Meredith Herald
October 24, 2001
Campus News
FLAG RUN
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“It’s a different feeling."' he
said, “because you really feel
like you are part of some
thing.”
Mike Pecha, a staff sergeant
at the Marine Corps Reserve
Center, carried the flag on the
route the Marines ran from the
Capitol.
He decided to run in the
event to support the country.
“If we aren’t doing our part
there, we have to do our part
here,” said Pecha.
Shaun Cane, a junior at NC
State University and a number
of the Marine Corp lef^ class
early to make the run.
“I wouldn’t have missed it
for anything,” he said.
The run through North Car
olina ended on Saturday at 7:30
a.m. when the flag was passed
over the North Carolina/South
Carolina border.
NHth Carolina coordinator
fn the run, Allan Pollenz, said
that 600 to 700 runners partici
pated in the run across the
state.
Pollenz kept a diary as he
accompanied the teams
through each leg of the route.
He said that the support
spectators showed was over
whelming.
During a stop in Sanford,
NC, the runners were greeted
with 200 people standing on an
overpass holding candles. As
they approached the overpass,
suddenly two massive Ameri
can flags fell from the top of
the bridge to the ground.
Pollenz said that the people
who supported the run have a
“feeling of impotence” because
people wanted to help but
could not.
stressed the importance of
passing something as symbolic
as the American flag.
Burr told the crowd that he
had spoken to the publisher of
USA Today, Tom Curley, who
told Burr that the newspaper
would be
The Army Golden Knights fly above the
American flag that Staff Sergeant Mike
Pecha of the Marine Corps holds.
Staff Photo By Christcna Holpbr
“This gave people an oppor
tunity to do something,” he
said.
Others involved with the nin
something
:o rally
behind.
What bet
ter image
ihan the
United
States
flag?” he
said.
The flag
run makes
its way
through
Lousianna
today,
follow the route
You can
online at www.fiagrun.OTg.
GEN ED
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focus on oral communication,
diversity, research, and experi
ential learning - all important
for bringing aspects of all sub
jects together and making them
useful for real world applica
tion.
Experiential learning has
become mandatory across the
nation in high schools and col
leges for their students. This
hands-on experience and ser
vice to the community allows
students to apply their skills to
everyday activity. This catego
ry might also include attending
convocations and cultural
activities.
Finally, the proposed com
petency requirement is that all
Meredith students take a physi
cal and political geography test
to show their knowledge of
countries and cultures around
the world. In this particular
meeting on Monday, E>r. Clay,
professor in the math depait-
ment, addressed the impor
tance of a geography test and
its place among active, learn
ing. “How will a test that is
reduced to memorization help
students become more
aware?’, she asked. Dr. Betty
Webb, English professor and
Study Abroad representative,
responded by saying that “one
session of menK>rization would
be more than never seeing it
and it is empowering to name
the places on the planet. She
recalled still being able to visu
alize the braided rug that had
pictures, cutouts, of countries
and how that has stuck with
her E>r. Duncan, English pro
fessor. suggested that visual
means are the way to go about
learning this process.
“The guiding principles will
focus on principles that haven’t
been focused on traditionally",
Colwell-Waber pointed out.
The Task Force provides
many opportunities for faculty,
staff, and students to offer
feedback and discussion about
the proposed plans. They will
meet for lunchtime discussions
in Belk Dining Hall on
Wednesdays and Thursdays
from 11:30 to 1:15 until
November 8th. Their meetings
are open to all of the Meredith
community and will be on
Tuesdays at S:15 in 214 Led
ford until November 6th.
You are also invited to con
tact individual members with
concerns or questions. The
General Education Review
Task Force has a website that
will have minutes of meetings,
contact information and
resources for your own investi
gation.
Visit http://www.mered-
ith.edu/faculty/genedrev/gene-
drev.htm> for that infonnation.
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