Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 7 Educating Women to Excel October 4, 2000
Heated debates get
students involved
Napster banned
for three weeks
On the
inside:
□ Italy, Eng
land and
Switzerland are
destinations.
Page 2
□ Fall Forum
brings.
Page 3
□ Fall tennis
season ends this
weekend.
Page 5
□ Street paint
ing festival
came to
Raleigh.
Page 8
Meredith Heraff
at
Meredith College
3800 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
919) 760-2824
FAX (919) 760-2869
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Christina Holder
Associate Editor
If elephants and donkeys are
ever to be an icon of college
life, they were last night as stu
dents gathered across campus
to watch the first presidential
debate of this election year at
parties sponsored by campus
clubs.
At around 8 p.m. Democrat
ic students from Meredith, NC
State. Peace and UNC-Chapel
Hill began filtering into the
second floor of the Cate Center
to grab a spot to watch the
debate broadcast live from the
University of Massachusetts in
Boston.
Lisa Coltrain, president of
the College Democrats, collab
orated with the North Carolina
Federation of College Democ
rats to organize the event that
brought several local political
candidates to the Meredith
campus.
Socializing with the ci^wd
was Jack Nichols, who is run
ning for a seat in the North
Carolina House of Representa
tives for District 61, the di.strict
JONi Smith
Staff Wnter
A man of education, honor
and the written word will be
visiting Meredith College next
Monday, Oct. 9th.
On that day. Chuck Stone,
the Spearman Professor of
Journalism at UNC-Chapel
Hill will share his ideas with
the Meredith community with
the theme “Women Rule!" He
will appear as the guest speak
er at the 10 a.m. Honors convo
cation. have lunch with histo
ry/politics students and meet
with members of the Meredith
Herald.
A journalist for over 25
years. Stone has a long career,
which includes two “Excel
lence in Teaching” awards, the
1993 Free Spirit Award from
the Freedom Forum based on
his drive to protect the First
Amendment and two Pulitzer
Prize nominations.
that includes Meredith.
Several representatives from
the Bob Etheridge campaign
were present.
“I think it will be beneficial
to get all the College Democ
rats in the area together to
show how much support there
is for the Democratic Party,"
said Coltrain.
At the same time, across
campus in Joyner Lounge,
members of the History and
Politics Club met to discuss
who they thought would be
crowned victor of the debates.
The bipartisan meeting brought
a mix of student Democrats
and Republicans.
Before the debate began at 9
p.m., Dr. Barbara True-Weber,
professor of politics, led a dis
cussion on what might shape
one’s views of the candidates
while watching them on air.
Last night’s presidential
debate is the first in a series of
three leading up to November’s
election. George W. Bush and
A1 Gore will meet again next
Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Wake
Forest University.
He served a.s editor of three
paramount black newspapers
during the Civil Rights Move
ment in the 1960s and has writ
ten three books and countless
essays, columns and stories.
Stone broke many barriers
that seemed rock solid to other
people from minority groups.
Indeed, he was the first
African-American hired to do
commentary on television in
the United States, coining the
phrase “Black Power" in 1966.
To keep Americans alert of
minorities climbing the profes
sional and social ladders. Stone
has written three books dis
cussing African Americans
who have political power.
In fact, during the Black
Power Movement. Stone
worked with leaders such as
Malcolm X and Stokely
Carmichael.
Stone’s education is as vast
Leslik Maxwell, Jhnny Costa
Editor In chlel. News Edlior
Technology Services, in a
move that has pleased many
students and faculty, has
banned Napster from Meredith
computer systems for three
weeks on approval from from
Dr. Maureen Hartford, college
president, and the Senior Man
agement Team.
Napster, an invasive soft
ware that many students down
load from the Internet, has
been blamed for computer
problems ranging from slow
Internet access to no Internet
access.
Ruth Ann Balia, director of
Technology Services, said that
at last week’s SGA / Student
Life-sponsored Fall Forum, the
overwhelming response from
students was “block it; stop it;
we can’t do our academic
work.”
To determine what Meredith
will ultimately do. SGA is
sponsoring a forum next Mon
day. Oct. 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
in Jones Auditorium.
and diverse as the groups of
minorities he speaks and works
for. He has undergraduate
degrees in Political Science
and Economics from Wesleyan
University in Connecticut and
a master’s degree in sociology
from the University of Chica
go, and he has studied law at
the University of Connecticut.
While speaking about politi
cal pow;r in America, Stone
has said, “Real political power
is the ability to change your
quality of life, the agenda, to
raise the quality of schools and
education in your communi
ties, to reduce the criminality
there.”
Througiout his career. Stone
has been known for his outspo
ken nature against politicians,
commitment to justice, and
determination.
In an interview with Dennis
Jackson for his article. “The
Then, on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, SGA
will hold a referendum,
through Senate. Voting time is
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the
Cate Center Lobby.
SGA President Leslie
Gilliland said, “Our recom
mendation will be based on the
results from the referendum "
She added, “Our purpose is to
represent the student body.”
Ultimately, SGA members
will present their proposal to
members of the Senior Man
agement Team for considera
tion. The team will have the
final say-so in what Meredith
does about Napster.
The ban began at 3 p.m. on
Monday, Oct. 2, apd during the
three weeks, Napster traffic,
along with other similar pro
grams such as Scour, will be
blocked. And fw the remainder
of this week, a network moni
tor will monitor the effective
ness of the blocking device. On
Friday, Technology Services
will try a different monitor.
Meredith
Outspoken Mr. Stone: Conver
sation with Chuck Stone” that
appeared in Black Scholar,
Stone said, ‘The chicf threat to
the First Amendment is the
threat to the diversity of opin
ion by women, liberals and
blacks."
Stone said his focus during
his career in journalism was to
gra.sp the attention of his audi
ence. “There is a great sea of
lethargy out there. I was trying
to get people to organize
things, to gel out and vote and
.seek the power to improve their
lives.”
Now a professor at the
UNC-Chapel Hill, Stone is
reaching his audience in a dif
ferent way. He teaches young
journalists how to possess the
same vigor and “fervent forth
rightness" that he demonstrat
ed during his career in the spot
light.
Journalist Stone to speak at