Meredith Herald
Volume XIV, Issue 14 We attract bright, talented,ambitious students. Naturally we’rea women’s college. January 14,1998
Angels basketball slams into 1998
The 1997-1998 Meredith basketball team proves strong.
(Pictured left to right) Top; Beth Goodale, Wendy Cooper,
Beth Gore, Mamie McKinney, Holly Lowman. Middle: Julie
Schram, Jamie Claypool, Frazier Mullen. Bottom: Anna
Avery, Kim Irby, Aedrin Murray, Leigh Akers.
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A Basketball wears down
Mary Baldwin in Satur
day’s home game.
Jill Green
Slatr Repo1er
Tlie Angels improved U)eir
record lo 6*0 widi a bonecrush-
ing 90-30 victory over Mary
Baldwin College on Saturday.
Junior Wendy Cooper led all
scorers with 23 points, and junior
Mamie McKinney added 12 for
ilie viciors.
From ilie tip-off Mcreditli con
trolled the gainc by playing tena
cious defense and cupitalizing on
Mary Baldwin turnovers. During
llie first half, die Angels kept the
ball away from Mary Baldwin,
which didn't score its fust points
until 10:15 remained in tlie first
half.
Led by guard Nina Mouzone’s
tliree pointers, Mary Baldwin
A Approximately 50
transfer students will be
attending Meredith this
semester.
Allison Carter
Layoji Editor
It was back to die books as
MerediUi's angels filtered dieir
belongings back on Ciuiipus and
into tlieir rooms. However, tliis
lime tlicre were around 50 new
angels milling about campus
Monday, January 5 • incoming
uaiisfers, bodi resident and com
muter, made tlicir way from their
parked cars to tlic warmdi of
Joluison Hall Rotunda and the
Chapel Foyer for regisuation.
‘•Participation was fairly high
diis year. It seems to be getting
stronger every year,” said
Clirissie Bumgarder, Director
First Year Experience.
Resident uansfer students
arrived during tlie morning hours
which allowed tlie time for mov
ing in before meeting up witli the
attempted a second half come
back, but were no match for
Meredidi’s deep bench. Coach
Carl Hatchell was able to substi
tute fresh playCTS who could con
tribute immediately, while Mary
Baldwin was simply worn out.
“We played as a team,” said
junior Aedrin Murray, who
scored 11 points.
Despite die large margin of
victory, the Angels found die
game rewarding, “When we’re
winning by a lot, we’re more
relaxed and it’s more enjoyable.
Our goal for die second tialf was
to shoot fifty percent and we
achieved iliat,” said senior Kim
Irby, who scored 10 points.
Meredith hopes to continue its
success in the new year when it
plays Chowan College Thursday
night at 7:00 here at
Weatherspoon Gym.
commuters after tlie lunch hour.
Members of the administration,
faculty, and staff welcomed the
new students at an opening ses
sion in Jones Chapel.
Afterwards, all families were
invited to a reception prior to
dieir “Iniroducdon to Campus
Life " session led by tlie Student
Development staff
Paula O’Briant, Director of
Residence Life, said that 12 of
the transfers will be campus resi
dents. Of these 12 students. 8 are
freshman and 4 arc classified as
sophomores.
Freshman uansfer Claren
Warenda noted diat Meredith
was her first choice, but decided
to try die larger campus of
Eastern Carolina University first.
Warenda found she didn’t like
ECU and chose to tfansfer to
Meredith in tJie middle of her
freshman year.
“They all seemed really happy
to be here. I'm excited alwut
dieir start here at Meredith." said
Association of Meredith
Commuters (AMC) president
Jessica Rowe.
The remainder of the transfer
students is made up of com
muters, traveling up to an hour to
get to class on dme. Stephanie
Harris. Director of Commuter
Life and Special Services,
reported diat a majority of tlie
commuters are classified juniors
wiQi a few freshmen and sopho
mores. There arc also four inter-
nadonal students, coming from
Japan, China. India, and Ru.ssia.
Director of Student Acdvities
and Leadership Development
Cheryl Jenkins commented,
“Tliis is a good, diverse group
wid) a variety of backgrounds.”
Many of tlie transfers attended
a dinner on Monday night where
tliey were able to meet and greet
widi several of Uie campus orga
nization presidents or tlieir repre
sentatives. The following night.
Honor Coucil Chair Beth
Sumrcll led tlie Honor Council
ceremony for the transfers which
took place in Kresge Auditorium.
Warenda concluded,
“Mereditli's a very homey place.
I like die way we got to talk to
die adminisu'ation and get to
know diem. Everyone welcomed
us to Meredith.”
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“Meredith’s a very homey place. I like
the way we got to talk to the administra
tion and get to know them. Everyone wel
comed us to Meredith.*’
- Claren Warenda, Freshman transfer