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November6jJ996 Campus Opinion Mcrcdilh I Ifiald 3 Editorial: Campus rules getting more ridiculous By Ginny Bonkcmeyer There are always a number of outrages that I would love to comment on, but lately the amount of things that jusi bum my biscuits are teaching au outrageous proportion. This edito rial is going to coDSisi of My Two Current Gripes: I. It has come lo my attention (hat the Open House procedure rules have gone a bit to the extreme. Is it not ridiculous to charge a$25 fine over three letters? That is exactly what hap pened 10 many people on ihe day of the Open House after the While Iris Ball. When signing in your boyfriend, pals or even your parents, you are to sign them in by their full, legal name. That’s right • full, legal name. On a line long enough to fit the name “Jon Lee.” no middle name. 1 certainly hope that 1 am never a guest here - Virginia Anne Bonkemeyer is going to cost some poor soul a year's tuition. I understand the imponanceof the rules for Open House and 1 believe most of Meredith’s students realize that this is a privilege that we are not guaranteed. However, is it necessary to make it this difficult? Many students view being called to the Honor Council embarrassing or humiliating on a matter of principal. Some of the most rule-respecting students at Meredith are being called down for things such as signing tlieir parents in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (on that wee-bitty line), iDSteadoftheirfull, legal najiies. The oerve! At the beginningof the school year, we all signed a copy of the Open House rules. The rule about signing the full, legal name was on that list. Guess what? We got a copy of those rules! That’s right, you were supposed to frame itand hang iton your wall of honor! Keepiiwith the valuables. Girls on second Heilman, get a new one. STAT. Why are the rules and small print not placed on the table with the sign-in sheet in all the doms? Why does the sign-in sheet simply say “name”? Why did they forget to tell us to memonzeit? Women ofMeredilh.wearework- mg with new horizons, new rules, new privi leges, and an old board of tfustees. We must leani to be psychic. So brush up on those mind reading skills, dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and for Pete’s sake, WRITE OUT ALL FOUR LET TERS! Students should not be called before the Honor Council or be asked to pay a S25 fine for abbreviating a name (ex. G. Bonkemeyer) to make it fiton the line. In fact, I believe that these students should receive a pat on the back for a) signing in in the first place, and b) attempting to make the name legible in case they do need to be called for any reason. What honesty! What respect for tlie Open House procedure! What dedication to the Honor Code and everything that Meredith stands for! Soiry kids, that will be $25. 2.1 would like to take this space to comment on the letter to the editor in last week’s paper from the unidentified student disturbed about fire safety fines. I am truly sorry that said student lost her lamp, but I am most concerned about the sentence in her letter which states. “I actually thought that most people knew that plugging extension cords and running them behind a bed could be a linie dangerous, but I guess I was wrong,” Well! I think this is the most insensitive, and probably tlie only insensitive thing. I have heard any Meredith student say about the fire, 1 lived across tlie hall from the suite in which the fire took place, aJid I just want to say that tlie fire safely fines are completely warranted and nec essary. The rooms in Heilman only have plugs on one side of the room and if a student desired to have a TV or a refrigerator in the room, an extension cord which ran under the bed was necessary. That fire could have happened in any one of our rooms in Heiiman, and it is unfortunate tliat it had to happen at all. How ever, that fire was also one of the scariest things that ever happened to us, and insensitive re marks about the intelligence of someone using an extension cord are really unnecessary and somewhat disturbing. Tlte students of second Heilman have been so grateful all semester for tlie many wonderful things that the school and the students have done for us, I do wani the opportunity to say thank you for helping us make it through this tough time. Though being displaced to the most random nooks and crannies of campus has been.-.unusual (I personally habitatein thestudy center formally known as the Sopliomore Cen ter), we could not have done it without the support of Meredith College. Thank you for all of the help and caring words - most of us have simply managed to see tliis as an unusual adven ture. The: residents of Second Heilman extend tbeii- sins.ere appreciation fo the Meredith coratriuniiy for the kindness shown during the.fire. PJease continue to keep us in your thoughts. Thank you a^ain for your gratitude; Second Heilman Residence HaH SGA Corner •Thank you to all those who attended the Ethical Leadership Reception and the Volleyball Challenge. •Did you know that Meredith College was one of the first in the state to establish the system of student self-government. Happy Cornhuskin’ !!! Be united. Security Up of the Week While oi>erating a vchiclc equjp|H:d with in airbag,keep your hands at the lOanU 2 p>siti(>nis so they do not interfeitr with the airl^ag'sdcfaltiuii. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBFXT! classified ADSW FREE TRIPS AND CASH! Find out how hundreds of student representatives nre already earning FREE TRIPS and LOTS OF CASH with America’s #1 Spring Break company! Sell only 15 trips and travel free! Cancun, Bahamas, Mazatlan, Jamaica at Florida! 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