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Volume XWII, Issue 24 Educating Women To Excel April 14, 2005 ON THE INSIDE: Meredith to host Holocaust commemoration ceremony Page 2 "A Room with a View" speaker Beth Mulvaney Page 3 Meredith College participates in fashion show hosted by Seventeen Maga^ne Page 5 Student responses to former Meredith student facing aDegations of federal offenses Page 7 Meredith's iVeekly Weather THURSDAY Partly Cloudy High 607 Low 41 FRIDAY Partly Cloudy High 59/Low 39 SATURDAY Partly Cloudy High 597 Low 41 SUNDAY Partly Cloudy High 717 Low 47 Reverend Sally Bingham brings bright ideas to campus MONDAY Mostly Sunny High 73/Tow 50 TUESDAY Partly Cloudy High 7& Low 49 WEDNESDAY Partly High 74/ Low . Partly Cloudy PIPER PETROCELU Contributing Writer Can religion save the en vironment? This question was the focus of Reverend Sally Bingham’s visit to Meredith College. Bingham has brought widespread at tention to the linkage be tween ecological issues and the Christian Faith. Her visit to the Meredith campus in cluded a lecture at Kresge, Chapel Service, and dinner with Meredith Angels for the Environment. She also spoke to Dr. Hazard’s class about altemative energy and glob al warming. She .also to Dr. Nelson’s classes about the connections between Christian Faith and ecology. For Bingham, the envi ronmental debate is as much about religion and moral ity as it is about science. She believes that people of faith must answer the call to stewardship of creation, for the sake of all who live on this earth. It begins in sus tainable values that recog nize the interrelatedness of all life. Sustainable devel opment caimot be defined Photo courtesy of Piper Petrocelli Reverend Sally Bingham addressed students last week on the relationship between the environment and religion. in economic terms alone. Bingham asserts that as we move into -Ac -tfiird millen nium, it becomes increas ingly obvious that human beings are set on a path of unprecedented environ mental destruction and un sustainable development. Human exploitation of the environment has yielded not only benefit, but also ap palling poverty, pollution, land degradation, habitat loss, and species extinction. It is clear that human be havior has overwhelmingly contributed to ozone deple tion and global warming. As Bingham mentioned in her 4ectiH^ at Kresge, stew ardship begins with caring for, “all of God’s creation, and the resources of the earth that rightly belong to our children”. She reminded her audience that “the tech nology is out there, but we need to start using it”. She has worked with congrega tions across the country to reduce their pollution by doing simple things, such as using energy efficient lighting and appliances, and developing clean energy. Dr. Swab, the Campus Min istry, and Meredith Angels for the Environment sup ported Bingham’s message by using sustainable tech nologies for her visit. All of the promotional flyers on campus were printed on tree-fi-ee paper made from sugar cane. At the reception they utilized recycled paper napkins and plates. They also used biodegradable & compostable glasses and utensils that looked and felt like plastic, but were made from renewable sources such as com, and bagasse fi’om sugar cane fiber. The Campus Ministry printed the bulletin for Wednes day Worship Service on tree-free paper as well. During the Chapel Ser vice, Bingham reminded the audience that most people don’t often think when flip ping a switch and a light comes on. She noted that living in a beautifiil area such as Raleigh, surround ed by trees, residents don’t often consider their neigh bors, breathing the dirty air continued on page 3 Former student faces numerous federal charges CHRISTY KIMBALL Managing Editor Former Meredith student, 34-year old Lisa Phillips of Apex has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Raleigh for felse impersonation of a US officer and related viola tions. Phillips faces two counts of Impersonation of a US Officer which are violations of Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 912, for posing as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. Each count carries not more than three years imprisoiunent and/ or $1000 fine. One of the aforementioned violations of Title 18, U.S.C. section 912 involved Phillips obtaining tuition and expenses at Mer edith approximately with a value of $42,178. Phillips has also been charged with making a false statement, a violation of Title 18, U.S.C. section 1001, by saying that she was a Captain in the US Air Force. This violation carries a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment and/or $250,000 fine. Phillips faces six counts of wire firaud, which violates Title 18, U.S.C. section 1343. Each count being an email sent to Meredith executives, students, faculty, and admin istrative staff that supported obtaining tuition waivers via posing as a Captain in the US Air Force. The emails in question occurred in March 2002 and December 2004, each carrying a penalty of not more than 20 years im prisonment and/or $250,000 fine. Count ten is Unauthor ized Use of Official Insig nia, which violates Title 18, U.S.C. section 701. This vi olation carries not more than six months imprisonment and/or $5,000 fine. She also faces a count of Unau thorized Use of an Official Uniform, violation of Title continued on page 2
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