Campus EditoriaL
by Dawn Coats, Guest Editorialist
Have you ever heard the girls
at Meredith called “those land of
girls?” I have and it really bothers
me. For the record, I am a soirtio-
more transfer student from East
Carolina University. This is my
first semester at Meredith and I
love it.
Now here is the real issue.
When 1 was accepted at Meredith,
it really excited me. Therefore, 1
shared the news with almost ev
eryone. Everyone shared my
excitedment except my^rj’end’s
mother. She is the one who re
ferred to us as “those kindofgirls.”
Her coimnent annoyed me so I
asked her to tell me more. Shesaid
hat she had heard that Meredith
Angels were a bunch of “rich,
snobby witches with a ‘b’.” I had
never visited Merdith’s canqxis
before then, so 1 couldn’t agree or
disagree with her. This conversa
tion really dampened my
enthusiam andsomewhat fright
ened me. I had no idea what to
expect when I arrive at Meredith
in August.
Now, almost semester later,
I still hear a few negative com
ments every once in a while. But
the difference is that as a student,
I can take up for Meredith’s stu
dent body. I can give the speaker
the real side of the story. I have no
idea why we are stereotyped as
rich and snobby. Yes, we do at
tend a private college that costs a
little more than a public college,
but no, we are not, as a whole,
snobby. The people who
makethese comments are obvi
ously jealous because neither they
nor their children have the grades
to get into Meredith. If this is not
their reason, then it is beyond my
understanding why they choose
to say these things.
Like I said earlier, I
transfered from ECU. If all these
people want to see snobby, they
need to get on highway 64 and
take a trip to Greenville. Almost
everyone I pass in the halls and on
the sidewalks at Meredith speaks
to me. This was most definitely
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Yejudice and Violence. Her title is, however, Program Director.
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Letters to the Editor
Dining hours inconvenient
I am writing about the din
ing hall hours. The dinner hours
(4:30 -6:15) create problems for
many students. First of all, some
students have classes that con
flict with these hours. This se
mester I have a class from 5:30 -
6:50 on Tuesdays and Thurs
days— this means I have to eat
dinner around 4:45 or 5:00.
When I eat that early, I am usu
ally hungry by 8:00 or 9:00 p.m.
So I either order a take out or
snack on some food in my room.
This creates another problem—
weight gain. Other students are
simply not hungry during these
early hours. My suite does not
like to eat until after 6:00; that
leaves us only fifteen minutes to
get our food and eat it. And
usually whatever food that is left
is cold, which does not make a
good meal.
A solution to this could be
to extend the dining hall hours
by thirty to forty-five minutes.
This would allow students who
have class conflicts or who are
not ready to eat so early an alter
native. This could also solve the
problem of late night snacking
and weight gain. Please con
sider this: An extra thirty to
forty-five minutes could make a
difference.
Ashley Anderson
Study in England praised
I would like to respond to
the article in the Sept. 30,1992,
issue of the Meredith Herald
concerning the study abroad stu
dents who shared their experi
ences.
Everyone hears about the
study abroad programs that
Meredith hosts during the fall,
spring and summer. These pro
grams are popular and attract a
lot of attention. While most of
these programs involve a neces
sary second language in order to
study effectively in another coun
try, a foreign language isn’t al
ways required to study abroad.
I found flte yearlong program
known as Junior Abroad in Hull,
England to be an extremely re
warding and enriching educational
experience. However, I often won
der why it doesn’t get as much
publicity as the other abroad p'o-
grams. It is just as important and
noteworthy and even establishes a
link between Raleigh, North Caro
lina and Hull, England, which are
sister cities, although I’m sure some
people don’t even know that this
connection exists. I feel that some
sort of recognition should be made
of this yearlong challenging expe
rience in which Meredith students
partake.
Just as the foreign students
had suggestions about their pro
grams, I too have suggestions about
the Junior Abroad program. I too
feel it is essential to relate the ad
vantages and disadvantages so that
students can get the most out of the
experience. The article stated that
“the evening was designed for fac
ulty to learn more about all study
abroad programs,” so why were
we excluded? I realize that only
three people represented Meredith
in England, but even though the
numberis small, the ideas and feel
ings that I have about this program
are great What’s the use in learn
ing and experiencing things if you
can’t share? Isn’t that what educa
tion is all about?
Anne L. Fry
Student defends Security
I would just like to say that I
am tired of hearing students com
plain about the Meredith Security
Department. Security does their
best to make everybody happy, but
as you and I both know, that is an
impossible task. However, they do
try and there is only so much that
they can do without the help of
both students and administration.
Security complaints range firora
not giving enough tickets to taking
too long to let students into their
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