During the Government of the Student Body’s first senate meeting of the spring semester, Jennifer Garrett, coordinator of leadership and service for the Memorial Union, and Joe Fuller, graduate student in mechanical engineering, presented the Keep Iowa State Beautiful Campaign, which will work in affiliation with the Keep Iowa Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful campaigns.

While the presentation outlined tasks that can be carried out on an individual basis by students, Fuller highlighted an immediate impact that could be made by the entire ISU student body.

“All the things that we have outlined won’t necessarily make a difference with just one person,” Fuller said. “If we can get everyone involved, we can really make an impact.”

Some of the responsibilities Fuller outlined included not littering, picking up trash, recycling, joining the Keep Iowa State Beautiful Campaign and supporting the Adopt a Campus program.

Garrett told GSB senators the campaign is currently eyeing the spring months for its launch.

“Our goal is to kick off this spring, after the snow melts,” she said. “We are anticipating a pretty good amount of trash under the current snow cover. Hopefully, people will feel like this is having a good impact on the community.”

After Garrett and Fuller concluded their presentation, senators were presented with a bill that could directly impact the relationship between the Keep Iowa State Beautiful Campaign and GSB. The bill, titled Supporting Keep Iowa State Beautiful, outlined the mission of the campaign and how GSB plans to support the bill.

The core statement from the bill reads, “the Government of the Student Body strongly supports the mission, goals and initiatives of Keep Iowa State Beautiful, and encourages the involvement of the students, faculty and staff of Iowa State University to reduce litter on the ISU campus and surrounding area, and be it further.”

Although a majority vote next week will be needed to enact the bill, keeping Iowa State beautiful may become a broader issue, expanding further than just picking up litter and promoting recycling. At Wednesday’s meeting, no senators voiced an opinion on the issue because no vote was taken, but that may change in a week when the bill is up for vote.

Whether the bill passes or not, the Keep Iowa State Beautiful Campaign will do its best to make an impact, with or without the support of GSB.

“It’s pretty well known that ISU is a beautiful campus,” Fuller said. “Sometimes you don’t notice issues until you’re actually looking for them. We feel like we have a pretty good handle on the