Whines &
Gripes
collected by Shimoli Kotecha
Student sitting in the front row
with her computer open,
Stop online shopping
Seriously more interested on
your purchase then the teacher.
Please don’t ask if it’s going to
be on the test. It’s going to be
on the test of good manners.
You’ve got enough feathers in
your hair to start clucking.
Woman playing with nose ring
in class,
Please wash your hands before
you reach in for your food.
NC weather.
You are more indecisive than
Rebecca Black
Just pick a temperature.
Girl who I share 4 classes with,
and who got newly engaged
Stop already!
Now it’s annoying more than
amusing.
Just because you have a really
nice camera does not mean you
are a great photographer.
Roommate who thought it
would be funny to put a life size
blow up doll in my bed. Yeah
j my parents saw that
Thanks,
Grounded over summer
Wearing your Onyx with \'our
skin-tight, low-cut, mini dress
you got from the Body Shop is
really classy.
Stop asking me via facebook,
twitter, texts, and face to face
conversations if I have a whine
and gripe.
MCGs Vent on Twitter
Maitlyn Healy, Staff Writer
Twitter has become the new out
let for Meredith students to vent
and gossip. Two new accounts
have been created anonymously
for Meredith students to follow
and post their complaints. One of
the accounts is designed solely for
Meredith gossip; the other was
created for Meredith students to
vent their Meredith problems. Are
these accounts effective, or could
they possibly have a negative ef
fect on the Meredith community
and its unity?
MCG Problem was the first of
these two accounts to be created.
Students frequently tag this ac
count following the issues that
they encounter from late night
Cornhuskin’ practices to feel
ing the need to get dressed up
to go to DH Hill. The creator of
this account, however, also posts
her own problems and re-tweets
several posts from any of the 162
students she follows. This account
is getting increasingly popular as
the first tweet was on September
29 and already has 138 followers.
Of the two Meredith accounts.
this one seems to be less harm
ful to the feelings of Meredith
students. MCG Problem can
actually bring students to
gether by presenting common
problems that several students
experience. One tweet posted
by the account creator sums
up most of the tweets on the
page so far: “just realized most
of our Tweets are going to be
about Target. Or Starbucks. Or
Diet Coke.” One post that was
re-tweeted points out problems
students have with Cornhuskin’
preparation; “it smells like
Cornhuskin’ outside, which
means all I really want to do
is put on a hoodie and dance
and not go to work.” Concern
ing the attempts to land a
boyfriend while studying at
State, one post states, “coming
to #dhhill, dressed super cute,
hoping to land an engineer.”
This account is a carefree, fun
way to vent all of the goofy
situations that Meredith wom
en run into day after day.
Meredith Gossip Girl, the
second account created for Mer
edith students is more contro
versial than MCG Problem. This
account has the power to de
stroy friendships and the com
munal trust that Meredith has
created among students, much
like the famous TV show that
this account is modeled after.
The description of this account
only reinforces my previous,
point with its destructive, mali
cious objective: “everything you
ever wanted to know about Je
sus freaks and moochin’ [girls]
is at your service. We give you
the grimey details, enjoy!” This
account only has one post by
the creator so far, and it is not
appropriate enough to be re
printed. This account only has
28 followers, all of which are
probably too afraid to post the
first bit of Meredith gossip. Has
Meredith not taught us all to
be proper, respectable women?
One can only hope that it does
not extend beyond this one post.
Parking Ticket Frenzy
Jillian Curtis, Staff Writer
We’ve all been there at one
point or another. We’re excited
about being done with class for
the day and are headed to our
car to enjoy some off-campus
freedom, when we suddenly see
a little yellow slip on our wind
shield. In one split second, our
day is ruined and we are left
with a twenty-five dollar fine.
Campus police has struck again.
Let’s be clear: I am very grate
ful to campus police for all that
they do to keep our campus safe
and secure. In fact, one of the
reasons I decided to attend Mer
edith was because of how safe I
felt.
However, as much as I ap
preciate campus police. I’ve
got to wonder: do these people
do anything except go around
in the parking lots and ticket
cars? Do they have a quota they
are required to fulfill? Do they
secretly wish they could work
on a real police squad instead of
being a step below a mall cop?
Are they really on THAT big of a
power trip that they need to pa
trol the parking lots like it’s the
White House? Bottom line: why
do they give so many tickets?
It has gotten out of hand and
it needs to stop. At almost any
point in the day you can see a
member of campus police driv
ing around in the parking lots,
just waiting for some poor car
to ticket. Most of the time, they
focus on the student parking
lots, which I find a little bit
ridiculous considering that’s
where students are supposed to
park. If we get a ticket there, it’s
usually because of some minor
detail we’ve overlooked. I un
derstand making sure students
don’t park in faculty spaces, but
to patrol the commuter lot with
that much intensity seems to be
a little much.
The worst part is that campus
security just doesn’t seem to
care that you accidentally made
a mistake. There is no warning
the first time something hap
pens, there’s just a flat fee. To
make matters worse, you are not
allowed to pay for your ticket
yourself; the money is simply
charged to the student’s ac
count. This makes it seem like
the whole ticketing madness is
just a conspiracy for Meredith
to make money. I would love to
know just how much Meredith
makes in parking fees. It makes
you wonder if campus security
gets a percentage of the profits.
In the beginning of September
I received two parking tickets
within 32 hours because I had
a decal that expired at the end
of August. After receiving my
first ticket, I printed off a park
ing application and planned on
picking up my new decal after
my class in the morning. When
I got out of my eight AM class,
I had a second ticket waiting
for me. I now owe fifty dollars
because I did not replace my
sticker.When I went to talk to a
security officer, I was told to fill
out an appeal form, a process
that tends to take way longer
than necessary. Meanwhile, the
money is already being charged
to my student account.
I understand making sure
students abide by the rules, but
maybe campus police should
spend a little more time secur
ing the campus from outside
threats instead of finding ways
to ticket students. I hope cam
pus police makes an effort to
realize this and cuts back on the
ticketing frenzy.