Meredith Herald
October 6,1999
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Campus News
Technology Services explains e-mail problems
Ayana Rhodes
Sisff Writer
This school year Technology
Services will be switching the
Meredith College e-mail sys
tem from Microsoft accounts to
internet accounts, as the Her
ald reported earlier in Septem
ber.
All freshman and new stu
dents were put into the new
system when they took the
computer orientation classes
offered by Technology Ser
vices. Ruth Ann Baila, manag
er of the Office of Technology
Services, said that the rest of
Meredith’s students will have
their e-mail accounts converted
by Thanksgiving.
Faculty and staff account
conversions w-ili be completed
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas-
Balla said that Technology
Services must change approxi
mately 1,800 e-mail accounts
to “i-mail" before Christmas.
She said that the project would
require 180 account changes
each week.
Short, 30-minute classes that
will explain the new changes
and new features of the system
will be offered by Technology
Services. Balia said the system
will include benefits like the
ability to send vacation mes
sages and the ability to check
the account from “anywhere in
the world that has access to the
Internet.” Students will also be
able to forward and send auto
matic responses to anyone who
MRA promotes
Meredith spirit
Tanesha Wiu.iams
staff Writer
It was a week of fun and fes
tivities as the Meredith Recre
ation Association sponsored
activities from Sept. 27 to
Oct. !.
MRA week started out last
Monday with pajama day, fol
lowed by Tuesday as twin day,
Wednesday as Meredith Col
lege spirit day. Thursday as 80s
day and Friday as hat day.
According to Dena Price,
adviser for MRA and assistant
director of Student Activities
and Leadership Development,
the purpose of MRA week was
(o alert students about MRA.
“The week was designed to
make people aware of what
MRA is and to let them know
that all students are members
of MRA,” said Price. Price also
said that MRA week is used to
"promote upcoming events and
to give students a chance to
have fun.”
Julie Norris, president of
MRA, explained what it is and
what it does.
"MRA stands for Meredith
Recreation Association," said
Norris. “MRA handles all tra
ditional events. All students are
technically members, so any
one can be involved, but we do
have an executive board and
co-chairs."
MRA organites such events
as Comhuskin’, Stunt, Little
Friends Weekend and intra
mural sports and fitness activi
ties like Meredith Miler for
running and Explorers for
camping.
During the MRA picnic,
held in Belk Dining Hall last
Wednesday on account of the
rain, the organization
announced their plans for intra
mural sports.
MRA also sold Meredith
earwarmers and toboggans dur
ing lunch and dinner in Belk
Dining Hall. They hope to have
the headwear in time for Corn-
huskin'.
"We announced during the
picnic about intramural plans.
We have gotten a lot of interest
with intramural sports. MRA
did a survey about Intramural
sports to access student interest
in different sports. We received
a lot of interest,” says Price.
Like MRA, many organiza
tions pick a week in which stu
dents can learn more about that
organization through questions
and other activities.
For the immediate future,
MRA's main focus will be on
Cornhuskin’.
"We are organizing meetings
with all the class co-chairs,”
siad Price. “We will meet with
them and work on turning in
theme ideas, skits.”
sends mail to their accounts.
Right now. many student
organization leaders and facul
ty are having trouble sending e-
mail to freshmen and new stu
dents who have i-mail
accounts. Students on the new
system are not in the Global
Address List provided by
Meredith in Microsoft Mail.
Balia stated that there are
detailed directions on how to
operate the new system on the
internet under the Campus E-
News on the Intranet.
According to Balia, the new
i-mail address consists of a stu
dent’s "last name, first initial®
whiterabbit.meredith.edu” if
the message is from an on-
campus computer If it is from
a computer off campus, the
address does not need to speci
fy that the server is “whiterab-
bit." Balia said that if a student
or faculty member finds that
his or her sent e-mail message
is returned, he or she must first
check to see that "@whiterab-
bit” was typed in the address, If
that is not the problem, the
sender can send the message to
Technology Services which
will check to see that the name
is spelled correctly and that the
intended recipient does have an
e-mail account.
Many who are concerned
about the new changes have
wondered what will happen to
the personal address lists of
people still using Microsoft
Mail.
Balia, in response to the
question of how the lists would
be transferred to the new i-mail
accounts, said "there is no easy
way.” Balia suggests that the
mail user tell the people on
their lists to e-mail them on a
date after the conversion has
taken place. The user can then
hit reply, and the new system
will contain the new address.
In regard to a Global
Address List, Balia said that
there would not be one like the
one in Microsoft Mail. Tech
nology Services is currently
reviewing different options for
how to create a global e-mail
list. When the method is decid
ed upon. Balia said the list
would be made available in the
Spring semester.
FYE raises charity funds
Michelle Hulse
Slaft Writer
From noon on Thursday,
Sept. 30 till noon on Friday,
Oct. I. First Year Experience
students walked, ran or
rollerbladed to raise money for
Interact in the first “Walk
Around the Clock.”
Interact is a non-profit
agency that supports victims of
domestic violence and sexual
assault. Students signed up for
a time in their FYE class,
sometimes walking more than
the recommended I hour, and
they were asked to raise at least
SIO for the cause.
The goal for this event was
to raise $3,000. and Wednes
day, Oct. 6 is the last day they
will collect money.
The grass area beside Jones
Chapel was the starting point
where volunteers provided
refreshments for walkers.
Students walked inside the
campus and some pans of the
Meredith Mile. The path was
marked with stakes so that par
ticipants would know where to
go. Areas of the walk near
dorms were marked as quiet
zones.
Sam Carothers, campus min
ister, and Kelly Conkling. RD
of Heilman and Barefoot, were
the coordinators of the FYE
Walk Around the Clock.
Carothers said that he hoped
this event would be fun for stu
dents while at the same time it
would build school spirit and
do something to help the com
munity. Some students sang
while they walked with their
friends.
Even though the coordina
tors didn't have a lot of time
due to Floyd, the event was a
success. Campus Police and
others volunteered in many
ways during the walk.
Interact volunteers said that
their organization's mission is
to provide safety and support
for victims and survivors of
domestic violence and sexual
assault and to promote vio
lence-free relationships and
communities through collabo
ration, public information, edu
cation, and advocacy.
Interact provides free ser
vices to victims and survivors,
such as support groups, shelter,
and 24-hour crisis counseling.
Meredith students can help
Interact achieve its mission by
volunteering, providing finan
cial support, telling a friend
about Interact or teaching chil
dren about healthy relation
ships. A tax-deductible contri
bution can be sent to: Interact;
612 Wade Avenue; Raleigh,
NC 27605.
Freshmen from FYE classes walk (o raise money for
Interact.
Photo by Jennv altieb