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Meredith Herald Volume XV, Issue 26 We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally, we’re a women’s college. April 21, 1999 On the inside: □ Meredith mourns loss of Hubert Ledford. Page 2 □ Congratula tions to Leader ship Award winners. Page 3 □ Reviewer enjoyed Mered ith Performs’ last production, Sunday in the Park with George. Page 12 Meredith Herald at Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919) 760-2824 FAX (919) 760-2869 Emaih carteta@meredith.alu Sophomores win Lip Sync with togetherness □ Class of 1999 cap tures first placc for two years in a row. LF5IJE Maxwell Police Reporter Although rain threalened, ii held off long enough f(x Stunt to be held. “Everything went really smoothly," said MRA Stunt co-chair Stephanie Par sons of “We Go Together,” this year’s SlunI theme. Students and faculty partici pated in the 84th annual MRA- sponsored Stunt last Thursday, Apr. 15. Mandy Thompson, junior, and Parsons, sopho more, co-chaired the event. Class co-chairs were Naomi Blackman and Samantha Cur ley, freshmen; Elizabeth Joyce and Amy Carter, sophomores; Sally Wooten and Kmily Sev- crt, juniors; and Mamie McK inney and Mandy Hngland, seniors. “Stunt was fun to see every- Ixxly come together," said C'ur- Icy. Had it rained. Lip Sync would have moved inside Belk Dining Hall. The other events would have been held outside as planned. The first event. Limbo, was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. in front of the dining hall. Bach class is allowed three partici pants. No body parts may touch the ground or the pole. Seniors captured first place in this event. Next,at5:15p.m., lOvolun- tcers from each cla.ss partici pated in the Bat Spin and ran a length in front of Vann Resu- dence Hall. Judges stood at both ends of the courtyard— one counted the number of spins, the other made sure that the runner touchcd her appro priate line. Seniors placed first followed by sophomores. Par sons called Bat Spin the “fun niest event.” The three-legged race, an event in which eight teams of See STUNT on page 6 Michael Novak waves his hat In the air before the Class of 2002 attempts to dunk their favorite pirolessor. r«tobk lem maxmu. Alumnae welcome upcoming graduates □ Class of 1999 learns of MC connections as college alumane. Allison Carter Editor In Chief Graduation is approaching with each day as the Class of 1999 nears the end of the aca- dcmic year. With the impend ing ceremonious day in a cou ple of weeks, the Meredith College Alumnae Association recognized the Class of 1999 as “almost official" alumnae of the College at last week’s Alumnae Induction Dinner. The dinner was held last Tuesday, Apr. 13 in Belk Din ing Hall where resident, com muter and non-traditional seniors gathered for one of the last meal’s together. Virginia Parker, ’83, presi dent of the alumnae associa tion, precided over the cere monies for the evening. After Seniors sing the Alma Mater at the Alumnae Induction. Photo by AtLr^uN Carter welcoming the group to the dinner, Parker handed the floor over to 1997 alumnae Hillary West. West greeted her little sister class on behalf of the Class of 1997 and welcomed them into the association as she remem bered that first day back in 1995 where the Class of 1999 drove underneath the balloon rainbow and entered the Meredith community. Senior Class President Gin ger Hudson offered her own reflections of the past four years telling the seniors, “You’ve earned it,” referring to reaching the big day. After all guests had a chance to go through the buf fet line, Parker reopened the program. Parker told the future alumnae of the benefits of being involved with the local alumnae association in the graduates’ future homctown.s. SeeDINNKR on page 7 Marshall to speak at baccalaureate Tory Hoke Features Editor The class of ‘99 will have teacher, lecturer and Baptist minister Molly T. Marshall as its baccalaureate speaker. The baccalaureate service, some of which the details are still tenta tive, will be held Saturday, May 8 at 10 a.m. in Mclver Amphitheatre. Marshall’s educational back ground is strongly tied to the Baptist Church. Marshall, ordained as a minister of the Baptist Church since 1983, received her undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Baptist University and .her ma.ster’s and doctorate at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has also participated in special and sabbatical studies at Cambridge University, the Tantur Ecumenical Institute of Jerusalem and Princeton Theo logical Seminary. She was a professor of theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1984 to 1994 and has been a professor of the ology, worship and spiritual formation at Central Baptist Theological Seminary since 1995. The Baccalaureate Service for the class of ‘99 involves faculty, staff and students. Music will be provided by students—primarily the gradu ating class. The Prelude will be performed by a flute trio com prised of Elizabeth Lester, Kin- dra Sharrard and Jennifer Williams, all of the class of ‘99. Deanna Deaton and Angela O’Neil, also both grad uating, will perform the special offering ‘This is Not Good bye,” composed by Deaton. Those attending will sing the Alma Mater after Marshall’s sermon, and Heather Harris and Christy Wisuthseriwong, both of the class of '99. will perform Michael W. Smith’s “Pray for Me" as the benedic tion. Notably, Angela Lowry of the class of '01 will offer the recessional.
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