EREDiTH Herald
Volume XV, Issue 5
We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally we’re a women’s college.
September 23,1998
On the
inside:
□ Housekeepers
receive praise
during national
recognition week.
Page 2
□ Local play
wright to show
audience what
lies behind
Locked Doors,
Page 3
□ Review of
Rounders', Film
has shape, but is
strictly for
squares.
Page 8
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MEA celebrates entertainment
□ Wednesday’s Luau
featured the popular
band The Clef Hangers.
KRISTEN BOSTEDO
Staff Reporter
Meredith Entertainment Asso
ciation gave Meredith College a
week that was filled with fun and
excitement. Sept. 14 through the
19 was MEA’s week to strut their
stuff. The festivities were kicked
off Monday evening in the din
ning hall where MEA played
music for the campus’s enjoy
ment, giving the dinner hours
something out of the ordinary.
The music choices were varied,
and there was something played
to suit almost anyone’s taste.
Tuesday, MEA offered a buy-
one-get-one-free balloon special
at the Balloon Gallery. The Bal
loon Gallery is located in the
Cate center and is run by mem
bers of MEA, who use the
gallery to raise money to support
the events that they sponsor, such
as the White Iris Ball.
The climax of the week was
Wednesday’s luau dinner, which
took place in the courtyard out
side the Belk Dining Hall. Din
ing Services served grilled chick
en and barbecue, along with
pasta, salad and chips. The Pepsi
truck was there to provide drinks
to quench any thirst and they
came complete with complimen
tary straws decorated with puffy
tropical flowers. As if that
weren’t enough, MEA members
in grass skirts even passed out
leis and
danced with
The Clef \
Hangers, a
of shagging for a mere fifty cents
in the dining hall after dinner.
The lessons were full of laughter
and feet fumbles as the students
tried desperately to master the
steps.
MEA week ended with a regu
lar Friday meeting held in 202
Harris during the 10 a.m hour.
This was an open meeting, and
anyone interested was invited to
attend. This open session was to
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Expert Nan
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Food and decorations allowed for students to
dents the art authentically Hawaiian.
Photo by Alison Flood
Open Day brings prospective students
□ Admissions sponsors
fall visitation for high
school seniors.
BETSY CARBREY
Staff Reporter
On Friday, September 18 the
Meredith community welcomed
area high school seniors to attend
this years first Open Day.
The purpose of The Open
Days, said Shera Hube, is to
introduce high school seniors to
the Meredtih experience as they
are narrowing their college
choices. “By meeting our stu
dents, faculty, and staff they will
be encouraged to apply,” added
Hube.
The perspective students
attended an academic and stu
dent activities fair and a student
panel presentation, conducted, a
class visitation, and toured the
campus.
Visiting student Jennifer
Carter of Raleigh said that she
really enjoyed attending Survey
of American Literature and was
impressed that the professor
knew all of the names of the stu
dents. Sarah Watson of Pink Hill
shared a similarly positive expe
rience in the Calculus class she
attended.
The Admissions Office finds
that Open Days are quite suc
cessful. Approximately 75 per
cent of students who visit Mered
ith’s campus apply for admis
sion. Each year the Admissions
Office has the visiting students
complete an evaluation form to
improve the structure or nature
of the Open Days to better
accommodate the visiting stu
dents.
The Admissions Office is not
the only integral part of the Open
Days, however. Shera Hube
stresses the importance of the
whole college effort to welcome
the students. Current Meredith
students are involved by serving
as hostesses, working with regis
tration, and giving campus tours.
Faculty and staff are involved by
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Prospective students line up in Belk Dining Hall to have their
first meal at Meredith. photo by auson flood
Campus leases
tower area
Beth Hall
News Editor
A cellular phone signal tower
was completed last week on the
college campus area leased to a
communications company, said
Executive Vice President Chuck
Taylor during an interview Fri
day.
Because the tower is in a
“prime location” for All-tel
Communications (formerly 360
Communications) the negotiated
lease will be “a great financial
benefit to the college,” said Tay
lor. All negotiations were made
through Taylor’s office.
All-tel, a division of Sprint,
approached the College last fall
to request permission to build
the 70 foot tower in a wooded
area on the Wade Avenue side of
Meredith grounds.
All-tel contracted SBA Inc., a
service provider to wireless com
munications companies, to find
possible tower sights and negoti
ate leasing, said Taylor.
Cellular phone systems work
by passing siganls from cell
tower to cell tower. David Cutlip,
a project diretor for SBA, said
the chosen area on the campus
would fill the signal gap between
the tower at Cameron Village
and one on the NCSU campus.
The traffic on Wade Avenue
and on 1440 interfered with sig
nals. The new tower will
improve signal reception.The
Board of Trustees approved the
construction last fall, but the
actual construction of the tower
began only two weeks ago due to
a long delay in the city’s permit
ting process. The housing box for
the tower will be finished in a
couple of weeks, said Taylor.
The communications compa
ny wields jurisdiction over the
50x50 foot tower area, but
Meredith has the right to move
the tower to another location on
campus if the college ever needs
the current area. The current area
does not interfere with any of
Meredith’s long-range plans in
the foreseeable future, said Tay
lor. The company’s access to the
tower area will not impact the
campus. The walk-through gate
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