Meredith Herald
Volume IX, Issue 8
October 21,1992
Raleigh, North Carolina
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News Briefs
• The three presidential candi
dates met for their final debate
Monday night in East Lansing,
Michigan. Most polls show either
Bill Clinton or Ross Perot as the
debate winner.
• According to U.S. officials,
progress is being made in talks
with Vietnam concerning the
POW-MIA issue.
• Officials have ordered an
audit of the travel expenses of
Bobby James, the former execu
five director of the North Carolina
State Bar. James resigned in Sep
tember.
• The number of Republicans
has grown by 20% since the last
presidential election, according to
GOP officials.
• Raleigh plans to spend as
much as $10 million on renova
tions to the Civic Center regard
less of the vote on the building of
a new convention center for the
city.
• Country star Garth Brooks
has reserved the first five rows for
his fans at his concert Saturday at
Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas
to keep scalpers from getting these
tickets. This concert sold out in 30
minutes on July 22.
• The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has signed
All-American basketball player,
Jerry Stackhouse, of Kinston, NC.
• Former North Carolina State
basketball player Tom Gugliotta
has signed with the Washington
Bullets in a deal that could earn
him as much as $20.5 million in
eight years.
• In World Series play, the
Atlanta Braves defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays, 3-1, in game
one Saturday. The Jays won 5-4
Sunday. The teams met last night
for game three in Toronto.
Council makes decision on Cornhuskin* issue
by Sonali Kolhatkar
After much deliberation, the
Meredith College Academic
Council voted in favor of cancel
ing classes after 5:30 p.m. on
Cornhuskin’ night. The council
felt that Cornhuskin’ is an impor
tant tradition to the students and
that all students should have an
opportunity to participate in the
activities.
Allen Page, Registrar and
Dean of Academic Studies, felt that
Academic Council was acting in the
best interest of the student body and
felt that the decision will help to
promote not only class unity but
also campus unity.
The decision will not affect
the hours in Tuesday/Thursday
The Class of 1992 march in the Cornhuskin' parade, an event that
would be affected if 5:30 p.m. classes were not canceled.
file photo
classes because the academic calen
dar will be set-up with night classes
beginning the Tuesday before the first
lull day of classes on Wedneday. Ev-
Writing Center begins its sixth year
eryone in the Meredith community
will have an opportunity to partici
pate in Cornhuskin’ without sacrific
ing class time. This decision will be
in effect for the ’93 - ’94 school year.
by Jackie Webb
“But I made A’s on my high
school papers.”
“It’s a simple piece; I’m using
Thematic Apperception Test to trace
the origins of sexism in male third-
graders.’’
“So you think restating my
thesis seven times is overkill?”
As it begins its sixth year of
operaton. The Writing Center has
heard it all. The Writing Center is a
one-on-one peer tutorial service
designed to help Meredith students
develop their writing skills. With
most private tutorial costing $10per
hour. The Writing Center is a real
bargain: it’s free.
Nan Miller, director of The
Writing Center and member of the
Meredith English faculty, stresses
the center is not “a remedial ser
vice.’’ The tutors are trained to work
with novice and experienced writ
ers. The Writing Center can help
Writing Center staff: back row- Jan Gunn, Sheryl Long, Beckie Faw,
Wendy Lovelady, Angela Toms, Amy Whitt Front row- Amy Shepard, April
Honeycutt Nan Miller (Advisor), Angela Parks, Michelle Pigford. Not pictured:
JiU Beeson, Amity Brown, Kim Engel, Kathryn Steed, Jackie Webb, Mouse
Wilkins.
with work for all disciplines: educa
tion, psychology, religion, business,
history, political science, speech, and
sociology to name a few—not just
English papers. Additionally, the cen
ter offers tutoring in Spanish, French,
word processing, and grammar. The
Writing Center can help students de
velop, organize, and support a thesis,
as well as quote and document sources
accurately.
see CENTER page six