The Carolinian [October 2, 2007]

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Rick Smyre shares
vision for the future
Janine Camara
Staff Writer
In an effort to link the class-room
to the real world, the Con-sumer
Apparel and Retail Studies
(CARS) Department held its an-nual
symposium last Thursday
in the EUC Auditorium. Futur-ist
Rick Smyre was the keynote
speaker at this year's conference,
which was entitled "Adapting to
a New World: Becoming Leaders
of Transformation."
Smyre, whose job title may
conjure up images of fortune
cookies and crystal balls, is not in
the business of fortune telling but
of helping communities adapt to
change. He is also the president
of Communities of the Future, an
alliance of groups and individu-als
within America and across
the globe who seek to develop
new ideas government, educa-tion,
leadership, and economic
development, according to their
website. The Association of Pro-fessional
Futurists defines the vo-cation
as one where practitioners
"explore the future to anticipate
and prepare for change in order
to make better decisions today."
Smyre delivered a message on
preparation for the innumerable
possibilities of the future.
"I would like for you to forget
what you've learned or what you
think," Smyre said.
He pushed the audience to
think outside of the parameters of
tradition. Smyre noted that there
was nothing wrong with tradi-tion,
but he also mentioned that
it could serve as a hindrance.
"It can be a terrible barrier if
you don't become open," Smyre
continued.
Much of the speech focused
on breaking down the science of
preparing for and anticipating
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economic, technological, social
and scientific change.
"The choices of the future are
going to be in a context, we call
it the paradigm, that doesn't nec-essarily
exist right now," Smyre
said.
Smyre told his audience, which
consisted mainly of students from
the CARS department, that their
generation would help America
and other nations move forward.
Smyre explained to his audi-ence
what he claimed to be the
major trends of the 21st century,
SEE SMYRE PAGE FOUR
WUAG to run parking
updates on air
Danielle Moore
Staff Writer
UNCG's campus radio station,
WUAG, will now be broadcast-ing
Parking Reports for park-ing
permit holders on weekday
mornings.
The reports will be every 30
minutes between 7:30 a.m. and
9:45 a.m. and will inform permit
holders of available parking spac-es
on campus and in the overflow
lots.
As they see open spaces, Park-ing
Operations officers who pa-trol
the lots will call in the reports
to WUAG who will, in turn, re-port
the information to students.
If permit holders still cannot
find empty spaces, they can call
334-5681, where they will be di-rected
to a space either in an on-campus
lot or in one of two outer
overflow lots. One of these outer
lots is IOL.itid behind Jack's Cor-ner
on Aycock Street. The other is
at 1621 Spring Garden St., across
from Shell. A HEAT stop is locat-ed
near the building's entrance.
If all these lots are full, stu-dents
will be directed to the Park
and Ride lot near the Greensboro
Coliseum on Lee Street.
"The partnership with WUAG
is another effort on behalf of
Parking Operations to better
serve the UNCG community
through campus access manage-ment,"
commented Angie Sch-rock,
public relations coordinator
for UNCG Parking Operations.
Some students are a bit skepti-cal
as to whether this will help or
hinder permit holders trying to
find empty parking spaces.
"I think this could be helpful,
but at the same time, if every-
SEE PARKING PAGE TWO
Fall Fest closes with festival, parade
Stephanie Patton
News Editor
Fall Fest, considered UNCG's
homecoming, came to an end
on Saturday. As people enjoyed
a mini-festival taking place on
the EUC lawn, a parade passed
by equipped with floats carrying
UNCG basketball players, among
many others, as well as students
wrapped in togas and fraternity
gear. Cheerleaders and danc-ers
followed the parade through
the streets to show homecoming
spirit.
For more photos:
SEE PARADE PAGE FOUR
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