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February 14,1996 Campus News 5 Seniors begin their final countdown Seniors celebrate 96th Night by siging karaoke among other activities. By Kimberly Zucker The countdown has finally begun for the class of 1996. Tuesday, February 6th, the senior class celebrated 96th night. They ea gerly awaited the stroke of midnight to ring in the 96th day before gradua tion. Kyle HoffmanandChristiOwlwere the senior co-chairs for the big event. Their hard work and dedication helped to make the night unforgettable for the senior class. The night began at 9:00 in Kresge Auditorium with a slide show. The slide show started off with the class’s first day at Meredith College. Accom panied by emotional music, the slide show carried the senior class up to the present. Tiffany Privitte said, “The slide show definitely brought back a lot of old memories." When the slide show ended, the sophomores came in to give the se niors a class gift. Each senior received a purple cup with the night’s theme “Celebrate Good Times" on it. Next, the seniors marched into Johnson Hall’s rotunda screaming and cheering for their class. As the seniors poured into the rotunda, the bathtub ring awaited them on the balcony. The bathtub ring, consisting of Jes sica Drew, Perri Sutton, Molly Shep herd, Angela Denney and Kim Owens, joined hands and began to sing. As most seniors were wiping their eyes, the bathtub ring skipped to the steps and began to let loose with “Girls' Night Out. " Looking back on the singing, Jessica Drew said, “Being in bathtub ring has been one of my best experiences at Meredith, and 96th night was one of the most reflective times in my life. ' After the singing, several sopho mores came to wish the seniors good luck. Everyone was moved as members of the sophomore dass reminisced about the past, and talked about the future. When the sophomores finished, the senior class went wild and the fun was only beginning. Next, Carolina Karaoke set up and members of the class were invited to sing. Almost everyone par ticipated in songs from “1 Will Survive” {o “Shoop." Spirits were higli in the senior class as they eagerly awaited the arrival of their little sisters. Right before tnid- night, the sophomores burst into the balcony of the rotunda and surrounded the seniors. At midnight, the sophomores ser enaded the seniors, and dropped a ton of confetti and balloons onto the se niors. The sophomores rushed down the steps to join their big sisters for food andfun. Theclassesenjoyedcakeand punch as the karaoke continued. Perri Sutton said, “Once the t-shirts came in and I could relax, 1 had a great time being able to catch up with my friends and my class." The sophomores and seniors re laxed in the partied until 1:00 am. h was a time of refleaion and fun as the seniors realized that graduation was only 96 days away! Meredith student runs for state position By Arinn Dixon Sophomore Kendall Barnes gained her interest in politics in a most un usual way. Her dad is a politics buff and, as far back as Kendall can remem ber, her whole family has gathered around the television every Sunday to watch "This Week With David Brinkley.” “By watching that show and talking with my dad, 1 picked things up,” Barnes said. “I started to get interested in politics." That original interest has taken Barnes a long way in the worid of politics. She is a politics major, the president ofthe Meredith College chap ter of College Republicans and Meredith’s chairman of the Students for Hayes Organization, which pro motes support for North Carolina Re publican gubernatorial candidate Robin Hayes. As president of the College Republi cans, she organizes meetings and works toward the goal of getting as many Re publican politicians in office as pos sible. The group has about 40 regis tered members, 15 of which come to meetings regularly. "Wealwayswantto have more people," Barnes said. “People need to know what’s going on in poli tics.'’ As chairman of the Students For Hayes, Barnes spends many hours a week going to press events, making countless calls and stuffing envelopes. She also organizes students on campus in support of the candidate. In spite of her many accomplish ments, Barnes' biggest task lies ahead. She is running for the position of Executive Vice Chairman of the North CarolinaFederationofCollege Repub licans fl'ICFCR). Ejections will be held February 24 at the NCFCR Spring Convention, and until then Barnes will be campaigning hard. She travels to colleges and universities across the state with other candiaites to give her campaign speech. This week she will visit seven schools including UNC- Charlotte, Qmpbell and UNC-Greens- boro. Tlie goals she spe^s about are increasing membersliip at schools that have College Republicans, getting or ganizations started at schools that don’t, like ECU and ASU, and bringing College Republicans around the state closer together If elected Vice Cliairman, Barnes’ main duty will be serving as the chairman’s “right-hand-man.” “If he [the chairman] caQs at 2:00 am and tells me to do something, I ’d better get up!”Barnesexplained. Shewouldalso keep up the contact between all of the chapters of College Republicans and generally make things run smoothly. Barnes says she would love to live in Washington and go into politics someday, perhaps working behind the scenes on a campaign. She is one Meredith woman we should look for in the future of politics. She certainly has the ambition to do it.
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