Sierra helps clean up Schuylkill
Josh Kurtz
Issue date: 8/6/10 Section: News
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The volunteers, including approximately 10 Drexel students, picked up 196 pounds of trash from the riverbank during the four hour cleanup session, according to Euric Krause, president of the Drexel Sierra
Student Coalition.
Krause said the extent of the litter on the riverbank was one part of the event that stood out to him, saying "it's something I wish everyone could see just because of how extreme it is."
"It's really eye-opening when you see an entire riverbank of the Schuylkill just covered [in garbage]," Kraus, a sophomore majoring in business administration, said.
Mike Cangi, UBB's director of cleanups, said the litter and its contrast with the Bartram's Gardens setting showed "how almost tragic the waterfront is."
Stephen Wayland, a sophomore majoring in civil and architectural engineering, also said he did not realize how much trash was in the river. He added that he enjoyed seeing the improvement to the area of the river the volunteers helped clean.
"There was a pretty stark difference … that was nice to see," Wayland said.
Krause said Drexel Sierra had done campus trash cleanups before, but that the Schuylkill River event was its first off-campus cleanup.
Drexel Sierra had hoped to be able to pick up more trash during the session but was not able to in part because of the day's heat, according to Krause and Wayland.
Krause and Wayland said the Sierra Coalition hopes to partner again with UBB for later events, including another cleanup in the fall, during which they hope to have more student volunteers.
The cleanup marked the first joint event between Drexel Sierra and UBB.
Drexel Sierra is hoping to work with the University to encourage more students to help with the cleanups. It especially hopes for more freshman involvement because of freshmen's community service requirement, according to Krause.
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