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PAGE 2 THE TWIG OCTOBER 11, 1982 THE TWIG msTC(;)ith Gcfcgp RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27611 EditorS‘in-chi$f Staff Raporters Columnists Business Manager Layout Editor Layout Staff Advertising fi^nagers Circulation Managers Photographers Proofrexlers Faculty Advisors. ^ly Craig, Linda Sellers Maria HUng, tAoHy McGee. Michelle Cherry. Christie Piver, Melody West Faith Wells. Kathleen Mc^eel Michelle Cherry Faith Wells Allyn Turner, Sara Cumbus. Yumi Kasahtaa Sh^la Qrady, Amy James Ellen Austin, ■ Laura Payne. Joanne Carsvi/eli. Mary Lib Myers, Carole Walker Pat Lewis. Carolyn McLeod Mr. Bill Norton, " Dr. Thomas Parramore The TWIG welcomes comment and will give prompt consideration to any criticisms submitted in writing and signed by the writer Laws and Rules for Studying Cornhuskin’ Should Be Kept Clean October is here, the weather is finally almost cool, and naturally the minds of most Meredith women turn to Comhuskin’. I would like to take this opportunity while hog-calling and skit plans are still in progress to reflect on the real meaning of Cornhuskin’. We all know that Comhuskin' is a class competition. But every year this competition tends to lead to out-and-out malice. To be loyal to your class and to your sister class is one thing, but to be ■vic.ious to the opposing classes defeats the whole purpose of Comhuskin'. flouting at each other from different sides of the cafeteria, and trying to figureout each other's theme is fun. Water fights in the courtyard can be fun too, until people get carried away and start hitting each other with trash cans. This is not fun. Yet every year each class gets points taken away from their over- £dl score for what the football refs call "unnecessary roughness." I think it is a real shame that one person's roughness can deduct points that the class.as a whole works to gain. Comhuskin' is also a time for the spirit of sisterhood to prevail on campus. Big sisters and little sisters can be more supportive of each ott>erat Comhuskin’than at any time of the year. Having never before experienced a Meredith Comhuskin' freshmen especially, should be shown the true spirit of the event. H is up to the students to male Comhuskin' a special week of ' fun and comraderie. Students should participate as fully as possible, getting involved with every aspect of Comhuskin' from practices and planning sessions to the Big Sister-Little Sister parlies afterward. Upper-classmen should help the freshmen to understand what goes on during the week (I.e. why they are being kept up late at night by sophonxires yelling in the courtyard and awakened at six a.m. to the sounds of banging pots and pans) and that everything isdoneinthenameof fun. Let’s all get together on Comhuskin’ 1982 and keep it in the spirit it was meant to be. ELC by L. Faith Wells Sinoe this Is the last week before fall break most everyone has a million or so tests to take. Study techniques will vary from person to person, but several people have developed. profound laws and rules that may be of interest. If time-budgeting, which has been suggested In prior articles, seems to be working well, Westhelmer's Rule may be of some help in choosing a tirrie slot for any activity. ‘To estimate the time it takes to do a task, estimate the time you think It should take, multiply by 2, and change the unit of measure to the next highest unit. Thus we allocate 2 days for a one-hour task." in the event that time-budgeting does not work, consider Hectt's Fourth Law: “There’s no time like the present for postponing what you don't want to do.” Once actual studying 1^ begun and problems get difficult, remember Hoare’s Law of Large Problems: "Inside every large problem is a small problem stnjggling to get out." Another problem solving hint is this Rule of Accuracy: ‘'When working toward the solution of a problem, It always helps if you know the answer." Worthing only odd-numt)ered problems usually helps in this situation. One'common study aid has very few set njles • eating. (It is the author's opinion that the degree of br>e> insatiable appetite Is directly proportional to the amount of work to be done and inversely propfirtional to the amount' of food available.) However,^ a gentleman named Mr. Cole did have some idea of the Importance of food and the necessity for food related - laws. So v^at is Cole's Law? Thinly sliced cabbage of course! After the mid-tenn barrage of tests and exams is ov«r, Mr. Cole's Axiom may come in handy as an excuse for any below average scores: "The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population Is growing.” Therefore individuals are constantly being given less of a chance to show greet intelligence because there is just not enough Intelligence to go around! Some people shouldn’t t)e given such weak excuses, though, and should be confronted with the facts. Caplin Penny’s Law. "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of tl>e time, but you cari't fool MOM.” Good luck on all tests, exams, and papers, and enjoy your fall break! FRANKLY SPEAKING... .by phil frank CRAMMED iC MUCH fiOR . EMM t GOT- 0)NSnPATDN'/ scoLcece media SERvices-eox 94n-BERKELeY ca 94709 Letters to the Editors Dear Editor. Who would have believed ten years ago that Meredith would be dedicating a beautiful chapel In September,1962-all because of the dreams of the class of 1928. The class of 192B did not have a chapel to worship in and wanted to give future classes a chapel in which to hold weddings, weekday services, Sunday services, recitals... But what happened to the Sunday services? Weren't they as much a part of their dreams?, I think It is a shame that l^redith refuses to make full use of its new facility! The Meredith official opinion on the issue is ttiat a Sunday service at Meredith will keep students from entering the Raleigh community churches. This is a good. gesture, but wtiat sdMut those of us without-a'rea church ties? A very small percentage of Meredith students attend Raleigh churches, and even fewer attend on a regular basis. Why? Many of those who do not attend services In Raleigh have not ^ found a “comfortable” church In which to worship and, therefore, do not attend any. These students, myself included, anticipated the opening of Jones Chapel as a place of worship where we could surely feel at home. But the Raleigh churohes would suffer without us. Really? They offer programs that Mereditfi cannot; Sunday School, weeknight sen/ices, Sunday evening programs, college choirs, etc., etc. As. long as those'-prograiris'.are available,' 'will' riot die. My solution to the problem Isa9:00 a.m. Sunday worship service for Meredith students. TWs would not conflict with the 11:00 services in Raleigh and eliminate the need for Meredith students to choose betvii'een the new chapel arid their regular church. I really wish that Meredith officials would re-evaluate their decision and ask the STUDENTS what fhey want. Meredith is usually very good about listening and reacting to the needs and concerns of her students, and I hope Meredith does not let this opportunity for the fulfillment and unification of her community slip by unregarded. Sincerely. Peggy Overton Dear Editor, In response to your editorial in the October 4 edition of “The Twig,” I write in support of fire drills. I agree that dormitory fire drills are tiresome, but they also necessarily prepare us for real fire emergencies by making mechanical our exits from the buildings. The more often we practice the procedures, the more likely we will be able to carry them out should the panic caused by smd^e or flames rob us of our common sense. During last year's (false) alarms, women failed to shut window-s to prevent the spread of fire, to put on shoes and-or coats for personal protection, to tum on lights so fire marshalls could check rooms, etc. We did not fail to do these things t«cause we did not know we should. We failed bec^se the panic caused by the real fear of an actuai.fire made us neglect them. Even now we do not ta^e fire drills seriously. Some women do not even think (or take time) to cover their pajamas for the drills, much less put on shoes. And hall fire marshalls spend unnecessary time closing windows which residents should close. Would we have enough peace of mind to perfonn these fire procedures durirtg a real emergency If we do not practice them now? No, we would not; no, we did not. By correctly practicing the emergency fire procedures during monthly drills, we will ’’hopefully be able to do them without much thought If we do experience the fears of an actual fire. By knowing automatically what to do, our fears can be lessened. Though the monthly practices are tiresome, they CAN effect safe and efficient evacuation even in the worst situations. Should we have a fire, i want to get out. I want my friends to get out. Montjily drilling is the best way to enable us to do so. Amy M. Avery
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