Meredith Herald
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Cornhuskin’ Changes
MRA and Class Council plan new features to
blend with old traditions
Sisters Scream for Ice
Cream!
Cheryl Mason, president of the
Meredith' Recreation Association,
announces some startling new changes
for Cornhuskin’ 1990. This year will
mark the first time that Cornhuskin’ will
be held outdoors in the amphitheater.
“Jones Auditorium was definitely
out,” Mason explained, "because of the
safety hazard involved in trying to fit our
growing student body into that spacs.
MRA and Class Council looked at thiee
options and decided last Tuesday that
our best solution was to hold Cornhuskin’
at the amphitheater. We figured that a
change was needed and felt that our
Charter Centennial year was a good
time for that change."
Mason explained the three options
that were discussed: holding Cornhuskin'
ofF-campus, continuing to hold the event
in Jones but limiting the number of
participants from each class, and holding
it outside.
“Off-campus would be hard because
we’d have to transport the entire student
body off-campus and we’d lose the
feeling of a true campus event,” Mason
said. “Limiting the number of participants
wouldn't realty work because everyone
wants to be involved and how would
ByKeHyA.PhUUps
Andy Wartiol once said. “The day
will come wheneveryone will be fiunous
for fifteen minutes.” Some Meredith
Teaching Fellows may get their chance
this Ihursday night
CBS will air a spedal on education
in America on Thursday, September 6
you ctecide who gets left out’ We wanted
to hold Cornhuskin’ in a special place
that was just for the Meredith community.
Holding it outside gives us some new
options, such as having a parade down
the front drive.”
[Other new features will be
announced as soon as final approvals
have been given.)
Mason went on to say that “We do
have a rain plan. Tents will cover the
special lighting and sound equipment
as well as the island stage. There are
other rain plan options that we are
looking at and those will be announced
when everything is finalized."
Cornhuskin’ will remain a closely
held Meredith tradition. Even though
the event will take place out of the
confines of a building, campus security
will make sure that “outsiders” don’t
crash the party.
MRA and Class Council are to be
commended for taking the initiative and
forethought needed to plan a brand
new Cornhuskin’ - one that everyone
can take part in and have enough room
to really enjoy the evening! Stay tuned
for further developments.
from 9*11 pm. The special, hosted by
Lesley Stahl, will feature the North
CaroUnaTeachingFellowsProgram. Hie
feature will include footage from
Discovery *90 - the sophomore fellows’
summer experience.
continued on page 6
Skies threatened overhead last
Thursday, August 28, but they didn’t
stop Meredith College’s big sister little
sister gel together. The ice cream social
— a yearly tradition at Meredith — was
held in the courtyard where big sisters
and theirJitUe sisters enjoyed ice cream
covered-with their favorite toppings.
Meredith’s own Bathtub Ring 1992
providedentertainment. Dressed in their
costumes of overaUs, bandannas, and
straw hats, the group performed such
favorites as “Hungnail” and “Mountain
Dew.” Everyone enjoyed the music and
would agree with freshman Heather
HoUowell: “They were great!”
The ice cream social provided an
opportunity for the “sisters” to get to
know one another a little bit better.
Many freshmen feel that having a big
sister helps them adjust to college life
while at the same time meet girls in
upper classes.
Freshman Christa Bucks says this
atx>ut her sister: “My big sister is fun,
friendly, and full of laughs!”
“It’s unusual that this year we are
the big sisters instead of the little sisters,”
says Margaret Wages.
Having been "lost" freshmen only
two years ago, some juniors feel that
having a litde sister is important. They
know what an important role their big
sister played when they were new to
Meredith. This telationshipallosw Juniors
to help out and give advice to their
freshmen friends just as they received
from their big sisters - the Class of 1990.
Junior Christie Lynch sums up the
importance of having a litde sister. “I
never had a big sister myself, so I take
my role as a big sister seriously. I want
to be the best big sister in the worlcU"
If you are a freshman in need of a
big sister or if you are t jurUor and
haven’t yet received a little sister, please
contact Amy Allen at 7614.
Mufifett Brinkman, Allison Hodgest
and Jane Kennedy contrttmted to
this story.
Fellows on TV
Inside:
2 Raaders respond to ”$pacte'*
editorlah blast editor for
"supporting the oppression
of women"
4 Our Iraqi friend; Herald
ieaders respond to poll on
Mid East crisis
5 Meredith's Kuwaiti connec
tion; Reporter offers view of
conflict
7 MEA Indoor picnic; sf>orts
news; classifieds; Meredith
travels to "City of Art”