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Meredith
December 5« 2001
Herald
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Campus construction makes strides
□ The cranes are
lifting beams to
crews working on
the new math and
science building
daily.
Lindsey Wrav
Staff Reporter
The construction work
around campus seems to be
encircling us all. Everywhere
we turn we see the old being
dug up for the new. Sotne of
the current projects are draw
ing nearer to a close while oth
ers are just beginning.
Construction on the north
entrance of the Cate Center
wrapped up last Thursday. The
area is now being restructured
for student use.
The crews were working on
a heating, ventilation and air
conditioning upgrade by
increasing the size of the
steam lines. The Cate Center
and the Gaddy-Hamrick art
building will benefit from the
new installations because it
will now
have a central
air unit and,
therefore,
will be more
energy effi
cient.
Greg
Ahrendsen,
the projects
manager said
the weather
had been
favorable for
the project,
and the small
amount of
rain did not
•thwart
progress.
Erin Lit-
ten. one of
the crew
members
working on
the Cate Cen
ter project, said, that because
the weather had cooperated.
everything
planned.
had gone as
The new math and science
building “is moving right
The math and science building is taking shape. Crews members are opti
mistic with the progress.
"We should be out of here ot)
schedule,” he said.
Staff Photo By Undsev Wray
along," according to Gary Mer-
rit, the mechanical, plumbing
and electrical engineer. Merrit
is pleased with the progress of
the building and said it “should
be fmished by second semester
next year.”
Meredith sophomore Jill
Lowman said that she no
longer thought the construction
sites were a problem.
“We have adjusted to it
now," she said.
Yet Lowman said she was
frustrated because Meredith is
“such a ijeautiful campus,” but
studenis.and visitors to campus
could not see its beauty at this
point in time. “
Students can expect to read
out the College’s upcoming
projects including a plan to
expand the chiller plant, the
metal building behind Belk
Dining Hall.
Construction crews plan to
tear down the metal building
and put a two story building in
its place. This will be done
over the winter, and by the
spring, it should be completed.
Project Courage unveiled,
portrays strength of Mirabel sisters
D Freshman FYE
class sculpts and
paints art to honor
sisters’ valor.
Kristen Thompson
Staff Writer
Meredith’s freshman class
was in for a surprise when they
signed up for Christa Phillips’
FYE class.
Unlike many freshman year
FYE classes where students
work on assignments, readings
and small projects, Phillips,
assistant professor of theater,
had her class of freshman dive
into a semester long creative
endeavor called Project
Courage.
Because of her theatrical
background, Phillips--a first-
year FYE instructor—knew she
wanted the students to produce
a creative project.
Project Courage was
inspired by the 2001 Freshman
Summer Reading Program's
novel In the Time of the Bui-
terflies by Julia Alvarez.
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Phillips decided on the name«
ft’oject Courage after consider
ing many, ideas but finally
decided that the name best rep
resented the valor and strength
of the Alvarez sisters.
Phillips’ class spent the first
half of the semester brain
storming ideas for a culminat
ing creative display and creat
ing individual collages pertain
ing to the events and characters
in the book.
During their weeks of brain
storming, the class decided to
divide into three groups to
come up with ideas for the final
project and then regroup to
share their ideas. However,
when the ideas began circulat
ing, each of the three groups of
students decided to create three
separate pieces of art.
“I left the ideas up to the stu
dents. while I provided the
materials for them to work
with,” said Phillips. The stu
dents spent the last 3 weeks of
the semester creating the dis-
play.
The finished pieces were
unveiled Monday. Dec.3 in 125
in the Studio Theater in Jones
Hall. The displays included a
white canvas imprinted with
the faces of the characters, a
massive red butterfly, and a
paper mache butterfly with
multi-colored wings.
Freshman Courtney Morri
son said the different colored
wings represent each Maribel
sister in the book.
Phillips said she is hoping to
have the collages displayed in
the Cate Center so members of
the Meredith community can
view them. Phillips also wants
to lead a similar project next
year with incoming freshman
but wants to spend more time
on creating the final product.
A tribute to the “quiet Beatle’
George Harrison on
page 3
Meredith basketball
downs the Chowan
Braves. Get the
play-by>play on
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