Editorial
Male Visitation Rights Decision,
Board Action Applauded
I'hcre was a time in Meredith’s
rccent history when “gendemen
callers” could only visit their
young ladies in the parlors of
Johnson Hall, when dressing for
dinner meant dresses for dinner,
when going to town required
white gloves and an upperclass
cscort. Today, shorts and t-shins
arc dc rigeur for dining. Staying
out all night is preferable to call-
downs for signing in a minute
Opinion
Stephanie Hubner
Stephen Dedalus, in James
Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man, desires to embrace
‘ the loveliness which has not yet
come into the world.” I only wish
I could be so optimistic about my
world.
In niy world on Tuesday,
March 12, Secretary of Energy
James Watkins reported that
President Bush would veto any
energy legislation that did not
include provisions for oil drilling
m Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWF). This is a loaded
statement for our “Environmental
President.” In addition to
requesting the right to drill in
ANWI-, the president's proposed
energy policy deletes tax credits
for businesses using alternative
energy' sources and increased fuel-
efficiency standards for cars and
trucks. President Uush’s request
for an energy policy which
includes domestic oil drilling
.should not be surprising, The
Bush administration has already
decided our energy policy will be
one that stresses increased oil
late. It’s time Meredith pulled
herself into the twentieth century
and allow men into Ae inrier
sanctum of women’s residence
halls. The Dean of Students Office
is to be comended for its forward-
thinking action in this regard.
The Board of Trustees is to be
congratulated for its difficult
decision to shorten the faU
semester and re-institute Saturday
classes. As mentioned in a story
production and nuclear power
over conservation.
Just what is George Bush’s
new energy policy that must
include drilling in the unspoiled
wilderness going to accomplish?
It will drain the earth of her
precious fluids and destroy miles
ofcoastal wilderness. I understand
that oil is vital. I understand that,
especially with the Gulf War
behind us, we need to decrease
our dependance on foreign oil.
But 1 also understand that fossil
fuels are finite resources.
If we continue to be so
dependent on fossil fuels, then
one day they will all be gone.
What then will our petroleum-
based society dc^ If I, as a Meredith
College student, can see the
impending danger of this, why
can’t a high level legislator see iC*
Somehow, as we slowly deplete
our resources and lawmakers
implement policies that advocate
production rather than
conservation, I can’t be too
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elsewhere in this issue, budget
shortfalls led to some serious cuts
in a number of areas and by
beginning the fall semester a*ter
Labor Day, air conditioning bills
will help meet the budget deficit.
Saturday classes wasn't a very
popular choice but, hey, the policy
starts next ye?r and we seniors
(ion’t care, do we?
By the by, you haven’t
forgotten that it’s April 1st, have
you?
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Bush’s New.Energy
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