■i April 25 2014 Finals Issue Volume 108 • Issue 12 www.thetiger news. com www.facebook.com/thetigernews See page 9 EST. 1907, SOUTH CAROLINA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER ROARS FOR CLEMSON Staff writer Quinn Carty and photographer Kendyle Seay interviewed various Clemson inhabitants looking to share the passions and experiences of students, professors and employees. "What was your most memorable "For me, diversity is everything. To experience this year?" see all races, all colors — it doesn't "We are doing a visual impairment simulation for Clemson "Being at the Georgia versus Clemson matter. It is great to see the different University's campus." football game. It was really exciting, and personalities that come through here "We are trying to see how accessible this place is for the visually I thought the school and the community ... we never really see any negative impaired for our human factors class. It has not been easy on the bonded through it. It was a crazy people coming through Starbucks. We campus. I knew where I was going, so that made it a little easier. But for atmosphere and it definitely carried out always know when they are down, so new people, you definitely need a guide and it would be very difficult to throughout the entire season." -Wood row we are here to lift you up. And that's get around." pretty much what it is all about!" -Andrew, Marshall and Zach -Donell ^■i ill nil w&w * * ' III B n i uI t ^H : \ Jl 1 HE^'' k^L -\ ' & fi. 1 * "What is in the box?" *Z'\ "Formal t-shirts." "What is your favorite finals week look? Weird outfits or anything?" "We are doing an article about the "I designed them. We had a nautical "I think people's go-to are pajama pants. I have had a lot of pajama Humans of Clemson..." themed formal... there is an anchor on wearers in my finals." "Humans? What if I am not human?" the frocket... for Phi Sigma Pi. I am a "I think my favorite is the sweater vest." "Well, if you were to give one piece of bio-sci person, but I am really crafty, so I "Any really nice, dressed to impress people?" advice to a large group of people what get to design t-shirts." "Yeah, one of my friends actually wears a suit to all of his finals. He goes "So, he is just employed to carry them?" would it be?" for the look good, feel good thing." "Don't listen to advice." "Yeah, they are really heavy and someone -Bobby and Kyle -Professor Antony Valentini has to carry it, so yeah." -Dante and Charmaine A2 - CU Ball Pit A3 - Earth Day A4 - Say What? please recycle THE TlOER First Copy Free please recycleTHE TlGER First Copy Free please recycle THE TlGER w \k0 w w THE TIGER ♦ APRIL 25, 2014 ♦ FINALS ISSUE From childhood play spot to social experiment Article by: Caroline Hensley SoulPancake is an organization known for you can get to know someone that vou mi On a "warm spring day, Clemson's Social Justice YouTube video sensations, including the popular talk to at any other point in time." Committee set out to change the community, ''Kid President" clips. So when Wesley Hutthins, Volunteers facilitated these interaction one rubber ball at a time. For the second year in a Clemson graduate student now serving as a'm participants crawl ball pit anc a row. members of the Social Justice Committee assistant director for leadership at Eastern Carplin; each other questi( propped up a tent with a table and whiteboard University, decided last year that he wanted to "Though wegdidn't 4 direct their di&„, alongside a wooden pit stacked high with rubber replicate a SoulPancake experiment on Clemson's we found that th» ^^•tj^i^o^i-o -.^vuilh elided balls. The event, entitled "CU at the Ball Pit," was campus, students jumped at the idea. up talking abou aw one really inspired by a social experiment conducted by the Hutchins. an engineering student, constructed _en a professor and company SoulPancake which seeks to encourage a gate-accessible ball pit out of wooden boards student who didn't ev iu>>' each other, which conversations among various individuals on from Lowe's, and the experiment, which sought was cool. saw a guy and a girl flirt and end campus by having them sit and ask questions in a to inspire profound conversations with complete up exchanging pJione._ 1_ nu 1. J. !*. ...V . 1_ .11 strangers, took off from there, pit is responsible for new ison love." On April 16 of this year, the Social Justice Smith said. arnittee within Residential Life repeated the After the participants < jeriment at an event known as "CU at the conversations, each woulwould jot down some notes Ball Pit." about the experience on slips of pape: Over the course of two days, between the hours then tape their responses to a whiteh ? "'O a.m. and 5 p.m., volunteer graduate students The Social Justice Committee plans to c> :: ... members of the Social Justice Committee the written responses to the experience and ervised as a variety of Clemson students, document the overall reactions to the pis ipus tour attendees, professors and faculty methodology of initiating conversation. members sat with each other in the ball pit and Some of the anonymous replies indue" mpted to hold meaningful conversations with learned that you are never too old to ... person opposite them. pit," "It was great to see how intercoi "You would be surprised what you might learn all really are" and "It was wonderful I from someone with a very different identity from that everyone, even strangers, can face sir your own; different viewpoints and life experiences challenges in life." contribute to a diversity element that is really As the event's slogan states, the committee cool to see here on campus," Brittney Smith, a hopes that the annual CU at the Ball Pit fvent graduate student and member of the Social Justice will continue to "share the awesome" across the Committee, who volunteered her time at CU at Clemson community for years the Ball Pit, said, ''We really value the idea that Shaq Thomas (left) and Shea Alevy (right) laugh together in the ball pit. 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Also, 35 percent of Clemson agriculture and a sustainable economy Another aspect of former University's food budget is spent were his primary goals in establishing President Barker's Top 20 by 2020 on local or organic food, and 10 a college that focused on scientific plan includes reducing the on-campus percent of the campus grounds are education and research. energy consumption by 20 percent maintained organically. By 2030, Clemson by using temperature setbacks, In 2011, Clemson University University aims to be demand management techniques and created a sustainability committee, carbon neutral. Princeton Review upgrading lighting. called the Eco Representatives has named Clemson as one of the Another university goal is to Program (Eco Rep), in which top 322 institutions in their 2014 increase energy sourcing from representatives from various green colleges guide, which evaluates renewable resources by 10 percent by organizations on campus collaborate schools for their commitment 2025. Clemson University currently and work to increase sustainability. to sustainability. has a variety of sustainability projects "The Clemson Eco Reps' goal During Jim Barker's 14-year in progress, including a biodiesel is to promote a strong foundation of presidency of Clemson University, program, a composting facility and a sustainable lifestyle practices within c his most public and notable goal was wind turbine testing facility. the Clemson university campus and (6m^fMU! irT6)(rM to transition Clemson into a Top 20 On April 22, Clemson University community," Eco-Rep president University by 2020.