Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 4
Educating Women to Excel
September 13, 2000
On the
inside:
□ Find out
how some
Meredith stu
dents spent
their summer.
Page 2
□ Get the lat
est results from
Meredith ath
letics.
Page 5
□ Planning to
see Nurse
Betty See this
review.
Page 8
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Students, staff remark on mentors
□ Monday’s con
vocation honored
freshmen, Tuesdays,
Jamie Tunnru.
Stafl Wmter
On Monday, Sept. II, the
Class of 2004 was honored
with a convcKation to discuss
their summer reading program.
Over the summer, all incoming
freshmen read Tuesdays with
Morrie, a non-fiction book by
Mitch Albom.
This book has been on the
bestseller list for over 132
weeks and is the true story of a
man and his mentor, a college
professor.
Annette Snyder, a freshmen
student adviser, noted that
there was a warm spirit that
shone through each speaker as
they talked about who had
helped mold them into what
they had become.
Each speaker reflected on
the role her mentor had played,
yet each person who spoke has
also been a role model as well..
President Maureen Hartford
gave the welcome and began
with some background infor
mation on Albom. Then, she
reflected back to some of the
women who had taken the time
to listen to her, teach her and
guide her. She emphasized that
these relationships are symbi
otic, for both the teacher and
the student learn from the
other..
Erika I^e. ‘00, was the first
student to speak. She gave an
emotional tribute to Dr. Ann
Buriein, professor of religion,
whom Lee said has endlessly
helped develop her spiritual
growth. Lee told the audience
to “seek beauty and perfection
in all things—all people.”
The next speaker, Kelly
Conkling, ‘98. defined a men
tor as a trusted counselor and
guide. She encouraged the
audience to find an adult with
experience and wisdom—
someone who has been down
the path that Meredith students
are traveling for the first lime.
Cathy Rogers, professor of
theater, said that her mentor
“loved her enough to give it to
her straight from her heart.”
Dr. Jean Jackson, vice presi
dent of Student Development,
captured the audience's atten
tion at the end of the convoca
tion. She spoke on the cycles of
receiving and giving that spiral
through everyone’s lives.
Earlier in the semester,
freshmen met with discussion
groups to talk about Tuesdays
with Morrie. The posters that
each group made now hang in
the Johnson Hall Rotunda.
Police explain new parking situation
Hilary Ai-len
staff Writer
Many Meredith students
have had problems with their
parking lately.
Over the summer, Meredith
made several changes in the
status of parking places.
Seniors and residence life staff
returned to school to see that
many of their spots were no
longer available.
In addition to fewer senior
and residence life parking
spaces, the Poteat lot was
revamped into temporary
senior parking.
And more spaces were also
added to the Blue and Green
lot.
To build the new parking lot
beside the softball field, the
recent changes in parking were
necessary. However, senior
Wallis Kirby believes that the
completion of the new parking
lot is "taking entirely too
long.”
Campus Police Chief Frank
Strickland, however, said that
had weather has caused a delay
in its completion. He hopes the
new parking lot will be “com
pleted by the time students get
back from Christmas break."
After the new parking lot is
tmished. Strickland intends to
restore parking to its original
configuration. Strickland said
that the current parking situa
tion “is a temporary situation
because of constmction.”
Although the current park
ing situation is temporary,
many students are unhappy
about the present distribution
of spots. Senior Lesley Pan-
expressed her concern over
parking distribution by stating
that “too many senior spots
have been taken away."
Like Parr, Rebecca Carpen
ter, senior, believes that there
are too many residence life
spots and not enough senior
spots. She also added that park
ing in the Poteat lot is not a
privilege. Senior Katherine Wit
suggested that the first row of
the B&G lot should be made
temporary senior parking.
Like most parking lots on
campus, the B&G lot is also
usually filled to capacity.
Junior Stephanie Jones
believes that there are not
enough spots in the B&G lot.
The 40 spots that were added
over the summer have not
made a significant difference in
parking availability. Jones said
that the "additional spots are
dangerous because people Hy
through the parking lot." Stu
dents are now forced to park
ak>ng the side ihe road and
even in the grass. However.
Sirickland said that parking on
the grass is not permitted and
will result in a ticket.
Commuters are also feeling
a crunch in parking availabili
ty. Stacie Job, a senior com
muter, stated, ‘There's not
enough commuter parking." As
a commuter student, Melissa
Roberson, senior, believes that
senior commuters should also
have parking privileges.
Strickland noted that Cam
pus Police the attempting to
“provide students with ade
quate spots where they need
them.” With the addition of
two new 15-minute spots
between Heilman and Barefoot
as well as in front of Johnson
Hall. Strickland believes that
"accessibility has been
improved tremendously."
In an effort to address stu
dent concerns, Strickland has
assigned liaison officers to
each dorm. The purpose of Ihe
liaison officers is to answer
questions and address con
cerns. They will meet regularly
with students at hail meetings.
Liaison officers are used to
“establish a rapport with stu
dents and let them know we're
here to assist them.”
Strickland stressed that stu
dents should remember that
much of this parking is a tem
porary situation. Students
should contact their assigned
liaison officers. Strickland reit
erated that campus police is
"here to help.”
Many students believe that cars are overcrowded in (he
B&G parking lot.