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Meredith Herald On the inside: Prevent Child Abuse holds vigil Volume XIV. Issue 4 We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturalty we're a women's college. September 17,1997 Broken water pipe causes major problems □ Pipe break leaves campus without water for several hours. Beth Hall LI rind 4)iit the Election results for the Freshman cla^s. Page 5 □ The MC \olle\ball team wins Salem Invitational Tournament. Pages □ Students respond to last week's “Point/ Counterpoint/' Page? Merettiih IlertUd fc' Mcrcdlili College 5^00 IllUsboroiigli M. Ralelgli, NC 276U? (919) FAX: (910) 829 2»(W TniaiL □ Meredith Choir sang at the opening of the 45-hour vigil held at NC State. Kat AUen Staff Reporter “We’re here to talk atwut the chil- dreo who lived through abuse by boa- oring those who died.” Says Ileoe Nelson, ao opeoing speakerat the vigil held for abused childreo this weekeod. Prevent Child Abuse held a 45 hour vigil that ran Friday through Saturday in bODor of the4S childreo wbo died in 1996 of abuse and neglect in North Carolina. People gathered around the Bell Tow» at N.C. State University on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the vigil to fmd forty-five candles with name tags and forty-five little trees standing next to them. At a booth set up by Prevent Child Abuse there were baby clothes banging to symbohze the children who died. The PCA volun teers, wearing shirts that read **The only smack your kid ever needs" fol- k>wed by a picture of a lip print, as sisted interested participants to free infOTmatiOD and commitment cards. As the Bell Tower chimed four the ceremonies began promptly. Repre sentatives of various organizations such as PCA and the Department of Social Services spoke out against the atrocities of child abuse. Another of the speakers wasamoth^of one of the chil dren. Jamie Rob^tson K>ld the story of her four year old baby boy wbo bad been placed iotbecareofbis auntanddiedas a result of child abuse. With tears streaming down her face, she pleaded with, the audi ence to avoid justsictiogbyas children are suf fering, but to speak up and prevent more deaths like the one of her own innocent child. Following the speakers tbe Meredith Choir sang two songs, and then the first candle was Ul Another See VIGIL page 3 Jaine RotwTson telb tiie stt*y ^ut her four-year-old son beft^e abused by his auntas her dai^ter stands 1:^ in s*jppoft Photo by Rebecca Tinsley Meredith ranks in regional Top-15 □ U.S. News and World Report recognizes Meredith as one of top schools in the Southeast. Roto^iddick Staff Reporter Meredith College was recently named in the b>p fi^n regional uni- v^sities of the South in tbe 11th an nual America’j Best Colleges issue andguidebookby(/.&Nevt'^2/ufW?H(f Report.Tb^ America’s Besi Colleges is the definitive guide for college* bound students. Meieditb tied with Wheeling Je suit College of West Virginia for the fifteenth space. The only other North Carolina school to be ranked in tbe best of the South’s Regional Universi ties was tenth-place Appalachian State University. U.S. News placed colleges and uni versities inoneoffourcategories which derived from those established by the CamegieFoundation for the Advance ment of Teaching. These categories include the following: national uni versities, national liberal arts colleges, regional universities and regional lib eral arts colleges. Tberegional schools were placed intooneoffourgeographic regions- North, South, Midwest, and West. In its methodol ogy, U.S. News in cluded the "It is gratifying to be recognized for the efforts of our entire faculty and staff that make Meredith one of the foUowmgat- . ^ tributes:aca- coUeges m the country." demic repu tation,reten- - President John E. Weems tion, Acuity resources, Another freshman student com mented, “My grandmotter and sister came to Meredith and always told me bow wonderful it was, but also that it would challenge me; this is terrific news for a school that I respect.” President John E. Weems was nothing but thrilled to hear of tbe news. Weems said, “It is gratifying to be recognized for the efforts of our entire studentselectivity. financial lesources, value added, and alumni-giving rate. Many students were surprised and pleased know that the collie they chose for an education was among tbe top fifteen of the Regional Univo^- ties of the South. One senior com mented, “I always loved Meredith for tbe people and tbe academics, and this just backs upmy thoughts all the way!” faculty and staff that make Meredith one of tbe best colleges in tbe coun try.” He also said. “Throughout tbe history of tbe college, we have always tried to be the very best at wbat we do. I am glad that those wbo evaluate colleges and UDivasities all over the country did discover that we are truly a unique institution.” News Editor A broken water pipe left Meredith buildings witboutwaterMcmdaymorD- ing, focilities services said. “Well yesterday was an adventure Icarenot to repeat anytime soon,” said Clarke Sutde, director of Facilities Services, about the water pipe repair and its complications. A report by campus police around 8:30 p.in. Sunday to Suttle stated that water was coming out of the ground at the campus’ city water meter where all drinking water enters tbe college. Af ter detennining that campus mainte nance could not repair tbe problem alone, a mechanical contractor was called wbo would begin repair at 7 a.m. Monday. At about 9:15 a jn. all campus wa ter had to be turned off, after a tempo rary water connection was made to Belk dining ball to provide air condi tioning and food service. “By 11:30 a.m., after digging and pumping out tbe hole for two and a half hours, we were able to see that a six inch cast iron water pipe installed in 1925 bad broken in half, and we were able to order the parts we needed to do the repairs,” said Suttle. About four hours Ma, the line was repaired, and Facilities Services began turning tbe water back on to tbe residence balls and other buildings. Of course, this did not mean that water went instantly ftom tbe underground pipe to the faucets of anxious students. “There was air in tbe Unes when tbe water was cut back on, so it takes time for tbe water to begin flowing nor mally again,” said Joe Brown of Main tenance. Now complications caused by the disrupted water service bad to be at tended. “A lot of commodes started flushing continuously on their own causing low wm^ pressure. This was caused by sediment and rust in the water pipes being forced into tbe com modes’ automatic flush valves. For the See WATER page 3
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