April 12,1995
Campus Extras
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LIBRARY continued
from page eight
nels 10 and 15 are mostly dark. After
the satellite, 10 will always have some
thing on it, ” Bowling happily remarked.
There will be a studio area built in the
bean-bag room that will serve as a
filming station.
Bowling spoke of her intro to video
production course, and it was easy to
see that she enjoyed working with her
students: "1 like working with the stu
dents. Teaching an intro course is neat.
I really stress an independent feel with
the class, so they’ll have the knowl
edge on their own. ” Bowling is also the
advisor for the Meredith College ’Video
Club. The Qub is currently getting
ready for videotaping graduation.
Bowling said that MCTV is “a hid
den service on campus.” Not many
people know how much time and ef
fort goes into taping and editing a
collegeevent. “Rightnowwearework-
ing on Stunt,” Bowling added.
MCTV actually is a branch of Media
Services, which is also located on the
first floor of the library. John Kincheloe
has been Meredith’s media specialist
for ten years. He and Rick McBane are
busy buying hardware—audio visual
LETTER continued
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der-puff football games where the guys
would go as girls and vice-versa every
single year. They were always looked
forward to because they were simply
fun! The guys got a chance to showthe
girls how ridiculous we felt they were,
and the girls got a chance to do the
same. Maybe then we could show how
girls could be a little more economical.
For example — borrow you dress or
spend $3 at Good Will. It may not be
on the cutting edge of style, but it’ll
work!
After all, who are you trying to
impress? You know everyone there.
Furthermore, 1 don’t think you will see
many couples going out and eating
diimer. I think that most guys still feel
a little uncomfortable being in drag. If
we don’t have the right pair of shoes or
can’t borrow them from a friend, we’ll
simply go barefoot, wear sandals or
systems such as VCRs, TVs, and sound
systems for the campus—buying soft
ware, which are videos and slides, and
educating people how to use this equip
ment. Kincheloe’s need to be involved
throughout campus has been a great
asset to the Meredith community. He
has taught intro to drawing, taught
with Susan Squires in the history de
partment, and taught Native American
music and a non Western art class in
the art department. Kincheloe has also
taught experimental films and video
art in both the English and art depart
ments. He said that he tries “to be
available for guest lecturing in other
topics in other departments. ” He went
on to say, “1 like to stay in the class
room. I enjoy variety. That’s the advan
tage of this college. ”
His love of Native American cul
tures has kept him busy. He is active in
working with anumberofNative Ameri
cans in a variety of ways. He attends as
many Pow Wows as he can, and all of
his vacation time is spent in New
Mexico along the Rio Grande River
visiting three good friends of his that
are Pueblos. He is also involved in the
politics of Ohio related to protecting
the Great Serpent Mound that is a quar
ter of a mile long and made to resemble
a snake. “1 encourage people to help in
protecting this and other mounds, ” he
said.
Interviewing John Kincheloe was
like reading an intriguing autobiogra
phy that can’t be put down. He showed
me some of his graphite, elaborate,
realistic drawings, and they were phe
nomenal.
Rick McBane works along with
Kincheloe to circulate the audio-visual
that goes out of the building. When
asked what he likes most about his job
in media services, he replied,’’The di
versity and working with other depart
ments. I truly have no idea what I ’ll be
doing when I come in the morning. It
keeps it from getting boring. ” McBane
was also quick to point out Iris appre
ciation and liking of the different per
sonalities of the various departments.
McBane told me the history of how
media services and MCTV evolved, and
I was automatically interested. In 1985,
Kincheloe negotiated with Cable Vi
sion to get Meredith wired. He man
aged to also get three channels to be
filtered out of the basic cable package.
This negotiation was a great advance
ment for Meredith because it provided
students with better information.
Carlyle Campbell Library has got
some amazing people on its staff, prov
ing that appearances aren’t all that
they seem.
The Herald staff wishes everyone
a great Easter Break! Rest uo for the last
10 daysof class upon return! We will!
(There will not be a paper the week after Easter.)
Words of wisdom: Don't eat too many Cadbury eggs!
tennis shoes! We’ll have someone fix
our hair long in advance and pick it up
on our way to get our makeup done.
I personally feel this would be a
wonderful, inexpensive idea that
would be fun for all involved. 'Why not
take a survey through your paper to
get the opinion of the students on this
idea? If the admission can be held
down to a few dollars, I think you
would be surprised at the number of
people who show up for it. 1 would
certainly be there — dragging my girl
friend around all day long, wondering
how she even got herself into this
mess!
- A concerned, weary, and abso
lutely broke NCSU student
WEEMS continued
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stated. “Sixty percent of the people
attending universities are women. We
want to attract those women to
Meredith.”
Weems stated that if the program
goes through, the earliest we can ex
pect to sec students from Barbados on
our campus is the fall of 1996. “Only
time will tell if we will be successful,
but I think we will get students,”
Weems said. ”I think we have real
potential for a summer program and
even more potential for getting Barba
dos students.”
STORE continued
from page one
other such literature (i.e. King Lear
and Hamlet) at Meredith ran from
$3.99-$ 10.60. At Addam’s they stopped
at around $7.95.
Many students do not see why col
lege textbook prices must be an issue
at all.
Sophomore Elizabeth Rogers said,
“As much as we pay to go to Meredith,
I don’t see why we can’t rent our
books instead of buying them, or why
they can’t just be loaned to us. 1 know
of some other schools that do that.”
Some students think they should
have a choice between buying their
textbooks or loaning them.
‘I tliink it would be helpful to many
students if they liad a choice between
buying a book or loaning it. There are
some textbooks that you may want to
keep and others that you’ll probably
never use again, so there is no point in
buying them for a much higher price
than you could possibly ever get when
you sell them back,” said an anony
mous student.
The Herald found that accessories
at Addam’s were slightly less expen
sive than those found at Meredith, the
regular college-logo T-shirt at Addam’s
ran around $14.00, while Meredith
Supply Store T-shirts cost about $ 16.00.
An NC State windbreaker at Addam’s,
with no comparison at Meredith, was
$19 99. A key chain and attached
leather i.d. card holder was $9 99 at
Addam’s, although it was without the
Meredith logo.
INTERN continued
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Not only do interns have the chance
to work with the government this sum
mer, they have the chance to grow
with 27 other people. Last year the
group of interns kept a huge notebook
posted on the bulletin board and wrote
down all the crazy things people said
or did. At the end ofthe summer, the
group had a book ftdl of memories.
Hall will proudly represent
Meredith College this summer, and we
wish her the best of luck with her new
internship and her summer life at col
lege.