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October 2.1996 Mcrcdilh McriilJ Campus Sports 5 NC State lacrosse open to Meredith students for fall By Jfiinifcr Tliompson Meredith offers maiiy sporu and ciubs for its siudenus to get involved in; however, lacrosse is not one of them. Ginger Hudson, Shannon MacFarlane, and Jill Green are tliree of Meredith’s students that goovertoNCSU three timesaweek to play on the women’s club lacrosse teain. Hudson says, "Playing lacrosse is a great way to exercise and meet people.” What is lacrosse anyway? Many people have beard of it but have no idea what it is. Lacrosse is similar to soccer aud ice hockey. It’s played with astick with a uetat theendofit and a ball. The object of the game is lo pass the ball, catching it in the nets, and make a goal for one point. Laaosse originates from the Nonh American Indians and wa^ called Bagaiaway. The games sometimes lasted two io ilireedays and the teams consisted of two to three hundred people. At times, the games would become violent, and people were killed. The name “lacrosse" was adopted by the French Canadians. “Lacrosse” io French means “the stick." In the 1800s, ihefirst official game with rules was played. Women’s lacrosse wasn’t played until tlie early 1900s. In 1914, the first women’s game was played at Sweet Rriar College in Virginia. Although it is not yet an Olympic sport, lacrosse exhibitions have been played at the Olympic games. Lacrosse requires accurate passing skills and stamina due lo the great amount of running involved. The men’s playing field is 60 yards wide by 110 yards long, but women play with no boundaries. They do not wear much heavy cquipnent, so they arc noi allowed to body check an opponent. Men wearmoutlipieces,ltelmets, gloves, andribpads, and theirsticks havepockeis within the net, so tliey are allowed lo body check. Tlie goals arc 6x6 feet, and in a women’s game, tliey are 80 yards apart. In a men’s game, they are 100 yards apart. Since lacrosse is played mainly in the Nonheasteni pans of die country, not many people know about it or how to play. Many of the people playing on Slate’s team have never played before, so it is not required to kiiow how to play to be on a team. Players just have to show some interest. The Meredith students go over to State on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30 to 6;00 to practicc. They will have five lo six games this semester, and (hey will have games almost every weekend in the spring semester. So go out and support these Meredith Angels on ihe Lacrosse field, and if you're inierested m playing, lei Shannon MacFarlane know. She said.”It would be fun io get logeiher and play some pick up games.” Maybe Mereditli could work on getliiig its own women’s lacrosse team. 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Tickets are $8 fox .student.?, call Tickei Central at 515-1100. iO!B in ihe fun at Charlie Goodnight’s.Parking Lot Party Stevie and the T’s, Gloria.and the Gooomhaaas and the Usuals will be there. The.party starts at 5 p,m. and the $5 tickets arc also good.for a SS.diseount to the Richard Jeni show in the Comedy ^Club:at 9 p.nv: Call S28-S2'33. The nth Annual loternatjonaj Festival will celebrate Raleigh’s diversity as more than 4(3 ethnic groups present traditions, music and song onstage, dance and food aJong sidew.alk cafes at the Raietgh Civic Center. The World Party: fea.tures an international coffee house, mini-langnage lessons, a Naturalization Ceremony and pnzcs. Bring a can of Winn-Dlxie’s. Thrifty Maid prod ucts for .thC' .Food Bank.ofs.NC and get SI off the $5 admis . sron :costs. Brotjks and Dunn vyill.perform at WalnUt Creek :-7d^mpitheatre with Da.vid Lee Murphy and J.o. Dee .Messina .at-7:'30 p.ia.'Lawn tickets are $l2i75, call Ticketmaster for more, information at ,834-4000. .Come to the North Carolina Museum of History's History a la Carte: Views from Different Monntatns to iearn wh;at Common ties bind the cultures of western North . Carolina and the southern Tirol mountains of Italy, noon - 1 p.m. The museum will provide beverages. Betty Buckley, well-known for her roles on Broadway as . Nor.raa Desmond In Sunsei Boulevard, Grizabella (■‘Memory”) from CATS, Martha Jefferson io l776! and as Abby,Bradford on the TV series Eighi Is Enotigh, will perform at Page Auditorium,.8p.m.,: on Duke’s campus. Call Page Box Office at 684-4444 now. Tickets are S28, S32 and $S5. Share the sounds of the Piedmont’s finest musicians as the North Carolina Mnseum of History presents Music of North Carolina: Sounds of the Piedmont. The fiddle and banjo concert will last 3-4 p.m. 18-19 Don't miss the North Carolina Symphony’s Music From the Stage and Screen with guest conductor MichacI Krajewski. The pops concert selections will range from the ‘William Tell Overture’ to ‘Unchained Melody* from ,Ghds(. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Call the box office at 8J1-6060 for tickets or opt for studeitt rush tickets (S5) at 7:55 p.m. Wanted; X-Cheerleaders, a pro-woman pep rally, will perform at NCSU Center Stage. The off*off Broadway theater production uses a pick-up squad of cx-cheerlead ers, ages 20-49, to voice frustration with issues such as aging, harassment, motherhood, .sexuality, and wage inequality. Call 515-1000 for more details. The North Carolina Museum of Art will present the leciure Art in the Lives of Ante-Bellum Charlestonians by David Moltke-ilansen, director of the Southern His torical Collection and the Center, for the Study of the American South, UNC-CH. Emphasis on Charleston’s native son Louis Remy Mignot, Lecture is free at 3 p.m. 31 Happy Halloween! .8-9 13 25 27.
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