Chuck Olcese, director of International Student Services, talks about the tree donation in memory of a student who passed last year. One of the nine new trees planted from this event will be dedicated to Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana.
TRICK OR TREES
Replant Mount Oread project launches first fall planting event on Halloween
AMBER VANDEGRIFT
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KU Center for Sustainability and the KU Tree Advisory Board will host a tree planting event Friday as a part of the Replant Mount Oread project.
The event is called Trick or Trees, and it is the first fall event for Replant Mount Oread. Students and volunteers will be planting nine new trees between Marvin and Lindley halls. The Center for Sustainability
needs $5,000 to cover the cost of the trees, and it is asking for donations online through KU Endowment.
Director of the Center for Sustainability Jeff Severin said more trees need to be planted because between 80 and 90 trees on campus are cut down each year due to storm damage, disease or simply because the trees may be at the end of their natural lives. He said Trick or Trees is a good way to plant trees and involve students in the process.
"Students will have an
opportunity to come out, pick up a shovel and actually do the planting themselves." Severin said.
Victor Zaharopoulos, a student representative on the KU Tree Advisory Board, said he will be at Trick or Trees on Friday, along with about 30 other volunteers. He said when there are a lot of volunteers at events like Trick or Trees, people get energized about planting trees on campus.
If we can drum up that energy for these types of things, we can keep this
going for years down the road," Zaharopoulos said. "I'm a senior. I'm going to be leaving KU soon, but I'm hoping these types of things can continue to go on."
trees on campus because the University budget only allows for the planting of about 50 trees a year. He said the Center for Sustainability raises donations to cover the cost of projects like Trick or Trees, so it will have funds if something unexpected happens, like having to remove a tree from campus.
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Severin said there is a need for extra funding for
Zaharopoulos said the cost of planting trees is worth it because of the oxygen they provide and the beauty they give to campus.
"The goal is really to raise enough money with each project to cover the cost of that effort, so that we can use those additional funds to address some of the other needs throughout the year."
Severin said.
give to compare "Trees are one of the few investments that actually appreciate in value over time," Zaharopoulos said. "It costs a lot to put these trees in, it's several thousand dollars, but over time they grow larger, they start giving back more."
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Spencer Museum to host stress relief event
CHANDLER BOESE
@ChandlerBoese
Spencer Museum of Art is holding an event called "Vita Activa, Vita Contemplativa" tonight at 6 p.m. It hopes to help students relieve stress with relaxation yoga, chances to tour the museum, play games like Twister and even talk with the Writing Center.
Celka Straughn, the director of Academic Programs at the Spencer Museum, worked with the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, the Writing Center, Student Senate and the Spencer Student Advisory Board to plan this event to help students learn ways to relieve stress and have fun.
A stress ball explodes on a student during last year's "Vita Activa, Vita Contemplativa" event at the Spencer Museum of Art. The event is aimed to help students de-stress with yoga and games.
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"It's a really good study break. About this time of year is when everyone is needing it."
CELKA STRAUGHN Director of Academic Programs at the Spencer Museum
Vita Activa, Vita Contemplativa is free for students and only happens once a year. It was held last year for the first time.
it really is going to have some proactive stress reduction, a chance to have fun, you should come with friends, but also the Writing Center can help you get work done," Straughn said. "It's a really good study break. About this time of year is when everyone is needing it."
One of these ways will be a simple yoga routine. Ben Saathoff, assistant director of fitness and wellness at Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, said the routine will be something students can do anywhere.
Another option available for students who attend is to meet with the Writing Center. Associate Director of the Writing Center Katie Elliott said the Writing Center will be answering questions, running a small writing activity and holding flash consultations.
"Students should come to learn how breathing can decrease stress and increase energy." Saathoff said.
With these five- to 10-minute flash consultations, the Writing Center hopes to help students learn about the services it offers, Elliott said. She said students can bring writing or research questions to the table they'll have set up, or even brainstorm for upcoming projects with Elliott or one of her consultants.
One of these consultants, Mikey Shaw, a senior from Shawnee and lead undergraduate consultant at the Writing Center, said he believes there are a lot of misconceptions about the
Writing Center.
Writing Center
"I think that a lot of people misunderstand the Writing Center as being someplace where we whip out a red pen and just go to town on the paper, whereas we work
The Spencer Student
almost entirely off what the student wants to work on," Shaw said.
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KUCSS to present at national conference
The KU Council for Social Studies will head to Boston from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23 for the 94th National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference. Among those presenting at the conference are distinguished professors, teachers and this year, KUCSS
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At the conference, individuals and groups aim to present how to engage students within the discipline of social studies. To do this, presenters offer different lesson plans teachers could use in the classroom. "This is a very unique opportunity because we are actually undergraduate students," senior Jason Walters, secretary of KUCSS,
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