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the twig
APRIL 30, 1980
THE
MEREDITH
TWIG
Editors
Reporters
Columnists
Sports Editor
Photographers
Business Manager
Circulation Editors
Layout Editors
Cartoonist
Proofreading
Advertising Editor
Faculty Advisors
V.
COLLEGE
Sonya Ammons,
Deborah Bartlett
Kathy O’Brien,
Marlene Debo
Beth Giles, Ann Earp,
Kelly Stone, Jill Allen, Laura Moore
Cindy Rinker,
Regine Nickel, Ann Stringfleld
Darla Stephenson
Paula Douglas,
Lori Whlttemore, Peggy Williford
Leslie Landis
Suzanne Hill, Margie Snell
Deborah Bartlett,
Sonya Ammons, Susan Jones
Ann Beamon
Ann Earp
Mary Katherine Pittman
Dr. Tom Parramore,
Mr. Bill Norton ^
Remind you of anyone you know?
«Thanks!”
To The Meredith Community:
As many of you are probably aware, we have been without a
Registrar at Meredith this school year. I would like to express my
appreciation to the people on campus who have made it possible
for the Registrar’s Office to make it through this period without
major mishaps.
Many thanks to:
- the students for their patience and good humor when our
service to them was less than efficient.
- President Weems and Dean Burris for answering in
numerable questions and never once saying, “You did what!?’’
- the faculty for their total support and cooperation plus their
tactful reminders of things we forgot.
- the administration and staff for the help and understanding
we could always count on.
Most of all many thanks to the staff in the Registrar’s Office.
Because of them responsibilities were assumed and tasks com
pleted with no apparent extra effort. The Meredith community
owes Alberta Hawes and Laura McCance its gratitude for the
superior job they have done this year.
Sue R. Todd
Acting Registrar
The TWIG needs new staff
members for next year. Most
positions are open, including
reporters, proofreaders,
layout, advertising and cir-
culation staffs,
photographers, and car
toonists. In other words, if you
have it, we need it, and if you
don’t we’ll find something for
you anyway. Participation
gives good experience and
helps the school. If interested,
contact Sonya Ammons, 821-
1288, or Deborah Bartlett, 821-
1265. Both full-time and part-
time positions are available.
Need not af^ly unless willing
to sign your life away
Oh, he's jVst realized
he's a senior
oniu or\e mon+h
and no job.y—^
Faculty Editorials
The aborted Iranian rescue
What is happening today
in Iran may have grave
consequences for the future,
as the stability of Islamic Asia
is being threatened by ex
ternal force. Since the oc
cupation of the northern
provinces of Gilan and
Azerbaijan in the years im
mediately following World
War I, the Bolsheviks (and
later the Soviet occupation
troops in World War II) have
lost no time in organizing
Communist party cells. This
group, known officially as the
Tudeh party, has been forced
underground during the reign
of the Pahlavis, but has been
operating under orders from
party headquarters in Paris,
only to emerge boldly after
the Shah’s departure.
Student unrest at the
University of Tehran
triggered off explosive events
when Marxist sympathisers
confronted Khomeini’s sup
porters in early November of
1978. This same polarization
will probably result in
catastrophic internal strife in
months to come as leftists
gain wider influence. Each
^y that passes increases the
economic crisis in Iran, which
they skillfully exploit. The
separatist movements in
Kurdestan have gained
momentum, and these will be
followed by simUar demands
from other tribal or ethnic
minorities, such as the
Burkomen, and Azeri in the
north and the Baluchis on the
Pakistan-Afghan border. In
1979, over 45 percent of the oil
field workers were reportedly
Communists.
Revolts taking place this
week in Rasht, close to the
Caspian Sea and Ahwaz in the
Persian Gulf region surest
crisis of a greater magnitude
for the government of Bani-
Sadr than that of the hostages.
What is past is prologue is not
frequently an axiom of
history.
C.W. Kurtz
I have been asked by The
TWIG editors to give my
Stringspeak
How Lovely to be a Senior -
dedicated to the senior class,
with apologies to “How Lovely
to be a Woman” by Lee
Adams and Charles Strouse.
When you’re a skinny fresh
man of 18
With thoughts naive and
unclear
You doubt that you will ever
be educated
Then haUelujah, you are 21
And your thoughts are
soph^ticated and clear
And you have that happy
college-educated feeling.
How lovely to be a senior -
The wait was weU worthwhile
How lovely to have mastered
Freshman Comp.
And smile that Meredith
smile.
How lovely to have an intellect
That’s well-rounded instead of
flat
Whenever you hear William
Buckley whistle
You’re what he’s whistling at.
It’s wonderful to feel
The way a senior feels
It gives you such a glow
Just to know
No more dining hall meals.
How lovely to be a senior
And have one job to do
To go out in the world and
change it
And then when you are
through
You’ve made it the world you
want it to be
How lovely to be idealistic,
you see -
It’s lovely to be educated and
free
Life’s lovely when you’re a
senior -
Be what you want to be.
Ann Stringfleld
Class of ’82
OPEN LETTER
Dear 3rd Brewer,
I always knew that
Meredith girls were special
but I didn’t realize how special
untU I needed you. Your
kindness and love during this
painful time has given me
strength. Words cannot ex
press the sorrow felt at the
death of a loved one nor can
they express the graditude
towards friends who offered
their help.
Thank you for the
beautiful azalea you sent me.
It will be planted in a garden
dedicated to the memory of
my brother, Donnie. Your
thoughtfulness will always be
remembered. Meredith girls
are the best!
Love,
Kim Ball
views on the Government’s
attempts to free our hostages
in Tehran by military action.
My opinion is as follows; .
The opportunity to free
the hostages militarly had
long since been lost when the
President authorized the
recent action. As the West
German Government advised
some time back, “If you had
wanted to use military action
the time was immediately
after the seizure of the
hostages.”
The affect of this
American blunder will be
profound upon our allies. Just
this morning (April 24) the
Japanese Government is
reported to have been
thoroughly shocked by our
attempt and failure to gain
release of the hostages at this
point. Again, we failed to heed
the advise of our allies in this
matter. The Israeli Govern
ment told us several months
ago, “If you are planning
military action to free the
hostages, it had better not
fail.” There can be no doubt at
all that our attempt has hurt
American credibility in the
eyes of all our allies. We
should note that our allies
were not advised of our action
in advance.
The Soviet Union will
benefit from our blunder. We
must appear to the Russians a
“helpless giant” led by an
inept President, a thoroughly
disorganized intelligence
service, and unprepared
military. As one Soviet
diplomat told us last month,
“K it had been the Soviet
Embassy, we would have had
tanks in Iran by now.” The
Soviets can be expected to use
this incident against us in
every way possible.
The action by us will, of
course, drive American
morale even lower. We still
suffer greatly from the
Vietnam Syndrome. We lost
our confidence in Vietnam and
incidents like the Iranian
blunder do not help us to
regain that 'confidence.
F. Grubbs, History