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Page 21wesiem Maryland Collegei November 9, 1989 Focus on a Student: Bo~nieGrady By going by Mike Kubacki I excited. but now they are used to the wants to influence to college, Bonnie changes which it has brought about. her kids to also This week's student spotlight is Although they hope for her sue- auend and enjoy it. onBonnieGrady. Bonnie.amother cess, Bonnie notes, they do wish she Inaddition tomanaginga house- otrwodeugbters.ages 17and 19. has were home more often. hold and going to class, Bonnie is an lived in Wesuninster for six years. During her freshman year, Bon- active member of the recently formed She graduated from high school nie experienced culture shock from CommunicationsClubatWMC.The in 1969, but she waited eighteen years beingaroundsomanyyoungpeopJe club has over sixty members from before deciding to go to college. and having to adapt to the classroom different majors. Presently. Bonnie is a junior environment with all of its work. The club's goal is to open the communications major, withaminor Bonnie says that it is also diffi- worldofcommunicalionslOallWMC in writing. cull sometimes to go to class and to students, by sponsoring trips to tete- Her goal when she graduates manageahouseholdatthesametime. vision shows, such as the "Cosby from WMC is to direct or produce She gets less sleep, but her kids lend Show." films or videos. a hand. Itel8Hgingtoorganizations,such Bonnie decided to enter WMC AccordingtoBonnie, "I couldn't as the Communications Club, has in the summer of 1987. when she had make it if the kids weren't willing to helped her to grow, she contends. volunteered totakepan in theCarroIl help OUI.,; Bonnieisliving outher dream to County Public Access television. The toughest thing for Bonnie is produce videos and films. She, along Whiledoingthevolunteerwork. Bonnie Grady, center, works with fellow students not being available for her kids. She with two other WMC students, Dave she realized that she enjoyed work- So, she walked into the admis- fore classes began. sometimes has to miss activities in Hammannandranepavis.hasstaned ingwith camerasandproducing films sions office to register. She took the wtenherfamnyflrstheerdabout which they are involved because of Aardvark Visuals Inc., a video pro- and videos. majh proficiency tests two days be- Bonnie going to college, they were her schoolwork. duction company. With Macintosh youcan evendothis: Madntosb" computers have always been easy to use. But they've never been this easy to own. Presenting The Madntosh Sale. Through]anuary 31,you can save hundreds of dollars on a variety of Apple" Macintosh computers and peripherals. So now there's no reason to settle for an ordinary PC.With The Quit Madntosh Sale,you can wind up with much more of a computer. Without spending a lot more money •• The Macintosh Sale. Now through January 31. College Store or The Office of Academic Computing Contact; Ed Holthause, 857-2477