February 23,1994
4 Campus News
Meredith world traveler is a talk show junkie
by Christina Peoples
The best thing that ever happened
to Jeaneen Logan was getting away
from Meredith.
Logan, a Meredith senior and
former Association for Black Awar^
ness (ABA) president, spent her last
semester studying abroad in the
Universitas Nebrissensis in Madrid,
Spain.
“1 feel so good because 1 got to see
and do things that everyone reads
about," said Logan.
When asked about her experience
in Spain, Logan’s eyes immediately lit
up and she began talking very animat
edly with her hands.
Logan’s favorite part of Spanish
culture is the openness of its people.
She said that the son of the family she
and Meredith Taylor stayed with was
always willing to advise them on the
best places to eat or shop, and he and
his friends would insist on sharing their
food or drink with them wherever
they went.
"This is the best example of what
makes up Spanish culture and mental
ity. They invite you to be a part of the
fun," said Logan, if you are friends
with one person and are introduced to
other new friends, the friendship is
automatic."
While in Spain, Logan also had the
opportunity to travel to Paris, France.
Logan noticed a real difference in the
way people responded to her in the
two countries.
“In Spain they have small cafes
called Terrazas that are lively with
music, drinking and conversation ev
erywhere. The tables are round and
stmounded with friends," said Logan,
in Paris the cafes have chairs in rows,
which is very organized and rigid. The
people sit, sip drinks and watch people
goby.”
Logan had a great experience with
one of her teachers at the university.
Marissa Marina, her art
and history professor,
was “phenomenal."
i've never met a ,
woman so interesting.
She knew everything
about everything," said
Logan. “She was so
happy and proud of
her culture, and she
wanted to share it with
her students."
Logan remem
bered how Marina
could leCTure seriously
about the Spanish Civil
War and then enter
tain them with funny
colloquial Spanish ex
pressions that adults
use. Logan said that her
lack of knowledge of
Spanish did not hinder
her from laughing.
Marina could also
tie her personal expe
riences into the lectures about
the art, even though she only
a giri when the war happened.
“She said the greatest gift to
her that gives her the most plea
sure is knowing that her students
will cany the information they
receive out of the class into the
real world," said Logan.
Logan plans to use her histoiy
and Span^h double major and
her experience in Spain to help
herin law school, She is not sure
what type of law she wants to
praaice, but she would like to
worii in a field where she could
travel back and forth to Spain.
“I don’t want to lose my Span
ish, and I would like to incorpo
rate it into my ctoily woris," said
Logan. ‘I would like to become
fluent in the lai^u^e, but I know
that it takes a number of years
living in a country to do so.”
Logan is in the process of applying
for a Fulbright Scholarship to go to
Costa Rica. If she receives it, the gov
ernment would pay for a year of study
in the foreign country.
Christa Bucks, a good friend of
Logan’s,recommendedher experience
in Costa Rica so highly that Logan
could not resist the chance to try to go.
Logan spoke as enthusiastically
about her family as she did her experi
ence in Spain. She said she enjoyed
having an older sister (and now a beau
tiful niece), and they were very close.
“We had abig dog when I was little
that my sister was never afraid of, and
1 was always terrified of it. My sister
W3S not afraid ofanything; she was just
curious," said Logan. “She always un
derstood that I was scared, and she
wasn’t cruel and never teased me about
it.”
Logan also said that when she went
abroad, the worst part was leaving her
family for such a longtime.
it wasn’t like being at college, 1
couldn’t jump in the car and drive to
see them. We had an ocean between
us," said Logan.
Logan came to Meredith because
she met someone in her extended fem-
ily who went to Meredith and liked it a
lot. At that time Logan was a junior in
high school looking at colleges, and
she came and stayed at Meredith for a
week.
“I liked the size, the fact that it was
i single sex school with less distrac
tion. building more and stronger rela
tionships with women and the open
ness of classes. Since I’ve been here I
have found that it is all true, and I
haven’t been disappointed,” said
Logan.
A special part of her Meredith ex
perience was being ABA president last
year, Logan enjoyed woriiing up from
being an active member her first two
years to being eleaed president her
junior year.
“It was the best feeling to be in
charge of something I care so much
about." said Logan.
Durii^ her presidency Logan re-
see PROFILE page seven
"Adios, Meredith,' says senior Jeaneen Logan. Logan
doned her cap and gown for Founder's Day Convocation.
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