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Students find place to connect Baker Center fosters debate, research through various programs Caroline Reinwald Staff Writer For students interested in politics and nuclear energy, the Baker Center provides valuable resources and connections. The Baker Center Learning Community is now accepting applications. Around 25 freshman move in to Morrill Hall at the beginning of each fall semester to be a part of the BCLC, a place where students interested in politics and government service go to share their thoughts on different government policies and topics, while learning more about what makes the U.S. tick. The students commit to taking a course in the fall and another in the spring to learn about public policy, civic engagement and different controversial government topics. There are also roundtable discussions each week where the students pick their own topics to discuss, which can vary from separation of church and state to First Amendment rights. Hannah Bailey, freshman in the BCLC, said that attending Baker Center events allows students to meet different people around the community and on campus who are interested in public policy. “I absolutely love the Baker Center,” Bailey said. “If it wasn’t for the Baker Center, I wouldn’t be involved with anything on campus.”

In addition to the BCLC for freshman, there is also the Baker Scholars program, where rising juniors, seniors and grad students can focus on research with an interest

topics they are interested in, such as environmental sustainability, global security and nuclear energy. Hadil Senno, senior in Spanish and inter-

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The Howard Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy opened in 2008 to help provide a location for education and research for students. Several groups on campus are affiliated with the Baker Center, including the Baker Center Learning Community in Morrill, the Baker Scholars, and the Baker Ambassadors. in government issues and nuclear power. Students work one-on-one with faculty and professionals to perform research on political

national business, said that after being a part of the BCLC, she became a Baker Scholar. She now conducts research in the Baker

Center’s Modern Political Archives studying foreign public policy. “I’ve enjoyed having a place where I can conduct my own research with the support of great staff,” Senno said. “I was able to set the terms of my own project, and was given leave to explore what I was most interested in. The archives are a unique resource on campus that I would not have been able to utilize as such without the guidance of the (Baker) Scholars program.” The Baker Center also offers a program called the Baker Ambassadors, where sophomores, juniors and seniors can bridge the gap between campus and the community by mentoring students, planning special events for the Baker Center, or registering people to vote. Students who are interested in political engagement can be a part of this program while being involved in the community as well. “Definitely apply,” Bailey said about the BCLC. “It gives you so many opportunities that other students don’t have and you meet so many great people through the program.” If you are interested in applying to any of the Baker Center programs or want to learn more, you can go to their website at http://bakercenter.utk.edu/student-engagement/, e-mail them at bakercenter@utk.edu, or call (865) 974-0931.

‘Mary Poppins’ composer dies The Associated Press LONDON — How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one w o r d : “Supercalifragilisticexpialidoci ous.” The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of Sherman’s work — both complex and instantly memorable, for child and adult alike. Once heard, it was never forgotten. Sherman, who died in London at age 86, was half of a sibling partnership that put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney sweeps, jungle animals and Parisian felines. Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for films including “The Jungle Book,” “The Aristocats,” “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” They also wrote the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All).” Sherman’s agent, Stella Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London on Monday. Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook, saying he “wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded.” Jeffrey Sherman told The Associated Press that his father had learned the craft of songwriting from his own father, Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman. “His rule in writing songs was keep it singable, simple and sincere,” Jeffrey Sherman said. “In the simplest things you find something universal.”

Robert Sherman knew another truth, his son said: “What seems so simple is really very complex. “He was a very simple guy — complex but simple. If you ever want to know about my Dad, listen to the lyrics of his songs.” The Sherman Brothers’ career was long, prolific and garlanded with awards. They won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash “Mary Poppins” — best score and best song, “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score. Their hundreds of credits as joint lyricist and composer also include the films “Winnie the Pooh,” “The Slipper and the Rose,” “Snoopy Come Home,” “Charlotte’s Web” and “The Magic of Lassie.” Their Broadway musicals included 1974’s “Over Here!” and stagings of “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in the mid-2000s. “Something good happens when we sit down together and work,” Richard Sherman told The Associated Press in a 2005 joint interview. “We’ve been doing it all our lives. Practically since college we’ve been working together.” The brothers’ awards included 23 gold and platinum albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They became the only Americans ever to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for “Tom Sawyer” in 1973 and were inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2005. See COMPOSER on Page 3

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Bethany Worsham, freshman in nursing, clears the jump during lessons Monday. Worsham is a member of the UT Equestrian Team that provides lessons to students at low costs. The team competes in Western and Hunt seat several times a year.

NRA pushes for gun bill ‘as is’ The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The National Rifle Association is pressuring Republican lawmakers to abandon proposed limitations to a measure that would let workers store firearms in vehicles parked on their employers’ lots. The state’s Republican leaders have proposed exempting some businesses from the law that would force employers to allow the guns on their parking lots after vocal opposition from business

groups and the state’s police chiefs. The NRA’s chief lobbyist, Chris W. Cox, demanded Monday in a letter to state lawmakers that they adopt the original bill without any changes. The bill, scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, would apply to any legally owned firearm regardless of whether the owner had a state-issued handgun carry permit. It would also apply to any private or public parking lot, meaning guns could be stored at schools or colleges. The breadth of the latest push by the

firearms lobby has caused consternation in an exceedingly gun-friendly Legislature. The business and law enforcement groups fear it would infringe on property rights and endanger safety. “Sometimes you start hurting your cause,” Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, RBlountville, and a main sponsor of the state’s handgun carry permit law, told reporters recently. “There are lines you cross over talking about schools and colleges where suddenly people say, ‘Now come on, I’m not sure that’s reasonable.’”


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