Page 26 - 1987 VES Meteor

6
Continued from Page 3 tians had traveled from miles
around to worship. Made me feel guilty for skipping church every once in a while. The
Sistine Chapel was another ex- treme highlight of the vacation. Once again, Michelangelo was truly magnificent. Entered Vatican City and saw the Pope. 1Accompanied by a few hundred other spectators. l
Pompeii, Italy was a tourist trap. Had to pay to use bath- rooms . rThey said, for maintenance.l I would hate to
see how dirty they would be if
by herds of sheep. Omaha was one of the beaches of D-Day.
We then caught a train into Paris. That was a mistake. It was like driving into New York ignorant of the English language. It was a mess. We did see Louis XIV's palace of Ver-
sailles. It was overwhelming. Leaving France, we took the trip across the English Channel to England. The water was ter- ribly rough. But England was
well worth it. We went to Green- wich for a day. It was a re- freshingly colorful atmosphere. We visited the Royal Family's Windsor Castle, and an endless sum of small shops along the streets of Canterbury.
From London we hopped a
night train to Edinburgh. Arriv-
ed during some sort of festivaL
It must have been a big deal;
people flooded the town's
streets. It seemed to be a pretty place, too bad we h~~pened to
arrive on a day when floods of people made its beauty hard to enjoy. The rolling fairways of deep green at St. Andrews golf
course were more elegant than the television has ever given them credit for .
We left Edinburgh the next morning and headed back to London. By subway, cab, and foot we weaved our way through the hustle and bustle of the city, finally reaching our termination point; Heathrow Airport.
Just before stepping into the terminal I looked back over the pinnacles of London. I will be
glad to get home, I thought. Would I do it again? Yes, in a second.
r. Brown's Summer Studies in Germany
free .
Took bus to
Italy .
from train ride.
Took a night train to Munich.
It was just as I had imagined. I felt as if placed into World War II. The sky was one big cloud of deep gray. A chilling wind whip- ped through the city . Ap- propriately we visited Dachau, one of Hitler's concentration camps. They had made no at- tempt to restore it. Obviously
not too proud of it.
On to Sulzfeld, West Ger-
many. The quaint village was
fully enclosed by a beige brick
wall. Had to have come out of a
fairytale. Cobble streets lined
with rows and rows of flowers. Next, to Nurenburg. Place was a bad dream. Nurenburg was the town which Hitler had dreamed to make capital of his empire. The huge stadium he
began during the war was half- way built, and overridden with growth of all sorts. Symbolic of
Hitler's dreams.
The next few towns seem to run
together. All pretty little villages of beige houses and rust roofs. First village was Bruges,
Belgium. Canals ran parallel to most of the streets. Doles was next. Using Doles as a home base we took day trips to the wall-enclosed village of St. Moloz, and then Mont Saint Michel. Mont Saint Michel was filled with the same brilliant col- ors and details it was built with
so long ago.
From Doles we rode the train
to Bayeux, France. One morn- ing I bicycled to Omaha Beach ten miles away. The French countryside was filled with lazi- ly rolling fields of grass, dotted
by Brad Davison
Kirk Brown, college admis-
sions counselor and German teacher at V.E.S., recently par- ticipated in a teacher exchange program with a German univer- sity. He and nineteen other Ger- man teachers attended the University of Tubinge, located on the northern edge of the Black Forest. It took place be-
tween June 15 and July 15.
"It was good for me to be a student again , to feel the
pressure," explains Mr. Brown.
"It's something every teacher
should experience.'' The aim of
the program is to create an ex- change of teachers and ideas.
As Mr. Brown says, "The ex-
pression teachers use is 're- charging your batteries.' "
Each teacher on the exchange had a project on which he would work. Mr. Brown studied Ger- man folk music and its dis- appearance in Germany. "Folk
music is something that went
out with Hitler," he explains, "because he used it, and the
feelings remain, so people don't listen to it." A great deal of the music that German young peo- ple are listening to is American and British pop along with Ger- many's own contributions to pop/rock such as Falco, Nena, and the Scorpions.
In the future, Kirk Brown plans to inform other language teachers about such programs.
Brindisi,
There we made our way to Modern Delphi . Went to a local Greek bar and learned their native dance. Lot of fun, until we
got the bill.
The next day we went to the
ruins of Delphi. The Oracle was mystical.The stories of Greek literature began to come into locus. The awe was somewhat undercut by the very out-of-
place gaudiness of tourists.
Athens was filled with filth,
heat. people. noise, and more
people. Needless to say I didn't like it too much.
From Athens, we took a hydrofoil to the island of Porous.
The island was a utopia lying in a sea of majestic blue. Great rest from stress of the mainland. We chartered a sailboat, and drifted aimlessly out into the Aegean Sea. We relaxed with smoked octopus and a bitter local drink called ouzo. The island was dotted with several
lofty waterfalls.
llack to Athens. Unpleasant
s hift . We were unfortunate t•nough to catch the city during one of its worst heat waves in
f1ve years . The mercury rose to one hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit during the dead of the afternoon. Our tour ended here B1gcelebration.Mosthop-
ped on planes homeward bound. Not me I hopped on a train en route to Salzburg, Austria.
The ride was punishing. We had to push through all of Yugoslavia w1th only one stop. Duf' to 1ts socialist state,
Sherlock Holmes of V.E.S.
Y ugoslavia
ftJUrists I misjudged the nN·( s1tyofpurewatPrandran out half way into our journey
by Rob lllng
It may not be news to most
students and faculty that Ran- dolph is currently the worst
head commented that, "People shouldjustdowhatthe ·~ up- posed to dol"
Randolph wa called anto a
dorm meeting on
week ago whach wa
by dorm Bail
Obr cht and th dorm ia
1.:ant n prmtto th
Irain Pmphed 10 a 1,),. water fountam
pt'<'tors Randolph
an rl• for
Well,
an a
and It to what
th
"My nam
IS not too
big on
a
all, and 11
top we d1d make was lh only per on w1th an empty
Th(• one
a madhouse Jo~vuiently I was not
must face. P r
had their lounge rt"movf'd a a r ult of people throwing traah
I wa
hiUIII made II to alzburg. My
trav 1111 compenaon' famaly
rooms and of
and
bl
of the v11Jag
Alter two days on the tram, we
" I'd
terestf'd in Deacon aocc r for
there It
mce to tay AIIIII m to
ol hf
air, they're akin "Ju.t think, at could be a
next fall rl&ht Chapel."
"Harry, dad you community
"II It lollll to be
after cut from
tudenta who liv dorm Ia that it
First Term Summary
by Bethany Coleman
"I'd like to be known as the
Sherlock Holmes of V.E.S. I'm always looking for news," says Mrs. Gail Morrison, Director of Public Relations. November
was Mrs. Morrison's first month at this position. She finds being Director of Public Relations "great fun" and " a new responsibility" .
Mrs. Morrison is a native of Richmond, Virginia. She previously worked at Sweet Briar College in Amherst, Vir- ginia. In 1985, she began work- ing as Associate Director of De- velopment at V.E.S.
Mrs. Morrison has many re- sponsibilities as Director of Public Relations. She is in
charge of the "Old 160", press releases and feature stories to newspapers, and other media contacts. She announces alum- ni events including Homecom- ing, reunions, and other special activities. She works closely
with the admissions office and the development office on catalogues and any other printed matter. Mrs.Morrison's work is not finished after school
is out. This summer she will be working on a summer program for high school students on brochure and marketing.
Mrs. Morrison finds that being Director of Public Relations is a challenging job. Not only must she inform the public about V.E .S., she must encourage the
faculty and students to tell her of their needs. Mrs. Morrison believes that there are many outstanding and talented stu- dents in the V.E.S. community, and her goal is to find out who
these students are. She senses
that some students are afraid to come and tell her about their outstanding achievements. Mrs. Morrison therefore encourages everyone in the V.E.S. com- munity to let her know of any
student he or she feels deserves recognition.
" I don't see any nametags and I'm getting a little perturbed." "I'd like to see each of the
SENIORS during his free period."
" WHAT FREE PERIOD?" 'There will be an OAS meeting every day for the rest of the
year."
"Are there any other an-
nouncements? ...assembly is
dis ... sike. Sit down, we're not
done yet."
"The Lord's Prayer can be
found on page 'i17."
"I have sevPrallost and found
1tems.. "
"SENIORS. there will be a
reprPSentalive from a small hbf>ral arts college on campus today, Jreally auggest that you
c·ome to 11 "
"Bert, are you wearana
•12,000 beer you drink thi1
dents after Chapel. Also I need to see all day students, boarding counselors...forget it...everyone stay after Chapel."
"The Brazilians have a steel band and cries of 'OLE resound throughout the stadium."
"Jeff, for some reason I feel like wrestling you."
"Hey King, how long ya' been Jewish?"
"God Brad, that's like the pot calling the kettle black."
"How can we go to such a good school and get into such lousy colleges?"
" Hey S.D., Newboy Night until you graduate."
"S.J., are you whipped?"
He put Mundy und .r manI"
Randolph Dorm Cleanup
socks""··' colored"
" "
jult an all ex· day vacat1011 "
THE METEOR
December 14, 1987
Schultz!"
"He put him under! I awearl
dirty dumpina hand
Into • cream in .
of on the In
lik to
anyon In
"' •
t mor ol IIGft
"I all atu
Mundy?"
or
dorm on
dents who live on Randolph, it is a harsh reality that they all
allld
out thf'ir window , ha ·
For the stu-
ently, they have
Batt! nd