BooShoot Gardens, a wholesale bamboo nursery, wanted to know whether it was practical to make paper from bamboo fiber. So Emma Kallaway, outgoing UO student body president and December 2010 Lundquist College of Business graduate, did a feasibility study. What made the project unique is that Kallaway, who is also a UO Clark Honors College student, broke new ground by completing the analysis as a practicum, rather than theoretical research, for her honor's thesis. Not only did she receive the highest grade possible, she also paved the way for more business students to complete the Clark Honors College program. As for whether she found bamboo paper to be as profitable for BooShoot Gardens as it was for her, well, that's a strategic advantage for BooShoot. UPDATE: in March 2011, Kallaway won a UO Undergraduate Research Award for her work on this topic. Her winning paper will be archived permanently in the UO Libraries Scholars' Banks. It is believed this is the first time a business student has been awarded this prize.