NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS
Oe MEREDITH COLLEQE
VOLUME LXIII NUMBER 13
THE TWIG
JANUARY 21, 1965
Genesis: A New Beginning
Are you tired of the same old rou
tine? Need a break from studying? Feel
like you need a new beginning? If so,
join us this week for some fun, feliow-
iship, and new perspectives during our
7985 R^lglous Erjpwsls Week.
The week beg^ on Sunday with
the Kick-Off, featuring Mrs. Carol Snow
Naqui from the Women's Correctional
Center. Monday’s moming worship in
cluded one of Meredith's favorite
speakers, Dr. Albert' Edwards, as well
as Mark McMasters perfomiing mime.
A youth minister and dynamic mimlst,
Mark will also lead the unwinding on
Monday evening in the Chapel Com-.
mons Room.
Tuesday’s activity starts bright and
early at 7:15 a.m. with a Prayer Break
fast with Meredith's Dr. Dorothy
Preston. Moving on to W^nesday,
Mrs. Esther Burroughs fnsm Home Mis
sions Board will i^e leading our rmming
worship and our 11:00 communion ser
vice. Mrs. Burroughs Is the lyricist of
seven different muslc«ds, has served as
director of several different youth pro
grams, and Is presently Assistant Dir
ector of the ^>eclal Ministries Depart
ment of the Home Missions Board. She
is a dynamic speaker \Atio will be shar
ing with us on the topic “Renewing Re
lationships."
The grand finale to this week wrltl
be the Michael Card concert on Thurs
day evening In Jones Auditorium.
Michael Is a contemporary Chfistlan
vocalist who is well-known for his
works "El Shaddal" and “I have De
cided'’, both of which are on Amy
Grant's Age to Age album. Michael's
music varies from soft ballads and
hymns to high energy rock, making his
music enjoyable to any audience of any
age. Tickets are available to Meredith
students for only $1.00 in Cate Center
Box Office and are available to the-pul>-
llc for only $4.00. Don’t miss this out
standing perfonner as well as this act
ion packed week conceming “Genesis:
A New Beginning.”
Meredith's Senate geared for success
by Paula Tomlinson
A need for conespondence from
tlie Senate to the students has been re
cognized by an infomiatlve description
of first semester meetings. There have
been four Senate meetings and the at
tending numbers were:
Bridgette Parker, chairperson; Sterl
Poole, Becky Pyles, Autrey Reavis,
seniors; Christie Arnolds, l^ry Mills,
Debbie Sauls, juniors; Becky Auman,
Anne Loving, Sheila Vaughan, sopho
mores: LoryGerger, Anne Kirby, Paula
Tomlinson, freshmen; Susannah Tho
mas, Loanne Meeklns, non-residents;
Janet Freeman, Dr. Vance, faculty-ad-
ministration; and Chrissy Murphy,
Handbook editor.
Thie Senate meetings of first sem
ester were held on October 2, 23; Nov-
emberSand Decembers The following
amendments have been approved:
Article Vlt- Sehate, Section 2.
f^mbershlp should be changed to
read:
The Senate shalh be composed of
the following members;
A. Voting members; Three sena
tors elected from each class, and two
non-resident senators.
B. Non-voting members: The
Executive Vice-President of the Student
Government Association (who shall act
as chair); the Student Government As
sociation Executive Committee secre
tary or her designee (who shall sen« as
Senate Secretary); the Student Hand
book Editor; and three non-student
members, one-from the factrity, one
from the administration or staff, both of
whom shall be appointed for'two year
terms, and the dean of students or her
designee, who shall sen« as advisor.
Article XIII - Student Activities
Board, Section 2. Membership should
be changed to:
“...non-resident student organiza
tion president, an elected secretary,
and four class presidents.”
The following changes should be
made in the 19B4-85 Handbook on
page 110:
b.5. The right to the sen/ices of the
Defense Counselor If she so chooses.
c. Within twenty-four hours fol
lowing the serving of the summons, the
accused, after consultation with the
Defense Counselor, will submit a writ
ing to the Solicitor General a plea of
[See 6 for info' on candidate worft-
sftop].
Michael Card wifi be In concert January 24 at 6:00p.m. In Jones Auditorium. He will be a
part of the Religious Emphasis Weeks festivities.. Tickets are on sale at the Cate Center
boxofflqe. Tickets will be $4.00 tor the publks and $1.00 for Meredith students. Formore
Information ^out tickets, call 829-8346.
guiityor not guilty. This plea cannot be
ch^ged within.the Immediate 24-hour
period to the hearing.
The Senate Is presently consider
ing other proposals and will announce
results as soon as possible. All pro-
• posals are welcomed said can be sub
mitted to any of the Senate members.
We encourage your Involvement.
Regulations for Campaigning
by Kim Tansky
Chairman of Elections Board
Each candidate Is allowed to have
TWO 8^.^x11 posters on each hall of
each dorm, THREE posters of the same
size are allowed In Cate Center or on
the Information boards adjacent to Cate
Center and the Library. No posters are
allowed on the glass doors In Cate
Center,
No posters or table flyers are al
lowed In the dining hall or on the doors
entering the dining hall. Also, no post
ers are allowed 1n the class buildings or
in Johnson Hall.
Flyers are allowed to be distributed
at eacii door in the dorms and door to
door campaigning Is encouraged.
Anyone violating these regulations
will ha'^ their posters removed.
After elections have been held,
each candidate is required to remove
her posters from the sites at which they
were placed. If a candidate is involved
In a njn-off election, her posters may
remain up until the run-off results are
tallied, then they should be removed
promptly. All campaign paraphemalia
should be removed within 24 hours of
the results of that election.
If there are any questions concern
ing this, or any other facet of the elect
ions process, please contact me.
[See page 6 for Info’ on candidate work-
s/)op]
New 1040 n/lalces Filing EZ
Third Barefoot won the intramurals Basketball Tmimament last year. For Information on
howyourhall can take that title, see the sports page.
Qreensbom- Single taxpayers with
no dependents can do their taxes the
easy way this year by using Form
1040EZ. the Intemal Revenue Service
says.
The IRS estimates that 400,000
North Cwolina taxpayers, many of
them college students, will use this
simple tax form when filing their 1984
tax return. The Form 1D40EZ Is only 11
lines lorig and Is specially designed for
single taxpayers with no dependents,
who do not itemize their deductions
and whose taxable income is less than
$60,000 a year. Income on the Forni
1040EZ must be only from wages, sal
aries, tips, and interest of $400 or less
with no All-Savers interest.
Taxpayers who use the Form
1040EZ to' file their federal income
taxes will need to use care when filling
out the form. If at all possible, filers
should use the peel-off label provide
by IRS.' The special label contains the
name, address and social security
number of the taxpayer and any errore
in these Items can be corrected right on
the label.
Step-by-step instructions for com
pleting the Form 1040EZ can be found
on the back of the form, but filers must
look up their tsx in the Tax Table in the
Formi 040EZ and Form 1040A tax pack
age.
Additional Information Is available
by callirig the IRS at 1-80CM24-1040,
toll-free.