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Arts & Life
Shaina Zucker
Arts & Life Editor
artslifentd@yahoo.com
nterior design program adapts to environment
ByJayda Quincey
Contributing Writer
We have green cars, green
clothing and green classes.
The interior design program
of the College of Visual Arts
is incorporating sustainable
themes and issues into classes
in response to the shifting
worldview.
"N ot only is this a timely topic,
it's also part of our directive as a
program," Johnnie Stark of the
interior design faculty said.
Sustainability in design
and development pertains to
meeting present human needs
while preserving the environ-
ment so that future genera-
tions will be able to meet their
needs.
The U.S. Green Building
Council is another important
proponent of sustainability. It
came out with the Leadership
in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) green building
rating system in the 1990s.
There have always been prac-
tices aimed at fostering sustain-
ability, but the movement really
affected the design industry in
the 1990s.
Stark said the LEED program
is "a voluntary agreement
between planning professionals
to meet a list of requirements"
for a building.
While a building can be
LEED-certified by earning
enough points from a list of
requirements, a person can
become a LEED accredited
professional, or LEED AP, after
passing an exam.
"Before the LEED program,
the topic was just over-
whelming," Stark said of green
design. "LEED is a good stan-
dard. It's good for organiza-
tion."
More and more, LEED is
becoming a standard for design
projects.
"It's becoming a best prac-
tice in building design and
construction," Stark said.
Ashlee Paar, a recent archi-
tecture graduate and member
of the NT chapter of the U.S.
Green Building Council, said
that individuals who have
studied sustainability are
incredible assets in the profes-
sional world.
"You would be surprised at
how many individuals don't
know anything about sustain-
ability and hope that it goes
away, so that they aren't asked
why they haven't taken the
LEED AP exam yet," Paar said.
She said the issue is not going
to go away.
"Consumers are demanding
it, and clients are requesting it
on a daily basis in their proj-
ects," she said.
Paar, who graduated two years
ago, took classes focused on
sustainability during school.
"I use what I learned on
an everyday basis," she said.
"Sustainability classes should
be offered to every student,
no matter what major they
choose."
Incorporating themes
of sustainability in classes
provides students a clear advan-
tage for the workplace where
green design and development
continue to increase in impor-
tance.
Stark believes this new way
of thinking is important for
students no matter where they
end up in the industry.
Over the last three years, Stark
has taught three special topics
courses focusing on sustain-
ability, including a recent study
abroad course, London Trash.
These courses focus on
sustainability principles, strat-
egies and obstacles.
There are no special topic
courses on sustainability offered
this semester or in the spring,
though Stark said sustain-
ability is an issue presented in
all classes.
Interior design senior Kate
Photo by Clinton Lynch / Intern
Johnnie Stark of the interior design faculty gives examples for her class's upcoming research project.
Shackelford has witnessed this
trend.
"Professors are starting to get
that bug in our ear on sustain-
ability," Shackelford said.
"It's definitely in many of our
classes."
Several green initiatives
are prominent on campus,
including Students for a
Sustainable Campus and the Go
Green environmental steward-
ship program in the dorms.
In the July issue of UNT
Insider, President Gretchen
Bataille announced NT's
commitment to sustainability.
Bataille announced that NT
will follow "LEED standards
on every new building that is
constructed for our campus."
0 ktober est toasts German culture
Autumn
festival has
historical roots
By Melissa Crowe
Senior Staff Writer
The two-week-long annual
celebration of beer, brats
and Bavaria comes to a close
Sunday, marking the 175th
Oktoberfest.
"In Germany, if you say you
are going to Oktoberfest, they
know you are going to Munich,"
said Monika Campbell of the
foreign language faculty.
She said she thinks it is
strange when people celebrate
their own Oktoberfest outside
Munich since that is the site of
the festival.
"It's not something that is
celebrated at home," Campbell
said. "They must be looking for a
reason to drink. They are trying
to copy the Germans."
The first Oktoberfest
commemorated the marriage
of Crown Prince Ludwig and
Princess Therese of Saxe-
HildburghausenonOct. 12,1810.
Since that date, the festival has
been canceled nearly 25 times
because of war, disease and
other emergencies.
Now, when people go to
Munich to celebrate the festival,
Campbell said they go because
it is connected with beer and
food.
"They come because they like
to drink," said Austin Ileisch,
an English senior who studied
abroad in Germany in summer
2007. "Since the wedding cele-
bration, it has become some big,
German drink festival."
On Saturday, Fry Street will
host its own Oktoberfest with
help from Cool Beans, Lucky
Lou's and Riprocks from 2 to
4 p.m. Participants can buy a
wristband for about $12 and
move from bar to bar throughout
the day, sampling different
German beers. Each bar will
have its own $3 souvenir mug.
Tulsa, Okla., will host its own
Oktoberfest Oct. 16 to 19, and
Wurstfest in New Braunfels
will celebrate its 48th "Salute
to Sausage" Oct. 31 to Nov. 9.
"Tulsa is so good because they
fly authentic German bands
in," Campbell said. "They have
brought bands here who I have
seen in Germany."
German bands Alpenritter,
Pepperoni and Topsis will play
in Tulsa's festival. Brandon Giles,
Brave Combo, Mixed Company
Western Dance Band, Thomas
Martinez and the Radio Disney
Dance Troupe will also be on the
stage throughout the weekend.
Denton residents can also
hold their own celebrations at
home.
Homemade sausage can be
bought from Metzler's Barbeque,
with two Denton locations on
University and Teasley drives.
Campbell also suggested
authentic German restaurant
Kuby's Sausage House in Snider
Plaza in Dallas. Kuby's offers
homemade sausages from its
German meat market and deli.
Heisch recommended
drinking German beer, such
as Paulener or Franziskaner,
from a Bavarian-style beer
mug, which holds exactly one
liter of beer. Hacker-Pschorr,
Hofbrau and Paulaner German
beers are available at Central
Market in Piano, Costco in
Lewisville, Whole Foods Market
in Dallas and World Market in
Denton, as well as at Fry Street
Oktoberfest.
Participants can dress the
part by wearing traditional
German clothing like a gams-
bart, which is a decoration on
a man's hat, and lederhosen, or
leather trousers. Women can
wear a dress called a dirndl-
gwand.
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