Coal Free Mizzou protest MU's use of coal
Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 6:25 p.m. CDT
COLUMBIA — Members of Coal Free Mizzou walked Thursday from MU's Speakers Circle to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's office in downtown Columbia to deliver a letter protesting MU's use of coal. "We're wearing floaties, goggles and other beach attire to show how coal use causes global warming which leads to rising sea levels," said MU senior and protester Katie Reinarman.
From left, MU students Ashley Frayne, Erin Richeson, Thomas Leonard, Brian Roach, Mallory Schillinger, Katie Reinarman and Lauren Hystead stop on the way of protesting MU's use of coal. The protesters were part of "Coal Free Mizzou" that is working to eliminate MU's coal usage.
¦ Caitlyn Emmett
A group of MU students walk from Speakers Circle to outside of Sen. Claire McCaskill's office in downtown Columbia to deliver a letter protesting MU's use of coal on Thursday. "We're working on bringing people together to reach an overarching goal for MU's campus to be coal free," said Coal Free Mizzou co-chair Mallory Schillinger.
¦ Caitlyn Emmett
Kurtis Hunt, left, gives a round of high-fives to MU seniors Erica Brown, from left, Mallory Schillinger and MU junior Lauren Hystead outisde of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's office in downtown Columbia on Thursday. The group was delivering a letter to McCaskill protesting MU's use of coal.
¦ Caitlyn Emmett
Coal Free Mizzou co-chair and MU senior Mallory Schillinger blows up a beach ball that has been painted as part of the group's protest that began in Speakers Circle at MU and went to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's office in downtown Columbia to deliver a letter protesting MU's use of coal. "We're wearing floaties, goggles and other beach attire to show how coal use causes global warming which leads to rising sea levels," said MU senior and protestor Katie Reinarman.
¦ Caitlyn Emmett
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