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Town ‘center’ ot attention
for environmental project
By CAROLYN CRIST
ccrißt@ramlb.com
Students from the
Collette of Environment anil
Design are going to create a
"center" for Centerville. Ga..
by designing its downtown
area this weekend.
The students majoring in
art. history, planning and
landscape architecture will
talk to community members
and will design ideas under
the University’s Charrette
program.
Charrettes are a part of
the Center for Community
Design and Preservation in
which students travel to
cities around the state to
solve specific design prob
lems.
“These issues have come
up over time, emerged
immediately or were never
done before. Each is a little
different,” said Pratt Cassity,
the center director and a
charrette instructor.
In this case, Centerville is
in the middle of Macon’s
suburban development and
has no true downtown. Many
small towns, immersed in
growth and development,
lose a central area or never
had a downtown in the first
place. Cassity said.
"These students are giv
ing a place an identity with a
central area for community
members to connect and
meet,” he said “The goal is
new urbanism with smart
and balanced growth.”
Charrettes are the rapid,
intensive and creative work
session the students use to
address community prob
lems and come up with
answers.
"The University has got
ten involved because the
program is a perfect learning
lab, and students must make
decisions on their feet,”
Cassity said
Students said the pro
grams, while excellent learn
ing tools, also provide cre
ative extracurricular outlets
"Although one of the most
exciting aspects is seeing the
students’ enthusiasm, the
most rewarding part is see
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Professor Pratt Cassity, Julia Reed and Drew Carman
pose around plans at a drafting table in Denmark Hall.
ing the difference the pro
gram makes in the commu
nities,” said Julia Reed, a
graduate student who coor
dinates the charrettes.
After the intensive work
session, students will return
to campus and produce a fol
low-up presentation with
solutions and designs for the
town. The community can
then contract professionals
to execute the concepts.
Reed, who has attended
17 charrettes, is basing her
thesis on the evaluation of
the effectiveness of the
program.
Many communities have
reported the program
allowed them to receive
grant funding because of
the illustrated plans, Reed
said.
"I expected good and bad
reactions, but I’ve been
blown away,” Cassity said
"It’s rewarding for students
to be a catalyst for change
and to see what can happen
with a bit of vision."
Jennifer Walker, a gradu
ate student in landscape
architecture, has attended
other charrette programs
and looks forward to this
weekend, as well.
"It’s an intense amount of
work, but it’s a great social
activity, too, where design
happens," she said.
"Community people stop by
at all hours of the day to see
what we’re doing."
Although the students
er\)oy the social atmosphere,
they take the program seri
ously and hope to make a
difference.
“We don’t want to build a
city in a weekend," said
Chad Carter, a landscape
architecture "We want
to listen to the people's
needs, work their needs into
a smart design and show
them how to get there in
time."
Several of the students
have already begun
pre-planning ideas for the
town.
"One big idea is to
strengthen existing connec
tions between the town and
surrounding communities,"
said Andrew O'Neill, a land
scape architecture m^jor.
"Those connections range
from vehicular and pedestri
an circulation to green
space, open spaces, districts,
town history and social and
economic ties."
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NEWS
Contest to seek unity, diversity
Students speak
on blacks in U.S.
By CAROLYN CRIST
ccrist@randb.com
As Black History Month
comes to a close, black stu
dents say they hope to enact
Martin Luther King Jr.’s
dream of unity in their
futures.
"I think people will be able
to unite as long as they learn
the meaning of self-sacrifice,”
said Übani Ukuku, a sopho
more political science
from Atlanta.
"Real change comes when
you affect the lives of others
instead of focusing on your
self.”
America isn’t united yet
because of people’s lack of
passion, Ukuku said.
“You have to have that
desire to push until you
accomplish your goal,” she
said.
Today, the Black Affairs
Council is sponsoring its
annual oratorical contest
from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 171 of
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researchers) look at the posi
tive aspects of chocolate,
while ignoring the negative,”
he said.
Jack Varner, a senior from
Athens and a College of
Public Health ambassador,
said he thinks the results may
be slanted since it was funded
by the candy company Mars,
Inc.
"You could probably find
benefits in McDonald’s burg
ers, as well,” Varner said
Regardless of the credibili
ty of the study, Varner said he
didn’t feel better after eating
chocolate, other than satisfy
ing his sweet tooth.
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ORATORICAL CONTEST
Topic: ‘What will It take tor
today's generation to unite and
become the future leaders of of
tomorrow?”
When: 7 to 9 tonight
Where: SLC room 171
Price: free
the Student Learning Center.
Ukuku and others will
address the state of blacks in
America with the topic:
“What will it take for today's
generation to unite and
become the future leaders of
tomorrow?”
Arthur Tripp, a sophomore
international affairs and polit
ical science major from
Duluth, said he considers four
points vital to achieve unity
and leadership.
"We must become con
scious of how we address each
other and of the environ
ment,” he said. "We also
should understand what
unity and leadership
means and learn to love our
selves.”
Tripp said it is important
not only in the black commu
nity but also important for all
But Varner said every food
has benefits.
"Eating chocolate in
moderation, particularly dark
chocolate products, could be
a beneficial part of a diet,”
Shewfelt said.
Kim Hunter, a clinical
nutrition manager at St.
Mary’s Health Care System,
said students shouldn’t single
out any particular food, such
as dark chocolate, to focus
on.
“You need to eat a good
variety," Hunter said.
And Shewfelt agreed.
"The diet is more impor
tant than individual foods, be
they positive or negative,”
Shewfelt said.
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Americans to know what they
want as individuals, and to
unite and to fight for it.
Asa senior magazines
Erin Stinson said she
sees herself involved in a
black leadership role in the
near future.
“As far as journalism goes,
many African-Americans here
study broadcast,” she said.
“This isn’t wrong, but it’s
something I’ve noticed.”
Although Stinson isn’t
Involved with the oratorical
contest, she said she is inter
ested in unity and diversity
and hopes to someday start a
magazine of her own.
"As far as being a leader
goes, journalism has the abili
ty to make people think and
re-examine the situation,”
she said. “I feel like I will have
a say in shaping the future in
general, not just for black
Americans.”
Contestants of the oratori
cal contest will present
their speeches in front of an
audience and panel of Judges,
and the winner will receive a
book scholarship from
the Black Affairs Council
Board.
Black History
Month
In May 1968, the Black
Student Union gathered in front
of Memorial Hall to protest the
University's refusal to meet
with their demands for the cre
ation of a black studies pro
gram on campus.
Later that month, the Arts
and Sciences department
voted unanimously to provide
students with a black studies
program.
Dr Blackstone, head of the
philosophy department, advo
cated for its implementation
because he said white and
black students needed to be
exposed to the contributions of
blacks to American society
- Compiled by
Megan Kojima
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