Meredith Herald
April 12, 2000
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Campus News
Meredith students do their
part in serving Raleigh
Lisa Wii.s)n
Slatf Writer
What could gel l,6(X) col
lege siudenls out of bed ai 9
a.m. on a Saturday morning?
Give up? Scrvice Raleigh
2(KK) did it lliis past Saturday.
Apr. 8. Sponsored by Home
Depot, Applebee's, Carolina
Power & I.ight, Alliel Pavil
ion. Two Guys. Harris Tecier,
Raga^^i's, Pepsi, University
Towers and many others. Ser
vice Raleigh is in its second
year.
Twenty-four Meredith stu
dents participated in the
event. Though ii began as a
freshman class service pro
ject, six Meredith Recrealion
Association and Aslrotekton
Society members joined the
18 freshmen. Meeting at 8:30
Saturday morning, the stu-
dent.s went to N.C. State to
receive their work assign
ment.
The students were assigned
lo work with the non-profit
organization Keep America
Beautiful at Lake Lynn. The
Meredith crew had a scction in
which they planted trees and
spread mulch over the fresh
plantings. One hundred-twenty
other volunteers were also al
Lake Lynn covering other
areas.
Some of the supervising
adults noted that the Meredith
siudenls worked quite hard.
The Meredith volunteers
received a break when it was
lunch lime. The rest of the day,
however, the students were
hard al work.
“It was greai to get oul in ihe
community and help oul by
planting trees. I learned a lot.
plus the people were so appre
ciative that it fell gtxxJ to be up
at 7:30 on a Saturday," said
freshman Alexia Andrews.
TTie project was organized
by two of the freshman class
service co-chairs, Amanda
Austin and Joelle Wike.
“It was impressive that 1600
people were gathered at the
brickyard at NC Slate at 9 a.m.
on a Saturday morning to help
Raleigh out," said Austin. The
co-chairs said that they were
very pleased al how the day
turned out.
Service Raleigh is an annual
event, those who volunteered
from Meredith hope to do it
again.
These Meredith students pause from their hard work at Ser
vice Raleigh 2000 on Saturday.
Pkoto submitted by Usa Wilson
Capstone class
sponsors art sale
At.rxia Andrews
StafI Writer
The Capstone class Truth or
Dare is sponsoring an art sale
that runs from now through
Friday. Apr. 28.
The art will be sold in the
Cate Center, in Belk Dining
Hall, at theater productions and
at art shows. The an is work
done by Meredith .students and
includes photographs, water-
colors and more.
The cost is $10 for an
unmalted work of art and $20
for a maltted work of art. All
works were cho.sen by Dr.
Rebecca Bailey, a professor in
the art department. Pr(x;eeds
will go to the Kenny Lewis
Memorial Project.
Lewis. son of Mara I^wis,
lost his battle to cancer this
year. His family is now faced
with large medical bills. Lewis
is a faculty member in the art
Clefhangers delight crowd
Betsy Rhame
SlaK Wnter
Last Wednesday, an unusual
sight appeared on Meredith’s
campus. A group of more than
a dozen males wearing
khaki pants filed into
Belk Dining Hall on
Wednesday, Apr. 5 at 5:30
p.m. They were the
Clefhangers, the all-male
acapella singing group
from UNC-Chapel Hill,
providing entertainment
for the Meredith Enter
tainment Association’s
twice-yearly picnic.
The picnic, originally
intended to be held out
side in the courtyard, was
moved to the Belk Dining
Hall instead.
The singers delighted
their audience with a vari
ety of tunes, including
“Black Balloon,” “No
Woman No Cry,” and
“Carolina in My Mind."
‘They were [good look
ing] and (hey could sing,"
reported junior Sherry
Stephens.
Cameron Talbert agreed.
“Bveryone always enjoys
them. They come every year,”
said the MEA president, to
whom the group sang a rendi
tion of “Happy Birthday.”
Sophomore F.mily Stewart
was also serenaded by the
Clefhangers. “I found them
charming,” she reported. “Two
thumbs up!"
The Clefhangers sing to the crowd at last Wednesday’s MEA
picnic.
Photo by JbNNv Altier
department at Meredith. The
family was chosen as the bene
factors of the art sale because
they met the criteria of the
Truth or Dare class.
To be eligible as a benefac
tor, you must be a member of
the Meredith community (fac
ulty. sialV. alumnae or student)
and have faced a crisis, includ
ing natural di.sasters, fires or
illness in the family.
Truth or Dare needs this pro
ject to be a success to complete
their course, said junior Christ
ian Melvin, a student in Ihe
class. The Truth or Dare class
must achieve a goal that bene
fits the community in a broader
context. In all Capstone class
es, students must work in pro
jects to improve their commu
nity service.
There are five students in the
Truth or Dare class, taught by
professor of mathematics Dr.
Owen Clay and professor of
politics Dr. Barbara True-
Weber The choices for the pro
ject are up lo Ihe students in the
class: these students chose an
art sale for their communily
project.
Clay said, “It is all theirs. We
asked them to do a project that
would make an impact. This
one is good, is it not'/” The stu
dents hope that the art sale will
continue. The next sections of
the class will he able to choose
(he benefactors of the art sale.
Melvin is very excited about
the art sale and thinks it will be
a huge success and a good way
for Meredith students to help
out their community.
Fellow class member Nancy
Richardson said, “It’s a great
projcct set up to benefit a great
cause.” The class encourages
everyone in the Meredith com
munily lo venture out and see
the art by fellow s(uden(s.