Meredith Herald
Volume XIH, Issue 20 We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally we're a women's college. March 19.1997
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Secretary of State Elaine Marshall visits campus
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□ Elaine Marshall
speaks to Meredith
faculty, stafT, and students.
Allison Carter
Layout Editor
WomeD’s History Month is still
going strong on the Macdith College
campus, lo fact, Programming Board
hosted the firs t woman to be elected to
the North Carolina Secretary of State,
Elaine Marshall, on Monday, March
17th.
Heather Wilkin, Programming
Board chair, introduced Marshall as
being a “well- rounded woman.”
Wilkin went on to speak ofMarsball’s
career and family accompUshments
over the years.
Marshall went to undergraduate
school in Maryland, where sbe earned
her degree in Home Economics. About
10 years afto' gradu^ing, Marshall
went back to school lo earn her law
degree at Campbell University here in
North Carolina.
After practicing law and runniog
several businesses, including a part-
ner^ip in a law practice in Harnett
County, Marshall was elected to the
North Carolioa General Assembly in
1993. However, in 1995, sbe lost tbe
same election by a mere eight votes.
With a recount there was a tie, and she
lost again in a completely new elec
tion.
“Freedom is not a spectator sport,”
noted Marshall when explaining why
she was in politics. So sbe continued to
strive for more goals, but tbis time
aiming even higher • tbe Secretary of
State of North CaroUna.
Marshall opened with her thoughts
on Women’s History Month and its
significance. First, she noted that
March is a beautiful month where “the
world is coming back to life,” just Uke
women bring families, jobs, and gen
eral moral back to life. Marshall's sec
ond observation leaned towards amore
serious note, because she said having a
month set aside to study the history of
women shows that there is still tbe
Heathw Wilkin introdiced Elaine Marshall to the adninistratbn, Photo by
faculQ'. staff and sttxtenls on Monday morning. Headier is the Kim
diatr erf the Programming Board, whi^ hosted the event. Debus
need for a “formal time” to recognize
women.
Marshall went on to say that sbe
does not see herself as the ‘‘female"
North Carolina Seaetary of State, but
instead theSeaetaryofState who “just
happens to be a woman.”
The past election gave her an op
portunity to speak ber views and ideas
nation-wide because her opponent,
NASCAR legend Richard Petty, bolds
vast name recognitioD ihioughout tbe
state, and even tbe country.
See MARSHALL page 4
CIF selects 21 proposals for grants for 1997
□ Budget ideas granted
by the Creative Ideas
Fund committee.
Beth Hall
Staff Reporter
The Creative Ideas Fund (CIF)
has selected 21 proposals (out of the
44 submitted) to receive grants ftom
the CIF’s spring sanester budget.
“The Creative Ideas Fund seeks to
encourage aeativity among all mem
bers of the Meredith community—
students, staff, faculty, and adminis
tration. Preference is given to tbose
with clarity of purpose and means of
evaluation which have broad impact
and advance the mission of the col
lege,” says Meredith’s Vice President
for Student Development Jean Jack
son, chair of the CIF.
"Sometimes an organization or
department would like to run a pilot
project to test for strengths, feasibility,
or appeal before committing regular
budget funds. Tbe CIF gives than a
chance to do so. Also, sometimes voy
good ideas occur between budget
cycles, and with tbe CIF, organiza
tions and departments do not have to
wait so long to tiy their good ideas.”
Where did die idea for CIF come
from? Jackson answers, “A number of
people have wished for a long time for
a flexible source of funding and ex
pressed those ideas to tbe STAMATS
survey team. STAMATS recom
mended that tbe college initiate a Cie-
ative Ideas Fund, and the Board of
Trustees authorized allocating money
to the jsoject in both the 1996*1997
and I997-I998 budgets.”
And just who decides which pro
posals are “ai^vable”? This, tbe first
committee, was selected by Jaduon
and is comprised of tbe following:
Jessica Lewis, Sue Greiner, Vanessa
Barnes, Mary Kate Keith, Virginia
Knight, Bill Price. Deborah Smidi, and
Bill Wade. Tbe membership will ro
tate in tbe fall. Anyone interested in
serving should contact Jackson.
Chrissie Bumgardner, assistant
director of the First Year Experience
program, is receiving CIF grants for
two proposals. One proposal is for
Ending for the Fresbmentoring pro
gram. Tbis program pairs fi^hmeo
witii recent Motditb graduates who
“have similar interests, skills, and fu
ture aspirations,” says Bumgardner.
The 1996-1997 freshmen class is the
first to take part in tbis year-long com
mitment program. The 30 matched
“mentor-mentee” pairs first met at a
February conference, and each pair
has made plans to meet individually
several more times during the year.
Bumgardner will use tbe funding to
pay for a cool-out at tbe amphitheater
for Fresbmentoring participants in
April.
Bumgardner also is receiving fund
ing for "Freshwomen Fire and Water”
ceremony and dinner. Sbe wants fresh
men to have a class fellowship dinner
reminiscent of tbe Junior class ring
dinoerortheSophomoreclassMother/
Daughter tea. Thedinner will celebrate
“Uie fact they (the freshmen) made it
through their first year," says
Bumgardner. Acommitteeforthedin-
na, consisting of ten freshmen repre
senting freshmen residence ball floors
and freshmen commuters, has been
created. The theme of this “dress-up”,
RSVP diooer will revolve around fire
and water. Tbe speaker has not been
decided yeL Tbe dinner will take place
in late April.
Bumgardner thinks the Creative
Ideas Fund discourages people from
“puuing their ideas on a shelf’ because
tbose who submit ideas will know rela
tively soon (a month or two) whether
they will receive funding or not
Bumgardner also cites the advantage
of the CF when “piloting" an idea.
Proposals that have a successful pilot
can be more assured of a spot in a
permanent budget. Bumgardner would
like to secure such spots for Freshman
Frolic, the Fresbmentoring program,
and the Freshmen dinna.
Also receiving a CIF grant is
Louise Taylor for the Writing Out; A
Writing Workshop for Women (wo-
posal. According to the proposal, the
writing workshop is open to “all women
in tbe triangle who have always wanted
to write or who have begun writing on
tbeir own and would Uke the guidance
and encouragement of a mentor.” The
workshop will take place June 23-27.
from 9a.m.-2:30p.m. and will cost
S165. Tbe cost will include five lun
cheons and various handouts. Work
shop leaders will be as follows: Betty
Adcock, a poet; Suzanne Britt, an es
sayist; Suzanne Newton, a noveUst;
See PROPOSALS
pages