EREDiTH Herald
Volume XVi, Issue 2
Educating Women to Excel.
September 1,1999
On the
inside:
□ Meredith’s
role in the sum
mer’s Special
Olympics.
Page 2
□ New email
system for
Meredith.
Page 3
□ Meet the
new director of
Residence Life.
Page 6
□ Raleigh
Littele Theater
presents Scot
land Road.
Page 8
Meredith Herald
at
Meredith College
3800 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919)760-2824
FAX (919) 760-2869
Email:
maxweUl@metedidi£dii
Hartford speaks to students, faculty
□ Year’s first convo
cation marks Mered*
ith’s 100th year.
Stephanie Jordan
SlafI Writer
The convocation on Mon
day, Aug. 30. opening Mered
ith College's 100th academic
year, featured our first female
president. Dr. Maureen Hart
ford. and her plan to lead us
into the 21st century.
In honor of the l(X)th
anniversary, Dr. Jean Jackson,
Vice President for Student
Development, gave an account
of what Sept. 27, 1899 must
have felt like to the 180 young
women that registered on that
first day. A slide show of
Meredith's early days accom
panied the brief history.
. "We gather to look ahead,”
said Jackson, and “we gather to
look back."
An introduction by Jeff
Hockaday, chairman of the
board of trustees, came next.
Hockaday said of Hartford,
“She is determined to get
things done that will move this
college forward with confi
dence.”
After a standing ovation
from all in attendance, Hart
ford began relating her plan,
which was entitled “Moving to
We’
She defined community as
“a group of people brought
together in the same place who
share status, place, and regula
tion." They are expected to
support and encourage one
another. Hartford .stated her
belief that doing this would
help move Meredith from and
“1” society to a “we" communi
ty-
Hartford’s plan consists of
seven items for the Meredith
community to work toward, the
first being purpose. She chal
lenged faculty and students to
crcate intellectual excitement,
encourage creativity and
inspire the desire to learn not
only here at Meredith, but
thoughout life.
Everyone in Jones Auditori
um heard Hartford’s pledge to
work for an open atmosphere
in which it is acceptable to
receive an idea with disagree-
See HARTFORD page 5
Dr. Maureen Hartford spoke at convocation Monday.
Photo bv Stcvb Wilson
Dining Hall renovations complete
□ The renovations
were begun during the
summer.
Ayana Rhodes
Stafi Writer
As Meredith resident stu
dents settle into their school
routines, there is one question
that links them to each other;
“What is the deal with the din
ing hall?”
In April, the Herald reported
that there would be renovations
made this summer, preparing
students to come back to a new
dining hall. However, accord
ing to Thad O’Briant, director
of Campus Dining Services, no
one knew how long the
changes would take.
Donna Owens-Beeson,
assistant manager for the Din
ing Hall, said that the renova
tions will be complete this
morning. A ribbon-cutting with
various college officials will be
held at 11 a.m. in Belk.
O’Briant said that the most
recent delay is due to fire
alarms that have been added to
the renovations. These had to
meet fire codes before the final
inspection could be made of
the entire building. Engineers,
architects and the project man
ager met last week and devised
a list of final corrections that
were to be made.
Sophomore Julia Rasmussen
is not bothered much by the
delay in completing the reno
vations. She said, ‘The incon
venience now will pay off in
the long run.”
The final product will be
“unlike any college dining hall
in the area,” according to
O’Briant. He said it will have
a market feel, and with new
foods added to the menu , it
will offer greater variety.
Exhibition cooking and food
cooked-to-order are just two of
the services the new dining hall
will provide, according to
O’Briant. One of the major
attractions will be Pan Geos, a
station that will serve “flavors
of die world,” said O’Briant. It
will be geared toward vegetari
ans, and the foods will be
cooked to order.
Freshman Kristen Tripp said
that she is “excited about what
it will bring,” but that she is
still “waiting” for the new din
ing hall to be finished.
There has been some con
cern among students about the
length of the Cam Card lines
and the tight spacing of the
tables. O'Briant assured the
students that neither will be a
major problem. He said that the
front doors that are currently
blocked off may become exit
only doors.
He also advised .students that
the CamCard lines will not take
as long if they have their Cam-
Cards ready to scan. After the
card is scanned, they will dis
pense in different directions to
See DINING page 4
Ladders stand in the now-complete Belk Dining Hall.
Photo by Lesue Maxweu.