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editorial Well, I guess 111 have to take back my words on the apathy of the students at Meredith. It was great to see so many students come out to support their student government and the Honor System. At most schools the students probably would have been sitting'-in to try to make the Honor System more flexible to give the students more "social freedom." Ms. Nona Short told me as 1 sat on the steps of Johnson Hall with her that it was nice to see students involved in issueds besides trying to stay out later. Ms. Short, I agree. was also a good feeling to tell Ed Crump, a reporter from WTVD, that we wanted to make the Honor System stronger. He asked if it were true that teachers leave their classes while the students take tests. I was proud to say that it happens all the time. The basis of that policy is trust. Last week I said in ray editorial that my "belief and trust in the integrity of Meredith" had been seriously shaken by the recent Honor CouncU case that become the subject of class room and cafeteria discussions alike. After seeing students, faculty, and administrators all sitting together to show the Board of Trustees that we believe in SGA and the Honor Code, it is hard not to believe that a little trust in each other and Meredith came back on Friday. Jeannine Manning Editor-in-chief Dear Editor: In the Herald of February 20 you, Jayne Potter, and Martha Ann Brawley expressed dismay that honor violations could go unpunished, that administrators could disregard the action of a conscientious student court, that administrators could be partial in their judgments. I sat with you and others in our rotunda Friday, thinking of the principles we were affirmmg and of the differences serparating us, and thinking of "integrity," a word recuiring in many places this week. I went to my dictionaiy. The oldest meaning of "integrity" is "wholeness" or a state of being undivided. Later meanings are "not being marred or violated" and, later still, "freedom from moral corrupticm." Here, perhaps, we can sort out where we agree and disagree. To the last meaning we would all ascribe; we want an honor system without moral corruption. But I have not, in a long while, expected truth and justice to be "whole" or "undivided." Enormous disagreements exist in the current case, among students and faculty, as well as between students and administration. The disagreement, the "crack" ~ your word - in the wholeness or integrity of the affair did not begin with the President's action, which some have termed intewention. It was there, apparently, from the first. Faculty closest to the smdents involved disagree over the nature of the offense. Truth does not falter when two women disagree. I continue to trust them both; so, I believe, do you. Disagreement exists, among faculty, students, and administrators, over whether an administrator ever should exercise sole responsibility or ever should act against the advice of a group of students or a group of feculty, even when division of opinion exists within the group. Such disagreemnt need not disnipt a community of mist. A student recommendation to alter the process of review would seem to me to make our system more cumbersome without making it more fair. Procedural safeguards cannot replace our trust in c«ie another. Sometimes the minority opinion is the right one. And last, to the point that so distressed me at first hearing, Meredith has gone along for ninety-nine years assuming that administrators, faculty, and smdents are capable of putting fainiess above friendship. I have taught daughters of trustees, and colleagues, friends. I think you believe me when I say that I lean over backwards to avoid appearing to favor them. I have seen the same mq>artiality among students who testify in an honor court about their friends. We can continue to tnist students, faculty, and administrators, whether they WOTk in groups or alone, and trust in their motives must jvevial though their judgments may Meredith Herald STAFF EDITOR-IN CHIEF Jeannine Manning PRODUCTION MANAGER Jayne Potter BUSINESS MANAGER Jennifer Bickus ADVERTISING MANAGER Cheryl Alderman NEWS STAFF Susan Cartrette Deanna Harris Krista Holloman Sandra Johnson Beth Lowry Kelly Massey Laura McArthur Mary Moore Nicole Northcott Bergen Padgett Kim Peeples Beth Saylor Gennie Stuart Trinnie Terrell Deanna Turlington Susan Worley ADVISOR Becky Bradshaw The Meredith Herald is located in the publications office on the second floor of Cate Center. Address corre spondence to the Meredith Herald, Box xl33, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298. Phone (919) 829- 8338. Advertising Rates available upon request. EDITORIAL POLICY The Meredith Herald is published by the students of Meredith College during the academic year. The paper is funded by the college and through advertising. The Herald will not print material containing personal attacks, insults, ridicule, or libelous statements. All letters to the editor must be signed unless otherwise discussed with the editor. The opinions expressed on the edito rial page do not necessarily reflect those of the college administration, faculty, or student body. The Herald welcomes criticism and will respond promptly to any submit ted in writing and signed by the writer.
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