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Campus Editorial September 30,1992 page two I’m not writing this editorial to whine. I’m writing it because of recent experiences I’ve had and because of similar complaints I’ve heard from other students. The problem is that nothing around here works! I’ve been to the computer lab in Harris twice this semester to print papers. Both times I haven’t been able to find a printer that worked properly. Most did not work at all, and the few that acmally printed either printed too lightly or ate the printer pa per half-way tlirough print ing. These are not isolated incidents. I’ve heard several other students complain about the same thing. Printers are not the only machines on campus rebelling against the students. They are ap parently in cahoots with the mi crofilm machines in the library and the copier in Cate Center. Sunday night, I went to the library to look up some theatre reviews from the 30’s and 40’s. Obviously this is a time-consum ing task, so I had come back to school early to allow myself plenty of time to work. After I had found all of the references for the New York Times reviews, I went in the microfilm room to find that the two machines with copiers had signs on them that read “out of toner.” What was I supposed to do? It wasn’t like I was only looking up one article. If I were doing that, I ’ d simply use a microfilm viewer without a copier and takes notes. I had a list of about 20 re views that I needed to copy. I had tried to get it done before the weekend, but none of my copies came out leg ibly because the machines weren’t focusing then and now they’re not working at all because there is no toner. see EDITORIAL, page seven Layout Editor. „.,.Ttai^Jp^wls Bosit»mMa»»agKr.o.Kun HasJam C«^y Editor .Susan Finley NewsEditor BeibLowry Features Editor^Scmall KoIhatlur : Spurts Editor. Whitt layout Assistant,..,. Betsy Mao Meredith Herald Editor in Chief Amity Brcwn Reporters................., Pate, Tristtt Sdhagat, Julie Smith, Kate Stewart, Sara Maultsby, Chrfirtiaa Peoples, SarahMuss, TraciLatta, Kimberly Zucker Contributing Writers Jennifer Hartig, Amy Duffy, Mallary Heame^ Amy Shepard, Brotfe Judkin, and Kristen Tyvoll Technical Advisor Laura Davenport Editorial lV.itlcy The Mtjreduh Herald « published by the College throughout the academk: yeari ■ The^^: S: paper is funded by the cojtcges and through adver(ising. llie Herald retains tiro right not to publish Hiaten&l.t containing personal attacks.insults, ridicule, or bbelous statements. All tetters to Ui« editor must be signed. The opinions expressed in editorial columns do ■ not necessarily rettect tliose of the college: administration; faculty, or student bodyi: :: ? i Letters to the Editor Policy Everyone in the Meredith community is invited to write a letter to the editorAlls?: published letters must be typewritten with contact name and address and teiepbone ::; number. All leuers must be signed by the author, tet names will be withheld upon toques t. Advisor Nan MiJliJr Guest Editorial by B rooke Judkins I have recently realized that for the last five years, I have been making a big mistake every weekend. Not a life threatening one, but one that probably con tributed to many colds, chronic tiredness, less than perfect grades, and much stress. I used to think that every weekend had to be packed full of parties, so cializing and scouting for a po tential future mate. If I wasn’t involved in at least one (but usually all three) of these things every Friday and Saturday night, I felt like I was missing out on something terri- bl y important. I would have rather died than to have stayed in on a weekend night. And I could not understand other people who weren’t as eager to be where the action was. I used to look at these people in awe and think, “What, are they crazy? Don’t they know there are frat parties at State to night?” Sometimes I evenlooked at them, there so intently reading their books, with pity. Ha, little did I know. And even though I looked on disdain fully, a small part of me was fascinated with the person who could stay home on a weekend night. I wondered what they did and what they thought about. But as soon as I began to question that maybe I was missing out on some thing by not staying in, my girl friends would jerk me away from my makeup mirror, demanding that it was time to leave, and all previ ous doubts would disappear. It is strange how things change. Only a few months ago, I was a party-crazed freshman, able to survive on high amounts of alco hol and little to no sleep. But now, in my more mature second year of college, it is hard to motivate my self to go to wild parties, and a few sips of alcohol only puts me to sleep. Don’t get me wrong. I still enjoy parties, occasionally the loud and crazy ones, but usually smaller parties, just me and a few close friends, sitting around talking and listening to music, quietly. And I am still searching for my fumre soul mate, whom I think I will find as nature takes her course, whether I am out partying on a Sahirday night or sitting at home writing essays like this one. As I am sure you have al ready figured out, the mistake that I was making was that, like the old cliche says, I wasn’t taking time to smell the roses of hfe. I was so determined to be a every big party and social gathering each week- see GUEST, page seven Letters to the Editor- I would like to respond to the recent article concerning a lack of vegetareian choices in Belk Dining Hall as well as the feeling among vegetarian stu dents that their dietary needs are not understood by dining hall employees. I am aware that being a vegetarian requires a careful monitoring of what is eaten in order to maintain a balanced diet as well as to avoid foods which contain anmal fats. In that I do not have a thorough knowledge of the vegetarian lifestyle. I would welcome any student to meet with me in order for me and the dining hall staff to gain a better understanding of vegetarianism. In the meantime, we will try to become more aware fo the vegetarina students on campus by offering a greater variety of veg etarian foods on a more regular basis, by becoming more aware of how meat and non-meat foods are handled, and by more accurately see LETTER page seven
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