New center at Meredith focuses on students’ personal growth
by Kathy Seeger
One of the many new
features on campus this year is
the Personal Growth and
Counseling Center. Located on
the second floor of Cate Center,
this facility Is staffed by Marge
Shelton, the college counselor,
and Anne Huffman and Debra
McGuire, two associate
counselors.'
A green flyer has been
distributed to all students with
some information about the
center, but Marge Shelton feels
the students should know more
£dx)ut What is available to them.
Marge gives credit to Dr.
Sandra Thomas, Vice President
for Student Development, for
the establishment of the center.
According to Marge. Dr.
Thomas’ encouragement and
support for the center made it a
reality. Marge also nnentlons
the great amount of positive
feedback on the outer room of
the center from students as well
as faculty. Another area which
the Personal Growth and Coun
seling Center will hopefully
receive favorable reviews on is
the Wednesdays at the Center
program. The following is a list
of programs which are already
scheduled.
October 5: Mother-
Daughter Individuation
October 12: Food for
Thought: A Discusston of
Anore(ia and Bulimia
October 19: Human
Sexuality and Christianity
Also, there will be an off-
c^pus speaker on October 12
from noon until 1:30. She will
talk about "Wellsprings:
He^th, Wellness, and Self-
Healing.” Other topics for fu
ture seminars Include Touch
Therapy, the use of Dreams for
Personal Growth, Meditation,
and Relaxation and Guided
Fantasies.
Personal Growth and
Counseling is not a new idea at
Meredith; however, the center
does provide a better setting
with more facilities to promote
personal growth. Finally, Marge
emphasizes that coming to the
center does not Indicate a
shortcoming but rather an ac
knowledgement of a desire to
grow. Because Meredith is a
place where academic growth is
nurtured constantly, tlie l^r-
sonal Growth and Counseling
Center has been designed to
nurture the persor\al and
emotional growth which wfien
combir>ed with academic
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THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
Vol. LXII NUMBER 4
MEREDITH COLLEGE
October 3, 1983
Safe Roads Act
creates many changes
Students under over 19
need to be aware of a number of
changes that took place Oc-
toljer 1 due to the new Safe
Roads Act.
Under the new law, which
raised the drinking age for beer
and wine to 19, it is an offense
to use a fake or altered I. D. or to
use another's I.D. or allow the
use of your I.D. It is also unlaw
ful to aid or abet an underage
person In the purchase of al
cohol. Punishment for the
above offenses includes a fine
and revocation of driver’s
license.
Another ramification of the
Safe Roads Act is the setting up
of roadblocks. These road
blocks can be set up at any
place and time by law enforce
ment agencies to check for im
paired drivers.
If charged with a DWI, a
person who refuses a breath
alyzer test or has blood alcohol
level of .10 will have her license
revoked automatic^iy for 10
days.
There are several other new
rules which relate to the new
DWI'law. For example, a driver
cannot consume an alcoholic
beverage while driving. Also, a
t>ar selling ^cohol to a minor
who as a result of the alcohoj
tsornmlts'-an-accldertt can be
subject to civil liability.
Most Raleigh tiars are
turning into private clubs as a
result of the Safe Roads Act.
Another reaction to the law has
been a bus shuttle service that
takes customers home from the
various participating bars.
For more infomiation and a
brochure on tf>e Safe Roads
Act, write The North Carolina
Diriment of Crime Control
and Public Safety, 215 E. Lane
Street, Raleigh, NC 27601.
Frankie and Doug Quimby
Music Tour to perform at Meredith
Nimrod Workman
"The house lights dim as
the musicians gather on stage,
welcoming the audience. 'So
glad I'm here...’ they sing and
shout. The legendary Southem
Grassroots Music Tour is
working its magic. Soon the
crowd is clapping, singing
along, listening-drawn into the
spirit of this living music of a
People-of the South." The best
of Black blues and gospel
singers as well as fiddle, moun
tain and topical country musi-
ci^s will be here Tuesday, Oct.
4, at 7:30 p.m. Jones
Auditorium brings to life the
South's grassroots musical tra
ditions.
"Ail of the perfonners will
be sitting on stage together and
sharing their music, culture and
the folklife of the South. The
music is traditional, yet con
temporary, roots music that is
powerful and compelling as
anything on the music scene
today. There will be moaning
church songs, hard driving
blues, fiddle and banjo tunes
and up to the minute songs of
people's lives in hard times and
good times,” says Anne
RCTTiaine, director of the 18 year
old Southem Grassroots Music
Tour.
Featured on NBC Network
riew in Febnjary of this year, the
Tour is being presented by the
Nashvllle-based Southem Folk
Cultural Revival Project, an or
ganization that has been in the
vanguard of presenting multi
cultural tours of traditional
artists in the South since 1966.
Partially supported by the
National Endown>ent for the
Arts, the perfomDers on this
tour Include:
- Nimrod Workman, 86 year
old West Virginia ballad sir>ger
and retired coal miner, who was
featured in “Coal Miner's
Daughter" and “Harlan County,
USA,"
- Sparky Buckee, a powerful
black blues singer from Knox
ville who represoits the finest
of the Afro-American tradition
in tenns of blues, gospel, and
cultural statements of the Black
ecperlence.
- Frazier Moss, String
Band, banjo, fiddle and guitar
music of the Southem
Mountains led by the 72 year
old World Champion Fiddler
since 1977, Frazier Moss.
- Doug and Frankla
Quimby, A husband and wife
team who also perform with the
widely aclaimed Georgia Sea Is
land Singers, presenting black
songs from slavery times in
cluding worksongs, spiritual
songs and game songs.
- Ann Flomaine. Program
Presenter, writer ^d singer of
traditional and contemporary
country and topical songs
about mills, mines and life in
the South.