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CAMPUS NEWS
Meredith student Rachel Souza, left, along with
other students participate in an iron pour.
Photo courtesy of www.tristatesculptors.org
Conference cont.
Saturday was a big day
for the conference that
included walking tours of
downtown Raleigh, visits
to the North Carolina
Museum of Natural
History, the NorUi Carolina
Museum of Science and
Exploris. In addition, atten
dees participated in a tour
of Historic Oakwood
Neighborhood aid City
market in Raleigh.
While some sessions
continued at the hotel
Saturday afternoon, the
Meredith College Art
Department hosted 16
workshops and demonstra
tions as well as an iron
pour that brought people
from across the United
States to campus.
"The early morning
brought people swinging
heavy tools to break up
radiatiors and other iron
objects that were then melt
ed down to pour into molds
made by the artists. Iron
potirs are truly special
events that require close
collaboration and a tremen
dous amount of worl^ as a
result, there is almost a
cult-like following of these
events and people come
from far and wide to take
part in them and the cama
raderie that develops," said
Mulvaney.
Later that afternoon,
attendees enjoyed a walk
ing tour of Sculpture on tiie
Grounds at Meredith.
Following the tour, Saar
gave a public lecture in
Jones Auditorium.
Five Meredith students
presented art history papers
in two session of the con
ference.
SECAC is a non-profit
organization diat seeks to
promote art in higher edu
cation through facilitating
cooperation among teachers
and administrators in uni
versities, colleges and jun
ior colleges, professional
art schools and museums.
The organization welcomes
student members and the
only requirement is pay
ment of membership dues.
Tri State Sculptors
Educational Association
was formed in 1978 by a
group of sculptors from
North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia to
promote public awareness
and appreciation of sculp
ture in the region and to
exchange ideas and infor
mation among its members.
The conference planning
committee consisted of co-
chairs Joyner, Mulvaney
who also served as program
chair and art history, muse
um and join sesssions chair
and Pearce who also served
as Tri State program chair
and member’s exhibition
curator; electronic arts pro
gram chairs Pat FitzOerald
and Blair Ligon; fundrais
ing chair Carol Hayes; stu
dio program chair Kathleen
Rieder; SECAC/Tri State
juried exhibition chair
Diaz.
World News Briefs
KRISTA
KEARNEY
Features Editor
IRAQ
A U.S. helicopter carrying
troops back to the United
States for leave was hit
a missile Sunday and
crashed west of Baghdad.
The crash killed 15 soldiers
and wounded 21, the U.S.
command and wimesses
reported. Two American
civilians working for the
U.S. Army Coips of
Engineers were killed and
one was injured in the
explosion of a roadside
bomb, reported military
officials.
CONGO
Congo President Joseph
Kabila will meet with
President Bush in
Washington diis week to
discuss options for restruc
turing tilie country.
President Kabila is asking
for help in restoring peace
to his country after years of
civil war. The United States
has set aside $77 million in
aid fimds to help the coun
try rebuild.
CHINA
Chinese space program
officials announced a plan
to send a probe to orbit the
moon within the next five
years. The plan calls for a
robot landing on the moon
to collect surface samples
for study. The space pro
gram plans to eventually
send a permanent satellite
into orbit.
INDIA
Residents of New Delhi,
India spoke out this week
to rid tiieir city of monkeys
who roam the streets and
harass citizens and tourists
alike. Citizens filed a law
suit demanding protection
from the animals, which
reportedly bite, chase and
rob residents as they walk
down the streets of New
Delhi. India's Supreme
Court decreed the city be
monkey-free, and officials
plan to continue to relocate
the monkeys to rural
regions.
WASHINGTON
Foreign visitors will soon
have to fece stricter securi
ty procedures as they enter
the United States. Students,
travelers and workers will
have to provide officials
with fingerprints and pho
tographs to be added to a
database of visas for for-
eijpi visitors. The visitors
will also be required to
check out upon leaving the
countiy. The system will
help prevent terrorists from
entering the countiy and
will also help officials
determine if any visitor is
in the coimtry after their
visa has expired.
BRAZIL
A three day blackout in the
city of Rio de Janeiro has
caused chaos in the city,
spaiking government offi
cials to declare a state of
emergency. More than
300,000 were wittiout
power as of Friday, and
phone lines were down all
over the city. The blackout
was caused by an explosion
near a main power line, dis
rupting power throughout
Rio de Janeiro.
ISRAEL
Thousands of Palestinians
returned to their jobs in
Israel last week after over a
month of absence due to
the closing of the border
between Israel and
Palestine. Israel Border
Defense officials closed the
border last month due to
terrorist attacks in the
country that killed 23 peo*
pie.
SUDAN
Eleven people died and
thousands more were hos
pitalized for breathing diffi
culties last week after a
swarm of grasshoppers hit
a town in central Sudan.
The grasshoppers were said
to give off a smell that
caused coughing, wheezing
and other respiratory diffi
culties for residents.
Officials believe the swaim
stemmed from massive
flooding over the last three
months in the country.
TURKEY
Four children were killed
and several more were
injured after a shell explod
ed in a village bordering
Iraq, reported military offi
cials Sunday. The children,
aged 7 to 14 years, died
after tampering with an
unexploded shell while
playing in a field near the
village of Simak.
POLAND
Pope John Paul II thanked
thousands of citizens in his
hometown of Krakow for
visiting his family's grave
on All Saints Day last
week. The Catholic holiday
is set aside for believers to
remember and pray for
their dead. The Pope's
mother, &tlier and brother
are buried in a cemetery in
Krakow, where citizens
placed colored lights and
prayed at the graves.