Tulane, you are the shield to my knight in shining armor. Your publications that I received during your tour last April and in the mail since were enough to complete, defend, and inspire my noble knight. This knight has a daunting task before him: to save the world. He stands tall with his armor of recycled college admissions' publications and his sword of retrieved trash from the world around him. He is ready to make a change in saving this Earth.
The knight wasn't always this ready; he knew he had to fight a controversial issue by a different manner to get people's attention. He first researched the most powerful armor that would protect him from skepticism, greed, and closed-mindedness. After searching high and low, he finally stumbled upon the box of the Dean's Honor Scholarship at Tulane and he applied the "hardness" of the box to his armor and centered it as the keystone to his suit. He used the box as a template for all the other links in his armor and from it he erected an impenetrable suit of college advertisements destined for landfills. Once he was finished, he set out on a journey to change and defend the landscape around him.
The knight set out to save the world by first saving his own land. Atop his noble steed the knight patrolled his kingdom day and night in search of threats. Together they collected everything from Dora the Explorer Mylar Balloons to Dasani water bottles. Left alone, these invaders would have ended up disrupting his vital water supply, harming his peasants, and destroying the beauty of his great kingdom. He fastened these invaders into his sword to make sure they would not disturb anyone else. His job is never done for new travelers wander through his land each day, either on foot or bike, and some leave behind more than footprints or tire marks. When the knight felt his kingdom in the Los Angeles National Forest was clean enough, he set out to change the world.
Now Tulane, the knight comes to you. He comes clad in his armor of excessive advertisements and careless litter with an idea for you: reduce your paper publications. Yes, he realizes the importance of reaching out to students who do not have access to email/social media and the professionalism of giving something out at tours, but the benefits do not outweigh the detriments. In a society where social media is so prevalent, why not advertise where you'll be noticed more (without an additional expense to yourself or the environment)? When emails are looked at just as long as a piece of paper, why not switch? Put aside the stamps and the 6X12 pamphlets and advertise the beauty of your campus and design some catchy hashtags and tweets to spread the word. So you, Tulane, as a shield, as a leader of universities, lead the way in phasing and cutting back on the use of paper in an advancing society.
Music intended for entertainment purposes only, all rights go to Brad Paisley
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g07ISPiDHO0/mqdefault.jpg)