’s the situation: Mister Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and the United Nations won the Nobel Peace Prize. Sounds good enough. But what did they win it for?
Officially, “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay […]

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Written by Giulia Giuffre
Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) is partnering with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to provide free supplies to any group interested in protecting their local waterways.
Keep Texas Beautiful is a nonprofit organization affiliated with Keep America Beautiful. KTB’s mission is to educate and engage Texans to take responsibility for […]

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