LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
April 2S,200S
4
Dishing in the Dorms
Anna Britt
Staff Writer
With the semester
winding down, I have
chosen to provide a good
study recipe. Everyone
needs a little chocolate
to go with their exams.
This recipe is courtesy of
Hersheys.com, which is a
great site to go to if you
want to make any kind of
dessert involving choco
late and/or peanut butter.
REESE'S Chewy
Chocolate Pan Cookies
Ingredients:
M/4 cups (2-1/2
sticks) butter or
margarine, soft
ened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
2 cups all-purpose
flour
3/4 cup
HERSHEY’S
Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking
soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-2/3 cups (10-oz.
pkg.) REESE’S
Peanut Butter
Chips
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350®F.
Grease 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-
inch jelly-roll pan.
2. Beat butter and sugar
in large bowl until light
and flu^. Add eggs
and vanilla; beat well.
Stir together flour,
cocoa, baking soda and
salt; gradually blend
into butter mixture.
Stir in peanut butter
chips. Spread batter in
prepared pan.
3. Bake 20 minutes
or until set. Cool
completely in pan on
wire rack; cut into bars.
Will make about 4
dozen bars.
I hope the rest of the
school semester goes
well for everyone, and
good luck on your
exams! Have an awe
some summer.
Smile: It Increases
Your Face Value!
Erica Branson
Contributing Writer
When was the last
time you smiled? I ask
this question because I
have noticed that many
students here on campus
do not participate in
smiling. This loss is
unfortunate because
there are so many
benefits that follow
the act of smiling that
not only influence our
physical health but also
our emotional well
being.
• Did you know,
according to Dr. Mark
Stibich, that smiling
improves your health,
your stress level and
your attractiveness?
Furthermore, smiling
is contagious, changes
our mood and lowers
blood pressure, all
while boosting our self
esteem and our immune
systems. Studies have
also shown that smiling
releases endorphins,
natural pain killers
and serotonin, which
helps you stay positive.
And according to the
British Dental Health
Foundation, a smile
gives the same level of
stimulation as eating
2,000 chocolate bars!
It is amazing to think
that a single smile can
accomplish all of these
things.
Smiling is a simple
gesture that is incredibly
easy to do. A simple
smile can influence
the way others see you
and the way you view
yourself. Who doesn't
want to look better,
feel better and improve
her health easily all at
the same time? There
are obviously no faults
when it comes to a
smUe. I encourage you
to try smiling and see
what physiological
and emotional changes
you experience. And
remember: "Frown and
you frown alone, but
smile and the whole
world smiles with you."
Dear Editor,
Having just read the
article "What About
Woman Bashing on TV?"
in the April 2, 2008,
edition of the Meredith
Herald, I have to strongly
disagree with the por
trayal of the TV series Sex
and the City. I will agree
that I felt similarly until
I actually began to watch
the show. The series has
absolutely NOTHING to
do with Manolo Blahniks
and cosmopolitans! Sex
and the City revolution
ized the portrayal of
independent women on
TV and depicts the lives
of four best friends. All
four main characters
are extremely success
ful women living in the
heart of New York City,
not "socialites [who]
spend time with each
other in up-scale restau
rants and shops while
discussing the compli
cated topics of men,
sex, and shoes." Carrie
Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica
Parker) is a very popu
lar columnist for a big-
time NYC publication;
Samantha Jones (Kim
Cattrall) is the executive
of her own successful
Public Relations firm;
Charlotte York (Kristin
Davis) manages an art
gallery; and Miranda
Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon)
is a partner in a top-
notd\ law firm. If these
positions do not scream
"intellectually sophisti
cated," I do not know
what does! These fear
some gals talk openly
about relationships, sex,
abortion, even everyday
occurrences, whereas
before this revolution
ary series, women
hardly mentioned ANY
of these subjects. If the
topics did arise, women
used hushed tones to
discuss them. Women
are allowed to talk
about men, sex, and
even shoes if they pre
fer, but it baffles me as
to why anyone would
bash a show whose true
purpose is to encourage
women to talk about
traditionally taboo top
ics.
Sincerely,
Julia Houtchings
Dear Editor,
Upon reading
the article "Give Us
Something to Talk
About," I was impressed
by the want and need
to increase the paper,
but had some concerns.
I think offering a class
to allow people to be
on staff with a campus
publication is great and
working to increase the
pages in the’paper is
even better, but there is
a problem. How many
Meredith students pick
up the Herald every
week? I think the paper
is something that we
need to talk about!
We have to make the
Meredith community
understand that this
paper is about them and
has things that they want
to know in it. I support
the paper and have writ
ten for it and will con
tinue to write for it (I will
also be taking the course
in the fall), but this paper
needs to increase the
interest of the students.
Sincerely,
Heather Bell