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Volume XIV, Issue 23 We attract bright, talented,ambitious students. Naturally we’re a women's college. March 2S, 1998
On the
inside:
□ Get^Il the
information on
the African-
American Quiz
Bowl.
Page 3
□ Meet the
comiselors in the
admissions
office and see
what they do.
Page 4
□ The Herald
reviews the new
120 Minutes CD
from MTV.
Page 8
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Little Friends have “Fun on the Farm”
D MRA and Meredith
College host the annual
spring event weekend.
WHITNEV WILSON
Stall Reporter
Liule friends can be assured of
big fun at Meredith. From
Friday, March 20 to Sunday,
March 22, over a hundred chil
dren couJd be seen wandering
around Meredith's campus.
MRA’s Little Friends weekend
shone brightly, despite the
storms tliat pounded the triangle
tliis past weekend.
The theme for tliis year’s
Little Friends Weekend was
“Fun on the Farm.” Events and
games were planned for the
entire weekend. Some of these
events included a scavenger
hunt, karaoke, an Aqua Angels
performance, a worship service
in Jones Cliapel, and a closing
lunch on Sunday afternoon.
Children from die ages of four
to 12 are allowed to participate in
tlie MRA’s Little Friends
Weekend, Boys 12 and under are
□ Artist speaks about
womens’ place in art for
Women’s History Month.
SARAH BALUSS
Stan Reporter
Last week, Mereditli students
interested in art got a glimpse at
the long, hard journey of female
artists. Elouise Schoettler, who
was a part of tliat journey, gave a
allowed to stay in tlie dorms.
Because of careful planning
by tlie co-chairs, Kristie Stalhngs
and Lisa Suther. the weather did
not take away any of the fun
planned for tlie weekend. The
games that were scheduled to
take place on the lawn Saturday
afternoon were moved to
Weatherspoon Gym. ,
Stalhngs has been the co-chair
for Litde Friends Weekend for
slide presentation entitled “Tlien
and Now” in honor of Women’s
History Mondi.
Schoettler first presented her
audience widi a look at tlie art
world of tlie early 70’s, when tlie
women’s art movement first
began. Back then, female artists
found tliemselves discriminated
against by museums and gal
leries, art faculties and critics.
They did not
enjoy much
recognition at
all, nor did they
enjoy many
sales. Perhaps
most important
ly, tliese talent
ed female artists
had no role-
models to look
up to, as women
had been
neglected in art
history for cen
turies.
It was during
these years on
the cusp of die
two years, and Sutlier lias been
co-chair for one year. Tliere was
an excellent amount of participa
tion for “Fun on tlie Farm” week
end. Over 150 kids were regis
tered, compared to 120 kids last
year.
Stallings claimed that all of
th5 events went over really well.
While karaoke is always one of
the favorites, the scavenger hunt
See FRIENDS page 5
women’s movement tliat diese
female artists of all ages began to
change things—diey began to
take action. Groups were formed,
newsletters publislied, petitions
signed, and museums picketed.
These women also often gath
ered together for conferences;
Schoettler described the 1972
Conference of Women in Visual
Arts as “electric.” Soon the
women were putting on sliows in
galleries of their own making.
Schoettler herself helped form
die Coalition of Women's Art;
she sliowed several slides of iJiis
Coalition in the ERA (Equal
Rights Amendment) march.
Female artists of several genera
tions came togetlier in this march
to establish women in the male-
dominated art-world, and what
they did was amazing.
During diis time, Schoettler
was praised for her artwork—
paintings which were symmetri
cal and patterned in nature. As a
motlier coping with die demands
of family life, Schoeuler found
See SCHOETTLER page 2
Search
committee
nearly complete
Leslie Maxwell
Slatl Reporter
Widi Presidents Weems'
retirement looming on the
horizon, the Presidential
Search Committee is almost
complete. Along with the
Chairman of die Committee,
Ron Withrow, tlie committee
will include seven representa
tives from die Board of
Trustees, two faculty represen
tatives, one alumna, one
administrator (not a dean or
vice-president), one student,
and one community represen
tative. The committee mem
bers should be finalized by
mid-April when die committee
will ^gin to meet. Tlieir
search should begin in July of
this year, with a final list of
presidential candidates ready
by April 1999. By May 1999,
Meredid) College should have
a new president.
Before spring break,
Meredidi students were invited
to apply for die position of stu
dent representative on die
Presidential Search
Committee. Out of all Uie
applicants, Vice-President of
Student Development Dr. Jean
Jackson and her committee
narrowed the applicants down
to three. Aldiough Jackson said
it was a “difficult decision”
because of tlie qualities tlie
applicants possessed and die
important decision applied for,
die diree nominees were cho
sen; Amy Rene Smith, Kristen
Leigh Doster, and Rachel
Wynne Overton.
Smidi, a junior history major
from Goldston, NC, is a
Teaching Fellow on tlie Dean's
List, a student adviser, and a
member of both die
History/Politics Club and Plii
Alplia Theta. Doster, a sopho
more with an undeclared major
from Concord, NC, is a resi
dent assistant in Vann, a Harris
Scholar, and is a student volun
teer in admissions. Ovenon, a
sophomore Honors student
from Aulander, NC, majoring
See COMMITTEE pagt 2
Elouise Schottler speaks to students about
the women’s art movement, photo bv iiu. green
Sophomore Beth Donaldson and her ‘little Jriend’ Mary-Scott
Powell enjoy the indoor picnic Saturday night. Photo by
alyson Flood
Speaker presents women’s art movement