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Meredith Herald Volume XVI, Issue 26 Educating Women to Excel April 19, 2000 On the inside: □ Junior class flnds crook last Friday. Page 2 □ Awards Day recognizes cam pus leadei^. Page 4 □ Student pic nic honors new president. Page 5 □ Let your spirits lead you to A Child Shall Lead, Page 8 Meredith Herald at Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919) 760-2824 FAX (919) 760-2869 maxweill@mcrcdith.cciu Meredith celebrates Hartford’s halo n Saturday’s events held at near by Dorton Arena. Jenny Costa Staff Writer Maureeti A. Hanford Day. SuiTOunding all inaugural events was the (heme Celebrat ing Women of Achievement, of which Hanford is certainly one. All last week, events leading up to Saturday. Apr. 15 remind ed students of that theme, from the '60s-themed picnic to Fri day's symposium with women presidents. At Saturday’s event, speak ers greeted Hartford, including representatives from alumnae, faculty, staff and students. Jennifer Ricks, Student Gov ernment Association president, brought Hartford greetings from the student body. After wards, Ricks commented on the excitement of the day. “It is history in the making.” The chilly, wet weather did n't dampen the Recently, Meredith has received a lot of attention in the Raleigh community for its challenging academics, but this weekend, the spotlight was on Meredith for a different reason. The Meredith community received praise for embracing an eminent new leader. Dr Mau reen A. Hartford. Hartford was inaugurated as the seventh pres ident of the insti tution and the first female pres ident. In honor of her inaugura tion, the city of daisy chain processes into Dorton Arena on Saturday Raleigh named at President Maureen Hartford's inauguration. Apr. 15, 2000, Photo by Jennv Altier Sophomores capture first place in Stunt spirits of those who came to Dorton Arena to celebrate the historical inauguration Saturday. Even though azaleas weren’t visible inside the arena, birds chirped in the rafters throughout the ceremony, reminding everyone that spring was in the air The pr(Kession was led by students who carried a daisy chain that was 200 yards long. Students who carried the chain were SGA executive board members and class executive board members. Emily Korman, the senior class Vice President, said that she was honored that she could be a part of such a fascinating time in Meredith's history. There were many presti gious members of the Raleigh and higher education commu nities who came lo extend their greetings and congratulations. The distinguished list included; Dr. William Friday, president emeritus of the Uni versity of North Carolina; Dr. James Duderstadt. president emeritus of the Univecsity of Michigan; Elaine Marshall, Meredith trustee and N.C. Sec retary of State; Betsy Cochran, '58, North Carolina state sena tor; Dr A. Hope Williams, president of N.C Association of Please see INAUGURATION page flve Christina Holder News EOitor Rain did not keep the events of Stunt 2000, sponsored by the Meredith Recreation Asso ciation, from unravelling on schedule, and it certainly was not going to keep RuPaul, Vanilla Ice or the cast of Okla homa from performing. Ail events were held on the Poteat side of Belk Dining Hall on Thursday. Apr. 13 to avoid the torrents that were falling out side where Stunt was supposed to be held. “We were looking at the Weather Channel all week. But it happened. There was nothing we could do." said MRA Presi dent Julie Norris. She said Stunt “went realty smoothly" and that Belk was “crowded and cozy." Students entered Belk at 4:30 p.m. to grab a sandwich and chips before the games began--from limbo to the obstacle course to the bat spin. Yet despite the fun and vari ety of the games, the event that was to draw the most crowd was the lip-sync. The freshmen turned on the bright lights of Radio City with their theme, “Broadway." Stu dents dressed as workers opened the number by reenact ing scenes from Stomp with The freshmen also incorporat ed productions such as Okla- hoiiui. Greece and Footloose, a collaboration that won them first place in the lip-sync. With the theme “Whatever Happened To?" participants in the sophomore class lip-synced to songs from one-hit wonders such as the Bangles (“Walk Like An Egyptian") and Tiffany (“I Think We're Alone Now”), Sophomore Stunt Co chairs Samantha Curley and Naomi Blackman said that the theme of incorporating songs and artists that were chart top pers and then quickly disap peared was inspired by a GAP commercial that featured "Ice, Ice Baby.” The juniors hit the runway as if in MTV's “Fashionably Loud" with RuPaul and the sleek guitar-playing singers from Robert Palmer's “Simply Irresistible” video. On the catwalk, the juniors were fashion divas, dancing in mod black and white costumes. The most unex pected perfor mance came from the senior class, whose members truly "broke the mold.” The sophomore class came in first place in Stunt, top ping their second- place finishing from last year and making a come back from their last place rank ing at Cornhuskin' this past fall. "Class participation was awesome. Our class worked so hard.” said Blackman. “We just wanted to have fun," added Curley. “We didn’t want to put pressure on anyone.” The batspin event at Stunt leaves many students dizzy. Photo bv JfcNN\ Altier
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