Mereiltth Herald
Volume XIV, issue 19 We attract bright, talented,ambitious students. Naturally we're a women's college. February 18,199B
Interior Design wins awards
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□ What’s the
problem with
the computers in
the library?
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□ Get all the
results for the
1998-1999 elec
tions.
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□ Check out
the two movie
reviews on
Sphere and The
Wedding Singer,
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□ Students attend 2nd
annual design competi*
tion at ECU.
Lesue maxwell
SlafI Reporter
Meredith’s interior design
department has recently been
inundated with awards. On
Saturday, Feb. 8. the Carolinas
Chapter of the American Society
of Interior Designers held its sec
ond annual Otto Zenke Student
Design Competition at East
Carolina University.
Out of the five awards given,
Meredith students won four.
Katherine Dickinson, junior resi
dent student, and Tricia West,
second degree candidate com
muter, won honorable mentions.
Elaine Karcher, second degree
candidate commuter, won third
place, and Michelle Kann, junior
resident student, won second
place. Each winner received a
plaque. In addition to their
plaques, Karcher received S250
for her finish and Kann received
$500 for her award.
□ National week dtes
statistics on collegiate
sexual relations.
WHfTNEY WILSON
Stall Repofter
February 8-15 was the first
ever national collegiate Sexual
Responsibility Week. As a
women’s college, sexual respon
sibility should be one of our
m^n concerns.
Sexual Responsibility Week is
a time for students to be
informed of the consequences of
sex. The 1995 Nation^ College
Health Risk Behavior Survey
revealed that 86% of college stu
dents had had sexual intercoiu'se.
Of the currently sexually active
students, only 30% had used a
condom during their last inter
course. Realizing the repercus-
sions of unprotected sex is vital
to the health of students.
Therefore, as a part of Sexual
Responsibility Week, Feb. 14 is
National Condom Day.
The lethal HIV/AIDS virus is
more prominent among people
Interior design professor and
club advisor Dr. Ellen Goode,
along with about 20 Meredith
students, journeyed to ECU at
Greenville to attend the meeting
of CCASID. Goode’s reaction to
the students’ winning the awards
was not unexpected: “I was very
excited,” Go(^ said.
There were a total of twenty
entries at the meeting. These
our age than we may realize.
AIDS is the second leading cause
of death among 25 to 44-year-
olds. Given that the time
between initial infection and an
AIDS diagnosis averages 10
years, sooie of these individuals
were infected as teens and young
adults. One half of all new HIV
infeaions occur in people under
the age of 25, and one in four of
all new HIV infections occur in
people under the age of 22.
Although these are merely sta
tistics, HIV/AIDS is a very seri
ous issue that does not receive
the attention it deserves from
college students. “One of the
biggest problems is that students
think it cannot happen to them,
and it can,” remarked Dean of
Students Sharon Cannon. Only
39% of college students have
been tested for HIV antibodies.
Being screened for HIV/AIDS is
the first step for students, We, as
members of a college communi
ty, put ourselves at a high risk for
sexually transmitted diseases by
doing things, such as attending
entries was from students in
school in both North and South
Carolina. Entries were judged on
communication of information,
design solution, meeting pro
gram guidelines, craftsmanship
and composition of the entry.
Judges of the entries includ^
professional designers, archi
tects. design educators, and rep-
See DESIGN page 2
parties and drinking, that some
times lead to sexual promiscuity.
However, HIV/AIDS is only
one of the sexually transmitted
diseases currently affecting col
lege smdents. Of the estimated
12 million new cases of STE>s in
the United States each year, 3
million occur among teenagers.
13 to 19 years old. Many people
do not experience symptoms
with the more common STDs
like chlamydia. Human
Papillovirus (HPV) or genital
warts, and gonorrhea. Thus, it is
important to be tested if you have
put yourself at risk for any of
these diseases.
Pregnancy can be yet another
result of sexual iiresponsibility.
Nationwide, 13% of college stu
dents reported that they had been
pregnant or gotten someone
pregnant. Almost two-thirds of
all adolescent prepancies occur
in women ages 18-19. Among
teenagers in the United States,
four of every five pregnancies
are unintended. Ab^t half of
See SEX page 2
Meredith
first-year dies
from heart
condition
KIM HIGHLAND
EdRor In ChM
Akie Segawa, a first-year
international student from
Japan, died late Sunday afto'-
noon of cardiac arrest.
Segawa,19, had been hik
ing near Sanford with friends
from her
hall and the
father of
one of
those
friends
when the
Akie Segawa attack
occurred.
Segawa suffered from a
heart condition called car
diomyopathy. Her father died
of the same condition.
Upon learning of Segawa’s
death, a joint effort was made
by Vice President of Student
envelopment Jean Jackson,
Dean of Students Sharon
Cannon, Campus Minister
Sam Carothers and oth^s to
get word to her family in
Japan. A Japanese pastor,
Yasushi Tomono, from the
First Baptist Church came to
help console Segawa’s motho'
over the phone and help make
arrangements. *^e believed
that some of the comfort we
could give to the mother was
clear communication,'’ said
Jackson.
Yasuko Joichi, Segawa’s
aunt who lives in Chicago,
fiew in on Monday to begin
arrangements. Segawa’s
mother, Umeyo Segawa. and
her brother and sister arrived
Tuesday night fi’om Japan.
Sudents most affected by
Segawa’s death are fellow
intanational students and her
hall mates from first Vann.
These students have been
invited to every information
meeting held. “We wanted to
bring everyone together,” said
Jackson.
This semester, Segawa was
the vice president of Meredith
International Association. She
See SEGAWA page 8
Elaine Karcher. Tricia West, Katherine Dickinson, and
Alyson
Michelle Kann received awards at ECU last weekend,
Sexual Responsibility Week informs