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Meredith Herald Volume XV, issue 16 We attract bright, taiented. ambitious students. Naturally, we're a women’s college. January 27,1999 On the inside: Lecture discusses ancient earth sculptures □ Mullinax Joins campus community as church relations director. Page 2 □ Prospective parents should seek information about circumci sion. Page 4 □ Local entertainment events past and present earn praise. Page 8 Meredith Herald at Meredith College 3^ HiUsbofough St. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919)760-2824 FAX (919) 760-2869 Email: cartera@mercdilh.edu □ John Kincheloe addresses a lost part of American history. Christina Hoi.i>er staff Reponef There is a mystery to be solved in Adams County. OH. A great serpent is resting on a cliff, seemingly suspended in mid-slither. Do not be afraid. You will be in no danger of stepping on the creature-- unless you are Bigfoot. The serpent of Adams coun ty is no common garden snake; neither is it comparable to the great boa. Rather, the serpent is the product of numerous mounds of earth connected to depict an uncoiling snalce. John William Kincheloe, Meredith’s media specialist, had the answers for wondering minds when he presented (he faculty distinguished lecture titled, “Uncoiling the Serpent." ‘The story I am about to tell you is part fact, part specula tion, part comedy, part tragedy, but, I hope for you, completely fascinating." Kincheloe said as an invitation for those present to learn more about the Native American Serpent Mounds. The lecture was a complete account of the history of the mysterious earthen mounds that have been constructed in various parts of the United States by Native Americans. Squire and Davis, authors of Ancient Mounds of the Missis sippi Valley, wrote the first “systematic and most compre hensive account" of the history of the Native American mounds, and were the first to lell about the Great Serpent Mound. The Grave Creek Mound-s located in Moundsville, VA. were some of the first to be examined. The mounds, appearing as intensely magni fied hills, rose 65' high, 240’ wide at the base, and were composed of over 57,000 tons of earth. The mounds were used as burial sites by the Native Americans referred to as the Adena. Yet another mound, located in Newark. OH, was found to have distinct geomet ric shapes and parallel lines. The mounds, used for ceremo nial purposes, “were construci- An aerial view of The Great Serpent Mound. ed with precision wit^ consis tent mathematical proportion." said Kincheloe. Explaining the mounds of Ohio, Kincheloe says, "Many of the earth-works. though found miles apart, share com mon alignn^ents with signifi cant points on the horizon. Walls consistently relate not only to rivers they front, but to the planets, sun, moon and stars." A most inieresting addition (0 the lecture was Kinchelt'ie's inadvertent discovery of a let ter in a used bix)kstore. The let ter was written by Squire in H845 and was about the mounds at Chilicothe. "And there it is," Kincheliw said as he pointed to the framed letter opposite him on the stage. In the letter. Squire remarked on the great sight of the mounds. The purpose of the Great Serpent, an effigy mound that is the largest in North America, has been speculated to be a par allel to the constellation of the Big Dipper, to be a lunar observatory for the phases of (he moon to represent an Adena calendar and to be the site of (he Garden of (he Eden because, among many reasons, it is located in Adams coun(y. See LECTURE page 2 Marketing professor succumbs to cancer □ Richard Berhman died Thursday morning at the IViangle Hospice in Hillsborough. A1.I.1SON Cabtrr Editof-In-Chief Last Thursday, Richard H. Berhman died at the age of 71. Berhman was diagnosed with melanoma a little over two years ago, ye( he con(inued (o teach until the beginning of the fall ‘98 semester. Berhman arrived at Mered ith after serving as coiporate director of marketing for ti>e Liggett Group. He was associ ate professor of marketing at Meredith before leaving in 1990 to be (he direc(or of the MBA program at Elon College in Burlington, NC. After serving as director, Berhman became interim dean of the Martha and Spencer lx)ve School of Business at Elon. During his years at Elon, Berhman continued to teach both undergraduate and gradu ate classes at Meredith, "[Dick] Berhman was one of (he most student oriented pro fessors at Meredith, and that's a fact. With him, s(uden(s came first," said business faculty member Tony Bledsoe. Berhman enjoyed sailing in his spare time with his friends and family. Both faculty and students remembered how Berhman's outside experiences brought so much (o his classes. “He had a real sense for wha( worked," said Business and Economics Department Head Becky Oatsvall. “He made the classes come alive for his students.” Sandra Hanner. business professor, spoke about Berhman from both a student and a colleague's point of view. Berhman was Manner’s mar keting professor wiien she was in the MBA prografh here at Meredith in the mid-1980s. "He had a very dry wit and a gocxi sense of humor," said Banner. "He really loved teaching." Berhman's last classes he taught at Meredith included the undergraduate marketing research class in Fall '91, the graduate level business research class in Spring ‘98 and the graduate level market ing class last summer. Berhman was supposed to teach the undergrad research class last fall, but became ill again and could not teach the class. Senior Casandra Shaleuly said, (Berhman] "was the best professor I’ve ever had," com menting on her marketing research class with Berhman in 1997. Oatsvall noted that Berhman never gave away anything to his students. "He helped them earn [their grades], but he never gave anything away," said Oatsvall. Berhman came to North Car olina from the New York area after serving in the Navy dur ing World War II and working for the Liggett group. Berhman is survived by his wife, Mary, and his three daughters Barbara Dan, Margaret Payne and Dorothea Hyde. The family held a private service for Berhman over the weekend. Meredith College is planning a memorial service in memory of Berhman stimetime in Feb., but no definite plans have been made. Memorial gifts can be sent to the Duke Melanoma Research group at Duke University in Berhman's name to the following address: Duke Melanoma Research, PO Box 3828 - DUMC, Durham. NC 27710.
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