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PAGE 2 THE TVWG SefTEMBER 30. 1985 EDITORIALS Is your life living up to what you are magnifying it to be? by CyntNa L Church Co-editor So how was your date last weekend? Old you have fun - honestly? Were you let down? How about this semester? Are things like you expected them to be? Are your classes as interesting as you thought they’d be? ... Your friends as trustworthy as you remembered? And, is the world, America, North Carolina, Raleigh as fascinating as you had hoped? When the settlers first came to America they had great expectations as to what this ‘new world’ could be, wftat it could provide, whtat It could offer. Fortunately these people pulled toget her to make their dreams come true. They kr>ew they would have to work hard but they were willing to do this. They realized the task at hand. They had everything in perspective. Somewftere in time; something got messed-up. Instead of looking at things as they are, we build them up. Often we ttlow things out of proportion. We create a fantasy. Then, when we come (n contact with ourexpanded dream, we can’t see it as It Is. W^ve thrown it out of context. Dr. Clara Bunn was lecturing fast Fri day and brought up the “empty magni- fication” of biology related things. As she continued, I realized that this is the state of mind many of us are in. We tKiiid things up sO great in our minds that when Ae see what's really there, we can’t see it desrty. We can’t see what we’re looking at. Somewhere we got off track. We’ve altered what is real. We’ve disfigured it so much that we are let down. women are guilty of doing this with men as are men with women. We meet someone, think about that person, and it's history. Suddenly our minds blow this person out of proportion and make it impossible for that individual to live up to what we want, need, and desire. Empty m^nification. Suddenly we can’t see others for what they are. Our ttKHjghts are clouded with an image that isn’t there. Many tiir>es students experience empty magnification with their college or univereity. They expect it to be better than it is and are eventually let down. Maybe you experience this empty mag nification with Meredith, i did. Collge coachtes always experience empty magnifkation. Tf^ build their teams to be the best in their college’s history. This pretcess only carries empty magnification to the extreme be cause the fans then get their hopes high. If it weren't for the uniforms the fans probably woukJn’t recognize their team because the fans were expecting the team to be bigger, bett^, and stronger. Magnification is experienced every where. With it, we Inflate things but don’t distort them. If it weren’t for mag nification we would have a hard time getting excited about anything. We need that bit of hope that some magni fication gives us. As long as we can keep things in perspective arKl can tell wfut is real, then there’s no harm. But once empty magnification clutches our minds arid pollutes them, our vision becomes ha^. We are doing nothing but setting ourselves up for a fall. There’s nothing wrong with letting your imagination run free. Dreams are fun. But if you let empty me^nificatlon control your mind, you won’t “be dreaming dreams because soon your dreams will t>e dreaming you.” LUAU by the Lake by Paula Rogers Contributing Reporter The Meredith Entertainment Asso ciation is sponsoring a luau, Thursday. October 3, starting at 4:30. It will be held cn the Island, and everyone is in vited. The Concerts and Lectures Com mittee of MEA is providing the live en- tertainnnent of performer Carl Rosen. Carl Is originally from Seaford, LI, New York, but he has been living In Charlotte. North Caroiina for the past fourteen years. He is self-taught, and he plays all of his material fnsm me mory. His performance includes a va riety of popular tiallads and rock songs. Carl- .spotlights. Billy Joel. Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and also some -off-beat material such as tiie Boonfv towh- Rats, Warren Zevon, and other comical items, i-ie has performed with many well-known arfists such as Nico- lette Larson, Rita CoolkJge, Ario Guthiie, and Spyro Gyre. Cart is espe cially noted for his ability to duplicate the sounds of other artists, and people constantly remark on how he sourids very much lii« Billy Joel and Elton John. The luau is sure to be an exciting, fun-filled event, so don't miss it! MEETING FRIDAY (located Thd TWIG Meredith College, Raleigh. N.C. 27601 Co-editors Beth Blankenship Cyothia Church Carmine Powell Vanessa Goodman Michele Cherry Sally Woolard Haven Cooper Sheirl Pernell Jennifer Jackson Cindy Patterson Stephanie Bennett Kim McQuaig Laurie Hastings Jennifer Bnjffey Suzanne Griffin Margaret Beall Laura Schaffer TracyMahe Ounn Managing Editors Business Manager Advertising Manager Public Relations Manager Public Relations Staff Proofreader Photographer Circulation Managers Mary Ann Edy WiS Wendy Langston Circulation Staff Layout Managers Casey Bass Dr. Tom Parramore Freshman Seminar Reporter Advisor If you would like to submit a photo, print your full name and address on the back of yourphotoandwawillpublishlt it in The Acorn! Place in the TWIG box. [Photo by’LiaBraganza] I Mary Bell, a speedy recovery. I We miss you, Mary! - SGA OFFICE HOURS - President: Bridgette Parker MW 2-3:30 Vice-president; Nan Henry TH 10-11:00 — Editorial Policy The TWIQ16 ptMshsd weekly by the students ot Mer»- dithCollegedurlnstheexsKfmlc^. TUsmvishml- edby ^ College and thfwgh aomtieing. fhe^ 7WQ «#/? fiot^rntm^looiminiiigpefsonalatiadks, tffcufe UMoas ammenU. All lettu^ h 'm sdkw mmt be suited diswss$d wftk the eeBtof, ; 1he-qpinions&0r9ss0dohthei^to^peg0dorfotm- oes^y i^ect those of Bi& ptmge admhilstf&ien, facutfif be fiMant body. ,. The f^wetcorm cdilfim and w0 mpGndpms^- ' 1^' ■ ■ ■.. - -
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