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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Issue 06, Volume 125
UT adopts hands-on city sustainability course for fall Bradi Musil Staff Writer Beginning next fall, UT students will be solving problems in Tennessee while earning credit hours and experience. The Smart Communities Initiative, modeled after Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program, will engage students and faculty of UT with Tennessee cities, counties and regions to provide hands-on experience outside
the classroom. “It all started about five years ago, when faculty was sitting around talking about how every term students turn in this great work, and it just sits and never goes anywhere. These great ideas never get implemented or anything,” said Bob Choquette, the program manager of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program. After Oregon presented their program on UT’s campus in the fall, UT adopted a customized version of
Oregon’s model. Every year, the university will work with one Tennessee “host” city, or municipal partner to match projects with academic courses. Although instructors will still adhere to course curriculums, the class will primarily focus on the host city’s projects and culminate in a written report from each student. “The projects will happen through our academic courses,” said Kelly Ellenburg, the campus coordinator for Service Learning and an ini-
tiator of SCI. “So the matching process will begin with the identification of faculty teaching courses that align with the proposed projects, and then the students in these courses will complete the projects under the faculty member’s guidance. “For example, if it were a redevelopment project, the students under the faculty member’s guidance could work with city staff, citizens and stakeholders to come up with a design plan that improves the quality of life
for those that live and work in the area.” Projects will range from architectural designs to social input research studies and economic policy analysis. The SCI program is meant to include as many university students and faculty as possible. “The program will span across disciplines,” Ellenburg said. “We’ve tried to maintain a wide cross section of faculty across disciplines so that it can be very diverse and interdisciplinary.”
Funded by the host cities, the projects are expected to produce professional results. As a result, classes within the SCI program are currently limited to upper-class and graduate level studies. In addition to benefiting municipal partners, the SCI program also allows students to network with potential employers and gain work experience. Oregon’s students have already benefited from the program. See SUSTAINABLITY on Page 2 • File Photo
UT set to host annual leadership program Victoria Brown Staff Writer
See LEADERSHAPE on Page 3
Dancers perform in the third annual BOSS Dance Company showcase on Jan. 18, 2013. The fourth annual showcase will begin at Clarence Brown Theatre this weekend.
BOSS prepares for Spring Showcase Victoria Brown Staff Writer UT’s BOSS Dance Company will host its fourth annual Spring Showcase at Clarence Brown Theatre this weekend. BOSS Dance Company was founded on UT’s campus in the fall of 2010 and provides both students and non-students with the time and opportunity to grow and develop their dancing, according to the organization’s website. Chelsea Milligan, senior in the-
atre and communication studies, is the current vice president of the Dance Society at UT. She has been dancing for BOSS for four years and has served as a student choreographer for three. The BOSS Dance Company began after UT discontinued the dance minor in 2009. Students sought an opportunity to provide an outlet for other students with a passion for dance. The Dance Society, a student-run organization, was then formed with the objective of keeping dance education alive at UT.
“The BOSS Dance Company features numerous styles of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary and hip-hop,” Milligan said. “Our show this year is high energy, thought provoking and an all-in-all unique experience ... (the show) is exemplary to what true determination and passion can do on this campus.” Caitlin Shu, senior in English, has been a member of BOSS for four years. “I was encouraged to audition for BOSS during my freshman
year at the VolAware Fair,” Shu said. “The Dance Society and BOSS gave me the opportunity to perform and network with dancers in Knoxville, and it’s been a huge part of my life ever since.” Shu is excited for this year’s showcase because BOSS has more members than it has in past years, and they have upped the level of entertainment for the audience members. “There truly is something entertaining for every single person in the audience – whether
you are a ballet fan or a hip-hop fan,” Shu said. For Olivia Monroe, freshman in interior design, BOSS has not only aided her love of dance, but it has also introduced her to some of her closest friends. “Several times we’ve gone out to fun places like the corn maze, and we had a Christmas party a while back,” Monroe said. “I’ve made memories that will last a lifetime. There is so much love in every rehearsal.” See BOSS DANCE on Page 5
Vol legend King visits Vols’ practice Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor Bernard King stared around the empty confines of Thompson-Boling Arena as the Vols warmed up for practice. “This is a special arena,” King said looking up at the rafters. “I wish I had the opportunity to play in this place when Ernie (Grunfield) and I were here.” If the Vols weren’t past their gutwrenching loss against Texas A&M yet, they would find it hard-pressed not to be as the Volunteer legend took time out of his busy schedule to
attend practice Tuesday afternoon. Following their practice, the team received a pep talk from the former UT forward. King was quick to state his speech would be from the heart. “I’ll get a chance to address the team today, which is great,” King said. “I’m very spontaneous and I don’t predetermine what I’m going to say when I’m talking to players, so I’ll simply see how they are reacting after the practice session and we’ll go from there.” King also took time to deliver some advice to Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon, who play a similar style to
the one King played back in the day. “My advice would be to prepare yourself properly for each game and to ensure that your actions measure up with your goals,” King said. “They have to play together as a unit because it’s a team game, and the more chemistry you have as a team, obviously the better you are going to play.” While Stokes and Maymon may share a similar play style, college basketball in general is known as a completely different league than the one King played in; but he doesn’t see it that way. See BERNARD KING on Page 8
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LeaderShape, a six-day program that aims to develop leadership skills, integrity, partnerships with others and personal growth, will host its third annual session this May. The institute facilitates team-building activities, as well as guest speaker sessions and other learning experiences meant to build character. Although the LeaderShape Institute was originally created in 1986 by Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, LeaderShape Inc. was formed in 1988 as a separate notfor-profit. Since then, the Institute has partnered with different schools and institutions around the United States and throughout the world in order to help students develop their leadership abilities. Kate Kennedy, assistant director of the Center for Leadership and Service, has worked with the LeaderShape program at UT for a few years. “LeaderShape is a forum which takes away the ‘what ifs’ and encourages all students, no matter how many leadership roles they’ve had or haven’t had,” Kennedy said, “to forget the reasons you can’t do something and focus on the reasons you can.” Kennedy noted that LeaderShape looks for students willing to expand existing leadership skills. “We do not just select students who already know, and are acting upon, their vision and passions,” she said. “Answering the question ‘what are you passionate about?’ is such a huge question and so many of us have never stopped and thought about this before.” “No matter our applicants’ extracurricular involvement, we are looking for students who want to make the world a better place and have a healthy disregard for the impossible.”
Bernard King acknowledges a standing ovation inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
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