Meredith Herald
Volume XVil, Issue 24
Educating Women to Excel
March 28. 2001
On the
inside:
□ Future
Meredith stu
dents visited
campus Satur
day
Page 3
□ Men’s and
women’s
NCAA tourna
ments near the
end
Page 5
□ Don’t get in
the way of the
Heartbreaker.
Page 8
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Controversial Campus Crusade passes
□ Student
leaders decide.
Jenny Costa
News EdilOf
1-or quite sometime there has
been concern about off campus
brganizations promoting (hem-
slcves on campus, particularly
evangelical organizations such
as Campus Crusade for Christ
International.
Students no longer have to
wonder whether the organiza
tion is legal at Meredith
because as of 8 p.m. Tuesday
night, senate passed a proposal
for the organization in a 7-6
vote, according to senate chair
Hope Parrish, a Junior
Laura Minnotte, a senior
who has just received a staff
position with the organization,
says that before she left Mered
ith she wanted to see the issue
resolved.
She says, “I want students to
have the opportuniy to hear the
gospel of Jesus Christ.”
And that is the mission of
the organization: “to communi
cate the truth of Jesus Chrst
and the gospel in a sensitive,
relevant manner to every stu
dent on campus as well as pro
viding opportunities for stu
dents to grow in Christ... and
be equipped through active
training for a lifetime of Chris
tian service.”
There were also some
adamant concerns about (he
organization from the campus
administration.
Parrish said that she received
statements in opposition to
Crusade that she read in ses
sion to the senate from Dr.
Maureen Hartford, President of
Meredith College. Dr. Jean
Jackson, Vice President for
Student Development, Dr.
Allen Page. Head of the Reli
gion Department. Dr. John
Creagh, professor of communi
cation. and Sam Carothcr.s.
Campus Minister.
She said the theme of these
concerns centered around
whether the goup would
embrace the diverse atmos
phere on campus. She also
noted that religious intolerance
was a large concern because
there had been reports of indi
vidual Crusade members who
had insulted other religious
groups.
However, the insensitivity of
certain individuals does not
represent the organization as a
whole as Michelle Summers,
who has worked with Crusade
for two and a half years
,explained. “Our purpose is lo
offer students a forum where
they can discuss what it means
to have a personal relationship
with God. If they are not inter
ested, we do not go after them.
We merely provide information
for students seeking to know
more.”
Parrish praised the senate fo^
its committment; “I am proud
of senate
for
respecting
the system
and going
through a
fair
process to
resolve
this issue.
This is
huge, it is a test of the strength
of our student government.”
Katie Vreeland, a junior sen
ate member, recognized the
grave importance of the issue.
Apart from the concerns of the
administration, “1 didn't feel
we had discussed enough of the
details such that I could make
an informed vote in favor of
the organization. This is not
the French Club.”
When informed of the deci
sion by the senate, Hartford
See CRUSADE
page eight.
Feminist theologian to speak in Chapel
□ Her mission
is women’s
rights in a
country that
will not listen.
ClIRKTlNA HOLDKR
Associate Editor
This February, Miami
Mayor Joe Carollo threw a
cardboard tea canister ut his
wife’s head during an argument
that pr«xluced a golf ball-size
lump. Last week he was con
victed of a misdemeanor, the
standard in the American court
of law.
But on ihe other .side of the
world, the rules are not the
same. In fact, in Pakistan, they
are (he opposite.
In the predominantly Mus
lim country, what Americans
would call domestic violence is
instead interpreted as an
“honor killing" by the men of
the country, who have (he right
to kill their wives and daugh
ologian, offers the ftre extin
guisher.
Hassan will be visiting the
Meredith campus on Wednes
day, April 4, 2(X)I at 10 a.m. in
Jones Chapel to speak on the
honor killings of Pakistan and
women’s rights. Under her
country’s system of law. honor
killings
ters at the mere hint of immoral
behavior.
And i( involves much more
than (hrowing a cardboard box
at a woman's head.
It involves something more
along the lines of drenching a
woman with kerosene and set
ting her aflame.
Such was
the fate of
16-year-oId
F a u c c i a
Bibi, a Pak-
i s ( a n i
(e e n a g e r
who was
accused of
being
unfaithful by
her hus
band's fami-
ly-
Now Dr.
Riffat Has
san, a pro-
g re s s i v e
Muslim
woman Dr. Riffat Hassan promotes women's
and fenii- rights in Pakistan and all over the
nisi the- world.
CtHlkTRSV 1)F LlNIVfcRSTlV OF
All’mni Magazine
to walking with a man other
than her husband warran( an
honor killing according (o (he
majority of Muslim men.
According to an article in the
L.os Angeles Times. Muslim
men defend their right to the
honor killings by the ideology
that women arc replaceable,
but honor is not.
Hassan first rectigni/.ed the
plight of Muslim women when
it became personal to her dur
ing a ten-year study of (he
Koran while teaching a( Okla
homa S(a(e Universi(y.
Through her study she dis
covered tha( many of (he laws
that come out of (he Islamic
iradi(ion are heavily influenced
by some interpretations of
Christian scripture.
For example, three beliefs
emerging from one interpreta
tion of the book of Genesis are
that women are subordinate to
men because God created
Adam llrsi. tha( women are
devious because (hey caused
See HASSAN page
eight.