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IIVIAX adds to summer
reading experience
2002
The latest news from Meredith’s only course devoted
to campaign issues and registering you to vote.
Shackleton’s Antarctic
Adventure sheds light
on Jerri Nielsen’s
story.
TIFFANY ADAMS
Staff Writer
Each year, incoming
freshmen are asked to par
ticipate in Meredith's
Summer Reading Program.
The Class of 2006 read Ice
Bound: A Doctor's
Incredible Battle for
Survival at the South Pole
by Dr. Jerri Nielsen. In
conjunction with this year’s
program. Dr. Jean Jackson,
vice president for student
development, sponsored a
trip to the IMAX Theater at
Exploris Museum to see
Shackleton’s Antarctic
Adventure, a film relating
to Dr. Nielsen's book.
Meredith planned three
trips to the IMAX Theater
at Exploris to see
Shackleton's Antarctic
Adventure. The.firsttrip
was on August 24.
According to First Year
Experience Co-Director
Carolyn Koning, more than
120 people attended this
event.
Freshman Amanda Dood
attended on this date and
found the experience to be
a positive one.
"I thought that it was an
awesome film, and it tied
in with the Summer
Reading Program nicely,"
she said. "It makes you
wonder how they made it
down there [to Antarctica]
and survived."
Following the showing of
the film, everyone gathered
in the IMAX Cafe for
drinks and snacks while
they informally discussed
the film and the book.
"Dr. Jackson treated
everyone to coffee, tea,
juice, soda, and snacks
afterwards in the IMAX
Cafe, which was a veiy
nice ending to the
evening," Koning said.
The outings provide
Meredith students with an
opportunity to include their
boyfriends, friends and
femilies in a school related
activity.
"Many students, faculty
and staff brought friends
from other schools and
family memt>ers," Koning
said. She and her husband
joined the group on August
24.
"This was my first IMAX
film, and I was very
impressed. It does create a
total experience," she
added. "I thought the film
provided excellent back
ground information and a
historical context in which
to consider Dr. Nielsen's
experiences. She specifi
cally refers to and quotes
Shackleton several times in
Icebound.
Freshman Sandra Price
also attended the showing
on August 24 and found the
trip to be a rewarding expe
rience as well. "I had fun
with the people 1 brought,"
Price said. "The film did
compliment the book by
Dr. Nielsen. It gave you a
good idea abut how rough
it is in Antarctica. It shows
you the harsh weather and
the ice there, and I really
think it did add to die
book."
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Voting for Donuts
What do donuts have to
do with voting? Meredith
Votes will provide a 10 pm
donut snack to every hall
where 80% of the residents
vote in November. We
!iope to be bringing donuts
to every hall on campus,
l>ufyou can't vote if you
don’t register first. Over
the next couple of weeks
there will be hall meetings
in the dorms where stu
dents will have the oppor
tunity to register and to get
answers to their questions
about registration and vot
ing.
Many faculty members
will also be distributing
voter registration forms in
their classes and the regis
tration sites in Belk, Cate,
lohnson Halls and in the
Library are open for busi
ness 24/7. The deadline for
registering to vote in North
Carolina is October 11.
Students who want to regis
ter in another state should
allow more time. Contact
Vleredith Votes at mered-
ithvotes@meredith.edu and
we'll get right back to you
Faculty Challenged to
Set an Example for the
Students
Meredith Votes has verified
the registration of 55% of
the full time Meredith
Faculty, but we won't be
satisfied until we have veri
fied the fact that every sin
gle faculty member who is
eligible to do so is regis
tered to vote. We believe
that the faculty wants to set
m example for students
and show that they take the
obligations of citizenship
seriously.
The History and Politics
and biology departments
tiave already achieved
100% registration.
Congratulations to these
departments, and thanks to
all the faculty who have
taken the time to resp>ond to
our queries.
Many faculty members
not only confirmed their
registration with Meredith
Votes, but they volunteered
to follow up with other
members of their depart
ment. 4n some depart
ments, we had far more
offers of help than we
needed. We are very grate
ful for the help of those
faculty members.
Individual faculty who
haven't yet verified their
registration, either by email
or personal contact, can
email Meredith Votes at
meredithvotes@meredith.e
du. We know that most of
you are already registered
to vote. Please take a
minute to verity that fact.
Staff Registration at
17.5%
Registration among the
staff has gotten off to a
slower start and currently
stands at 17.5%. There are
many more staff than facul
ty and they work in many
more departments. We
really need help with the
staff registration effort. If
you are willing to follow
up with other members of
your department to see if
they are registered or need
forms, please contact
Meredith Votes at mered-
ithvotes@meredith.edu.
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