Bergman Speaker at Delta Mu Delta Meeting
by Susan Davis
"Career Paths in Marketing’’
was the topic of a Delta Mu
Delta-sponsored meeting on
Wednesday, January 26. The
guest speaker for ttie evening
was Ms. Jane Bergman,
Marketing and Research
Specialist at WRAL-TV. Ms.
Bergman's talk focused on
jobs available in media.
particularly in the television
irKlustry. Two main career
areas discussed were time
sales and station promotion.
According to Ms. Bergman,
the position of account
executive can be both
interesting arxl lucrative. An
account executive secures
advertisers arx) is r^)rmaliy
paid on acommission t)asis or
on a salary plus commission
plan. WRAL employs seven
account executives, most of
them being liberal arts maiors.
In addition, WRAL has oyer
100 peopte working nationally
as television sales
representatives. These people
represent as well as
many other stations.
Station promotion could be
another exdting “career path
in marketing” to follow.
Station pronwtion, of course.
Is directed at increasing
viewers of a partteular station.
People in this area often have,
backgrounds in graphic arts or
commercial production. Jobs
in the area of station
programming are also
interesting; station
programmers select programs
from vendors and sc^iedule
them. Ms. Bergman reminded
her audience about possible
positions in Sales
Management, Marketing
Research, and even televi^on
rating services.
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THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
VOL. LXI, Number 11
MEREDITH COLLEGE
February 7. 1983
Jan Gillean
Jan Gillean New
Resident Advisor
by Sarah Jane Jones
Versatile is the t«st word
which describ>es Jan Gillean,
the new Resident Advisor of
Vann. Her interests range
from back packing to
calligraphy. Strewn about her
room are vark)us art projects
in different stages of
completion. Says Jan, "I’m
just taking a beginning art
course here at Meredith.”
Miss Gillean did her
urtd^raduate work at UNC-
Greensboro in physical
education. While there, she
played on the wooten’s
tiasketbaJI team.
Meredith was krx>wn to
Miss Gitlean before she canne
here through her summertime
friendship vvith graduates and
students of Meredith. Last
spring she put in an
application for a position as
an R.A.and, when Theresa
Patker left, she got a
call and the job was hers.
The duties of an R.A. are
not new to Jan. As R.A. to 45
girls and tiasketball coach at
Montreat Anderson Junior
College, she had her hands
full. “My job is different at
Meredith,” says Miss Gillean.
Here her duty is to be a
resource for students if they
have questions or just need
someone to talk to.
INSIDE
...WASHERS AND Dfly£fiS..
.SAVING ENERGY.
...LEFTIES HAVE RIGHTS...
.NOTES FRCM CAREER SERVICES...
Flynn To Direct North
Carolina Symphony
Former Principal Guest
conductor Patrick Flynn will
a return appearance with
the North Carolina Symphony
on February 17, 8:00 p.m. in
Rdeigh Memorial Auditorium,
Raldigh, and on February 21,
& 15 p.m. in Page Auditorium,
Duke University, Durham. This
will be Flynn’s first
appearance with the North
Carolina Symphony since
May, 1962.
The all-orchestral program will
irwlude the overture from La
Forza del Destine byGuiseppe
Verdi,.SympAoay No.-2 in ~0
Ma/or t)y Joh£mnes Brahm$,
arxl the Schubert “Unfinished"
Symphony No. 8 In B Minor.
Tickets are $12 reserved
seats, $8.00 general
admission, and $5.00
students and senior citizens
for the Raleigh concert.
Durham tickets are $8.00
general admission, $5.oo
students and senior citizer>s.
For further information call
thebpx office at 919-733-9536.
Patrick Fiynn, 45, principal
guest conductor for the North
Carolina Symphony’s 198t-82
season and a conductor with
the American Ballet Theatre,
where he is said to be ballet
star Mikhail Baryshnikov’s
favorite maestro, was bom in
Birmingham, England, and
educated at the Royal
Academy of Music. After
studying with Cyril Smith and
other leading pianists, Flynn
won the Casel Prize Gold
Medal in 1954.
In 1976 Flynn moved to
New Yorit and was appointed a
conductor of the Anrterican
Ballet Theatre. From 1976-
1978,. he conducted the
company's repertoire at the
l^ropolitan Opera House,
Kennedy Center and on the
company's European and
American tours. He also
supervised preparations for
Mikhail Baryshnikov’s
Nutcracker and Don Quixote
ballots and re-orchestrated
bioth scores.
In addition to his wori with
the American Ballet Theatre,
Rynn has corKlucted. over 30
symphony orchestras in
Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Since 1976 he has led the BBC
London Orchestras in pubik:
and Ixoadcast performarH^
and has appeared twice each
year as guest corKkictor of tt>e
Paris Opera.
His activities have
' embraced all musical fields,
including Broadway, movies,
and radio. In addition to
havir>g directed the music of
such Broadway shows asHalr
and Jesus Christ Superstar,
Flynn has composed film
scores, including the award-
winning “Sunday Too Far
Away," produced, record
albums, and composed
theatre and radio drama
His guest conducting
engagements Include ihe
Queensland and Sydney
Synnphony Orchestras, the
Australia Opera, the Paris
Opera, the Tokyo
Philharmonic, the North
Carolina Symphony, the
Opera Romarta, the Detroit
Symphony, tf>e Chautauqua
Music Festival arxl the Royal
Ballet at Covent Garden.
Black Emphasis Week
To Be Observed At Meredith
RALQGH, N.C. - "Let
Freedom Ring” will lie the
thenfte of Black Emphasis
V\teek which will lie observed
at Meredith February 7-10.
Events planned whteh are
open to the public free of
charge include convocations
featuring dance, and special
musk:, as well as guest
speakers; a reception; a
n^e; and an art exhibition
and narration.
Monday, February 10, will
begin Blad Emphasis Week
with a convocatlOT at 10 am.
in the Christina and Seby
Jones Ch^l featurir>g Celia
Morris EcMtardt, nationally
known speaker and wife of a
former Texas congressman,
speaking on “Fanny
the First Woman in the U.S. to
Oppose Slavery” from iier
biography of Frances Wright
to be put>tished fall, 1963.
W^yte Rasulala, manager
of pu.blic affairs at Raleigh.
television station WRAL, will
introduce Dr. EclOFdt and give
the intnxluctk)n. Before the
^)eech a modem dance will be
presented by Myma Munchus-
Bullock which she
choregraphed from a song in
Swahili from “Roots"
expressing possible feelings
as friends and family are put
on stave ships to An«rica.
Following the convocation,
a reception for Dr. Eckhardt
will be tield in the chapel
commoru room at 10:45.
The movie, “Lady Sings the
Blues." will in presented in
Kresge Auditorium in Cate
Center at 7 p.m. on Tuesday
night.
A special worship sen/ice
will be held In Jones Chapel
on V^nesday at 10 am. Dr.
Grady Davis, professor of
religion at Shaw University
wiH speak. Ms. Munchus-
Bullod( virill present "Jesus is
.Love,” inother brlgirul dance
she dioregr^ihed.
An art exhibition by
internationally known artist
Sherman Watkins, will be on
display Thursday night in
Jones Chapei at 7 p.m.
‘‘An Evening witli Sherman
Watkins” is the title of
Watkins’ show which consists
of 31 pieces of art and a
narrative of “The Life arxl
Death of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.” which cover the
biBginning of the C^il Rights
Movement through Dr. King’s
death.
Sherman's paintings
cor^ist of pastels, water
colors, pencil, charcoals,
palette knife arxl oils on
velvet, canvas and masonite.
Black Emphasis Week is an
annual event at Meredith
sponsored by the student
group, Associatkm for Black
Awareness, to highlight the
views arxl interests of tilacks.