Cleaner Air, One Bike at a Time

With most of us being freshmen this year, we didn't have the opportunity to have a car on campus, unless we found some way to jump around the school's usual policy against allowing freshmen students to have cars on campus. However, the year is over and next year will have new opportunites, including the chance to keep a car on campus. But in recent years, Elmhurst College has offered another opportunity to students as well - the Bike Program. As part of a way for Elmhurst College to "go gree", Elmhurst College has started allowing students to reject the opportunity to keep a car on campus and recieve a free bike instead. If the student promises to not bring a motorized vehicle on campus for an entire academic year (with the exception of a temporary winter permit) they will be able to recieve free bikes, helmets and locks. Little do people know, but this opportunity is open to staff as well. For many of the staff this request may be unreasonable, but for some staff that live close enough to the school, this is a nice opportunity for them as well. Not only will riding a bike to school help reduce the amount of gas you use daily (not to mention the extremely high cost of gas these days and all the money you will save) but it will also eliminate any parking troubles and force you to get daily excerise. This was new to me, being a freshman on campus so I looked into it. Something I found out that was interesting and nice to know for us for years to come is, that if you choose to do the bike program numerous years, each additional year you will recieve a free bike tune-up and a $25.00 gift card to spend on any bike accessories you choose. So after a few years, your bike will be able to be decorated to fit your personal style completely...while making Elmhurst a greener campus and reducing the amount of gasoline used yearly. To enroll for the bike program go to this link: http://public.elmhurst.edu/bicycleprogram/43338292.html
Its a great opportunity, so if you haven't already choosen to have a car on campus, you should check it out.