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Letters to the Editor
It’sthattime again! Time
to play WHO’S-RUNNING-
FOR-WHAT! As a veteran of
thisgame myselfJ’ve grown quite
accustomed over the past three
years to the inevitable question:
“What are you running for,
Hariig?” I learned early on the
implications of this question, and
thus developed my own ways of
evading it—right up until the very
second my card was slipped into
the filing box. Once. I even went
so far as to proclaim that I wasn’t
ruruiing for any
thing (all the
while planning
my campaign
strategy). In
stead, 1 ex
plained, 1
planned to spend
my'Ume remov
ing outdated fly
ers from bulletin
boards throughout the campus.
For those of you who are
new to the game, 1 feel obligated
to inform you that it has long been
a tradition here at Meredith that
students avoid running against
their friends at all costs. Thus, it
is decided ahead of time who will
run for what so that no one has to
“compete” againstafriend. There
are, of course, obvious benefits to
this system: no one loses, and no
unnecessary stress is placed on
any treasured inendships.
It is a tempting trap to fall
into.Imustadmit. However,there
is certainly something to be said
for knowing what you want and
being willing to go after it. I say
this not at all to sound heartless. I
wouldbe the lastpersontosacrfice
a Irienship for an elected office.
However. I’ve run enough races
to know ttiat if a friendship is
worth any
thing at all,
it will sur
vive the
stresses of
an election
campaign.
As a matter
of fact, my
experience
has been
that it only makes the friendship
stronger, if both parties are honest
with each other and with their
constituents.
there is also something
to be s^d for respecting yourself
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held Thank you. Amity Brown,
editor
Student responds to
cultural diversity letter
Who ever said this was a"per-
fect” world? How can it be so
“perfect” when I am made to
feel like I have done something
wrong just because I am white
and am not tryii^ to learn as
much as I can about everyone
else’s culture. After reading
LaDawn Wray’s letter to the
editor about cultural diversity
being addressed all ! felt was
outrage that I was being classi
fied within a group of ignorant,
hateful, white individuals. It’s
true that not everyone is totally
fair when judging another, but
this is not purely aracial issue. I
know many people here that
would rather “scrape the walls”
than risk having to talk to me,
much less look at me, and we
happen to be of the same race.
Whether it be popularity or
wealth or whatever else, there
will always be those that think
they are better than the rest. I
would like to say that they do
not represent all of the “white
world.” I have no control over
where I came from; I do how
ever, have control over the pw-
son I am becoming and the the
attimdes that I possess.
Mei^dith does not have the
capability to address every sepa
rate culture. How can they when
there are so many: German,
Irish, Hungarian, French, Ital
ian, Afiican-American, Russian,
Indian. Chinese, Jiq>anese, etc.
I’m not talking about people that
are h^e from each country, but
rather people's heritages that come
from each country. I am not even
sure that I know a great deal about
my own culture and that might be
an issue that I should deal with.
Culture is often, however, a very
generahzing wxd and somewhere
in the middle we lose sight of who
the individual is. The important
thing is that where we came from
does not measure where we are
going and should not be used to
categorize what kind of person we
are.
Beth Schmitt, so|rti(Hnore,
psychology major
Students encourage
attendance at convocations
We are writing about attendance
at convocations. This is our third
year at Meredith, and we have no
ticed that few students attend these
educational opportunities. Meredith
spends time and money getting in
teresting speakers who have much
to offer our community. Instead of
taking advantage of these opportu
nities, we make up excuses: not
enough time, too busy, w just not
interested in convocation. These
excuses just don’t cut it!
Let’s look at the distinguished
list of speakers who have led our
convocations—Sandra Day
O’Connor, Phyllis Trible, and
Patricia Schroeder. These women
are known nationwide for their lead-
er^p and contributions to their
fields. However, when each of these
women spoke, there were empty
seats in the auditorium. Why
weren’tstudents sitdnginthe aisles
to see these well-known women? If
this trend continues, the convoca
tion committee may stop devoting
time and money securing such dis
tinguished individuals.
Convocation has something to
offer all Meredith students. Topics
range from biology to women in
leadership to computer technology.
Even if the topics do not direcdy
relate to your major, you may still
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