Meredith Herald
Volume X. Issue 10
November 3,1993
Raleigh.
North Carolina
Countdown to Cornhuskin'
Classes announce
Cornhuskin' themes
by Tracey Rawls
Cornhuskin’ co-chairs annoianced
their classes’ themes Monday night at
the Meredith Recreation Association
(MRA) Scavenger Hunt Meredith stu
dents crowded into Belk Dining Hall
and showed their class spirit
Traditions co-chairs Kimberly
Collier and Angela Denney started
with a role call of the classes.
Class co-chairs presented a skit
which incorporated the themes of each
class. Freshmen Co-chairs Hillary
Westand Meredith Russell announced
the freshmen class theme, “A Whole
New World.” Paige Brown and
Starlotte Smith, sophomore class co
chairs, announced the sophomore
theme, “Halfway Around the World.”
Abbey Lanier and Molly Guin, junior
class co-chairs, announced the junior
theme, “Once.Upon a Time.” Ashley
BlanU)n and Stepdianie
Hubbard, senior class
co-chairs, announced
the senior theme, “Our
Last Time Out”
For the scavenger
hunt, each class hid an
item relating to their
theme. Each class gave
a clue as to where the
object was hidden. Tlie
freshmen’s object was
found first, seniors’ sec
ond and sophomores’
third, The juniors’ ob
ject was not found
within the one-hour time
limit, They gave another
clue, and students had
IS minutes to find the
pbjea. Their objectwas
found within tiie ISmiri-
utes.
Choreographer featured
at Fall Dance Gathering
Top Ten Reasons to
Attend Cornhuskin'
by Tracey Ra'^ and Traci Latta
10. It looks good on your resume.
9. You get a tres &shionable sweatshirt
and a little shal^' stick.
8. You get a gourmet breakfast served
by the loving feculty.
7. Besides four tests and three papers,
you don't have anything to do
anyway.
6. It's the one night you can get bused
to parties and show off your social
skills.
5. You don't need a CamCard.
4. There are no classes on Friday.
3. You can use Cornhuskin' practice as
an excuse not to do your homework.
2. You‘U have piaures to show yoiu
children.
1. Cornhuskin' is on Thursday night so
you won't miss Beverly HiUs90210ot
Melrose Place.
by Addie Tschamler
The Meredith Dance Theater
sponsored its annual Fall Dance Gath
ering and Dance Works, which was
held last Friday and Saturday and fea
tured teacher and choreografdier Mark
Taylor , who spent a week in resi
dence with Meredith. Taylor is the
director of Dance Alloy, a profes
sional company located in Pittsburgh.
Penn. Taylor has been awarded many
choreography fellowships thanks to
his gifted work. He is recognized in
ternationally in Great Britain, Ireland,
France and the Soviet Union.
The dance work
shop last weekend was statewide and
was attended by about 80 people,
according to Annie Elliot, Meredith's
assistant professor of dance. Qasses
included yoga-based warm-up, mod
em dance technique, partnering, hip-
hop, and contact improvisation. Ac
cording to the Dance Theater’s sched
ule of classes, oflier events included
North Carolina Dance Alliance
(NCDA) update, in which NCDA
see DANCE page seven
MRA votes
not to move
Cornhuskin'
by Christina Peoples
The- Meredith Recreation Asso
ciation (MRA) voted on Friday to
keep Cornhuskin' on the fu^t week in
November due to student input, said
Dana Roberson, MRA president.
"TTie students expressed concern
that if Cornhuskin' was moved back to
October, the Meredith athletes would
not have a choice about participating
because they would be tied up in
games," said Roberson.
MRA is waiting for the decision
to be approved by the Academic Coun
cil tonight. MRA received support for
their decision from the Instruction
Committee, said Roberson.
"The Instruction Committee said
they would go along with our decision
as long as there will be a committee of
faculty and students appointed in the
spring to discuss the future of
see MRA page seven
Index
Today^s Forecast
Cartoon
8
High 64
Classifieds
7
Low 39
Editorial
2
Tomorrow
News Briefs
5
Profile
4
High 68
Review
8
Low 44