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› What: Film screening and discussion presented by students in “Scholars and Journalists at Risk” class› When: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29› Where: Derthick 101, UTC campus› Admission: Free
Scholars at Risk is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. (Getty Images)For some of the students in Dr. Jessica Auchter’s “Scholars and Journalists at Risk” Honors College class at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the course was little more than a way to fulfill a credit need and get them closer to graduating.
Others saw it as a way to get a glimpse into the worlds of advocacy, freedom of speech and human rights in other countries. Some, like Mesha Seay, saw it as a way to do several things.
None, however, thought it would touch so closely to real life with actual life-and-death consequences.
For Seay, a junior, signing up for the course was about both getting needed hours and about studying something that interested her.