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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 Don't Let This Slip By Royal Oaks Townhomes 2BR/2.58A $675.00 IBR/1.58A Deluxe $550.00 (Pool & Volleyball too!) 706-353-6868 JOINER 7 MANAGEMENT www.joinermanagement.com . .J? ' ' '. , ' . ' . • j J •J G O t ' \ A- ■ '' mmmp 1 heltfiK / slick. 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"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. 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"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 CHOCOLATE: New research conducted by Mars, Inc. may be slanted in favor > From Page 1 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. 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