Meredith Herald
Volume XV, Issue 17
We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally, we’re a women's college. February 3,1999
On the
inside:
99th Night bittersweet senior celebration
□ MIA hosts
international
week to teach
about cultural
diversity.
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□ Mucha
exhlbitat
NCMAnow
being shown
through March.
Page 4
□ While Shakes
-peare Slept to
be presented
this weekend.
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□ “I Will Remember
You” is the evening’s
theme and promise.
Lbsue Maxwell
Police Reporter
Marking a bittersweet point
in their college careers, ihe
class of 1999 began their
countdown it) May 9 by bor
rowing from Sarah McLach-
lan’s song “I Will Remember
You," which was the evening’s
theme. At 9 p.m. on Saturday,
Jan. 30, 133 seniors gathered in
Belk to commemorate the
milestone they reached; after
four years, they had only 99
days until graduation.
99th Night began with senior
class advisor Charles Davis’
handing out souvenirs as
seniors entered the balloon-
decorated Dining Hall. They
enjoyed trays of fresh fniit,
vegetables and vaiious cheeses.
After 99th night co-chairs
Yvonne Baucom and Sara
Walker welcomed the crowd,
everyone participated in the
karaoke. The first song of the
evening was “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,”
performed by Davis and the
Senior Class council. The last
was “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
“I thought it was good to see
that everybody could get up
there and participate without
inhibitions.” .said Baucom. “It
shows how unified our class
is.”
The senit)rs then watched a
slide show with pictures from
Iheir four years at Meredith.
All seniws were asked to con
tribute a picture for the show.
Meanwhile, around 30 little
sisters from the sophomore
class gathered in (he Johnson
Hall Rotunda to support their
big sisters with songs and fun.
Clad in their gray 99th nighi
T-shirts, seniors made their
way to Johnson ffall around 11
p.m. where they were greeted
with a balloon arch in Meredith
burgundy and white and a ban
ner from the class of 2001.
Sophomores then dropped 99
red balloons from the third
floor of the rotunda.
Although sophomore big sis/
li'l sis co-chair Emily Cash
was disappointed with sopho
more attendance, she said, “We
had a great time and a lot of fun
preparing for it.”
While seniors listened, their
little sisters serenaded them
with several songs including
“The Mountain Song” and
“You’re My Inspiration.”
Seniors then had a chance to
reciprocate by singing “Stand
By Me” and “With a Little
Help from My Friends," also
called the “Wonder Years”
theme song. Jennifer Thomas
led the class of 1999 in “It's So
Hard to Say Good-bye to Yes
terday.”
“It was funny that we sang
the "Wonder Years” theme
song since we’re never in
tunc,” said senior Caroline
Fleming.
Senior April Tripp said,
"The most emotional part of
the night was the serenades.”
After serenades, big and lit
tle sisters shared cake provided
by the sophomore class. The
evening ended near midnight.
For iheir evening, seniors
paid $11 for a ticket and SI3
for a shirl. The ticket price
included souvenirs: silver pic
ture frame photo albums. "1
Will Remember You” was
engraved on the front.
‘The whole night was a suc
cess," Walker said. “I think
everybody had a good time.”
Walker and Baucom wished
to thank the sophomore class
for their support, Ihe junior
class for the sign they made for
Barefoot, the senior dorm and
(he senior class members who
helped decorjtc and clean up.
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The sophomore class provided the two appropriately
decorated sheet cakes. photo submitteo by joy hovij;
Students bring AIDS awareness to campus
□ AIDS Awareness
Week i)egins with a
moving convocation.
Aijison Carter
EdHor in Chlel
AIDS Awareness Week
began on Monday with a
morning convocation in Jones
Chapel.
The service began with dra
matic interpretatioas of true-
life stories. Meredith students
Miyuki Kono, Missy Neff,
Heather Willcox and Phyllis
Gay gave the performances.
Senior Dana Flotkoetter,
AIDS Awareness Week Coor
dinator, offered a brief wel
come and introduction to the
remainder of the week’s activ
ities. Included in her introduc
tion, Flotkoetter gave the audi
ence several statistics about
AIDS and its growth across the
globe. In fact. Wake County is
the second leading county in
North Carolina with reported
HIV cases as of December
1998.
Dance Theater director
David Beadle and troop per
formed a movement ritual with
music by Russ Hanson.
“The set-
OWE PEnSON CAhl «ice was
extremely
touching
while the
interpreta
tions them
selves were
moving,”
said
Flotkoetter.
Flotkoet-
ter reminded
the audience
of the many
opportuni
ties through
out the week
to learn about HIV and AIDS.
She also extended an invitation
to view the four panels of the
Memorial Quilt displayed in
Ihe Chapel the entire week.
“I was awed by the size of
the panels on Ihe quilt, but
even more awed by the love
and support so evident in the
squares designed by surviving
families and friends,” said Stu
dent Activities office manager
Mary Pat Plocki.
‘The convocation provided
a sensitive introduction to a
week filled with real life edu
cation,” concluded Plocki.
EDITOR S NOTE: t^ok for
further information about the
AIDS Memorial Quilt in this
yveek's Meredith Herald on page 4.
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