OCTOBER 1985
THE -rVWG
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FEATURES
Serving As Resident Hall Advisor
Lizzy
shares
a smile
with a
roommate,
Susan
Gt»ns.
Tonv DeLuca Review
by Kim Alien
Approximatety X students trom Mere
dith and N.C. State were put under hyi>-
nosisbyTom Deluca. Mr. Deluca, a well-
known hypnotist and comedian, per
forms in various places around the coun
try. This was Mr. Deluca’s secorxl show
and Meredith, sponsored by MEA.
The first tuK-hour of the show was a
comical act involving E.S.P. and other
psychic related tricks. For tl>e next hour
he put the volunteers into a hyprwtic
state and proceeded to do harm
less, funny things. "It was interesting to
see how Mr. Deluca put the people under
so easily and to see how they didn't re
member anything about being hypno
tised or the things that had happened
durir>g hypnosis. It was really an inter
esting teeming experience," com
ments freshman, Christy Nicoll of Mr.
Deluca’s performance.
Career Notes
LIGHT YOUR FtmjRE
LIBERAL ARTS CAREER DA Y MONDA Y OCTOBER 28
3:00 - 4; 00 p.m. - Cate Center Audi
torium - Distinguished Panel
JO ANN WILLIFWD - Education
Coordinator, North Carolina State Capi
tol. A Meredith graduate in History,
Williford started with the North C^lina
Division of Archives and History in 1977
as an administrative assistant. She is
now in charge of all education programs
and events planning in the Capitol.
SHERRY BAILEY - Director of Field
Services, North Carolina Division of the
American Cancer Society. A graduate of
Lenoir-Rhyne College with a RA in
Sociology and a certificate In Christian
education, Ms. Bailey has been with ACS
for 13 years. She is now responsible for
the operations, stmcture and training in
104 local county offices.
ELIZABETH HOWARD - Assistant
Vice President, Personnel Office, Wa
chovia Bank. A graduate of North Caro
lina State with a BA in English, Ms.
Howard has been with Wachovia for 16
years. She is now responsible for
management recruiting and training for
the central region. Ms. Howard also
semes on the Meredith Career Services
Advisory Board.
PAM FAISON BREWER - North Caro
lina Teacfter of the Year. 1986-86. Ms.
Brewer is a Meredith aJunma, and
teaches English in the Person County
Schools. Since being named Teacher of
the Year, she has been traveilir>g tt>e
state promoting education arxj corv
ductir>g seminars for educators.
These women are successful in their
careers and in the community. They all
have backgrourxls in the liberal arts, and
will tell how they achieved their goals.
They are vital, interesting women with
greet stories to tell, and they can inspire
students to aim for the stars. Come to
Cate Auditorium at 3.00 on Monday,
October 28, for this special event.
by Kim Allen
Serving as Resident Hall Advisor
(RHA) Chairperson involves a lot more
than overseeing the Resident Assistants
(RA). This was one thing that Lizzie Mills
discovered rather quickly. Not only is she
in charge of the RA's and dorm presi
dents, she is also in charge of organizing
dorm programs, the fire drills, the blood-
mobile. tf>e dorm decorating contest,
and tf>e Halloween Carnival with the fa
culty kids. The Committee also helps the
Phis to raise money for Daniel McHan by
sponsorir>g monthly nxwies-
Mills serves as the RA for the first floor
of Heilman dorm. Being an RA is a paid
staff position. The position may be ob
tained by completing an application, and
going through an interview process. The
RA’s are then chosen by Dean Sizemore
and her appointed committee. She was
elected by the student body to serve as
RHA Cfiairperson. Mills also added that,
“For those interested. RA applications
will be available mid-semester of the
spring senrtester."
Taking a lot of long walks arxl getting
away from the can^s as much as possi-
t)le are two of the ways that Mills deals
with the pressures and re^x)nsibiMties of
her position. She also relies greatly upon
the prayer and the support that she re
ceives from her friends. She also added,
“I simply try not to go off the edge, I just
tie a knot and hang on.”
When asked what she likes most about
her position and what she likes the least,
Mills replied, “I enjoy the activity and the
fact that it keeps me busy. The thing that
I dislike tf>e most is trying to get stu
dents motivated.”
Mills is very involved at Meredith. She
Is a member of the Sociology Club, (he
French Club, the Phis, the Silver Shield,
and Student Life-. She also serves as vice-
president of the Freeman Religion Qub
and an extended member of the Student
Government Association Committee.
Outside of Meredith, Mills interests in
clude such things as: snow skiing,
singing, playing the piano, and any out
door activity. She is also involved in tfie
Forest Hills College Department, as well
as keeping the nursery.
Mills has no definite plar>s for the
future. She is majoring in Religion arvl
Sociology with a minor in PrerKh. Fol
lowing graduation she plans to go to
West Africa and then to Europe with
friends.
Western North Carolina Job Fair
Western Caroliria Industries, Inc. is
sponsoring “Operation Native Son arxl
Daughter” on Friday. December 27 in
Asheville, North Carolina. This twenty-
seven old event is open to college se
niors. The program brings together stu
dents from Western Carolire with repre
sentatives of business and industry in
the twenty-two county area to discuss
job possibilities after graduation.
Watch for posters or stop by the Office
of Career Services.
The Winterthur Progrann In
Early American Culture
The Winterthur Program in Early
Amerban Culture provides a multidisci
plinary approach to the study of Ameri
can material life with special emphasis
on decorative art and housefx>k1 fur
nishings. Methods of research for inter
preting both the material itself and corv
temporary documents are stressed, with
courses both at tf>e University of Dela
ware and the Winterthur Museum. The
two-year course of study includes the
writing of a thesis based on original re
search and leads to a Masters of Arts de
gree in Early American Culture awarded
tty the University of Delaware.
Graduates of the Winterthur Program
have gone on to careers as curators,
educators, administrators, and re
searchers in museun^, histortoal so
cieties, preservation programs, and his
toric sites.
Application for a Winterthur Fellow
ship can be made only through tf>e Direc
tor’s Office of the VWnterthur Program,
University of Delaware, Newark, Dela
ware 19716. Applicants must be grad
uates or college seniors who will receive
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Dorm Life: Don’t Knock It
Till You’ve Tried It
by Lisa Piercy
Features Editor
Many Meredith women think that
apartment life can be very glannorous and
provide a great opportunty for indepen
dence; this may be true, but dormitory
livir)g gives the cftar>ce to expand one's
herizor>s in all kinds of creative ways that
apartments can never do.
Now (hat Fall Break is over, problems
arise as to wf^t to do with ^1 the avail
able free time that we all have. A greet
way to pass the time on your fiall would
be (o begin a Hall Tennis team. For those
who are unfamiliar with the rules of Hall
Tennis, there is only one thing to remenv
ber: there are no rules. And the equip
ment is readily available: simply lake a
nnattress (preferably someone else's) and
stand it up across the hall as a net. The
one object of the game is to keep the ball
in motksn at all times, whether against
the floor, the walls, tf>e ceiling, the
doors, or for the especially skillful Hall
Tennis player, against your oppor>ents'
heads. A foul is called for setting off the
smoke detectors. Be careful to never play
Hall Tennis when your R.A. is nearby;
they are avid Hall Tennis players and will
show no mercy in the game.
However, sports are not for everyone.
Music is arx>ther mirtd-stlmulatirig pur
suit. The t>est way to experience the full
range of the musical spectrum is to tune
in your radio to your favorite station with
tr>e volume as loud as possible. Then
make sure that everyone else on the hall
does the sanrte, but with a different sta
tion in each room. Then see that all the
doors are open so that the ntelodious
quadro|}honic sound permeates every
brtek on your hall. This works especially
well (some experts say it has to do with
the ultrasonic waves in the air) if per
formed after 12 midnight or before 7:00
am. It’s even better tfian the Symphony,
and it's free!
This is by no means an &(haustive list.
Use your imagination, and tune in nent
week for more exciting activities.