Meredith Herald
Volume XVIII, lssu»^
Educating Women to Excel
October 3,2001
On the
inside:
□ Volleyball
team pounds
Pitt. Get the
play-by-play.
Page 5
□ Nuclear
power plants are
lakes waiting to
burn. Or are
they?
Page 6
□ Professors
knew how to
calm our fears.
Read why Joni
Smith says we
should give
thanks.
Page 7
□ Selkie is a
love story with a
Scottish folklore
twist. Read the
review.
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Poet reads about life, love, oatmeal
CH Galway Kinnel!
humored and
inspired his
audience at a formal
reading open to the
Meredith
community and
the public.
Rebecca Barrincek
SiafI Reporter
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Galway Kinnell read his most
recent book of poetry at a
reading in Kresge Auditorium
Monday night at 7: 30 p.m.
He spoke to a full audience,
.reading a variety of his own
poetry from his most recent
book, a collection of his works
called A New Selected Poems.
He also read a few selections
by other poets.
'it was a great audience and
I loved reading to them,” Kin
nell said after the reading.
‘The degree of intensity of lis
tening drew the poems out of
me."
Kinncll's selection included
light-hearted works such as
"Oatmeal,” in which the narra
tor of the poem ha.s an imagi
nary conversation with John
Keats over a bowl of oatmeal,
Patrick Kavanagh.
“I thought the reading was
wonderful," said senior Emily
with the reading." said English
professor Dr. Louise Taylor “I
liked the interspersing of ptu-t-
ry from other poets."
Pulitzer prize winning poet Galway Kinnell read from his most recent book of poet
ry, A New Selected Poems, at a reading and signed books afterward Monday night
irt Kresge.
and more introspective ones
such as “The Olive Wood
Fire.”
Kinnell included poetry
from well-known poets such as
William Butler Yates and
Fammartino- “I liked how he
read some of his more light
hearted, celebratory poems and
intermixed them with the more
serious ones."
‘i was absolutely delighted
Photo by T /vnesha Wiluiams
Kinnell read selections
See
POET
page two
Prospective students surveyed
campus, programs at Open Day
Ava Leigh Jackscw
Slaff Reporter
□ The first Open
Day of the year
brought over 100
prospective students
to campus.
Potential students and their
parents got acquainted with
Meredith last Friday, Sept. 28
at the college’s first Open Day
of the year.
The Office of Admissions
sponsors several Open Days
throughout the year for high
school students to learn more
about campus life, academics,
athletics and opportunites for
leadership on campus.
Friday’s Open Day brought
122 seniors along with 133 par
ents to campus to tour the
grounds, speak with depart
mental representatives and
observe some classes.
Admissions Counselor Dot
Livesay, who was in charge of
Open Day. said that although
the college plans to hold one
less Open Day this year than in
past years, Friday's Open Day
actually brought twice as many
students to campus than last
year.
Paige l.ineberry, a high
school senior from Zebulon,
said she chose to tour Meredith
mainly because she found that
it offers the major she wants to
pursue.
Lineberry said she is inter
ested in Meredith because of
the college's strong programs
in education and dance, two
fields she would like to pursue.
Megan Hardee, a high
.school senior from Wilson,
said Meredith is already her
number one choice.
“It’s the only place fve real
ly wanted to go. so I figured
touring it would give me a
chance to look around and see
what the school is like."
However, as prospective stu
dents dodged CAT excavators
scooping red clay around the
buildings and browsed trip-tics
displaying information about
the different departments in
Johnson Hall, one concern
seemed unplaced in their
minds: the tutition increase.
Megan Ratley from Wilson.
NC said the tuition increase
would not deter her from
enrolling at Meredith because
she is "looking at scholarships
to help out with the cost."
Increasing scholarship
money to counterbalance the
tuition increase is a goal of the
Office of Institutional Devel
opment. whose top officers
have been designing fundrais
ing campaigns to be launched
this year.
However. whether prospec
tive students at the first Open
Day become students is a ques
tion still left unanswered.
Enrollment for the freshman
class was down .S% this year
according to recently prt>cessed
numbers.