Jordan (continued from front page)
pictures of, but this is also a commen
tary on our mass consumption.” So I
was like, “Oh, okay, cool! My work is
relevant.”
Pierson: What prompted you to start
the Running the Numbers series?
Jordan: I wanted to convey the
enormity of our waste. I was going to
the places with the biggest amounts I
could find, but it was all carried away
somewhere else very quickly and I
realized that this is happening every
where. I was willing to go to the Mt.
Everest of our garbage but there is no
such place. We can’t see it; the waste
streams are split up.
Midway: of Film and Feeling
Jordan’s latest project is the film
Midway, which depicts the horrifying
effects of plastic on the albatross birds
which inhabit eponymous island in
the Pacific.
Pierson: The way you set up your
works in Running The Numbers cre
ates beautiful art while emphasizing
the massive scale of the things we
waste, and the Midway trailer is really
powerful in its shocking realism and
pathos. These projects are very differ
ent in artistic style, but both highlight
the effects of our consumerism by
showing its effect when visually or
locally concentrated. In your experi
ence, is one more effective than the
other at promoting self-reflection?
Jordan: I think we live in a really in
teresting time in which we each have
so much information available to us
about the whole world. I think we’re
all aware that we’re one out of seven
billion. It’s really hard to feel like we
have enough power to do anything, to
contribute anything. Along with this
global worldview, it’s really hard for
us to feel a personal connection with
these massive global issues. The story
of Midway is fascinating that way,
because what‘s surfacing inside the
stomachs of the dead baby albatrosses
on the island is only a tiny, tiny tip of
the iceberg of the amount of plastic in
the oceans. Yet, kneeling over these
birds and looking into their stomachs
at our garbage, our cigarette lighters,
and the plastic bottles that have logos
that we recognize of the stuff that we
buy—it’s so personal. I think Midway
touches further in the direction of
feeling. What’s missing in our world
is our connection with what we feel.
That’s a connection that we’ve lost in
first world culture and with that you
lose your connection with the world.
It becomes easy to allow the commis
sion of atrocities in our name, like
the destruction of the forests and the
removal of mountains for coal and so
on. If we could reconnect with what
we feel about those things, what we
feel about what’s being lost, then that
would change everything, I think.
Pierson: What do you hope to accom
plish by speaking to students here?
Jordan: If we could collectively, as a
culture, begin to grieve what’s being
lost, and through that grief, rediscov
er that part of ourselves that we cany,
if we could do that as a culture, then
we could begin to make different col
lective choices. We’re afraid of being
sad, of grieving, and we’re missing out
on a deepening of ourselves. Grief is
a felt is experience of love for some
thing that I’ve lost or something that
I’m losing. To realize grief is the same
thing as love makes it something to be
felt deeply. What I believe is the more
deeply we can connect with what we
feel, then the more powerful that
commitment will be later on. So that’s
what I’m coming to Meredith to do.
After that, it’s up to each individual to
say, “Well what do I do now?”
Soccer Claims 4-1 Victory
over Wesleyan
Domestic Violence (cont. from front page)
homicides saying, “Both of the most
recent shooting victims [in Cameron
Village and at the apartments] had, I
believe, protective orders against the
men who shot them. I think there is
so much stigma and shame associ
ated with being a victim of intimate
partner violence that women don’t
necessarily want to tell their neigh
bors and co-workers that they have
these orders and that people should
be on the lookout for these men.”
The NCCADV recommends that
all women beware of 15 signs an
abusive partner will show: “jeal
ousy, controlling behavior, quick
involvement, unrealistic expecta
tions, isolation, blames others for
problems, blames others for feelings,
hypersensitivity, cruelty to animals
or children, “playful” use of force
in sex, verbal abuse, rigid sex roles.
Dr. Jekyl/ Mr. Hyde personality,
past battering, threats of violence,
breaking or striking objects, any
force during an argument.” More in
depth descriptions and resources can
by viewed on their website at www.
nccadv.org.
On the public treatment of vic
tims, Dr. Hess notes, “We spend so
much time asking, ‘Why doesn’t she
leave?’ or ‘How did she ever let it
get this far.’ And that type of victim-
blaming not only lets the abuser off
the hook, but it sends a message to
that victim and all victims that they
are in the wrong, they are in some
ways to blame, and they aren’t going
to receive support from the larger
community to live a safe and healthy
life.’”
Besides the NCCADV, other
resources for victims of domestic
abuse are the National Domestic
Violence Hotline (thehotline.org,
1-800-799-SAFE), the National
Network to End Domestic Violence
(www.nnedv.org) and more locally.
Interact of Wake County (interactof-
wake.org) which also assists victims
of rape and sexual assault.
The Avenging Angels hosted
N.C. Wesleyan this past Saturday
and secured a 4-1 victory over the
visiting Battling Bishops in the first
conference match of the season.
Sophomore Danielle Lee scored
the first goal - with an assist from
Jesse Davis - in the early moments
of the game. Davis would go on to
have two more assists and score the
team’s final goal of the match - her
third this season. Senior Kimberly
Williams put another point on the
board with her second goal of the
season - assisted by Davis - before
the end of the first period.
Following the intermission,
Rachel Diddier - assisted by Eliza
Evans - helped her team to a con
ference win by scoring two minutes
into the second half. Seven minutes
Helen Kenney, staff writer
later, Davis put her team’s final goal
into the net to secure a 4-0 lead over
the Battling Bishops. The visiting
team managed to avoid a shutout
in the last few minutes of the game
with a goal from Rebecca Staylor
and an assist from Nicole Liette.
The win seemed to inspire op
timism in the Avenging Angels for
the rest of the season. “We’ve had a
good start to the season and it was
really great to win our first confer
ence game,” reflected Junior Eliza
Evans following the match. “With
good incoming freshman and solid
returning players, I think we have
a good chance at being conference
champions.”
Meredith hosts Guilford College
on October 3, 2012 at 5 pm.
Meredith Fights Back 3-2
Loss to the Pride
Wednesday night the Meredith
volleyball squad came back from a
2-0 deficit before eventually falling to
a 3-2 loss (27-29, 27-29, 25-14, 25-22,
12-15) against USA South opponent
Greensboro College.
“Fight” was the cry of the night
and fight they did. The Avenging An
gels pushed through the first two sets,
going to extra points but did not have
enough to lock the win. The third set
showed their true fighting spirit when
a kill from freshman Emily Hendricks
sparked a 12-4 run to push the team
to a 13-7 lead. Ally White subbed in
for an ace to keep the momentum go
ing for the Angels.
Set four started as the others,
with the Angels on the court yelling
“fight!” before it began. GC started
Leslie Bunch, staff writer
with a 7-4 lead, but was shut down
when seniors Cori Spade and Kara
Baughman and junior Molly Markley
joined Hendricks on the frontline to
hold a 25-22 win and force a deciding
set.
Meredith started off the fifth set
with a battle cry of “together!” and
two kills by Sarah Brandon assisted
by Baughman. The Greensboro Pride
followed with five unanswered points.
The Avenging Angels kept it close,
but it was not enough to regain the
lead. Spade led the team with 20 kills
and 14 digs. Hendricks added 12 kills
and 15 digs while Baughman record
ed a season high 48 assists in the loss.
Meredith travels to William Peace
University tonight and has a tourna
ment in Staunton, VA this weekend.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
You can take a free graduate school practice test on campus Saturday, Sept. 29 at
10 a.m. Free GRE, LSAT and MCAT tests are available. To register visit: http://bit.
ly/RaleighPracticeTestFall20i2
Save the date! The annual Trick-or-Trot 5k will be Thursday, October 25th @5:00
p.m. Check the campus wellness web page for updates: www.meredith.edu/well-
ness
Leadership Circle is a series of small group discussions focused on social change.
This program serves as an opportunity for upperclassmen to dig deeper into the
concepts of leadership as they relate to social change. Through informal conversa
tions, students will learn about themselves and their community. Sign-Up in 202
Cate Session begin on Oct. 2 and run every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. until Oct.
23 in the Traditions Conference Room.
Campus offices and organizations are invited to send organization and event
announcements to be printed in the Herald. Please email announcements to
lierald@email.meredith.edu at least two weeks in advance.