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CAMPUS NEWS
Basketball team begins its season on
the hardwood
LACY
CIJTIIBERTSON
Staff Writer
The 2002-2003 basket
ball season has begun.
The Angels started their
season off with a scrim
mage against Guilford
College last Tuesday.
The scrimmage was a
success, according to
Coach Carl Hatchell. "Our
first scrimmage with
Guilford was one of great
promise. We did some
things very good and some
things not so good,” he
said. "The main thing was
that we got to play against
someone other than our
selves. That's so important
to see what we need to
work on."
Returning players Amber
Scott, Jessica Lineberry,
Beth Vernon, Tracy
Sumner, Jenn
Schwachenwald, Tina
Harkness and Ruth
Stephenson led the team
into this game. Newcomers
Kassidy Loy, Laurie
Mulqueeny, Elizabeth
Murphy and Amira Issa
also contributed to the
team's effort.
Harkness and Scott com
bined for 48 points while
Scott also pulled down 10
rebounds.
"I am really excited about
our prospects for the
upcoming season," Hatchell
said. "We have a good
nuclcus of veteran players
and a good crop of fresh
men. I encourage everyone
to come and watch our
team play because it really
means a lot to our players
to have the stands full of
supporters."
The team travels to Mary
Baldwin this weekend for a
tournament.
Meredith senior finds possible career
in summer internship
REBECCA
BAKRINGEK
Staff Writer
Senior Paulina Guzman-
Brown had a rewarding
experience this summer at
her internship at WakeMed.
"When I got there, I did
n’t know what to expect,"
she said. "I'd never worked
at a hospital before."
During her 12 weeks at
WakeMed, Guzman-Brown
worked in the Translation
and Interpretation
Department. She conduct
ed a research project to
evaluate the department’s
strengths and weaknesses.
"I surveyed about 120
different employees,
including doctors, nurses,
managers and technicians."
she said the surveys
showed that the employees
were glad to have the serv
ices of the translation
department.
"The oniy problem is that
there is so much demand
for it," she said.
Guzman-Brown also
spent time during her
internship shadowing other
interpreters and interacting
with the patients.
Guzman-Brown, who
spent her childhood in
Ecuador, said she had to
adjust to the different
accei\ts of the patients she
spoke with.
"About 80 percent of the
patients [who needed assis
tance with translation] were
from Mexico,” she said.
“Most of the time, they
could understand me.
Sometimes I would say
something and they would
look at me like, ‘what?’"
Guzman-Brown served as
a translator one day for a
patient giving birth. "All
the other franslators were
busy, so I was glad to be
able to help her," she said.
Guzman-Brown spoke
the directions of the doctor
and nurses in Spanish to
the woman. She said that
the woman was very appre
ciative although she was
having a difficult delivery.
Guzman-Brown said she
developed an interest in the
healthcare industry even
though she came to
Meredith as a business
major.
"I found.that I'm not a
hard core salesperson and
that I wasn't so interested in
the bottom line," she said.
"1 wanted to be in an indus
try that is more caring and
be able to provide services
that would be valuable to
people."
She feels her years at
Meredith have greatly pre
pared her for the "real
world."
"This summer, I could
have intellectual conversa
tions with executives," she
said. "They would use
terms that 1 learned in my
management and marketing
class and I realized that the
material from my classes
actually stuck."
Guzman-Brown will be
graduating in December
2002 and hopes to later
pursue a masters degree in
health administration.
Close up:
Students speak their
minds about the Science
and Mathematics Building
BETII CiRAllAM
Staff Writer
Adrienne McKee
Pre-Dance Therapy
On What It Adds to the Campus...
"I remember when I visited, I thought it was going to be a
really nice building and would add a lot of resources to
the campus."
Od Where The Money Could Have Been Spent...
"Better arts facilities. But looking at our labs- the
improvement was needed."
Regan Boyette
Business
On What It Adds to the Campus...
"It made the campus look more modem. It added a lot to
the scenery." ,
On Who the Building Will Benefit...
"Everybody, because everyone will end up taking a math
or science class while they are here."
Tara Walkowski
Social Work
On the Money Issue...
"I think it's a lot of money that we are paying that not
everyone will get to see."
On What It Adds to the Campus...
"Construction! It adds a more modem [feel] because most
of the buildings are old."
On What the New Building Shows the Community
About Meredith...
"It shows that Meredith is constantly trying to appease
everyone."
Maria Lapira
Undecided
On Her Overall Feelings About the Building...
"I think it's neat because I made the tiles for the periodic
table that will be placed in the building permanently!"
On What the New Building Shows the Community
About Meredith...
"It's showing that we care about women in the field of sci
ence."