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Meredith Herald
1891 -Honoring Our Heritage...Expanding Our Vision —1991
Volume Vin. Issue 20
March 20,1992
Raleigh, North Carolina
Speeches for
campus-wide
elections will be
given Monday
by Jill Barlow
Campus-wide elections are already
underway. Two workshops were held
on March 11 and March 13. To be
eligible to run for office, a rising
junior or senior must have at least a
2.25 GPA and a rising sophomore
must have at least a 2.0 GPA. This
rule also applies to class elections.
Filing ended at noon on Wednes
day, March IS. Speeches will be
given Monday, March 23 in Belk
Dining Hall - THIS IS A REQUIRED
HALL MEETING! Voting will be
gin on Tuesday, March 24 at lunch
and will continue through dinner.
Please make plans to support your
fellow classmates by voting and at
tending the meeting.
Workshops for class elections will
be held on Monday, March 30 at
10:00 am and Wednesday, April 1 at
8:00pm. Ifyou plan to run for a class
office, you MUSTattendoneof these
meetings. Filing for class elections
will end at noon on Friday, April 3.
Speeches will be given at your class/
hall meetings on Monday, April 6 at
7:15pm. Voting will be at lunch and
dinner on Tuesday, April 7.
Please consult your Meredith hand
book for different! ation between cam-
pus-wide and class offices and for
any question (pp. 137-141), or call
Sara Raynor at X7948.
SGA Executive Committee
proposes ban of alcoholic
containers on campus
by Tracey Rawls
On Thursday, March 12, the SGA
Executive Committee passed a pro
posal stating that alcoholic beverage
containers should not be allowed on
campus at any time. This includes
recycling or keeping alcoholic con
tainers as mementos.
One rationale behind this proposal
is that Meredith is an alcohol-free
campus. The Student Handbook
states, “The College strongly dis
courages the use of alcoholic bever
ages by Meredith students” (32). The
proposal states, “If this is truly the
case, then the SGA Executive Com
mittee believes that there is no need
for the use of alcohol off campus to
be displayed on our campus.” SGA
believes that the display of alcoholic
beverage containers “sends mixed
signals to students, promotes alcohol
consumption as an activity to be dis
played, and supports underage use of
alcohol... “
The second rationale is practical
ity. When alcoholic beverage con
tainers show up in recycling barrels,
suspicions about someone breaking
the Honor Code arise. Actually, over
the past several weeks incidents of
alcoholic containers in recycling bar
rels have prompted hall warnings.
These problems led to SGA’s pro
posal.
Currently, students are allowed to
display rinsed out, uncorked alco
holic beverage containers in their
rooms. According to Dean Dorothy
Sizemore, this allowance came up
several years ago when the Honor
Council was faced with a string of
cases involving students keeping al
coholic containers as momentos. It
was then decided that momentos
would be allowed as long as the con
tainers were rinsed out. Later, the
Honor Council added the containers
must also be uncorked.
SGA thinks it would be a conflict
of interest to allow alcoholic bever
age containers to be kept as momentos
but not to allow them to be recycled
on campus. The proposal states, “As
a matter of principle and practicality,
alcoholic beverage containers should
not be allowed on Meredith’s cam
pus.”
The proposal will now be sent to
the Senate where it will receive two
readings. If the Senate passes the
proposal, it will be sent to the Student
Life Committee. Then the proposal
will be sent to Dr. Sandra Thomas,
who will make the final decision. If
the proposal is passed, it will take
effect beginning in the fall of 1992.
SGA encourages you to talk to your
class senator, anyone on the Student
Life Committee or anyone on the
SGA Executive Council if you have
anyquestionsorcomments. Youcan
also call Ann Hiott, SGA President,
at X7848 with any questions or com
ments.
SGA Forum touches on
participation, publicity,
and parking
by Ann Hiott, SGA President
Last night another profitable SGA
Forum was held. The purpose of the
Forum was to open the lines of com
munication by hearing what was on
the minds of the students and by
sharing current information and ideas
with the students.
The topics and discussions were
very relevant and helpful to this year's
Extended SGA and to next year’s
Extended SGA. Students were con
cerned about where to put publicity
continued on page eight
Students give
opinions on new
off-campus
housing lottery
by AmUy Brown
Meredith students agreed that this
year’s lottery for off-campus hous
ing is fairer than the old method of
selection, but many believe the lot
tery could be improved.
Sophomore Kim Engel was among
the rising juniors who were drawn in
the lottery. Engel said, “I was happy
that my name was drawn, but I still
think it’s unfair. People who want to
live off-campus should be chosen on
a reward basis. If you have good
grades and wantto live off, you should
have first choice.”
Brice Jones, a junior who entered
the lottery, but was notdrawn, agreed
with Engel that, “a student’s GPA
and involvement at Meredith should
be taken into consideration.”
Jones added, “Since off-campus
living is more isolated, there has to
be a willingness for the student to
continue to participate in on-campus
activities.”
The off-campus lottery replaced
the first come, first serve method
used in the past. But the policy that
limited off-campus, full-time stu
dents, who are not married or living
with their families, remained at 18
rising seniors and 12 rising juniors.
Junior Nikki Reidy, who received
off-campus permission last spring,
stated, “I ihink the lottery is an im
provement from last year because
there was not so much chaos. Idon’t
think the lottery is the best way, but
it’s definitely an improvement.”