Issue date: 10/23/06 Section: News

Spencer Selvidge - THE BATTALION Senior industrial and systems engineering majors Christine Nelson, Christopher Ivey, Sarah Grubb and Katie Grow plant a tree in Tiffany Park during Saturday's Replant.

On a crisp Saturday, approximately 1,000 Texas A&M students spent the day planting trees.

Replant was started in 1991 by Scott Hantman, the Chair of the Texas A&M Environmental Issues Committee. Each year, students plant trees around the Bryan/College Station community. This year, 250 trees were planted in three public parks.

"Initially the aim was to give back to the environment the trees that were cut for Bonfire," said Laura Wagner, Replant director. "It has changed a lot in the past 15 years, growing into a tradition all of it's own."

Kathryn Bradley, a junior sociology major, said Replant is representative of the students' spirit to give back to the community and a way for creating harmony between students and the residents of Bryan.

"Replant is very important to our community," Bradley said. "Not only does it help beautify Bryan, but it also shows Bryan residents that students can provide more for the community than just loud parties and reckless driving."

Erin Hooper, a sophomore political science major, said such events enable students to maintain neighborhoods.

"It is a good way for students to get involved with the community, and it develops a mind-set where students feel and understand the importance of greenery around them," she said.

Sarah Larson, a junior biomedical engineering major, said Replant is a form of service that will benefit everyone in the community now and also in the future.

"It is good to be involved in this massive teamwork service that will help students to make a difference to the community that they are living in," she said.

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