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Wednesday, May 8. IWt
Geographers finding opportunities
By CYNTHIA MORTON
Krdand Black (untnlMiOiiK Writer
Although he claims many people
have a misconception of what a
geography major is all about, a
University professor said a
geography degree offers graduates
vast employment opportunities
"Geography is a good major for
a person who wants a broad
education," said Bill Berentsen, an
associate professor of geography
While many people think
geography's scope only goes as far
as studying maps and place
locations, this is only a small part
of a geographer's job, Berentsen
said A great part of the field is
spent on answering analytical
questions of “why" and "how."
Undergraduate Geography
Adviser James Heyl said there is
an important association between
geography and other social
sciences such as history anth
ropology. sociology and political
science Heyl referred to
geography as the "great syn
thesizer"
"It deals with data in a spatial
context Through interaction with
different fields, geography takes
fragmented material and puts it
back together so it will be helpful
to people," he said.
The geography department
offers students a choice of three
different specializations —*
physical geography, human
geography and applied techniques
Physical geography is the field
with which most are familiar It
involves the study of the natural
environment and concentrates on
landforms, climate and lifeforms
on earth
Human geographers are in
volved more with the study of
human activities in the world,
concentrating on everything from
man's economic activities to urban
locations The applied techniques
field involves cartography — the
art of making maps — aerial
photography, and remote sensing
which uses satellites to gather
information from the earth.
Graduates have numerous
professions from which to choose
covering a variety of interests,
Berentsen said. Last year’s
graduates got entry level jobs in
every field from cartographic
technician and research director to
meteorologist and planning
technician, with salaries ranging
from $12,000 to *20,000
"People who can remember a
good deal of information and in
terrelate it will do well in
geography," Berentsen said
However, very few people come
to the University with intentions of
going into geography. Heyl said
Many students get into the field
because they are looking for
outdoor work or are intrigued by
maps, like junior Louise Orrock
Orrock, previously a journalism
major, said, "There are a lot of
opportunities open to geography
majors. Most people think it all
involves the physical side; they
are unknowledgcable about the
rest.”
Currently there are ap
proximately 60 undergraduates
and 50 graduate students in the
program.
"We have some good prospects
and a steady student enrollment,”
Heyl said.
UGA Today
Ecological excursion
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia will sponsor a
trail walk titled “Ecological Succession” by Eugene
Odum, Director Emeritus of the Institute of Ecology, at
the Garden at l p m Sunday The program is free and
open to the public. For more information call 542-1244.
Staying sane
The University
Counseling and Testing
Center will sponsor a
program titled “Staying
Sane and Rational" in
Room 119 of Clark Howell
Hall from 7 until 9
tonight. No
preregistration is
necessary. For more
informatoin call 542-3813.
Environmental protectors
Students for Environmental Awareness will show two
movies prepared by Georgia's Environmental Protection
Division before the business meeting in Room 141 of the
Tate Center at 7:30 tonight
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Dining hall dietician stresses quality
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Rr«1 and Klatk t •Hitributing Writer
"If these are grouper
fmgers it must be Thur
sday If you have ever
wondered who decides what
you will eat on the meal plan.
Carolyn Eaton, head
dietician for the University's
food services, is your culprit
"I stress to the student
workers- that we are no
different from a restaurant
in that we have no captive
audience.” Eaton said
“You can buy a meal
ticket or not buy a meal
ticket, so we have to do all
the things a restaurant has
to do to get customers, like
service with a smile.”
Eaton said
Menu decisions are made
by a computed survey of the
average popularity of
various dishes The input,
such as the amount of food
wasted, is provided by the
management teams of each
dining hall The entrees
rotate in a three week cycle.
“I always make sure a
popular item is balanced
with a less popular item,”
Eaton said
"Students still li!:e the
basics and they still like fast
food," she said The ham
burger is on the lunch line
every day so that if you don’t
see something you like you
Agronomist Dying to combat erosion
A University agronomist is researching a
farming method that will control the loss of
soil on farmlands
No-till is a method by which crops such as
soybeans and corn can be grown with
minimum soil cultivation
William Hargrove, who is conducting
research at the Georgia Agriculture Ex
periment Station in Griffin, said the method
has been effective
"With the no-tillage method, we can
control the erosion rate and at such a small
rate that it will not affect production.” he
said
The technique can be used on most soils, he
said, but addixl there are different strategies
tor different soils
On the south Georgia coast on wet soils,
there isn't much erosion on the flatlands. so
the no tillage method isn’t in such a high
demand. Hargrove said
"On compact soil we can use a hybrid
system when* we till between the rows,” he
said
Hargrove is working on another system
that will not only save soil and water, but
conserve energy by using legumes
A legume is a plant that takes nitrogen
from the atmosphere that other plants can
use as fertilizer, he said
"That means we do not need nitrogen
fertilizer and we can bypass using fertilizer
and fossil feuls ”
College of Agriculture Dean William Elatt
said he is particularly interested in the
results of Hargrove's research
"The kind of information they get is new
information that can Ik* used in classrooms
and with farmers.” he said
By stopping erosion. Elatt said, the cost of
planting can lx* reduced, a factor which will
help future generations.
— Michael Travnor
can count on that.
"Recently there has been
a trend toward the natural
and the fresh in students'
tastes Boys eat salads more
and students are more
weight-conscious. even
though we have the
unlimited seconds policy."
Eaton said
She also keeps track of
what kind of student the
dining halls are serving.
Snelling, for example, has a
five-to-two ratio of males to
females This information is
gathered periodically at the
register by food service
employees.
Another one of Eaton’s
duties is quality control
“Even when we use the
same recipes, different
cooks prepare a dish dif
ferently.” Eaton said For
comparison, she sometimes
brings good or bad examples
of a dish from one dining hall
to a cook having trouble with
it at another.
Eaton develops new
recipes from trade
magazines and other
restaurants, and tests new
products for use in the dining
Carolyn Eaton inspects salad bar
hall Currently she is
developing cookie recipes to
use up the U»ss popular cake
mixes left in stock.
Eaton’s co-workers stress
the quality of her work
“I think (Eaton’s) very
professional in her job
responsibilities. She* does a
good job researching recipes
and incorporating student's
suggestioas into the dining
halls as best she can,“ said
Chet Malanoski, manager of
the University’s Auxiliary
Services
Her influence is felt even
in the design of the dining
hall. Snelling’s added wing,
the garden room, was
initially Eaton's suggestion.
She said she got the
greenhouse idea from a
restaurant in Atlanta
Biking in Beech wood
Gamma Phi Beta
sorority and the Athens
Twilight Criterium will
cosponsor the third an
nual Ben-
nigan's/Gamma phi
Beta Grand Prix Bike
Race in the Beechwood
Shopping Center at 7 p m.
on Thursday For more
information call 549-2489
ROTC runners
The University ROTC Department, Coca-Cola and
Bulldog Sporting Goods will sponsor a Bicentennial Gold
Bar Run beginning at the Military Building at the corner
of Lumpkin Street and Baxter Street at 9 a m. on Satur
day. For more information call 542-2612.
Bird callers
Sandy Creek Nature
Center on Old Commerce
Road will sponsor
Saturday Morning Bird
Walks beginning at 8 a m.
until May 26 The
program includes lear
ning how to recognize
birds by sight and call
For more information
call 354-2930.
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PHONE: 546-0751
Steve Sgarlato bought The Grill in
1983. Since that time he's grilled
33,333 hamburgers, fried 249,600
pounds of potatoes, and served
20,800 gallons of cherry colas.
He's an enterprising young man
with lots of ambition. He s learned
a lot from his mother.
If you want to remember your
mother for all the things she taught
you then go by Etcetera. For
Mother's Day you can select a gift
from a variety of choices -
glassware, frames, kitchen gadg
ets, brass items. And while you're
at it. you can pick just the right Hall
mark card. too.
No matter how big you get, you're
still mama's little boy or girl
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