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Editorial "Only 36 Shopping Days Left..." As soon as the Halloween candy could be dump>ed into the "Half Off* bins, store owners began decking their walls with red and green trappings of the "Holiday Season” in the hopes that Christmas shoj^)ers soon would be there. Before we've had a chance make' our request for white or daric meat fnxn the Thanksgiving bird, Santa gets ushered into town at the Rateigh Christmas parade. FiiU page ads from local retailers announce Pie-Hc^day Savings! Layaway Now for Christmas! The countdown begins... In our recessionary times, it seems that the spirit of Christmas is thrust on us eariier and eariler every year. Who's to say that we won’t be exdianging presents at future Fourth of July picnics? Retailers are nervous that shoppers will cut back on their annual giftgiving expenditures. Worse yet, it seems that many holiday buyers are using cash! Credit card vendors report lower than normal charges, indicating that consumers are resisting merchants' pressures of “buy now, pay later." This attitude normally encourages increased spending, as many feel that paying with plastic doesn’t add up as fast as real dollars. Every year we hear the traditional hue and cry that Christmas is too commercial, the true meaning of the season forgotten. Christmas isn’t the only holiday that suffers. Independence Day is an excuse for a cook>ouL Veteran’s Day is just another day that the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t deliver. Hallmark invents Boss’s Day and Secretary’s Day. The local florist and AT&T reap the profits of Mother's Day. (Father’s Day is an also-ran.) This Thursday, we'll sit down to watch Dad carve the turkey, argue with Mom over the merits of oyster vs. cornbread stuffing, and reach for our second helping of pumpkin pie with extra whipped cream. Let’s take a moment to reflea on the many blessings for which we are ihankiul. If we're lucky, our families are healthy and whole. We have friends and family that love us. We've never known what it's like to be hungry or cold. It makes spending lots ctf money on Christmas preserus seem less important, somehow. •paiwMAvMJgi • -fisr crcaiTng-Hi/4 bcArU.it fu I CrtjJtur^ 5o+^iA+ /SU+4-bu+ther to uJe. c>\/e'rcA.+4QC+ like gluftoiib iooNCs A'WiWAi-T?i6»ffT5 Acrit/isr Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I am writing in response to the recent letter to the editcw concerning the Comhuskin' Can Ait Competition. The Can Art Competition was developed this year to take the place of the traditional toilet paper fights. Meredith Recreation Association ^IRA) chose to replace the toilet paper fights because they were enviroiunentally wasteful. According to Mary Liles in Hcxisekeeping, approximately 600 rolls of Meredith toilet paper were used each year during this event MRA, along with the Cornhuskin* Class Co-chairs, developed the rules for this new event. One of the issues discussed and given much consideration when we developed the rules was the use of beer cans in the can designs. We made the decision to allow beer cans in the can sculptures based on the rationale that the Meredith College Handbook allows for alcohol beverage containers to be brought on campus if they have been thoroughly washed out and left uncorked. We felt as though students who would participate in this event should be given the opportunity to respea and ujrfiold the Meredith Honor Code. We also felt that beer cans need recycling as much as soda cans. MRA fully supports the Meredith Honor Code and the penalties that students would have received if they had vidated die honor code. MRA did not, however, encourage the consumption of alcoholicbeverages; we did encourage the recycling of aluminum cans for environmental reasons, for class spirit, and to benefit a selected charity. I am very pleased to report how well the Can Art competition wenL Not only did the competition go well, but there were ‘nogirls who were campused for having a few drops of beer in their cans, or IK) hall searches were conducted because of reports that girls were drinking in their rooms.” The Meredith students upheld the honor code and did not ruin Comhuskin'. 1 hope that any students who were upset about the use of beer cars attended the Can Art competition and observed for themselves the small percentage of beer cans used. continued on page 3 Letters to the Editor/Articles Policy Statement Everyone in the Meredith community is invited to write a letter to the editor submit an anide concerning any sub^. All puUished letters must be signed by the author, who may request that her name be withheld from puUication. Letters to the editor may be dropped in the Hemldbox beside the box office at Cate Cerwer, sent through campus mail to Box X133, or delivered to the (^ce in perscm. Deadline for letters is Wednesday at noon. All letters received after that tiiM will appear in the next edition of the Heraldt which is published every Monday during the school year. When schod hdidays fall on Monday, the Herald will be distributed on the next full day of classes after the hdiday. The Meredith HeraM Pubilched every Monday during the (chool yeir. Bdllor-in'Chlef JuUa Haakea BiMineM Mamgrf Kym Spdl Mwu^lfig^tor KlmPei^es Advcftlalfig Mam^r Kathleen Thoinaa Advcrtblng Staff Muffen Brinkoutn KeUy Underwood Copy Ediiors Jane Kennedy Mary Beth Owen Kathleen Thooaas oAsssEcncm Frohman Editors Muffett Brinkman Allbon Hodges Sophoiaore Editor KeUy A. PhllUpa JoolorEditor Jane Kennedy Senior Editor Kim Peeples NochBeaideiil Editor LeeConndly WINGS Editor Kathleen Thofflu OPEN ACADEMICS SECnON Art,Mutic,^meh 6'Thmtm Btobgy&Cbtmisi^ Patricia Underwood Maty Beth Owen Suaan Moore Catherine Han Kelly A. 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BdltortalMiey ‘Hk MfpwM* Mmtf Is pufaiiMicd by Meiediih CoU^ during dte academic ynr. Ilia p^ to lUnded by the CoDege and throu|fi adwaittoin^ The MmsU retains the not to pubUtk aatarisl eeMalnlng pesonai snacks, tnaulis, rtdkuk, «r IMeus Mts> BCMs. All lettea 10 die editor mutt be signed, akhoggh dte- authoi^naiDawlUbewiiheld IrompubHcaiiOAlfmiMMd. The oplniona ex- prested In editorial eolwMs and leittn to dta edtior d» net necmaiOy refko dtate hcuiiy, or audent body. tmrec&b ggO^ Pat»2 ffoimmbtrJ9J990
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