Inside the Pepsi Center, the DNC delegates are treated to inspiring speeches from important political leaders. Outside the Pepsi Center, Colorado State students are treated to piles and piles of garbage.
 

During the four-day convention, more than 460 student, staff and faculty volunteers sort through trash and separate the recyclable from the non-recyclable. How did they end up with such a sh*tty (pardon the pun) job?
 

They asked for it!
 

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports:

Colorado State applied to lead the “sorting” portion of the recycling effort after the DNC ignored its offer to play music at the airport, said Michele McKinney, public-relations director for the university. She said even the recycling was a tough sell.

“It’s a major event and there are many committees,” she said in a phone interview. “For them to relinquish an aspect to any one entity is not common.”
 

So they didn’t just ask to stand in garbage all day, but they begged to do it?
 

Sad.