Volume XVVII, Issue 3
Educating Women To Excel
February 5, 2004
Winter Storm Hits North Carolina
closes Meredith
College for 2 days
TIFFANY ADAMS
Editor in Chief
The winter weather hit
North Carolina Sunday, Jan.
24 around 8:00 a.m. The
storm came in from the
north western region of the
state and made its way
across central North
Carolina as the day pro
gressed. Governor Mike
Easley announced a state of
emergency and urged
motorists to stay off the
streets.
Meredith's maintenance
crews were busy plowing
snow and spreading salt and
sand mixtures so students
and staff could get back to
work.
Due to the closing
of the College last
Tuesday, the Career
Center cancelled the panel
Juan Braving The Cold to Make The Sidewalks Safe For Students
Photo by Wany Adams
Careers in Civil Service:
Law/Politics/Government,
originally scheduled at 5:30
p.m. Contact the Career
Center at 760-8341 for
additional information.
Meredith College and other
universities in the area can
celled classes on Monday
and Tuesday. Some school
systems such as Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City schools,
Chatham,
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Meredith Colk^ to Serve as Raleigh Host for
National “Raise Your Voice” Teleconference
KRISTA KEARNEY
Features Editor
Raise Your Voice - A Month
of Action, sponsored by
Campus Compact, is a national
event to encourage student
involvement in civic issues
scheduled to be held Febmary
15 through March 20, 2004.
Part of this month long event is
a national teleconference
focused around student civic
engagement and The New
Student Politics document,
scheduled to be held February
19 at 2 p.m. Meredith College
has been chosen as one of 58
hosts around the country to air
the national teleconference.
Students from area colleges,
universities and high schools
have been invited to the tele
conference and the discussion
that follows. The teleconfer
ence will include of a panel of
professionals, administrators,
faculty, staff and students to
share their thoughts on civic
engagement and to respond to
phone calls and emails from
students during the conference.
Representatives from several
community service organiza
tions who focus on homeless
ness and poverty issues will
also be present to talk with stu
dents about ways to get
involved locally.
Campus Compact, a national
coalition of more than 900 col
lege and university presidents,
including Meredith College
president Maureen Hartford, is
an organization committed to
the civic purposes of higher
education. Campus Compact
endorses community service
that develops college students'
values for citizenship, supports
partnerships between campuses
and their communities, and
provides resources for faculty
who seek to integrate civic
engagement and student
involvement in the community
into their classroom. Campus
Compact, along with The Pew
Charitable Trusts, has under
taken a two-year student civic
campaign. Raise Your Voice -
Student Action for Change. The
Raise Your Voice Campaign
was launched in the fall of
2002 on campuses around the
country.
The Raise Your Voice
Campaign has three goals: to
increase college student
involvement in civic actions
and to connect the students by a
national student movement
centered around civic engage
ment; to document and raise
awareness of student civic
engagement activities and
issues that are important to col
lege students; and to change the
way higher education works to
give more power to the student
and make civic engagement a
fundamental part of a college
student's education.
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