Meredith Herald
Vohtm»7,NumbtrlJ April Pool's Day, 1991 Celebrating Meredith's Charter Ceruentia'
Male Visitation
Approved
Board approves
shorter term,
Saturday classes
by Nicole Rlveobark
Because of recent petitions
and continued protests against
the discriminatoiy policy of where
males are allowed on campus,
Meredith College plans to open
the fall semester with a new
policy—men will be allowed to
visit their Meredith Angels inside
their rooms from 3:00pm until
1:00am,
According to Dean of Students
Dotty Moresize, increasing
numbers of students are
transferring to other schools
where visitation is less of a
problem. She believes that, by
bowing to student pressure, more
students will remain at Mered.th
if they are allowed to entertain
male friends in their residence
hall rooms. She also believes that
Meredith will be able to attraa
more young women from liberal
northeastern states, who have
tended to shy- away from
Meredith’s conservative southern
traditions.
Ima Goldfish, a Meredith
junior, opposes the new freedom.
She considers the “no men in the
dorms” rule a unique and special
tradition that Meredith should
retain. She says that **running
around in my underwear
whenever I want is a privilege I’m
not ready to relinquish.”
On the other hand, freshman
Babs Freelove agrees with the
new change wholeheartedly.
"After all, all we want to be able
to do is hang out or watch tv.
With open dorms, we will have a
place to enjoy each other’s
company in private."
by Nicole Rlvenbark
Are you aching for a shorter
fall semester and a longer summer
vacatioa’ Most of us would jump
for joy at news like this. Start
jumping.
While the recent Board of
Trustees aaion regarding the
Baptist State Convention has
grabbed all the attention, its other
big news has escaped most of the
campus’ attention. Beginning next
year, the fall semester will begin
three weeks laster than usual.
Because spending the extra
by Mary Beth Owen
In honor of the Centennial
Celebration, the trustees of
Meredith College along with
administration officials and
faculty, have randomly chosen
ten students with a 2.5 grade
point average and added an extra
credit point.
These students' records will
not reflect an acquired GPA of
money on air conditk»jng
place an undue burden on the
decreased operating b* ihc
Board approved a suggesdonStom
the Office of Business andF%naftee
to begin the 1991-92 sdht&csi y
the day after Labor Day.
To make up for the test houis
of study, the Board also approved
a recommendation tht
faculty to establish Saturfaiy
classes. The registrar’s office wiH
publish a revised course list neatt
week.
3.5, thereby making theffi highly
eligible for entry into graduate or
professional schools in such areis
as law and medicine.
The names of these ludcy
students will be announoed at die
Academic Achievement Awards
ceremony on April 15 at 10:00»m
in Jones Auditorium, so listen for
your name and congratulations,
you lucky dogs!
Herald wins
statewide awards
As we go to press, the Meredith Herald has learned of its
winning several awards at the North Carolina Intercollegiate Press
Association’s annual convention held last weekend at Campbell
College in Buies Creek, NC.
The two-day convention was attended by more than 75
student journalists and publication advisors from across the state.
Friday featured a day-long slate of workshop sessions for the
attendees led by media professionals, journalism feculty and
student newspaper editors. Saturday included the awards banquet
and the keynote address by Clifton Metcalf, director of News
Services at UNC-CH.
A full report will appear in next week's edition of the Herald.
(No, this is not an April Fool story!)
Lucky Students to
get raise in GPA
President Bush proclaims April 5-7
National Days of Thanksgiving
(see page 3)