Celebrating Student Achievement:
Highlights from the Herald Staff
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This semester’s final issue of the
Herald coincides with Meredith College’s
annual Celebrating Student Achieve
ment Day. To celebrate and congratu
late our peers, the Meredith Herald staff
has highlighted presentations we are
especially excited to see on April 14th.
This list is in no way comprehensive,
and we support each and every present
er! Below are individual staff members’
itineraries for the day. We hope they
might help you plan your schedules, and
we look forward to seeing you as we cel
ebrate student achievement at Meredith.
Emily Hawkins: I’m looking forward
to the Changing Times: Social Media
presentations (9-9:45 in SMB 160).
Social media is a transformational force
in society, so hearing about its effects on
various fields will be interesting. Also
“Cinemexicanidad: Representations of
Mexican National Identity in Two Films”
by Sheila Casalett (9:15-9:30 in SMB 118)
looks exciting, as it is an intersection of
two personal passions: Spanish culture
and film.
Ashleigh Phillips: These are the pre
sentations that I intend to see and my
thoughts going in to each. (9:00-9:15 in
SMB 118) Anna Beavon Gravely Politi
cal Authenticity Through Social Media
- Does Barack Obama really care about
the same indie bands that we both follow
on twitter, or does he follow them just
for hipster cred? Can’t wait for Gravely
to give us some truth. (9:30-9:45 in SMB
160) Amy Hruby Foucault meets Face-
book - \^at a postmodernist French
philosopher would say about the social
network we’ve become addicted to. Hru
by will surely offer an interesting prog
nosis. (9:45-10:00 in SMB 160) Brittany
Forlidas The Times They are A-Changin’:
The Development and Demise of the
Haight Ashbury - If it were the Summer
of Love right now. I’d definitely make my
way to San Francisco with dreams of free
love, Isd, and flowers in my head, like so
many others did in 1968. But sadly those
dreams fell apart and the Mecca of one of
the most significant cultural revolutions
of the century became a tie dyed joke.
Looking forward for Forlidas to explain
why. (10:30-10:45 in SMB 118) Erin Hu
ber Developing a Novel: Conquering the
Muse - Hemingway wrote 500 words a
day, Nabokov wrote on index cards, and
Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up. Writ
ing habits are intriguing and finding in
spiration is crucial. Huber’s presentation
on this process will be helpful for any
aspiring writer. (10:45-11:00 in SMB 118)
Michelle Metivier T. S. Eliot and Edward
Hopper: The Artificial Light of Modernity
- Double whammy of literature criticism
and art interpretation paired together,
but don’t fear, Metivier’s discussion
of the prolific poet and the prominent
painter will leave you enlightened.
Emery Lai: I plan to start CSA Day at
the poster presentations (7:45-9:15 in
Johnson Hall Rotunda) where I’ll be
looking for “Are Teachers Prepared to
Support Children in Their Classroom
Who Have Lost a Parent” by Catherine
Mack Gaddis. Many of my teachers have
become second parents throughout my
education, and I am intrigued to see her
analysis of teacher/student relationships.
After that I’ll be heading to the Poets,
Painters and Prose conference session for
Erin Huber’s “Developing a Novel: Con
quering the Muse” (10:30-10:45 in SMB
118) As a writer, I find it difficult to find
motivation sometimes, and I’m always
looking for that constant muse source. If
anyone could explain the conquering of
muses, it would most likely be Erin. After
Erin’s presentation I’ll be running to
SMB 162 for “The Effect of Nicotine Use
on Decision Making Behavior” by Kath
erine Hosford. I have friends and family
who smoke, so I think that seeing this
presentation would be very beneficial
for me so that I may understand them
better. Then I’ll most likely finish my
day with the Fashion Show (2:15-3:45 in
SMB Courtyard). It’s always so much fun
to see how creative others can be. I enjoy
seeing other peoples talents.
Lizzy Wood: One presentation I’m
looking forward to is “Is History Dead?”
by Hope Robertson (10-10:15 in SMB
160). Hope’s presentation explores how
history is verbalized through a string of
events and dates, analyzing history with
Foucaultian principles. She says that
“being a history major, the ambition
of this research is to find a meaningful
way to talk about history, and be able to
recognize trans-historical truths while
studying history.” Another presentation
I’ll be attending is “Running from Our
Discontent: Contemporary and Modern
Responses to the American Dream in
John Updike’s Rabbit, Run and John
Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discon
tent” by Danielle Fulton (9:45-10 in SMB
118). This presentation holds particular
interest to me because I just read Rabbit,
Run in an English class. We discussed
the theme of the “American Dream,” and
Fulton’s presentation will explore these
two novel’s response to the “American
Dream”. She will look at the struggle of
two young men to
survive in America and will relate this to
our recent struggle with the economy.
Fulton says that “their struggles were of
interest not only to those studying-Amer-
ican literature then but to the broader
audience they reached.”
Emily Gamiel: In the morning I will
be attending the piano performance
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(9:30-11 in Carswell Hall). There are
many extremely talented pianists on
our campus, and I love to listen to clas
sical music. I am also attending Lisa
Ramos’ Biography,a part of the fashion
show (2:15-3:45 in SMB Courtyard),
during the afternoon because she is in
my Chorus class and always wears nice
looking clothes. I can only imagine what
she can make herself. I also think the
DanceWorks open dress rehearsal (6:30
ill Jones Auditorium) is be a great way
to get a sneak peek of a show that I look
forward to attending every year.
Alison Ridick: I plan to start my morn
ing with Anne Caitlin Griffin’s interesting
presentation on The Effects of Gender,
School, and Residence on Achievement
in the Argentine University (9-9:15
in SMB 118). Then I will be attending
Margo Alfieri’s eye-opening presentation
on The Effect of Central vs. Peripheral
Route of Persuasion in Fundraising (10-
10:15 in Ledford 101) and the following
presentation: Beth Howard’s emotionally
supportive presentation on Perceived
Effectiveness of Support Duing or After a
Major Loss (10:15-10:30 in Ledford 101).
In the afternoon, I will be attending Sally
Smith’s informative presentation on The
Relationship Between Temperament and
Social Behaviors of Toddlers (3:15-3:30
in Ledford 101).
Regan Dalsing: Something that I
wasn’t originally looking for on the CSA
program, but that I believe will be inter
esting is the group of Criminal Justice
presentations (1:45-2:45 in SMB 160).
These interest me because they give a
face to topics like juvenile incarceration,
racial effects on employees of justice, and
security facilities that I really know noth
ing about.