Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, issue 11
Educating Women to Excel
November 10,1999
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China.
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□ FreshMen-
toring program
to begin soon.
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□ Read about
Cornhuskin’
events; see final
results.
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Seniors go for gold in Cornhuskin’
□ Friday night^s
events lasted over
six hours.
Christina Holder
News Editor
When the faint drone of
whistles mixed with the harmo
ny of singing voices is heard by
passersby on Hillsborough
Street, there is no mistaking
what is taking place. A little
craziness is in the air. Corn-
huskin' ha.s begun.
At 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Nov.
6, the Cornhuskin' parade
began down Main Campus
Drive. Each class dressed in
their sweatshirts or other
theme-related apparel. They
walked down the front drive as
onlookers, including adminis
tration and faculty, observed
the festivities. Balloons and
chants filled the air.
Yet the parade was only the
precursor of the event to unrav
el in the Amphitheatre at 6 p.m.
Corhuskin’ lasted over six
hours, speculated to be the
longest Cornhuskin’ in the
event’s history.
Meredith Recreation Associ
ation (MRA) sponsored the
event. Hosts for the evening
were MRA Cornhuskin’ co
chairs, sophomore Christine
Kelley and junior Elizabeth
Jackson. The co-chairs were
responsible for not only emcee
ing the event but overseeing all
the class co*chairs and setting
up the Amphitheatre. “I had a
great time. The classes were
really cooperative and spirit
ed.” said Kelley.
After the rousing competi
tions of Cornshuckin’ and
Apple Bobbin’, both won by
juniors, and a riveting perfor-
The G.l. Juniors march down Meredith's front drive dur
ing Friday’s parade.
Photo sy Jbnny Altier
Campus Police losies chief
Brandi Orbin
Otfice of Marketing and
Communications
Campus Police Chief Mike
Hoke has announced his resig
nation from Meredith to pursue
a career as a public school
teacher.
Hoke has been at Meredith
for four years. He has served as
police chief for three of those
four years. He plans on teach-
Carhpus Police Chief Mike
Hoke plans to leave Meredith.
File Photo
ing language arts at a middle
school in Vance County.
Teaching “is where my real
talents lie," Hoke said. ‘That’s
where I’m most comfortable."
Hoke said that he taught while
he was in the Marines.
“During his tenure at the col
lege, Chief Hoke brought a
new level of professipnalism to
the campus security force and
became a vital part of the
Meredith community. He will
be missed,” said Chuck Tay
lor, executive vice president.
Taylor has appointed
Frank Strickland as interim
chief of Meredith's campus
police department. Strickland
is a veteran law enforcement
officer who worked for
Meredith prior to his retire
ment. He is coming out of
retirement to assume his
duties at the college.
"We regret the loss of
Mike Hoke," said Taylor.
"His contributions to the col
lege have certainly been signif
icant. However, you have to
admire his commitment to
young people when you see
him take a job as a middle
school teacher. All of us wish
him well."
Hoke said that he wants to
contribute to the state of North
Carolina, and he feels that
teaching is a way to accom
plish that.
‘■The college is fortunate to
have a person of Frank Strick
land's ability available to step
in on short notice to fill this
key vacancy. When he was at
Meredith earlier, Frank proved
to us that he has (he skills and
leadership qualities to manage
our security operations. He will
serve Meredith well,” Taylor
said.
Hoke will be leaving
between now and the end of the
semester. Strickland will fill in
for the remainder of the acade
mic year.
mance of several songs, includ
ing Madonna’s “Beautiful
Stranger" sung by the “Mau
reens" (Vice President for Stu
dent Development Dr. Jean
Jackson, Dean of Students Ann
Gleason, Director of Continu
ing Education Sandra Close
and [Vofessor of Education Dr.
Toni Parker) to Dr. Hartford,
the audience was excited and
ready for the skits to begin.
WINGS, Women in New
Goal Settings, began the skit
perfomances with their rendi
tion of Meredith traditions in
the context of the Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party in celebration of the
falcuty’s performance of Alice
in Wonderland this spring.
The Freshmen followed with
a performance about their first
semester at Meredith, from
Orietation to homesickness to
scheduling stress. To compK-
ment their sailing theme.
Meredith was named Port
Daisy, and main characters like
the Student Adviser were
See CORNHUSKIN’
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Meredith
junior wakes
from coma
Leslie Maxwell
Editor In chief
Junior Lacy Ross, who has
been in a coma since a Labor
Day jel ski accident, awoke
from it last week.
Campus Minister Sam
Carothers said. “She is making
great progress!”
He reported that Ross is now
talking, eating small amounts
of food, responding to written
and oral commands and writing
notes-
Ross entered Wake Med a
few weeks ago at level three on
a scale that the hospital uses.
The scale has seven levels, and
Ross is currently on level five.
She also has a speech thera
pist and a physical therapist
working with her. Her parents,
Bobby and Mary Susan Ross,
and her boyfriend Jay have
been with Ross since her acci
dent in September.