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University approves new institute
Bioenergy systems research
key to under grad experience
By JULIA CARPENTER
The Rkd & Black
Discussion at a University Council meeting Wednesday
afternoon revolved around two kinds of green
University money and environmental literacy.
The University Curriculum Committee approved the
creation of anew Bioenergy Systems Research Institute,
represented at the meeting by Robert Scott. University
associate vice president for research and interim direc
tor of the institute.
Scott said the institute is funded through several gov
ernment grants.
“Expectation is it will generate money,” Scott said.
“And if it doesn’t, it doesn’t deserve to continue.”
The new institute, as part of the Bioenergy Systems
Research Initiative, would seek to unite researchers in
disciplines such as molecular biology, genetics, forestry,
environmental science and microbiology. These profes
sionals would come together in order to investigate vari
ous cleaner forms of energy for a more sustainable future.
After initially expressing concern over funding, Marsha
Black, associate professor and assistant dean for envi
ronmental health science, expressed approval for the
institute.
"I think it sounds like a brilliant institute,” Black said.
“I should have said that in the beginning.” The commit
tee approved creation of anew Institute for
Interdisciplinary Research on Education and Human
Development and also changed the name of the
Department of Speech Communication to the
Department of Communication Studies.
Some areas of emphasis under the child and family
development major were deactivated, while the commit
tee chose to add areas of emphasis to the toxicology,
educational psychology, kinesiology and learning, design
and technology majors.
The committee also discussed narrowing the criteria
for the University’s environmental literacy course require
ment.
An environmental literacy subcommittee, comprised
of curriculum committee members, drafted a more
refined list of courses that will satisfy the requirement
prior to Wednesday's meeting.
“Most students are just satisfying the requirement
without even thinking of it,” said Malcolm Adams, asso
ciate professor of mathematics.
Completion of only one semester-long course will be
necessary for graduation.
“Environmental problems are not getting better,” said
James Porter, associate dean in the Odum School of
Ecology. “They’re getting worse. What kind of world will
graduates of this institution go into? This is not just a
trivial requirement for graduation. This is the whole rea
son for college education and why our students are
here.”
MUSIC: Friends reunite to open new record store
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and community that is
West Washington Street,”
Ploharskl said.
Now, Low Yo Yo Yo Stuff
Records named for The
Captain Beefheart track
is back home.
“Out of the blue, my
current landlord, Drew
Dekle, started calling me
to offer the space since he
and others thought this
side of town needed a
record store,” Ploharski
said. “And he made me an
offer we couldn't refuse.”
The decision to re-open
Low Yo Yo Yo in Athens
was quick, and Ploharski’s
search for a co-owner even
quicker.
“I had heard, through
Facebook, that Chris was
retiring to Athens and I
thought that my mentor
had way too much knowl
edge and experience to go
to waste,” Ploharski said.
“I immediately thought of
Chris sitting on his couch
talking about the good ol’
days so I went down the
retirement home and
sprung him.”
The result is a record
store defined more by its
owners than by its stock.
Yes, the merchandise
CDs, cassettes, albums
and posters is impres
sive, but the personal
nature of what is gathered
illustrates a passion and a
lifetime of listening.
“They’re from all over
the place,” Razz said.
“Over the years we’ve
accumulated them.”
With jazz, classical, alt
rock and local bands, Low
Yo Yo Yo is what any
record store should be:
about the music.
“Picking one album that
I’m waiting for someone to
find would be difficult,”
Ploharski said. “I tend to
have a top-10-record-of-all
time that I will wax on
about an hour a day or
maybe a week or so.”
For Razz, the return to
Athens is marked also by
the change of Athens
itself.
“When I left, the town
had fled out to the mall.
The hipsters came down
here when no one else
would,” Razz said.
“[Athens] seems pretty
vibrant since I was here,
nothing was down here
except Potter’s House
where 40 Watt is now.”
Looking forward,
Ploharski has high hopes
for Low Yo Yo Yo.
"[I want it to be] a vir
tual destination for music
lovers to come and hang
out and maybe discover
some new music and
relearn the joys of actually
holding an LP or CD
instead of just shuffling
some songs on MP3s,”
Ploharski said, “all while
helping to get all this stuff
out of my house.”
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designs at Camivale
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But the quality of the art
the tattoos will not
suffer.
“We’ve got 40 different
designs to choose from,”
Collins said. “[Since]
the cost will be S4O to
SBO, people don’t really
need to save for It —a lot
of our clientele will jump
at the chance [to pay
less].”
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on Baxter Street, where
Smith spends his working
days doing piercings, and
Walk the Line Tattoo,
located downtown on
Broad Street.
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past couple of years on
Halloween,” Collins said.
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