MASSPIRG at Salem State College

RECENT NEWS

SMITH STUDENTS MEET WITH SENATOR ROSENBERG - 12/4/07 Students from Smith joined other western Massachusetts students to meet with Senator Rosenberg to discuss state actions to address climate change.  The meeting was a success, with Senator Rosenberg reiterating his commitment to strong legislation to fight global warming, and agreeing to attend Focus the Nation if possible.

SMITH STUDENT SPEAKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 12/4/07 Caroline Henderson, a first year student at Smith College, joined Senator Rosenberg and Winston Vaughan, a field organizer for Environment Massachusetts, in a press conference to release a new report by Environment Massachusetts called "Storm Surge."  The report highlights changing weather patterns in Massachusetts due to global warming.  Henderson spoke about the impact students are having on fighting climate change.

MASSPIRG BOARD APPROVES GLOBAL WARMING AS THE LEAD CAMPAIGN - 12/1/07 Over 50 students from around the state came together at Amherst College on Saturday to decide which campaigns to run in the Spring semester.  By an overwhelming majority, students voted to continue to prioritize Global Warming and to put most of our resources into stopping climate change.  

Get involved!  There are lots of different ways to get involved.  Come find out more about what we've got planned.

All MASSPIRG meetings:  Thursdays at 8 p.m., Campus Center 203 

For more information, contact Molly at molly@masspirgstudents.org. 

Campus Climate Challenge/Stopping Global Warming Starts Here!:  Wednesdays, 8 p.m., Campus Center 203. 

Climate change is the "challenge of our generation."  Join other student activists in organizing to fight to stop global warming before it gets too late.   

For more information, contact Alana Miller at amiller@email.smith.edu.

Water Watch:  Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Campus Center 203.  

Clean water is our most valuable resource, and will only become increasingly valuable in the future.  Yet we face threats to our access to clean water from contamination, from corporate interests privatizing our most important public resource, and from incresaing scarcity.  Want to protect our access to clean water? 

For more information, contact Meenu Menon at mmenon@email.smith.edu.

What's Your Plan?  Voting is how we make our voices heard in this country, but way too many young people are silent.  Making the problem worse, politicians don't pay attention to us and the issues we care about, and this leads to young people voting even less.  The goal of the Student PIRGs New Voters Project 'What's your Plan?' campaign is to get the candidates who are running for President to talk to young people about our issues.

So far this year, we've spoken to Congressman Kucinich, Senator Dodd and Governor Richardson.  Students across the country have spoken to the candidates more than 100 times!   

For more information, contact Abby Shaw at ashaw@email.smith.edu.

Affordable Textbooks:

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Higher Education:  PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS COLLEGE COST REDUCTION ACT!

Hunger and Homelessness:  The Pioneer Valley is gearing up for the annual Hunger Cleanup!  Mark your calendars for April 5th, for the national service-a-thon.