Trashing trash

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Hey, remember that time you complained about how Philly is so dirty and then threw your beer can on your neighbor’s lawn two days later while stumbling back home?

Yeah, we know who you are.

Well now’s your chance to redeem yourself. Philly Spring Cleanup day is tomorrow, Sat. April 10. In its third-year run, the city initiative brings together volunteers to spiff up Philadelphia’s blocks. Working as a trash monster combo, Temple’s Students for Environmental Action, Student Peace Alliance, Project EDU, Temple Community Garden and Sociology Undergraduate Majors and Minors Association will be volunteering tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will be meeting at the Bell Tower. If you have any interest, e-mail James at tua50891@temple.edu. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.

Temple Student Government is also encouraging students to volunteer at the Stenton Park Recreation Center (17th and Courtland streets), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center (22nd Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue) and the McVeigh Recreation Center, located in Kensington. Visit the Philly Spring Cleanup Web site to sign up for these locations.

Don’t act like you’re not capable of rolling out of bed and walking a few blocks to one of these sites. And, if you’re not busy and still complain about trash, shame on you. Yep, we said it: shame on you!

If your umbrella had your heart…

…when it was shielding you from the raindrops yesterday, but broke your heart when it flipped over, broke and left you soggy, don’t be bitter: Donate your dead (and unkind) umbrellas to the Dead Umbrella Drive tomorrow, April 1, in the Student Center atrium at 1 p.m. Hosted by Students for Environmental Action and the Office of Sustainability, the broken umbrellas will be recycled and donated to the ReyclingZychal Shop, which uses the materials to make raincoats for dogs and cats and is based right here out of Philadelphia. For more information, e-mail deadumbrellas@temple.edu. If you can’t stay dry because the U.S. has horrible umbrella-makers, at least someone’s pooch can.