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Meredith Herald Volume XVI, Issue 25 Educating Women to Excel April 12, 2000 On the inside: □ Faculty meet to discuss computer plan. Page 2 □ Courtyard to be filled with tents. Page 3 □ Find out the latest on soft ball and tennis. Page 5 □ Let our reviewer help you find the best ice cream. Page 8 Meredith Herald at Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919)760-2824 FAX (919) 760-2869 maxwelll@meredith.edu Heilman fire displaces students D Cause of fire may never be known. Lesue Maxwell Editor in chief The events that transpired during the early morning hours on Monday, April 10, had many students wondering if Heilman had some sort of curse. Indeed, for the second time in four years, Heilman resi dence hall caught fire, damag ing rooms and leaving students without permanent residences. In the fall of 1996. the sec ond floor of Heilman caught fire. That fire was caused by faulty wiring. Monday’s fire, which began in the first-floor laundry room trash can. was most likely caused by a cigarette, though the Raleigh Fire Department will probably never know what, in fact, caused the blaze. Around 3 a.m. on Monday, Heilman residents were awak ened to the sound of the fire alarm. After a four-minute evacuation of the building, which Campus Police Chief Frank Strickland called a "record,” students realized that this was no drill. The alarm went off automat ically, for it has smoke alarms and heat sensors. Strickland said that the Raleigh Fire Department arrived in approximately six minutes, which he said was “excellent response time.” The Fire Department remained on campus for nearly three hours, removing everything from the laundry room to ensure that no reignition would occur. Michelle A h e r 0 n , residence director of Heilman, said that the set of dou ble doors on the first floor kept the fires from spreading. M e a n - while, Heil man resi dents were relocated to Jones Audi* t 0 r i u m , where they found Vice President for Student Develop ment Jean Jackson. President Maureen Hartford and her husband Jay, Dean of Undergraduate Instruction Allen Page. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Murphy Osborne, Executive Vice Presi dent Chuck Taylor, Campus Minister Sam Carothers and Dean of Students Ann Gleason. Early Monday morning, sev eral companies arrived at Resloratfon crew members work to clean the third floor of Heilman Residence Hall Photo ev Jenny Altieb Meredith, These companies specialize in cleaning up and restoring after fires. The workers are working on the first floor and in several rooms on the second and third floors. Currently, most second- and third-floor residents of Heil man are still living in their room and those who had to leave can return by 6 p.m. today. However, first-floor residents will not be able to return to their rooms for the remainder of the semester. Tuesday morning, staff and administration found out from the cleaning crews that they would need another six weeks to two months to repair the damage on the first^oor. This week, according to Gleason, the reconstruction crews will work on repairing the second and third floors of the residence hall. Three rooms on second floor and four rooms on third floor will be repainted and receive new ceilings. Strickland said that the crews will clean all the soot off the walls, replace dam aged carpet and replace lost Please see HEILMAN page four Mothers, daughters celebrate special bond Stephanie Jordan Staff Writer Despite the unexpected chill in the air. the class of 2002 and their mothers donned their spring finery and celebrated their special bonds at the Sophomore Class Mother- Daughter Tea on Sunday. Apr. 9. Tickets were S45 per couple, and T-shirts were $8 per per son. The ticket price included the meal for both mother and daughter. Lauren McHugh said. "I had no idea what to wear and nei ther did my mom! I spent all morning calling people to see what they were doing about the weather But in the end it didn’t really matter I just wore a jack et.” Mothers and daughters gath ered at the North Raleigh Hilton at I p.m. and enjoyed time to socialize and have pic tures taken before lunch was served- “I’m really glad that there was a photographer. Just in case my mom’s ten million pic tures don’t turn out good." Ashley Pruett said. Included in the ticket price was a clear plastic picture frame printed with white writ ing. Laura Laughinghouse was impressed with the souvenirs that each person, mother and daughter, received. "It was a pleasant surprise to see the frames on ihe table for every one. It will be great to put pic tures of all my suite mates and our moms in.” As everyone finished their meal, the “Ring-Around-the- Tub" (Bathtub Ring 2002) per formed for the first time. Along with the familiar “Good Ole Mountain Dew” and “Cir cle of Friends." they sang “One True Friend” by Better Midler, which was the theme for the tea. Barrett Coddington said, “I was really impressed by the new group and it was exciting for them to be from our class. It’s like we’re finally ’big kids’ now. My mom really liked them too, but I had (o explain the story to her” A slide show of pictures ended the afternoon. Each sophomore had been asked to submit two photos of herself and her mother, one from childhood and one more recent. “1 can’t believe that it made me cry," said Ashley Webster. “The songs reminded me how special my mom was, and I guess it was just an emotional event all together.’’
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