Meredith Herald
Volume IX, Issue 2
September 2,1992
Raleigh, North Carolina
• South Floridians are still recov
ering from Hurricane Andrew. It
is estimated that 180,000-250,000
people are without homes. Dam
age is now estimated at $15 bil
lion. Florida Governor Laughton
Chiles warns that if the federal
government does not pay 100% of
reconsrtuction cost, Florida will
be “totally busted.”
• NC gubernatorial candidates Jim
Hunt and Jim Gardner campaigned
in the Triangle Monday. Hunt said
he would fight to protect the
woman’s right to choose. Gardner
commented about the rash of mur
ders in Durham.
• Presidential candidate Bill
Clinton has gained strength ac
cording to a recent national poll.
Clinton has 55% of the nation’s
support and President George Bush
has 36%.
• The Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak
at a memorial service for the 25
Imperial Food Product workers
who died in a plant fire in Hamlet
last September.
• Teachers in the Detroit public
school system, the nation’s 7th
largest, went on strike Monday.
168,000 students are effected by
this strike.
• The US Open Tennis Tourna
ment is revving up in Flushing
Meadow, New York. Americans
Jim Courier and Mary Jo Fernandez
have advanced.
• The NC State State Wolfpack is
gearing up for its home opener
Saturday against Appalachian
State.
• Jose Canseco, outfielder for the
Oakland A’s, was traded to the
Texas Rangers for Reuben Sierra
Food services director responds to students'concerns
By Beth Lowry
The newly renovated Belk Din
ing Hall continues to be the talk of
the campus. Meredith students are
excited about the new food possi
bilities and are eager for them to
start.
Students agree that the new rose
and teal atmosphere provides a more
appetizing setting, but feel that there
are still some kinks that need to be
ironed out.
The Meredith Herald took the
students’ questions to Thad
O’Briant, food services director. He
too agrees that there are problems to
be worked out and was more than
willing to answer questions.
The lines are too congested.
There is not enough space to move
around.
According to O’Briant the lines
are moving faster than last year.
When all of the programs (Cafe
Featines, Grill Works) are imple
mented, it will be a much better
situtation. He says that students are
conditioned to the old traffic- flow
and once they get used to the new
pattern it will be better.
The enter/exit is a pain when
all you want is more to drink or
Students adjust to new layout of dining hall,
seconds.
The dining hall staff is continu
ing to explore alternatives for refills
or seconds.
The ice machine is dangerous
because it spits ice all over the
floor.
The dining hall realizes there is a
problem. It would help if students
would hold their glass closer to the
nozzle. A service technician has
come to Meredith to do what he can
to fix the problem.
photo by Amity Brown
The ice machine slows the line
down.
O’Briant says that the line is not
going any slower than last year. The
dining hall staff is looking for op
tions, however, to speed the line up.
Where is the menu board?
The menu board will be more of
an informational system, providing
students with menus and nutritional
information. These boards will be
placed in the foyers at each door. O’
Briant said that they have been or
dered and should arrive soon.
Student wrecks car on campus
A Meredith senior had a car
accident on campus last week. Ac
cording to Meredith Security, no
one was hurt.
Susan Broadwell was leav
ing the campus around noon last
Wednesday, and while exiting
Faircloth gate, she took her eyes off
the road for a few seconds to
straighten something in the
passenger’s seat. While going down
the hill, her car went off the road and
hit a light pole. The car flipped.
Broadwell was wearing her seatbelt.
Chief Dan Shattuck said it saved her
life.
A little after the accident oc
curred, the security office received a
call from one ofthe call boxes. Chief
Shattuck said that three people had
called on the box and that he couldn’t
really understand what any of them
were saying. He stressed the impor
tance of knowing how the call boxes
are used. The emergency boxes can
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