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March 20,1992 page two Meredith Herald Staff Editorial by Jessica Cook, Copy Editor Almost every week, in Wake County public schools, a child is caught with a gun or another dangerous weapon. Children have died in schools across North Carolina this year because they were attacked by other students with guns or knives. Students say they need guns for self- defense; some bring guns to school just to show off. Administrators blame parents who do not secure their guns properly at home. Of the 22 guns found in Wake County schools, 18 came from the children’s homes. Although parents are at fault for not properly monitoring their firearms,the real blame for gun-toting school kids lies with the American culture of violence. Our society glorifies aggression. Children with guns are merely repeating what they have learned through television and movies. They believe guns are cool, are a way of showing power and authority, and are the only way to solve prob lems. Few states effectively monitor the pur chase and sale of firearms. Almost anyone can buy a gun, regardless of criminal background or mental instability. If gun laws were stricter, not so many guns would be in the home. As a result, childrens’ access to guns would be limited. Until violence is no longer portrayed as right, cool, and necessary in the media, until children stop receiving messages from such a legiti mized source as Hie President of the United States who promised he would work for a “kinder, gentler nation” and then declared a war, the school will cease to be a haven for learning and tolerance and will become a full- scale war zone. How well do you know your roommate? Find out in the Roommate Game How well do you know your roommate? Play the “Roomate Game” and find out! First Round March 23 - 7:15 p.m. - $.50 per team Second Round March 24 - 8:00 p.m. - Free Third Round March 25 - 8:00 p.m. - Prizes will be awarded Kappa Nu Sigma inducts twenty-seven at banquet by Cindy Green Kappa Nu Sigma, Meredith's cross-campus honor society, held its spring induction cer emony and banquet on Thursday, March 12. Kappa Nu Sigma, which stands for Beauty, Intelligence, and Sound Mindedness, was es tablished in 1923 to promote and recognize academic excellence in all majors at Meredith. This spring 27 new members were inducted. They were: Heather Beard Jill Beeson Beth Bonner Joanna Byrum Kim Colston Michele Daughtry April Dawkins Tanya Denton Melissa Fleek Lisa Fogel Jan Gunn Mallory Hearne Betty Holland Jeanne Howell Karen Howell Karen Jarmon Barbara Lippard Lisa Lund Mary Dana Morrill Kristy Narron Paige Rouse Jennifer Smith Paige Temanson Lisa Tilley Deanna Turlington Heide Williams Kate Wilson The Kappa Nu Sigma officers present were Bonnie Bugnar > President, Ann Hiott - Vice President, Larissa Reiter - Treasurer, Wendy Lawrence - Secretary, and Cindy Moseley Green - Reporting Secretary. Dr. Tom Parramore was present and gave a speech entitled “The Doctor and the Slave Girl: Sex, Personality, and Hierarchy in the Old South.” Managing Editor Publications Editor Copy Editor Business Manager Advisor Kelly Parker Amy LdVoy Jessica Cook Jane Kennedy Nan Miller Features Editor Amity Brown Photography Editor Julie Smith staff Gilda Boyd Sonali Kolhatkar Betsy Mao Tracey Rawls Trista Schagat Hannah Simonds Julie Smith Ellen Williamson Special Contributors Laura Davenport Pat Yauch Jennifer Hartig-Calender Events Julia Dixon Meredith Herald Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough Street Boxxl33 Raleigh, N.C. 27607-5298 (919) 829-2824 Editorial Policy The Meredith Herald is published by Meredith College during the academic year. Tlie paper is funded by the college and through advertising. The Herald retains the right not to publish materials containing personal attacks, insults, ridicule, or libelous statements. All letters to the editor must be signed. The opinions ex pressed in editorial columns do not necessarily reflect those of the college administration, fac ulty, or student body. Letters to the Editor Policy Everyone in the Meredith community is invited to writed a letter to the editor. All published letters must be typewritten with contact name and address and telephone number. All letters must be signed by the author, but names will be withheld upon request.
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