VOLUME LXII NUMBER 21
THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEfiEDITH COLLEGE
APRIL », 1984
Classrooms segregated
Stephanie Hampton, Donna Darnell and Lori Hastings are seen enjoying the feast provided at
Play Day-
Off icerS elected for 1984-85
The Twig would like to extend
many congratulations to the
new officers for the 1984^
school year. V/e wish you the
best of luck!
FINAL RESULTS FOR SPRING
ELECTIONS
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ASSOOATION
President,Joan Bunting;
Vice-President, Bridgette
Parker; Secretary, Nan Henry;
Treasurer, Midielle Cherry
li/IEREDITH CHRISVAN
ASSOaAVON
President, Becky Evans;
Vice-President, Susan Goins;
Secretary. Leigh Sneed; ■
Treasurer, Dawn Koontaz;
Worship Chairperson, Pam
Bird; REW Chairperson, Lisa
Hendricks
MERECHTH RECREATiON
ASSOCIATiON
President, Lyn Walken
Vice-President, Dalinda Dunn;
Secretaiy, . Nancy Ratcliff;
Treasurer, Penni Diffee
COLLEGE CENTER
ASSOaATION
President, Monica Keeie;
Vice-President, Chariotte
Kinard; Secretary, Sophie
Grady; Treasurer, Carmel
Swanson
NONRESIDENT STUDENT
ASSCCIATION
President, Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer offices
have yet to be filled.
JUDICIAL BOARD
Chairperson, Maria Black-
on; Secretary, Mary
Moorefield; Review Board.
Memtjers, Shepard' Kimbreil,
Dana Newsome, Carolina
Powell; Solictor General, Zan
Bunn
STUDENT UFE COMMITTEE
Chairperson, Martha
Hamlet; Secretary, Mala
McAnulty; >:
RESIDENCE HALL
ASSOCIATION
Chairperson, Lori Lewis;
Secretary, to be appointed;
Treasurer, to t)e appointed;
Senior Dorm President, Chelly
Richardson, to be appointed;
Junior Donr> President, Stella
Miller; Sophomore Dorm
President, Shonagh McQuade,
Connie Compton
CHIEF STUDENT ADVISOR -
l^ra Hartness; CHIEF
COLLEGE MARSHAL - Rebecca
Whitaker; CHAIRPERSON OF
ELECTIONS BOARD - Kim
Tansky; CHAIRPERSON OF
CONCERTS AND LECTURES -
Luain Brown
PUBLICATIONS
Twig Editor, Cynthia
Church; Student Handbook
Editor, Chrissey Murpttrey; Oafc
Leaves Editor, fo be- Appointed
SECRETARY OF STUDENT
ACTIVITIES BOARD • to be
appointed
CLASS OFFICERS
SENIOR CLASS
President - Kelli Jo Falk;
Vice President - Robin Buzby;
Secretary - Karw Davis;
Treasurer - Natalie Priest;
Historian - Carol Jean Ricks;
Judicial Board Reps - Beth
Krewson, Kim Jones; Elections
Board Reps - Bliss Bright, Pam
Ross; Senators - Stevi Poole,
Becky Pyles, Autney Reavis;
Marshals • Leann Carter,
Tamara Drye; Comhuskin
Chairperson • Shert Gradford,
Kathy Hoffarth
JUNIOR CLASS
President - Nancy Shore;
Vice-President • Grace Elliot;
Secretary - Teresa Ward; Trea
surer • Amy Little; Historians •
Laura ■ OixHnane,“ - — ;Anne
Douglass: Judicial Board Reps
• Trasi Campbell, Donna Elliot;
Elections Board Reps - Susan
Duck, Sharon Knight; Senators
• Christine Arnold, Mary Mills,
Debbie Sauls; Marshalls ' -
Martha Naylor, Georgia
Parrish; Stunt Chairperson -
Renee Godwin, Michele B^l;
Comhuskin Chairperson
Ginny Leach, Ann McGee
k)PHOMOR£ CLASS
President - Lucy Henry;
Vice-President - Kelli Barefoot;
Secretary - Angie Herbert;
Treasurer • Nancy Floyd;
Historian - Gretchen Kotall,
Sl^rill Jolly; Judicial Board
Reps - Leslie Hodge, Vanessa
Bayley; Elections Board Reps-
Kim Buckner, Kimberly
Harelson; Senators - Becky
Aumen, Anne Loving, Shelia
Vaughan; Marshals - Antress
Johnson, Connie Compton;
Stunt Chairpersons - Donna
Gibson, Carolyn Hill; Com
huskin Chairpersons • Leslie
Sw«un, Becky Smith
WASHINGTON, DC [CPS\ -
Even at the college and univer
sity levels, classrooms are
man-ed by subtle and not-so-
subtle forms of sex discrimina
tion that may inhibit women
students' learning, a recent
report by two American Univer
sity researchers says.
“One out of every three
classrooms are segregated by
sex,” says David Sadker, who
»nth his ^fe Myra Sadker heads
the Mid-Atlantic Center for Sex
Equity.
The Sadkers have con
ducted numerous studies of sex
bias in education at both
secondary and primary insti
tutions.
Although nwjch of the
sexism and segregation in col
leges is “an artifact of the stu
dents deciding on their own
where they will sH or how they
interact,” Sadker says, many
teachers sen,« as co-conspira-
tors in ger>der discriminatkin.
“We found a sizable differ
ence in how teacher responses
were distributed,” he points
out. 'Teachers, male or female,
give responses more to males
than to females, although this
was less significant at the col-
1^ level than at elementary
ana' p6st-«condary l^ls.”
College instoictors also
disproportionately favor male
students in choosing teaching
assistants, research assistants
sffKl making other student
appointments, the Sadkers
found.
Many of the classroom dif
ferences, IWAiever, are per
petuated by the students them
selves, Sadker says.
Indeed, another study
Tanning time
released recently found that
students at five Maryland col
leges voluntarily segregated
themselves by race and color
when choosing their seats in
class.
Sadker was unaware of the
Maryland study, but said it was
reminiscent of the unconscious
ways classrooms become un
comfortable for women.
“Female students,” he
says, “are much nnore likely to
start a classroom response with
a self put-down.”
Self-deprecating remarks
include prefacing classroom
comments with qualifying
phrases like, “Well, I may not
be right, but..,” or “This is just
my own opinion, but...” Sadker
explains.
Male students, on the other
hand, tend to be more assertive
and forthright in their class
room participation, and are
much more likely to be called
upon and listened to by their in
structors, the Sadkers' study
found.
A landmark May, 1982
study of college women's atti
tudes by the Project on the
Status and Education of
Women also concluded women
find classrooms a much more
“chilly” place than male stu
dents.
That report, drawn from a
compilation of studies and
other research, found faculty
members subtly disccffnfort
their female students by using
sexist humor in class, addres
sing classes as if no women
were present, by being less
likely to call on women in class,
and by internjpting females
students nwe often.
Or. Wa/ton, Dr. Rage and Dr. Johnson seem frustrated after
piayliy volleyball against the students.
by Elizabeth Smelcer
As summer rapidly ap-
roaches, one obession seems
to take over the minds of most
Meredith angels - SUNTAN!
Classes are forgotten, appoint
ments are neglected, and every
thing else seems to fall in
second place behind the job of
browning our bodies. Starting
as early as February, the Mere
dith campus beconries littered
with hundreds of sun-seeking
girls. Music and laughter (and
often chattering teeth) can be
heard echoing from the brecze-
ways, the lake area, and other
designated sunning spots.
I've never really b^ intent
upon having a suntan before
summer vacation, but I’ve found
that having “beach baby” skin is
a big deal up here. After spend
ing my Spring Break freezing to
death at a N.C. Beach, I re
turned to school to find tons of
bronzed bodies from the
beaches df Florida and Ber
muda proudly trotting ansund
campus. It was then that I de
cided that I could not go around
glowing any longer.
■ €'.,'jlpping myself with’-d’
beach towel and baby oil, I
forced myself to lie out when
ever I had the chance. When I
couldn't immediately obtain a
dark complexion, I decided
there had to be a better way.
One of the latest attrac
tions to sun-seeking girls who
don’t have time to be out of
sciiool or those girls who just
want an instant tan is the tan
ning booths located on Six
Forks road.
Sure Tan Tanning is an
office equipped vHth ten tan
ning booths and nin by a sweet
older woman named Patsy. I’ll
never, forget my first visit to
■'Patsy's Place." On a cold and
cloudy day in March I nervously
went out trtere with three
friends, expecting to be the
only area college student in the
office. However, we were
greeted by s'' N.C.S.U.
fraternity.
In the privacy of my little
booth, I shed every piece of my
clothing. In hopes of acquiring
an “all over" Greek tan. After
seven minutes (equivalent to
seven hours in the sun) I
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