National
While retail, manufacturing and advertising jobs remain unlikely to return to pre-recession levels in the near future, a job trend study by the University of California San Diego Extension shows growth in career sectors of interest to SCAD students.
Among the 10 industries showing the highest potential: mobile media applications development, embedded engineering for software development, sustainable design and building and feature writing for the web.
Primary races taking place around the country today could change the political landscape leading up to November’s midterm elections. Several key incumbents are in the fight for their political lives, including Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the Republican-turned-Democrat, and Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a Democrat who faces an uphill battle against a more progressive candidate. In Kentucky, the Tea Party candidate, Rand Paul, squares off against Trey Grayson, the traditional GOP candidate. Georgia’s primary, which will determine gubernatorial candidates, is slated for July 10.
Real financial reform legislation has yet to reach a vote in either the U.S. House or Senate, but a Democratic Rhode Island lawmaker has proposed an amendment to the current version that would allow states to cap credit card interest rates. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal would close the existing loophole that lets credit card companies establish headquarters in states with lax rules so that they can charge high interest rates.
Whitehouse’s amendment comes on the heels of the bill that passes the Senate last week (64-33) that limits the debit card transaction fees imposed by big banks.
Local
Following on the heels of SCAD Fashion 2010, Savannah Fashion Week opened May 17 and continues through May 21. Each day, boutiques and shops along Broughton Street in downtown unveil new merchandise and discounts as well as music, cocktails and more. The inaugural Savannah Fashion Show May 21 at 7 p.m., Jepson Center for the Arts, caps off the week and benefits AWWIN, Inc., a nonprofit that helps displaced single working women.
Beach patrols documented two loggerhead turtle nests on Cumberland and St. Catherine’s islands, heralding the start of sea turtle nesting season, which runs annually from May through September. More than 1,000 nests appear annually as leatherbacks, greens and loggerheads trek back to the place of their birth to lay their eggs. No nests have been reported on Tybee, thus far, but 10 were reported last year between the Little Tybee and Tybee islands. More than 20 sea turtles have been stranded on Georgia beaches this year, several gravely injured by boat props.
SCAD
Future prize-winning authors will read from Artemis, the undergraduate journal which features student fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays and screenplays, on May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Student Center. Selected works were chosen by a jury of SCAD writing professors. Refreshments will be served.
The architecture design studio will present [Fab]ricating Habitat: A Habitat for Humanity House Prototype Student Final Presentation, 2 p.m., May 20, at the Habitat ReStore.
A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. Using materials donated by 3form, Chatham Steel and Elkins Constructors, the studio explores the abilities and limitations of digital fabrication within architecture using the building guidelines established by the housing nonprofit.
