editorial
Meredith: An experience of a lifetime
It seems hard to believe, but we are
already into our third week of school.
From what I can see, 1986*87 promises to
be a great year at Meredith. Excitement
and enthusiasm began early and now it is
spreading throughout the campus at a
rapid pace.
The spark was lit when (he student lead
ers returned to campus for their leadership
conference. TTjere Aey brain stormed and
made plans for the upcoming year.
The leaders pass^ the flame to our
newcomers at Meredith, the Class of 1990,
making them feel welcomed into the
Meredith family and letting them know
that each of th^ has a special place on
campus.
Now that the upper classmen, adminis
trators and professors have returned the
whole campus is brewing with positive
energy.
Keeping the spirit going will not be an
easy task. The responsibility will rest with
each of us.
It will be up to you to take an interest in
all of your classes. To learn and to be
stimulated are two of the main reasons for
coming to college.
Join a club or an organization and
become involved with what is happening
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on campus. If you don’t wish to be presi
dent, then be a representative. Remember,
a small voice is better than no voice at all.
Take an interest in college. Go to
campus-sponsored lectures and seminars.
Meredith is making great advances and
setting the pace for other institutions to
follow and you need to be aware of its
history, in addition to its current progress.
Look at what has happened already this
year. Former President Jimmy
Carter is coming to speak on campus, the
new art building is under construction and
is due to be completed by the spdng semes
ter and that is only the beginning.
All of that progress just shows what
Meredith is comprised of — a group of
doers. We don’t sit by and wait for things to
happen-we make them happen. Many
people who have graduated ^m Mere
dith have gone to blaze trails in every
aspect of American life.
Meredith is a foundation upon which
mahy dreams are created and fulfilled.
Take advantage of every opportunity she
offers you. Being a student at Meredith is
an experience of a lifetime — don’t let it
pass you by.
Vanessa Goodman
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Dear Editor
The new school year at Meredith
has brought many changes. One of the
changes that has upset me and many
other juniors and seniors is the sixty
dollar increase in parking.
Many students believed we needed
to increase the parking expense from
twenty dollars, but we were surprised
to learn that parking would be costing
eighty dollars this year.
The question that most students
want to know is where will all the
funds be going? I talked with Dan
Shattuck. chief of security, and got
some information. He said Meredith
College did provide a new parking lot
which will supply approximately 125
new parking spaces. In the process of
building the new spaces, they redid
over 1^ old spaces. The cost of this
project was $^,000 which included
grading, drainage pipes, lights and
reseeding land that was damaged in
the process.
Tlie expected income fix)m the raise
in paricing is an additional $50,000 to
the previous $20,000 for a total of
$70,000. As of now they have only
received $50,000 of (he $70,000.
One of the main {voblems facing
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security right now Is the number of
unreglster^ cars. They plan to respond
by giving more tickets.
I believe that Meredith has an
organized parking system. N.C. State
students are given parking permits,
but usually have to hunt for spaces. At
least Meredith is trying to provide
adequate parking spaces.
The only thing I do not agree with is
the drastic increase in parking costs.
I think the student b^y could have
accepted it better if it woiUd have been
a gradual increase.
Another alternative could be hav
ing different parking scales according
to what particular classification a stu-'
dent is in.
The thing I wonder about now is if
this year’s students pay for the new
parking lots, what will be done with
the extra revenue next year?
Sincerely
Leigh Ann Cap{»
Dear Editor.
An abandoned mother cat found a
quiet, secluded place on campus last
summer to bear her six kittens. She
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nursed them as well as she could on
her diet of crickets and other insects.
Because she was starving, two of her
kittens died.
Another abandoned campus cat
lived In constant fear of people because
no one had ever loved her and cared
for her. Someone had even tried to
abuse her. Suspicious of people, she
would not take food from any one.
She slowly died of starvation.
Sad but true. There are several
abandoned campus cats right now
that need homes. There are kittens as
well as adult cats that need to be
spayed or neutered.
Pet overpopulation consumes 25
million to animals each year. Even
more offensive Is the fact that the
problem n^dn’t exist at alt. Any pet Is
a responsibility ~ it has special needs.
Bringing a cat on camipus and leav
ing It to fend for itself or allowing It to
reproduce is cruelty. One litter of kit
tens can subsequently result in 25,30,
even 50 more cats being bom into a
worid there are not enough homes to
go around.
Some pet^le believe the answer is
to call a humane officer to come and
take the animal to an animal shelter.
• Butcurtwn«s.taT8tBsare very high
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in the spring and summer the eutha
nasia rate is in the thousands. Eutha*
nasla means animals are killed by
being Injected with a drug that sup
presses their respiratory system. Or
they will be locked Into a box called a
gas chamber and forced to breathe
carbon monoxide until they die. And
in the case of abandonment, most will
starve to death, contract diseases, or
will be victims of other toiturous
deaths.
Surely students don’t mean to be so
cruel. Don’t bring pets on campus and
leave them or allow them to repro
duce. If you can’t afford to have an
animal for Its lifetime and if you can’t
afford to have it spayed or neutered,
then you shouldn't be a pet owner.
If you are seriously concerned about
helping wi^ the current campus prob
lem by providing a caring, loving
home, please leave your name and
number in (he envelop on the bulletin
board outside Maige Shelton's ofUce
on the 2nd floor, Cate Center. Or If
you can contribute cat food, please
leave your name and number glso.
Your (^cem will be most appreciated.
^ncerely,
Tracy Knight