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Meredith Celebrates Spanish Culture
with Espectacular: A Night of Poetry,
Music and Theater
SLS Changes Impact
Student Organizations
Jenny Gerardo, staff writer
The students of Dr. Wade’s Develop
ment of Theater class and Dr. Hunt’s Span
ish 252 filled Johnson Hall Rotunda with
laughter and applause on Thursday, April 3.
The students hosted Espectacular, an event
ed that showcased Spanish poetry, music
and theater.
Throughout the night students recit
ed poems from famous Spanish writers and
personal pieces, while also performing two
plays. La Tierra de Jauja by Lope de Rueda
tells the story of Honzigera and Panarizo,
two very poor men, who take advantage of a
man named Mendrugo by stealing the food
he takes to his wife in jail. They distract him
with the story of a legendary paradise while
they take turns taking Mendrugo’s food. The
second play was title El Marion. This comi
cal play is set in a world where the roles of
men and women are reversed. In the play
Don Constanzo is visited during the night by
three women suitors. The suitor’s attempts
to woo Don Constanzo get out of hand and
cause Constanzo’s father to stand up and de
fend his household honor. Once Constanzo’s
innocence is confirmed, his dad throws a
party.
Dr. Wade also took part in the
night’s events. He performed a soliloquy
from the famous Spanish drama titled La
vida es seuno. This drama tells the story of
a prince who has been confined to a prison-
tower since birth. In the soliloquy the audi
ence sees how after getting a taste of free
dom the prince struggles to figure out what
is real.
America Moreno a student from Dr.
Wade’s class who played Don Constanczo
in El marion explained the significant of her
participation in the event, “ I had a lot of fun
with the production of El marion. Dr. Wade
was great about giving us creative freedom
with the play and letting us make it our own.
We all worked really hard to make our ac
tions as loud as our words so non-Spanish
speakers could understand it and enjoy just
as much as the Spanish speakers. I’m happy
we’ve bonded and grown closer together as a
class” she said.
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including t-shirts,” said Ms. Jen
kins. Although Marketing primar
ily reviews and handles how the
Meredith brand is incorporated or
distributed, SLS “helps [students]
make sure that their messaging is
consistent with Meredith’s new
message,” said new Assistant Di
rector of SLS, Ms. Heather John
son. Ms. Johnson added that the
changes in SLS were incorporat
ed to help students “think about
how they’re connecting things,
not just with what they’re doing
in their leadership roles, but to
other parts of their life as well.”
In addition to on-campus leader
ship opportunities, new Assistant
Director of SLS, Ms. Peggy Ross,
wants to “try to connect students
here at Meredith with the Raleigh
community through service.”
SLS’ future plans include
reviewing end-of-year club re
ports, analyzing collected data,
and brainstorming ideas on how
to improve processes for next se
mester. “We already have many
summer planning meetings
scheduled where we will get the
chance to think about who we
are and what we what to be. New
people bring hew ideas and new
freshness. And at the end of it all,
pur biggest goal is to benefit the
students,” said Ms. Jenkins.
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Whether students need
on-campus fliers approved, fund
ing information for organization
events, or advice on how to start
a dub on campus, their answers
can always be found in the Office
of Student Leadership and Ser
vice (SLS). According to the Di
rector of SLS, Ms. Cheryl Jenkins,
“When I started here [SLS] was
known as Student Activities and
Leadership Development, and in
2009 it switched to Student Lead
ership and Service to incorporate
the service aspect.”
Some of SLS’ 2013-2014
goals include revamping student
organizations with the new Stu
dent Organization Registration
Process, offering consistent infor
mation regarding club activities
and funding, and working with
Meredith’s Strong Points team to
incorporate the experiential as
pect of the program into student
leadership roles. “The new reg
istration process for clubs is not
about more paperwork, it’s about
having organizations that contrib
ute meaning and purpose to cam
pus,” said Ms. Jenkins.
Another change that will
affect student organizations is
“the word ‘girl(s)’ can no longer be
used on imprinted merchandise.
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Psychiatrics an Underlying Factor in Fort Hood Shooting
cused of having prior motivation for
murdering fellow base officers.
Five years ago, a similar in
cident took place on the base and it
seems that an unkind reminder has
visited Killeen. Former Army Sgt.
Alonzo Lunsford expressed his views
on the shooting to CNN; “You have
to wonder, five years later, have we
learned an}4;hing from the shootings
that happened with us?” This same
question seems to be resonating in the
minds of many, as they reflect on the
events that have occurred thus far.
Marlena Brown, news editor
Personnel at the base in Fort
Hood, Killeen, Texas experienced a se
rious breach of security with a violent
shooting on Thursday, April 3. The
suspected shooter. Army Spc. Ivan
Lopez, a 34 year-old Iraq veteran, sud
denly open fired on his colleagues, kill
ing 3 innocent bystanders, injuring 16
others and then killing himself shortly
thereafter. The reasons attributed to
the suspected shooter’s random out
burst have been questioned by Fort
Hood personnel, as well as psychia
trists and military officials.
According to A1 Jazeera Eng
lish, Lopez was diagnosed with de
pression and anxiety. He was also di
agnosed with PTSD, commonly known
as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Four month before the incident, Lo
pez had been deployed to Iraq and
returned with a “self-diagnosed trau
matic brain injury.” The PTSD was
considered a concurrent problem, but
his history of depression and anxiety
being foremost.
After some investigation. Fort
Hood officials believe that PTSD is not
an accurate indicator of whether some
one will act in a violent and impulsive
manner. Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie,
chief clinical officer for D.C.’s Depart
ment of Mental Health, explained to
A1 Jazeera that “most mental illness is
not associated with violence.”
CNN reported that Lopez
was carrying his own weapon, a .45
caliber Smith and Wesson semiauto
matic pistol he purchased after arriv
ing in Killeen. He took his weapon on
the base, which is against regulation.
If someone who is not a military of
ficer chooses to bring their personal
weapon with them, they must register
it with the base, which Lopez did not
do. This left ripe opportunity to be ac-