Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, issue 7
Educating Women to Excel
October 6, 1999
On the
inside:
□ E-mail
problems
explained.
Page 2
□ Psycholo
gy Week com
pleted.
Page 3
□ Freshman
Class Council is
chosen.
Page 4
□ Andy’s
Pizza cheap,
good.
Page 7
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CNN journalist speaks to campus
□ Judy Woodruff
attended Meredith
for two years.
Leslie Maxwell
Editor in (^ief
Tuesday. Oct. 5. CNN
Anchor and Senior Correspon
dent Judy Woodruff spoke to
Meredith students, faculty,
staff, Trustees, alumnae and
donors. The speech, held in
Jones Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.,
was attended by about 300 peo
ple.
Woodruff attended Meredith
from 1964-1966 for her fresh
man and sophomore years
before transferring to “a larger
institution down the road.”
While at Meredith, she
worked as a staff member of
the Oak Leaves and served as
the sophomore class president.
Dr. Maureen Hartford, presi
dent of Meredith College, and
her husband Jay Hartford host
ed the event.
Hartford introduced
Woodruff as a “frequent visitor
in our homes.” since she is
often seen reporting on the
state of affairs in our nation’s
capital, Washington, DC.
Woodruff has worked as a
joumalisi for over 20 years.
She has co-anchored Inside
Politics and World View. CNN
news programs-
She has also worked as a
reporter on NBC’s Today and
as NBC’s White House corre-
spondent-
In recognition of her work.
Woodruff has received several
awards, including the News
and Documentary Emmy
Award.
Hartford called Woodruff
and “exceptional student at
Meredith- In addition to her
two years as a student at
Meredith, Woodruff was also
the commencement speaker for
the graduating classes of 1979
and 1989.
Woodruff began her talk by
saying that Meredith is very
■‘fortunate” to have Hartford as
Electricity loss
handled smoothly
Leslie Maxwell
Editor in chief
Last Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Meredith College lost power
for over two hours during the
evening.
At about 7 p.m., students
across campus heard a loud
sound as they were left in the
dark-
Emergency lights in the hall
ways came on. and students
gathered in halls or went out
side for the last few minutes of
daylight. The emergency lights
last for only three hours.
Dr. Jean Jackson, vice presi
dent for student development,
received a phone call from
Campus Police Chief Mike
Hoke at 7;15 p.m. that the
power had gone out.
Jackson drove to campus
where she spent time in dorms
with students.
Jones Chapel was the only
building on campus that still
had power, since it is on a sep
arate line. Many students who
had tests went to the chapel to
study.
Facilities Services manager
Greg Ahrendsen explained that
the power failure was “an
anomaly on the CP&L sys
tem,” not a transformer blow
ing.
For some reason, he said, all
three phases off Wade Avenue
that bring most of the electric
ity into Meredith blew.
"We don’t believe it was
anything in our system.”
Ahrendsen said. He said that
restoring power took a long
time because Meredith had
shut down its power system to
make sure that everything in
the campus system was in
working order.
Power came back around
9:40 p.m. after a power surge
in some buildings around 9.
Jackson stayed on campus
until 10 p.m.
its president.
She said that at Meredith she
spent “two very important and
formative years."
She added that the liberal
arts education she received
while she attended Meredith
“opened my eyes and my
mind.” Meredith, she said, is a
“very special institution.”
She said jokingly that she
went into journalism to have a
deadline, for while at Meredith,
she admitted to playing bridge
far into the night and “never
learned to study ahead.”
In her talk, she analyzed the
current political climate in
Congress and made numerous
observations on upcoming
political races, especially the
presidential race of 2000.
“We don't know what’s
going to happen,” she said of
the race.
The 2000 elections.
Woodruff said, more than any
other recent elections, are “up
for grabs.” She noted that the
House. Senate and presidential
races would be "very interest
ing.”
She marveled at the amount
of money spent not only on
campaigning for national
office, but also on media cover
age.
Her self-confessed “pun
dit’s” view regarding presiden
tial candidate Elizabeth Dole
suggested that, with a strong
showing in an early primary.
Dole would be a "good bet” for
a running mate, defmiiely for
George W. Bush and possibly
for John McCain.
Woodruff sees A1 Gore as
the “unfair but inevitable vic
tim of Clinton fatigue.” She
noted a complex web of nega
tive associations enveloping
Gore as well as Hilary Clinton,
the all-but-declared US Senate
candidate for the state of New
York.
After the speech, a dessert
reception was held in the John
son Hall Rotunda.
SACS age diversity
study under review
Leslie Maxwell
Editor in chief
Last year, Meredith College
was the subject of a study done
by the SACS Focus Topic
Committee- This group espe
cially focused on age diversity
at Meredith.
Preliminary meetings were
held in the spring .semester of
1998. Dr. David Heining-
Boynton, psychology profes
sor, was the faculty chair of the
SACS committe, and he select
ed committee members with “a
wide range of experience,
expertise and ties to Meredith.”
These members included two
students, two faculty who are
Meredith alumnae and a
Trustee who is an alumnus.
The study made itself known
on campus in several ways.
Last year's opening convoca
tion from Dr. Bernice Sandler
who urged women to be
“movers and shakers” on cam
pus and in the community.
In addition, an article in a
November issue of the News
and Observer prompted dis
cussions and letter-writing
campaigns to the Meredith
Herald in November and
December.
The SACS committee also
used surceys and forums as
outlets to gain information
about campus feelings on age
diversity.
The committe put together a
final report, much of which
was done this spring- Heining-
Boynton compiled the final
report in May and June, send
ing the final report to the Self-
Study Steering Committee
Char in July.
In August, the report was
sent to the Visitation Chairper
son. The week of Oct. 18-22,
consultants will be on campus
to review the committee’s
seven reccomendations.