EREDiTH Herald
Volume XVI, issue 6
Educating Women to Excel.
September 29,1999
On the
inside:
□ Meredith
senior studies
in Africa.
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□ Speeding a
problem on ;
campus,,.
Page 3
□ Soccer
games held last
week,
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□ IVy Double
Jeopardy •
Page 7
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Pilkey tells of beaches’ shift
□ The coastal
geologist gives some
hope for future.
Sara Parsons
Copy Editor
As the waves lapped softly
against the shore, one could
hear the cry of whales and
almost taste the salt in the air.
This is not a coastal scene on
the Outer Banks. These were
the sights and sounds filling
Jones Auditorium on Monday,
Sept. 27, as students came to
hear the nationally recognized
shoreline geologist, Dr. Orrin
Pilkey, speak for the Honors
Convocation.
Pilkey is known for his
sometimes controversial
beliefs on the extreme impor
tance of saving the shoreline
and his aggressive efforts
toward this cause.
“Orrin Pilkey says what he
believes and backs it up. He
does not want everyone to
agree with him, he just wants
them to start thinking, and get
ting people to think is the main
purpose of an honors convoca
tion,” said Dr. Eloise Grath-
wohl, director of the Honors
Program.
Through the use of slides,
Pilkey presented a number of
disturbing images of coastal
erosion and really forced all
people to think about the issue.
“He did a wonderful job pre
senting for the general audi
ence,” said Dr. Francie
Cuffney, a biology professor.
“He had some interesting slides
from all around the world, not
just North Carolina.”
With the aid of his slides,
Pilkey outlined the variety of
problems facing the shorelines,
from North Carolina's high
wave energy coastline to earth
quakes on the shores of o^er
continents. However, he noted
that the most universal and
detrimental of these was the
coastline development by
humans.
“We are the problem,” said
Pilkey. “We are putting the
buildings on the beaches. If
these buildings were not built.
there would be no problems for
the beaches.”
Pilkey also discussed the dif
ferent efforts to preserve the
eroding shorelines. He men
tioned methods of “hard stabi
lization” like sea walls, but
noted they were costly,
unsightly and most harmful to
the ^ach. Pilkey said that the
static and thick structure of a
sea wall does not allow a beach
to "roll over,” causing it to dis
appear entirely.
He spoke of such a wall in
Sandbridge, Va. that he thou^t
to be “incompetent.” The
accompanying slide showed
that, as a result of this wall, at
low tide the waves washed
right on the structure, leaving
no beach in between.
In addition, Pilkey spoke
about “soft stabilization”
which includes beach nourish
ment and sandbags. These
methods, Pilkey said, were less
temporary than sea walls.
He noted that extremely
See PILKEY page 7
Fathers, daughters dance
□ The dance’s
theme was “Wind
Beneath My Wings.”
Stephanie Jordan
Stan Writer
Escorted in semi-formal
attire by their proud fathers on
Saturday, Sept. 27, the Class of
2002 exemplified the adage of
Daddy's little girl. As each
sophomore let her father know
that he was still “The Wind
Beneath Her Wings.” this
year’s Father/Daughter Dance
was deemed a success.
Held at the Brownestone
Hotel at 7 p.m., the dance was
preceded by dinner and conver
sation as fathers were intro-
Sophomore Caroline Fagg and her father dance together.
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duced to each other and their
daughters’ friends.
To reflect the theme, “Wind
Beneath My Wings.” each girl
received a souvenir pinwheel
inscribed with the date and
theme. “I thought they were a
cute addition to the table and a
neat way to remind me of a fun
night with my dad,” said Bar
rett Coddington. Bach father
found a list of anonymous
memories compiled by the
sophomore class on the table
and was challenged to find the
memory submitted by his
daughter.
To surprise the daughters
and to make the evening more
special, co-chairs Susannah
Grant and Jordan West tried to
contact each father so that he
could compose a letter to his
daughter revealing emotions
that are sometimes hard to say.
Some laughed, several cried
See FATHER/
DAUGHTER page 7
Floyd relief efforts
underway for state
Leslie Maxwell
Editor In chief
Although Meredith College
suffered no major damage from
Hurricane Floyd, the campus is
showing its support for people
and places who did suffer loss
es.
The Dean of Students
Office, the Lobby of the Car
lyle Campbell Library and the
Office of the Vice President for
Student E>evelopn:)ent are loca
tions that students and faculty
are locations for donating per
sonal hygiene supplies,
clothes, water and non-perish
able food.
In addition, Meredith is also
collecting towels and wash
cloths, baby items and batter
ies.
Campus Minister ' Sam
Carothers said that on Monday,
he took $595 to the Red Cross.
He said that students can still
collect money and take it (o the
circulation desk in the library.
Students who write checks
for the Red Cross should make
the check out to the American
Red Cross and write ‘NC
Relief’ in the memo line.
At Saturday’s ECU/ Miami
game, played at NC State’s
Carter-Finley Stadium since
ECU’s stadium is still flooded,
students from Meredith, like
juniors Julie Norris and Eliza
beth Jackson, volunteered by
passing out envelopes to peo
ple attending the game. In
these envelopes, people could
donate money for Floyd relief
efforts.
Carothers also said that the
Wake County food bank was in
need of volunteers to sort food.
Interested students can pick up
a map in the Chapel outside his
office.
Monday night, residence
halls held meetings for students
with family and friends in the
flooded areas.
These collection sites
around campus will be avail
able indefinitely. Students who
have concerns or questions
should contact Dean of Stu
dents Ann Gleason at 760-8521
or Carothers at 760-8346.