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THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 15
MEREDITH COLLEGE
FEBRUARY 27 1 984
Litchfield, Blue
win math contest
By Anne White
What were you doing
Saturday morning, January
14, 1984, between 9:00
A.M. and 12:00 noon? After
coffee and doughnuts, 22
brave Meredith students
were in deep concentration
during the Third Annual
Freshman-Sophomore
Mathematics Contest. The
winners were announced
and awards made at the
Canady Mathematics Club
meeting on February 1 5.
Laura Litchfield, a fresh
man, placed first, winning a
$200 scholarship. Betsy
Blue, a sophomore who re
ceived an Honorable Mention
in last year’s contest, placed
second this year, winning a
$100 scholarship. Margaret
Meredith obtains new
video projector
McCullers, a freshman, and
Mary Ellen McKown, also a
freshman, each received
Honorable Mention book
awards.
The purpose of the contest
is to stimulate interest in
mathematics. The test is pre
pared by Dr. Vivian Kraines
and Dr. Ed Wheeler and
covers a variety of mathe
matical problems. Dr. Olive
Taylor has administered the
test for the past two years
and is co-chairperson of the
contest along with Dr.
Kraines.
The Mathematics Depart
ment plans to hold the con
test every year and has been
quite pleased with its out
come.
Congratulations to all win
ners!
By Anne White
Meredith College recently
purchased a new V-Star
video projector a high-tech,
“user-friendly” projector that
will accomodate any kind of
video input. It produces
clearer, much larger pictures
than a standard 16mm pro
jector and is much more effi
cient and economical.
In the classroom, the
V-Star allows large classes to
view educational television
programs or displays from
microcomputers. Instruc
tional films can be obtained
cheaply from the film centers
of large universities and
shown through the V-Star.
Convocation speakers can
use the V-Star to supplement
lectures with films without
Students’ projects
to be in magazine
By Linda Cheek
Congratulations to eigh
teen Meredith students
whose P.E. methods pro
jects will be published in a bi
monthly magazine for North
Carolina elementary school
teachers.
The eighteen students are:
Nancy Almon, Susan Ballen-
ger, Laurie Bryan, Susan
Currie, Peggy Davenport,
Rebecca Davis, Lisa Duke,
Kelly Efird, Paula Gore, Zena
King, Lisa Loftis, Joyce
Munro, Joan Nye, Lisa Perry,
Denise Smith, Dana Smith,
Jo White, and Karen Wilson.
The magazine. Great
Activities, by Artie Kamiya,
provides games, activities,
and information about fitness
for elementary school stu-
Have a happy and safe
Spring Break!
Winners of the 1984 Math
contest are (L-R) Margaret
McCullers, honorable men
tion; Laura Litchfield, first
place; and Mary Ellen
McKown, honorable men
tion. Betsy Blue was miss
ing at time of photo.
Rhoda and Carmel to Opryland
having to rewind each reel
before showing the next.
The V-Star can be used to
show recreational movies
economically. Video casset
tes of recreational movies
can be bought or rented for a
fraction of the rental cost
charged by comrnercial film
rental companies, represent
ing a whopping $200-600
savings per movie. Many
commercial airlines use the
V-Star to show in-flight
movies.
An open house for faculty
and administration will be
held soon to demonstrate the
uses of the V-Star video pro
jector. The V-Star promises
to enhance both education
and recreation at Meredith
College.
dents.
The games created by the
Meredith students were part
of a project for Elementary
P.E. methods last semester.
Each game was designed to
promote learning and phy
sical development in the
classroom or gym.
According to Dr. Bross,
the magazine aids North
Carolina teaches in creating
programs that are both fun
and instructive.
Dr. Bross has also written
an article to be published in
Great Activities. It will focus
on fitness for the elementary
school child.
Both Dr. Bross and the
eighteen students will be
paid for their published arti
cles.
By Anne White
Did you ever stop to think
about how this year’s Mere
dith CCA entertainment acts
got here in the first place? Or
how next year’s entertain
ment acts will be booked? If
you think it happens by coin
cidence, think again.
It all begins and ends with
an annual convention spon
sored by the National
Association for Campus
Activities (NACA), whose
purpose is to enable colleges
across the U.S. to book top
entertainers at a reduced
rate by sharing the expense
of a particular act throughout
a particular region. Below is a
reprint from the January-
February 1984 issue of
Campus Activities Pro
gramming Magazine, de
scribing this year’s conven
tion:
“Nashville-the Mecca of
American musicians and one
of the foremost convention
centers in the country-is the
site of the 24th annual na
tional convention of the Na
tional Association for Cam
pus Activities (NACA),
February 25-29, 1984.
Some 1600 entertainment
buyers representing more
than 400 schools will spend
five days learning, buying
and sharing. Delegates can
choose from approximately
140 educational sessions,
about 80 hours of live talent
showcases, and film screen
ings, and meet personally in
the exhibit hall with represen
tatives of 1 75 firms that sell
talent, products, services
and programs to the college
market.”
“Educational sessions play
an important role in strength
ening the field of activities
programming and have con
tributed toward to develop
ment of a more professional
attitude throughout the field.
Through the convention
many nationally-known ar
tists have chartered a course
to stardom through the col
lege market. The Nashville
showcases will present more
than 60 talented performers-
-in addition, approximately
30 hours of film screenings
will enable delegates to view
new films available to the col
lege programmer. All show
cases and Screenings will be
held in the recently com
pleted $4,000,000 Opry
land Hotel convention facili
ty”
Rhoda Sowers, Director of
Student Activities, and
Carmel Swanson, a freshman
who has been active in stu
dent activities and in CCA
and who has been nominated
as a N.C. student represen
tative to NACA, will attend
this year’s competition.
Together they will select
much of the CCA-sponsored
entertainment for Meredith’s
1 984-85 school year.
The following entertainers
who have performed at
Meredith College during this
school year were selected
from last year’s NACA con
vention: Marty Bear (luau en
tertainment), The Voltage
Brothers (Christmas Dance
Band), Ed and Lorraine War
ren (midnight madness enter
tainment), Scott Jones, Barry
Drake, and Ray Fogg. Enter
tainers booked at the con
vention who will perform on
campus this semester in
clude Hot Shandy
(coffeehouse entertainment)
and the Catalinas and the
Waller Family, who will per
form at this year’s Spring Fl
ing. This school year’s CCA
movies were also viewed and
booked at last year’s NACA
convention.
Some of the entertainers
performing at this year’s con
vention include Gene Cotton,
Firefall, “The Hobbitt” Pup
pet Theatre, The White
Animals, The National
Marionette Theatre, the Glen
Miller Orchestra, and Regen
cy, along with jugglers, mime
artists, new wave, soul, and
country bands, jazz musi
cians and emcess.
Educational sessions will
include topics on resident
life, social events, student
leadership development,
campus organizations,
church-related school pro
grams, fraternities-sororities,
and professional develop
ment.
The Lecture Showcase will
include John Anderson (an Il
linois congressman). Dr.
Jean Kilbourne (a media
analyst and writer), and Peter
Lance (a top investigative re
porter for ABC’s Nightline).
Films to be shown at this
year’s convention include
“Brainstorm,” “Mr. Mom,”
“YentI,” and “The Dead
Zone.”
Rhoda and Carmel will
leave Friday morning, Febru
ary 24, and return Thursday
evening, March 1. Remem
ber, they’re doing this for
you. Let’s give them our
support and wish them a
great time in Opryland!!!
Air Guitar contest set March 21
Do you like music? Come
to “Thriller Night” Air Guitar
contest featuring the in
famous Michael Jackson and
his award winning video.
The event takes place on
March 21, Wednesday in
Belk Dining Hall. Get a band
together and practice. Pick
any type of song - country,
rock and roll, soul, or jazz.
Register the band and
song Feb. 22 - March 1 and
March 12 -16. It is a first-
come first-serve basis. There
will be cash prizes awarded.
The rules are: eight member
band limited, a three minute
time limit (includes song and
set up), and $2.00 per band
member fee.
Admission is $1.00 per
person with 1 5 cents going
to a local charity. This ex
citing event is sponsored by
the Junior Class. Bring
friends and dates!