Meredith Herald
Volume XV, Issue 15
We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally we’re a women’s college. January 20,1999
□ The presi
dential search
committee is
already screen
ing applicants.
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□ Campus
Residence halls
need RAs for
next semester.
On the
inside:
Special Olympics are coming to Triangle
Page 2
□ MTV’s Varsity
Blues gritty but
true-to-Iife,
says reviewer.
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□ ALLTEL announces
its sponsorship of the
‘99 summer games.
Christina Holder
Staff Reporter
Papathanasiou’s “Chariots
of Fire” springs to mind as an
appropriate soundtrack for the
atheletes to preparing for this
summer’s festivities.
From June 26-July 4. only
165 days away, athletes from
over 150 countries wilt con
verge in Raleigh, Durham and
Chapel Hill to take part in the
1999 Special Olymipic World
Summer Games.
In a press conference on Jan.
12 in the Johnson Hall Rotun
da. ALLTEL Communications,
a wireless and long-distance
carrier, announced its gold
sponsorship of the Games and
extended its invitation as their
official communications
provider.
“In ALLTEL’s 45 retail loca
tions posters are being put up
to hopefully inspire our cus
tomers to support the ‘99
Olympics with us,” says Dan
Lohr, the president of North
Carolina’s ALLTEL markets.
In addition, ALLTEL is
showing their support to the
atheletes and the events they
will compete in by offering
“eight hours of paid time off
for each ALLTEL employee”
who volunteers her time to the
Games.
Charles Taylor, Meredith’s
interim President spoke for the
campus as he noted “we are
proud that the Special Olympic
athletes are here,” as he looked
over to three athletes attending
the press conference to repre
sent the approximately 7,000
that will compete in the events
this summer.
Meredith College will serve
as a central point for the
Games by providing the
facilites for the Olyn^pic Festi
val. The 2,000 coaches.
400.000 spectators. 35,000
volunteers, as well as the ath
letes, are invited to visit the
Olympic Festival between
events for refreshments and
relaxation. ALLTEL will host
the World Games Festival and
sponsor an interactive booth
where visitors can leam more
about ALLTEL’s services.
Professional NASCAR race
driver Phil Parsons was also in
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Special Olympics
athlete Ashley
Pittman tries out
the driver's seat
of the ALLTEL-
sponsored car as
driver Phil Parsons
and Meredith Col
lege's interim
president Charles
Taylor pose for a
quick photo-
Photo av
SrBVE WrisON
Professor, alumna art exhibits break new ground
OThe two new ideas
come from months of
collaborative effort.
Lisa Gii-IJam
Arts & Entertaininent Editor
The College is an art-iover’s
paradise, but never was its
commitment to the arts as clear
as it was on Sunday, when the
openings of two exhibits
shared audience attention.
If you were on the Meredith
campus on that day, Jan. 17,
you may have noticed that the
campu.s was overflowing with
the visitors who were lucky
enough to get a double dose of
culture.
The two new exhibits that
opened up on Sunday; one in
the Johnson Hall Rotunda and
the other in the Gaddy-Ham-
rick Art Center. While the
exhibit.s are different in con
tent. Gallery Director Maureen
Banker said that people who
came to one exhibit generally
visited the other and all-
around had “a nice day on cam
pus.’’
The Johnson Hall exhibit is
part of the Meredith College
alumna series and is titled “Vir
ginia Owen paintings.” Owen’s
work is the second in the annu
al series of art exhibitions
which will feature Meredith
alumna.
Owen graduated from
Meredith in 1994 with a BA in
Studio Art and a concentration
in painting. While at Meredith
in 1993, Owen received the
Meredith College Department
of Art award for Outstanding
Student of Art. Owen also stud
ied Liberal Arts at NCSU from
1976 to 1978,
Owen’s other awards and
honors include the 1997 United
Arts Regional Artist Project
Grant and the 1992 PEO Sister-
ho^xl Grant.
Owen's resume shows that
she has used her art experience
in many fleld.s. including mar
keting coordinator, graphic
designer, artist and visual
designer.
The centerpiece of Owen’s
paintings which are on display
now is her series titled “Con
tinuum." The series consists of
36 oil and graphite on paper
paintings that measure 26”(h) x
12”(w) each. The total series
spans 26” x 36” feet.
The series represents a year
and comes from her own dcKu-
mentation of her life. Banker
said that Owen had “received a
grant to do that one large
piece."
The alumna series will
appear again next year at
around the same time and will
feature an alumna photograph
er, Mary Moore. Banker says
that Meredith College has
"such fine graduates in the art
department" and that we
should praise these "wonderful
alumnae who are happy to
share" with the public.
Owen’s exhibit wii.l be open
for public viewing through
March 28. More information is
available about Owen and her
exhibit in the Rotunda.
About 250 people attended
“7-Bit Dialogue,” the multi-
media art exhibit which opened
in the Frankie G. Weems
Gallery at the Gaddy-Hamrick
Art Center at 2:30 p.m.
‘•7-Bit Dialogue” is an inter
active video and installation
show, designed by Regina
Rowland, who is a professor of
art at Meredith, and Scott
Townsend, who works with the
Schix)! of Design at NC State.
The exhibit opening includ
ed representatives from many
different depariments at
Meredith, including those of
dance, science. English, and
music because the exhibit
involves pieces from each of
those areas.
The idea was originally
Townsend’s. He and Rowland
decided to work together.
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