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books, limited health
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jjiJjj '■°n will study at La Univer-
I de la Javeriana in Bogota,
where she will pursue
®nance allowance.
even more of an honor. The
^ allows the option of con-
.'ig individual research in
of interest or pursuing
> 'anced degree.
L^®hted the master's degree
'i and this new program at
University in Bogota fits
^ into what I want to do,"
She feels this is where
heant to go as she was in
recently with the
4_hip Force. While there,
e friends with several
s who took her to the
j school and helped her
her studies.
n® is still some unrest in
ji^j^^erican countries; and,
ij ®ible, I wanted to avoid
universities. My new
^ knew of this program at
®idad de la Javeriana and
It ."le find more information
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(^^tely she hopes to use her
j^lcations and language
Ln^he is conversant in
to become a foreign
ti^Pondent for a U.S. agency
Write for a Colombian
Because there are no
^.language newspapers in
1 but most Colombians
^ English, many buy
t Pers such as the New York
lUst to practice their
N. ' not for the news value.
es Deaton a third career
ij^iity, that of starting an
^ 'language version of a
®n newspaper.
Travis and Stephanie Smith.
Back to Nature with
Taxonomy Class
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When asked where they spent
Spring Break, most students
respond, "Florida" or "home."
However, one group of MHC stu
dents had an answer which seems
a bit unusual: "Well, we went to
the swamp."
Dr. Don McLeod's plant
taxonomy class did just that:
they visited several southern
swamps, investigating flora and
fauna native to the areas into
which they travelled.
The purpose of the expedition
was to be exposed to and attempt
to learn about and collect
plants from the Piedmont and
Coastal Plain. As one of the
course requirements, McLeod's
students have to compile an her
barium, or collection, of 100
species of plants representing
38 different families. The group
takes shorter field trips on a
weekly basis to do this, but an
extended trip such as this one
gave them the opportunity to
gather specimens of plants they
would not normally have had the
chance to obtain.
The group visited such places
as Dreher Island State Park on
Lake Murray, SC; Hunting Island
State Park near Beufort, SC; The
Hostel in the Forest in
Brunswick, GA; and the
Okeefenokee Swamp near Folkston,
GA.
The highlight of the trip was
the visit to Okeefenokee, which
spanned two days. "The place is
covered with old live oak, some
in excess of six to seven feet
Discussing (he ecology and beauty of (he maritime forest at Hunting Island.
peacock”"*'" ">a day with
in diameter, with the crowns
(treetops) spanning 125 to 140
feet," said Travis Smith, a
senior who assists the class.
While there, the group took a
five-hour canoe trip into the
swamp, covering about eight
miles and sighting more than
thirty alligators which ranged
in size from two feet to over
twelve feet. They also walked
three-fourths of a mile on a
wooden boardwalk through the
swamp in the pouring rain to a
tower in order to try to spot
Sandhill Cranes. All members of
the group braved the elements on
this successful adventure, and
Smith voiced the opinion of many
of the group: "You really have
to love nature and wild things
to enjoy a 4,000 foot walk in
that kind of rain, but I would
have done it if it had been three,
miles, just for the chance to sec.
Sandhill Cranes." The species of
crane which they sighted is very
rare.
Members of the crew who spent
the week in the wilderness were
Ed Hellier, Tony Foster, Travis
Smith, Georgia Harrington, Karen
Sauls, Lisa Rhodes, Tonya Dis-
ton, Rhonda Calloway, Traci
Oliver, Dawn Willis, Laura Hawk,
Henry Young, Del Ponder, Don Mc
Leod, Stephanie Smith, and
Fuller McLeod.