October 6,1993
2 Campus Opinion
Editorial: Re-entry vs. Traditional age students
by Terri Kohnnan
Tliere is a sUgbt undercurrent of
teosiCMi OQ this campus between the
re-eotiy students and those of tradi-
tiofial age. Re-entry students occa
sionally dismiss younger students as
“just kids,” whose opinions are of
little value. Traditional age smdeots,
especially Qrase who live on campus,
often make womanovertwenty-ttiree
feel like unwelcome guests at an ex
clusive party. It’s only a slight teo-
sicm, not (^n hostility. I don’t ex
pect to see Meredith women come b)
blovi^ in from of Cate Center, but a
problem still exists. An “us versus
them" attitude helps no one.
I am are-entry student. It follows
that I am somewhat older than the
average Meredith student, a bit more
experienced io that shadowy, impre
cise location known as “the real
world.” It does not follow that I am
better, smarter or more insightiul than
anyone else.
Recently, I caught myself ste
reotyping an intelligent, insi^tfiil
young woman as “just a kid.’* I went
to the Writing Center with a draft of
my first English pi^r. Iconfessthat
I was shocked and perhaps a bit dis
mayed by the extremely youthful sq>-
pearance of my tutor. After a few
moments and some useful sugges
tions, I began to revise my o{Mnion.
When I used those sugg^ons to
help produce a successftil paper, 1
felt ashamed of my initial attitude.
Re-entry students can learn from
my mistake. Don't dismiss
someone’s opinion simply because
of her age or background. Acknowl-
olge that pursuing an education is
hard work at any age. Many residents
students (and traditional age com
muters) carry heavy course loads,
participate in campus activilies and
even bold down jobs.
IVaditional age students can help
create harmony as well. Please don’t
roll your eyes and mutter about mis
placed priorities if someone can’t
attend an evening me^ng fof- lack of
ababy-sitter. Acknowledge diatjug
gling classes and off-iunpu$ duties
in the home and worlqilace is diffi
cult.
The Mereditii campus is not big
enough u> accommodate a school
within a sdux)l. We all need to coop
erate to maintain a strong, unified
college community.
Letters to
Student frustrated with
Camcard; offers solutions
As a returning student to
Meredith College, 1 am pleased with
the Camcard concept of a cashless
society. However, I find it to be frus
trating to see that the proponents of
this system have replaced the dollar
changers with Camcard scanners in
every vending machine on campus.
While this may seem trivial to some
individuals, the opinions I have ob
served on the soda machines in Cate
Center relay to me that I am not the
only one has this concern. Limited
change facilities create a problem for
visitors on nights and weekends; in
addition, inconvenience is a problem
for those visitors with limited time
restrictions that may not have the
time to drive off campus for a snack.
I do not think the Camcard in
stallers considered the value of “non
students” when they replaced all of
the dollar changers in the vending
machines on campus. Not only do
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the Editor
they use Meredith College for many
community functions, but they also
use it b^ause they consider it to be
an intimate, fiiendly and resourceful
educational facility. In consideration
of their rights as well as the rights of
those who may not always have
change in their pockets, I offer a pair
of reasonable solutions for all sides
involved. Since many of the vending
areas on campus support two soda
machines, I feel that it would be fair
to keep the dollar changer in one
machine and install the Camcard
reader in the other machine. Another
solution would be to invest in a change
machine to be locatedinCate Center,
the hub of visitor activity. Perhaps
this could be an idea for any of the
organizations on campus as a fund
raising project that would benefit the
Meredith community and their visi
tors.
Shelly Hudson
see LETTERS page three
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