I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal

Once again some, about 30, University of Iowa students are concerned about the use of coal on campus.

Students urge UI to move beyond coal

May of 2010 was the last time I noted such a concern (Not Now?).

These students presented a petition with more than 3,300 signatures from students, faculty and community members asking the university to stop using coal.

“When we started talking with administrators, right away they told us that for them to take us seriously, we had to show we had broad student support,” said UI senior Meredith Place.

“We went out and collected more than 3,000 signatures from all the people who want to see this change,” Place said. “We did our part; now it’s their turn to fulfill their end of the deal.”

This fall the University of Iowa had a total enrollment of 30,893.

That hardly qualifies as "broad student support", and the scientific community is united in that fact, especially when faculty and the community were figured in the 3,300 signatures.