Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, Issue 22
Educating Women to Excel
March 22, 2000
On the
inside:
□ Meredith’s
volunteer coor
dinator hopes
to promote ser
vice.
Page 2
□ Still don’t
have a job after
graduation?
The Admissions
Office does!
Page 3
□ New Julia
Roberts flick
shows a differ
ent role for the
actress.
Page 8
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Speakers to laud women’s achievements
Noted poet to share
writing with campus
Leesha Austin
StaH Wnier
Meredith will hold a convo
cation featuring poei and
author Lucille Clifton on Mon
day, Mar. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in
Jones Auditorium.
Clifton is the poet laureate of
Maryland and Is a two-time
Pulitzer Pri7« nominee in poet
ry. She has also won an Emmy
Award, the Juniper Prize for
poetry and creative writing fel
lowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts,
Clifton holds the title of
Distinguished Professor of
Humanities at St. Mary's Col
lege in Maryland.
According to Betty Adcock,
writer in residence at Meredith
College, the convocation fea
turing Clifton will be a poetry
reading.
“Lucille Clifton is one of the
most honored African Ameri
can poets in America. Her
poetry is tough and warm,
physical and spiritual. She
deals with womanhood, moth
erhood, sisterhood and what it
is to be human—and she does
it with humor, loo,” said
Adcock-
Beth Mulvaney, convocation
committee chair and professor
of art, explained that this par
ticular convocation is impor
tant because Clifton is a noted
African-American author.
As the Convocation Com
mittee Chair, Mulvaney
encourages everyone to attend
the convocation.
“Convocations bring the
community together, which is
one of the purposes of a liberal
arts college." explained Mul
vaney.
She went on to explain, “No
matter what field you are in,
Lucille Clifton should be able
to speak to everyone. R(x>m-
mates should be able to go and
hear Lucille Clifton’s poetry
reading, and it should open up
a field of discussion between
them."
Mulvaney encourages
everyone to come to Clifton’s
reading, and she also asks
everyone to attend the convo
cation scheduled for Wednes
day, April 5, featuring Wes
Jackson, founder of the Land
Institute in Salina, K.S., in the
Chapel at 10 a.m.
You’ve seen the play,
now meet the author
Kristin Schneidhr
Staff Writer
Meredith College will host a
convocation given by a
Pulitzer-Prize winning play
wright on Sunday, March 26 at
3 p.m. Wendy Wasserstein,
author of the play Uncommon
Women and Others, the most
recent production given by the
Meredith Performs theatre
company, will be speaking on
“A Life in the Theater." The
convocation will be presented
in conjunction with tlie Center
for Women in the Arts.
Born in Brooklyn and raised
in Manhattan, Wasserstein’s
list of professional accomplish
ments is long. She earned her
bachelor’s degree from Mount
Holyoke College, the setting of
Uncommon Women, and her
master of fine arts from the
Yale School of Drama.
While Meredith students are
probably most familiar with the
Wasserstein play performed
here, her most distinguished
work is The Heidi Chronicles.
This play alone earned the
playwright the Pulitzer Prize,
the New York Drama Circle
Prize, the Drama Desk Award,
the Outer Critics Circle Award,
the Susan Smith Blackburn
Prize, and the Tony Award in
1989. Wasserstein’s work and
ambitions have not gone unno
ticed by her peers.
Aside from various publica
tion credits, including The Sis
ters Rosensweig and Bachelor
Girls, Wendy Wasserstein has
made herself a prominent con
tributor to the areas of
women's art and literature. In
the past, she has served as an
editor of New York Woman
magazine and Harper's Bazaar
and is at present a contributing
editor of New Woman. In addi
tion, this acclaimed playwright
serves on the Council of the
Dramatists Guild, on the Board
of the British American Arts
As.sociation, and has (aught at
Columbia University and New
York University. The Object of
My Affection, a popular movie
starring Jennifer Aniston, was
also written by Wasserstein.
The titles of Wendy Wasser-
stein's works indicate her inter
est in women in their various
roles. The convocation is free
and open to the public.
Sunshine on our shoulders
These Meredith students took advantage of the
warm weather in the week before spring break.
During the 70-degree days, some professors held
classes outside, and many students studied and
relaxed in the warm sun.
The first day of spring was officially Monday,
but the rain and cool temperatures have fwled
many on campus.
Forecasters are calling for warmer tempera
tures later in the week, making many students
who plan to attend formal very happy.
Photo by JnNNv Altios