Two 200 year old trees to be removed from ISU campus for new dorms

[ZJohnson]

Better to be natural than getting prostate or breast cancer or Alzheimers from toxic commercial deodorants. Enjoy your chemotherapy all because you wanted to "smell good".

Source:

http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03-14140.htm

 

[coolerifyoudid]

If I was back at ISU I would have chained myself naked to one of these trees and dare someone to come take care of my wood.

And the next day in the Daily we see the following ad in the personals :

You - chained to a tree
Me - just walking by
Same time tonight?

P.S. Did you mean to be facing the tree?

 

[GTO]

And the next day in the Daily we see the following ad in the personals :

You - chained to a tree
Me - just walking by
Same time tonight?

P.S. Did you mean to be facing the tree?

#craiglist

 

[Bret44]

First Matt leaves and we lose all shot at Diallo, next we cut down 200 plus year old trees to make room for some dorms, and before you know it Fred is coaching Georges and Jameel in Chicago.


Straight. Down. The. Pooper.

 

[GTO]

What are everyone's theories for Cycopath's posting patterns? Seems like he posts a lot for a few days, then you don't see him here for a month or so. My guess is it is inversely proportional to employment status.

 

[GTO]

First Matt leaves and we lose all shot at Diallo, next we cut down 200 plus year old trees to make room for some dorms, and before you know it Fred is coaching Georges and Jameel in Chicago.


Straight. Down. The. Pooper.

Better than straight up the pooper...

 

[ZJohnson]

What are everyone's theories for Cycopath's posting patterns? Seems like he posts a lot for a few days, then you don't see him here for a month or so. My guess is it is inversely proportional to employment status.

Pretty simple...he is a tree hugging hippie that goes out into the forest for days on end searching for new plants to make a "non-toxic" deodorant.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Just cause I have always loved this cartoon panel.

 

[Cycl1]

Thank goodness you can grow more.

 

[MNCYWX]

That's what I was thinking too but I'm no forester. I can't believe it lived this long. Bonfire the hackberry, make some shelves/furniture/tables out of the walnut and call it a day.

Why is my mom your avatar? Where did you find that pic?!

 

[theshadow]

It's really too bad that there are no other old/large trees on campus.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Reminds me of that reality show where the lady actually thought she was married to the Eiffel Tower and she went to have conjugal visits with it. Anyone see that?

 

[Cyballzz]

I don't understand the uproar... Moment of silence for the trees before the UNI game and a memorial patch all season on the jerseys should be suffice.

 

[Cyballzz]

Reminds me of that reality show where the lady actually thought she was married to the Eiffel Tower and she went to have conjugal visits with it. Anyone see that?

Was that lady actually a man... and that man actually you... be honest...

 

[Luth4Cy]

I'm a student and I could care less the age of the trees. I personally don't like all the campus growth, but I'm not going to sign a petition to save two trees when they are building dorms they desperately need.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Was that lady actually a man... and that man actually you... be honest...

Yes. This is me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POTA5aZxbQA

 

[Fitzy]

Here's my thoughts... If something significant to ISU's history happened with one or both of these trees - such as George Washington Carver coming up with some brilliant peanut research/revelation while studying under them - then yeah, I might understand the desire to keep them.


But these are just two random, old trees in the way of much needed expansion space. Paint a mural of them in the new dorm or something... They aren't worth this much fuss.

 

[Goothrey]

Seems fine given the location. Now if they were going to remove trees from central campus, I would find issue with that.

 

[Bret44]

Here's my thoughts... If something significant to ISU's history happened with one or both of these trees - such as George Washington Carver coming up with some brilliant peanut research/revelation while studying under them - then yeah, I might understand the desire to keep them.


But these are just two random, old trees in the way of much needed expansion space. Paint a mural of them in the new dorm or something... They aren't worth this much fuss.

Henry Wallace learned about cross pollination under one of the trees, if you know what I mean.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Some of you are like little Stevie who developed his fear of trees at a very young age.