Meredith Herald
Volume XVIM, Issue ^
Educating Women to Excel
October 24, 2001
National flag run makes a stop
on front lawn, Knights drop in
□ Members of the
Marine Corps, the
Army Golden
Knights and the
Meredith
community gather
to pass the flag.
Christina Holder
Editor In Chlei
A national flag run honoring
the victims of the Sept. 11 ter
rorist attacks made a ceremo
nial stop on the Meredith Col
lege campus Friday, Oct. 12 at
11 a.m. Members of the
Marine Corps and the Army
Golden Knights participated in
the event.
The“Americans United Flag
Across America” run was initi
ated two American Airline
pilots Mike Burr and Frank
LeCourt who wanted to honor
the lives of the passengers who
died on American Airlines
Flight 11 and United Airiines
Flight 175, the two planes
which crashed into the Twin
Towers.
Burr, speaking
to a crowd of
over a hundred
people on the
Meredith College
front lawn, said
that he wanted to
“literally wave
the flag from
shore to shore.”
The run, which
began in Boston
on Oct. 11 and
will curve
through most of
the 49 states
before ending in
Los Angeles on
Nov. 11 (.Veteran
Day), symbolizes
the completion of
the flights whose
final destinations
were thwarted by the terrroist
acts.
The flag will pass through
each state that was directly
affected by the crashes.
Runners in each state will
a new team of runners. front lawn
On Friday, close to 30 mem- campus.
of the Meredith
An Army Golden Knight descends from the sky to receive the American flag
from the Marine Corps on the Meredith College front lawn.
Staff Photo By Molly Kupfstetleii
bcrs of the Marine Corps gath
ered at the Capitol in Raleigh
to run a stretch of Hillsborough
Street before arriving on the
carry the flag nonstop until it
reaches Los Angeles on Nov.
11, except during brief stops in
which tlw flag will be passed to
Moments later, five
members of the Army
Golden Knights, the
sky-diving sector of the
Army, dropped from the
sky onto the lawn to
receive the flag and
continue the run
through North Carolina.
Sergeant Aaron Clark
of Salem, OH began
with N^he Golden
Knights last November.
Since then he has dived
in shows across the
country, sometimes
doing 18 jumps a day.
But Clark who
descended from the sky
with a large American
tiag waving behind him.
says this jump was differ
ent.
See
FLAG RUN
page two
General Education models in final phase
Jamie Tunnell
News Editor
n Task force moves
closer to fmal deci
sion on models
Members of the General
Education Review Task Force
gathered in Ledford on Friday,
Oct. 19 and Monday. Oct. 22
to (Jiscuss the context for how
to look at models that have
been presented for the new
General Education plans.
The three models that are
being discussed are Enduring
Questions; Inquiry, Imagina
tion, Involvement; Enduring
Questions; Learning for Life
and Making a World of Differ
ence. Each model represents a
new curriculum for the General
Education requirements at
Meredith College and is based
on feedback of 10 components
ranked by faculty: active learn
ing, creative thinking, modes
of inquiry, global knowledge,
civil engagement, diversity,
technology, women’s issues,
and leadership - in that order.
The purpose of this past
week's meetings and the ones
to come are to really study the
advantages and disadvantages
of each model and what they
will offer future students,.
Then, on November 9th, facul
ty will rank their 1st and 2nd
choices of models.
Each model is illustrated in
diagrams that break down each
model into further categories:
core, foundation, fields of
knowledge, threads, experien
tial learning, and a competency
requirement.
The core consists of three
classes, taken progressively
through a Meredith student’s
general education. They are
three levels of multi-discipli-
nary courses (foundational,
intermediate, and culminating).
The foundation doesn’t fall
far frorh what it is now. It
includes English 111, a possi
bly new English Literature
course, and an IDS 110 class.
The fields of knowledge cat
egory has requirements and
electives in various fields.
Each model concentrates on
particular subjects. The first
model requires credits in Histo
ry, Religion, and Diversity with
additional electives in math,
science, PE, and foreign lan
guage. The second focuses on
Data Analysis, World Cultures,
Being in the World, Science in
Society, the Arts, and Physical
Learning. The last model's
fields are divided into Humani
ties, mathematics, social sci
ence, and health/physical activ
ity. Another suggested change
would be for foreign language
requirements. The new curricu
lum would focus more on com
petency rather than actual
courses, allowing more stu
dents to “place out” of taking
foreign languages at Meredith.
Threads are a crucial aspect
that will ’weave’ the curricu
lum together. ‘Threads should
complement and enhance core
classes”, said Alyson Colwell-
Waber. member of the Steering
Committee for this project.
These types of classes will
See
GEN ED
page two
Meredith students
visit Ground Zero.
Page 3
National literacy
intiative partners
with the College.
Page 5
Alumna makes her
directorial debut
at Artspace.
Page 8