Donna Wilson elected SGA President in run-off
Donna Wilson (left) rows on the River Avon with friend, Martha Register,
during their Meredith Abroad trip last summer.
Changing rooms can be
costly if done often
by Kim Allen, News Editor
In Sept., 1984, it became effective that
students must pay a one dollar fee to get
access to a master key for room entry if
locked out.
The collected fees are used by the
Office of the Dean of Students for resi
dence hall improvement or programming.
When Dean Sizemore was asked why the
policy was instated, she explained, ''The
reason is two-fold. One reason is to help
students remember to lock their rooms
and to take the key. It also helps them to
become more responsible. The second
reason is to eliminate some of the extra
work for the Resident Directors to con
stantly be on call."
St. Mary's College was contacted as to
their guidelines regarding room entry.
The school does not charge students for
entry into their room. The housemother
unlocks the door and if she is not availa
ble, housekeeping does. An unsuccessful
attempt to reach Peace College was made
as to their guidelines.
According to a memorandum released
by the Administrative Staff, under the
policy, if a student is locked out of her
room between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
she should contact the Resource Assist
ance Office on the first floor of Poteat
dorm, pay one dollar and the door will be
unlocked. The same routine is followed
between 4:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., but the
student must contact the Resident Direc
tor. Between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., the
student should contact security; however,
payment will not be accepted. The stu
dent will be ^ven a charge slip and should
pay the Resident Director the next day.
When Sizemore was asked if the rule
had helped, she said, “It has probably cut
the problem in half. The students have
been much more responsible in seeing
that they have the keys for themselves."
Meredith hosts pane!
discussion on ‘Pornography
or Individual Rights’
"Pornography or Individual Rights? Is
the question this clear cut?" will be the
subject of a panel discussion at the Feb
ruary 18 meeting of the North Carolina
Chapter of Women in Communications.
The meeting, which includes an optional
dinner, will be held at Raleigh’s Meredith
College in the President^ Dining Room.
Panelists wii be Dorothy Teer, chair
man and co-founder of Pornography
Awareness; Jack Nichols, Raleigh-based
laywer for the ACLU: and Margaret
McCreary, Duke law professor. Anyone
in the area, interested in the subject, is
welcome.
Those interested in just the program
shold be there at 7f00 p.m. Dinner will be
served at 6:00 p.m. and reservations must
be made before February. 12, by calling
Raleigh: Eleanor Jordan, 828-2758; Dur
ham; Marilyn Riederer, 544,3129; Chapel
HiU; Lucille Fidter. 942-4121, Ext. 3426.
by Cynthia L Church. Editor
The race for Student Government
President resulted in a run*roff between
Donna Wilson and Becky Auman last
week, and Wilson landed the victory.
“I didn’t even think 1 was going to run,”
said newly elected Student Government
Association President Donna Wilson.
“But I thought I would if not just to make
the race more competilive.”
Wilson, a native of Clinton, N.C. and
an accounting major at Meredith looks
forward to the responsibilities she will
have next year.
“I know 111 have a lot of responsibilities
and meetings to attend like with the
faculty, Board of Trustees, Student Life
and Honor Court. I’ll also be leading the
Executive Committee.”
But with all of her new duties she hopes
to deal mainly with the studentsand their
concerns. Wilson realizes the problems
with poor participation from students
and plans to deal with that.
“There’s so much apathy among the
students and hopefully that wiU change. I
plan on continuing the luminaries project
... I saw how the students went oitf and lit
them and 1 hope to keep that enthusiasm
going," Wilson said.
Wilson realizes the problems SGA
encountered this year with the luminaries
projea breaking even instead of making
money and she plans to “use candles that
are a lot cheaper."
Wilson also plans to continue the Feed
Raleigh Project which will take place in
March. It will involve students going
door-to-door in the community collecting
canned food for the needy in Raleigh. She
would also like to sponsor more projects
but has not thought of any yet.
When asked how she feels about
Meredith's Honor Code. Wilson said she
is a firm believer in it. “1 feel it’s a part of
the student government. When people
sign it they commit themselves to it and
know the violations ifthey break it," Wil
son said.
The Honor Council has recently been
under attack by students due to the
nature of the penalties the Board has
inflicted upon the students. Wilson said
she wants her role on the Honor Council
to be “unbiased. I want to give Insight of
the violations and be fair and just in my
beliefs." Wilson added. Wilson admitted
she is unaware of how the Honor Council
works and won’t know how It operates
until she becomes active next year.
Her role with the Senate is also un
determined.
“They don’t know so I (^on't know,"
said Wilson. ‘'They just had Elaine Jolly
talk to them about the senate’s role as a
lepslative. They may work on constitu
tions."
Wilson said she plans to work actively
with the Student Life Committee “al
though," she confessed. “I haven't ever
N been toa meeting^Shefeels more organ
izations should get involved, however and-
said “If the committee gets too big, you
can't get much work done. But the Stu
dent Life Commhtee and the Senate have
set up a subcommittee to look into the
role of the organizations."
When asked if there should be a separ
ate committee set up to hear and act on
the problems and needs of the organiza
tions not on Student Life, Wilson said.
“That'd be a good idea . .. because with
everyone on Student Life they won’t
accomplish anything."
Although her responsibilities as SGA
president will be demanding, Wilson still
plans on finding the time to do the things
she enjoys doing, like going to the beach,
being outdoors, doing needlework and
spending time with her family, boyfriend
and friends at Meredith.
Wilson will accept the responsibilities
as SGA President at the beginning of the
1986-87 fall semester.
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