Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, Issue 4
Educating Women to Excel.
September 15,1999
On the
inside:
□ Ann Glea
son new Dean
of Students.
Page?
□ Freshmen
election results
are in.
Page 2
□ SGA plans
for school year.
Page 6
□ Italy comes
to Cary
through dining.
Page 8
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Convocation gives women their say
□ Speakers direct
ed to freshmen.
Leesha Austin
Stan Writer
The Summer Reading Pro
gram Convocation held Mon
day, Sept. 13, honored three
things; Bessie and Sadie
Delany, sisters from the book
Having Our Say by Amy Hill
Hearth; Meredith alumnae and
the class of 2003.
The Meredith College Cho
rus led the audience in the
Atma Mater as the freshmen
walked in and sat together in
the front of the auditorium.
Dr. Carolyn Happer, depart
ment of history and politics,
welcomed everyone and
opened the convocation by
explaining what the summer
reading program was and who
was involved in it.
Happer explained that
Chrissie Bumgardner, co-direc-
tor of First Year Experience,
had initiated the summer read
ing program, and then Happer
thanked the many people who
helped make the program pos
sible, including 20 professors
and this year’s student advis
ers.
According to Happer, the
goal of the summer reading
program was to enhance
Meredith as a community.
“Summer Reading Program is
a misleading name,” said Hap
per. She explained that fresh
men received materials to help
them grapple with the book,
which they discussed when
they arrived at Meredith this
year. In addition, freshmen
were asked to interview an
older woman and bring back a
memento. All of the memeittos
were combined to make a col
lage displayed at the convoca
tion.
Next, Dr. Alisa Johnson.
Department of English, gave
some background on the
Delany sisters who were bom
in Raleigh and whose father, a
former slave, became the first
black Episcc^al Bishop in the
United States.
Their father provided all 10
of his children with a college
education at a time when many
people did not even complete
high school.
The Delany sisters, lived in
Harlem during the Harlem
Renaissance. They lived at a
time when they often faced
racial and gender discrimina
tion, but they managed to live
full, bold, and productive lives.
Johnson stated that while
discussing Having Our Say,
freshmen probably described
the Delany .sisters as “tena
cious, outstanding, stubbont,
and just plain crazy.”
According to Johnson, the
success of the Delany sisters
was how they lived and how
their lives made a statement
and continue to make a state
ment even after they are gone.
Dr. Johnson challenged the
class of 2003 to ‘‘say yes to life,
just say yes!”
E)r. Jean Jackson, Vice Pres
ident for Student Development,
spoke about Meredith alumnae
and how they too had lived
their lives to make a difference
and be remembered.
Jackson explained that there
are many who have gone
before, saying that “they were
once freshmen here dreaming
dreams, writing essays, strug
gling through some classes and
sailing through others.”
According to Jackson, the
mural in the Park Center of 100
alumnae honors them and rep
resents Meredith’s 100th
anniversary. Jackson urged the
class of 2003 to take the oppor
tunity to read about all 100
women at some point during
their Meredith Career.
Johnson then delivered a
charge to the class of 2003 by
explaining that self-examina
tion lasts a lifetime. She asked
the freshmen, “What kind of
statement do you want to make
with your life here at Meredith
and beyond?"
See CONVOCATION
page four
Student cars lack parking spaces
0) Parking lot
overflow causes
problems.
Lora Tillman
Staff Writer
It’s II p.m. on a Sunday. An
exhausted student pulls into the
parking lot from a weekend trip
home. As she drives up and
down the endless aisle.s, she
begins to realize every college
student’s worst nightmare;
there are no spaces left!
She makes her own space
and goes to her dorm. The next
day when she returns to the car
to go out, she finds a costly gift
from the Meredith Campus
Police; a ticket.
“Parking” is a word that
often strikes fear and confusion
into the heans of Meredith stu
dents. Why does it cost so
much to park a car at college?
Where can someone park when
there are no spaces left? Where
are resident students allowed to
park on weekends?
One hundred and twenty-
five dollars is a lot of money
for a student to hand over for
parking. But according to
Campus Police Chief Mike
Hoke, “If you compare the cost
of parking here to other
schools, I think you will find it
is quite reasonable.”
Where does the money go?
“We use the money for parking
lot repairs and improvements
such as re-paving and light
ing,” Hoke said.
So, what if the nightmare
becomes a reality and there are
no actual parking spaces left in
the lot? “Just make sure not to
block anyone in, stay off the
seeded areas even though there
is no grass, and when in doubt
call x8888,” Chief Hoke sug
In B&Q parking lot, too many cars park in too few spaces.
Photo by Melissa Caston
gested.
Campus Police has good
news for frustrated parkers. It
plans on marking off more
spaces for those students with
green stickers who currently
park in B&G. These new
spaces should be completed
during fall break and ready for
student use when they return.
Finally, the answer to the
question all resident students
wonder: where exactly can one
park on the weekends? Chief
Hoke made this subject clear in
saying. “From 5:00 p.m. on
Friday until 7:00 a.m. on Mon
day, resident students may park
in any of the regular lots as
well as commuter spaces. Fac
ulty and visitor spaces are off
limits. This includes the entire
lot located next to Jones
Chapel.”
Now that he has cleared
these problems, Hoke hopes
that parking will not be a chal
lenge and frustration for stu
dents.