Volume XXV, Issue 7 Educating Women to Excel October 24, 2007
Friends Gather to Celebrate Library Event
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INSIDE:
Reviews
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Reviews
p. 3
Reviews
p. 4
Informative Pieces
p. 5
Editorials
p. 6
Editorials
p. 7
Editorials
p. 8
WEATHER
TODAY: T-Showers.
Low 61, High 80.
Thursday: Showers.
Low 61, High 66.
Friday: Showers. Low
64, High 74.
Saturday: Scattered
T-Storms. Low 59, High
76.
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Information retrieved
Tues. Oct. 23 at 6 p.m.
Chelsea McGlaughlin
Staff Writer
On October 10,
Friends of the Carlyle
Campbell Library held
its fail meeting at 6:30
PM in Belk Dining Hall.
After Carolyn Hriso,
president of the organi
zation, called the meet
ing to order and Bemie
Cochran said an invoca
tion, guests were treated
to a dinner of sweet tea,
salad, roasted chicken,
rolls, fresh green beans
and a vegetable medley.
Coffee and a choice of
lemon meringue pie or
carrot cake followed.
According to the
Friends of Carlyle
Campbell Library web
site, which can be found
at http://meredith.edu/
library/friends.htm, "The
Meredith Friends of the
Library was established
in 1941 with the pur
pose of adding to the
cultural environment of
the College and commu
nity. They have focused
on this purpose in two
ways: by contributing
financially to the library
and sponsoring speakers
of interest to lovers of
books and learning."
After dinner. Nan
Miller spoke about mem
bership in the Friends of
Carlyle Campbell Library
and Laura Davidson
reported on the library's
expenditures—most
specifically, the "stra
tegic vision for global
connectedness," which
has enabled the library
to expand its collection
of books about foreign
countries, specifically
those in which Meredith
students study abroad.
Davidson announced
that the library received
a grant of nearly $15,000,
matdted by the Friends
group, to enrich the
strategic vision plan.
Davidson also spoke
about students' access
to more resources and
services in the library,
specifically new online
resources.
Following the library
report was tihe Special
Edition: Newspapers
Are Changing panel
discussion. Speakers
included journalists
from the Raleigh News
& Observer: Melanie
Sill, executive editor; Jim
Jenkins, deputy editorial
page editor, columnist
and editorial writer; and
Ruth Sheehan, columnist.
Doug Spero, associate
professor of mass com
munication at Meredith,
led the discussion.
Panelists discussed
topics such as decreased
viewership, corporate
buyout of newspapers
and competition among
media to deliver news
worthy stories. The
panel also accepted and
answered audience ques
tions.
John Kincheloe, who
works in Meredith's
the library department,
attended the dinner and
took interest in a particu
lar topic of the discus
sion. He said, "When
asked if [the panelists]
thought yoimg people
were even interested in
news, one said that it's
always been the case that
yoimg people weren't
particularly interested in
the news. The question
for her was to identify
what the current young
generation actually
regarded as news ...
was it how many povmds
Angelina has gained, or
how badly Britney blew
her VMA performance or
was it something else?"
Online newspapers
have created many new
opportunities for growth
within the field. Sill said,
'â– We are just beginning
to tap the potential of
this media. Through our
website, we can extend
Friends cont. on pg. 3
Jim Jenkins, Melanie Sill and Ruth Sheehan, journalists from the Raleigh
News & Observer, came to Meredith to participate in a discussion about the
ways newspapers are changing.
Pictures taken by John Kincheloe
"There is something unique about sitting at a Starbucks or
an outdoor cafe with a cup of coffee and the morning
paper."