Tag: Anne Jacobs

  • New Paltz Alum Austin Shatz of H2Occupy Discusses Water Bottle Bans

    New Paltz Alum Austin Shatz of H2Occupy Discusses Water Bottle Bans

    Americans use approximately 50 billion water bottles each year, resulting in severe environmental issues and costing the average American over $100 per year. As of fall 2014, SUNY New Paltz is well on its way to banning bottled water because of the H2Occupy movement, led by Austin Schatz, a 24-year-old alumnus. H2Occupy is a movement…

  • Media Ethics: Murrow and Trivial Media

    Media Ethics: Murrow and Trivial Media

    Howard Good’s Fall 2014 Media Ethics class were asked to create films interpreting this quote by Theodor W. Adorno: “Triviality is evil – triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself to the world as it is, that obeys the principle of inertia. And this principle of inertia truly is what…

  • Alumnus-led Group Pushes for Bottle Ban on Campus

    Alumnus-led Group Pushes for Bottle Ban on Campus

    Americans use approximately 50 billion water bottles each year, resulting in severe environmental issues and costing the average American over $100 per year. SUNY New Paltz is well on its way to banning bottled water because of the H2Occupy movement, led by Austin Schatz, a 24-year-old alumnus. H2Occupy is a movement to remove plastic water…