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One man’s trash:
Artist Ned Schaper mobilizes art pg. 10
Monday, April 3, 2017 – Tuesday, April 4, 2017 VOLUME 110 ISSUE 76
NEWS | PAGE 2
BUTTERFLY PROJECT REMEMBERS DEATHS OF CHILDREN IN HOLOCAUST
SPORTS | PAGE 14 BEACH VOLLEYBALL BACK ON TRACK AFTER WILDCAT CHALLENGE, WITTS HAVE UNDEFEATED WEEKEND
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LOCAL ARTIST NED SCHAPER performs at the Mat Bevel Institute during Kinetic Saturdays, on April 1. Schaper creates art using discarded objects. Each piece comes with its own unique personality, sometimes including sound.
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Astronaut to teach UA Online course BY HANNAH DAHL @hannah_dahl715
A new UA Online science course gives students the opportunity to learn about Earth from the perspective of astronaut Ron Garan. “I hope students get a very broadened view of the world that we live in, that their universe expands and that their definition of the word ‘home,’ expands to encompass the entire planet,” said Garan, chief pilot for World View Enterprises and former NASA astronaut. The course, titled “Introduction to the Orbital Perspective,” encompasses all aspects of science, including astronomy, physics, geoscience, ecology and atmospheric science, according to Thomas Fleming, astronomer at the Steward Observatory and senior lecturer in the Department of Astronomy. Fleming coordinates UA’s general education astronomy courses. “This is one of those classes where students can see the scientific method at work in all areas of science and it’s about the planet they live on,” Fleming said. “[Students] can get an appreciation of what we know about how our ecosystem works and how the earth operates, and how we fit into it.” Besides the fact that you’ll be able to say you took a class from an astronaut, Fleming added that students have the opportunity to learn about their planet through the eyes of someone who’s observed it from space. Garan’s combined 178 days in space certainly sets him apart from other professors. As a former NASA astronaut, he had the opportunity to work with the U.S. Space Shuttle and Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.
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