Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 28
Educating Women to Excel
April 25, 2001
On the
inside:
□ English
honor society
inducts charter
members
Page 2
O Campus
leaders hon
ored with
awards, dinner
Page 4
O Reviewer
^nds Freddy
Got Fingered
offensive
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Senate to make changes next year
□ Students
should under
stand processes
Lora Tillman
staff Wrtter
According to its members,
SG A Senate had an exciting yet
hectic 2000-01 year. Along
with the regimented duty of
approving organizational con
stitutions, Senate also worked
in conjunction with the SGA
Student Life Committee to
address several campus con
cerns, such ^ the Napster
issue, smoking in the domis
and the open house policy.
This year’s Senate Chair and
SGA President-elect, Hope
Parrish, commented, “Senate
had a great year and accom
plished a lot.”
Next year’s Senate has
already begun plans for a more
streamlined and inclusive sys
tem. During the last Senate
meeting of the year, an amend
ment to Senate’s constitution
passed that lays out a specific
constitution approval process.
This is a process used at every
Senate meeting that, in the
past, has taken up much of
Senate's time, leaving little
time for addressing organiza
tional or student concerns.
“We have tried several dif
ferent methods to expedite the
constitution process this year.
However, the improvements
were not as successful as we
had hoped- I believe it will
improve much more next
year,” said Parrish.
Speeding up the constitution
process frees a lot of Senate
time for student and organiza
tional concerns.
Organizational concerns go
directly to Senate. However,
student concerns go through a
more involved process. First, a
student may express a concern
through one of the many stu
dent concerns boxes main
tained by the Student Life
Committee around campus, or
the student may attend a Stu
dent Life sponsored forum and
voice her concern there.
At the forum, faculty and
Juniors capture
victory at Stunt
JA-MIE Tunnell
staff Writer
Once again, Stunt'has come
around and given us a break
from the deadlines and future
exam panic that shows on
every student’s face. Last
Thursday, Meredith students
were united in the counyard for
an afternoon of friendly com
petition.
Events began around 4:30
p.m. when classes participated
in relay races, obstacle courses,
and other field day activities.
Sophomores took first place in
the three-legged race and bat
spin. Juniors came out on top
in tug-of-war. the balloon toss,
and limbo. Then, there were
the seniors who dominated the
obstacle course.
At 6:30 p.m., the area in
front of Belk Dining Hall was
transformed into a stage where
class members, families,
boyfriends, and pets gathered
to see what each class had
come up with for Lip Sync.
The class of ‘04 performed to a
medley of jungle songs. The
audience saw scenes from The
Lion King, heard from the
Rocky movies and had an
appearance from Tarzana,
queen of the jungle. Their
theme was “It’s a Jungle Out
There.”
The sophomores were
“Dancin’ Through the
Decadcs" with popular hits
from the 1920s until today.
Sock hops, an Elvis concert,
and a special appearance from
Disco Divas were some of the
Please see
STUNT
page two
administration hear concerns
and address some of their own.
After concerns are expressed,
the Student Life Committee
researches the concern and
streamlines it. a tedious but
important process. Finally,
after the concern is properly
addressed by Student Life, it is
sent to Senate.if the need aris
es.
Once the issue is sent to Sen
ate, the group does whatever is
necessary to address the con
cern, be it vote on a proposal,
streamline the concern even
more to propose to the admin
istration or board of trustees, or
even develop it into a campus
vote.
Next year, if students have
anything to say about a concern
that is before Senate, they need
look no further than the Her
ald. All concerns coming
before Senate will be publi
cized at least one week in
advance of the Senate meeting
in the paper.
As many students learned
this year. Senate is also respon
sible for hearing and deciding
on the proposal of potential
Meredith organizations.
This new addition is in
response to the recent proposal
of Campus Crusade for Christ,
Because Senate will begin pub
lishing notification of its meet
ings in the Herald, any student
who wishes to attend the meet
ing whether for or against the
proposed organization will
have prior knowledge of the
proposal and the meeting.
Sophomore senator and
Please
SENATE
page two
Summer reading
book chosen
Lesue Maxwell
Edlior in chief
For the past two summers,
Meredith College has spon
sored the Summer Reading
Program for incoming fresh
men. Now, for the first time
since the program’s inception,
the Summer Reading Commit
tee, co-chaired by Dr. Rebecca
Duncan, English professor, and
Chrissie Bumgardner, co-direc
tor of the First Year Experi
ence, has announced the title of
next year’s book before sum
mer.
This summer, incoming
freshmen will be asked to read
In the Time of Butterflies, a
novel by Julia Alvarez. This is
the first year a fiction book has
been chosen.
After sponsoring a book
nomination campaign, the
committee received 40 nomi
nations for the summer reading
program selection. Bumgard
ner said that each committee
member received a list of all 40
books and were asked to select
their top five choices. The most
common top five choices were
sent back to the committee
members to then select their
top three.
Bumgardner said the com
mittee selected In the Time of
Butterflies because of some of
its main themes, which include
women, sisterhood, change and
diversity.
The novel offers a ficitional
account of the legendary
Mirabel sisters, the women
who helped lead the resistance
movement against the dictator
Trujillo in the Domincan
Republic in the 1950s and 60s.
Duncan noted the impor
tance of these themes, saying,
“As the Hispanic population in
this area and nationwide sur
passes that of African Ameri
cans, we would do well to
understand some of the politi
cal and cultural forces that con
tribute to the heritage of Latin
American immigrants.”
Bumgardner hopes that all
Meredith community members
will read In the Time of Butter
flies over the summer.
‘The more people who read
it. the more meaning it has to
the Meredith community." she
said.