Meredith Herald
Volume XVI, Issue 21
Educating Women to Excel
March 8, 2000
On the
inside:
Nutrition month observed in BeeHive
□ Little
friends visited
the campus.
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□ Students
freed their
minds last
week.
Page 3
□ Softball sea
son begins with
a bang.
Page 5
□ Prepare for
a carb-fest at
Atlanta Bread
Company.
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n MCSDA spon
sors a drawing for
the month.
Christina Holder
News EdRor
As the air gels warmer, we
are kindly reminded that spring
and summer are soon
approaching. No more hiding
beneath our wooly cable knits
or piling on (he thermal layers.
Warm air means fewer clothes,
and fewer clothes means every
thing is more noticeable.
What is a Meredith student
to do? Get out her running
shoes? Think twice before giv
ing her apple to her professor?
The Meredith College Stu
dent Dietetic Association may
have an alternative for you.
Through an agreement with
the BeeHive Cafe in the Cate
Center, MCSDA is sponsoring
a program to promote healthy
habits this month, which is
National Nutrition Month. If
students purchase yogurt, mitk.
chocolate milk, cottage cheese
and/or fresh fruits, they will
receive a ticket for a chance to
win a prize.
Students arc given only one
ticket per meal, and they can
place the ticket in the box out
side of the BeeHive near the
computer lab.
With the BeeHive hosting a
variety of eating options, Bee
Hive manager B.J. Frey said
that she was impressed with the
amount of nutritional items the
students at Meredith choose.
"They are more inclined to
buy the fresh fruits, milks, and
juices.” said Frey, which is a
contrast from the last universi
ty she worked at where stu
dents seemed to purchase more
fattening foods.
Junior Jessica Carton, a
foods and nutrition major and
publicity chair of MCSDA,
said that she was excited about
the promotion for National
Nutrition Month.
“Our goal as a club is to pro
mote nutrition on campus and
beyond," Carton said. Ulti
mately. she said, “I hope that
there's a greater awareness of
nutrition on campus.”
Oarton added that the orga
nization wanted to specifically
focus on calcium since many
students do not get enough and
since women are especially
prone to osteoporosis.
Sophomore Liz Hutchinson
is one student who is enjoying
MCSDA’s nutrition promotion.
Hutchinson, who frequents the
BeeHive due to scheduling
conflicts that keep her away
from the dining hall, often pur
chases some of the healthy
snacks.
‘The Nutrition Month signs
made me think about my
health. I think it was a good
idea. It gives the Meredith
campus a bonus to be more
health conscious," said
Hutchinson.
The winners of the drawing
will be announced on Apr. I at
the BeeHive Cafe. Students
need not be present to win
Prizes that MCSDA will give
away include gift certificates to
area restaurants, cookbooks
from Barnes and Noble Book
store and gift baskets from
Wellspring Grocery.
MCSDA encourages stu
dents to improve their health
beyond this month. Students
can get health tips online at
www.eatright.org, or for a
weekly health tip, they can
visit www.cyberdjet.com.
MCSDA invites all students to
come to its meetings.
Students plan for much-needed break
NfiKKi Norris
Staff Wiiier
As March arrives and stu
dents begin to experience the
mid-semester crunch of tests
and papers, they still have two
things to look forward
10—warm weather and spring
break.
As spring break approaches
this Friday. Mar. 10. students
are preparing for much needed
vacations ranging from going
home for spending time with
friends and family to mission
trips, from traveling to Florida
to going to exotic places.
Robin Ratcliff, sophomore,
is planning to go home to Yad-
kinville, N.C. to spend time
with her new baby cousin and
other family members.
Tiffany Yokeley, sophomore,
will also be traveling home
over break. Yokeley says she
will spend her break working,
spending lime wiih her signifi
cant other and celebrating her
birthday with friends and fami
ly-
Many Meredith students are
participating in mission trips.
The Meredith Christian Asso
ciation is planning a trip to St.
Petersburg, Florida. Anna Kate
Ellerman, associate campus
minister, said that approxi
mately 16 Meredith students
will be attending this week-
long trip to participate in the
Habitat for Humanity project in
St. Petersburg.
Another mission trip is Cam
pus Crusade’s trip to Panama
City, Fla. for the Campus Cru
sade Conference. The goal of
the trip is to witness to beach-
goers about Christianity.
The conference will begin
on Saturday. Mar, 11. Area stu
dents will leave on Friday, Mar.
10 and return on Mar. 18 after
the conference ends.
Sophomore Courtney
Arrington will attend this trip.
“It’s an awesome time to fel
lowship with over 1,000 col
lege kids from across the coun
try and share my faith with
people on the beach."
This year’s mission will be
Arrington’s second spring
break trip with Campus Cru
sade.
Forest Hills Baptist Church,
a nearby church, is also plan
ning a mission trip.
Twenty-nine Meredith stu
dents are planning to join other
area college students to travel
to Louisville, Ky. Those stu
dents will also leave on Friday,
Mar. 10 and return on Saturday,
Mar, 18.
Regan Brown, sophomore,
will be attending the mission
trip. Brown said that once in
Kentucky, the group will travel
to five different places includ
ing a homeless shelter, an
infant resource center and a
food and clothes pantry in
addition to other places.
This trip will be Brown’s
second trip with the church,
and she said that she is very
excited about this year’s trip.
She also said that she will be
able to spend time with her
friends from church while at
the same time helping those
who are less fortunate.
She is looking forward to
“getting to know the people in
my crew and being together
with them in the evenings."
She was also excited about
"working with them in the
afternoons in order to help oth
ers."
Many Meredith students will
be traveling to Panama City,
Fla., for spring break, includ
ing freshman Rebecca Atkin
son and a few of her friends
from Meredith.
They will leave on Saturday.
Mar. 11 and return on Saturday,
Mar. 18. Atkinson said that
she and her friends will be
staying at a waterfront hotel
and that she plans to relax on
the beach and get a great tan.
She also said that her travel
package included free passes (o
nearby clubs,
“This will be a good chance
to take a nice break from
school,” said Atkinson,
Reagan Stone, sophomore is
planning a trip to Myrtle
Beach. S.C. with some of her
friends from high school.
While there. Stone plans to
ride go-carts, eat at Dick’s and
go dancing at the Spanish
Galleon, a popular dance club.
Like many Meredith students.
Stone is looking forward to
gelling a great tan while she is
Please see
SPRING BREAK
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