The life of the historic Comose Fig tree (Ficus benjamina var. comosa) is threatened by construction plans for a new recreational facility next to Campus Student Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Joseph Rock, the first botany professor at UH Mānoa and internationally-renowned plant explorer, planted the Comose Fig tree roughly 100 years ago, and it's the only specimen of its kind on the campus. The tree has also been recognized as part of the UH Joseph Rock Heritage collection and is part of UH's historic landscape.
The Comose Fig tree is located between Miller Hall Annex and Campus Center and is in danger as a result of the Campus Center Renovation and Expansion Project. The UH Landscape Advisory Committee, which is made up of faculty and staff of the university; the Outdoor Circle, a citizens group involved in issues concerning the local public environment and more than 1300 students have signed a paper petition and are against the tree's removal. Please sign below and join me in asking that the new Campus Recreation Center be designed around the Comose Fig tree, not over it!
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Reached 500 supporters
December 3, 2009
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2009
November 5, 2009
The administration is watching these numbers and we need to pass the one hundred mark to prove that people care about the heritage of this campus. It has been a long road but I am not stopping until the plan for this building reflects a respect for our history.
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STUPID PLANNING. Design the rec center around it. Trees like that take a century to grow back.
Ridiculous to cut that down. It was planted by Dr. Rock himself. Have some respect for our history.
Keep our campus green please.
My grandfather told me about this tree when he went to UH. Breaks my heart to think it might be gone soon.
That tree is part of the campus history. We have enough concrete already. Save the fig!
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The life of the historic Comose Fig tree (Ficus benjamina var. comosa) is threatened by construction plans for a new recreational facility next to Campus Student Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Joseph Rock, the first botany professor at UH Mānoa and internationally-renowned plant explorer, planted the Comose Fig tree roughly 100 years ago, and it's the only specimen of its kind on the campus. The tree has also been recognized as part of the UH Joseph Rock Heritage collection and is part of UH's historic landscape.
The Comose Fig tree is located between Miller Hall Annex and Campus Center and is in danger as a result of the Campus Center Renovation and Expansion Project. The UH Landscape Advisory Committee, which is made up of faculty and staff of the university; the Outdoor Circle, a citizens group involved in issues concerning the local public environment and more than 1300 students have signed a paper petition and are against the tree's removal. Please sign below and join me in asking that the new Campus Recreation Center be designed around the Comose Fig tree, not over it!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
December 3, 2009
Reached 100 supporters
November 6, 2009
November 5, 2009
The administration is watching these numbers and we need to pass the one hundred mark to prove that people care about the heritage of this campus. It has been a long road but I am not stopping until the plan for this building reflects a respect for our history.
6 Comments
Just move the building plans a few feet. It isn't that hard.
STUPID PLANNING. Design the rec center around it. Trees like that take a century to grow back.
Ridiculous to cut that down. It was planted by Dr. Rock himself. Have some respect for our history.
Keep our campus green please.
My grandfather told me about this tree when he went to UH. Breaks my heart to think it might be gone soon.
That tree is part of the campus history. We have enough concrete already. Save the fig!
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Just move the building plans a few feet. It isn't that hard.