April 12, 2000
Meredith Herald
Campus News
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Courtyard filled with tents
NiKK! Norris
Staff Writer
Although many Meredith
students anticipate gathering in
the courtyard between the
freshman and sophomore resi
dence halls to watch Stunt as in
past years, they will have to
make a slight change in their
plans for this year.
As a result of the Saturday,
Apr. 15 celebration luncheon
for President Maureen Hart
ford’s inauguration, Stunt
needed to be moved to a differ
ent location. The set up for the
luncheon will begin on
Wednesday, Apr. 12, and Stunt
will be moved to the lawn in
front of Johnson Hall and in
between Joyner, the alumni
house and the visitor parking
lot.
Harry Cadman, head of
Ground Services, said that
there will be several large tents
set up in the courtyard, and in
order to insure completion, set
up will begin on Wednesday
and continue through Thursday
and Friday.
The stage, as well as all
tables and chairs, will be set up
under the tents in case of rain.
Several of the tents are 60 feet
by 90 feet, and they will take
some time to set up, according
to Cadman, who wants stu
dents to understand the need to
begin set up for the luncheon
early.
Paula O’Briant of Continu
ing Education is in charge of
setting up the luncheon. She
said that it was unfortunate that
Stunt and the inaugural lun
cheon fell so close together, but
the best scenario was to relo
cate Stunt since the set up
would take a couple of days.
O’Briant stated that there
will be seating for 1,000 people
on Saturday. She urges all stu
dents to make sure they
remember to pick up their free
tickets in Belk Dining Hall as
soon as possible so that she can
get a count of people attending.
She hopes all students will sup
port Hartford by attending.
Meredith Recreation Associ
ation Stunt Co-chair Kate
Breen said that she found out
about the need to move Stunt
earlier this semester. She stated
that as soon as she, Christine
Kelley, the other Stunt co
chair, and Dena Price, assistant
director of Student Activities
and Leadership Development
and MRA adviser, learned of
the decision to move Stunt,
they began brainstorming ideas
for new locations
Breen said that they brought
suggestions to the class co
chairs in order to make the
final decision of relocating the
activities to the lawn in front of
Johnson Hall.
While the field activities will
take place on this lawn, the lip
sync competition will take
place on the steps of Jones
Auditorium. Breen said that
she hopes that set-up will give
students the same feeling as
being on the steps of Belk Din
ing Hall. The picnic for Stunt
will be held in front of the
alumni house.
Breen said that while her
biggest fear was to lose
onlookers who pass by to an
from classes, she is excited
about the number of com
muters who will be closer to
the activities as a result of the
move. She also said that this
was a key factor in the group’s
decision about relocation.
So, although Stunt will not
take place in that “old familiar
place,” the festive feeling of a
little innocent competition
between the classes will not
change, and most forsee that
this year's Stunt will be just as
special as any other year.
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Faculty meet to
discuss student
computer plan
Jenny Altier
staff Writer
The Student Computer Ini
tiative forums on Wednesday,
Apr. 5 and Thursday, Apr. 6,
gave faculty a chance to ask
questions about the upcoming
student laptop project.
This project proposes that
freshmen who enter Meredith
in the fall of 2001 will receive
a laptop comupter included in
their tiiition. Wake Forest Uni
versity in Winston-Salem. N.C.
is a school that already has a
similar program for entering
freshmen.
The first thing on the
forum’s agenda was to inform
the faculty about the decisions
already made about the student
laptop project and who made
these decisions. The Academic
Computing Committee distrib
uted a memo to those at the
forum that answered frequently
asked questions. It stated that
“laptop computers will be pro
vided or required of all fresh
men beginning in fall 2001.” It
continued that “a pilot project
involving freshmen Honors
Students and Teaching Fellows
will begin in fall 2000.”
The Senior Management
Team is working with the Aca
demic Computing Committee
and the office of Technology
Services in order to come up
with the specifics of the Initia
tive 2000.
A number of concerns and
questions were brought up at
the forum. One concern,
brought up by Dr. Janice Swab
of the biology department, was
that professors should not have
the responsibility of teaching
students how to use their lap
top. She noted. “Teachers sim
ply just do not have the time.”
Another concern the faculty
members had was that they
wanted to know that there
would be adequate technologi
cal support for professors as
well as students. If faculty are
to expand their teachings to
incorporate technology, they
will need extra training and
additional personnel tp help
them whenever they need help.
In response to this the Acad
emic Computing Committee
said, “Two new technology
support personnel are being
hired for fall 2000, and addi
tional personnel will be hired
to support this project.”
Meredith’s faculty said they
would like Initiative 2000 to
help better Meredith students
as a whole. Professors in par
ticular hope that this project
will help students use the skills
of the disciplines they study at
a much higher standard. Facul
ty members and others believe
that this project will help stu
dents gain the technological
knowledge they need to excel
in today’s competitive work
force.
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