Meredith Herald
Volume XV, Issue 11
We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally we're a women’s college. November 11,1998
On the
inside:
□ Check out
the tales of
Cornhuskin’ 98
from skits to
penny barrels.
Final results on
page 8.
Pages 2 & 3
□ Foreign lan
guage professor
enjoys teaching
her new Mered
ith students.
Page 4
□ Reviewer
says critics of
V/ctterboy are all
Page 8
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Seniors out on top with ‘The Final Verdict’
□ All classes win at
Friday’s events as the
campus unites.
LESLIE MAXWELL; USA GILUAM
Police Reporter A S E Editor
Many devoted Meredith stu
dents braved cold weather to
experience the fifty-third annu
al Comhuskin’ and to show
their class and school spirit.
The main competition, held 6
p.m. Friday night, Nov. 6, unit
ed the four classes in an
evening of fun and friendship.
The festivities began with
the introduction of the MRA
Comhuskin’ co-chairs, sopho
more Kate Breen and junior
Melinda Burns. The judges,
Rebecca Oatsvall, business
professor; Philip Roof, Direc
tor of Financial Assistance;
College Dean Allen Page;
Alieen Jenkins Staples, ‘87;
and Carole Jones Carr, ‘79.
were then introduced.
The time judges were Resi
dence Life Director Paula
O’Briant and RDs Angie Per-
rou and Penny Andrew. The
island judges were Thad O'Bri-
ant, Campus Dining Services
Director, security officer Jean
Trevathan, business professor
Susan Wessels, religion profes
sor Bob Vance and psychology
professor David Heining-
Boynton.
The first event of thp
evening was Cornshuckin’.
Contestants, encouraged by
their coaches, had to shuck
seven ears of com but were
allowed to leave silks on.
Juniors placed first in this
event.
Apple Bobbin’, an event in
which contestants must get ten
apples out of the bucket with
out using their hands, came
next. Senior Shannon MacFar-
lane and coach Christina
Berkemeyer took a speedy first
place this event. Said Berke
meyer, “It was awesome to lift
our hands up in victory and
hear the whole senior class
cheer. It was incredible.”
Skit, one of the most antici
pated events of the evening,
was next. The WINGS students
performed their unjudged skit
first. Freshmen went next, per
forming a skit that matched
their theme of “Heavenly
Reflections'' as a new student
dreamed about her future as a
r
Meredith College Angel. Co
chair Bridgette Rawls said.
“Freshman spirit was amazing
and wonderful!”
To emphasize their theme,
‘The Spirit of Comhuskin’,”
the sophomores journeyed to
their past, present and f^iture
with the BustGhosters in
search of the lost spirit. Juniors
hit a home run with their skit.
Their “Third Time Around”
compared their experiences at
Meredith to a baseball game.
Seniors finished the skit com
petition with the "Final Ver-
See CORNHUSKIN’ page 3
Seniors paraded
their four Corn-
huskin' themes
toward Johnson Hall
Friday afternoon.
The last senior
group to approach the
crowd was this year’s
theme for Corn-
huskin’ 1998 of
‘‘The Final Verdict.”
Photo by Ashlynn Browninc
MCA sponsors Operation Christmas Child again
BETH HALL
News Editor
Meredith Christian Associa
tion asks the Meredith commu
nity to fill empty shoeboxes
with Christmas goodies for
unfortunate children world
wide this holiday season as
MCA sponsors Operation
Christmas Child again this
year.
For four years the campus
has gathered an average of 100
boxes per year for the annual
project sponsored by Samari
tan’s Purse, said Penny Ulmer
of Campus Ministry. Samari
tan’s Purse, an international
Christian relief and evangelism
organization that sends shoe
boxes full of gifts for needy
children in nations around the
world is headed by Franklin
Graham, son of evangelist
Billy Graham.
Individuals, as well as
groups and organizations, are
asked to pack a shoebox for a
boy or girl age two to 12.
Suggestions for gifts to fill
the box include balls, yo-yos,
cars, dolls, school supplies,
sunglasses, toothpaste, soap,
comb, hard candy, flashlight
(with batteries), T-shirts, hair
clips, books
or small
stuffed ani
mals.
Partici
pants are
asked not to
include war-
related toys,
liquids, per-
i s h a b 1 e s .
used items, medicine or break
able items. The shoe boxes
may be wrapped, but the lid
should be wrapped separately
from the box, so it may be
removed for inspection.
Five dollars is requested for
shipping and handling costs
and should be placed in an
envelope provided by MCA
and put on top of the box’ con
tents. MCA will also provide
the labels that ^ould be put on
the outside of the box, alerting
organizers whether the con
tents of ihe box are for a boy or
girl, and for
what age
range. Age
ranges are:
infant, 2-4
years old, 5-9
years old and
10-14 years
old.
MCA will
collect the
boxes next week, Nov. 16-23.
All boxes must be in by 5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 23. The completed
boxes should be taken to the
campus minister’s office.
If you have any questions
about Operation Christmas
Child, please call Sugar Hale at
760-2032.
"More clubs should get
involved,” said Ulmer. “This
would make a wonderful
Christmas project.” Ulmer
also suggested contributers
give their boxes a theme. For
example, relate all of the con
tents to Superman—Superman
socks, a cape, a Superman col
oring book.
Meredith’s collection of
shoeboxes will be taken to one
of several collection centers in
the city. Each center's collec
tion will be sent to Charlotte,
said Ulmer. Then, the boxes
will be sent to their destina
tions.
Last year over 1.6 million
boxes were collected from the
US. Canada. Western Europe
and Australia and distributed to
children in 44 countries
throughout Latin America.
Eastern Europe. Africa, Asia
and the Middle East.