Meredith
April 17, 2002
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Volume XVIII, lssue.24'
Construction on chiller continues
as temperatures soar into 90s
□ Construction
and delivery delays
have kept the AC
off for an additional
month.
Tiffany Adams
Siatl Reporter
The director of Facilities
Services said that air
conditioning across campus
will probably be operating by
next Monday, April 22-one
■month later than the date it was
scheduled to be turned on
again.
However, director Tom
Sherry said it could be as late
as next Wednesday, April 24.
The delay has been caused
primarily by construction
delays and shipping problems
with two parts needed for the
unit, called the Chiller
“The two days of rain and
getting city inspectors out to
inspect the construction
process has caused the delay,"
said Sherry.
Sophomores Amanda Beasley, Hotly McGhin, Sarah Olson and Becca Perktnson pitched a
lent in the quad Monday night due to stifling temperatures in the dorms. They plan to
camp outside until Facilities Services finishes installing the campus-wide Chiller.
Photo 9v Holly McGhin
In addition to construction
delays, there has been a
problem with the delivery of
some critical parts for the
chiller.
Sherry said that the pump
and drive motor for the
Chiller are backordered.
These parts were oilginally
scheduled for delivery on
Wednesday. April 10.
Sherry added that the pump
and drive motor were shipped
from the company last week
on Thursday, April 11. and the
parts were scheduled for
delivery yesterday.
The majority of the campus
is cooled by a Chiller plant
that is located behind Belk
Dining Hall. The plant was
shut off at the beginning of
March in order to renovate the
existing unit and to upgrade to
two larger Chillers because of
higher demands generated by
the new Mathematics and
CHILLER
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Symposium honors artist’s life, works
□ Artemisia
Gentileschi was the
subject of a multi
disciplinary confer
ence on Friday.
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This past Friday, April 12,
the Meredith College
Undergraduate Symposium
hosted a conference in honor
of Italian painter Artemisia
Gentileschi with presentations
of “Heroic Women" in art, lit
erature. dance, music and
other multi-disciplinary areas.
Artemisia Gentileschi, a
famous temale artist born in
I.W. was raped by her art
tutor Agostino Tassi. an
incident that, along with other
difficult times, was said lo
have inspired her painlings.
In the morning, students
presented papers on
topics related to Oentjleschi's
life and to her art.
English major Ganey Moze-
ly presented a paper on poets’
responses to rape. Her paper
was the culmination of a
'semester-long writing project
with English professor Dr.
Louise Taylor and was written
specifically for the
symposium.
Members of the Meredith
Baroque Trio-Valerte Brant
ley. Charity Duran and
Meaghan 0’Shea--provided
guests with music during
lunch-
Laier in the afternoon.
Kristin Fatten. Lisa Rost and
Chelsea DeSantis performed
“A Monologue Adaptation of
Susan Vreeland's Novel. The
Passion of Artemisia."
That evening at the North
Carolina Museum of Art
auditorium, keynote speaker
Dr Mary Garrard, a professor
of art history at American Uni
versity in Washington. D.C..
discussed her new book
Artemisia Gentileschi Around
1622.
Senior Anne Calvignac
participated in the symposium
as a speaker and also attended
Dr. Garrard’s discussion.
Calvignac said, “In my class
we have been studying her
book, cover to cover, and were
able to exchange our ideas
about art, poetry and other top
ics. All together it was an
amazing day with a lot of
emotions and opportunities.”
The art gallery displayed a
poster project. “Strong
Women," that was designed
by the Theory and Fundamen
tals of An course, taught by
professors Dr. Rebecca Bai
ley and Sydney Scherr.
One poster, entitled “Dr
Elizabeth Blackwell," is a
large prescription bottle
which reads; "Prescribed by
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
America's 1st Woman Doctor.
For: People of the World.
Take One Daily. Refills
Forever."
Amber Stevens. Marquita
McCoy, Holly Schmidt and
Christine Johnson created this
poster.
Other artwork in the
gallery consisted of porcelain
and ceramic pieces and
photographs-
Kathleen Cox created ‘The
Fruitful Word." a group of
porcelain sculptures with vari
ous written scriptures.
Her focus was on the
forbidden fruit of the Bible.
Cox said. "It was a parallel
between the good and the bad;
it included scriptures on the
ways we are supposed to
live."
There are many other
talented artists displaying
work on campus in the
Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center.
The gallery hopes to display
the artwork for the rest of the
week.
The event was sponsored
by the Meredith College
Department of Art through the
Creative Ideas Fund.