Meredith Herald
Vol. 2. No. 4
Meredith Coilege, Raleigh. NC 27611
September 26.1986
Mailbox blues
by Leigh Ann Capps
Has your mailbox been empty lately?
There are two reasons this may be: eith^
no one is writiDg your or you’re not receiv
ing your mail on time. There have been
^era] complaints from students on cam
pus about the postal service this year.
Anpe Brewer, a junior, said, *’My mothCT
mailed me a letter on Tuesday and it usui-
ally takes only one day to receive it, but t
didn’t get the letter until the following Sat
urday.” Receiving daily newspapers has
also been a problem for some students.
These students often get two newspapers
on one day and on others, they don’t
receive their newspapers at alL
Cris Best, assistant manager of the Post
Office, said Meredith now has a new full
time postal employee, Pat Manners. Shelia
Troxier, the previous postal employee, left
Meredith for anothCT position. Having
worked here for twelve years, Troxier had
developed a well-organized system. Her
Campbell Library
by Martha Ann Brawley
thanks to the new VendaCard System,
students no longer have to ask librar-
Have your ever gone to the library to ians for the right combination of coins.
■use.the.copy tnacl^nc flnd-rgaliyedyott-A^^ l^st^m.is new this
didn’t have the correct change? Now, year to Meredith, two new copy
s.
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departure caused quite an upset in the
organization, leading to delays in the pro
cessing and placement of mail in student
boxes. By the end of next week, things
should be better organized and running
smoothly, Bost said. She hopes to have
student workers employed by then.
So if you're expecting that letter from
your boyfriend or the allowance check
from home, be patient The mail is on t^
way.
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machines have been installed in the
Carlyle Campbell Library. Students have
the option of using a coin operated cop
ier, whi9h.a^o t^^ cuds ^ the c^-
only copier. If the stude nt chooses to use
the card machine, she must first pur
chase a VendaCard from the librarian
at the circulation desk. These cards
have magnetic strips on the back that
keep a tally of how many copies have
been made using that caid.
After the initial fifty cent charge,
there is a three dollar charge for fil^
copies, a six dollar charge for one-
hundred copies, and two-hundred copies
cost twelve dollars. This amounts to six
cents per copy, compared to ten cents
per copy when using the coin operated
machine. The card itself is paid for afrer
the first thirteen copies.
The two previous Xerox coin oper
ated copy machines were replaced with
two new Kodak 85 Photocopiers. In
Decent weeks there have been problems
with the coin operated copier but
Libn^n Janet teBevcs the
extra p^ that has been OTdiM will
coirect the problem many students have
faced when cc^^ng legal size docu
ments.
The VendaCard System appears to
be working well. Many academic
departments have purcha^ cards, as
well as many students. Other universi
ties such as die Universi^ of North
Carolina at Charlotte have adopted
similar systems. There are many benef
its, such as the savings when using the
VendaCard and almost no drawbacks.
Both new copiers are located in the
copy room in ^e library and are availa
ble during library hours. The librarians
at the circulation desk are available for
questions concerning the Kodak copiers.
Havlr>g spare change to make cop^ in the library is no longer a problem wMh the
new VerxiaCarci S^tem. Photo IQm Cook
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