Meredith Herald
Volume XV, Issue 24
We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally, we’re a women's college.
April 14,1999
On the
inside:
□ Meredith
mourns loss of
Dr. Carolyn
Grubbs
Campus dining alters resident meal plan
□ Congratula
tions to Acade
mic Award win
ners
Page 3
□ Meredith
ends Women’s
History Month
with WIN-
sponsored
picnic
Page 8
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□ AraMark and the
College have added
more hours and food.
Lesue Maxwell
Police Repoflef
Based on recommendations
from the food service commit
tee. Interim President Chuck
Taylor. Dining Services Direc
tor Thad O'Briant and student
surveys, campus dining ser
vices has announced several
changes in dining at Meredith.
Renovations of the Belk
Dining Hall are included in the
changes. The last renovations
were six years ago. but this
year’s renovations will not be
as extensive, according to
O'Briant. The deli bar will
move to the Faircloth side of
the Dining Hall. Several walls
around the food court, includ
ing the walls facing the front
doors and the side walls with
the windows, will be removed
to “help brighten up the food
court." O’Briant said.
New stations, called “exhibi
tion cooking” stations will also
be added. At these stations,
O’Briant said, food will be pre
pared in front of the students.
He also noted that many new
self-serve lines will be added.
"We want to be fast” to reduce
lines at meals. O'Briant said.
According to O’Briant, sim
ple phases of the renovations
should begin in late May to
early June. However, construc
tion will halt in late June and
early July when Meredith hosts
Special Olympics athletes and
coaches.
In addition. O’Briant said
that new items will be added to
the menu, including more veg
etarian and reduced calorie
options.
O’Briant noted that the reno
vations would not affect sum
mer school students. He said
that to pre-empt any problems,
he has reserved the Wainwright
Suites below the Dining Hall
for students to eat in if neces
sary.
Among the other changes
are:
• A meal exchange program
for resident students to eat at
the BeeHive. While O’Briant
said that the actual policies
have not been established yet,
he said that resident student
will receive a dollar amount
exchange if they cannot eat in
the dining hall. However, stu
dents will not be able to use the
exchange at peak times in the
BeeHive (from about 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.).
• Grab-n-Go bag lunches
available in the BeeHive for
resident students. O'Briant said
that the prepackaged lunches
will contain a sandwich, a
piece of fruit, a bag of chips
and a fountain drink. O'Briant
noted that picking up these
lunches will take “about five
minutes’’ for students who have
classes.
• Extended service hours in
Belk Dining Hall. Continental
breakfast will be served seven
days a week from 8:30 to 10:30
a.m. Monday through Friday, a
light lunch will be served until
3:30 p.m. Regular breakfast,
lunch and dinner hours will
remain the same.
See MEAL on page 6
Sophomores enjoy tea with mom
□ Annual Mother*
Daughter Tea was held at
Sister's Garden Saturday.
Lisa Gilliam
Editor In CMet
Sophomores sipped tea on
Saturday while catching up
with their mothers on memo
ries. Sister's Garden in North
Raleigh provided the perfect
atmosphere for the Meredith
College students to hold their
Mother-Daughter Tea.
Lauren Carr, co-chair for the
annual Mother-Daughter Tea,
said that the “decorations were
beautiful." She continued.
“Our goal wa.s to create atmos
phere, and that’s why we
picked Sister’s."
Classical music selected by
the co-chairs could be heard as
students seated themselves at
tables adorned with bud vases
of daises and seed packets as
souvenirs. The bud vases were
for each of the women to take
home or give to their mothers if
they desired. The seed packets
were prepared by the decora
tions committee and contained
flower seeds that the mother's
could plant. A special note was
attached to the packets which
made reference to the love
growing between a mother and
her daughter.
Whitney Wilson, a sopho-
Sophomore
Becca Watson
and her mom
take a
moment to
savor the
day together
at this
year’s
Mother -
Daughter Tea
on Saturday.
more, remarked that the tea
resembled something of a
“British novel in that observing
others’ dress and mannerisms
took place from start to finish.”
Wilson said that there was a
“propemess” that reminded her
“of a parlor in the formal town
See TEA on page 9
I
Hartford
to speak at
graduation
Alliscw Carter
Editor in Chief
Senior class president Gin
ger Hudson announced last
night that Dr. Maureen Hart
ford, Meredith College presi
dent elect, will be the May
1999 commencement speaker.
After many months of search
ing, Hudson was thankful to
have a name for her fellow stu
dents at last night's Alumnae
Induction Dinner.
Hartford, recently named as
the seventh president and first
female president of the Col
lege. has already spoken at sev
eral events for the College
since her appointment in
March. In fact, just last Friday.
Hartford welcomed the
prospective Class of 2004 at
the Junior Visitation Day host
ed by the Admissions Office.
Hartford currently is the vice
president of student affairs at
the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor. After graduating
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in
1969, Hartford pursued both
her masters and doctorate
degrees in College teaching
and counseling student person
nel services respectively at
Carolina.
In 1983. Hartford completed
her dissertation on the “Profiles
of Women Chief Executive
Officers” while she was earn
ing her education degree in
higher education administra
tion at the University of
Arkansas.
Hartford has worked at such
institutions as the University of
Maine, University of Arkansas,
Case Western Reserve Univer
sity, Washington State Univer
sity. Her main focus of exper
tise involves students from
every point of view in the vari
ous student affairs positions
she has held over the years.
In addition to her adminis
trative positions. Hartford has
also enjoyed her lime as a
teacher in the classroom. She
has taught classes from western
See Hartford on page 9