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Meredith Herald Vol. 3 No. 9 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27611 ^^^^^'^February 26,1988 Oil spill causes no major □1:^ Elizabeth Atinond An air pocket in the tank of a Cary Oil Companytmckcausedarninor oil spill near the maintenana building on the Meredith (ampiB on Friday. Feb. 19. According to Jim Matthews, owner of Cary Oil. a company operator inserted a hose 5 used for transfemng oil from the truck into an on-campus tank. The operator then went around to the opposite side of the tnjck to make sonne adjustments. /M:cording to Matthews, a -burp" or pocket of air inside the truck tank caused the Rep. Blue delivers message at BEW convocation ■by Ellen Belk Rep. iDaniel L Blue. Jr..a N.C. House repre sentative, spoke to students, fecutty, admin istrators. and communhy guests at last week’s convocation, tiie highlight of Black Emphasis Week, the college's annual cele bration of the achievements and con^bu- tions of biack people to art. musk; and all areas of society. Blue spoke of the strides made by blacks and of all humankind. He also advikd stu dents of the 80’s on how they can be pro ductive leaders of the 90‘s. His lecture began with a trip through hiV tory.stopping at such notable periodsasthe Jewish ^odus from Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, and the Emancipa tion Proclamation of 1963 and the legisla tion passed by President Roosevelt in the 1930’s that helped to launch the civil rights movement Blue confessed, however, that even if he could, he wouldn't want to live at any other time in history than the last quarter of the 20th century. ■‘\Afe detemiine our own fate by having the opportunity to make choices." said Blue. Blue highlighted the accomplishments of blacks In his message, citing such notable e^mples as Crispus Atticus, the first man to die in tt» Revolutionary Wftr. and Harriet l\jbman. an escaped slave who risked cap ture by retuming to the South to help free other slaves. Blue also mentioned Charies Drew, the man who discovered a way to isolate blood plasma, and Ron McNare. one of the seven astnsnauts who died in the Challenger explo sion last January. Blue cited Bill Cost^ as an example for aspiring black actors, for his refusal to accept roles that portrayed blacks in a degrading way. Dr. Martin Luther King, according to Blue, is the supreme example for everyone work- ing for the human and civil rights of alt people. King devoted his life to the dvil Continuect on page ei^t hose to pop off of the receptacle on the other tank. TTie operator’s view was obstructed by the truck, and by the time he discovered the detached hose, approximately 100 gallons of oil spilled onto the ground. A small ahnount of the oil r^n through a stomi drain into a nearty creek, but environmental officials found no damage to the water supply. "We were very fortunate. " said Jeannie MorBlock, director of public relations. “TTie response of the fire and police departments was great and luckily, the oil was contained quickly.” ■by Jo Hodges As early as 1979, plans have "been in ^ woris" for rwovations of Cate Center, said Cindy Wien, director of student activities. With the beginning of the sping semes ter, a new Student Leadership Suite was set up on the groundfloorof Cate Center In the space fbnmerly occupied by the Office of Career Services. An upstairs lounge area was converted into a new suite of oilices and recnjlting rooms for Career Services. The offices of the student publications, the Meredith Hemid and the Oak Leaves, were md^ from the basement of the chapel into the offices on the second floor previously occupied by student government Former director of student activities. Patrice Stifert. originated the initial plans in 1979 when she drew up a proposal to expand Cate Center into a type of all purpose student center with what is now a snack bar. bookstore, lounge, and art gallery. Although Striferi:'s proposal did not include the new changes, it opened up many possibilities. A clean-up process began almost imme diately. Hazardous waste officials used straw to absorb the oil and prevent it from con taminating the creek. According to Morelock, ttie clean-up pro cess is complete. Both the oil and the straw have been removed. Several shrubs that were damaged by the oil will probably be replaced. Several local news stations covered the spill for their 6 p.m. broadcasts. Morelock said that the seriousness of the spill was rather exaggerated. "Actually, it was a minor spill. We didn’t "TTie idea to renovate Cate Center is nota new thing. It has been in the woris fbryears. long before I came to Meredith,” said Alien. TTie Student Leadership Suites currently house the offices of Joan V\Vatt, asastant director of student activities. MEA and SGA with space available for MCA. The suite has a conference room, a storage room, and plenty of space. The Krpy machine and material for banners is also located in the new offices as is a computer typesetting machine recently donated to the college by Creative VWtlng & Graphics. The Balloon Gallery was converted into office space for MEA. But the main focus of the recent renova tions is the Student Leadership Suite. "What //e want to do is set up a leader ship center that will support a strong devel opment of on-campus leadership. We would like to establish a full scale leadership pro gram at Meredith," said Allen. As eariy as next year, the college hopes to have a leadership skills course for credit. Allen said. Allen pointed out that the leadership skills even write a press release because it was covered on the nevs/s." said Morelock. "Everybody worked really hard to clean it up. and their response was great Jerry Bynum and his crew really did a good job." said Morelock. Bynum is the head of Erwir- onmental Services on campus. A representative of the N.C. Natural Resources and Community Development office called the public relations office Friday to say that he was “very pleased" with the clean-up efforts. Cary Oil Company claimed full responsibil ity for the spill. students would leam to develop at the Meredith Leadership Center and in the new class would not only help them in woriing with their on-campus activities but also in the professional worid. "Good leadership skills are alvrays helpful to have no matter where you are. They are the type of skills that can carry over Into almost every area," said Allen. Allen hopes the center and the class will strengthen Meredith's leadership program and gradually develop into a national stu dent leadership development center for women, complete with different classes and programs to explore the aspects of leader ship and a leadership library and research center. "We'd like to see it develop into a national center for student leadership where you would send your people and your groups to come and be trained in leadership. We feel that these suites arejust a small start In the direction of better leadership prograVna^t Meredith." Say What You Mean, Please. Alice in V^nderland wowed both faculty and students on Thurs., Feb. 4. For more pictures, see pages four and five. Renovations in Cate well underway in ’88
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