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April 21.1993 page seven Campus News LETTERS continued A*om two and leave ai tbe end. Standing on stage before a hall full of pec^le is nerve-raddng and involves loads of hard work, personal dedication, and a li^ ibat most people never experience, but it is my idea of plea sure. Performance — the sharing of my innennost feelings through music — is wbat I live for; having my art takoi for granted is not Shannon A. McGinnis Junior, applied music As a fcxmer and future resident student and a present commuter student, I want to encourage resident students to stay on campus. Evoy year at this time, I hear tbe buzz from sopbomores and juniors saying that they want an i^tartment and freedom £n>m ibe dc»ms. Let me tell you, living off campus is not all it is cracked up to be. 1 live with my parents and I am allowed to ccme and go as I please and to do whatever I want to do. Yes, the freedom is great but the inconvenience is greater. Those of you who bate getting up atTrSOfwyourSrOO class, ttink ^XHit getting up at 6:30 cm* 7:00, just so you can beat tbe traffic and rush to make it to class on time. When a resident student has a two-hour Ineak, she can just go to h^ roran, study, cfaat, or catch some sle^. 1, on tbe other band, must wander ^ut caucus. Cate Center is great for socializing but it is of£n too loud and K)b busy to get any studying done tbere. Tbe lilMary is quiet but 1 can’t study unless I am comfMlaUe with aDiet CAe within my reach. I could drive home and wait for my next class, but, in trafQc, that is 20 minutes ea^ way and the temptation is too great to just not come b^. More often than not I fmd myself in the lounge of the women’s restioom cm tte first Ooor of Joyner. The bathnxxQ is not exactly where I diougbt I would be spending my tneaks when 1 locA^ f«wanl to moving off campus. Anodier great thing about being a resident stu dent is that meals are included in tuition, room, and board fees. As a commute, I have to pay for every thing I eat on campus. Even at just $2.00 per day, that is $10.00 per week and over a semester’s time, that is a 1M of money. Another cost is ibe money spent to buy gas for the drive 10 miles each way t^k and fwth to school. I have also put more miles on my car in the p^t semester than in the two years preceding it. AU of this is to say STAY ON CAMPUS! Sure, you give up some freedoms but it is only for 4 years. Takeadvantageofit;most$tudentsdon’tappreciate what is offered here. I’m kxtking fcvward to coming back as a resident next year and 1 hope you will too. Beth Burnette Junior How soiously do you take Meredith's policy on alc(Aol? We as concerned members of the freshman class would like to express some concerns we have regarding the issue of alcohol. We came to Meredith believing thatalcohol would notbe aproblem to die extoit th^ it presents itself. We aren’t trying to condemn diose wbo drink, but rather are concerned with Ibe inappFO[Hiaiebd)avior regarding the use of akobol 00 cam{Mis and at school-sponsored events. Students wbo dioosc to attend MerediA-spra- sored off-can^>us evrats are required to represent tbe college at all times, which means being aic(^l free. Most studoits who attend these functions ex- pecttoenjoyOi^evening.radi^tbanwattiidruilKn behavicH'. This in^^nopriate behavior is not only illegal but also t£K^ and socially tna»rect Alcohol is not only an off-campus (Hoblem, but it is quidcly becoming an on-campus proUem as well. Alcohol on campus is a blat^t violation of die honor code. We feel these women are not taking their honor code pledge seriously; therefore, diey aie endangering the existence of the honor code whidi is not only a time-honored tradition, but also a necessi^ for successful ccmununity living today. Our strongest concern is the inappro{»iate be- haviorthat results from theexcessive use of alcohol. We define inappropriate behavior as loud, lewd, or obnoxious be^vior while in a drunken state. This behavicv includes knocking on d0(ws, excessive loudness, playing with the elevator bells andalarms, urinating in die breezeway, and throwing up in the hallway. These are examples of behaviors t^t vio late community rights to have an alcAol-firee envi ronment Such behavior prcAibits tbe fulfillment of the Meredith College charter, page seven of die Meredith College Undergraduate catalogue. Possible solutions are strcmger enforcement of the honor code princ^le involving reporting vicda- tions, even if it c«icans close friends, spontaneous searches, and automatic call-downs for inai^nopri- ate bdiavior resulting direcUy from (bunkenness. “The Crusaders” — Patty Berry, Ande Brinn, Jennifer Fairclodi, CaAerine Gallagher, Mary Beth Kennedy, Heather McKean, Hope Murdoch I’m writing diis because I feel very passionately against some of the rules and regulations presently instated at Meredith. I believe some of die rules conconing bousing are turning prospective stu dents away frtmi Meredidi and ^so causing quite a few young women attending Meredith to transfer to odier schools. This f^t saddens, as well as angers, me because not only are diese women missing out » an inccH2^>arable classroom experimce and out standing foc^ty, but Moedidi is losing women who could enhance and improve her community. 1 feel dial Meredith needs to “update” her hous ing niles, which presendy satisfy only a portion of tbe on-campus students. Those on-campus students wbo wish to have male visitation, wbo are 21 and want to bring alcohol on campus, or wbo desire to have off-campus accommodations are forced to either live oppressed on campus or transfer to an other school where diey will be encouraged and allowed tt) grow up. Being stuck with only these two options is unfair and ncM right. Tliose students who wish to live m(Me freely and indq>endendy should be able to AND encouraged to. Being grown-up and mature requires independence and responsibility. In order for diese to be achieved, they must have been experienced and tested. 1 feel it is unfortunate that some of the Meredidi bousing rules inhibit and squelch tbe natural growth and maturaticm process of her sDidents. Meredith needs to become more aware of tbe needs and desires of all her students, and in doing so allow her girls to become women. Brooke Judkins Sof^noore, Engli^ major About a wedc and a half ago die weadia-began (o nm wann^, tbe flowets began to bloc»n and die pollen begffii to f^. As the week went on. I beard scMts of c(»n[4aints about bow bot it was in die rooms, especially at night. And I must say, these complaints held some validity. Several nights my roommate and I found it hard to go to sleq> because of the heat, and when we would wake up in die mcming it looked as if we bad been in a wet t-shirt contest To top that off, itbecame warm enough for die landsc^tersto getout and mow the grass. Why was (and sdll is) that a problem? Well, in order to stay relatively cool, stu dents had to keep their windows c^n, and, in turn, ail of the poU^ and grass clippings made their way into die rooms. So, what’s the point of diis letter? Well, if die air conditioning had been turned on, the students wouldn't wake up soaking wet in die morning, as well as blaze away during tbe day, and a great deal of die students would not be battling allergies as fien^ly as they are. And what a great relief it was when tbe students called environmental services asking for die air ccm- ditioning to be turned on to be told they will turn it on when they are ready. It was also nice to see signs posted upon the halls to stop bothering environmental services about the air conditioning. I’m sorry, but envircHunental services needs c> spend die night in tbe dorms and then tell us they’ 11 turn on the air condition ing when they are ready. I’ve tried to think of reasctfis that diey would have for not turning it cm, and I have come up widi a few. Maybe they are waiting for tbe temperature to hit a certain high for an X amount of days in a row before turning it on, or maybe it’s a money diing; it may not be cost effective to turn it on for die next two weeks. Wbateva* dieir reascms are I can’t see that they are good enough. Quite a few of us are suffering because of this lack of air conditioning. The pollen seascHi is the worst diat it has been in years. By keeping our windows opoi during the day and at night we are getting maximum pollen exposure, and it is nre^dng havoc on our sinuses. I have never bad allergies or sinus problems until now, and over die past two weeks I have spent a fair amount of money on allergy medications diat aren’t working like they could because I have to leave my window open atni^tin order to stay c»mfort^le. I do bc^ diat die reason that the a.c. hasn’t been turned on is of a monetary issue because I do believe that a great sum of money has been sent to Meredidi to cover my tuition and a great deal of otbo' unseen expenses. I won't say that I am sorry for bothering environ mental services because I believe diat it is our right to call iq) and complain if we are dissatisfied with anything here on campus—our $10,000 a year right. The weather is only going to get warma* and die students are going K> get a lot more unccmfortable if something is not done soon. If thm is seme concern over money in turning the air conditioning maybe environmental services should make money off of a service that should be complementary to us by charg ing us K> turn on tbe a.c., just like die people who are charging the seniors to attend tbeir Class Day picnic. TradLatta Junicw, English major
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