Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, Issue 20
Educating Women to Excel
March 1, 2000
On the
inside:
□ Meet
Meredith’s
newest vice
president.
Page 2
□ Web page
team will study
Internet use.
Page 3
□ Basketball
season is over
with a tourna
ment.
Page 5
□ Video
release is a
must-see.
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Inauguration planned for mid-April
□ Meredith’s sev
enth president to be
installed this spring.
Betsy Rhame
Sia« Wrier
Although Dr. Maureen Hart
ford began her tenure as presi
dent of Meredith College last
July, she will be formally inau
gurated as Meredith’s seventh
president in April.
The Meredith community is
pulling out all the stops to
make Hartford’s inauguration
quite a celebration.
The actual inauguration cer
emony will take place in the
Mclver Amphitheatre at 10
a.m. Saturday, Apr. 15. The
rain location is Dorton Arena
and transportation will be pro-
vided-
However, in the days before
the ceremony there are to be
several events celebrating the
inauguration.
A picnic for the Meredith
community in honor of Hart
ford will be Wednesday. Apr.
12- The picnic will have a
1960s theme, and students are
strongly encouraged to attend.
■'[We are] trying to have
something for Dr. Hartford that
will pay tribute to her from the
students," said Jennifer Ricks,
a member of the Student
Involvement Committee for
the inauguration. "We hope to
have a table set up with old
yearbooks from Dr. Hartford’s
day.”
An academic symposium
will be held in Jones Auditori
um at 2 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 14.
Several female presidents from
area college,s and universities
have been invited to talk and
interact with the audience and
each other.
‘■[It will be a] glimpse of
[their] personal and profession
al decisions,” said Dr. Gwen
Clay, the chair of the Academ
ic Symposium Committee.
Education and how it has
affected the panelists in
becoming successful will be
the focus of the discussion.
"It all relates to academics."
said Amber Pittman, a senior
and a member of the Academic
Symposium
committee.
This
event
directly
coi ncides
with the
iheme of
the inaugu-
ration.
"Celebrai-
ing the
Achieve
ments of
Women."
"[We
are] extend
ing invita
tions for
community
folks as
well as
alums.” said
Clay.
1 mme di -
ately after the
inauguration, the college is
holding a luncheon in honor of
the day. Students, faculty and
staff will reserve their tickets
for the luncheon later in
March, according to Director
Dr. Maureen Hartford, Meredith’s seventh
president, seen here In 1999. will be inau
gurated on Saturday, Apr. 15.
Photo by Beth Hall
of Campus Dining Services
Thad O’Briant. Resident stu
dents will not need to pay for
their tickets.
Many activities for the week
of Hartford's inauguration are
still in the planning stages.
Sculpture to represent Meredith life
Leesha Austin
Staff Writer
The new sculpture adorning
Belk Dining Hall was unveiled
during lunch on Thursday. Feb.
24.
The sculpture was created by
Holly Fischer, who graduated
from Meredith in May of 1999
with a degree in Studio Art.
Fischer is currently working
as a professional sculptor with
the Sommerhill Gallery in
Chapel Hill and the Collective
The as-yet untitled sculpture by Holly Fischer is the newest
addition to Belk Dining Hall.
Photo by Abbv Spencek
Arts Gallery in North Raleigh.
She was present during the
unveiling and was available to
talk (o students and faculty
about her sculpture.
Senior art major Ashlynn
Browning said, "This commis
sioned piece encourages the
artwork of Meredith alum
nae.”
Fischer explained that she
wants students to name the
sculpture, which is made
from steel support beams
called rebar.
Freshman Allison Spewart
said that she thought stu
dents’ naming the sculpture
would be a good idea but that
Fischer should take student
suggestions on names and
make the final decision her
self since she created the
sculpture.
Fischer also explained that
she wants the sculpture to be
student-interactive.
“I hope that students will
decorate the sculpture for spe
cial events throughout the year
such as Cornhuskin’ and
Christmas and maybe even
give ii a set of the pearls
Meredith girls are famous for,"
said Fischer.
When asked about their feel
ings on decorating the sculp
ture. sophomores Kristen
Black and Betsy Carbrey dis
agreed with each other.
“I'm impressed by the artis
tic ability behind the sculpture,
but I do not think it should be
decorated- I think it should be
left as it is," explained Black.
Carbrey, on the other hand,
said that she liked the idea of
decorating the sculpture. ‘Thai
would be fun. I think that's a
cute idea,”
The sculpture, for many stu-
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