THE TWIG
VOL. LI NO. 15
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
FEBRUARY 9, 1977
Psychologist selects juries
Probably no woman you
know commutes so far to her
job as Courtney MuUin, the
Thursday night speaker for
Black Awareness Week. But
then - few women have such
fascinating jobs!
Courtney, 34, married and
the mother of three children,
first made TV network news
in connection with her fight to
achieve a change in venue two
years ago for Joan Little, a
Black woman accused of
murdering her jailer.
It was Courtney, then a
graduate student in social-
psychology at N.C. State
University, who initiated the
community surveys and
psychological surveys that
moved Little’s trial to
Raleigh, thus making possible
a verdict of Not Guilty.
Her work in the selection
College reduces
excessive fuel use
by Vicki Jayne
The administration is
adhering to the country’s
energy crisis by lowering
thermostat settings and
curtailing excessive elec
tricity. According to Mr. Joe
Baker, vice president of
business and finance, ther
mostats have been reset at 67
degrees and extra lighting has
been reduced in dormitory
halls and unused classrooms.
Mr. Baker said the hot
water temperature has been
reduced, but not below the
limit established for oc
cupational purposes. Heat is
now cut off in the classroom
buildings on Friday afternoon
and resumed on Sunday night
for the coming week. The
scheduling of buildings for
weekend use by outside
groups has been curtailed
drastically.
Planning ahead, Mr.
Baker said that hot water may
be completely turned off in the
public restrooms around
campus and more outside
lighting may be reduced.
However, the reduced lighting
will be minimal because oi the
administration’s concern over
the protection provided by
outside lighting. The reduc
tion would probably take
place on the main drive and
between Weatherspoon
Gymnasium and the
President’s home.
Mr. Baker said the
storage tanks are kept “as full
as possible’’ of the 5 grade
crude oil used in the heating
system amounting to about
40.000 gallons. He remaiiced
that doing the coldest weeks
this year we have consumed
20.000 gallons in one wedc.
Problems, Mr. Baker
explained, have occurred
because of the vast areas
covered by one thermostatical
setting. A setting of 68 degrees
means a lower temperature in
third floor rooms as the hot air
rises and a temperature set
for the buildings surrounding
the courtyard is “impossible
to keep even.”
of the jury for the trial was
complimented in an article in
the New York Times
Magazine (11-16-75), entitled
“Jury by Trial.”
Courtney, a strong op
ponent of the death penalty,
now woriis for the Southern
Poverty Law Center at their
office in Atlanta. She spends
her work-wedc there, flying
home to Raleigh on weekends.
She is one of a team of three,
the other two being lawyers,
which gives its aid in jury
selection wherever an in
digent defendant faces the
death penalty.
Recently the team was
successful in obtaining a Not
Guilty verdict for an Indian in
South Dakota accused of
murder in an aftermath of the
Wounded Knee incident.
Courtney’s talk as part (tf
Black Awareness Week will
touch on a career in the field
of jury selection for women
social-psychologists.
Dr. Yosef Ben-Yoctaannan, author of numerous volumes on
African and Caribbean cultural history, will speidc Sunday,
February 13, at2 p.m. in Jones Auditorium on “Tbe Black Man’s
Religion.”
Dr. Ben-Yochannan is sponsored by tbe Black Voices in Unity
and the Convocation Committee as a part of Black Awareness
Week. His lecture is open to the public free of charge.
Room deposits due February 15
by Rosie Bowers
The Dean of Students
Office reminds ail students
that room deposits for the
1978-79 school year are due
February 15. The $1(X) deposit
reserves dormitory ac
commodations for the student.
In addition, the deposit
enables the admissions office
to gain a perspective on the
number of new students that
may be accepted for the
coming year. No freshmen
and transfers can be admitted
unless housing is available
after presently enrolled
students have reserved space.
“A great deal of confusion
concerning the deposits exists
among the student body,
especially those who are
planning to transfer from
Meredith,” Mrs. Cooper of the
Dean of Students Office
reported.
“Students are hesitant
about committing themselves
to returning next year until
they know whether or not they
have been accepted at another
institution,” she added.
The Dean of Students
Office urges every student to
reserve housing space if there
is any possibility that she will
be returning next year.
After making the deposit,
a student can receive an $85.00
refund if she notifies the (rffice
of a change in plans by May 1.
The $100 deposit must be
paid by February 15 in order
for a student to be able to
draw for a dorm room with
her class.
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International Living Bazaar
Interesting in purchasing
Valentines or early Christmas
gifts from abroad? The
Raleigh Council of the Ex
periment in International
Living will sponsor an In
ternational Bazaar on
Thursday and Friday,
February 10 and 11, from 10
a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Cate
Student Center.
All profits from the Ex
periment bazaar are to go to
the Scholarship Fund for the
Raleigh Community Am
bassador Program which is
sponsored annually by the
Raleigh Experiment.
Having participated in the
Experiment in International
Living’s Community Am
bassador Program for over
twenty years, the Raleigh
Council will once again send a
representative of the Raleigh
area with the Experiment
Summer Abroad Program.
Persons between the ages of
eighteen and thirty are invited
to apply for the program
which seeks to send the 1977
Community Ambassador to
India for a living experience
with an Indian family for
three weeks. Applications
may be secured by writing to
PO Box X-122, Meredith
College, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Study Skills Program
A new program involving
study skills sponsored by an
intern group from the
Counseling Department of
North Carolina State
University working in
correlation with Dr. Merna
Galassi and Ann Dahle will
have its first meeting
Tuesday, February 15, at 10
a.m. in the Board ^ Directors
Room in the President’s Suite
in Johnson Hall.
The program, which is
designed to help adult
students returning to school,
will cover such t^niques as
how to manage time, improve
reading skills, and t^e notes.
Interns coming from
NCSU to administer the
program are Allan Miller,
Linda Long, and Norma
Caltagirone.
Interested students who
cannot make it to the first
meeting on February 15 are
urged to get in touch with
Anne Dahle in the continuing
education office.
Pilobolus Dance Theatre
On Friday, February 11th,
the Triangle Dance Guild 1976-
1977 Season will present the
Pilobolus Dance Theatre at
Stewart Theatre.
Pilobolus represents a
new concept of s^-propelled
Dance Theatre, combining
dance, acrobatic, sculpture,
and wit into an irrestible new
art form. Complicated
geometric i»tters sprout and
grow organically! “A highly
original energy circus” is the
international name that the
six member group is making
for itself. The performance is
at 8 p.m. at Stewart Theatre.
Tidtets are $2.50 for students
and are available from Mrs.
Stevens. You can come by any
afternoon, Monday through
Thursday to purchase your
ticket. Please make ch^s
payable to; Triangle Dance
Guild. Inc.
Psi Chi Officers Elected
New officers have been
adected and inducted into Psi
Chi, the psycholo^ honor
society, for the coming year.
They are as follows: Joel
Anne Reams, president; Vicki
Jayne, vice president; Colleen
Strother, secretary; and
Sherry Baker, treasurer.
The chapter will be in
volved in developing a
psychology colloquium series
for the coming year; co
hosting the Carolina
Psychology Conference with
North Carolina State
University in April; and
assisting in sending several
students to the Eastern
Psychological Association
Conference in Boston,
Massachusetts, in April.
Plans were made for a
psychology laboratory open
house in March and an in
duction ceremony for new
members. Professor Julian
Jaynes, a renowned
psychologist, will be the key
note speaker.
MCA Spring Forums
Grady Nutt will be the
Meredith Christian
Association’s guest speaker
for Spring Forums Wed
nesday, February 16, at 10
a.m. in Jones Auditorium.
He will present his
“Gospel According to
Pinocchio,” in which he
parallels the life Pinocchio
the puppet to the life (tf Christ.
Nutt has spoken at
colleges, churches, and
church-related functions aU
over the U.S.
Informal conversation
will follow his talk Wednesday
at 11 a.m. in the Fireplace
Lounge in Cate Center.
Trip to France
Dr. Katalin Galligan will
sponsor a trip to France May
14-22. The trip will include six
days on the French Riviera
and sightseeing in Paris. The
cost is $750 and includes air
fare from Raleigh-Durham
Airport, hotel accomodations
and continental breakfasts.
One hour course credit in
French is offered. Ap
plications are avaUable in the
Foreign Language depart
ment and the deadline is
March 1.
For more information,
contact Dr. Galligan in 232
Joyner.