THE TWIG
IVewspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. LVni, NO. 19
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
MARCH 27, 1980
Classes compete in Stunt ’80
There was a showdown in
Jones Auditorium last
Wednesday night, and the
junior class came out the
victors.
At Stunt Night last week
the class of ’81 continued their
winning season by coming in
first place with the best stunt.
The junior stunt, Entitled
“Staredown at Cate City,”
was a spoof on Hollywood’s
musical veterans. Gail
Nichols entertained the
audience as a Mae West-ish
saloon keeper, and Sherriff
Kiki Massenburg heroically
defended the town from
master starer Black Bart,
alias Tammy Cherry.
The “Non-People’s Choice
Awards,” presented by the
senior class, took second place
in the stunt competition. The
senior’s theme was the
presidential election system
of the future. Instead of the
national balloting used today,
candidates took part in a
game show. Contestants
competed in such events as
baby kissing and hand
shaking before a panel of
celebrity judges, namely, Mao
Tse-tung, Leoned Breshnev
and the Ayatollah Khomeini.
In the sophomore stunt -
“Meredith’s Medical Mad
ness,” the fairy Godfather
from Cornhuskin’ ‘79 struck
again. The class looked into
the subject of re
accreditation.
The freshmen presented
“A Call to Colors,” based on
the idea of a female draft.
Meredith’s youngest class put
a new twist in the induction
physical.
Judging was done by
Louise Crouch, Meredith class
of 1976, Emily Johnson, class
of 1975, Dr. Reid from the
biology department, and
geography professor Dr.
Vergean Birkin. The chief
judge was Dr. Dot Preston
from the math department.
During the judges’
balloting the Ensemble en
tertained the audience with a
medley of love songs by Irving
Berlin, Barry Manilow, Olivia
Newton-John, and Crystal
Gayle.
College votes needed - Register!
by Carol Lancaster
The 26th Amendment to
the United States Constitution
lowered the voting age to 18.
The impact of the legislation
is reflected in the efforts of
candidates to channel a
portion of these new voters
into their campaigns as staff
members, volunteers, and
most importantly, as voters.
The seven and a half million
collegians represent a group
of voters that any party or
candidiate ignores at its own
peril.
Collegians, however, are
generally not able to register
in the county in which they are
in school. Until new state
election laws evolve regard
ing student registration, the
procedure governing students
will remain the same as the
procedure for all voters in
North Carolina. A student
must follow these steps in
order to vote absentee in their
home county. First, she must
request an application for an
absentee ballot. It is sufficient
to state that one is a
registered voter in.that county
and will not be present for the
entire period that the polls are
open. Secondly, upon receipt
of the application, she must
fill it out and return it to the
county board. Thirdly, she
will receive her ballot that she
completes and returns.
A voter may apply for an
absentee ballot 60 days prior
to the election that she desires
to vote in. She may not secure
an absentee ballot later than
5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday
before the election, that falls
on Tuesday, November 7.
(Taken from a September 14,
1978 issue of The TWIG)
Stock VP to visit
Dr. Johanna Read Dunn,
Vice-President in the New
York Futurer Exchange, will
be on campus April 20-25 as
Dr. Johanna Read Dunn - Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow.
(Photo by Edward C. Topple, N.Y.S.E. Photographer)
the second in a series of four
Woodrow Wilson Visiting
Fellows. During her week stay
on campus. Dr. Dunn will be
involved in a variety of ac
tivities with students and
faculty.
According to an Exchange
release. Dr. Dunn joined the
Exchange staff in 1976 and has
worked as a Communications
Specialist in the Market
Surveillance and Evaluation
Division of the Trading
Operations Department. Prior
to that, she held a similar
position in the Department of
Member Firms of the
Regulation and Surveillance
Group.
Before joining the Ex
change, Dr. Dunn was a
Communication Consultant to
Citicorp; Norton Simon; and
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, and
had been associated with the
consulting firm of McKinsey
and Company, Inc.
A Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Barnard Colleg,
she received her M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from Columbia
University and did post
graduate studies at the Sor-
bunne in Paris.
Dr. Dunn is married and
resides in New York City.
Upcoming recitals
March 27, 8:00 p.m. Kay
Gardner, Guest flute recital,
Carswell.
March 28, 5:00 p.m. Amy
Eidson, and Kelley Stone,
Sophomore organ recital,
Jones Auditorium
March 30, 3:00 p.m. Jean
Ann Hull and Diane Hoggard,
Graduation voice and Junior
piano recital, Carswell
Notes from Mediation Panel
Accusation: Violation of the
Honor Code concerning male
visitation.
Verdict: Guilty
Penalty: Suspension for
spring semester 1980. The
Mediation Panel encouraged
her to reapply for summer
•school and-or for fall semester
1980.
Accusation: Plagarism
Verdict: Guilty
Penalty: Reprimand for
spring semester 1980.
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Junior class takes victory in Stunt ’80 with “Staredown at Cate
City.” (Photo by Peggy Williford)
News and announcements
Great Raleigh Road Race
Hackney’s Third Annual
Great Raleigh Road Race will
be held on Sunday, March 30,
at 3:00. The run, which will
begin at the State Capital
building and end at Dorton
Arena, will cover 10,000 meters
(6.2 miles)' and involve
thousands of runners. (In last
spring’s race over 4,000 people
participated.) If you are in
terested in running, you can
get information about en
tering and preparation for the
run from Dr. Samson (lio
Joyner), who says that last
year’s run was so much fun
that anyone in shape to run 6
miles really should enter the
race on the 30th.
Lectures and.Discussions
A series of lectures and
discussion on problems in
America will begin at
Meredith College in March,
co-sponsored by the N.C.
Humanities Committee, the
Foreign Policy Association,
and the College. The coor
dinator is Dr. Charles V.
Stewart of the history
department.
'The 1980 topics are as
follows:
March 18- The Mideast and
the Gulf: U.S. Policy in
Ferment, Dr. Vrabi Mustafa,
Director of International
Studies, Shaw University
March 25 - The United
Nations at 35: Illusions and
Realities, Dr. Keith Peterson,
Department of Political
Science, N.C. State University
April 1 - Eastern Europe:
Emerging from Moscow’s
Shadow? Dr. Joseph Mastro,
Department of Political
Science, N.C. State University
April 8 - Humanity on the
Move: How Migration Affects
Us? Dr. Alejandro Portes,
Department of Sociology,
Duke University
April 15 - Brazil’s Rising
Power: What Weight in the
World Scale? Mr. Max .V.
Krebs, Former U.S. Am
bassador to Guyana
April 22 - Vietnam and Its
Neighbors: Big Powers and
Little Wars, Dean Robert
Tilman, College of
Humanities and Social
Sciences, N.C. State
University
April 29 - The World Energy
Crunch: America’s Choices -
At Home and Abroad,
Professor Joseph Straley,
Department of Physics,
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
History & Political Science
The Department of
History and Political Science
has been chosen by the
Educational Testing Service,
Princeton University, as one
of those Departments
throughout the nation who will
aid the University in
developing future Advanced
Placement Tests in American
History.
Princeton will send the
Department a series of test
questions to be taken by
American History students in
May. The University will then
determine the level of
knowledge in American
History, at the sophomore
level, revealed at Meredith.
This level will be coordinated
with similar test results from
the other specified colleges
and universities throughout
the nation.
The data will be used in
making future AP Tests in
American History.
Sue Kearney, Admissions
On March 14 and 15,
thirty-four prospective fresh
men interviewed for the Julia
Hamlet Harris Scholarships to
be awarded to twelve entering
freshmen next year. Dr. Clara
Bunn, Dr. Allen Burris, Dr.
Roger Crook, and Dr. Norma
Rose comprised the faculty-
selection committee. ,