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
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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.