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“What sacred witnesses trees are,
how many joyful moments they get
to see,” said Ash Wahl, an Asheville
resident who said she frequently
talks to trees.
Wahl hopes to do a similar event
with children through her organiza
tion the Ash Tree Faery.
“I found it really amazing the
things that you can learn by not
putting it in a category,” said Alys-
sa Melton, a junior ecology and en
vironmental biology student. “I just
felt really connected to it.”
Overall, the that goal of the event
was to impart the objective of forest
protection.
“The Dogwood Alliance was
honored to have Erin,” said Kimala
Luna, a representative of the orga
nisation. “She always finds a way
to inspire others and instill the mis
sion of forest protection.”
Everett said she hopes events like
these ean inspire forest protection
by helping people recognize the
significance of nature.
“It’s like we’re falling asleep in
the illusion of our own indepen
dence, that human beings don’t
need anything else,” Everett said.
“But we’re going to find out, and
we are finding out, that we do.”
Ultimately, Everett said she
hopes to continue helping people
recognize the true importance of
the natural world by upholding and
practising indigenous traditions.
“I really enjoy helping modem
people connect with indigenous
traditional wisdom and apply it to
modem life in a way that’s really
praetical and sustainable,” Everett
said. “It’s really the most practical
way of living, the way these people
live and to me it’s the ultimate sus
tainability knowing how to make
relationships with the trees and
forests and with nature, like we did
tonight.”
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In addition to the DACA event on
Thursday evening, there will be ta-
• bling by SGA in support of DACA.
Lauren Bulla, SGA vice president,
said students can sign letters during
the tabling, which will start Nov. 2
at 1 p.m.
Bulla said she feels like students
want to voice their concerns but of
ten do not know how or where to
do so. Sending the letters directly
to Congress for students removes
an extra step they might not under
stand, Bulla said. Hussey said he
has hopes for the DACA event and
tabling.
“My hope for the letters and for
the event is for our university, our
administration, our local and na
tional government to see that this is
something that UNCA — our stu
dent government — takes seriously
and that we are hoping that this will
make a difference for a lot of stu
dents not only on our eampus, but
system-wide,” Hussey said.
Several UNCA and Asheville
area organizations, including Her
mans Orgullosos en Las Americas
and Asheville Latin Americans
Achieving Suceess, are helping to
eoordinate the “Un-DACA-Ment-
ed” event with SGA.
“It is a collaboration between
SGA, Multicultural Affairs, HOLA
and a local community organization
called ALAAS ,” Hussey said.
The awareness of social issues
is an integral part of SGA’s mis
sion with the Association of Stu
dent Government within the next
aeademie year. While “Un-DA-
CA-Mented” remains an initiative
of the student government at UNCA
alone, other initiatives in the future
will involve a joint effort by ASG.
SGA meets with ASG and the stu
dent governments from all 17 UNC
system schools to talk about how
the student governments are run
ning. Rachel Maynard, liaison for
ASG, said there will be a foeus on
diseussing one issue in the spring.
Maynard said the awareness fo
eus for the spring semester will be
sexual assault.
“One of the major things to come
out of that meeting, ASG every
year in the spring semester has a
system-wide focus of advocacy or
awareness, and we chose that focus
to be sexual assault,” Maynard said.
“So in terms of direetions or plans
on how we’re going to address that
in the spring semester are all still up
in the air.”
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students on campus during the day.
On Oct. 2, Boyce sent out an email
to the eampus community with de
tails on new parking arrangements.
“Parking lots PI and P2 will be
reallocated as nonresident student
parking lots from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Monday through Friday,"
Boyee said.
The new parking arrangement
will allow nonresident students and
resident students to share lots PI
and P2 depending on the time of
day, Boyee said.
"Resident students may park
in parking lots PI and P2 from
5:00 p.m. until 7:30 a.m., Monday
through Friday and on weekends.
holidays and campus breaks. Res
ident student parking during con
struction will be in P29 and P31, in
addition to P3 and P4,” Boyce said.
For some faculty members, the
parking issue is much more notice
able this time. Dean Brock, profes
sor of eomputer science at UNCA
said parking on eampus seems to be
directly impacted by construetion.
“The construction is kind of un
precedented. I think it’s only going
to get worse when they start the ren
ovation (on Carmichael). I’ve been
here for a long time and I’ve never
come across a situation where there
are so many projects going on at the
same time. Parking was never real
ly that abundant in the first place
but this is certainly worse,” Brock
said.
The implications of the issue ex
tend beyond trouble finding conve
nient parking. Students and faculty
alike have adjusted their habits or
changed them altogether to accom
modate the decrease in available
parking.
“I think that there are some peo
ple that are doing things like com
ing in really early to get around it.”
Broek said.
Some students ehoose to forgo
driving to campus altogether in an
attempt to avoid the parking predie-
ament.
“I stopped driving here and start
ed walking. I decided it was easier
to keep my car at my apartment and
just walk,” said Sebastian Pennac-
chio, a junior biology student from
Yonkers, New York.
The parking issue is especially
impactful for professors who bring
materials with them to class.
“I talked to somebody who brings
in a bunch of books every day and
it’s hard for him beeause he has to
park down the hill,” Brock said. “I
used to bring stuff from home, but
you know, I just won’t do that now.
I may come in during the week
end but it’s definitely an inconve
nience.”
Despite the recent loss of parking
spots, Boyce said resident students
will regain some parking soon.