Meredith Herald
April 14, 1999
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Campus Extras
Juniors honor seniors with dinner
JlLl BkUNER
Quest Wnier
The junior and senior classes
took lime from semesier-end
studies to prove thal ihe only
thing belter than an old tradi
tion is a new one. On Tuesday,
Mar. 30, at 6:(K) p.m., the inau
gural Junior-Senior Dinner was
held in (he Stringfield side of
Belk Dining Hall. Approxi
mately 150 juniors and seniors
attended.
The dinner was hosted by
the junior class in honor of the
class of 1999, the seniors. Each
year the class of 2000 has
established a new tradition at
Meredith in hopes that the
classes after is will continue
the traditions.
Their first year, members of
the class of 20fX) participated
in the first Fire and Water Din
ner. Last year, they created a
sophomore class charm. This
year, they have begun the
Junior-Senior Dinner,
Dr. Jo Cuglielmi, class of
2(X)1 advisor, says she is excit
ed about hosting the 2nd Annu
al Junior-Senior Dinner next
year.
At the dinner, the juniors and
seniors celebrated the contribu
tions made by the class of 1999
and happy times at Meredith.
The c(dd and even classes tradi
tionally do not get along, but
the classes of 1999 and 2000
have defied that tradition.
Junior Class President Erin
Grant said at the dinner, “Isn’t
it odd we’re all here together
tonight, even though we never
thought it would happen three
years ago?" Grant placed a spe
cial emphasis on "odd" and
“even."
The relationship between the
two classes has grown stronger
and friendlier in the past three
years. The dinner was a reflec
tion of that bond.
Senior Class President Gin
ger Hudson also spoke at the
dinner. She thought the dinner
was thoroughiy enjoyed by
everyone present.
The Bathtub Ring and the
Oddballs gave a special joint
performance of songs like
"Mountain Dew" and “Sweet
Violets.” The Bathtub Ring
also sang some of their more
sentimental sorigs in tribute to
the senior class, including
"Now and Forever” and
"Dream Big.”
As a souvenir of their days at
Meredith, the seniors were
given daisies to take with them.
Junior Class Secretary Sarah
Glover commented that the
dinner was a great success.
Cline play arrives
Press Release
Raleigh LitUe Theatre
Always... Patsy Cline
opened Off-Broadway in June
of 1997 after a successful two-
year run in Nashville at the
Ryman Auditorium (former
home of the Grand Ole Opry).
However, it had actually been
around for nearly 10 years,
having been presented in Hous
ton in the autumn of 1988.
Always... Patsy Cline, wrillen
by Ted Swindley. is a warm
and sweetly funny reminis
cence based on the experiences
of a real-life fan from Texas
named Louise and the dynamic
“girl country singer” Cline.
Backed up by the “Boda
cious Bobcats,” Palsy sings the
music she made famous. The
New York Post called it “an
evening of down-home nostal
gia, full of torch songs sung
with a defiant, upbeat and true
touch of Cline."
According to Richard
Corliss, music critic for Time
Magazine, her “bold contralto
turned hurt into art," making
Cline “the Callas of country.
She made it all seem part of
a thrilling emotional biogra
phy, drawing out a note until it
was exhausted, then punctuat
ing it with a catch in her throat
that sounded like the small sob
of a strong woman."
This two-person show has
been a great favorite during
many regional professional
tours. Raleigh Little Theatre's
production is the area’s pre
miere. Part of RlXs City Stage
Series. Always... Patsy Cline
will be performed in the inti
mate Gaddy-Goodwin Theatre,
about the size of some of
Patsy’s early venues.
Tickets tor Always... Patsy
Cline are all $10. For further
information, please call the
Raleigh Little Theatre Box
Office at (919) 821-3111.
Newly formed WIN educates with picnic
Beth Hall
News Editor
“This is not a male-
bashing club,” said
Junior Anna Spell, vice
president of the Women’s
Issues Network (WIN)
The newly formed
organization,which has
had to deal with misun
derstandings about its
purpose as well as with
the organizing problems
of any new organization,
jusi recently held its first
campus-wide event. The
picnic held Wednesday
before last to commemo
rate Ihe end of Women’s
History Month has been
WIN’s biggest project so
far.
The picnic came with
all the fixin’s suitable for
a celebration of women's
history on a women’s
college campus. The all
female blues band “The
Ladies Auxiliary” per
formed. and students
were able lo peruse
brochures and speak with
representatives at several
information tables set up
by Interact, the North
Carolina League of
Women Voters, Raleigh’s
Women’s Center, the
North Carolina division
of NOW (National Orga
nization of Women), and
Rex Hospital (women’s
health care).
“I was happy to see
people going to the
booths,” said Spell.
“That made me glad we
had provided them. We
wanted lo make people
aware.”
Making students aware
of women’s issues and
encouraging women to be
responsible is WIN’s
focus. “Education is our
central goal," said Spell.
Spell said it was a
“passion about women’s
rights issues” which
made her, and WIN pres
ident and junior Amy
Nolan begin the organi
zation.
The two started orga
nizing WIN just last
semester. The organiza
tion’s charter was
approved by the Senate
last October.
But starting an organi
zation is the easy part.
The difficult thing is
attracting members and
sustaining meetings and
events. “We’ve Just been
finding things out as we
go along,” said Spell
experience for Graver.
Also, unlike other
organizations which have
been around for years,
WIN had to begin this
semester with little fund
ing and no precedents for
event or meeting organi
zation.
Spell acknowledges
The Ladies’ Auxiliary perform
with a sigh. WIN’s facul
ty advisor, Rhonda
Graver, a counselor in the
Gounseling Center, is,
like the organization,
new to the campus. As
with the other members
of WIN, this is a new
at WIN picnic.
Photo by Lan Tian
that the lack of prece
dence is probably why
some students have
apprehensions about
joining the organization.
“It’s new—people don’t
know what it is,” said
Spell.
And what some people
are guessing the organi
zation is about are
wrong. “A lot of people
are scared it’s a lesbian
club,” said Spell after
gracefully trying to find
the words to express
what she fell were some
students’ sentiments.
“We don’t promote [a
particular lifestyle] or
discriminate.”
The organization also
has nothing to do with
male-bashing. Spell
quoted a line from late
18th-century women’s
rights activist Mary
Wollstonecraft’s i4 Vindi
cation of the the Rights
of Women to explain the
difference In empower
ing women, and belittling
men: “I do not wish
[women) to have power
over men, but over them
selves.”
WIN is already plan
ning a circuit Jecture
series for next school
year.