Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 9
Educating Women to Excel
October 25, 2000
On the
Students vote to
inside: ban Napster
□ Meredith’s
campus gets set
for changes.
Page 2
□ Students,
Meredith com
munity prepare
for Corn-
huskin’.
Page 3
□ Halloween
entertainment
abounds in the
Raleigh area.
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Leslie Maxwell
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The Napster referendum,
held Tuesday and Wednesday,
Oct, 10 and 11, ended with the
votes to ban having a slight
edge over votes not to ban.
Fifty-eight percent of stu
dents who voted wanted to ban
Napster, while 42 percent
wanted to keep Napster acces
sible.
Among classes, freshmen
voted the most, followeji by
seniors, then sophomores and
finally juniors.
As a result of the referen
dum. last night. Senate wrote a
proposal to block Napster,
which the SGA Executive
Board will approve on Thurs
day. Then, the proposal will be
.submitted to the Senior Man
agement I’eam on Friday, Oct.
27, who will then consider the
proposal in deciding what to do
about Napster.
Junior Hope Parrish, SGA
Senate chair, said, “Over
whelmingly. the students at
Meredith College felt that aca
demic usage of the computer
network outweighed the recre
ational usage.’’
Junior Heather Womack
agrees. “I’d rather be able to do
my schoolwork and research.”
Womack, who used to use Nap-
. ster regularly, was surprised to
hear how close the election
results were, “1 don’t think
people knew enough about it
before voting.”
Mindy Matthews, a senior,
said, “I hope they ban it.”
Matthews, who works in the
library, says that it has been
difficult to help students fmd
what they need. However,
Matthews has not noticed a dif
ference since the temporary
ban was set.
Parrish deemed it unfortu
nate that Meredith will most
likely ban something, but she
noted that something needed to
be done. “None of the other
options were practical finan
cially."
Though the temporary ban
on Napster is still in place, it is
not an Honor Code Violation to
use Napster, according to
Honor Council Chair Missy
Neff
U.N. Ambassador
speaks at Meredith
Christina Holder
Associate EdKor
A U.S. ambassador for the
United Nations told a crowd of
guests that peace relations
begin with the individual citi
zen last night in Belk Dining
Hall at a dinner commemorat
ing the signing of the United
Nations Charter 55 years ago.
Ambassador John McDon
ald. who has served as a diplo
mat for the UN for over forty
years, sees the need for peace
relations especially in a time
when political unrest in other
countries seems to be unceas
ing and ever recurring.
He asked the audience to
think about “how we as a world
got in the state we are in.”
McDonald credits world
conflict to the way we, as a
world, think. In 1989, when
McDonald was called to the
former Soviet Union to negoti
ate peace plans, he said that
"the word conflict resolution
did not exist in the Russian lan
guage.” So he and other diplo
mats made up its equivalent in
the language—conflictology—
a word they still use today.
When countries try to domi
nate instead of negotiate,
McDonald said, people “kill
for their right to retain their
identity.”
In 1910 when Japan invaded
Korea, it demanded that Kore
ans learn to speak Japanese
alone. During the Soviet
empire, the government sup
pressed all religions.
The answer to peace, he
said, was “in bringing the peo
ple together” not suppressing
them” and "that’s what is miss
ing." said McDonald.
Years ago, when diplomats
first began working on the
peace process in Israel and
Palestine, they brought togeth
er 30 individuals from both
sides. By the end of the day,
Israeleis were apologizing to
Palestinians for the actions of
their government.
By coming together to talk, a
connection that they still feel is
present today—a process
McDonald feels that may be
what is needed to end tensions
there today.
Freshmen experience first tradition
Jennifer Boyce
StafI Writer
The “Frolickin' Chicks" of
the class of 2004 gathered in
These freshmen, under Ihe eye of Dr.
Michael Novak, history professor, enjoy
their afternoon.
Photo bv Emilv Collins
the courtyard last Thursday.
Oct. 19. during the afternoon
for this year’s fifth annual
Freshman Frolic.
The events
began at 3:30
p.m. with a
Scavenger
Hunt. Vari
ous events
followed it,
such as the
Bed Race,
the Egg Toss,
the Blind
Folded Relay
and the
Human Gift
Wrap.
Those that
gathered
came ready
to frolic in
their Fresh
man Frolic T-
shirts. Some
wore cowboy hats and overalls.
Others had braided pigtails,
painted freckles and bandan
nas.
“It was fun." said Kristen
Hammer, who was on the com
mittee for the Freshman Frolic.
Hammer participated in the
Bed Race, but her favorite part
was line dancing on stage.
Chrissie Bumgardner, co
director of the First Year Expe
rience. said, “The Frolickin'
freshmen got rowdy."
"I thought it was great." said
Brandi Privette, who enjoyed
the events and competitions
that took place. Privette partic
ipated in the Human Gift Wrap
and the FYE Songs. Her hall,
first Vann, won the Bed Race
for decoration so this was her
favorite part.
‘it was entertaining,” .said
Brandi Sisco, president of
Vann, who was also on the
events committee. She partici
pated in the Human Gift Wrap,
the Egg Toss, the FYE songs
and the Obstacle Course.
Sisco added. “It means a lot
that alt of the upperclassmen
helped out to make our Fresh
man Frolic a success.”
Overall, the majority of
those who attended and partici
pated, including Lindsey Wray,
enjoyed the FYE Songs the
most.
All of the songs included
lyrics relating to the experi
ences that the Class of 2004
have experienced so far at
Meredith such as the stress of
registration, homesickness,
moving out and leaving home.
Bumgardner said that this
year’s songs were more abun
dant and better than in years
past.
Bumgardner added, “We had
great participation.”