February 23,1994
Campus/National News 5
Angels score at tournament
by Kate Stewart
The Meredith Angels had a very successful weekend as they won the siX'team
North CaroUna-Vi^inia Women’s College Basketball Tournament which was
held at Weatherspoon Gym. Salem College, Bennett College, Sweetbrier College,
Randolph Macon Women’s College and Washington and Lee CoUege competed
along with Meredith.
The Angels had the benefit of a first-round bye and defeated Bennett 7J-46 in
the second round. Catla Black led four Angels who scored in double figures with
20 points. Meredith started off the game quickly with a 90 scoring run and ended-
the first half with a 13-2 run to go up 41-20 at the half. The Angels' scoring did
not cool off during halftime, and they started the second half with a lOO run.
In the championship game, Meredith defeated Washington and Lee 67-42 .
Despite the score, the game a defensive struggle at the beginning and the
score was low at halftime as Meredith led 26-17. Rachel Gilley led the Angels with
18 points and Carla Black followed with 12. Coach Cari Hatchell said ‘ llie game
was a defensive stn^e, but our fest-break style of offense wore them {Washing
ton and Lee] down at the end.”
Women encouraged to explore mathematics
by Christina Peoples
last Thursday, 70 middle and high
school female students came to
Meredith for the second annual Sonya
Kovale>^ky Mathematics and Com
puter Science Day.
The math day is so named because
Soo)^ Kovalevsky was one of the great
est mathematicians in the worid. Her
interest in math began when she was
only .a child and she listened to her
uncle talk about complicated math
ematical principles.
When Kovalevsky’s parents wall
papered their home, they ran out of
real w^paper and covered her room
in her Other’s old leaure notes on
calculus. Soon, she committed the for
mulas to memory.
In school, Kovalev^ took a heavy
course load in math, but her father put
a stop to it because she neglected her
other subjects. She continued to read
algebra and physics books to herself
and was able to explain the concepts
on her own.
Dr. Tyrtov, a mathematician and
'uthor, Uscovered Ko\^evsky’s tal-
ei.t aiKl compared her to Pascal. She
could not anend a university because
she was female, so she was taught
privately.
Kovalevsky presented three disser
tations for her doctorate instead of just
one, and they were published in Ger
man mathematical publications. She
became the first woman to earn her
PhD in math, and she also held a uni
versity position.
The purpose of this special day of
was to encourage the young women to
enjoy and explore the field of math
ematics. To accomplish this goal.
Meredith invited several participants
to speak fit>m the Women And Math
ematics (WAM) program who use math
and computers in their jobs every day.
WAM is a part of the Mathematics
Association of America (MAA)ofwhich
Dr. Virginia Knight, the head of
Meredith’s math department, is one of
the national directors.
The students were welcomed by
President Weems, and Knight was the
keynote speaker at the opening ses
sion.
Students could then choose two
out of five available sessions to attend.
Possible topics of discussion were Math
in Medicine, Graphs and Drawings
Using the Compttter, Codes and Code
Breaking, The Statistical Process in the
Pharmaceutical Industry, and Fun With
Madiematics.
After their sessions, the students
went to lunch where they were di
vided into groups to work on math
problems. The prizes for winning the
competition were four calculators.
The students were presented with
certificates and tee-shirts for partici
pating at the dosing session.
Most of what took place with the
math day was done by students. Scot-
tie Eustis and Shannon Smith headed
the Meredith student participation in
the o^anization of the program. Both
Eustis and Smith worit for Knight spe-
ciflcally on the MAA program
“If the kids were hesitant at first,
then by the end of the day they had
learned a lot and were very excited,"
said Eustis.
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Furnish to present Gullick lecture
Dr. Victor Paul Furnish is University
Distinquished professor of New Testa
ment in Southern Methodist's Perkins
School of Theology, where he has served
since 1959.
Dr. Furnish will present the Mary
Stowe Gullick leaures in Christian ethics
March 2, 1994. The title of his chapel
address is "Finers, Keepers." The Gullick
lecture, entitled "Strai^t Talk about the
Bible, Homosexuality, and the Christian
Fairh,” will be presented at 4:00 p.m.. At
12:00, Dr. Furnish will lead an informal
luncheon dialc^e session with faculty,
staff and seleaed guests in the Oak Room,
Belk Dinii^ Hall. For resermions call
8346 or 8603.