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March 4,1998 Meredith Herald Campus Extras PUB WEEK continued from page 1 The literary magazine siaff is currently working on the next publi cation. Students were encouraged to submit poems, photos, drawings and other artistic works for publication in the Acorn. On Friday, students were invited to meet the editors of the publica tions over juice, mulTins and doughnuts. Thougb it was bard to ccnnpete with the Rosie O’Donnell hour, several students asked questions about submissions to the Acorn and the Herald leuers to the editor concerning the recent elections. INCIDENT continued from page 5 Tlie Incident Management Conunittee watches the future as much as the present. The Committee thrives on feedback from its members and those of tlie Meredith community as to how it can improve its policies and procedures. c> “If a recent incident has occurred, we meet to review what went well and what we might learn to handle future inci dents better,” said Cannon. “Our big goal this year has been to put together an emergency handbook that we hope to have in alt classrooms and residence hall rooms by fall 1998. TTie most important thing for everyone to know is that every crisis is different. It does take a whole community working together to make it through difficult times.” Editorial: Belk needs to revamp its hours Shannon SMrrH stall Reporter For the most part, I don’t have many complaints about Belk Dining Hall. The food, regard less of the fact that it is cafeteria food, is acuially pretty enjoyable. In die very least, it is edible. Of course, the cafeteria has its good and bad days. However, even on the bad days, there are always available alternatives, such as the salad bar and the deli Une. The one major problem that I have always had witli the cafete ria is the limited hours. The din ing ball is open 7:00 a.m. to 9:IS a.m. for breakfast, 11:00 a m. to 1:15 p.m. for lunch, and 4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. for dinner. These hours are very impractical for a college student’s schedule. Many students are unable to work a meal into these hours because of classes, jobs, or oilier responsibilities. "hie dining hours very fre quently force students to spend money on fast food and gro ceries. The costs of buying food add up very quickly. This is a ridiculous waste of money because students have paid for a meal plan providing 21 meals a week. This leads to another problem. Why aren't students offered dif ferent meal plans from which to choose? Since the hours are so limited, and many people are unable to eat at each designated meal time, why are students forced to pay for 21 meals a week? Tlie limited dining hours also cause bad nuuitional habits. The most popular dinner time is 5:00 p.m. Because college stu dents generally stay up until the early hours of tlie morning, it is natural to be starving by mid night, which is seven hours later. This leads to late night snacking, and an occasional visit from Papa John’s. Late at night is tlie worst time to eat, but it is next to impossible to avoid die tempta tion while listening to a growling stomach. If die cafeteria offered later-dinner hours, this prc^lem could be avoided. Point Counterpoint Who should attend convocations? When I realized how few people were actually at Founder’s Day. I was horrified. I could na believe so few students showed up to honor the founders of our school. Founder’s Day is much more tlian an opportunity to see everyone in caps and gowns. The speaker and topic were very interesting, but most students probably don't even know who the speaker was because they did not have the courtesy to show up. I feel certain that when the attendance require ment for convocations was dropped, it was not with the intention that only faculty should show up. I would like to think that, as adults, we can make responsible decisions, but apparently we can’t. Maybe freshmen don’trealize what convo cation is or why they should be there, but even that is a stretch. I would have been embarrassed if we asked an off-campus speaker to present the Foynder’s Day convocation, because they would have realized just how pathetic our campus can be (I tliink Dr. Taylor already had an idea of how slack students can be). We owe it to those who take the time to come to our campus to speak to at least show up. Many people wonder why the convocation committee does not bring big names to campus, but why should they? We have not proven that we deserve this. When Dr. Thrift came to speak on the histo ry of women’s colleges, I was not surprised by the lack of attendance, despite the interesting topic and knowledgeable speaker, Those of you who did not make it to Founder’s Day and other convocations are missing out. Too bad for you. - S£.C. My first reaction to Founder’s Day was, “Where is everyone?” I know it may seem iliat tlie convocation is just for faculty to dress up and the seniors to try out those caps and gowns, but it actually was for the whole college. So where were all tlie students who should have been cele brating our college’s birtliday? The more I pon dered tills question tlie more I realized one tiling: who cares where tliey were? I think what was imponant about tlie “crowd” who attended Founder’s Day is that tlie people who came actually wanted to be there, and, at Mereditl) College, that's the only crowd you want. Tliink back to die times when convocations were mandatory, and being rude was tlie rule rather dian the exception. Students talked during the speech as if they were at a bar, or discussed what took place diat weekend, and need 1 men tion the rush out the doors at “ten ‘til,” despite the fact that the invited guest was making a climactic point? It makes you wonder why anyone would come speak at Meredith College. All this is to sliow diat a small aowd may be just what works at this school. For once, I was able to enjoy listening to the convocation speaker rather tlian just hearing the girls beside me whose teacher made tliem come for extra credit. But tlie best part came when I didn’t have to hear the cho rus of book bag zippers at ten ‘til eleven as peo ple put away their projects and fled to class (or more likely lunch). Tliis convocation was small in number, but great in manners and attention. - O.O.C. Apply electronically for federal student aid. It's fast, free, and easy. 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