University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Relaxing in his room in Melrose Hall, Cuhendran tCuel Nadaraja, a junior from Sri-Lanka, leisurely enjoys a Saturday afternoon on campus Nadaraja acquired valuable ex- perience along with college credit through his job, uBananas Foster is my specialty when I do tableside cooking for the Old Hickory Restaurant at the Opryland Hotel, Cuhendran Nadaraja, a junior co-op student in food systems administration, said. Nadaraja is one of the four students who has been part of the co-op program in food systems administration. The program prepares the students to meet the needs of the tourist, food and lodging industry of today. The co-op program has allowed the stu- dents to have pre-planned and supervised ex- perience while they complete their education. The co-op plan requires four years plus two quarters for completion, but the experience gained cannot be replaced. In 1978 he began work as a bus boy in one of the restaurants at the hotel. The restaurant had all European waiters and he was able to learn tableside cooking from them. Cherries Jubilee and Bananas Foster were his favorites to prepare. In his second summer at the hotel, Hadaraja was promoted to the front office where he registered guests. HYou would have to see the hotel to understand how hard a job this can be, Nadaraja said. After he worked at the front desk for a while, he had other jobs such as room agent and cashier. The entire hotel is computerized. As mail room coordinator, Hadaraja was responsible for seeing that all mail ended up in the right plane. iiThat can really be a job in a hotel the size of Opryland, Nadaraja said. Before Nadaraja left this past summer, he was serving as a Research Assistant for the front office, quite a step up from the bus boy. Nadaraja plans to return to the Opryland Hotel this summer and looks forward to what another summer will bring. iiThe program has been a benefit to me. I have learned a great deal and because of it I will always have a job waiting for me, he said. -NKW 28hAcademics Working in a food science laboratory, Leslie Acomb and Carl Jaundoo, graduate students in food science, take a measurement of the water activity of a sample of ground beef. Acomb said she worked in the lab 20 hours a week. -R. Wat -L, Malone Setting up a fraction collector for protein purification, Dianne Morris, a doctoral student in nutrition science, separates the enzyme property of Billirubin binding. The protein was derived from homogenized rat livers.

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SHARING . . . Toil and heartache Toil and heartache. These are just two words which describe what a student attending the School of Law must endure. Students enrolled must have completed four years of undergraduate study and passed the Law School Admission Test. One other pre- requisite is determination. HWe have a good program here, Jeff Vananda, a second year student, said. Ultimately l knew I would be practicing in Knoxville, and I knew I could get to know a lot of the people I would be working with through my classes. Don Johnson, a third year student, said, Hl decided to attend the UT Law School because I had been an undergraduate here. llm pleased with my success and the tremendous instruc- tion that l have received. Apparently, the in- struction is excellent since 90 to 95 percent of all graduates taking the Bar examination pass it. According to Kate Dossett, head of records and admissions, this is the highest percentage of success for all Tennessee colleges. Aiding the students is the Crossley Bar Review which gives an idea of what the Bar Ex- amination is like. The Public Law Institute is one of the ser- vices the College of Law provides for the com- munity. Law students teach street law to high schools through debates. The Institute em- ploys second and third year students to research areas for various government agen- cies and public officials. Students composed a judges handbook giving case analysis on juvenile cases. The Legal Clinic, established in 1947, provides free legal services to indigent per- sons. Under the supervision of an attorney, a student may defend a client on trial. uThese services are most beneficial to our com- munity. Mary Jo Hoover, assistant dean of the College of Law, said. iiMoreover, they give our students a chance to prepare for their future. In addition to the clinic, the college broadens the students, exposure to the law field through a program which sponsored speakers from the practicing profession and from institutions. A part of this program, the 'annual Alumni Distinguished Lecture in Jurisprudence, featured John Noonan in April. His speech, titled HOther People's Morals: The Lawyers' Conscience, was given in the Moot Courtroom. - CYS Taking a midday break. Ken Kinbrown, a first year student and Brenda Morgan, a second year student, rest in the sun outside of the George C. Taylor Law Center. Sitting in the Law Library at lunchtime, Andrew Jackson, a second year law student, studies for a class he has later that day. Jackson said he studies at the library at noontime and on the weekends.