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by BECKY BUSH
Intern News Reporter
As tree leaves in the High Country disappear for the winter, Appalachian State University’s Student Government Association has worked to pass an act that will increase the amount of greenery on campus.
The Evergreen Act “supports the sustainable endeavors of the Physical Plant in creating new perpetually green areas around campus,” according to the bill, and states since there is an “exceedingly lengthy winter in Boone,” the “outdoor surroundings of campus appear quite brown.”
SGA Vice President Michele D. Armstrong said SGA wants the administration to know the undergraduate student body supports them reallocating money to put towards evergreen trees.
She explained the act was to support the administration, not tell the university what or what not to do.
The act was passed with consent, meaning everyone agreed with the bill.
 A pine tree stands in Durham Park. The Student Government Association recently passed the Evergreen Act to encourage the planting of more evergreen trees. Photo by Tommy Penick
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addition, SGA President Jonathan H. Meisner said SGA researched several
different types of evergreens allowed on campus, as well as the
psychological effects of having greenery year round.
It turns
out different types of trees have a variety of mental effects on people
living around them, and therefore, more greenery would help maintain a
positive school mentality, Meisner said.
The Town of Boone is also trying to make many areas greener.
Boone
Mayor Lorretta Clawson said recently the town passed a New Urban Tree
Plan to make sure developers plant more trees, especially in
residential areas.
“In order to survive we have to have trees,” Clawson said.
The act makes sure there is the right percentage of shrubbery in newly built areas, Clawson said.
Meisner hopes students will be affected positively by the act.
“Appalachian
is one of the more beautiful campuses in the UNC system,” Meisner said.
“I’m hoping to provide a more beautiful, loving place than what we
already have.”
Photo by Tommy Penick
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