Meredith Herald
Volume X, Issue 5
September 22.1993
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cate Center changes to meet students’ needs
by Krystal Roebuck
Students new to Meredith (his year
may not be aware of the changes that
have transformedtheCate Center si nee
last year. The changes took a lot of
time, effort and planning. The changes
were brought atwut in order to better
serve the students’ needs.
The Student Box Office, located
on first floor Cate Center, serves as an
information center. Their hours have
changed to include evening hours. The
Box Office win be open Monday
through Thursday from 5:00 p.m: to
9:00 p.m. Student volunteers are
needed for Thursday evening hours.
Other changes on first floor in
clude the Residence Life and
Housing’s move to the Smdent Ac
tivities office suite and the Meredith
Supply Store’s new look with the ad
dition of a storefront The glassed-in
entry area will aid in the efficiency of
heating and cooling.
On the second floor, there have
been many renovations. A “quiet
study” area has been aeated with the
addition of a glass wall. The fireplace
was removed from the lounge, creat
ing a more visually open and appeal
ing room. The fireplace base has be
come a planter. The television has
been removed from the lounge. The
area is more conducive to socializing
as well as studying. The adjacent vend
ing area was enclosed.
Traditions, formerly Le Green
house, has a large saeen television.
Comfortable seating has also been
added. Carocard is now accepted in
the snack bar and in the vending area.
Both resident and commuter students
can enjoy this as a convetuent alterna
tive to the dining hall. Traditions’ new
hours are Monday, 7:30 a.m. to 11 ;00
p.m., Tuesday throughThursday, 7:30
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, 7:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The area formerly used as com-
l^aditions Hours
Monday 7:30 a.m. -11:00 p.m.
Tuesday 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday 7:30 a.ra.-4:00 p.ra.
Box Office Hours
night hours
Monday - Thursday
5:00 -9:00 p.m.
muter study rooms now houses four
offices for student organizations.
These offices share a common lobby
area. The Association of Meredith
Commuters and WINGS share an of
fice. Other offices are occupied by
class officers. Student Government
Association and the Association for
Black Awareness/ MRA.
If you need a place to hold a
meeting,spaces are avail^le after 5:00
p.m.: Career Resource Room, quiet
study room, Student Leader Confer
ence Room, lounge area and the stu
dent offices’ lobby.
The Cate Center’s changes have
combined to make the center more
geared toward students* needs and
interests. The student center has been
structured to briiig both resident and
commuter students togeOier in a com
fortable atmosphere. Students are wel
come to voice their opinions regard
ing the use of space in the Cate Center.
ABC special dispels myths about breast cancer
by Elizabeth Ribani
For most of us at Meredith, our
feelings of security run jwetty deep.
We have comfortable rooms, good
friends and a campus that seems to be
a little world of its own. Probably the
most life-threatening experience a lot
of us have had is facing our parents
after a semester spent doing every
thing but studying. We hear about all
the diseases out there, but most of us
still feel invincible and untouchable.
After watching the September 14
ABC special on breast cancer, how
ever, 1 realize that feeling safe won’t
keepmesafe. Theprogram wascaJled
“The Other Epidemic,” a title I thought
a little dramatic until I got into the
show. It was hosted by journalist
Linda Ellerbee.herself abreast cancer
survivor, and it dealt effectively with
both the medical and emotional sides
of the disease. The writers combined
hard facts with heart-wrenching per
sonal sketches of women with breast
cancer, and the result was an informa
tive and highly emotional hour that
everyone, regardless of sex or age,
should have seen.
The most eye-opening part of the
show for me was the statistics, be
cause I had no idea how big a threat
breast cancer really is. Did you know
that since 1960, twice the number of
women have died fit>m breast cancer
than men died in World War I, World
War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam
War and the Gulf War combined?
Half of those women have died in the
past ten years. Two million women
have breast cancer right now in (he
United States, but what is even more
shocking is that only half of (hem
know it This year alone, 185,000
women will be diagnosed with the
disease — that’s one woman every
three minutes! One out of eight of us
will have breast cancer by our 85th
birthday, and by the year 2000, the
odds will be one in seven.
Once my eyes were opened to the
statistics, they quickly teared up at the
personal stories of the women fea
tured. They ranged in age from 25 to
60, and they all had a powerful mes
sage to send: breast cancer victims can
recover, but it takes enormous amounts
of support from those around you. In
one particularly moving segment, sur
vivor PJ Viviansayles of Los Angeles
explained how she helped organize a
support group for black women who
have or had breast cancer. Sue Miller,
see CANCER page six
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