)Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 22
Educating Women to Excel
March 7, 2001
On the
inside:
Professor Hanner dies of cancer
□ Campus is
undergoing
renovations.
Page 3
□ Softball
team prepares
for speedy sea
son
Page 5
□ The Mexi
can low on plot,
high on eye
candy
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□ Business
professor’s
love of stu
dents recalled
Leslie Maxwell
Editor in cniet
Yesterday, Meredith stu
dents, faculty and staff
mourned the death of former
business professor Dr. Sandra
Hanner Conder. Hanner, who
had breast cancer for about five
years, died as a result of that
cancer.
Hanner was a teacher and
colleague whom students and
teachers alike respected. She is
survived by her husband, Fer
rell Conder. and two adult
daughters. Brooke and Parker,
from a previous marriage.
Tami Necrasen, junior busi
ness major, said, "She was an
amazing woman."
Before Manner’s cancer
forced her to stop teaching, she
was Necrasen’s adviser.
Even after Hanner got sick.
Necra.sen said, "She contin
ued to always have a posi
tive attitude even though
she was ill.”
Campus Minister Sam
Carothers also noted the
ties between Conder and
her students. He said. “She
was truly a great person
who loved her students.”
Accounting professor
Dr. Becky Oatsvall agreed
with Carothers. “One of her
real strengths is that she
was student-oriented.”
Senior business major
Marley Finch was ano'.ier
advisee of Hanner. Last
summer. Finch organized a
group of Meredith commu
nity members to run or
walk in Race for the Cure
in honor of Hanner.
“She’s respected in the
Please see
HANNER
page eight
Dr. Sandra Hanner, professor of business, died Tuesday after
a battle with cancer.
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Smoking banned in residence halls
□ Open
House ruling
not yet in
Elizabeth Crowder
Slaff Writer
After Heilman Residence
Hall’s Jan. 22 fire, likely start
ed by cigarettes or matches in a
trash can. Meredith's Senate,
Student Government Associa
tion, Residence Hall Board and
Student Life Committee decid
ed to reexamine the on-campus
smoking policy.
Snioking in freshman and
sophomore residence halls had
already been phased out when
the most recent t'ire occuned.
but Juniors and seniors were
still perniitied to smoke on the
third tloor of Heilman and the
fourth floor of Barefoot,
respectively.
As students had been voic
ing (heir concerns about addi
tional fire hazards, a vote was
held in the two dorms on Feb.
12 to determine whether to ban
smoking privileges-for the rest
of the semester.
Meredith SGA president
Leslie Gilliland said that Heil
man residents voted 54 to 50 in
favor of the ban and that Bare
foot residents voted in favor of
it as well, 70 to five.
The ban took effect last
Monday, after Dr. Jean Jack
son. vice president for Student
Development, approved the
vote and notified students in
both dorms that a majority of
residents favored a revocation
of smoking privileges.
This vote would have given
current juniors the only smok
ing privileges in dorms for the
2(X)l-02 academic year. But a
referendum held on Feb. 19
and 20 altered circumstances
again; juniors in Barefoot
voted 76 to 10 to ban smoking
in the dorm next year.
Though residence halls are
now smoke-free. Meredith stu
dents may still smoke outdoors
at any location on campus.
Junior Sarah Pritchard, who
couldn’t understand why resi
dents could smoke in their
rooms but not have wickless
candles, approved of the smok
ing ban and said, ‘Tm glad
they’re taking away that fire
hazard.”
A senior who transferred to
Meredith ihis semester from
N.C. State shared Pritchard’s
sentiments about the new
smoking policies. Having
heard about Meredith's other
dorm fires, she feared the start
of another- But she was also
pleased that the ban would
keep her away from cigarettes
and their smoke, which she
said she hated.
Also changing is Meredith’s
Open House policy. At present,
the policy states that ’’after
Labor Day weekend. Open
Houses are planned for 10
hours on Saturdays (l-l 1 p.m.)
and seven hours on Sundays
(12-7 p.m.). No Open Houses
are held during exams.”
According to Gilliland,
numerous requests for extend
ing these hours w-ere made
through Free Your Mind
Forums and Student Concerns
boxes on Campus.
Thus another referendum
was held on Feb. 19 and 20.
this time lo gauge students'
response to the following state
ments:
1. I am happy with the cur
rent Open House policy and
w'ish for no change.
2. 1 think the current Open
House hours should be
reduced.
3. I think the Open House
hours should begin at noon.
4. 1 think the Open House
hours should include Friday
nights from 7-11 p.m. and
begin on Saturday at noon.
Over 80 percent of students
Please see
SMOKING
page three