Meredith Herald Volume XV, Issue 23 On the inside: □ Meredith shares the cam pus with li’l friends. Page 2 □ Freshmen toring program begins third year. Page 4 □ Triangle honors Olympic athletes with stately trees. Page 6 Meredith Herald Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919)760-2824 FAX (919) 760-2869 Email; carieniC«' meredith.edu We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturaily, we’re a women’s college. Fanjul speaks for Women’s History Month □ The city council member offers guide lines for leadership. Christina Holder staff Reporter She has served as the presi dent of the Association of Child Care Consultants Inter national and the North Carolina Day Care Association. She is the co-owner of Work Place Options, a company that helps families and businesses find affordable daycare. She was the recipient of the James and Carolyn Hunt “Early Childhood Award” in 1996. She is currently a city council member-at-large, director of the NC division of Child Development which manages the SmartStart pro gram, and she is running for major. However, the Women’s His tory Month speaker will not list her accomplishments for you. That was left up to Wendy Hol man, Campus Activities Board (CAB) Chair, who introduced Stephanie Fanjul, the keynote speaker for the Women’s His tory Month Convocation spon sored by CAB on Monday, Mar 22 at 10 a.m. As Fanjul rose to the lectern before the sparse crowd in the music room located down the hall from Carswell Auditorium she commented on the smaller room: “I like this. It gives us a more personal setting so we can share stories.” Stories were the basis of Fanjul’s speech. “I think stories about other women are how we move from place to place.”, said Fanjul as she began with one of her own. Moments before, she admitted, she had thrown away her first speech and composed a new one on her napkin as she sat in Star- bucks. On the napkin was her list of essential guidelines to being a successful female leader. The first was that women leaders must have an education and a knowledge base. Shetold the audience that women are excellent listeners by nature and, therefore, can develop a knowledge base by listening for details in their conversa tions with others. Fanjul focused on making issues per sonal with people. In her job as a city council member, she is in constant contact with many people. She believes that poli tics is about “solving intensely personal problems...between individual people.” Listening to those personal problems, she said will be vital to developing the knowledge base and enact ing the most effective decision. The second guideline involved creativity. “Leaders today—especially women— have to find a new way to do things,” said Fanjul. She told the audience to think about how they can set themselves apart from other competitors. The third guideline was that women needed to be extremely stubborn. “Somewhere in your soul, you have to have a level of raw courage.” said Fanjul She encouraged the audience to be audacious and stand for what they believe. The final guideline was that a woman leader should have See FANJUL page 4 Heat activates kitchen extinguishers □ Sixty pounds of bicarbonate of soda dis- cbaiged during lunch. Allison Carter Editor in Chief It is not often that the kitchen of Belk Dining Hall look like a winter wonderland. At approximately 1:15 p.m. last Thursday, Mar. 18, the fire extinguisher system in the kitchen over the cooking area discharged 60 pounds of bicar bonate of soda. The white floured chemical engulfed the kitchen and dish- room as workers evacuated toward the loading dock and dining rooms where approxi mately 125 students were still eating lunch. Thad O’Briant, director of food services, esti mated the non-toxic chemical covered a 1000 square foot area. “It looked like it had snowed in the kitchen. It was complete ly white,” said O’Briant. According to O’Briant, the hoods over the grill, ovens and deep fat fryers accumulated a large amount of heat over a period of time, which eventual ly activated the extinguishing system. O’Briant and Facilities Ser vices Manager Greg Ahrend- sen evaluated the situation and confirmed that there was no fire. Quick on the scene, the Raleigh Fire Department hav ing received the alarm notice at the nearest station. After receiving the okay to clean up the white mess, O’Briant and his staff spent approximately eight hours cleaning and sanitizing every thing in the kitchen from “top to bottom.” Both dining hall managers Donna Owens and Ben Pritchard helped in the clean up as all plates, bowls, cups and utensils had to be prepared for service. Students found paper products and a limited dinner menu Thursday evening, as well as a continental breakfast Friday morning. Wake County Fire Equip ment, Inc. came to repair the extinguishing system as they replaced two cylinders with 30 pounds each of the bicarbonate of soda for a total of the origi nal 60 pounds before dis charge. Both the Wake County Health Department and local fire department gave O’Briant the clear to begin cooking Fri day morning; however, lunch was altered from the planned meal because of the lack of cooking capabilities. When the system dis charged, the collegiate vice See KITCHEN page 4 Chorale returns from tour, gives campus concert Amy Erbeznik Staff Reporter The Meredith College Chorale hosted a spring per formance last Tuesday, March 16 in the Jones Chapel. The concert included sev eral early Canadian songs, a twentieth century Ave Maria, a Welsh lullaby, and two gospel pieces. Sophomore Encore and Chorale member Rebecca Watson said her favorite song is “I’m Coin’ Up A-Yonder.” “It’s very sentimental to us all,” she said, “and has been all year.” She added that singing it at last concert on their tour made the group cry. The chorale, a group of twenty students, had just returned from a week of tour ing during spring break. The group traveled with conduc tor Dr. Lisa Caldwell and accompanist Janis Dupre. Meredith’s Encore group was also on tour. The tour began in Eliza bethtown, NC and from there they traveled to Charleston, SC where they sang at St. Michael’s Cathedral. Then the group went to St. Augus tine, FL where the chorale performed at the Cathedral Basilica. Sophomore Sarah Whitworth described the cathedral as “absolutely beau tiful.” From there, they left for a “free” day in Orlando’s Dis ney World. The group’s last performance on the tour was at a high school in Brunswick, Ga. Whitworth believes that the Homecoming concert on Tuesday was the group’s best concert. “It all came together for the concert here,” said Whitworth. “It was the best.” The group, however, enjoyed their time on the road. Whit worth found that she was able to talk and meet with other students in the chorale and it was a chance to make new friends.”