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PAGE 4 THE TWIG ORIENTATION '84 Welcome Aboard I had never been away from home for more than a week be fore I came to Meredith College. I was petrified to say the least. I only knew two girls on my hall; however, as the days went by, I learned more names and saw more friendly faces. ITiere were girls I enjoyed bieing around with and there were girls I would not have tieen caught dead with. I’m sure some of you feel the same way. Fortunately, I knew my roommate before I came to school. We had been friends in high school. Our suitemates were another story. We didn’t like them until halfway through the first semester. I didn’t even know their names after the first few weeks of school. Now we are the best of friends and are still suiting together. Rease give your roommate and suite mates a chance. Who knows; you may wind up like me in the sense that you will feel blessed to be with the people you were assigned to. ■■■'-• Registering for classes was a traumatic experience for me. I threatened to quit school be^ cause my schedule just would not work out. Believe me when I say that trying to get the classes you want is difficult. Some of you will not have any problems. Others of you will be close to going insane. It gets better and easier. Don’t wonv- Studying tends to be a pro blem to many new students, f found it close to impossible to study at times. When exams ar rived. I realized how unprepared I was and I had no choice but to learn from my mistakes. Study.- That is the key word. Don’t put assignments off. The sooner you get them finished the sooner you’ll be happy While at Meredith, have fun. That’s what school is all about. Having fun does not necessarily mean going to bars, Frat Row or shopping every night. It means finding happi ness in what you do. Making good grades is fun opposed to making bad ones. Making friends on your hall and throughout the campus is fun. It sure beats being lonely. Get involved. Ttiwe are too many organizationscv)'campus for you to sit around and collect dust. The Twig, for example, is a great way to get involved. Ttwre are so many things you can do. You can write or you can find another outlet to suit your interests, there is a place for you and I hope to hear from you soon. I hope your first week at Meredith'is'fun and~rewanjing. I hope that you will take advan tage of every aspect of the school. Meredith has so much to offer and it is up to you to use your talents and have a great year at Meredith College. Good Luck! Cynthia L. Church 113 Heilman XM NOT WoRR/eO aBOUT ^ GaRY HaRT HecK, we R3M a caMpaiGN OF Nevj ioeas Four VeaRS aeoi aND Hi& New ipeas. THe VoTeRS WoH’T FaLL THaT OMG aGaiN! ROOtCf M7M. CPS Haw to clean up your closet clutter by Marva Watkins If you w&e to open the door to your closet right now, would everything come tumb ling down? When a friend asked me this question a couple of weeks ago, I would have honestly had to say yes. After some time, I decided that I would be more apt to keep my closet unclut tered if I had some kind of in centive. This, for rri#, was a shoe bag hung on the inside of the closet door and an extra Cramped quarters unfair Dear Editor: When I arived on campus in the fall of last year, I was very disappointed to leam that there were people living in the parlors of freshmen dorms. Students arived to find that they were being housed in almost every available spot. I understand that the col lege did not intend to overcrowd the freshman class, but It had been a disadvantage to us several times. We could not get to know people on our hall, t>e- cause we could not hold normal hall meetings or parties. We met in the hall to leam about Meredith instead of a parlor - where we could have sat around and talked in a comfortable atmosphere. However, this is not the only purpose that these parlors serve. The parlor is the only place that the residents can go into late at night when our roommates are asleep. The problem of overcrowd ing was about to relieve itself by the end of the semester, due to students dropping out or trans ferring elsewhere. VWien I really bec^e upset was when I re- tumed after. Christmas and leamed that the college had ac cepted more students for the Spring Semester, and once again people vt«re living in the F^orsl I think that the college should consider accepting fewer students. This freshman class desen/es the opportunity to go through their next three years without the disadvantage of housing problems. Meredith College has had a tradition of high standards, but If the col lege does not limit its enroll ment, I think new buildings will have to t)e built to uphold these standards. Lynn Jenkins The Twig urges all stu dents living in ‘cramped quarters' to respond to this arti cle. Adequate housing is a pro blem on campie and something must t)e done to improve the housing facilities. The ad- inistration does not plan to pro vide new housing to accomo date the expected enrollment increase. Take this chance to express your views on this sub ject. shelf at.the top of the closet. If you want to keep your closet neat, I suggest this as a good beginning. The first step is to take every Item out of the closet and sepaate each one into t>asic categories; spring-sumnf>er and fall-winter. Or)ce this is done, old clothes and accessories which are too small or which have not been wom in four or more years should b& given to the Salvation Army or a local charity. You don’t need to save that sequined honey-bear cos tume you wore in your third grade ballet recital or your first prom dress with the green punch spill. When everything is out of the closet would be an ideal time to paint and put shelf- liner or wallpaper on the top shelf. V\^n all the things are categorized by seasons, the hangers should be hung in the closet so each hook is facing the same direction. Now you should divide the closet into two sections from top to bot tom. The left should be reserved for fail-winter and the right for spring-summer items. On the top shelf, shoes can be stacked in see-through shoe boxes. Hats may also be stacked on top of each other. Purses and tote bags should t)e placed on this shelf for easy view. A top shelf is also a good place to keep pullover sweaters. If there is any space left on the shelf, this is a good place to put breakable whatnots which are not presently being used. Next, nnake sure that the hanging clothes bar is secure and has no cracks. At both ends of the bar, it is nice to have a hartging sac^t to keep your clothes smelling fresh. On the left side, t>egln by hanging up all the dresses and skirts worn during the fall and winter sea sons. Follow with all the long sleeved blouses and slacks. Re member that skirts and pants may t» hung on skirl racks to keep them from getting too may wrinkles. Hang up a raincoat and jacket as vt«ll as a winter coat next. Then, beginning from the far right side, hang dresses and skirts for spring and sum mer wear followed by short sleeved shirts. After these, place cotton slacks and shorts hung on skirt racks. If desired. Blue jeans should be hung in tt>e middle of the closet to se parate the two categories of seasons, because they are wom frequently all year long. Acces sories such as scarves can be draped over a rack and belt buckles hung over the hook. These can go t>eside the jeans. Moving down to the floor, on the right side, accessories used in the spring and summer such as radios and small travel t>ags may stored in the comer. A shoe rack in the mid dle of the floor Is convenient for keeping shoes worn often such \Continued on Page 11] THE TWIG ocfcgp RALBQH, NORTH CAROLINA 27607 Editor-in-chief Cynthia L. Church Layout Editors Anna Clark Staff Reporters Rene Fokis Managing Editor Maria Kilng Sally Wooiard Robin Reid Amy Jones Layout Staff Laura Schaffer Photographers Stephanie Bennett Business Manager MlcheleCheny Catch All Deer Noisy Pat Garland Assistant Business Manager Bridget L«e Young Columnist Elizabeth Smeicer Jennifer Jackson Advertising Manager Sally Wooiard Eliz^th Henderson Robin SperKer Advertising Staff Martha Ann Naylor Sports Editor Debbie Sauls Samantha Stewart Exchange Editor Tara Owen Proofreader Cynthia L. Church CiKulation Managers Cindy Patterson Sports R^Mfter Karen ‘Buzz' Mann Advisors Dr. Thomas f'arramore Sophie Qrady Ms. Rhoda Sowers > 1 , - - KImljeriy Lovelace
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