Meredith Herald
January 24, 2001
2 Campus News
Hartford excited about
Meredith in 2001
Strphanie Jordan
Copy Editor
FIRE continued from page one
We’ve heard all about Inilia-
live 2()00. Siudenis have debji-
ed i( endlessly. So now what?
According (o Dr. Maureen
Hanford, Meredith’s president,
now is ihe time lo get excited
because Iniciative 2(KK) has “hi(
the ground running" in 2001.
The most immediate change
thai students will notice is
known as HT^ — high tech,
high loiich. And it’s already
underway.
The high-tech element
includes not only the tap cop
initiative but also the upgraded
computer labs for each upper
class dorm and the preparing of
campus buildings for wireless
capabilities.
“We’ll spend the summer
wiring Che campus to go wire
less,” laughed Hartford. “It
sounds funny, but it will be a
big job.”
Hartford referred to a USA
Today article as proof for whal
she believes to be the necessary
high lech push. The article
reports that 9.3% of college
men are interested in technical
careers, while only 1.3% of
college women say (he same
thing.
‘This is a big gap," Hartford
said seriously. ‘Too big.”
Along with closing the tech
nology gap, 2001 will also
bring immediate changes in the
number of full-time faculty at
Meredith, thus bringing in the
high touch part of the equation.
With new faculty in each
department, students can
expect advisors with lighter
advisory loads and more time
as well as a more complex cur
ricula.
‘These are changes that stu
dents will begin to see spring"
as new course schedules are
worked out said Hartford-
Financial aid, the topic of
mo.st concern to students, is
Hartford’s “highest priority”
right now.
■‘We’ve doubled the money
going into Meredith’s contribu
tion to student aid. We will
still use the FAFSA formula
and a lot will still be deter
mined by the federal govern
ment, but there is a lot more
available," Hartford stressed.
She also mentioned that
Meredith will definitely break
ground for the new math and
science building before the
summer ends.
"And this is just the tip of
the iceberg of things to come,”
Hartford said excitedly.
being set up to purify the air
and some other clean-up had lo
be done, said Heidi l^Count.
director of Residence Life.
LeCount said (hat students
responded
very well
during the
incident.
According
to an R-A.
in Bare
foot, as
soon as
seniors
with extra
beds heard
the news
of the file,
they were
volunteer
ing their
rooms to juniors who may have
needed a place to stay for the
next week. "It is telling of Ihe
support sy.stem Meredith stu
dents have." said LeCount.
Jessica Landon. president of
the Junior class, says that she
has not heard any complaints
from members of the class,
although she did have to return
several phone calls about the
class meeting which was can
celed on Monday night. The
next meeting will be held on
Monday, Feb. 5 at 9 p.m. in
Kresge Auditorium.
As a resident of third Heil
man, as well, Landon said it
made her very nervous lo see
the susf>ended tiles removed
and all the clean-up that had to
be done, “ll could have been a
lot worse;
] am jusi
glad that
everyone
was
safe,” she
said.
L a n -
don said
she did
overhear
some slu-
denis
question-
i n g
whether
smoking
should be allowed if ii could
cause such harm.
I.eCount responded by say
ing that Residence life has not
discussed changing any poli
cies regarding smoking in
rooms as of yet but it may be a
future consideration.
Monday tnorning's tire was
the third Heilman fire in ihe
past four years. The mosi
recent one was in April 2(KK),
when a first-floor, laundty-
room trash can caught fire.
Dr. Maureen Hanford is enthusiastic about Meredith's •
future.
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“I am just glad that
everyone was safe.”
"Jessica Landon,
junior class
president