I have noticed this, too. The campus hasn't been looking too great lately. I haven't noticed careless litter as much as I have noticed overflowing trashcans outside. It's embarrassing to see large campus tour groups go by .

This is a message board for OHIO FOOTBALL. It is not facebook so please stop now!

Of course, the students are there every weekend. If Court St. is exhibiting extra litter on HOMECOMING weekend compared to other weekends, isn't it indicative of ALUMNI misbehavior? 

For the record, I graduated in 2005 and was there this weekend (uptown Friday night only.)

For a number of years, I've said that some of our students have the following slogan:

"Think Globally, Trash Locally."

I think the message of Keep America Beautiful was lost on this generation. I remember my dad taking me to task over throwing a candy wrapper out the window. Never did it again. MY kids have felt that wrath and understand it is wrong.

Though the next gen might automatically recycle and care in a way there is a large segment of the gen that just trashes the place. Many times on my way back and forth to OHIO I am passing a car that opens a window and throws out the garbage. Pulling alongside I note that it is invariably young folks.

The other day I was waiting in the drive up line on the way to work when the care behind me empties their trash on the green patch of grass that makes up the pull around to the order speaker. After I ordered I put the truck in Nuetral, Got out, walked back and picked up the trash and looked at the young lady who watched me pick up her bag of fast food trash and several cups she had tossed and walked away placing it in my truck bed to throw away later. It really is endemic and has been steadily increasing this last decade. I am with DFC as I have often walked down Court to see kids too lazy to walk 8 feet to the nearest trash receptacle and just toss whatever is in their hand on the ground.....I usually yell up to them and pick it up and throw it away while saying " Hey, that's ok I'll get it".

I don't know if this is better or worse, but I remember getting back to tailgate park after the homecoming game... there are now many trash receptacles throughout the park, and they all have recycling containers right next to them.  Then what do I see... plastic bottles in the freaking trash.  It's not like the recycling bin was 8-feet away; IT WAS RIGHT THERE.  Why are people so dim?

You'd love CT. Many places (everywhere at work for me) have bins for paper, plastic/aluminum, compost, and waste.