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Vol. 3 No. 10 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27611 April 1,1988 49 percent of student body votes in elections ■by Elizabeth Almond According to Elections Board chair Carol Asplen, the 1988 elections at Mereditti will be remembered as one of the more success ful elections in recent college hist»iy. Forty-nine percent of Meredith students cast their ballots in the cafeteria during lunch and dinner Hiesday, March 22. In the mn-off elections held on Thursday. March 24.25% voted. Those figures show an increase in voting of 15% for Tljesd^’s elections and 6% for Thursday’s elections over the .1987 figures. "Voting among non-residents was way up this year, too." Asplen said. She cites the Campus Rally. Candidates' Workshop, and increased publicity and emphasis on elections as key fectors in this year's elections’ success. "We estimated that 500 students at tended the Campus Rally.” said Aspien. This year, the rally was held in the cafeteria, rather than the gymnasium, where it has been held injjceylQus years, Ripply Rand, the son of Tony Rand, a candidate for Lt Governor, stopped by the rally to campaign for his father. At the rally, candidates for offices presented their ideas and goals in campaign speeches. A week earlier, all candidates were required to attend a candidates' workshop. At the workshop. Winners of 1988 elections SGA President Gina Howard SGA Vlce-Prestdent VVette Brown SQA Secretary Nan SmKti. SGA Treasurer Bonnie Allen Non-Resident President Sara Simmons Non-Resident \nc«-President Usa Langsum MRA President Oebble Cray MRA Vke Pisident Kim ^ith MEA President Jeannle Harv^ MEA Vice-President MandiStroupe MCAPrsident SueHolec MCA Vke-Presldent Amanda Carroll Elections Board Chair Hope Proctor Honor Counts Chair Martha Ann Brawl^ Review Board Katie Jo Goslen Student Ufa Chair 6ethV\^ Residence HaO Chair Carrie Schmidt Sophomore Donn President Pam Crocker Junior Dorm President Suzanne Hage Senior Dorm President Kathy Kline Renee Urrieu Chief Coliege MarshaD Suzanne Bartholomew Asplen and other leaders gave the candidates general handbook information about eligibil ity for office and v^rhat responsibilities the office would require of them to assume if elected. "We gave them some techniques for good speech making, like establishing eye contact and speaking clearly and slowly.” Asplen said. .. She added^^t ttiis year's candidates were encouraged to adopt an issue for their campaign. "We tried to offer them a lot of support, to let them know that their inter est was appreciated." Asplen said. She called this year’s election^ "a positive step” toward actively involving all Meredith students in the elections process. Meredith elections have a purpose that extends beyond the classroom. Asplen said. "The most important aspect of elections at Meredith is that you leam to be informed. If you don’t ask a candidate who they are and what they stand for and then hold them to it once they are elected, what do they owe you?" she asked. The elections processat Meredith is model ed. to a large extent, on the elertions process in this county. "If you’re familiar with the Meredith ^em. then you'll be familiar with the U.S. system." said Asplen. "1 hope that students will get involved with local, state, and national elections through the influence of Meredith elections.” ‘Carolinas Conference’ begins April 8 ■by Meredith L Gniehn The 13th annual Carolinas P^hology Conference begins on Friday evening. April 8. in the \Afelnut Room of North Carolina State University's Student Center and continues through Satuniay. April 9. on the Meredith College campus. The conference, co-spon- sofed by Meredith College and NCSU, is the largest Southeastem regional meeting of undergraduate students in psychology and related fields. Carolinas Conference activities include a Friday night social, individual paper presen tations. pane! discussions, an invited address by a distinguished psychologist, and a psy chology film ^tival. Registration begins Friday evening. April 8. in the V\felnut Room at NCSU from 7 pm to 11 pm and continues Saturday. April 9. from 7:30 am to 10 am in the Harris building at Meredith College. The registration fee for all conference activities is $5. This year's invited address will be given by Dr. Elliot Aronson, professor of psychology at the University of California. Santa Cnjz. His topic will be "Applications in Social Psychol ogy: Prejudice, Reduction. Conswvation and AIDS." Aronson is known for his wori in social psychology and his books 77?e Social AnimaL TTieJigsawClas^vom. and Research in SocLi P^oiogy. His address is sche duled fpr 10:30 am on April 9 in Kresge Auditorium. 'The undergraduate paper presentations will be presented April 9from 7:30 am to 10 am and 2 pm to 3:45 pm in the Harris building. The presentations. 10 minute re ports of original and library research, are classified by subject Into the following cate gories: cognitive, developmental, experi mental. personality, physiological, and social psychology. The panel discussions for this year's con ference are on AIDS and "What You Can Do vwth a B.A. in Psyrfiology." The panels are scheduled for 1 pm to 2 pm and 4 pm to 5 pm. The psychology film festival runs through the day. For more infomration contact Dr. Jack Huber, department of psychology, tele phone 829-8402. Home 00 department announces interior design degree ■by Jo Hodges The home economics department now offers a new interior design major. "The department has been hard at wori developing an interior design major, said Dr. Ellen Goode, head of the home economics departinent. "V\fe’ve been working on it for about two years. \Afe looked at other interior design programs around the state and on tiie east coast Our students will compete very well with students at other universi ties with design programs." said Goode. "Hie new major adds three new classes, interior lighting design, professional prac tices in interior design, and computer aided design, to the regular cumculum of interior design courses and specifies the art claves the student must take. 'The major requires 40 hours in addition to the general education courses required of all Meredith students. Because all the Interior design courses overlap with the home economics major, a student may eam a second major in home economics by taking 12 hours more in nutrition, marriage and femily. human resource management, and con sumer economics. The department will add one part- time instructor to the staff in the fell and another full-time instructor the year after. Goode said the new major would help Interior design students get a job in their particular field, not a related field. "We developed the new major to give more visibility to the interior design stu dents who want an interior design-related job. You really need to have the wonJs 'Interior design' on your diploma instead of 'home ec. with a concentration in inte rior design.''’ said Goode. Goode said that Meredith interior design students had a high rate of plare- ment Meredith graduates are worting in design areas such as fecilities planning, office, resort, and health cane design, design studios and in sales and marieting positions in design-related businesses. "V\fe have had very good luck in placing former graduates. They are findlngjobs in their fields,” Goode said. In the future. Goode said the depart ment hopes to develop more computer- aided design classes and to get accredita tion fnDm FIDER. the Foundation of Interior Design Education and Research. "For the future, we’d like to see stu dents choosing Meredith because we have the major... we’re looking forward to future developments ^nd growth.” said Goode. > CARLYLE CAMPBELL LIBRARY
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