Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 25
Educating Women to Excel
AprtI 4, 2001
On the
inside:
□ New class
to offer a taste
of the United
Nations
Page 2
□ Dtrice claims
its place in the
halls of NCAA
history
Page 5
□ Pollocki A
portrait of the
artist as a
deranged man
Page 8
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Under grads present research
□ Meredith’s
conference is
step toward
more research
Christina Holder
Associaie Editor
A year-long project to trans'
late a French poem into Eng
lish finally culminated when
Jeannette Rogers presented it
to an audience through the
MORE Research Conference,
held in downstairs Belk Dining
Hall. Monday. Apr. 2. 2001.
But she had to do it in 15 min
utes.
Over 70 other students pre
sented their research alongside
Rogers at the conference, stuff
ing extensive studies into 15-
minute slots from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Monday.
MORE, or Meredith Oppor
tunities for Research and Expe
rience Undergraduate Confer
ence, was brought to the cam
pus via a committee of faculty,
elected by Vice President of
Academic Affairs Rosalind
Reichard, who were interested
in giving students the opportu
nity to present independent
research or interesting studies
they had completed as part of a
class.
Psychology professor Dr.
Rosemary Homak chaired the
conference committee. Other
committee members were Dr.
A group of faculty and students Hsten to senior biology
major Jacquelyn Fleegle's research on the isolation of
antibiotic resistance.
Rebecca Duncan, professor of
English; Dr. Garry Walton,
professor of English; David
Beadle, professor of dance; Dr.
Walda Powell, professor of
chemistry; and Dr. Tom
Pencek, professor of business.
Students were asked to sub
mit abstracts of their work and
from the abstracts, the commit
tee chose students for oral and
poster presentations. In all, 74
students participated represent
ing 14 of the 15 departments at
Meredith.
Rogers, who is a student and
the departmental assistant for
foreign languages, said that she
had selected the French poem
“Le Port,*’ written by Belgian
poet Emile Veriiaeren over 100
years ago, as pact of a French
phonetics class project.
“It started out in...class, and
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MORE
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Scholarship recipi
ents offer thanks
Jamie Tunnell
staff Writer
Current students fmally got
to meet some of the people that
make their dreams of being
here come true on Monday
evening. A dinner, hosted by
the office for Institutional
Advancement, took place in
Belk Dining Hall in order for
scholarship recipients to meet
the donM^ and representatives
that provide money for scholar
ships.
Jane Dittmann. vice presi
dent tor Institutional Advance
ment, started the program with
a welcome and thank you
extended to the donors.
“You all have established
scholarships that will support
young women that are making
decisions that will affect the
rest of their lives,” Dittmann
.said.
After an invocation by
sophomore Alicia Thompson,
dinner was begun and students
and donors exchanged memo
ries, found out about personal
backgrounds and expressed
their gratitude.
Students got to know the
people that have graciously
given donations that allow
some of them to finish their
education at Meredith while
allowing others to begin their
education with that gift.
Merit-based and need-based
scholarships are awarded every
year, and nearly 150 of tho.se
were represented at the banquet
that night.
The two guests speakers for
the e\ening were December
graduate Deborah McTernan
and senior Lisa Coltrain, two
scholarship recipients.
McTeman shared her strug
gle of raising a family and
attending school as an older
student. She pointed out that
Please see
SCHOLARS
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Walton presents
Shakespeare on film
Stewianie Jordan
Copy Editor
The Friends of the Library
were treated to an amazing trip
last night-Dr. Garry Walton,
professor of English, escorted
all those attending the annual
spring dinner from Shake
speare’s Globe to Hollywood-
well. sort of
Walton's talk. “Shake
speare's Moving Images, Now
and Then," drew attention to
the many Shakespearean plays
to hit the big screen and the
way the availability of such
resources has enhanced the
experience of the plays in the
classroom.
In the good old days, said
Walton, films in the classroom
were shown on projectors.
While these ancient machines
allowed for full screen pic
tures, they also created dis
tracting noises.
With the help of John Kin-
chiloe's skills in media projec
tion. Walton walked his audi
ence through Shakespearean
film technology, from Lau
rence Olivier’s 1944 Henry V
on huge reels to I999’s big
Academy Award winner
Shakespeare in Love on DVD.
But why is Shakespeare such
a hot topic for films?
Walton gave several reasons.
Films are a way to pay homage
to the history and culture of
Shakespeare, and they also
provide a way to preserve great
stage performances.
The great number of Shake
speare films allow people to
tell the stories in new ways.
Walton used several versions
of A Midsummer Night s
Dream to illustrate how cam
era tricks can create different
interpretations.
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SHAKESPEARE
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