Story by Quinn Wilson
Photos by Lance Rothwell
For some students April 11 began with no ifs, ands or butts. DSC’s Environmental Club hosted the Cigarette Butt Pick-Up event alongside of Daytona State’s No Butts Committee, Student Activities and the Volusia County Health Department. In 2012 students managed to pick up around 13,500 butts in the Daytona campus alone. With Earth Day just around the corner, the No Butts Program was a great way to kick it all off. The No Butts program isn’t just about beautifying the campus. On March 21 Daytona State offered a Quit Smoking Now class that was entirely free. The one hour course also offered free Nicotine Replacement Therapy patches, gum and lozenges for those that participated. The No Butts Program helps to beautify the campus but there is a larger goal in the midst. The program also aims to encourage others to quit smoking. The No Butts event isn’t the only way to be environmentally friendly. The Campus Cafeteria offers reusable mugs to replace the Styrofoam cups that cafes so often use. For students and staff that spend much of their time on campus, a single payment of 30 dollars will let one fill up his or her mug for the rest of the semester. If that price seems a bit steep, 10 fills cost 10 dollars and 25 fills cost 20 dollars. Along with reusable mugs, Daytona State has taken other initiatives to be environmentally friendly. Recycling bins for paper, aluminum cans and other common reusable items are common around campus, but what DSC recycles varies widely. From chemical waste to Freon, DSC has been working hard to expand their recycling program.