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Pottery Works
Internationally acclaimed artist teaches ceramics workshop
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WEATHER
Experts evaluate hurricane issues
By Mary Walker Baus
By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
Staff Writer
The Engineering Shops by the Art and Design Buildings have been transformed into an interactive pottery barn this week. Internationally acclaimed studio potter and author Andrew Martin is teaching a three-day workshop that explores both his creative process and the technical process of pottery making. “I’m going to expose students to the process of making things and how I work,” Martin said. “It’s a subjective process. The foundation is based on what I find beautiful.” About 40 students and faculty came to the mold making part of the workshop, which began Wednesday with Martin’s method of designing pottery forms using paper cutouts and templates. “I start to visualize what the space, line and form will be [through the cut outs],” he said. “I’m hardly concerned where they are going. What started as paper will turn into a three-dimensional form.” Martin said by folding paper and cutting it in different ways, he can create shapes and patterns that haven’t been discovered or used before. He said he was inspired by the butterfly and mineral collections he saw as a child growing up in Colorado near the Natural History Museum and called his attraction to the various patterns in butterfly wings and the contrasting colors of the minerals “imprinting.” “Imprinting is a mechanism that humans underestimate in themselves,” he said. “I’m a big advocate of imprinting yourself with great images of art. Finding what you’re attracted to is key to understanding you as an artist.”
More than 100 hurricane experts gathered Tuesday and Wednesday in the Lod Cook Conference Center for the first Central Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Conference. The conference, held by the University and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, featured experts and officials from all levels, including federal and state emergency managers, members of the military, forecasters and University officials. Roy Dokka, civil and environmental engineering professor, said most of the people in attendance were involved in either assessing the initial problems presented by hurricanes or in dealing with the aftermath. A number of issues were discussed, including hurricane preparedness, forecasting, coastal inundation, storm surge models and new products and resources that NOAA and the University will implement for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1. “The most important issue is perhaps that coastal
CERAMICS, see page 15
Andrew Martin, studio potter and author, demonstrates carving and molding techniques Tuesday during his ceramics workshop in the Engineering Shops.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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SG ELECTIONS
Williams pair comes from SG, service backgrounds Editor’s note: This story is the third in a four-part series on the Student Government campaigns. The candidates will be presented alphabetically by last name. By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Student Government election campaigns focus on reaching students, but SG presidential candidate Theo Williams said his “Geauxing the Distance” campaign will do more. “My main focus will be going to the students,” Williams said. “My competitors are talking about what they have done — not what they’re going to do.” Williams and vice presidential
candidate Millena Williams have been campaigning in Free Speech Alley and participated in the Freshman Leadership Council and Greek debate Tuesday night. The candidates discussed the importance of SG transparency, and “Geauxing the Distance” has an entire pushcard section devoted to the issue. “It’s going to be more and more important for students to be involved in the decisions being made,” Theo Williams said. “With the campaign, we’re going the distance to find students and get student opinion.” During the debate, Theo Williams said students’ most immediate need has to do with budget cuts. “We all know our classes are going to be cut,” Theo Williams said. “At the end
of the day, we need to be more proactive in our approach.” SG presidential candidate J Hudson said he agrees with Williams and said the budget cut issues are getting worse. Millena Williams said one issue on their pushcard is for an iAdvocate program in which SG would spotlight students who want to voice their opinions concerning programs they’re passionate about at the University. Theo Williams currently serves in the executive branch as SG assistant director of external affairs. SG President Stuart Watkins said Theo Williams’s presence in SG has increased commitment to community among officials. CAMPAIGN, see page 15
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SG presidential candidate Theo Williams introduces himself during the FLC Debate Tuesday in the Cotillion Room of the Union.